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General Reference Resources
Legal Resources - Federal
Agencies, Departments and Organizations
Courts
Laws, Regulations and Rules
Medical Resources
General Information
Specific Diseases and Conditions
Miscellaneous Resources
Automobile Valuation
Bar Associations
Consumer Credit, Protection & Safety
Financial Resources
News Media
Nursing Home and Elder Resources
People and Place Finders
Search Engines on the Internet
Social Security Disability and Veterans Resources
Travel and Entertainment Resources

 

 

General Reference Resources

Acronym Finder - What do those initials stand for?

American Society of Mechanical Engineers

Bartlett's Quotations

Basic Legal Citation

Better Business Bureau

Biographical Dictionary

Britannica Encyclopedia

Calculators - Many types of calculators

Canada Postal Code Lookup - Free Canadian postal code lookup

Cities of Texas - Links to many official city Web sites

Clocks - Great collection of clocks, both serious and fun

Computer File Formats - Explanations of different formats

Computer Terminology Dictionary

Computer Virus Hoaxes - Check here before passing along any computer virus warnings

Consumer Information Center - U.S. Government Site

Counties of Texas - Links to many official county Web sites

Dallas Public Library

Dictionary.com - Dictionary and Thesaurus

Dun and Bradstreet - Information about businesses

The Elements of Style - Grammar and Composition

Encarta Encyclopedia

Foreign Postal Address Guide

Fort Worth Public Library

Guide to Grammar and Writing

How Far Is It? - Distance between any two cities

InfoPlease Almanac

Insure.com - Auto and Home Insurance Information

Insurance Institute for Highway Safety

Intellicast - Weather Forecasts and Radar Images

KnowX - Business Research

Language Translations from AltaVista

LearnTheNet.com - Learn how to use the Internet

Legal Dictionary

Library of Congress

LibrarySpot.com - Many Online Libraries

MartindaleCenter - Science and Mathematics

Measurements Converter

Merriam Webster Dictionary and Thesaurus

MoneyCentral - Financial News and Information

Pacific Information Resources - Collection of Searchable Databases

Perry-Castañeda Library Map Collection

Postage Calculator - from the United States Postal Service

Refdesk.com - Everything You Could Ever Want to Know

Research-It!

Reverse Dictionary - Type In Concept, Get Word

Roget's Thesaurus

SafetyPages.net - Safety Issues at Home and at Work

Small Business Resources

Society of Automotive Engineers

Spanish Dictionary - With Audio Pronunciation

Stylebook for Writers

Tax and Financial Calculators

Terrafly - Aerial Photography (Free)

Terraserver.com - Aerial Photography (Fee)

Time and Date Calculators

Time - The U.S. Naval Observatory Atomic Clock

Travlang's Translating Dictionaries

Weather.com - The Weather Channel

Weather Underground

Wikibooks - Free Collection of Textbooks

Wikipedia - Free Encyclopedia

Wikiquote - Free Collection of Quotations

Wikisource - Free Collection of Source Texts

Wiktionary - Free Dictionary

Xrefer.com - The Web's Reference Engine

Zip Code Information from the U. S. Postal Service