Quick Reference
"Reference Databases" are available outside the library with a
Timberland Regional Library card.
Oxford English Dictionary
Guide to the meaning, history, and pronunciation of over half a million words. (Available outside the library with a Timberland Regional Library card.)
Reference USA
Information on U.S. businesses, U.S. households, and Canadian businesses. (Available outside the library with a Timberland Regional Library card.)
Information Please Almanac
Online version of the popular almanac.
Old Farmer's Almanac
Online version with lots of advice and information.
The 50 States of the United States
Capital cities and information links.
Classic 164 Currency Converter
Including historical table from 1969.
Convert It!
Handy tables for just about everything.
EH.NET How Much is That?
Here is a place where you can ask questions of comparative value covering purchasing power, exchange rates, and other variables between the past and today.
Online Conversion
Convert just about anything to anything else. Over 5,000 units and 30,000 conversions.
Universal Currency Converter
Dictionaries & Translators
OneLook Dictionaries
The World Wide Web Acronym and Abbreviation Server
10,000 acronyms and their Expansions.
YourDictionary.com
A comprehensive listing of dictionaries including Merriam-Webster, multilingual, thesauri, grammars for many languages and subject specialty dictionaries.
Congressional Directories
Includes email addresses.
Embassy and Consulate Directory
Directory of the World's Embassies and Consulates.
LookUp Directory
Search for zip codes, addresses, phone numbers, and place names. Results often connect to demographic and census data. Also provides county statistics, information on nonprofit organizations and a post office locator.
Telephone Directories on the Web
Internet's original and most complete index of online phone books, with over 400 links to Yellow Pages, White Pages, Business Directories, Email Addresses and Fax Listings from ovr 170 countries all around the world.
Background Notes
Country reports from the US Department of State.
CIA World Factbook
Statistical and political information about other countries.
DeskRef
Sources for quick answers.
NationMaster.com
Facts and figures from around the world.
Noble Minds
Thought provoking information and discussion on current and popular topics in the news and around the world.
Portals to the World
Links to electronic resources selected by Library of Congress subject experts. Provides authoritative, in-depth information about the nations and other areas of the world.
Quick Reference
From Purdue University Libraries.
Refdesk.com
List of the best internet sites.
Reference Collection from Internet Public Library
 CIA's World Fact Book
Up to date descriptions of each country, its background, geography, people, government, economy, and more.
How Far Is It?
Distance calculated "as the crow flies."
Links to Postal Code Pages
International coverage.
MapQuest.com
U.S. Gazetteer
From the Census Bureau. Search for a place in the U.S.
U.S. Zip Codes
Check for 9 digit zip code for any U.S. address.
Bartleby.com Quotations
Includes Bartlett's Familiar Quotations (1919), Columbia World of Quotations (1996), and Simpson's Contemporary Quotations (1988).
American FactFinder
American FactFinder is a new data access and dissemination system that provides useful facts and information about your community, your economy, and your society. The system will find and retrieve the information you need from some of the Census Bureau's largest data sets. Search or browse for information about states, cities, counties, and other communities of varying sizes.
Statistical Resources on the Web (U.Michigan)
Statistics.com
A comprehensive directory of links to data sources, it's the site to go to when you need to find statistical data. It also gives data analysts, researchers, educators, managers and students tools to build their statistical skills and improve their understanding of statistics.
10,000 Year Calendar
Perpetual calendar from year 1 to 10,000 AD that shows holidays and history for any date.
Calendar Zone
Celestial, cultural, interactive and others.
Date and Time Gateway
International information.
Eprintable Calendars
A fast, easy place to create printable blank monthly or yearly calendars in several page size choices
The World Clock
Automatically reloads every 5 minutes.
Virtual Perpetual Calendars
Calendars for 19th-21st centuries, zodiac and seasons with corresponding dates.
Revised
3/31/2008
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