Quick Information and Reference

Gateways

	American Library Association, including information about Libraries and the USA Patriot Act and Intellectual Freedom.
	Internet Public Library: Reference Center
	Library of Congress Ask a Librarian Online Reference Service
	Michigan Electronic Library Reference Desk
	SPL Selected Web Sites: Reference A directory of quick information web sites from Seattle Public Library
	UCSD Libraries Reference Shelf
	U.S. Government Documents Subject Guides and Internet Resources
	Virtual Reference Desk
	Wa.lii.org Librarians' Index to the Internet for the State of Washington

	Encyclopedia.com Over 1400 articles from the Concise Columbia Electronic Encyclopedia
	Encyclopedia Smithsonian
	Information Please Almanac
	Wikipedia the free encyclopedia.

Associations on the Net
A directory for finding addresses and phone numbers

	calculator.com
	Cambridge Dictionary Online
	Distance Calculator Calculates the distance between two points "as the crow flies"
	Martindale's 'The Reference Desk: Calculators On-Line'
	OneLook Dictionaries
	Online Slang Dictionary
	RhymeZone Enter a word and find all the words that rhyme with it.
	Yahoo! Reference:Dictionaries
	yourDictionary.com

	Bartlett's Familiar Quotations
	Creative Quotations
	The Quotation Page
	Quoteland
	Shakespeare Search

	History and Politics Out Loud From Northwestern University
	Speech Archive From The History Channel

	American FactFinder
	Bureau of Labor Statistics
	Census Bureau Economic Information
	Census Tract Street Locator
	EconData.Net
	Economic Statistics Briefing Room
	FedStats: A to Z
	Finding Data On the Net
	Foreign Trade Statistics
	Historical United States Census Data Browser
	Infonation - country statistics
	International Data Base (International statistics)
	National Agricultural Statistics Service (U.S. Department of Agriculture)
	National Center for Health Statistics provides quick access to statistics on topics of public health importance and is organized alphabetically.
	NCES: National Center for Education Statistics
	PollingReport.com
	PopNet: Source for Global Population Information
	Regions and Countries (The World Bank)
	Social Science Data on the Net
	The Social Statistics Briefing Room
	State and Metropolitan Area Data Book
	Stateline.org
	Statistical Abstract of the U.S.
	Statistical Resources on the Web
	U.S. Bureau of the Census Statistical Briefs
	U.S. State Fact Sheets
	U. S. Bureau of the Census
	Washington State Data Book
	Washington State: Forecasting
	Washington Trends
	Whatcom County Statistics
	World Factbook

Astronomical Applications
Sunrise, sunset, eclipses, and phases of the moon