Almanacs 
African-American Almanac history, culture, & biographies
CIA World Factbook detailed country information
CNN Daily Almanac today's events, upcoming events, newslinks, and "on this day"
Farmer's Almanac weather predictions, seasonal advice, and more
Information Please Almanacs search specialized almanacs
Political Reference Almanac US & World coverage
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Atlases/Maps
ArcData Online create your own map
Epeditions Atlas (National Geographic) basic, detailed, borders, and no borders maps
Maps on Us plan routes with intermediate stops
Mapquest driving directions and maps
Mapstats state/county demographic and economic profiles
National Atlas authoritative views of scientific, societal, and historical information by US gov't
National Geographic Society Map Machine atlas, physical maps, political maps, star maps, satellite imagery, and printable maps
PCL Map Collection outline maps covering all regions of the world and historical maps; includes links to specialized maps sites
Weather Maps from the Weather Channel 
World Factbook Reference Maps world, continent, and regional maps updated each year
World Atlas includes every continent, country, dependency, island, province, state and territory; includes map clipart and flags
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Biography
Biography.com over 25,000 biographies from A&E
Biographies listing of links from the Multnomah County Library
Catharton.com artists, authors, directors, and musicians
Distinguished Women women past and present
Inventor Hall of Fame search by inventor or invention
Lives links to thousands of biographical resources & primary source documents
Public Figure people in the news
Time Man of the Year Archive archive of the Man of the Year articles from Time, 1920s-1990s
Uncle Sam's Who's Who federal government 
4000 Years of Women in Science Biographies, pictures and references of famous women from around the world
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Converters/Translators
Babel Fish translates text or web sites--English, French, German, Italian,  Portuguese, and/or Spanish--from AltaVista
Convert Anything to Anything over 8,000 conversions
Convert It just about any science conversion instantly
F/X Converter converts any currency to value by date
GO Translator translates text or web sites--English, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, and/or Spanish
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Dictionaries/Thesauri
AllWords.com search in English, Dutch, French, German, Italian, and/or Spanish
American Heritage® Dictionary contains over 350,000 entries and meanings, examples of use, etymology provided
Dave's Math Tables theorems, tables, identities, proofs, and graphs
Dictionary of Measures, Units, and Conversions summary of most of the units of measurement together with the appropriate conversion factors needed to change them into a 'standard' unit of the S I. 
Jumble and Crossword Solver just enter the word or letters
Glossary of Literary Terms click on a letter or scroll down the page to find definitions of literary terms
Language Dictionaries and Translators choose from 147 languages
Law Dictionary defines legal terms
Merriam-Webster Dictionary fast and easy to use
Merriam-Webster Thesaurus word synonyms
Medical Dictionary meanings, terms & acronyms; portal to medical information and news
Online Dictionary of Mental Health links to many sites offering different viewpoints on issues in mental health
Phrase Finder find phrases related to a word
Roget's Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases find words and their synonyms
Rhyme Zone type in words to find rhymes and synonyms
Symbols.com contains more than 2,500 Western signs, arranged into 54 groups according to their graphic characteristics; histories, uses, and meanings are thoroughly discussed
Webopedia defines computer and Internet terms
Wordsmyth: Educational Dictionary - Thesaurus includes pronunciation, definitions and related words for each search
terms
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Encyclopedias
Britannica includes links to "best" web sites
Compton's general encyclopedia
Encarta general encyclopedia
Encyclopedia Mythica mythology, folklore, legends, and more
Encyclopedia of the Orient one-stop online resource covers all countries and cultures between Mauritania in the west and Iran in the
 east, Turkey in the north and Sudan in south
Encyclopedia Smithsonian links to Smithsonian resources 
Encarta Online abridged version of encyclopedia 
How Stuff Works articles about how things work
HyperHistory search timelines of history
Internet Oracle links to many online encyclopedias
Medline Plus medical encyclopedia 
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Government
City of Rochester Homepage official site
Federal Web Locator quick links to gov't agencies
Fed Stats "Kids Page" links to gov't pages designed for K-12; some of the info is very basic but right on target for research
New York State Homepage with access to local gov't
Project Vote Smart find your candidates and officials; also includes a wealth of other information on all candidates and issues
THOMAS searchable information about the U.S. Congress
The Rochester Connection the area and its people
US Census Bureau official searchable database of statistics; includes online version of Statistical Abstract of the United States
US House of Representatives up-to-date events on the House floor as they happen
US Senate connect with your senator, search for bills
US Supreme Court official site
The White House executive branch of our government
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Miscellaneous/Fun
Cyndi's Genealogy List over 30,000 links
dMarie Time Capsule headlines, top songs, prices, etc. for any date in history 
Horoscope daily horoscope from the New York Post
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News
News Sites links to news around the world; includes ABC, CNN, New York Times, Reuters, USA Today, etc.
Newspaper Links state by state directory to US newspapers
Online Newspapers newspapers around the world
Political Cartoons current editorial cartoons
Rochester Democrat & Chronicle local newspaper online
Sports Illustrated news from the world of sports
Syndicated Cartoons largest collection of newspaper editorial cartoons on the web
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Quotations
Aphorisms Galore! aphorisms by subject or author
Bartlett's Familiar the famous collection
Cliché Finder cliché search engine
Creative Quotations one of the largest quotation resources online
Find a Quotation search 15 quotation databses at once
Quoteland.com find quotations by subject or person
Simpson's Contemporary Quotations famous quotes from 1950-1988; search by author or subject
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Time / Date
Time & Date has current time and date for places worldwide
Today's Date & Time all about today's date 
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White & Yellow Pages
Anywho find people & businesses in US and Canada
Switchboard e-mail, address, and phone finder
Toll Free find toll free numbers
Zip Code Lookup enter address to find zip code
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