Web reference shelf

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Almanacs

• Information Please
• Old Farmer’s Almanac
• World Factbook (country profiles)

Calendars/time

• Official U.S. Time
• Time and Date
• Time Zone Converter

Colleges/universities

• College and University Home Pages (by Christina DeMello)
• College Source Online (6,000 college profiles)

Dictionaries & thesauri

• Basic Dictionary
• Basic Thesaurus
• Merriam-Webster Dictionary
• Newbury House Dictionary
• OneLook Dictionaries Directory

Dictionaries-specialized

• Computer Glossary and Dictionary
• Medical Dictionary
• NetLingo
• Oxymoron List
• Rhyme Zone
• Specialty Dictionaries
• Sue and Dave’s British/American Dictionary of Slang
• Term-Online: Special Language Glossaries

Encyclopedias

• Encyclopedia Britannica Online
• Encyclopedia Smithsonian
• Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy
• Internet Oracle
• Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy

Law

• FindLaw
• Lexis-Nexis
• Thomas

Library catalogs

• Dordt College
• Iowa State University
• Orange City Public Library
• University of Iowa

Library directory

• LibWeb

Maps

• MapQuest
• Perry-Castaneda Library Map Collection
• Yahoo Maps

Measurements/units

• CalculateMe.com - Comprehensive Conversion Utility
• Calculator Plus
• Calculator.com
• Onlineconversion.com

News-television/cable

• CNN
• FoxNews
• KCAU (ABC)
• KMEG (CBS)
• KPTH (FOX)
• KTIV (NBC)
• MSNBC
• NPR

Quotations

• Bartleby Quotations
• Best of the Web (lists several quotations sites)
• BrainyQuote
• Library Spot (lists several quotations sites)