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frequently asked reference questions. If what you need is not available in one
of these lists, please try one of our subject-specific Site Guides, the
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AnyDay In History
Information Please
Almanac
Acronym Finder
The Dictionary and Glossary Webring
Foreign Language
Dictionaries (click on your selected language)
The Glossarist
(glossaries for over 130 subject areas)
Merriam-Webster's
Dictionary
Merriam-Webster
Thesaurus
OneLook Dictionaries
Purdue
University's Thor+ list of online dictionaries
Random House - Webster
College Dictionary
Roget's II: The New
Thesaurus (3rd edtion)
Shark
Talk: Everybody's Law Dictionary
The Totally Unofficial Rap
Dictionary
Webster's Revised
Unabridged Dictionary (1913 ed.)
The World
Wide Web Acronym and Abbreviation Server
Your Dictionary.Com
Columbia Encyclopedia
Columbia Encyclopedia
from Encyclopedia.Com (6th edition)
Encarta Africana
Encyclopedia Britannica
How Stuff Works
SYMBOLS.Com
FLAGS & FLAG ETIQUETTE
Flag of the United States of
America (display dates, etiquette, history, etc.)
Flags of the World
United
States Flag Protocol (from the U.S. Senate)
MAPS & DRIVING DIRECTIONS
HomeTownLocator
Gazetteer
Topographical features, census information, cultural attributes, aerial
photos and driving distance calculator
Local
Traffic Conditions
MapBlast
MapQuest
Rand McNally Maps & Directions
Zip2.Com
PHONE & ZIP CODE DIRECTORIES
AnyWho
Directories
AT & T Online
Directories (includes country, city, and area
codes)
Big Yellow: Yellow
Pages on the Web
Pacific Bell Yellow
Pages
Telephone Prefix
Locator
The Ultimate Directory
(Infospace)
U.S. Postal Service
ZIP+4 Lookup
Whitepages.Com
Yellowpages.Com
Bartlett's
Book of Familiar Quotations (1901 ed.)
The Quotations Archive
The Quotations Page
Quoteland.Com
SEE ALSO
Subject Directories to the Internet
Electronic Reference
Shelf (USC Library)
InfoPlease Almanac
Internet Public
Library's Ready Reference Collection
Martindale's Reference
Center
RefDesk.Com
The Virtual Reference
Desk
Virtual Reference Desk
(Cabrillo College Library)
Yahoo's Reference
Desk
TAX INFORMATION
Franchise Tax Board
(California tax forms, etc.)
Internal Revenue Service
(Federal tax forms, etc.)
World
Wide Web Tax Directory
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