Reference Sources

Misc. Reference Sources

• Encyclopedia Britannica Online with advertising.
• National Geographic Publications Index
• Virtual Reference Desk Links to an excellent collection of reference sources.
• Bartlett's Familiar Quotations
• Calendar Enter the year and month and get a calendar.
• Calendar Home Page Create any year calendar, perpetual calendar, calculate dates, and more.
• U. S. Census Bureau Home Page gives demographical and economic information.
• County and City Data Book local statistics from census data
• Statistical Abstracts of the United States- 2001-2002 Statistical information about the U.S.
• Anywho Directory By using tabs at top, can search yellow pages, white pages, reverse lookup, toll-free, and more.
• Switchboard Directory Can use yellow, white pages, maps and directions.
• Geographic Nameserver Gives zip, population, lat/long.
• City, Zip Code Gazetteer
• Events for Today
• Historic Events & Birthdays for Today better than most daily events lists.
• Exploring Occupations from the U. of Manitoba
• Occupational Outlook Handbook
• Sunrise/Sunset Can type in city and state to find sunrise/sunset, moonrise, etc. or find other astronomical data.
• Thomas Register American Mfrs Search by name of company, product, or brand name to find phone numbers and addresses.
• Universal Currency Converter
• What Time is It? Current time.
• World Factbook Contains map, flag, and information about countries of the world.

Primary Sources

• Using Primary Sources in the Classroom from Library of Congress.
• Library Research Using Primary Sources from library at Berkeley.
• Primary Sources on the Web Links to primary source documents, maps, and images grouped by American History and World History.
• Repositories of Primary Sources information from U of Idaho.