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Sources of Information

Dictionaries, Thesauri, and Encyclopedias

• The Webster Online Dictionary -- A very nice HTML version of the Webster dictionary that allows you to search for words using regular expressions. Plus from within each definition it has links to other words.
• Webster's Online Thesaurus -- Go to this link and you will be prompted to type in a word. Type one in and you'll be given a plethora of synonyms.
• Information Please -- Offers information from a wide variety of sources, including encyclopedias, dictionaries and more.
• Encyclopaedia Britannica -- The encyclopedia is online....
• A list of encyclopedias at Yahoo

  Miscellaneous

• Detailed street maps at Map Quest of locations anywhere in the world.
• Columbia University's Bartlett's Quotations -- Search for familiar quotes or browse the archive.
• Public Archives -- Contains archives of the Usenet news source groups, government document archives, and more.
• Look up the current weather conditions for anywhere in the United States (eg. Baltimore). This page also has a few ponters to world-wide weather servers.
• Look up Zip Codes -- If you know the street address, city and state you can lookup the corresponding zipcode (and zip+4 zipcode). You can get other postal information from the Post Office's Web Page.
• Koblas Currency Converter allows you to find the conversion rates for any world currency to any other currency.
• A Periodic Table with clickable map. You need a graphical browser to take full advantage of this page.

  Libraries

• Library of Congress -- The Library of Congress has links to vast amounts of information.
  • State and Local Government Information.
  • Newspapers, Current Periodicals & Government Documents.
  • General Government Resources.
  • Government: Executive Branch.
  • Government: Legislative Branch.

  Searching the Web for Information

• Google Search Engine -- One of the best search engines out there. You can also search Usenet news archives.
• Yahoo -- A great directory and search engine.

  Frequently Asked Questions [FAQs]

• IRQ FAQ
• FAQs

  Miscellaneous Resources

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Possible things to be added:

1. FingerInfo
2. Virtual Tourist Information
3. The World-Wide Web Virtual Library: Subject Catalogue (528)
4. Subject tree at Purdue University -- Purdue's subject tree provides "reading rooms" for subjects like the sciences, law, education and more. A great source for journal articles and links to other resources.
5. Religion -- Resources
6. Legal Resources
7. Library of Congress -- Yup, search the entire (online) Library of Congress! :-)
8. Library Services
9. Clarknet's WWW pages