Ready Reference on the Internet

General Sources	Arts	Calculators	Consumer Information
Words, Etc.	Directories	Encyclopedias / Almanacs	Entertainment
Geography / Distance	Health	Legal/Law Enforcement	Statistics & Government

General Sources

Internet Public Library
http://www.ipl.org/

Library Spot
http://www.libraryspot.com

Librarians Index to the Internet
http://lii.org

RefDesk
http://www.refdesk.com

Yahoo Reference Sources
http://dir.yahoo.com/reference

Florida Electronic Library
http://www.flelibrary.org/

• http://www.oanda.com/
  
• http://www.xe.com/
  

• http://www.consumerguide.com
  
• http://www.consumersearch.com
  
• http://www.cnet.com - tech product reviews

• http://www.newspaperlinks.com/voyager.cfm
• http://ipl.org/div/news
  

• http://www.weatherunderground.com
• http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/2006/hurricanes/
  

Historical Stock Quotes
http://bigcharts.marketwatch.com/

Savings Bonds
http://www.treasurydirect.gov/indiv/tools/tools_redemptiontables.htm

• http://www.onelook.com/
• http://www.yourdictionary.com
• http://dictionary.reference.com/ - Word FAQs

• http://babelfish.altavista.com/
• http://www.google.com/language_tools
  

Directories

People Finders

• www.anywho.com
• www.switchboard.com
• people.yahoo.com
• www.411.com
• www.whitepages.com
• Yahoo Directory of People Finders
  

International Directory
http://www.infobel.com/world/default.asp

Business Information
http://www.hoovers.com

Yellow Pages

• http://www.yellowpages.com/
• http://yp.yahoo.com/
  

Zip Code Lookup
http://zip4.usps.com/zip4/welcome.jsp

Wikipedia
http://en.wikipedia.org

Encyclopedia.com
http://www.encyclopedia.com/

How Stuff Works
http://www.howstuffworks.com

TechWeb Encyclopedia
http://www.techweb.com/encyclopedia/

Old Farmers Almanac
http://www.almanac.com/

Year by Year
http://webcenter.netscape.factmonster.com/yearbyyear.html

Entertainment

Movies

• http://www.imdb.com/ - Internet Movie Database
• http://www.rottentomatoes.com
• http://www.kids-in-mind.com
• http://www.familystyle.com
• http://www.mpaa.org - Motion Picture Association of America
  

Lyrics

• http://sing365.com/
• http://www.lyrics007.com
• http://metrolyrics.com
  

TV Episode Guide
http://www.epguides.com/

Guinness Book of World Records
http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com

Sports
http://espn.go.com/

Travel

• http://www.tripadvisor.com/
• http://www.fodors.com/
• http://www.frommers.com/
• http://www.ricksteves.com/
• http://www.kayak.com/
  

Geography/Distance

Distance/Maps

• http://maps.yahoo.com
• http://www.indo.com/distance/
• http://www.geobytes.com/ City Distance Tool (on left)
• http://www.mapcrow.info/
• http://www.google.com/maps
• http://www.mapquest.com/
  

CIA World Factbook
http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook

Gazeteer
http://www.gazeteer.com

National Atlas
http://www-atlas.usgs.gov

Health

Practitioner Profile and Licensee Lookup
http://www.doh.state.fl.us/

Health and Wellness Resource Center on Florida Electronic Library
http://www.flelibrary.org

Gray’s Anatomy on Bartleby.com
http://www.bartleby.com/107/

National Center for Health Statistics
http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/

Medications

• http://www.rxlist.com
• http://www.drugs.com
• http://www.drugdigest.org
  

WebMD
http://www.webmd.com/

Dr. Koop
http://www.drkoop.com/

HealthFinder
Healthfinder.gov

Where to Write for Vital Statistics

• http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/howto/w2w/w2welcom.htm
• http://www.vitalrec.com/
  

Bookmarks from National Network of Libraries of Medicine
http://nnlm.gov/pnr/hip/bookmarks.html

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Legal and Law Enforcement

Florida Department of Law Enforcement
http://www.fdle.state.fl.us/

Sexual Offender and Predator Database
http://www.dc.state.fl.us/

Florida Department of Corrections
http://www.dc.state.fl.us/

Bureau of Justice Statistics - City Crime Stats
http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs

Find Law
http://www.findlaw.com/

Justia - includes State Statutes
http://www.justia.com/

Identify Theft, Consumer Protection
http://www.myfloridalegal.com/

Attorneys or Legal Information

• www.martindale.com
• www.lawyers.com
  

Statistics and Government

Municipal Codes - go to Online Library
http://www.municode.com

State and Federal Tax Forms
http://www.1040.com

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
http://www.bls.gov/

Florida Government
http://www.myflorida.com

U.S. Census Bureau
http://www.census.gov/

U.S. Government's Office Web Portal
http://www.firstgov.gov/

U.S. Embassies Abroad
http://usembassy.state.gov/

Foreign Embassies in the U.S.
http://www.embassy.org/

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"There Is No Shelf" - YouTube video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-4CV05HyAbM