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Almanacs: *Top of Page *Almanac (Information Please Almanac) Archives: *Top of Page *World-Wide Automobile Prices *Top of Page *Edmund's *Car Wizard *IntelliChoice *Kelley Blue Book Calculators/Conversion Tools *Top of Page *Distance Calculator *Measurements Converter Citing Electronic Sources: *Top of Page *A Citation for History and the Humanities *MLA-Style of Electronic Sources Copyright *Top of Page *United States Copyright Office *Copyright and Fair Use From Stanford University Libraries. *Copyright for Educators *The Copyright Website Operated by copyright attorney Benedict O'Mahoney. *The Copyright Workshop A nice overview. *Intellectual Property in Cyberspace From Harvard University. *Digital Future Coalition Committed to balanced copyright legislation. *Ten Myths of Copyright Explained. *The U.S. Constitution Online. Copyright law stems from Article I, Section 8, Clause 8. Currency *Top of Page *Currency Exchange Rates (University of British Columbia) *Currency Exchange Rates - Universal Currency Converter (Xenon) Dictionaries & Encyclopedias: *Top of Page *Biographical Dictionary *Encarta Online Encyclopedia (Microsoft) *Thesaurus (Roget's) *On-Line Dictionaries *Webster's Dictionary *Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy Education: *Top of Page *College Information - Links (Center for All Collegiate Information) *Peterson's Education Center *Test Locator and Test Review Locator (ERIC/Buros) College and University Home Pages *Alphabetical, U.S. *By state, U.S. *Alphabetical, World-Wide *By Country, World-Wide Schools: *School Directory *School Locator (K-12 Schools in the U.S.) *Study Abroad Directory Flags: *Top of Page *Historical Flags Genealogy *Top of Page *United States *Internet Family Finder Health: *Top of Page Hospitals *Hospital Directory *Best Hospitals Physicians: *Medical Specialists Database Reference: *Achoo *Biomedical Resources (Yale) *Drug Index *Hardin Medical Links *List and Glossary of Medical Terms *National Library of Medicine *Ask Dr. Weil *Medical Dictionary (Graylab) *Medline Plus Homework Help *Top of Page *American Memory: Historical Collections (Library of Congress) *Ask Jeeves A fast way to get the right answer. *Bartlett's Familiar Quotations *Biography Find (Biography Magazine) *Chemistry Internet Resources (UT Austin General Libraries) *CIA World Factbook *Classics and Mediterranean Archaeology *Costume History Illustrations *Country Studies / Area Handbooks *Geology/Earth Science Resources *Government Information *Worldwide Holiday and Festival Site *Information about the 50 states. Very useful site. *Joe's Homework Help Site *Periodic Table of the Elements *Scholarly Societies Project (University of Waterloo) Links to Associations, Institutes and Societies *Schoolwork.Ugh One of the top 1,000 sites in the world. *The Shakespearean Homework helper

How to: *Top of Page *instructions (Learn2.Com) *Life Advice (MetLife) Internet Resources: *Top of Page *Discussion Lists on the Internet (Tile.Net) *Electronic Books *Images and Graphics on the Internet *Internet Weather Report *NewJour Announcements of new electronic journals *Newsgroups - Find Usenet groups and postings Law: *Top of Page *Martindale-Hubbell Lawyer Locator *The Web's Legal Dictionary Libraries:*Top of Page *Around the World (Berkeley) *National Libraries Maps: *Top of Page *Map-Related Sites Movies /Music /Television/Radio:*Top of Page *Internet Movie Database *Music - All Music Guide *Radio Stations (MIT) *Callsign Search: for Ham Radio Operators *Television Shows Information (Internet Movie Database) Patents/Trademarks*Top of Page *United States Patent and Trademark Office The Big Kahuna. *African-American Inventors Database The Patent & Trademark Office does not collect personal information from inventors...this site helps fill the void. *IBM Intellectual Property network Nice search engine. *National Inventor Fraud Center, Inc. Submitting a patent is very difficult. Watch yourself. Periodicals:*Top of Page *Periodical Indexes Online *Periodicals Directory (MediaFinder) *Periodicals Directory (PubList) Publishers:*Top of Page *Publishers - American University Presses Combined Book Catalog *Publishers - Directory of Publishers and Vendors (AcqWeb) Postal Service: *Top of Page *USPS *Zip Codes *zipinfo.com Zip Codes, Latitude & Longitude, etc Relocation:*Top of Page *Chamber of Commerce Directory *Relocation Salary Calculator *Virtual Relocation Resources Taxes:*Top of Page *Tax Forms - State Tax Forms Time: *Top of Page *World Time Zone Map *World Times Choose the country -- find the current time. Miscellanea:*Top of Page *Calendar - 10,000 Year Calendar *Fortune 500 *French Language Research (ARTFL) *Newsmaker Profiles from CNN *Nutrient analysis tool At last...track down those fat grams! *Pulitzer Prize Winners *Sun and Moon Rise and Set Calculator (U.S. Naval Observatory) *Think Tanks Directory (NIRA) *Thomas Register of American Manufacturers Directory of manufacturing companies in the U.S. Registration required. *Transcripts from CNN news