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| Biographies & Fact Books | Dictionaries & Thesauri |
| Geography & Maps | Historical Documents |
| Language & Writing | Quotations & Speeches |
| Weights & Measures | Other Information |
Biographies & Fact Books
- Biographical Dictionary - A Wikipedia-type system where you can contribute to existing biographical data or create a new biography.
- Biography.com - Incorporates the Cambridge Biographical Encyclopedia database, and Cambridge Dictionary of American Biography.
- Encyclopedia Britannica - Pulls information from the Web, magazines, and books in addition to the encyclopedia.
- Fugitive Fact File - Searchable database compiled by Minnesota's Hennepin County Library staff. Includes data and resources which have been used to answer reference questions.
- Presidents of the U.S. - Biographical information and links to other sites. Maintained by the Internet Public Library.
- State & County QuickFacts - Quick, easy access to facts about people, business, and geography of U.S. states from the U.S. Census Bureau.
- Statistical Abstract of the United States - Includes State Rankings.
Dictionaries & Thesauri
- Acronyma - Search for acronyms in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch, Italian, and Portuguese.
- Basic Dictionary of ASL (American Sign Language) Terms - Provides both animated and text definitions.
- Dictionary of Phrase and Fable - Supplies the meaning and origin of phrases and fables in keyword searchable format.
- Lexicool.com - A searchable directory of "over 3000 translation dictionaries and glossaries." Search by language, subject, or keyword.
- Merriam-Webster International Dictionary, Unabridged - Access to the unabridged dictionary and the thesaurus.
Geography & Maps
- Distance Calculator: How Far Is It? - Find distances from one place to another anywhere in the world.
- Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names - Global data, hierarchically arranged and searchable.
- Google Maps - Find local businesses, view maps and get driving directions in Google Maps.
- John R. Borchert Map Library, University of Minnesota - Includes links to Minnesota maps.
- MapQuest - Locate a city, a business, or a specific address in the U.S., and display a map of the area around it. TripQuest calculates and displays driving directions between two U.S. cities.
- Minnesota Department of Natural Resources: Maps - Digital, interactive, and print maps of local interest. Includes a link to DNR's experimental application Tons of Maps Online (ToMo ). ToMo lets you browse every USGS 1:24,000, 1:100,000 and 1:250:000 quadrangle for Minnesota.
- Minnesota Maps Library - The Office of Geographic and Demographic Analysis at Minnesota from the Department of Administration provides a wide variety of state maps. Maps include Minnesota legislative districts, school districts, reported crimes by geographic region, and river basins.
- Minnesota State Highway Map - The "official" highway map, provided by the Minnesota Department of Transportation.
- National Geographic Xpeditions - World atlas information: nearly 600 maps designed for printing.
- U.S. Gazetteer - Search for a place name in the U.S., then view a Tiger map (graphic) or census demographic data tables (text). Site developed by the U.S. Census Bureau.
- U.S. Board on Geographic Names - The Geographic Names Information System contains information about almost 2 million physical and cultural geographic features in the United States.
Historical Documents
- AMDOCS: Documents for the Study of American History - Arranged chronologically by period (e.g. colonial, Second World War).
- A Chronology of U.S. Historical Documents - Primary historical documents.
- Core Documents of U.S. Democracy - An electronic collection of current and historical United States Government documents, selected by the Government Printing Office's Access service.
- EuroDocs: Primary Historical Documents from Western Europe - Selected transcriptions, facsimiles, and translations.
Language & Writing
- Citation Style Guides - Links to explanations and examples of four major citation styles: MLA, Chicago/Turabian, American Psychological Association, and the American Anthropological Association.
- Elements of Style (Strunk, 1918) - Full text of this classic guide.
- Research and Documentation Online - Includes links to MLA, APA, Chicago, CBE and other style guides.
Quotations & Speeches
- Bartlett's Familiar Quotations - Contains over 11,000 searchable quotations.
Weights & Measures
- Common Equivalent Weights and Measures - For each unit of measure, gives metric and U.S. equivalents. Maintained by College of Chemistry, University of California-Berkeley.
- How Many? A Dictionary of Units of Measurement - Definitions of terms and links to various scales on a variety of issues including drought severity and newborn Apgar scoring.
Other Information
- Kelley Blue Book - Find used car values and new car prices.
- Nobel Prizes - Searchable database maintained by the Nobel Foundation.
- Parliamentary Procedure - A Yahoo! list of parliamentary procedure information aids, including Robert's Rules of Order.
- U.S. Patent and Trademark Office - A wealth of information and access to their patents database.
- Pulitzer Prize Winners
- Vital Records - How to obtain birth, death, marriage, and divorce certificates, ancestor names, etc. in the United States.
- Universal Currency Converter and Interactive Currency Table.
- Zip Code Lookup from the United States Postal Service.
