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Acronyms, Abbreviations and Initialisms

• Abbreviations.com
• Journal and Newspaper Finder
• Scientific and Technical Acronyms, Symbols, and Abbreviations

Addresses and Telephone Numbers

• AnyWho -- individuals and businesses
• International Calling Code Directory
• Superpages - Businesses and People
• Switchboard.com -- individuals and businesses
• Telephone Directories on the Web -- national and international

Almanacs and Chronology

• InfoPlease
• This Day in History (History Channel)
• On This Day (New York Times)

Associations

• Associations on the Net

Atlases

• See MAPS AND ATLASES

Automobiles

• American Automobile Association
• Kelley Blue Book: 10 Steps to Buying a New Car
• Maryland Motor Vehicle Administration

Awards and Prizes

• Award Annals: Creative Works Judged Best
• Grammy Music Awards
• The Academy Awards (Oscars)
• The Nobel e-Museum
• The Pulitzer Prize

Baltimore

• Baltimore City Website
• Baltimore County Website
• Baltimore Sun newspaper
• See also MARYLAND

Biography

• Biographical Dictionary
• Biography.com
• Lives, the biography resource

Calendars and Clocks

• CalendarZone
• The World Clock
• Timeand Date.com

Cars

• See AUTOMOBILES

Colleges and Universities

• College Source Online (catalogs, profiles)
• Web US Higher Education (links to websites)

Conversion Tables

• How far is it? (geographical distance tabulator)
• Measurements Converter
• Physical Constants
• Temperature Conversion

Copyright

• Copyright and Fair Use
• United States Copyright Office

Countries

• Background Notes
• CIA World Factbook
• Library of Congress Country Studies

Currency Converters

• See EXCHANGE RATES

Dictionaries, English Usage, Thesauri

• Johns Hopkins Guide to Literary Theory and Criticism (Goucher use only)
• Merriam-Webster Dictionary and Thesaurus
• OneLook Dictionaries(searches over 100 online dictionaries simultaneously)
• Oxford English Dictionary(OED) (Goucher use only)
• Roget's Thesuarus
• The Free Dictionary

Directories

• See ADDRESSES AND TELEPHONE NUMBERS

Embassies

• Embassy World

Exchange Rates

• GoCurrency.com
• Oanda Currency Converter

Films

• Academy Awards (Oscars). See under Awards and Prizes
• CinemaSpot
• Internet Movie Database

Graduate Schools

• Grad School Tips

Grants

• Investigating Grant Opportunities 
• Maryland Redbook Online
• FinAid! The SmartStudent Guide to Financial Aid

Health

• See MEDICINE AND HEALTH

Internet Reference Pages

• Credo Reference Library
• RefDesk.com
• Ipl2: Information You Can Trust (Merger of the Internet Public Library & the Librarian's index to the Internet)

Languages

• ILoveLanguages.com
• Languages on the Web

Libraries

• LibWeb (national and international list)
• Maryland Libraries

Library Classification Systems

• Dewey Decimal System
• Library of Congress (LC) System
• Superintendent of Documents (SUDOC)

Maps and Atlases

• A-Z Maps Online
• About Geography (blank and outline maps)
• MapQuest
• National Geographic's Map Machine
• Perry-Castaneda Library Map Collection
• Topozone (USGS topograhical maps)

Maryland

• Maryland Electronic Capitol
• Maryland Manual

Medicine and Health

• Merck Manual - Home Edition
• HealthFinder
• Medline Plus Medical Dictionary

Passports and Visas

• Bureau of Consular Affairs (U.S. Department of State)

Polls

• Harris Interactive
• The Gallup Organization

Quotations

• Famous Quotes and Authors
• Quotation Links

Reference

• See INTERNET REFERENCE PAGES

Religion

• Bible: King James Version
• Internet Sacred Text Archive
• The Koran

Tax Forms

• IRS Forms and Publications
• State Tax Forms

Universities

• See COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES

Visas

• See PASSPORTS AND VISAS

War

• Medal of Honor Citations

Weather

• AccuWeather
• US Weather Pages

World Records

• Guiness Book of World Records

Zip Codes

• Zip +4 Lookup