Almanacs & encyclopedias. . .
Arts & entertainment. . .
Biographical resources . . .
Business & consumer information . . .
- Airline Quality Rating - compares airlines on combined multiple performance criteria
- Annual Reports - annual and financial reports of thousands of companies
- Big Charts
- stock and mutual fund quotes, reports, and other market information
- Big Charts: Historical Quotes - stock
quotations back to 1970
- Bplans.com - business planning resource
- Business Plans and Profiles Index
- Business.gov - "the official business link to the U.S. government"
- Consumer.gov - consumer information from the
federal government
- Consumer World - "the consumer resource guide"
- Daily Stocks - stock & fund
quotes, company news, research reports, earnings estimates, SEC filings, and more
- Economagic Economic Time Series Page - economic data
and charts
- Economic Census - profiles the US
economy every 5 years, on both the national and the local level
- Edgar Database of Corporate Information
- Edmund's Automobile Buyer's Guides
- Forbes 500s Annual Directory
- America's largest corporations
- Hoover's Online - profiles of thousands of companies
- Insurance Institute for Highway Safety -
automobile crash test results, fatality statistics, traffic law facts, and more
- IQS Directory - directory of manufacturers, suppliers, and distributors listed by category
- Kelley Blue Book
- My Travel Rights - info from the Consumer Travel Rights Center
- National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
- NAICS (North American Industry
Classification System)
- Oanda - current/historical currency converter
- Realtor.com - searchable list of properties for sale across the country
- Researching Companies Online
- San Diego Regional Economic Development
Corporation
- San Diego Workforce Partnership
- SIC (Standard Industrial Classification) System Search
- Tax Forms - downloadable forms, instructions, and publications
California Tax Forms
Tax Forms for Other States
Federal (Internal Revenue Service) Tax Forms
- Thomas Register - directory of manufacturers
and products
- Trade and Economy: Data and Analysis
- from the International Trade Administration
- United States Patent and Trademark Office
- United States Securities and Exchange Commission
- United States Small Business Administration
- Universal Currency Converter
- World Bank
Dictionaries & language study resources . . .
- Acronym Finder
- American Heritage Book of English Usage
- ASL Video Dictionaries
- Babel Fish - translates Chinese, English,
French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, Russian, and Spanish
- Brewer's Phrase and Fable
- Cambridge International Dictionaries Online
- Dictionary.com
- Encarta World English Dictionary
- Ethnologue: Languages of the World
- FreeTranslation.com - translates English, Chinese, Dutch,
French, German, Italian, Norwegian, Portuguese, and Spanish
- iLoveLanguages
- Merriam-Webster Online - includes a dictionary and thesaurus
- OneLook Dictionaries - offers access to hundreds of
online dictionaries
- Online Etymology Dictionary
- RhymeZone - rhyming dictionary
- Roget’s II: The New Thesaurus
- YourDictionary - includes language dictionaries
Education . . .
(See also our College & University Information page)
Law . . .
Literature & literary criticism . . .
(See also our Books on the Internet page)
Maps & geography . . .
- All the World's Maps - "a compilation of
each nation's maps - including cities"
- Atlapedia - maps, facts, and statistics for
the countries of the world
- Atlas of the Universe
- Color Landform Atlas of the United
States
- David Rumsey Map Collection - historical maps
- Dictionary of Abbreviations and Acronyms
in Geographic Information Systems, Cartography, and Remote Sensing
- Earth and Moon Viewer
- Electronic Map Library (Cal State, Northridge)
- EnviroMapper - environmental information maps from the EPA
- Geodata - U.S. Government portal for maps and
geospatial data
- Geographic Names Database - brief info about foreign
geographic features
- Geographic Names Information System -
brief info about geographic features in the United States
- Library of Congress Map
Collections, 1500-2003 - historical maps
- Maporama - street maps of the U.S., Canada, and Europe
- MapQuest - interactive street maps
- Maps On Us - interactive street maps
- Maptech MapServer - topographic maps, nautical & aeronautical charts
- MSN Virtual Earth
- road maps, aerial photographs, business location search
- National Atlas of the United States
- Perry-Castañeda
Library Map Collection (University of Texas at Austin)
- TerraServer - aerial and satellite photographs
of the earth's surface
- TopoZone - USGS topographic maps of the United States
- United Nations Cartographic Section
- U.S. Census Bureau Maps and Cartographic Resources
Tiger Mapping Service -
street-level maps that combine
physical and political features with demographic data
- Visible Earth - images, visualizations, and
animations of the Earth
- World Time Server - current time for world locations
Mathematics . . .
Medicine & health . . .
- AllRefer Health - medical information and news
- Atlas of the Body - from the American Medical Association
- Deciphering Medspeak - provides definitions of medical terms,
prefixes, and suffixes
- Directory of America's
Hospitals
- Gray’s Anatomy of the Human Body - 20th edition (1918)
- Healthfinder - gateway to consumer health and human services
information from the United States Government
- Healthy People Library Project: Health Resources
- Hospital Compare - information on how well specific hospitals care for their adult patients
- InteliHealth - "home to
Harvard Medical School’s consumer health information"
- LifeWorks - information about
careers in the health and medical sciences
- Mayo Clinic.com
- Medem Medical Library - health care information from introductory to advanced texts
- Medical Library Association: Resources for Health Consumers
- MedicineNet - information on diseases,
pharmaceutical drugs, and more—including a medical dictionary
- MEDLINE via PubMed -
index to articles from medical journals
- MEDLINEplus - medical dictionaries,
databases, and information on hundreds of diseases, conditions, and health issues
- MEDLINEplus Drug Information
- Medscape - information for medical practitioners
- Merck Manual of Diagnosis and Therapy, 17th Edition
- Merck Manual of Geriatrics, 3rd Edition
- Merck Manual of Medical Information, Home Edition
- Merck Veterinary Manual
- MyPyramid.gov - official government Web site providing information about the 2005 food pyramid
- National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine
- National Center for Health Statistics
- National Clearinghouse for Alcohol and Drug Information
- National Women’s Health Information Center - provides free, reliable health information for women
- Nutrition Analysis Tool - analyzes
your diet for various nutrients
- NutritionData - database of food composition and
nutrition information
- Nutrition.gov - provides access to federal
government information on nutrition
- On-line Medical Dictionary
- PDR Health - "your starting point for getting and
staying well"
- Quackwatch - information on controversial
health products and services
- Right to Know Hazardous
Substance Fact Sheets
- WebMD - "health information, tools for managing your health, and support to
those who seek information"
- Wellness Information Zone - health information and resources
Quotations & speeches . . .
Sciences & technology . . .
State (California) & local (San Diego) information . . .
California:
San Diego:
Style manuals, writing aids, research tutorials, etc.
Telephone and ZIP code directories . . .
The United States (surveys, statistics, government info) . . .
- Bureau of Labor Statistics
- Census Bureau
American FactFinder - population,
housing, economic, and
geographic data at the national, state, county, and city level
Census Bureau Publications (PDF documents)
- City & Town Official Websites
- CongressLink - info on members of the U.S. Congress
- Core Documents of U.S. Democracy - key documents, from the
Declaration of Independence to recent Supreme Court decisions
- FedForms - forms for the most popular U.S.
government services
- FedStats - statistics from more than 100 federal agencies
- 50states.com: States and Capitals
- GPO Access - gateway to full-text
U.S. Government databases, including: the Federal Register, Congressional Record,
Congressional Bills, United States Code, Economic Indicators and GAO Reports
- National Criminal Justice Reference Service
- Open Secrets - "your guide to the
money in American elections"
- PollingReport.com - results from various national polls
- Population Reference Bureau - state, national, and global population data
- Project Vote Smart - facts on candidates and elected officials
- Sourcebook of Criminal Justice Statistics
- State and Local Government of the Net - gateway
to state government information
- Stateline.org - news, statistics, and information on the 50 states
- StateList: The Electronic Source for
State Publication Lists
- Statistical Abstract of the United States
- Statistical Resources on the Web (U. of Michigan Documents Center)
- Students.gov - "student gateway to the U.S. government"
- Supreme Court Decisions
- Thomas: Legislative Information on the Internet
- Uniform Crime Reports - statistics from the FBI
- The United States Government Manual (PDF document)
- USA.gov (formerly FirstGov) - portal to U.S. government websites
- U.S. Congress Votes Database - lists every vote in the U.S. Congress since 1991
- U.S. Government
Documents Ready Reference Collection - compiled by Columbia University
The World (countries & cultures) . . .
Updated July 18, 2008
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