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Reference and Quick Facts

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
  • BigBook Directory Search : Search for U.S. businesses.
  • 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

  • Blue Letter Bible - concordance
  • Directorate of Time - Dept. of the Navy
  • 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
  • Weights and Measures
  • Refdesk.com : dictionary, encyclopedia, general facts, and more.
  • Statistics

    Lists & Links | BPL Home Page

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    The staff of the Burlington Public Library cannot guarantee the validity of information found through these links.
    Updated 06/2010