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American & English Poetry: 1250–1920
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American FactFinder
General
information about the American people
gathered by the U.S. Census Bureau. |
AnyWho
Phone, fax,
e-mail addresses are searched for here.
Special sections are available on toll-free
numbers.
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The Aria Database
"Information
about opera and operatic arias. Besides
providing basic information about each aria,
the Database includes translations for many
arias and aria texts for those that are not
affected by copyright restrictions."
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AssociationCentral.com
A Web portal
for all things association-related! Find out
about groups, organization and associations
dedicated to a wide range of topics and
interests.
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AwardWeb: Collections of Literary Award
Information
Lists of
science fiction literary award winners. "The
emphasis is science fiction awards, but
you'll find other literary awards as well."
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BookBrowse
"A site
dedicated to reading, which offers fiction
reading lists, book reviews, forthcoming
titles, author information and much more."
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CNN Travel Guide
Maps, city
guides, travel directions and much more
travel information is offered here by CNN.
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Cliché Finder
Looking for
a "well worn phrase"? "Over 3,300 clichés
indexed!"
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Consumer Search Product Reviews
Find
evaluations and reviews of commonly used or
purchased consumer goods. Includes review
categories such as Electronics, Computers,
Sports & Leisure, Office, etc. |
Ethnologue: Languages of the World
Find
information about the 6,800 main languages
plus 41,000 alternate names and dialects
languages by the many peoples of the world,
organized by maps and charts, with
descriptions and other helpful data.
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Free E-Mail Providers Guide
This service
"allows you to quickly search our extensive
listings of over 1400 free email providers
in more than 85 countries to easily find the
Free Email Provider that has all of the
features you want and is perfect for you."
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The Greatest Films
Offers
interpretive, descriptive review commentary
and historical background, a wealth of film
reference material (including a complete
Academy Awards History and Film History - by
decade), and hundreds of colorful, vintage
film poster reproductions for some of the
best Hollywood and American classic films in
the last century.
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How Stuff Works
Explains in
detail what makes a wide variety of things
function, from air conditioners to jake
brakes to tattoos.
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The Internet Movie Database
Find out about the
different movies, actors, directors and
other interesting background on films. Huge!
See their
Oscar Awards
section! |
The Merck Manual of Diagnosis and Therapy
(17th ed.)
and
The Merck Manual - Home Edition
Two highly
used and acclaimed sources of medical
information are available. Use each
according to your information needs.
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Periodic Table of the Elements
Find
information about the elements that make up
our physical world. Very basic and simple.
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The PLANTS Database
Includes
names, checklists, automated tools,
identification information, species
abstracts, distributional data, crop
information, plant symbols, plant growth
data, plant materials information, plant
links, references, and other plant
information.
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Princeton College Review
Online
version of the famous guide to colleges.
Lots of basic information available here
related to colleges.
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Robert's Rules of Order Revised
The
copyright on the original 1915 version has
expired. However, the modifications and
enhancements to this work are Copyright ©
1996 Constitution Society.
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RxList - The Internet Drug Index
Search for
information about common prescribed drugs
here.
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Social Security Handbook
This is "a
readable, easy to understand resource for
the very complex Social Security programs
and services.... [which are] so complex it
is impossible to include information about
every topic... the most common and helpful
information."
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Tax Statistics
Information
about the financial composition of
individuals, business taxpayers, tax exempt
organizations and more.
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TV Guide Online
TV show
listings, and some reviews as well. See the
section "TV Listings" for the program
schedules in your area.
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Telephone Directories
An index of
online phone books, with links to Yellow
Pages, White Pages, Business Directories,
Email Addresses and Fax Listings from over
150 countries all around the world.
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Toll Free: The Internet 800 Directory
Search this
database for toll-free phone numbers
according to the subject or service that you
are interested in. Allows you to narrow down
to a single state.
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World Flag Database
In addition
to flags, "There are over 260 pages on
countries and international organizations.
Each page contains basic information on the
country, including its formal name, capital
city, area, population, currency, languages,
and religions."
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