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Almanacs, Encyclopedias,
Calculators, Government
Entertainment, News Sources, Magazines,
General Resources, Statistics
Information Please
Old Farmer's Almanac
Baseball Almanac
Celebrity Almanac
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Encyclopedias - these are free, but are not comprehensive. For more complete information, use The IMC's World Book database or any of the CD-ROM encyclopedias
Encyclopedia - this is a concise version of
Columbia encyclopedia
The Catholic Encyclopedia - this is
excellent as a historical and biographical reference
Spartacus Encyclopedia - this is an
excellent resource for history and world affairs
Britannica - the complete version
Encyclopedia of the Orient - this is an excellent
resource for background information about people, countries and political or religious
issues on the Middle East and Africa
The Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy
Encyclopedia of the
Celts - a searchable encyclopedia of Celtic literature
The Encyclopedia of
Mythica - search for those myths and gods and goddesses from ancient
Rome and Greece
Bulfinch's Mythology - look up
information on gods and heroes, chivalry and King Arthur, Legends of
Charlemagne and romance of the Middle Ages
Financenter - 122 calculators for every
purpose
American Sign Language Dictionary
- scroll down to the middle of the page for the dictionary
Animated American Sign Language
Dictionary - this has animated as well as text definitions
Merrian Webster
Dictionary
Chiefs of State and
Cabinet Members of Foreign Governments
New Jersey Facts and Symbols
New Jersey State Legislature
Federal Consumer Information Center
U.S. Census Bureau
Online Study Guide for the NJ
Driving Test
New Jersey DMV - Driver's Manual
in Spanish and English
FirstGov - this site allows you to reach every
online resource offered by the federal government
Dead People Server
Movie Database
Reader's Advisory - books reviews
How Stuff Works
Total News - full-text online sources
CNN News - allows searching of its
archives
USA Today - archives of the national newspaper
The Online News Hour - news
program from public television
Newspapers Online - links to news papers
throughout the world
Television News Archive - archive of
television news since 1968 from Vanderbilt University
FindArticles - this is a
database of articles from more than 300 magazines and journals, dating back to 1998
Time Magazine Online
The New Republic - journal of art and
politics
The Atlantic Monthly - another journal of
politics, art and society
Life Magazine
U.S. News Online
Sports Illustrated
Bartleby - searches a combined database
of more than twenty reference works
Factmonster - from Info Please - online
dictionary, encyclopedia, almanac and atlas
Vocabulary Improvement - this
site assists you in improving your vocabulary through word roots, prefixes and suffixes
Improve Your Spelling - hints on
using root words to improve your spelling
U.S. Census Bureau
United States Historical Census Data
- describes the people and the economy of the U.S. for each state and county from 1790 to
1960
The Bureau of Labor Statistics - get
information on how much people earn, the consumer price index, consumer spending and much more; Click on the link for "Other Statistics" to get statistics on health,
justice and education
How Much is That Worth
Today - allows users to compare the buying power of the dollar between 1720 and 2000
InfoNation
- compare statistics from up to seven United Nations member countries. The
statistics page has four sections: geography, economy, population and society.
International
Database - this site provides statistical tables of demographic and socioeconomic
facts for 227 countries
Your Nation - this is another useful site to
compare country data collected from the CIA World Fact book
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