Harrison Memorial Library

Reference

Calculators

Martindale's Calculators Online - Hundreds of scientific, engineering, and general calculators.
Online Conversion - 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. From Home Fair.

Countries and States

Background Notes - Information on the people, history, government, and economy of the world's countries, from the U.S. Department of State.
CIA World Factbook - Lists population, government, military, and economic information for nations recognized by the United States.
50States.com - Find out the state flower, song, bird etc. for all 50 states.

Encyclopedias and Dictionaries

Acronym Finder - Find out what any acronym or abbreviation 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.
Encylopedia.com - Search over 100 encyclopedias and dictionaries
Infoplease - Search almanacs in a wide variety of subjects.
World Book Online - The World Book Encyclopedia, with articles, Web sites, and much more. Use your library card to access from home.

General

About.com - Network of information and links to over 50,000 subjects.
Internet Public Library - Librarian reviewed sites organized by subject.
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.
Citation Styles - Links to MLA, APA, AMA, Chicago, and Turabian styles for citing electronic sources.
Purdue University’s Online Writing Lab (OWL) - Extensive resource for all phases of writing.

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.
California Department of Consumer Affairs - Find information on licensed professionals and other consumer information.
Emily Post Institute - Answers to everyday etiquette and manners questions.
Legacy.com - Find obituaries from over 1000 newspapers from 1998.
Math2.org - Extensive tables, explanations, and links for algebra, geometry, trigonometry, calculus and beyond.
Minimum wage information from the Department of Labor
Symbols - Find the meaning of symbols. Search by word or picture description.
World Clock - Time zones around the world

Phone Numbers and Zip Codes

International White and Yellow Pages - Telephone directories worldwide.
Switchboard.com - Find personal and business phone numbers.
Telephone Prefix Locator - Find out where a phone number is located using the prefix.
Toll Free Directory - Find toll free numbers.
Which Phone Book? - tells you which telephone book has listings for a California community or area code. From the Santa Cruz Public Library.
United States Post Office - Zip+4 code look-up.

Quotations and Speeches

Bartlett's Familiar Quotations - 10th edition, 1919. Provides older quotations with their sources.
Online Speech Bank - from American Rhetoric. Thousands of famous speeches, lectures, sermons, debates and interviews in transcript, some with audio.
Quotation Links - Annotated and rated list of online quotation sources.

Statistics

American Factfinder - 1990 and 2000 census statistics. Find out information by block number and more.
Bureau of Labor Statistics - provides employment and earnings data and price indexes.
Consumer Price Indexes - CPI information from the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Economic Indicators - current and historic indicators from the U.S. Census Bureau
FedStats - Statistics from over 100 federal agencies
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development - international economic statistics
Statistical Abstract - summary of statistics on the social, political, and economic organization of the United States.
UN Data - World statistics on employment, education, energy, environment, health, population, refugees, and much more, from the United Nations.
U.S. Census

Vital Records

California Death Index - Deaths occurring 1940-1997
Social Security Death Index
Virtual Gumshoe - Free Public Records directory
Vital Records Information - where to obtain birth, death, marriage and divorce records from each state, territory and county of the United States

Weather and Tides

Air Quality Monterey Bay
Pollen and Mold Counts - National Allergy Bureau
National Weather Service - San Francisco Bay Area/Monterey
Sunrise and Sunset Times - moonrise and moonset too, for U.S. cities and towns
Tide and Current Predictor - U.S. and worldwide
Weather Underground - Weather for cities around the world, current and historical.
World Climate Averages - includes rainfall averages for this area