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Almanacs, Encyclopedias & Other Quick Fact Sources:
Wikipedia (online encyclopedia).
Encyclopedia Britannica : search results include web site matches and suggested reading. Highly recommended.
How Stuff Works: belt sanders? electirc guitars? nuclear reactors? They've got 'em.
Research It: links to encyclopedias etc.
Information Please Almanac

Dictionaries and Language:
Merriam-Webster Page: dictionary, thesaurus, word games
One Look Dictionaries.
Travlang: translation dictionaries.
The Rhyming Dictionary: to finish off that troubling couplet...
Roget's Thesaurus: synonyms found here...
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations: 

Government 
Neew Hampshire and Other States
Webster: New Hampshire Government Online, a one-stop site linking to state offices, agencies, departments. Also a source for state history, local info, & recreation.
NH Tax forms
New Hampshire Revised Statues online
Piper Resources State Governments (the other 49) and Tax forms from other States. .

FEDERAL 
FedWorld: one stop source for finding federal agencies and databases.
U. S. Congress Online (Thomas) :  bills-in-progress and federal laws.
The Constitution of the U.S.
Civil liberties from the Freedom Forum
Census facts from the US Census Bureau
Office of Immigration and naturalization
Patents Office. For that better mousetrap...
Statistics--see FedStat, a government database of national statistical sources.
Taxes- visit the Internal Revenue Service to catch up on tax law, order forms.

International
CIA World Fact Book.  political, economic and social info on many countries.
The United Nations home page

Health
Consumer Health Information--Basic Facts--info capsules & basic facts from Toronto Public Library.
Merck manual: more medical information, respected commercial source.
National Library of Medicine: basic health and medical information.
USDA nutrition: the official word from the Dept. of Agriculture.
RXlist: prescription drug information,developed by MD
Medline (abridged): journal article database sponsored by the NLM. Tons of info

Jobs
New Hampshire Works job search and resources
Job Training -- NH official site.
Career path: help wanted adverts from metro papers
HomeFair.com: site offers cost-of-living calculator, relocation costs, etc.

Kids Resources and Homework Help
b.j. pinchbeck
homework central : search engine has three levels, for grammar school, HS, and college
Homework Spot
Learning Network (NY TImes): features kids friendly version of current events.
Study Web
kids click: online site of popular kids magazine
The Children's Literature Web Guide--booklsits, authors, awards, more.

Legal Help
The Law Guru offers online legal research, supreme court opinions & faq's.
Nolo.com more online legal research, faq's,bookstore and legal dictionary.
LawOffice from Westlaw offers legal research and a lawyer-finder.
New Hampshire Revised Statues online

Library Resources 
Statewide catalog (NU-PAC) &
  NewHLink (your source for magazines, geneology, homework, more!
New Hampshire State Library
Lamson Library, Plymouth State College

Maps
Mapquest: street -level maps for any US address.
How Far is It? gives distance between cities
National Geographic Map Machine
Topozone: USGA topographical maps. High-quality maps that show the lay of the land.

Product Reviews
Consumer Reports. --online version of the popular magazine, Requires fee to access 
Kelly's Blue Book: get the skinny on auto & truck prices
Safety Forum --product safety inforamtion and news. Get those tires checked!

Rare Books
the Book Fidner

Travel
Travelocity: online air tickets, car rentals hotel reservations & general info.
Currency Convertor
Citynet: info about major cities
Metroscope: business and entertainment guides

Web Browsers 
Google: Best search site on the webb, hands down.
Dogpile: a multi-engine search program
Yahoo: combines a subject guide and free text searching to good effect.

Discussion Forums:  places to share common interests and information.
Groups at Goodle.com

Directories (white pages):  how to track down that elusive person..
Anywho: fast, easy to use
people.yahoo.com
Internet Address Finder: for finding e mail addresses.
Four11 (411): good for finding e mail addresses

etc.
US Naval Observatory Clock
 
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12/20/08.