Tired of automated responses when you really need to talk to a human being? This site gives directions for how to reach a live person when you call various companies. Among the categories included are automotive, credit, finance, government, computer hardware and software, insurance, Internet-based companies, phone companies, pharmacies, products, shipping, and travel.
Find the names and phone numbers associated with a specific address. This site has links to reverse phone books and white pages as well. However, it also allows pop-up ads, which the site below does not.
Search White Pages, Infospace, Yahoo, Switchboard, WhoWhere, and Anywho from one page. Includes white and yellow pages. Also has a reverse-phone number search and links to map sites.
Check for a nine-digit zip code for any U.S. address, all the zip codes associated with a particular town or city, and all cities/towns associated with a particular zip code.
Plug in a date (month/day). Returns events around the world from the Middle Ages to the present. Also lists people born on that day. Some events are linked to short articles from History Net.
Includes an on-line dictionary, Internet encyclopedia, almanac, and biography search. World, sports, U.S., people, business & economy, living, society are the broad topics, with each providing many sublevels. The page is rather busy and cluttered, but those with time to browse will find many interesting topics available.
On This Day http://www.nytimes.com/learning/general/onthisday/archive.html
The New York Times has several ways into this feature. This link is to the archive, where any date may be selected. Events, births, and deaths from the past several hundred years are included. Most events focus on the United States. In some cases, links to the date's front page or obituaries are provided.
Great Books online. Find complete texts of such authors as Edgar Lee Masters, Agatha Christie, W.E.B. Du Bois, T.S. Eliot, Sinclair Lewis, Keats, and Emily Post.
Links to the most important awards for children's book writing and illustration. These include the Newbery and Caldecott Awards, the Laura Ingalls Wilder Award, the Beaupre, and Batchelder Awards, the Coretta Scott King Award (recipients are authors and illustrators of African descent whose distinguished books promote an understanding and appreciation of the "American Dream."), the Michael L. Printz Award (exemplifies literary excellence in young adult literature), and the Alex Award (adult books of interest to teens). Also included are lists of best videos, DVD's, and notable books.
Lists the winners of the Pulitzer Prize in each field since 1917. Searchable by year, category, author, or explanatory text. The archive of winners from 1995 on includes the text of the winning articles, as well as editorial cartoons, photos, and music clips.
Convert It http://www.convertit.com/Go/ConvertIt/Default.ASP
This sites provides conversions for time, temperature, measurement, currency, date/time, and math. Very simple, with some interesting related measurements options. Converts to set defaults unless you specify the conversion needed (ex. pounds and kilograms). Look in the center of the screen for "Conversion Result" in bold print.
Use this International Salary Converter to compare the cost of living in hundreds of U.S. and international cities and determine the equivalent salary needed to maintain your present standard of living.
Find distances between cities/towns, land features, and more. The calculator can be switched to produce longitude and latitude for city/town, geological features, and even particular monuments and buildings.
megaConverter.com includes dozens of weights, measures, and units conversion/ calculation modules. The "spinning dial" version can be fun, but using the selection list option is faster and simpler.
Unlike the link below, it is possible to find out what time it is in another country (or part of the country) even when you do not know what its time zone is, because options are written in Country/City format.
This site recently added support for 180 currencies from over 250 geographical locations. Because of the fluid nature of currency conversions, be aware that it is possible to get different rates from different information sites.
This site has or links to nearly any calendar you could need, including a perpetual calendar (100 years or 10,000 years), conversion from/to Gregorian, Julian, Hebrew, Mayan, Islamic (and more), date calculators, and plenty more.
N.A.D.A. Official used car guide: check used-car prices on-line. Also has a link to find dealers of particular cars around the country. The guides for motorcycles, boats, etc., are also available.
This site will format your bibliography for you. All you need to do is select the type of resource you need to cite, type in the information, and click on "submit". It will show you the correct APA and MLA styles.
This resource from Purdue University's Online Writing Lab (OWL) offers examples for the general format of APA research papers, in-text citations, endnotes/footnotes, and the reference page. It is updated to the sixth edition, second printing.
The style recommended by the Modern Language Association for scholarly manuscripts and research papers concerns itself with the mechanics of writing, such as punctuation, quotation, and documentation of sources. This FAQ may help answer some basic questions, but it is not a full accounting of the style.
This resource from Purdue University's Online Writing Lab (OWL) offers examples for the general format of MLA research papers, in-text citations, endnotes/footnotes, and the reference page. It adheres to the guidelines of the MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers (7th ed.) and the MLA Style Manual and Guide to Scholarly Publishing (3rd ed.).
The complete text of the 1918 edition of this classroom standard. The most recent edition of this book is 1995. However, most of English's most basic rules have not changed, and this is a good reference point.
Merriam-Webster's online dictionary and thesaurus. Word games, a "word of the day" feature, and Word for the Wise, a popular radio program broadcast daily on public radio stations nationwide.
This site indexes words in over 600 online dictionaries. It contains over two millions words, many of them unusual or technical, and therefore harder to find in an ordinary dictionary search. (See the list of dictionaries at http://www.onelook.com/browse.shtml. It's fascinating.)
CIA World Factbook https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/
Concise country information: current issues, geography, people, government, economy, communications, transportation, military, transportation, and maps
Provides full text version of hundreds of federal consumer publications available from the U.S. General Services Administration Consumer Information Center in Pueblo, Colorado
The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission is charged with protecting the public from unreasonable risks of serious injury or death from more than 15,000 types of consumer products under the agency's jurisdiction. Search this site for recent recalls or to report a dangerous product.
Get e-mail and snail-mail addresses, telephone numbers and brief biographies of members of the U.S. Congress. Links to the committees they serve on as well.
A very helpful site, especially for middle school and older students. Country profiles, background information, history, national anthems (lyrics, music when available), maps, weather, flags, newspapers, and suggested related links. Available statistics include birth/death rates, population growth, AIDS prevalence, education factors, ethnic groups, religions, and languages. There is also a discussion forum area where students can ask questions or ask for penpals. While a moderator is listed, students should use these features wisely. Do not give out personal information without consulting your parents.
The Country Studies Series presents a description and analysis of the historical setting and the social, economic, political, and national security systems and institutions of countries throughout the world. They are published through a division of the Library of Congress and focus on areas of the world which are less well-known and/or where U.S. troops may at some point be deployed.
Population Clocks http://www.census.gov/ftp/pub/main/www/popclock.html
Up-to-date projections for U.S. and world populations
The 1996 Statistical Abstract contains a collection of frequently requested statistics on social, economic, and international subjects, including state rankings, state and country profiles, and economic indicators. There are over 1400 tables and graphs.
Direct access to individual state and territory information. Includes steps for obtaining foreign or high-seas birth, death, and certificates of citizenship. Entire document is available as a pdf file.
Contains physical and political maps, plus facts and statistics on the countries of the world.
City Map Sites http://www.lib.utexas.edu/Libs/PCL/Map_collection/map_sites/cities_sites.html#G
The Perry-Castaņeda Library Map Collection at the University of Texas at Austin is extensive. This section of the collection provides online access to city maps of U.S. states and numerous countries throughout the world.
Get detailed turn-by-turn maps to U.S. addresses, street maps of the United States, and road maps of Canada, Mexico, and Europe. Or see topographic maps of places around the globe. Maps can be placed on homepages and customized to shortest, quickest, or scenic routes.
Door-to-door driving directions. Maps can be printed, emailed, and otherwise customized. Clickable tabs allow you to see traffic, street, satellite, and Google Earth views.
You put in an address, Mapquest produces a customizable map. Door-to-door driving directions also available. Maps can be emailed or saved for use on web pages, etc.
From National Geographic. Atlas maps, dynamic maps, and flags and facts. A variety of map types (political, physical, cultural, some census data) is available. Area maps only, no extreme close-ups available.
In the National Atlas Map Maker, you can assemble, view, and print your own maps. You can choose from hundreds of layers of geographic information to make maps. Topics include agriculture, biology, boundaries, climate, geology, and history. The reference and outline maps are ideal for students.
Looking for lyrics to a song? Try this site. If you don't find what you're looking for, there is a request feature or the links to other lyric sites. This site does use pop-under ads.
Some of the links on this page are listed in various categories above, but some are not. A sampling: American Heritage dictionary, Roget's Thesaurus, Robert's Rules of Order, Presidential Inaugural Addresses, Columbia Encyclopedia, Strunk's Elements of Style and the American Heritage Book of English Usage, Gray's Anatomy, the Bible, Fannie Farmer, and Emily Post.
If you have an obscure question ("What were the names of the California Raisins?" or just like to collect odd facts, this is a great place to check. This site is maintained by the Hennepin (MN) County Library.
Local, national, and international weather, including ten-day forecasts, radar loops, NEXRAD, thunderstorm activity, and historic averages. Note: there are advertisements on this site.
This is a place to look if someone sends you an alarming email. It debunks urban legends, email scams, hoax virus alerts, and the like. The site design may lead some to think that this site is of dubious value, but sources of information are well documented.
The Internet Archive Wayback Machine allows people to visit archived versions of Web sites by typing in a URL and selecting a date range. The Archive also indexes live music, moving images, audio, and texts.
The EBSCO database references hundreds of magazines. Most searches will produce full-text magazine articles, as well as some abstracts. It also provides access to ERIC (the U.S. Department of Education Educational Resource Information Center database), Health Source, Primary Search (children's magazines and pamphlets), Funk and Wagnells Encyclopedia, and EBSCO Animals. To access this resource, you will need the barcode from your Glastonbury library card.
This state-sponsored site contains links to a wide variety of databases, which are detailed below. You will need to input the barcode from your library card to access this database from home. Although the default setting will search multiple databases at a time, results are often better if you choose an individual database.
Online newspapers from Africa, Asia, Central America, the Caribbean, Europe, the Middle East, North and South America, and the South Pacific, as well as from around the United States
Search by author or topic. Includes general, literary, and humorous quotations. There are also "who said it?" and "I need a quote" discussion groups. A bibliography of sources is available.
Dozens of quotations resources are listed, including Bartlett's (above). Many of the pages are small personal sites built around a theme, but others are extensive and searchable by keyword, subject, or author. A good source if you have the time to browse.
This site will be particularly helpful to elementary students who have to research a state, but many will find links to helpful topics: state symbols, date of admission to the Union, famous people, county profiles and links to towns, links to several state government sites, genealogical links, climate information, representatives in the Federal and State Congress, and much more. There are some advertisements on this site, and some linked sites also have advertisements and pop-up ads.
From the U.S. Bureau of the Census, this site provides quick access to population, housing, economic, and geographic data, both nationally and for individual towns. See also the links below to the U.S. Census Bureau, FedStats, and the Statistical Abstract.
The 1996 Statistical Abstract contains a collection of frequently requested statistics on social, economic, and international subjects, including state rankings, state and country profiles, and economic indicators. There are over 1400 tables and graphs.
Instant translation from English to Chinese, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, Russian, and Spanish and from all of those languages except Russian into English. Will also translate French into German and vice versa.
Google's translator offers speedy translation from English into Spanish, Portuguese, French, and Italian and vice versa. It will also translate from German into English. It will translate short pieces of text or an entire web page.
Translations.com offers a paid translation service which is done by human beings. They also offer free machine translations, which are less precise but good when speed or ease is more important than translation quality.
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