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    1. 1001 Best Internet Tips - PC Magazine
    2. 1001 Best Web Sites - PC Magazine
    3. 1001 Best Free Downloads - PC Magazine
    4. 1997 CIA World Factbook - current, in-depth data on every country in the world
    5. 1996 Statistical Abstract of the United States - one-stop source for statistical information about the U.S
    6. Acronym Expander, The
    7. APlus Research & Writing for High School and College Students
    8. Airlines on the Web
    9. Airlines Toll-free
    10. All-in-one Cool Sites Page
    11. All-Movie Guide - database of film and video
    12. All-Music Guide - database of recorded music
    13. Altapedia Online
    14. AMTRAK on the Web
    15. American School Directory - database of Web pages for each of the 106,000 K-12 schools in the U.S.
    16. American Universities
    17. Anatomy - 3-D color images of the human body from Colorado State University
    18. Ancestry Genealogy Library - search over 52 million names
    19. Annals of Improbable Research
    20. Anyday - Find out birthdays, death dates, and special events that happened any day of the year
    21. Area Code / Country Code Look-up
    22. Argus Clearinghouse - the premier Internet search library
    23. Ask an Expert
    24. Ask Jeeves - site allows you to enter plain English questions, to which Jeeves serves up suggested web pages.
    25. Astrodienst Atlas Database - atlas and timezone database which returns coordinates based on place-name.
    26. ATM Locator
    27. Atlapedia Online
    28. Atomic Clock - U.S. Naval Observatory
    29. AT&T Toll-Free Internet Directory - comprehensive listing of 800 and 888 phone numbers.
    30. Bank Rate Monitor
    31. Bartlett's Familiar Quotations - passages, phrases and proverbs traced to their sources
    32. Berkeley Public Library's Index to the Internet - an extensive, classified guide to Internet resources from this California library
    33. Best Doctors - worldwide healthcare services
    34. Better Homes & Gardens Home Improvement Encyclopedia
    35. Biographical Dictionary - contains biographical information on over 18,000 people from ancient times to the present day
    36. BigBook - a Yellow Pages with all the business information that consumers need
    37. BigFoot - the Internet's largest collection of e-mail addresses and white page listings.
    38. BigYellow - find over 16 million business listings
    39. Biography.com - searchable database of 15,000 names from A & E Television
    40. BookWire - the first place to look for book information
    41. Books On-line: Authors - an indispensable A to Z index cataloging online texts with authors ranging from Aeschylus to Yeats
    42. Browser.com - c|net - download the latest versions of the leading browsers
    43. BrowserWatch - latest news about and links to the latest versions of all the known Web browsers
    44. CalendarLand
    45. Card Games - Rules and Related Information
    46. CDC Travel Information - Health-related travel advisories, vaccine recommendations, and much more.
    47. Census Bureau Data Maps
    48. CHORUS - A quick reference hypertext for physicians and med students
    49. Clearinghouse of Subject-Oriented Research Guides
    50. College and University Home Page- Worldwide
    51. Company Profiles - information on over 45,000 leading public and private companies in the U.S.
    52. Complete Home Medical Guide - 3rd Edition, 1995
    53. Constitutions, Statutes & Codes (including the full US Code)
    54. Consulates and Embassies - Yahoo
    55. Consumer Price Index
    56. Contacting the Congress - comprehensive contact information for members and committees of the U.S. Congress.
    57. Convert It! - Excellent site to convert anything to anything
    58. Country Library
    59. Country Studies/Area Handbook - Library of Congress - online series presently contains studies of 85 countries
    60. Countries of the World - Yahoo
    61. CultureFinder - The Online Address for the Performing Arts
    62. Currency Converter - view any exchange rates among the 164 currencies for any day since 1 January 1990 through today. The currency converter is updated daily at 8:00 p.m. EST
    63. Currency Exchange Rates
    64. CyberAtlas
    65. Date and Time Gateway
    66. Debriefing Search Engine - Debriefing is a meta search engine written entirely with Java servlets.
    67. DejaNews
    68. Driving Directions
    69. Douglass - Archives of American Public Address
    70. Earthquake Information from the USGS - daily and weekly quake reports, geophysical information on earthquakes, and other background information.
    71. EDGAR Database of Coportate Information - EDGAR (Electronic Data Gathering Analysis And Retrieval) is a service of the United States Securities Exchange Commission (SEC)
    72. E-mail Addresses - Find over 7 million e-mail addresses from around the world
    73. Electronic Activist, The - An email address directory of congresspeople, state governments, and media entities.
    74. Electronic Library
    75. Electronic Newsstand, The - the ultimate magazine site
    76. Elements of Style - William Strunk's classic on proper English usage
    77. ETEXT Archives, The - links to 'zines, complete books in electronic form, underground digests, mailing lists, and more.
    78. Ethnologue - Languages of the World
    79. Eurocall World Directories - yellow and white pages from Europe.
    80. Fare Tracker - from Microsoft's Expedia - get the best air fare
    81. FAQ Finder
    82. FBI's Ten Most Wanted Fugitives
    83. FedEx
    84. FedNet
    85. Fedstats: One Stop Shopping Federal Statistics - statistics and information from more than 70 federal agencies.
    86. Filez - devoted to searching FTP and Web sites for computer files
    87. Find Art
    88. Find Java Applets
    89. FindLaw - Excellent one-stop source for legal information
    90. FindOut - New York Times - a personalized research help desk
    91. Flags of all Countries
    92. Fodors - 'Your smart choice for travel'
    93. Forum One - the Web's search engine for online forums
    94. Free Internet Encyclopedia
    95. Frequently Occurring Names in America - from the Census Bureau
    96. Fundamental Physical Constants
    97. Funk & Wagnalls Knowledge Center
    98. GamesDomain - games, games, games, games
    99. Genealogy Home Page
    100. Geologic Time
    101. Geostationary Satellite Server - real-time satellite images provide a view from above.
    102. Global Yellow Pages, The - a collection of phone directories from around the world.
    103. GovBot - search the GovBot database of over 500,000 web pages from U.S. Government and Military sites around the country
    104. Government Information Sharing Project - collected links to government data including economics, demographics, education, 1990 census, USA counties, School District Data Book, and more.
    105. Government Listings - InfoSpace
    106. Great Books of Western Civilization, The - From Mercer University, modeled after the course of study at St John's College, with links to the text of the Great Books
    107. Harper's Index - statistics that may surprise you.
    108. Health A to Z
    109. Healthfinder - Just about everything to be found on the Internet to do with health is here
    110. Heal Index Calculator - calculator will take your air temperature and relative humidity and calculate what the heat index is.
    111. Home Improvement Encyclopedia, The
    112. Hoover's Online - information on more than 10,000 of the largest public and private companies in the US and around the world.
    113. How Far Is It?
    114. Human Anatomy Online - over one hundred illustrations of the human body with animations and thousands of descriptive links.
    115. Human-Languages Page - best language links on the Internet
    116. HumanSearch - Tired of sifting through the infoglut returned by all the popular search engines? Or perhaps you just don't know where to start? Let HumanSearch's team of expert searchers do the work for you...for free!
    117. HYTELNET on the World Wide Web
    118. Imageseek
    119. Image Surfer - Yahoo!
    120. Independent States in the World
    121. Information & Referral Resource Network, The - lists agencies throughout the United States that provide a wide variety of human services to the public.
    122. Infomine - resources of relevance to faculty, students, and research staff at the university level
    123. Information Please - from the print reference database, offering millions of useful and interesting facts on a wide range of topics online. Also includes a dictionary and encyclopedia.
    124. International Calling Information - Instructions and codes for dialing 'round the world....
    125. International Data Base - is a computerized data bank containing statistical tables of demographic, and socio-economic data for all countries of the world.
    126. International Directories - International inquiry names, addresses, telephones and faxes.
    127. International Marine Signal Flags - reference site that explains the signal flags and the semiphore flag waving system
    128. International Telephone Directories - Find anyone anywhere in the world. All the white and yellow pages telephone directories available on the web.
    129. International White and Yellow Pages - a collection of phone directories from around the world.
    130. Internet 800 Directory - - free listing of toll-free numbers. Companies are listed by category, company name, state, and 800 number.
    131. Internet Cafe Guide
    132. Internet Classics Archive, The - provides 184 classical works by 17 different authors
    133. Internet Department of Motor Vehicles
    134. Internet Public Library
    135. Internet Movie Database
    136. Internet Sleuth, The - Choose from over 2,000 searchable databases
    137. iTools! - Internet Tools
    138. Jane's Information Group - weaponry catalogues
    139. Kelley Blue Book - new and used car pricing
    140. Knowledge Adventure Encyclopedia - A good, concise reference work
    141. Knowledge Source, The
    142. Largest Known Primes
    143. Law and Politics Internet Guide
    144. Learn2.com
    145. LegalDocs - Do your own legal papers
    146. Library of Congress Home Page
    147. LibWeb - over 1428 pages from libraries in 62 countries.
    148. Licence Plates of the World
    149. Liszt - find Internet mailing lists
    150. LookSmart - Reader's Digest - explore over 16,000 subjects
    151. MESA - The largest email address book worldwide.
    152. Martindale's Reference Desk
    153. MapQuest!
    154. Measurement 4 Measure - A collection of sites that estimate, calculate, evaluate, translate,etc.
    155. Measurements Converter - friendly JavaScript interface converts length, weight, area, speed, temperature and more, into different units and unit systems.
    156. MedicineNet
    157. MedLine - Free MEDLINE access.
    158. Megasources
    159. Mensa Home Page, The
    160. Merck Manual
    161. MetaCrawler
    162. MoneyClub.com - "The First Stop to Finance on the Net"
    163. Money Daily - enhanced HTML version of Money Daily
    164. Morse Code Translator
    165. Motion Picture Database - From The Motion Picture Guide, Cinebooks' 23-volume reference landmark, and Ephraim Katz's comprehensive Film Encyclopedia, this search database includes the cast, credits and reviews for more than 30,000 movies released in the U.S., plus filmographies and biographical information on thousands of actors, directors and other filmmakers
    166. Movie Review Query Engine - searches for multiple movie reviews
    167. My Facts Page - 21 reference categories
    168. My Homework Helper - Homework help for K through college
    169. My Search Engines - 260 search engines in 19 categories
    170. My Virtual Encyclopedia - 41 subject categories
    171. National Address Server - input any U.S. address without its zip code and the server will return the zip + 4 code.
    172. NetClock - the TVGuide of the Internet Events
    173. NetPhone Search
    174. New England Journal of Medicine
    175. New York Times Books - includes the complete Sunday Book Review, daily book related news and reviews, a searchable archive of over 50,000 New York Times Book Reviews, and more.
    176. Nine Planets, The - a multimedia tour of the solar system with pictures, text, sound and references to other Net resources.
    177. Nobel Prizes - Comprehensive historical list of winners in all categories
    178. Notable Citizens of Planet Earth
    179. NOVA Reference Shelf
    180. Occupational Outlook Handbook - reference tool used to research job information and trends
    181. Old Farmer's Almanac
    182. Online Calculator
    183. Online English Grammar - hypertext guide to the parts of speech, words, and their usage
    184. Online Medical Dictionary
    185. OneLook Dictionaries - over 640,000 words in 109 dictionaries
    186. Passport Services
    187. Perry-Castaneda Library Map Collection
    188. Periodic Table - WebElements
    189. Perseus Project, The - detailed searchable library of texts, translations, art and archaeology of Ancient Greece and Rome.
    190. Peterson's Guide to Colleges - information on undergraduate and graduate education in the US
    191. Price Watch - Street Price Search Engine
    192. Product ReviewNet - dozens of reviews from technical and popular magazines for everything from camping equipment to the latest rear-projection TV
    193. Progress of Nations, The - "The nations of the world ranked according to their achievements in child health, nutrition, education, family planning and progress for women."
    194. Project Gutenburg - 'Fine literature digitally re-published'
    195. Opinion Polls - listing of all major public opinion polls
    196. PubMed - provides free access to Medline
    197. Pulitzer Prize Web Site
    198. Purdue Univ. Online Writing Lab - over 100 handouts available on all aspects of writing correctly
    199. Random House Dictionary
    200. Random Number Generator
    201. Ready Reference Using the Internet
    202. Reference.com - searchable directories of newsgroups and mailing lists
    203. Reporters Network, The - directory of reporters, editors, freelance writers and other news professionals
    204. Research-It! - collection of online research tools. Search dictionaries, translate words, find quotations and more.
    205. ResearchPaper.com
    206. Reverse Lookup - supply an area code and phone number, and get the name & address of the person associated
    207. Railroad Timetables on the Internet
    208. Roget's Internet Thesaurus - find words relating in six main classes
    209. Rulers - Large listing of heads of state
    210. RxList - the Internet Drug Index
    211. Sallie Mae Financial Aid Calculators - Estimate your college costs
    212. Scholarly Journals Distributed Via the World Wide Web - University of Houston Libraries
    213. Semaphore Flag Signalling System
    214. Shakespeare - The Complete Works
    215. Shareware.com - the way to find shareware on the Internet; over 200,000 listings
    216. Simplifined Rules of Order - simplified version of Robert's Rules of Order, the standards for conducting meetings
    217. Smoking Gun, The - exclusive documents -- cool, confidential, quirky -- that can't be found elsewhere on the Web.
    218. Snoopie - the Internet's most comprehensive file search
    219. Social Security Death Index Search - 50 million records on tap from the Social Security Administration.
    220. State and Local Government on the Net - guide to government sponsored sites.
    221. Statistical Abstract of the United States
    222. Stock Quotes
    223. Street Maps
    224. Stroud's Consumate Internet Apps List
    225. Study WEB - comprehensive index that categorizes and reviews over 15,000 educational and reference Web sites
    226. Subway Navigator - find routes in subway systems in various cities around the world.
    227. Sunrise/Sunset Computation - Type in a city name and find out times for sunrise, sunset, and more
    228. SupportHelp - phone numbers, Web sites, newsgroups, and bulletin boards for more than 2,500 vendors of computer products
    229. Swiss Bank Dormant Accounts Web Site - includes the list of accounts and information on how to file a claim.
    230. SwitchBoard - find any person or business listed in the phone book
    231. Taglines Galore!
    232. theTRIP.com - all things travel
    233. TIGER Mapping Service - to provide a public resource for generating high-quality, detailed maps of anywhere in the United States, using public geographic data
    234. Tile.Net - find Internet mailing lists
    235. Time Around the World - all of the world's countries, and many of its islands, with a pointer to the local time in the region.
    236. Thomas: Legislative Information on the Internet
    237. Today in History
    238. Tucows - the ultimate collection of winsock software
    239. Ultimate Band List, The - huge list of music links.
    240. Ultimate Collection of News Links - Links to over 7,100 news sources online
    241. Ultimate Email Directory, The
    242. Ultimate Homepage Index, The - easy way to search millions of web pages for any topic imaginable
    243. Ultimate White Pages, The
    244. Ultimate Yellow Pages, The
    245. UnCover - Database to 17,000 magazines and journals published since 1988
    246. United Parcel Service - Track any UPS bar coded package - any time, any where in the world.
    247. Unit Conversions
    248. USGenWeb Project, The - genealogy information for each county in the United States. Organized by state.
    249. U.S. National Debt Clock
    250. U.S. Population Clock
    251. U.S. Postal Service - fully featured online version of your local post office
    252. U.S. Postal Service Address Quality and Zip Code Lookup
    253. Virtual Body, The - combines casual elegance with sleek utility in a dermless outfit that highlights over thirty feet of intestines, four pounds of cranial grey matter, and several quarts of blood. Strap on your Shockwave goggles for a roller-coaster ride through the lower colon or an impromptu tour of the tibia.
    254. Virtual Hospital, The - University of Iowa
    255. Virtual Human Project - creating a complete, anatomically detailed, three-dimensional representations of the male and female human body.
    256. Virtual Reference Desk
    257. Virtual Relocation
    258. W3 Lawyer - comprehensive listing of legal resources
    259. WWW Virtual Library - extentive library on hundreds of subjects
    260. WWWebster Dictionary - the on-line version of Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary, Tenth Edition
    261. Web of Culture - information such as capital cities around the world, food, consulates, currency, holidays, languages, religions, etc.
    262. webreference.com
    263. WebSitez - enter in part of a company or domain name and Websitez returns all the matches.
    264. WebSonar - 'the most advanced document server on the web'
    265. Weights & Measures
    266. West's Legal Directory
    267. WhatIs - an a-z database of all things computers
    268. White House, The
    269. WhitePages.com - a global directory and index of e-mail addresses and phone numbers.
    270. WhoIs - find out who owns or operates a particular web site
    271. Who Represents You in Congress? - Project Vote Smart
    272. WhoWhere - find email addresses, phone numbers, and addresses, etc.
    273. Why Files: Science behind the news
    274. World City Guide
    275. World Data
    276. World Directories - over 230 directories representing over 100 countries
    277. World Email Directory (WED) - estimated access to more than 18.000.000 email addresses and more than 140.000.000 business and phone addresses worldwide!
    278. World Flags
    279. World Flag Database
    280. World's Most Wanted Criminals
    281. World's Richest People - Forbes will show you how much they've got and where it came from.
    282. World Holiday and Time Guide - tells you which holidays are taking place anywhere and everywhere around the world on any specific day.
    283. WorldPages - more than 112 million integrated white and yellow page listings
    284. World Phonebooks - find or locate the desired person or company throughout the world.
    285. World Population Clock
    286. World Population Figures - World Population Figures - country-by-country statistical data on population, cities and regions, land use, climate, and industrial output
    287. World Rulers
    288. World Resources 1996-97: A Guide to the Global Environment
    289. Worldwide Yellow Pages
    290. World Time Zones
    291. Yahoo's Index of Reference Tools
    292. Yale Web Style Guide - covers graphic and information design, page layout, site organization, navigation, and multimedia content.
    293. Yellow Pages - BigYellow - find over 16 million businesses
    294. Zip2 - search for over 16 million businesses
    295. ZIP Code Finder - USA
    296. ZipFind - calculates the distance in miles as the crow flies between any two U.S. zip codes. Also lets you look up the zip code(s) for any U.S. city.
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