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Bartlett's Quotations (Columbia University) - Passages, Phrases and Proverbs
A collection of passages, phrases, and proverbs traced to their sources in ancient and modern literature. Arranged by Chronological Index of Primary Authors and Alphabetical Index of All Authors. You may also search Bartlett's using standard word search methods.

Basic Guide to Citing Government Publications (Uncle Sam)
Examples based on the Chicago/Turabian standard bibliographic style and not reference-list form. You may need to modify the citation to conform to the manual/form you are required to use.

Basic Legal Citation Introduction (LII 2003 ed.)
This citation primer is based on the Sixteenth Edition of the "Bluebook." This document links, point by point, to the disk version of this material held on the LII's Folio Webserver.

Calculators On-Line: Martindale's "The Reference Desk"
Very extensive collection of online calculators. There are online calculators for Finance, Automobile, Home & Office, Home Repair & Construction, Insurance, Management/Business, Medical & Health, Science, Navigation, Law, Marriage, Postal, Investments, Mathematics, Engineering, Engineering: Electrical and Computer, and many more.

Cite
Checker's Guide, from the NYU Law Library

eHow
The fast and easy way to find out how to do just about anything and get what you need to do it. Provides thousands of step-by-step instructions, many with images.

"Elements of Style" by Strunk and White (Columbia University)
This book aims to give in brief space the principal requirements of plain English style by concentrating attention on a few essentials, the rules of usage and principles of composition most commonly violated.

FindArticles.com
A free online article-search service from LookSmart.

Foreign Languages for Travelers (The travlang Company)
Travlang's Foreign Languages for Travelers teaches the basics of over 60 languages using both text and sounds. Just select a language you speak and which language(s) you would like to learn. Travlang also provides many translating dictionaries, travel-related information, and even a way to learn a new language one word a day.

FreeDemographics.com (SRC)
Provides free unlimited access to 10 different reports using US Census data. Instantly generate reports for any geography in the US. Also create radius reports for any address in the entire US.

Infoplease Atlas

Learn Spanish - a FREE online tutorial
A free student membership provides access to Virtual Report Card, a free online reporting system that allows you to keep track of all lessons and activities that you have completed. Premium services, at a reasonable fee, offer more vocabulary and additional quizzes, written tests, oral exercises, and exams.

Legal Dictionary (duhaime.org) - A Searchable Legal Dictionary
The world's first Internet hyperlinked legal dictionary.

Other Legal Dictionaries:
FindLaw Legal Dictionary

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary and Thesaurus
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary and Thesaurus. You can conduct standard key word searches. Merriam-Webster's current and complete collegiate dictionary, includes pronunciations and abbreviations.

National Weather Service
From the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration - National Weather Service, this site presents current weather-related warnings and forecasts, graphical forecasts, national maps, radar, rivers, satellite, forecast models, weather safety, reports, outreach, and an Information Center.

Occupational Outlook Handbook - U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
The Occupational Outlook Handbook provides valuable assistance to individuals making decisions about planning a career. The Handbook describes what workers do on the job, working conditions, required training and education, earnings, and expected job prospects in a wide range of occupations.

Online Conversion
Over 5,000 units, and 50,000 conversions. Length/Distance; Temperature; Speed; Volume; Weight/Mass; Computer; Date/Time; Cooking; Angles; Area; Power; Energy; Density; Force; Pressure; Astronomical; Numbers; Finance; Light; Torque; Viscosity; Frequency; Flow Rate; Acceleration; and more.

refdesk.com

Search Engine Showdown
This user's guide to Web searching, compares and evaluates Internet search engines from the searcher's perspective. Developed originally as a way to keep track of search engines and share that information, the site has grown to include a detailed search engine features chart, in-depth search engine reviews, statistical comparisons, search strategies and more.

Statistical Abstract of the United States - U.S. Census Bureau
Statistical Abstract tables for a variety of subjects; Law Enforcement, Courts, and Prison; State and Local Government; Elections; Health and Nutrition; Education; Vital Statistics; Population; Geography and Environment; Labor Force, Employment, and Earnings; Social Insurance and Human Services; Comparative International Statistics and much more. Tables are in PDF format.

TechEncyclopedia
An authoritative dictionary with more than 11,000 definitions of computer terms and concepts.

TypingMaster
Assess your personal typing skills in minutes for free - within your web browser. Based on the short text typing sample, estimate your typing skills including typing speed, accuracy and net speed. You can also receive test results directly to your email address. Download a free TypingMaster Pro demo version. You can complete the first three lessons of the touch typing course and try out the versatile features of the program.

United States Postal Service
Find zip codes, purchase stamps, view newly released stamps, track express mail, post office locator, forms and more. Now you can complete the U.S. Postal Service Official Change of Address form online.

Universal Currency Converter, The
The Universal Currency Converter(TM) allows you to perform interactive foreign exchange rate conversion on the Internet.

USPS Zip+4 Code Lookup
Allows you to find the correct 9-digit zip code for any location in the US.

Virus Information Library (McAfee)
Virus detection and cleaning is an ongoing process. The Virus Information Library provides accurate, up-to-date virus information. In addition to genuine viruses, the Virus Information Library contains a useful database on virus hoaxes.

World Factbook, The (CIA)
The World Factbook contains facts about the geography, people, government, national economy, transportation and communication of all countries of the world. Flags and maps are also provided.

World Time Server
Gives the current time for cities worldwide. Input a comma-separated list of cities or countries

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Travel Information:

Access-Able Travel Source
Provides free accessibility information and resources for mature and travelers with disabilities. This site contains over 5,000 records on lodging, transportation, adventures, emergency and medical services, links.

Airline Web Pages:
American Airlines , Continental Airlines, Delta Airlines, Northwest Airlines, Southwest Airlines, United Airlines

BidJetCharter.com
Makes it easier for travel agents and corporate flight departments to book private jets at a low price. Access to a real-time database shows the location of hundreds of aircraft, from small private jets to Gulfstreams and Boeing 747's. Following three easy steps, BidJetCharter.com will then announce your proposed trip up to 1000 aircraft owners/operators who will compete for your business, while you observe the action.

Bureau of Consular Affairs
Travel warnings/consular info sheets, Services/information for Americans Abroad, Travel Publications, Passport Information, Visa Services and more.

CheapTickets.com
Cheap Tickets online services allow users to bypass intermediaries, and go straight to the source for complete travel information. Business travelers can use online travel service companies to get any information on their own. They can tap into flight information, reservation bookings, locate car rentals and hotels, research local events in their destination cities, even find out the best restaurants to take clients. Online searches can locate money-saving, non-traditional search opportunities.

MapQuest
MapQuest is a free, consumer oriented Web site that offers users the ability to access maps for more than three million cities and towns worldwide, get detailed driving directions, search for specific addresses, find businesses and places of interest, and plan business and leisure trips. MapQuest also allows consumers to customize, save and print their own maps.

Michelin Route Planner for Europe
A free journey planner and travel information service by Michelin. Maps, itinerary, weather and traffic information. Pan-European, interactive travel portal covering European countries, in six languages: English, German, Dutch, Danish, Swedish, and French.

Microsoft Expedia Travel
Microsoft Expedia is a good place to go on the Internet to plan and purchase your vacation and business travel. Book a Flight. Reserve a Room. Rent a Car. Start your travel here.

Multimap.com
Multimap.com is an UK interactive mapping service on the web, offering street-level maps of Europe and detailed maps of the world. It provides interactive internet maps, aerial photographs of UK cities, London Underground maps, UK weather forecasts, links to local information and UK travel directions on the public website, totally free of charge.

Orbitz
Orbitz is a free online travel agency that offers a broad choice of low fares in an easy to use format. Orbitz gives you access to low fares on the Internet, plus great values on rental cars, hotel rooms, and more. In addition, Orbitz brings you the latest in fare-finding technology, so you can be sure that you are getting the most complete list of available airfares.

Travelocity Airline Reservations
Travelocity provides information on domestic and international destinations, along with the ability to book air, car and hotel reservations online. The site also offers a number of features for uncovering the best deals on air fares. Travelocity integrates travel features such as maps, weather and video to create a dynamic online travel center. Travelocity helps leisure and small business travelers be their own travel agent with integrated access to travel information.

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