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E-reference
Language
- Oxford English Dictionary
- Roget's Thesaurus
- Thesaurus.com
- Citation Guides
- Bartlett's Familiar Quotations
- Quotes of the Day
- Spanish-English Dictionary
- French-English Dictionary
- Legal Dictionary
- Dictionaries on the web
Government
- USA.gov
- The White House
- Occupational Outlook Handbook
- Federal Citizen Information Center: Many full-text publications from their Pueblo, Colorado site.
Science and Math
- Calculator.com
- Chemical Elements.com - An Interactive Periodic Table of the Elements
- EE-Link Endangered Species:a list of national and international endangered species
Current Topics and Events
- Documents in the News: government documents and other sources regading current topics, from the University of Michigan
- The Roper Center for Public Opinion Research
- Today in History: birthdays, historical events, etc.
- Any-day in History: same as above, but you choose the date
- Earth Calendar: holidays and celebrations
Health
- MEDLINEplus
- Healthfinder
- NOAH (New York Online Access to Health)
- American Academy of Family Physicians
- Dictionary of Common Medical Terms
- Merck Manual – Second Home Edition
- Medline Plus – Drug Information
- Adam Health Illustrated Encyclopedia
- Medical Dictionary from MedicineNet
- Drugs.com includes Drug Interaction Checker
- RxList - The Internet Drug List: information on the 200 most frequently prescribed drugs in the U.S.
Telephone & Address Directories
- BigBook: A Web Yellow Pages with some added features
- Switchboard:a commercial and residential US phone directory
- AnyWho: white and yellow pages
- Zip Code Lookup
- Area Code Lookup
Higher Education
- Central Office of the State College and University Systems of West Virginia
- CollegeNet with admissions information about 2500 schools
- Colleges and Universities on the Net
- College and University Rankings: a guide to ranking lists and explanations.
- College Board: with info about the SAT and links to College Homepages
- ACT test
- FinAid: The Financial Aid Information Page: comprehensive free resource for student financial aid information on the Web. Free scholarship search, financial aid calculators, glossary, and bibliography.
- Yahoo's Financial Aid listings
- Peterson's College Guides
- TIAA-CREF
Arts & Entertainment
- Greater Huntington Community Web Portal
- Marquee Cinemas at Pullman Square
- Greater Huntington Theatres (Keith Albee theatre, etc.)
- Internet Movie Database: Search for information on films, actors, and directors, with links to reviews and other sites
- MetaCritic: reviews of films, DVDs, music, games, and books.
- Academy Awards
- Yahoo Entertainment directory
Other Reference
Maps and Travel
- BBC News: Country Profiles
- The CIA World Factbook
- Country Reports on Terrorism: From annual reports issued by the U.S. State Department.
- Country Studies: From the Library of Congress, authoritative handbooks on many countries. Full-text is available and searchable.
- Huntington Area Development Council: with demographic and other Huntington information
- Fodor's: This publisher of travel guides provides travel information for major cities and allows you to create your own customized miniguide.
- GeographyIQ: a world atlas with geographic, economic, political, historical, and cultural information.
- How far is it?
- Fuel Cost Calculator
- Flags of all Countries
- Universal Currency Converter
Statistics
- Statistical Abstracts of the United States
- State Rankings
- State and County Quickfacts
- Search FedStats: search for statistics from 14 Federal agencies
- Economic Indicators
- National Center for Educational Statistics
- Bureau of Labor Statistics
- Statistical Resources on the Web
- USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service
- United Nations Statistical Division
- World Health Organization Statistics
- National Debt Clock
Business
- Dictionary of Occupational Titles
- NAICS: search the North American Industry Classification System
- Reuters: Search by company name for a "snapshot" page of current financial information