Information on the Web
Research Sites
Learn the Net - The Internet Owner's Manual
Refdesk.com - Fact checker for the Internet
Research It - Quick access to the best Internet tools
Encyclopedia Brittanica - Who else but Britannica?
Information Please Almanac - All the knowledge you need
Bartleby Reference Sites - Great books online
Old Farmer's Almanac - Useful information for people in all walks of life
eHow.com How-to Solutions - How to do just about everything
How Stuff Works - Learn how everything works!
Today's Front Pages - Displays daily newspaper front pages
A+ Research and Writing - Need to write a research pager?
Dictionary Sites
OneLook Dictionary Search - A search engine for words and phrases
American Heritage Dictionary - Over 90,000 entries with audio word pronunciations
YourDictionary.com - A free online dictionary and much more
Thesaurus.com - The leading online thesaurus
Merriam-Webster Online - America's foremost publisher of language-related reference works
AskOxford.com - Passionate about language
Government Sites
The U.S. Government's Official Web Portal - Find Government offices and services
FirstGov for Kids - The official kids portal for the U.S. government
The White House - The official White House and Presidential website
The House of Representatives - The official House of Representatives website
The Senate - The official US Senate website
Supreme Court of the United States - The official US Supreme Court website
THOMAS - Legislative Information on the Internet - Legislative information from the Library of Congress
U.S. Department of Defense - The official U.S. Department of Defense website
U.S. Government Printing Office - A service of the U.S. Government printing office
Geography Sites
Atlapedia maps and facts - Contains full color physical maps, political maps on countries of the world
National Geographic's Map Machine - Satellite, street maps and more in our online atlas
Country Watch -Provides critical country-specific intelligence and data
CIA World Factbook - The CIA World Factbook
NACo - About U.S. Counties - Collects information and statistics on counties
World Gazeteer - Provides a comprehensive set of population data and related statistics
History Sites
American Journeys - Eyewitness accounts of early American exploration and settlement
Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System - A computerized database containing very basic facts about servicemen
Reconstruction - The Second Civil War
American Memory - Provides free and open access through the Internet to written and spoken words
Go West Across America with Lewis and Clark - A National Geographic website
Best of History Web Sites - A portal that contains annotated links to over 1,000 history web sites
Biography Sites
Biography.com - True Story
American National Biography - The life of a nation is told by the lives of its people
Women of Our Time - Twentieth-Century photographs from the National Portrait Gallery
An Outline of American History - Telling America's story
Science Sites
American Field Guide - Immerse yourself in the great outdoors
Exploratorium - the museum of science, art and
human perception - The museum of science, art and human perception
PhysLink.com - Physics and Astronomy Online - Physics & astronomy online
Star Light Star Bright - Additional knowledge on the topic of light and color
Education
Educator's Reference Desk - Providing high-quality resources and services to the education community
Awesome Library - Organizes the Web with 36,000 carefully reviewed resources
World Wide Learn Directory of Online Education - The world's premier online directory of education
Smithsonian Education - The gateway to Smithsonian educational resources
BLS - Statistical Sites on the Web - Principal fact-finding agency for the Federal Government in the field of labor economics and statistics
Tools
Landmarks Citation Machine - Helping researchers to credit information sources
ConvertIt - Measurements, currencies, world times, calculators and reference information
Zip Code and Zip+4 Finder - USPS Address and zip+4 browser
Every Rule - The authoritative rules weekly
Rhyme Zone - Rhyming Dictionary - Help find rhymes, synonyms, definitions and more