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Additional general reference resources are available to the UGA community via GALILEO.
ACRONYMS
Acronym Server: Searching for the Meaning of L.I.F.E. Since 1988
: In addition to providing information about acronyms, invites users to submit new ones they have found.
Acronym
Finder : With
more than 565,000 human-edited entries, Acronym Finder is the world's
largest and most comprehensive dictionary of acronyms, abbreviations,
and initialisms. Combined with the Acronym Attic, Acronym Finder
contains more than 4 million acronyms and abbreviations.
ALMANACS
CIA World Fact Book : Offering detailed information about the world's nations
CNN Video Almanac : "We've
collected our best video since the birth of CNN in 1980. Choose a year
or topic to begin a multimedia tour through history."
Information Please Almanac : Information Please has been providing authoritative answers to all
kinds of factual questions since 1938—first as a popular radio quiz
show, then starting in 1947 as an annual almanac, and since 1998 on the
Internet
Old Farmer's Almanac : "Since 1792, The Old Farmer's Almanac has published useful
information for people in all walks of life: tide tables for those who
live near the ocean; sunrise tables and planting charts for those who
live on the farm; recipes for those who live in the kitchen; and
forecasts for those who don't like the question of weather left up in
the air."
BIOGRAPHY
Biography
page - from A&E Television
Biographical
Dictionary : Covering more than 33,000 men and women from ancient days to the present.
Who's
Who Online : Searchable site containing professional and biographical data about
individuals of accomplishment who are part of the worldwide Internet community.
Profiles are provided by the individuals themselves, who own the copyrights to
their own pages. NOT a Marquis Who's Who database.
DICTIONARIES
Law.com Legal Dictionary : Enter a legal term or phrase, search within definitions, or browse by letter
Dictionary.com :
In addition to searching for definitions, provides access to a
thesaurus and encyclopedia. "Word of the Day" is available in
either email or RSS feeds, and in English or Spanish.
Merriam-Webster
Online : Enhanced features include English-Spanish option, as well as a medical dictionary.
Roget's
Thesaurus
: Hosted by the ARTFL project at the University of Chicago, this
searchable 1911 edition will not include modern words. The site
also contains an English-French dictionary.
DIRECTORIES
Area Codes
Investigators
Guide to Sources of Information : This 1997 Investigators' Guide to Sources of Information is
published as a service to the investigative community by
GAO's Office of Special Investigations. It is intended to
be a useful investigative tool for identifying sources of
information about people, property, business, and finance.
Librarians'
Internet Index : Search and browse for the best of the Web, with over
20,000 entries maintained by librarians and organized into 14
main topics and nearly 300 related topics.
Toll Free Numbers : Internet 800 Directory and AT&T AnyWho
U.S.
Address and Zip Code Lookup
Yellow Book : a search engine that finds names, addresses and phone numbers of people,
businesses and government agencies.
White pages on Switchboard.com
ENCYCLOPEDIAS
Encyclopedia Britannica
Encyclopedia.com : The Internet's premiere free encyclopedia, provides users with
more than 57,000 frequently updated articles from the Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth
Edition. Each article is enhanced with links to newspaper and magazine articles
as well as pictures and maps - all provided by HighBeam Research.
Wikipedia : A
multilingual, web-based, free content encyclopedia project. Wikipedia
is written collaboratively by volunteers from all around the world.
With rare exceptions, its articles can be edited by anyone with access
to the Internet, simply by clicking the edit this page link. The name Wikipedia is a portmanteau of the words wiki (a type of collaborative website) and encyclopedia. Since its creation in 2001, Wikipedia has grown rapidly into one of the largest reference Web sites.
NEWSPAPERS,
NEWS AND MEDIA SOURCES
QUOTATIONS
Bartleby.com : Includes the 1919 edition of Bartlett's
Familiar Quotations, and the 1996 Columbia World of Quotations.
Creative Quotations : Searches 50,000 quotations and biographical information for over 3,000 people
Law in Popular Culture : Lawyerly quotations from popular culture, including film and television
Quoteland
STATISTICS
County
and City Data Book :
Official population and housing data fromthe 2000 census, plus business
and other data for all U.S. counties, cities with 25,000 or more
inhabitants, and places of 2,500 or more inhabitants.
Economic Statistics Briefing Room : Provides easy access to current federal economic indicators.
Federal Statistics : FedStats provides
access to the full range of official statistical information produced
by the Federal Government without having to know in advance which
federal agency produces which particular statistic. With
convenient searching and linking capabilities to more than 100 agencies
that provide data and trend information on such topics as economic and
population trends, crime, education, health care, aviation safety,
energy use and more, FedStats is your one location for access to the full breadth of federal statistical information.
Statistical Abstract : The Statistical Abstract of the United States, published since 1878, is the authoritative and comprehensive summary of statistics on the social, political, and economic organization of the United States.
U.S.
Census Bureau :
Your source for population, housing, economic, and geographic data
TOOLS
Cost of Living Calculator
Dollar Value 1790-2005
Internet Public Library : The IPL was founded by a class at the University of Michigan's School
of Information, and Michigan SI students almost exclusively generated
its content and managed the Ask a Question
reference service. As of January 1, 2007, the IPL has moved to Drexel
University's College of Information Science and Technology. Now, a
consortium of colleges and universities with programs in information
science maintain the IPL!
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