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Reference and Quick Fact Resources

Biography and History

See History and Historic Preservation Resources.

  • Biography : The Biography Channel:Search over 25,000 biographies.
  • Encyclopedia of Days : A-Z list of holidays.
  • Food History
  • On This Day in History : Choose a date and create a list of headlines, birthdays, and top songs, books, shows, and toys.
  • Dictionaries

  • Akronyme/Acronyms : Provides meaning of acronyms. English and German directions.
  • Roget's II: The New Thesaurus : Search for alternative words. 1995 edition.
  • TravLang's Foreign Languages for Travelers : Provides words and sound clips of basic words, numbers, directions, and more in several languages. For more on foreign languages, see Language and Literature Resources.
  • Directories

  • AllPages.comYellow page directory
  • AnyWho Toll Free Directory : Find toll free numbers for businesses.
  • BigBook Directory Search : Search for U.S. businesses.
  • Bigfoot : E-mail addresses and residential listings.
  • Canada411 : Businesses and people.
  • EUROPAGES : The European Business Directory.
  • GTE Yellow Pages : Business directory.
  • InfoSpace: Includes more than 25 directories ranging from the typical (presidential, business, government) to the more unusual (apartments, reverse directory, lottery results).
  • Internet Address Finder : Free white pages and e-mail searches.
  • Switchboard : Business and residential phone numbers and addresses.
  • Yahoo People Search : E-mail and residential listings.

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    General

  • The Big Eye : Misc. Internet Resources.
  • Britannica Encylopaedia online : Provides first two paragraphs of encyclopaedia articles.
  • Directorate of Time
  • HomeFair.com Moving, decorating, home technology
  • Facts on File Issues & Controversies and Today's Science Online Resources
  • Geographic Names Information Service Find the location of towns, cemeteries, rivers, and other geographic features.
  • Information Please -- online almanac
  • ITools-- online dictionary, thesaurus, translator, biographies and quotations (Formerly, ResearchIt and FindIt)
  • Local Times Around the World
  • Mortgage Calculator
  • U.S. Postal Zip Codes
  • U.S. Postal Bulletin: rates and fees
  • Weights and Measures
  • World Time Zone Map
  • Refdesk.com : dictionary, encyclopedia, general facts, and more.
  • Libraries

  • American Library Association
  • Iowa Library Directory
  • Cyberstacks collection of web resources organized by Library of Congress subject headings
  • Internet Public Library at the University of Michigan
  • Library of Congress
  • State Library of Iowa
  • Periodicals - Full-text articles on-line

  • Ebscohost Publishing On-line
  • Style Guides

    U.S. Government Printing Office Style Manual


    Internet Resources | BPL Home Page

    The sites listed on this page were chosen for their content and perceived reliability.
    The staff of the Burlington Public Library cannot guarantee the validity of information found through these links.
    Updated 09/2009