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Reference Page Index:
Dictionaries
& Thesauri |
Search Engines | Government
| Libraries |
Quotations
Calendars
| Find Person or Business | Zip
Codes | Maps | U.S.
Census 1990
Dictionaries & Thesauri
Iowa State University:
Dictionaries and Thesauruses
An assortment of popular collegiate reference works, including Webster's
and Roget's.
Brewer's
Dictionary of Phrase and Fable
This classic work of reference - described as a browser's joy - has been
in popular demand since 1870. The searchable dictionary contains 18,000
fascinating entries on the meaning, derivation, and origin of words and phrases
in the English Language, and is extensively cross referenced, lending itself
ideally, to the hypertext environment. This First Hypertext Edition is taken
from Dr. Brewer's substantially revised and extended edition of 1894.
Dictionary of
Acronyms
Can't sort your ABCs from your BVDs? And just what does BVD stand for anyway?
Look to the award winning Dictionary of Acronyms web server for assistance.
Containing over 15,000 acronyms, abbreviations, and their expansions, you
can search by acronym or by words in the expansion, or submit an acronym
for inclusion in the database.
Whatis.com (What is?)
Dictionary of internet and computing terms and phrases written in easily
understood English (so they say).
Bartlett's Familiar
Quotations
Tradewave
Galaxy Guide to Quotation Web Sites
Dozens of sites comprising thousands of quotations.
Internet
Telephone Resources from Tradewave Galaxy
U.S. Point to Point Driving
Instructions
Maps
of the United States: University of Texas at Austin
Color Landform Atlas of the United States of America
Map Library Index: University of Minnesota
Those Were The Days from
440 International
Comprehensive information on things that happened today throughout
history.
Encyclopedia Brittanica Online: Biographies
by Date
Pick a date to see the biographies of those born on that date.
Historic Events and Birthdates from
Scope Systems
Famous births, deaths, and historic events queried by day of the year,
month and day, and of the current day. Find out what was happening
"when."
J World
Billing itself as a "comprehensive calendar of birthdays, holidays, historical
events, and fun dates", J World's interface allows you to look up a date,
either within the current week or one of your choosing, and find a list of
celebrities and historical figures born on that day plus holidays and historical
events that occur on that date.
One-World Global
Calendar
Offering festivals, celebrations, and holidays from ancient and modern cultures
around the world, this is an excellent multicultural resource. The calendar
is updated weekly.
CalendarLand
Offering a list of links to other calendar pages, CalendarLand is a comprehensive
resource of general, event, celestial, interactive, and cultural and religious
calendars. The site also offers links to calendar indexes and directories,
calendar information and resources, and calendar software.
Paradigm Online
Writing Assistant
1990 U.S. Census
Lookup
Contains links to WWW servers for accessing 1990 census data from tapes.
U.S. Gazetteer
Search engine for retrieving state and local census information from the
1990 census.
Zip Search:
Enter City and State to get a list of zip code
Travewave
Galaxy Directory of Government Agencies
Library
and Information Science Sites from Tradewave Galaxy
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