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Calculators

Calculators Online Center - Hundreds of scientific, engineering, and general calculators.
Calculator.com - Currency converters, time calculators, unit converters and more.
OnlineConversion.com - "Convert just about anything to anything else. Over 5,000 units, and 30,000 conversions."
Salary Calculator - Compare the cost of living of various major cities

Encyclopedias and Dictionaries

Acronym Finder - Find out what any acronym, abbreviation, or initialism stands for.
Bartleby.com, Reference - Search Roget’s Thesaurus, the American Heritage Dictionary, Columbia Encyclopedia and more.
Dictionary.com - One stop lookup that searches several online dictionaries or thesauri.
Infoplease - Search almanacs in a wide variety of subjects.

Etiquette

Emily Post Institute - Answers to everyday etiquette and manners questions.

General

About.com - Network of information and links to over 50,000 subjects.
Librarian’s Index to the Internet - Librarian reviewed sites organized by subject.
Direct Search - Long list of useful databases not easily found using search engines. Reviewed by a librarian.
Search Systems - Links to thousands of public records databases including adoption records, non-profit agencies, court records and much more.

Grammar and Writing

Capital Community College Guide to Grammar and Writing - Excellent guide from word and sentence level to research paper level.
Purdue University’s Online Writing Lab (OWL) - Extensive resource for all phases of writing.
Citation Styles - Links to MLA, APA, Chicago, and CBE styles for citing electronic sources.

Holidays

The Earth Calendar - A daybook of holidays and celebrations around the world.

Miscellaneous

Full Text Magazine and Newspaper Databases - From the Gale Group. Available for library patrons only. Use your library card to access from your home.
Minimum wage information from the Department of Labor
United States Postal Service
Guinness World Records
FindArticles - Full text articles from over 300 magazines and journals Legacy.com - Find obituaries from over 1000 newspapers from 1998.
Symbols.com - Find the meaning of symbol. Search by word or picture description.
California Department of Consumer Affairs - Find information on licensed professionals and other consumer information.
Math2.org - Extensive tables, explanations, and links for algebra, geometry, trigonometry, calculus and beyond.
Dead People Server - Find out who’s alive and who’s not.

Phone Numbers

Telephone Prefix Locator - Find out where a phone number is located using the prefix.
Switchboard.com - Find personal and business phone numbers.
Telephone Directories on the Web - Over 400 links to telephone directories worldwide.
Anywho Toll Free Directory - Find toll free numbers.

Quotations

Quotation Links - Annotated and rated list of online quotation sources.

States and Capitals

50States.com - Find out the state flower, song, bird etc. for all 50 states.

Statistics

U.S. Census
FedStats - Statistics from over 100 federal agencies
Consumer Price Indexes - CPI information from the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Administration on Aging - Statistical information on people 65 years or older living in the United States
American Factfinder
- 1990 and 2000 (as it is released) census statistics. Find out information by block number and more.

Vital Statistics

California Death Index
Social Security Death Index

Weather

National Weather Service
Weather Underground - Weather for cities throughout the World, current and historical.

Zip Codes

United States Post Office - Zip+4 code look-up.

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