Reference

Herbicide Notice

PSD Facilities anticipate putting down an herbicide treatment across the district grounds the week of March 24-28, 2025, weather dependent.

Almanacs and Encyclopedias
Biographies
Blue Books/Consumer Information
Dictionaries and Thesauri Directories
Grammars
Hoax information
Homework Help
Library Reference Websites
Maps
Miscellaneous
Quotations
Religion
Statistics
Tax Information/Selective Service Registration
Time

Almanacs and Encyclopedias

Britannica Online – includes the complete Encyclopedia Britannica, selected articles from more than 70 of the world’s top magazines, internet search capabilities, weather forecasts, and stock market data.
Encyclopedia Smithsonian – includes the answers to many of the questions that are commonly asked of Smithsonian staff in an encyclopedia format
Information Please – provides searching of an encyclopedia; general, sports, and entertainment almanacs; and dictionary
Old Farmer’s Almanac – “Since 1972, The Old Farmer’s Almanac has published useful information for people in all walks of life: tide tables for those who live near the ocean; sunrise tables and planting charts for those who live on the farm; recipes for those who live in the kitchen; and weather predictions …”

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Blue Books/Consumer Information

Kelley Blue Book – used car and motorcycle value, new car pricing
A Bell Tolls – The Long Distance Telephone and Telecommunications Clearinghouse – compare long distance calling plans

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Biographies

Biographical Dictionary: Notable Citizens of Planet Earth – searchable database of more than 28,000 biographies of notable people from ancient to modern times
Biography – a searchable database of over 20,000 brief biographies from A&E

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Dictionaries and Thesauri

Dictionary of Phrase & Fable
The Etymology of First Names
Merriam-Webster Dictionary
OneLook Dictionary – search 454 dictionaries simultaneously; includes etymology and examples of usage
Roget’s Internet Thesaurus of English Words & Phrases
Roget’s Thesaurus Search Form
Your Dictionary.com – links to more than 1500 dictionaries and thesauri and in 230 different languages

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Directories

SuperPages.com – over 16 million business listings, product reviews, and comparison shopping. Includes Yellow Pages, People Pages, Consumer Guide, and City pages as well
Telephone Directories on the Web: a Guide to Worldwide Online Phone Books – “detailed index of online phone books, with links to Yellow Pages, White Pages, Business Directories, Email Addressess and Fax Listings from all around the world”
U.S. Postal Service Address and ZIP code Information – locate zip codes for addresses and vice versa
Qwest.dex – access yellow pages, business and residential white pages, government listing, and email search.
People Search – search for email addresses as well as phone numbers and street addresses

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Grammar

Common Errors in English – includes commonly confused words, misspellings, and grammatical errors
Elements of Style– a classic reference on style in writing
Grammarly
Online English Grammar
Grammars from your dictionary.com – English and nonenglish grammars

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Hoax Information

Current Internet Hoaxes, Urban Legends, and Other Digital Lies – maintains a list of current internet hoaxes, urban legends, rumors, and outright junk with links to more detailed information about the original message and response from reputable sources like the CDC, or “the horse’s mouth.”
HoaxBusters – check on the Federal government’s Internet hoaxes site for hoax and email virus warnings to see if you should pass on the warning. It also talks about “how to recognize hoaxes, what to do about them, and some of the history of hoaxes on the Internet.”

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Homework Help

Cool and Useful Student Resources – designed to assist high school students in researching art and art history, economics, foreign languages, geography, government, history, literature, math, music, reference resources, science, and writing; most of the links are to actual sources of information rather than directories
Bartleby.com: Great Books Online – web access to reference, verse, fiction, and nonfiction full-text books online.
High School Ace – an academic portal for high school students, featuring a poetry contest, college information, a reference desk, and subject guides for English, Mathematics, Social Studies, and Science.
Homework Help at ProQuest – K-12
Multnomah County Library Homework Center – brief annotations are included for specific sites within more general subject areas
Edmentum – search more than 141,000 reviewed and categorized websites

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Library Reference Websites

Internet Public Library: Reference-Resources – links to pages of categorized reference links ranging from almanacs and genealogy to news, addresses, and weather
Multnomah County Library – extensive index of categorized links selected by the reference staff at MCL

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Maps

The Map Guide– links to collections of maps throughout the world
How far is it? – Calculates distance (as the crow flies) between two locations as well as providing county name, zip code(s), latitude and longitude, population, elevation, and type.
Terra Server – searchable topographical maps of the world
Yahoo MapIt! – provides maps for U.S. street addresses

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Miscellaneous

Oregon Blue Book– designed to quickly and easily provide users with information about Oregon
Ancestry.com: Social Security Death Index – searchable

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Quotations

Bartlett’s Familiar Quotations: Passages, Phrases, & Proverbs traced to their sources
Quotations – all kinds of quotes from long ago to now

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Religion

The Bible Gateway – an online concordance that allows searching by keyword(s) or citation in multiple translations of the Bible in 12 languages
The Book of Mormon – searchable, full-text of The Book of Mormon
Sacred Texts – Monroe County (NY) Library System offers links to a wide range of religious sites and e-texts
The Koran – searchable, full text of the Koran translated into English
The Tibetan Book of the Dead– “Literature and artwork on prayer, ritual, and meditation from the religions of Tibet, India, and Nepal”
Virtual Religion Index

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Statistics

Fedstats – “The Federal Interagency Council of Statistical Policy maintains this site to provide easy access to the full range of statistics and information produced by [more than 70 agencies in the U.S. Federal Government] for public use.”

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Tax Information/Selective Service Registration

Interactive Tax Assistant – Tax information from the IRS
Oregon Department of Revenue
Selective Service On-Line Registration – 18-year-olds can register with Selective Service via a secure server and receive instant registration verification

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Time

What time is it? – Naval Observatory Master Clock Time
The World Clock – gives current time in over 100 places in the world

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