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Ask.com
United States
(www.ask.com) |
Google
United States
(www.google.com) |
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Search Engine Colossus
International directory of search engines.
United States
(www.searchenginecolossus.com) |
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Yahoo
United States
(search.yahoo.com) |
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Edna.edu.au – News
News headlines from Australia’s
free online network for educators.
Australia
(www.edna.edu.au) |
EducationNews.org
Excellent source of current news specifically related
to education. Global coverage.
United States
(www.ednews.org) |
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EducationWeek.org
Local, state, and national news and
issues from preschool through 12th grade. Global coverage.
United States
(www.edweek.org) |
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Special Education News
Focuses on in-dept, timely news related to educating
students with disabilities.
United States
(www.specialednews.com) |
Topix: Education News
Education section to Topix, a leading news community
on the Web.
United States
(www.topix.net) |
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1st Headlines
Top breaking news headlines local, state, national,
and international.
United States
(www.1stheadlines.com) |
HeadlineSpot.com
Links to worldwide news sources.
United States
(www.headlinespot.com) |
Reuters
United States
(www.reuters.com) |
UPI
United States
(www.upi.com) |
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ABC
Australia
(www.abc.net.au) |
ABC
United States
(abcnews.go.com) |
BBC
United Kingdom
(news.bbc.co.uk) |
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CBS
United States
(www.cbsnews.com) |
CNN
United States
(www.cnn.com) |
C-SPAN
United States
(www.c-span.org) |
Fox
United States
(www.foxnews.com) |
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MSNBC
United States
(www.msnbc.msn.com) |
NewsLink
Links to worldwide news sources.
United States
(newslink.org) |
NPR
United States
(www.npr.org) |
PBS
United States
(www.pbs.org) |
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NOAA
United States
(www.noaa.gov) |
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AllRefer.com
Database of over 100,000
articles and reference materials.
United States
(reference.allrefer.com) |
Answers.com
Instant informationon over 4 million topics.
United States
(www.answers.com) |
Bartleby.com
Excellent online col lection of reference books, verse, fiction and nonfiction.
United States
(www.bartleby.com) |
Bibliomania
Online literature, book notes, author biographies, book summaries, reference books, and study guides.
United States
(www.bibliomania.com) |
General Library
Reference site providing information on a wide variety of subject
areas.
United States
(www.generallibrary.com) |
Internet Public Library
Fantastic
source of internet books, reference sites, magazines, and newspaper
sites from all over the world. Also
contains specialized sites for kids and teens.
United States
(www.ipl.org) |
Martindale's "The Reference Desk"
"This site contains over 50 different Centers and over 300 different
subsections representing over 60,000 sites."
United States
(www.martindalecenter.com) |
Refdesk.com
This
site is free and family friendly. It is an incredible source for
facts on the Net -- news, weather, sports, reference, encyclopedia,
facts on file, dictionaries and encyclopedias, tutorials, search
engines, Windows Operating Systems Resources, free stuff, games
and much more. The
site has 20,000+ quality links.”
United States
(www.refdesk.com) |
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AllPages.com
An online
national “yellow pages” directory
for all the US States.
United States
(www.allpages.com) |
AnyWho Directory
Contains
all residential and business white pages and yellow pages for published
telephone listings. Sponsored by AT&T.
United States
(www.anywho.com) |
AT&T Online Directory Assistance
Online
directory assistance to locate phone numbers, addresses, maps, and
directions for businesses and people in the United States.
United States
(www.corp.att.com) |
Infobel.com
Worldwide directory.
United States
(www.infobel.com) |
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Reverse Phone Directory
Includes a reverse phone and cell phone directory, reverse
address search, email address search and more.
United States
(www.reversephonedirectory.com) |
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The Ultimate White Pages
Finds the phone number and address of the person you specify
in any area of the US.
United States
(www.theultimates.com) |
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USPS – Zip Code Lookup
The US government site
providing zip codes for any address in the United States.
United States
(zip4.usps.com) |
White Pages.com
The No. 1 online people search destination with more that 120
million people searchable in their databases.
United States
(www.whitepages.com) |
YellowPages.com
A subsidiary of AT&T and a leading Internet
Yellow Pages and search directory.
United States
(www.yellowpages.com) |
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Celebrity Almanac
Includes information on celebrities in the arts, literature, sports, business and political fields.
United States
(www.celebrityalmanac.com) |
CIA World Factbook
Contains country profiles, reference maps, flags of the world, and more.
United States
(www.cia.gov) |
CNN Daily Almanac
Contains current events, upcoming events, notable birthdays, and historic events.
United States
(www.cnn.com) |
Fact Monster: Almanac
Geared for students, FactMOnster.com has unbeatable reference materials, fun facts and features, and individualized homework help.
United States
(www.factmonster.com) |
Fast Facts
Worldwide compilation of almanacs, factbooks, statistical
reports and related reference tools.
United States
(www.freepint.com) |
GeoHive
A site with geopolitical data, statistics on the human
population, Earth and more.
United States
(www.xist.org) |
InfoPlease: Almanac
Online accessibility to the Information Please Almanac.
United States
(www.infoplease.com) |
Old Farmer’s Almanac
Since 1792, The Old Farmer’s
Almanac has
published a compendium of useful and practical information.
United States
(www.almanac.com) |
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Atlapedia Online
Contains full color physical and political maps as
well as key facts and statistics on countries of the world.
United States
(www.atlapedia.com) |
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Google Earth
Satellite imagery of the Earth.
United States
(earth.google.com) |
Google Maps
Interactive city maps.
United States
(maps.google.com) |
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Library of Congress
American and Cartographic Treasures of the Library
of Congress.
United States
(lcweb2.loc.gov) |
MapMachine
United States
(www.nationalgeograhic.com) |
MapQuest
Interactive maps for cities and towns worldwide.
United States
(www.mapquest.com) |
NASA World Wind
Lets you zoom from satellite altitude into any place
on Earth.
United States
(worldwind.arc.nasa.gov) |
National Atlas of the United States
This is the new online National
Atlas of the United States. It provides a comprehensive
view into the enormous wealth of geospatial and geostatistical
data collected for the United States.
United States
(www.nationalatlas.gov) |
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The National Map
Online, interactive map from the US Geological Survey.
United States
(nationalmap.gov) |
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Rand McNally
Driving directions, online maps, traffic, road explorers,
plan a trip, and lots more.
United States
(www.randmcnally.com) |
US Census Bureau
High quality, detailed maps of anywhere in the US.
United States
(tiger.census.gov) |
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Yahoo! Maps
Interactive city maps.
United States
(maps.yahoo.com) |
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Calendar
United States
(www.timeanddate.com) |
Earth Calendar
A daybook of holidays and celebrations around the world.
United States
(www.earthcalendar.net) |
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Famous Birthdays.com
Birthdays by day, month, year, and much more.
United States
(www.famousbirthdays.com) |
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Interfaith Calendar
Primary sacred times for the
world’s religions.
United States
(www.interfaithcalendar.org) |
On This Day
The New York Times, United States.
(www.nytimes.com) |
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Time and Date.com
Provides calendars for any year, monthly calendars,
custom calendars, and countdown calendars.
United States
(www.timeanddate.com) |
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Web-Holidays.com
Holiday calendar, party planning and craft ideas.
United States
(www.web-holidays.com) |
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Official U.S. Time
Provided by the National Institute of Standards and
Technology (NIST) and the US Naval Observatory (USNO).
United States
(www.time.gov) |
Time and Date.com
Provides current time, time zone calculators, time
zones, sun and moon calculators, date calculators, countdowns,
and much more.
United States
(www.timeanddate.com) |
Virtual Timer
Online timer – click on preferences
to set time.
United States
(www.timeme.com) |
Virtual Stopwatch
Online stopwatch – click
on preferences to set.
United States
(www.timeme.com) |
World Clock
Automatically updated every minute.
United States
(www.timeanddate.com) |
World Time Map
Interactive globe focusing on local time.
United States
(24timezones.com) |
WorldTimeServer.com
Local time in every country in the world.
United States
(www.worldtimeserver.com) |
World Time Zones
Click anywhere on the map to
display the current time in that time zone. Also contains
a list of countries and cities in that time zone.
United States
(www.timeticker.com) |
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Acronym Finder
Large and comprehensive dictionary of acronyms, abbreviations,
and initialisms.
United States
(www.acronymfinder.com) |
AlphaDictionary.com
Search 992 online English dictionaries.
United States
(www.alphadictionary.com) |
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Dictionary.Com
A multi-source dictionary search service.
United States
(dictionary.reference.com) |
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Encyclopedia Mythica
Encyclopedia of mythology, folklore, and religion.
United States
(www.pantheon.org) |
Hyperdictionary.com
English dictionary, computer dictionary, video dictionary,
dream dictionary, and medical dictionary.
United States
(www.hyperdictionary.com) |
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Language Dictionaries
Foreign language online dictionaries, grammars, and
other language tools.
United States
(www.yourdictionary.com) |
Merriam-Webster Online
Free online version of the Merriam-Webster English
dictionary, with searchable dictionary definitions, thesaurus,
and a student dictionary for kids.
United States
(www.m-w.com) |
OneLook Dictionaries
Indexes more than 5 million words in more than 900
online dictionaries.
United States
(www.onelook.com) |
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Specialty Dictionaries
Dictionaries and glossaries of specialized words in
the English language.
United States
(www.yourdictionary.com) |
The Free Dictionary
Dictionary, medical dictionary, legal dictionary, financial
dictionary, acronyms, and idioms.
United States
(www.thefreedictionary.com) |
Word2Word
Language resource links.
United States
(www.word2word.com) |
YourDictionary.com
One of the most comprehensive and authoritative language
portals on the web with more than 2500 dictionaries and grammars
in over 300 languages, games that build language skills, and
a forum.
United States
(www.yourdictionary.com) |
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Britannica Concise Online
Free Internet encyclopedia
with 28,000 articles from the editors of Encyclopædia
Britannica.
United States
(www.concise.britannica.com) |
Canadian Encyclopedia
Comprehensive and authoritative source of information
on all things Canadian.
Canada
(www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com) |
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Encyclopedia.com
Free Internet encyclopedia with more
than 57,000 articles from the Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. Frequently
updated.
United States
(www.encylopedia.com) |
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Fact Monster: Encyclopedia
Access to more than 57,000 articles
from the Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. Student oriented.
United States
(www.factmonster.com) |
How Stuff Works
Thousands of articles on a broad
range of topics. Articles
are logical and easy to understand.
United States
(www.howstuffworks.com) |
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TechEncyclopedia
More than 20,000 IT terms and definitions.
United States
(www.techweb.com) |
Wikipedia
The web’s largest, evolving encyclopedia. Use
with caution.
International
(www.wikipedia.org) |
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World Flag Database
Search by country or appearance of flag. Includes
military, organizations, and state/province flags.
United States
(www.flags.net) |
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United States |
USA.gov
The United States Government official web portal.
United States
(www.usa.gov) |
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GovSpot.com
Links to National, State, and Local governments
and agencies.
United States
(www.govspot.com) |
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Senate
United States
(www.senate.gov) |
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United Kingdom |
Directgov
Official United Kingdom government portal and guide
to information.
United Kingdom
(www.direct.gov.uk) |
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Australia |
Australia
Official Australian government home page.
Australia
(www.australia.gov.au) |
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Canada |
Canada
Official Canadian government home page.
Canada
(www.canada.gc.ca) |
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AllLaw.com
Comprehensive legal directory and search engine.
United States
(www.alllaw.com) |
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Duhaime.Org
Legal dictionary and resources.
United States
(www.duhaime.org) |
FindLaw
Comprehensive set of legal resources including search
utilities, cases and codes, and legal news.
United States
(www.findlaw.com) |
GigaLaw.com
Comprehensive legal news about the Internet
and high technology.
United States
(gigalaw.blogspot.com) |
Glossary of Legal Terms
Glossary of general legal terms.
New York State Unified Court System, New York, United States.
(nyucourts.gov) |
Guide to Law Online
An annotated guide to sources of
information on government and law available online. Prepared
by the US Law Library of Congress.
United States
(www.loc.gov) |
Hieros Gamos (HG.org)
One of the largest legal portals, Hieros Gamos
is a comprehensive guide to worldwide law and government.
(www.hg.org) |
Internet Law Library
Contains Internet law resources organized by subject
and jurisdiction, in addition to the basic documents of US
law.
United States
(www.lawmoose.com) |
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Legal.com
Leading source of law books. Also
contains legal information and resources.
United States
(www.legal.com) |
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Nolo.com
Publisher of books on a variety of
legal topics. Online
articles on selected legal topics.
United States
(www.nolo.com) |
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Bartleby.com
Excellent online collection of reference books, verse,
fiction, and nonfiction.
United States
(www.bartleby.com) |
The British Library
Online information server containing comprehensive
information about the British Library, collections, and services.
United Kingdom
(www.bl.uk) |
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Internet
Public Library
Fantastic source of internet
books, reference sites, magazines, and newspaper sites from
all over the world. Also
contains specialized sites for kids and teens.
United States
(www.ipl.org) |
LibDex
Worldwide library index.
United States
(www.libdex.com) |
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Library of Congress
Official site featuring online galleries, research
information, and library news.
United States
(www.loc.gov) |
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LibWeb
Links to libraries worldwide.
United States
(lists.webjunction.org) |
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PublicLibraries.com
Links to US public libraries, US state libraries, Presidential
libraries, national libraries of the world, and university
and college libraries.
United States
(www.publiclibraries.com) |
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Universal Digital Library
Led by Carnegie Mellon University, the Million Book
Project has digitized over one million books and made the entire
database accessible.
United States
(www.ulib.org) |
WorldCat
WorldCat is the world’s largest network of library
content and services. WorldCat libraries are dedicated
to providing access to their resources on the Web, where most
people start their search for information.
United States
(www.worldcat.org) |
The WWW Virtual Library
In operation since 1991, the Virtual Library is the
oldest catalog of the Internet.
United States
(vlib.org) |
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Hulu.com
Offers commercial-supported TV episodes and
movies.
United States
(www.hulu.com) |
Snopes.com
The latest information on rumors and urban
legends.
United States
(www.snopes.com) |
Twitter
Real-time short messaging service that works over multiple networks
and devices.
United States
(twitter.com) |
YouTube.com
Video sharing website where users can upload,
view, and share video clips.
United States
(www.youtube.com) |
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AbeBooks
Online marketplace for new, used, rare, and out-of-print
books.
United States
(www.abebooks.com) |
Alibris
Online marketplace for new, used, rare, and out-of-print
books, movies, and music. United States
(www.alibris.com) |
Amazon.com
Online marketplace for just about everything.
United States
(www.amazon.com) |
Barnes & Noble
Online bookstore.
United States
(www.barnesandnoble.com) |
Borders
Online bookstore.
United States
(www.bordersstores.com) |
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Bartleby.com
Online books (reference, verse, fiction, and nonfiction)
available free of charge.
United States
(www.bartleby.com) |
BookRags.com
Excellent research site for students. Also
contains literature summaries, biographies, literary criticism,
essays, encyclopedias, lesson plans, study guides and eBooks.
United States
(www.bookrags.com) |
BookReporter.com
Author profiles, book reviews, articles, book quizzes,
contests, and a daily quote.
United States
(www.bookreporter.com) |
BookSpot.com
Book links, list, and information.
United States
(www.bookspot.com) |
BookWire.com
Internet resource featuring new titles, new authors,
and news about the book industry.
United States
(www.bookwire.com) |
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Fantastic Fiction
Bibliographies for over 10,000 authors along with information
on over 200,000 books.
United Kingdom
(www.fantasticfiction.co.uk) |
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Internet Public Library
Fantastic source of internet books,
reference sites, magazines, and newspaper sites from all over the
world. Also
contains specialized sites for kids and teens.
United States
(www.ipl.org) |
Online Books Page
A website that facilitates access to books that are
freely readable over the Internet.
United States
(onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu) |
Overbooked
A resource for omnivorous readers.
United States
(www.overbooked.org) |
Project Gutenberg
The Internet’s oldest producer
of free electronic books.
United States
(promo.net) |
Publishers Weekly
Book news and information.
United States
(www.publishersweekly.com) |
Rare Book Room
Online scans of rare books.
United States
(www.rarebookroom.org) |
Universal Digital Library
Led by Carnegie Mellon University, the Million Book
Project has digitized over one million books and made the entire
database accessible.
United States
(www.ulib.org) |
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Magazines
Magazine links by category.
United States
(www.headlinespot.com) |
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World Magazines
World newspapers and magazines listed by country
United States
(www.worldpress.org) |
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AllMovie.com
Comprehensive database of movies with film synopses,
reviews, and actor biographies.
United States
(www.allmovie.com) |
FilmSite.org
Contains interpretive, descriptive review commentary
and historical background for some of the best Hollywood and
American classic films of the last century.
United States
(www.filmsite.org) |
Internet Movie Database (IMDb)
The most comprehensive database available
about movies, actors, television shows, production crew personnel,
and video games. Start here!
United States
(imdb.com) |
Media Resources Center
University of California Berkeley
Library’s primary collection of materials
in electronic audio and visual formats. Though only available
for borrowing by other UC campuses, the database does provide
a lot of information.
United States
(www.lib.berkeley.edu) |
Nitpickers.com
Mistakes and goofs in movies and television shows.
United States
(www.nitpickers.com) |
TCM Movie Database
Archive from the vaults of Turner Classic Movies.
United States
(www.tcm.com) |
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AllMusic
One of the most comprehensive music reference source
on the Internet.
United States
(wc04.allmusic.com) |
Billboard.com
The Internet counterpart of Billboard
magazine, the world’s premier music publication.
United States
(www.billboard.com) |
Lyrics World
This index contains links to all of the lyrics available
at Lyrics World.
United States
(www.ntl.matrix.com) |
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Sing-Along Songs
Midis and lyrics from the National Institute of Environmental
Health Sciences (NIEHS).
United States
(kids.niehs.nih.gov) |
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Vocalist
Excellent resources for singing teachers
and students of voice. Online tutorials and material resources.
United States
(www.vocalist.org.uk) |
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Newspapers.com
Worldwide newspaper links by country.
United States
(www.newspapers.com) |
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NewsVoyager
International, US, and Canadian newspaper
links. Also
includes links to college newspapers, newspaper archives, and
media associations and organizations.
United States
(www.newspaperlinks.com) |
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The Paperboy.com
Worldwide newspaper links by country.
United States
(www.thepaperboy.com) |
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World Newspapers
Worldwide newspaper links by country.
United States
(www.worldpress.org) |
World-Newsapers.com
Worldwide newspaper links by country.
United States
(www.world-newspapers.com) |
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Live-Radio.Net
Links to thousands of radio stations worldwide.
United States
(www.live-radio.net) |
Radio-Locator
Comprehensive radio station search engine with over
10,000 radio station web page links and over 2500 audio streams
from the US and worldwide.
United States
(www.radio-locator.com) |
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Radio Station World
Worldwide radio station links by country.
United States
(radiostationworld.com) |
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EPguides.com
Episode guides for over 3800 TV shows. Also
includes numerous links to other TV related websites.
United States
(www.epguides.com) |
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Internet Movie Database (IMDb)
The most comprehensive database available
about movies, actors, television shows, production crew personnel,
and video games. Start here!
United States
(imdb.com) |
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Nitpickers.com
Mistakes and goofs in movies and television shows.
United States
(www.nitpickers.com) |
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TV.com
Articles, reviews, episode guides, trivia, interviews,
and more.
United States
(www.tv.com) |
TV Networks
US Network and Cable stations.
United States
(www.newsdirectory.com) |
TV Station Web Page Directory
Links to television stations from North America and around the
world that have web pages.
Canada
(www3.sympatico.ca) |
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Medbot
Web search engine for health and medicine resources.
United States
(med.stanford.edu) |
MedicineNet.com
Online, healthcare media publishing company providing
easy-to-read, in-depth, authoritative medical information for
consumers.
United States
(www.medicinenet.com) |
Medline Plus
Brings together authoritative information
from the National Library of Medicine, the National Institutes
of Health, and other government agencies and health-related organizations. Contains
extensive drug information, an illustrated medical encyclopedia,
interactive patient tutorials, and the latest health news.
United States
(www.nlm.nih.gov) |
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WebMD
Excellent source of medical information.
United States
(www.webmd.com) |
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Museum.com
Worldwide links to museums and galleries.
United States
(www.museum.com) |
Museums
Guide to museums and related cultural institutions with links.
United States
(www.ipl.org) |
MuseumSpot.com
Worldwide links to museums.
United States
(www.museumspot.com) |
MuseumStuff.com
Worldwide links to museums.
United States
(www.museumstuff.com) |
MuseumsUSA
Comprehensive listing of US museums.
United States
(www.museumsusa.org) |
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World Digital Library
The World Digital Library (WDL) makes available
on the Internet significant primary materials from countries and
cultures around the world.
International
(www.wdl.org) |
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Brainy Quote
Search for quotes by topic, author, type, or keyword.
United States
(www.brainyquote.com) |
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Cool Quotes
Search for quotes by category or author.
United States
(www.coolquotes.com) |
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The Quotations Page
Search for quotes by author or subject.
United States
(www.quotationspage.com) |
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Respectfully Quoted
American political quotes compiled by the Library of
Congress.
United States
(www.bartleby.com) |
Wisdom Quotes
Search by theme and occasion.
United States
(www.wisdomquotes.com) |
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Academic Info
Online education resource center with extensive subject
guides and distance learning information.
United States
(www.academicinfo.net) |
Colleges.Com
Everything college. Includes
links to colleges and universities worldwide.
United States
(www.mit.edu) |
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Public School Review
Detailed profiles of public schools and their surrounding
communities.
United States
(www.publicschoolreview.com) |
School Matters
Online source of information and analysis of US public
schools.
United States
(www.schoolmatters.com) |
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InfoPlease: Thesaurus
Online accessibility to the Information Please Thesaurus.
United States
(www.infoplease.com) |
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Thesaurus.Com
Online thesaurus.
United States
(thesaurus.reference.com) |
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