Almanacs

Information Please Almanac Contains general information on a variety of topics

Countries of the World Information

Global Statistics Almanac of world statistics

CIA World Factbook Provides detailed country information

Encyclopedia.com Includes information on the land, people, government, economy and history about individual nations.

Biography

Academy of Achievement Profiles extraordinary individuals who have shaped our times

Biography.com Provides over 25,000 biographies from the Arts & Entertainment channel

Busca Biografias Spanish-language resource for biographies of famous people from all over the world

Distinguished Women Bios of women past and present

Inventors Hall of Fame Search by inventor or invention

Lives Links to thousands of bios of people who are no longer living

Michigan Electronic Library An enormous site of biographical resources

Dictionaries

Merriam-Webster Dictionary Quick and easy to use

Medical Dictionary Defines medical terms

Rhyme Zone Type in a word and find the rhyme or synonym

Webopedia Dictionary for computer and internet technology

Encyclopedias

Britannica Includes links to "best" web sites

Encarta Online Condensed version of Encarta software

Encyclopedia Smithsonian Links to Smithsonian resources

How Stuff Works Learn how different things work, such as seatbelts, caffine, hypnosis

HyperHistory 3,000 years of world history through lifelines, timelines, and maps

Information Please Encyclopedia 57,000 articles from the Columbia Encyclopedia

Maps and Atlases

World Atlas Contains maps, flags, geography facts and more, on most every destination on the planet!

MapQuest You type in the address; they create the map

US Census Map Stats Census information by geographic area

National Atlas of the United States US government sponsored atlas

Miscellaneous

Online Conversions Convert just about anything to anything else

Universal Currency Converter Up-to-the-minute currency exchange rate calculations