Reference Shelf

Encyclopedias

Almanacs

Dictionaries

Martindale’s Calculators Online Calculators for all types of science and math plus navigation, music, photography, knots and an unbelievable number of other topics.
Journalists Toolbox Resources More than 20,000 sites helpful to the media and anyone doing research. Gathered by the the American Press Institute
Librarian’s Index to the Internet A directory of topics selected by librarians
Libraryspot.com This site was created to break through the information overload of the Web and bring the best library and reference sites together with insightful editorials in one user-friendly spot. The sites features on Libraryspot.com were hand selected and reviewed for exceptional quality, content and utility

Addresses and Telephone Numbers

Yahoo People Search Addresses, phone numbers, Email addresses. Covers U.S. numbers and addresses For International searches use the relevant country-specific Yahoo site and look under “Communication” or “Connect” links for the telephone directory.
Lycos’ WhoWhere
Google
AnyWho U.S. yellow and white pages plus links to international directories
Switchboard.com
Reverse Phone Directory Look up a phone # and find a name and street address
Wayp International White & Yellow Pages Collection of white and yellow pages by country

Charity evaluator

Countries

CIA World Factbook Information on countries of the world. Includes maps, flags, an introduction, geography, government, military, economy etc.
Global Gazetteer Current as well as historical population, population of largest cities and provinces, size, flag, maps
IMF Staff Country Reports in Full Text
Library of Congress / Country Studies: Area Handbook Series

Currency

Yahoo Finance – FOREX Currency exchange rates
Whose portrait is on U.S. currency History of our currency from the Dept of the Treasury
Historical currency converter Historical conversion rates for cash, interbank, and credit cards. Multi-language

Historical Documents

PA Digital Archives Online (ARIAS) Currently 1 1/2 million war records are available online
Western European primary historical documents Links to online Western European documents in transcribed, facsimile or translated form, arranged by country chronologically
A chronology of U.S. Historical Documents Pre-colonial period to the present, links to over 150 full text documents from the Magna Carter, Gettysburg Address, inaugural addresses of the Presidents, to Bush’s 2006 State of the Union Address etc.

Hoaxes and Urban Legends

Magazines and Newspapers

Ingenta Access to almost 20,000 articles, chapters and reports mainly from journals (from all fields). Includes trade, scientific, and technical journals going back to 1988. Since you are searching title and article summaries not the full text you may need to be more general in your choice of search terms.
Ebsco Host Requires a library card. Ebsco Host is composed of many databases, some general and some specialized. Broader search terms work best.

Quotations

Scouts

Stock Quotes

Statistics

Telephone Directories

AnyWho U.S. yellow and white pages plus links to international directories
Switchboard.com
Reverse Phone Directory Look up a phone # and find a name and street address
Wayp International White & Yellow Pages Collection of white and yellow pages by country

Weather, Maps, Gazetteer

Zip Codes