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 …”
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
SuperPages.com – over 16 million business listings, product reviews, and comparison shopping. Includes Yellow Pages, People Pages, Consumer Guide, and City pages as well
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.”
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
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.
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
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.”
Selective Service On-Line Registration – 18-year-olds can register with Selective Service via a secure server and receive instant registration verification