Outline of American
History Biographies
The biographies included in the hypertext book about American History.
Science
/ Mathematics Biographies and History
Combines links to biographies and history related to science and
mathematics.
WIC Biography Index
Links to biographical information about various "women of accomlishment".
Created by the Women's International Center.
Genealogy
Websites
Behind the Name
Focus is the origins of common first names, plus other interesting
facts associated with the name, such as famous people with that name. Includes
sections on: Sources of First Names, Languages Referred to in this Site,
Common Elements in First Names, and The Top Fifty Names. Includes many
countries and cultures of the world.
Eponym: The Meaning or Origin
of People's Names
An extremely detailed and thorough website which provides for research
into the meanings and origins of human names.
Family History Research & Fine
Heraldic Art (From Infokey)
Search for the origins of your surname.
Family Search
Access to the large databases of the Church of Jesus Christ of
the Latter Day Saints is provided here.
GenWeb Project
"A group of volunteers working together to provide Internet websites
for genealogical research in every county and every state of the United
States. This Project is non-commercial and fully committed to free access
for everyone."
Greek Mythology
Find out the relationships between the Greek gods, including stories
of their lives, and their Roman/Latin names.
Heraldica
This site contains a variety of information on heraldry and related
topics, in the form of texts, images and links.
RootsWeb Genealogical
Data
A set of links to search engines and databases for genealogical
data. See their RootsWeb
Surname List (RSL) for lists of names.
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Dictionaries,
Thesauruses
See these sub-sections:
General
Dictionaries | Specialized Dictionaries
| Foreign Languages
General
Dictionaries
Cambridge Dictionaries
online ©
Three different Cambridge dictionaries may be searched from this
site: International Dictionary of English, Dictionary of
American English, and the Learner's Dictionary.
Dictionaries
and Languages
A handy collection of online dictionaries and other similar resources
to aid you in your research and writing! Includes dictionaries for foreign
languages as well!
Specialized
Dictionaries
a.k.a. (Author
Pseudonyms)
Here is where you go to find out the real name of an author who
is using an alias (pseudonym). As of 9/26/01 there were 10,982 entries
(3,924 'real' + 7,058 'pseudo') listed.
The American Heritage®
Book of English Usage
A source of information on "grammar, style, diction, word formation,
gender, social groups and scientific forms."
Artlex Dictionary of Visual Terms
Find out about terms and words used in the art world, including
"definitions of more than 3,100 terms here, along with numerous illustrations,
pronunciation notes, great quotations, and links to other resources on
the Web."
A
Basic Dictionary of ASL Terms
Here are a few American Sign Language terms to help those of you
who are trying to communicate with a person who signs, but does not hear.
Also included is the basic alphabet and numbers 1-10.
Connected Thesaurus (Lexical FreeNet)
"Allows you to search for relationships between words, concepts,
and people. It is a combination thesaurus, rhyming dictionary, pun generator,
and concept navigator." Fun to play with: Includes related word browsing
links.
A Dictionary of Units
of Measurement
Helpful for converting units of measurement.
Dictionary
Links (I Love-Languages Page)
Dictionaries dealing with specific subjects and areas of interest
are listed and linked here, as well as general dictionaries.
The Dictionary
of Phrase and Fable (Hypertext Ed.
"This classic work of reference - described as a browser's joy
- has been in popular demand since 1870. The Dictionary is extensively
cross referenced, lending itself ideally, to the hypertext environment.
This First Hypertext Edition is taken from Dr. Brewer's substantially revised
and extended edition of 1894."
The Nonverbal
Dictionary
defines the meanings of gestures, signs and body language cues.
Explains how people communicate with their body movements and expressions.
"From Adam's-Apple-Jump to Zygomatic Smile"
OneLook Dictionaries
Searches various specialized dictionaries, and then organizes their
results, so that the user can choose the context in which the word is to
be defined.
Online Ballet
Dictionary
Explains "170 terms from the Technical Manual and Dictionary of
Classical Ballet."
Online Dictionary of the Social
Sciences
"This social science dictionary has 1000 entries covering the disciplines
of sociology, criminology, political science and women's study with a commitment
to Canadian examples and events and names.... a product of Athabasca University
and ICAAP."
ODLIS: Online Dictionary
of Library and Information Science
This resource helps answer those nagging questions all librarians
have from time-to-time, when they read or hear special words and terminology
used by our profession, such as: authority control, bibliometrics, bowdlerize,
colophon, deckle edge, etc.
The Oxford English Dictionary
Check on the historical development and uses of a defined word
in the English language.
A
Web of Online Dictionaries
Hosts an English language dictionary and links to numerous dictionaries
for languages of thre world. Scroll down the page to access the many links.
Roget's
Thesaurus Search Form
An online, searchable version of Roget's Thesaurus, a recently
updated version, which will find synonyms very quickly, and allow you to
link to different major sections with ease.
Word-Online General
Language Dictionaries
WORD-ONLINE contains links to general language dictionaries that
available free in the WWW or the Gopher. In WORD-ONLINE You will find monolingual
dictionaries like the Webster's or bilingual like Finnish - English Dictionary
or even multilingual dictionaries.
The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
(WEDT)
A full dictionary and a complete thesaurus, integrated into one
work; you only need to look up a word once, with hyperlinks to synonyms,
and similar or related words available where appropriate.
WWWebster Dictionary
An excellent hypertext, online dictionary, offered by the Merriam-Webster
Company, a well known publisher of reference books.
what?is.com
Specialized dictionary on Information Technology, and explains
the meaning of words, but also includes concepts and phrases.
Foreign
Language Dictionaries
Chinese-English
Dictionary
"Provides a searchable interface.... by Chinese (using either the
Big5, or GB encodings), pinyin, or English."
Dictionary of Spanish
Translate words to-and-from English and Spanish.
Hmong-English
Dictionary
An online dictionary which translates common Hmong words to English.
Arranged alphabetically, by the Hmong word. Click on the word, and have
it translated to English.
Spanish-English
On-line Dictionary
Translate (with definitions provided) from English to Spanish.
This is part of Travlang's
Translating Dictionaries, which has dictionaries for many languages.
WordReference.com Online German,
Spanish, French and Italian Dictionaries
A dictionary publisher provides dictionaries from several of the
world's languages. Translates both directions.
Latin Dictionary Resources
English-Latin
Word Search
Search for Latin words and their meanings in this searcher from
Project Perseus, which specializes in classical languages and texts.
Latin Dictionary
and Grammar Aid
See the "Latin Wordlist and Grammar Aid" section, down near the
middle of the page, for help in translating from Latin.
Latin
Language and Literature
Links to dictionaries and other aids to learning and translating
from the Latin language.
Latin
Phrases Used In English
Phrases in latin, with translations into English, filed alphabetically.
Search
for Latin dictionary entries in Latin!
Search for Latin words and their meanings in another searcher from
Project Perseus, which specializes in classical languages and texts.
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Encyclopedias,
General
and Specialized
General
Encyclopedias
Columbia Encyclopedia
Contains "nearly 51,000 entries (marshalling six and one-half million
words on a vast range of topics), and with more than 80,000 hypertext cross-references."
Encarta Encyclopedia (Free Version)
This is a scaled down version of the commercial version, but still
worth checking if you don't have access to a full version.
Funk and Wagnalls
In addition to the encyclopedia, this reference site includes a
dictionary, thesaurus, world atlas, animal book, media gallery (with images,
speeches, sound bites), and news sections.
Infoplease
Encyclopedia and Dictionary
A combined small encyclopedia and dictionary.
Hutchinson's
Encyclopaedia
A handy encyclopedia that even includes a section with several
dictionaries. Browse by the alphabetical index, or search by keyword. Nicely
illustrated with drawings and photos.
Specialized
Encyclopedias
Art | History,
Law & Social Science | Religion &
Mythology | Science | Technology
Art
Artcyclopedia
Offers "a comprehensive index of every artist represented at hundreds
of museum sites, image archives....have now indexed 700 leading arts sites,
and offer more than 24,000 links directly to an estimated 80,000 works
by 7,000 different artists." Search or browse by movement, medium,
name of artist, nationality, etc.
Encyclopedia of Graphic Symbols
"Symbols.Com contains more than 2,500 Western signs, arranged into
54 groups according to their graphic characteristics. In 1,600 articles
their histories, uses, and meanings are thoroughly discussed. The signs
range from ideograms carved in mammoth teeth by Cro-Magnon men, to hobo
signs and subway graffiti."
History, Law &
Social Science
Encyclopaedia
of British History
A wonderful historical encyclopedia created in Great Britain, and
made freely available on the Web by Spartacus Publishing Company.
Encyclopedia
of the Celts
The goal of this work is to "give the reader access to a fragment
of the contents of some of the greater and lesser know works of Celtic
Literature; including works of mythology, legend, fiction and history."
Internet Encyclopedia
of Philosophy
"Articles ... are currently from three sources (1)adaptations from
public domain sources, (2) adaptations of material written by the editor
for classroom purposes, and (3)original contributions by professional philosophers
around the Internet." Includes timeline, table of contents, and keyword
searching.
Legal Encyclopedia
Nolo Press offers this collection of articles on a wide variety
of legal topics. "Plain-English articles on the legal topics that affect
you most."
Religion &
Mythology
Catholic Encyclopedia
An encyclopedia related to matters involving the Catholic religion.
This is a broad area, with much historical and biographical information
about many, many related things.
Encyclopedia Mythica
An on-line encyclopedia about mythology, folklore, legends, and
more...
Science
The PLANTS Database
Encyclopedic in scope, includes names, checklists, automated tools,
identification information, species abstracts, distributional data, crop
information, plant symbols, plant growth data, plant materials information,
plant links, references, and other plant information.
Technology
(Mostly Computer-related)
Webopedia
An online encyclopedia that covers technology and all things related
to computer technology and the Web. Very thorough and complete, with links
back and forth between many concepts and topics.
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Glossaries
Abbreviations
and Acronyms of the U.S. Government
When you hear people use strings of letters (acronyms) when referring
the government, such as "ARPA", do you wonder what they stand for? This
page shows what they stand for and link to the government agency.
Acronym Search - The
ultimate acronym tool
When you hear people use strings of letters (acronyms) when referring
to something, such as "CIA", do you wonder what they stand for? This page
tells you some of the possible meanings.
Asia Reference
Explains terms used with the study of Asia. "Features a growing
general glossary of terms covering Economics, Business, Politics, Arts,
and Religion... currently lists more than a thousand terms with a particular
strength in the Arts and Religion."
Financial Terms Glossary
(Yahoo!)
Find out the meaning of terms related to investing, such as stocks,
bonds and commodities. At the top of the page, click on the first letter
of the term you want explained.
Glossary
of Grammatical Terms
Concise chart of common grammar terms, with Latin meanings as well.
Glossary of
Internet Terms
Find out the meaning of words and phrases related to the Internet.
Provided by Matisse Enzer, Internet expert.
Hypertextual
Finance Glossary
"Over 6,000 Entries, More than 16,000 Hyperlinks, The largest financial
glossary on the Internet. Developed as a result of teaching Global Financial
Management at both Duke University and the University of Chicago."
Glossary
of Literary Terms
Unique terms and phrases are used to describe literature, its styles,
movements, traditions, and conventions. It is helpful to know the meaning
and use of the specialized language commonly used in the fields of literary
analysis and criticism.
Sports
Glossaries
Use glossaries to four popular sports: soccer, ice hocky, football
and basketball. Simply click on a name of the sport for definitions of
terms and phrases.
Twists, Slugs and
Roscoes: A Glossary of Hardboiled Slang
Explains the slang used in hard-boiled detective novels and films.
The World
Wide Web Acronym and Abbreviation Server
This is a list of (mostly) acronyms (abbreviations constructed
from the first letters of the words of a phrase), not a dictionary or encyclopedia.
For example, if you want to know that ALANON stands for, you can find out
by searching here.
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Government
Information
FirstGov
The only official U.S. Government portal to 30 million pages of
government information, services, and online transactions; it offers "a
powerful search engine that searches every word of every U.S. government
document in a quarter of a second or less." Browse according the subject
of information you desire.
Info USA
Information about many agencies and departments of the U.S. government,
produced and maintained by the U.S. Department of State. Created
for foreign audiences seeking information about American society, political
processes, official U.S. policies and culture, but useful for all as an
accurate source of data and information.
Ben's Guide to
American Government for Kids (Grades 9-12)
Find out here about the various agencies and services of the U.S.
Government. The guide provides learning tools for K-12 students, parents,
and teachers. These resources will teach how our government works,
the use of the primary source materials of GPO Access, and how one can
use GPO Access to carry out their civic responsibilities.
Congressional
Glossary (C-SPAN)
Are you wondering about the meaning of some of the terminology
associated with the U.S. Congress? This glossary allows you to click on
any term used in Congress to see its definition.
Historical United
States Census Data Browser
The data presented here describe the people and the economy of
the US for each state and county from 1790 to 1960. Data is accessible
and organized into decades for most of the time periods.
States and Capitals (50states.com)
Look here to find out about the states of the U.S and their capitals.
US Census Bureau
The provider of timely, relevant, and quality data about the people
and economy of the United States.
Handbooks
and Guidebooks
All Music Guide
Explains the different styles of popular music, from bluegrass
and country to gospel and rock. Includes essays and background information
on the styles, performers and other aspects of popular music. Includes
a glossary, discographies, and "music maps" which trace the development
of various styles, with a nice "decades" listing section.
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American & English Poetry:
1250–1920
This superb poetry site (at Bartleby.Com) contains five separate
collections of poetry: 1)The Oxford Book of English Verse; 2) Yale Book
of American Verse; 3) Modern British Poetry; Modern American Poetry; 4)
Metaphysical Lyrics & Poems of the 17th C.; and 5) The Golden Treasury.
The collections may be searched by keyword, and browsed via: Indexes to
Poems: Chronologic, Author, Title, First Line.
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American Verse Project-
Texts
The American Verse Project is a collaborative project between the
University of Michigan Humanities Text Initiative (HTI) and the University
of Michigan Press, is assembling an electronic archive of volumes of American
verse prior to 1920.
American
FactFinder
General information about the American people gathered by the U.S.
Census Bureau.
AnyWho
Phone, fax, e-mail addresses are searched for here. Special sections
are available on toll-free numbers.
The Aria Database
"Information about opera and operatic arias. Besides providing
basic information about each aria, the Database includes translations for
many arias and aria texts for those that are not affected by copyright
restrictions."
AwardWeb: Collections
of Literary Award Information
Lists of science fiction literary award winners. "The emphasis
is science fiction awards, but you'll find other literary awards as well."
Baseball
Basics: Major League Baseball
The rules of the game as played by Major League Baseball teams.
BookBrowse
"A site dedicated to reading, which offers fiction reading lists,
book reviews, forthcoming titles, author information and much more."
CIA Homepage
for Kids
History, Geography, and the World Factbook presented by the U.S.
Central Intellihence Agency, designed especially for kids!
The
CIA World Factbook
Wide variety of information about countries of the world, including
maps, prepared by the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency.
CNN Travel Guide
Maps, city guides, travel directions and much more travel information
is offered here by CNN.
Cagle's Professional Cartoonists
Index
A very large, well-organized and indexed collection of editorial
cartoons.
Calendar
Conversions
There are many different calendars in use. This converter converts
one into another.
California
Energy Commission Appliance Efficiency Database
Energy effiency ratings for some common appliances are available
here.
Chiefs
of State and Cabinet Members of Foreign Governments
If you want to know who the top government officials are in any
country of the world, please look at this page. It is offered by the CIA!
Cliché Finder
Looking for a "well worn phrase"? "Over 3,300 clichés indexed!"
Consumer Search Product
Reviews
Find evaluations and reviews of commonly used or purchased
consumer goods. Includes review categories such as Electronics, Computers,
Sports & Leisure, Office, etc.
Ethnologue: Languages
of the World
Find information about the 6,800 main languages plus 41,000 alternate
names and dialects languages by the many peoples of the world, organized
by maps and charts, with descriptions and other helpful data.
Free E-Mail Providers Guide
This seevice "allows you to quickly search our extensive listings
of over 1400 free email providers in more than 85 countries to easily find
the Free Email Provider that has all of the features you want and is perfect
for you."
A Glossary of Literary
Terms and A Handbook
of Rhetorical Devices
"This book contains definitions and examples of more than sixty
traditional rhetorical devices, all of which can still be useful today
to improve the effectiveness, clarity, and enjoyment of your writing."
The Greatest Films
Offers interpretive, descriptive review commentary and historical
background, a wealth of film reference material (including a complete Academy
Awards History and Film History - by decade), and hundreds of colorful,
vintage film poster reproductions for some of the best Hollywood and American
classic films in the last century.
How Stuff Works
Explains in detail what makes a wide variety of things function,
from air conditioners to jake brakes to tattoos.
How things get done (eHow.com)
Explains how to do things, and where to buy what you need to do
it with.
Internet 800 Directory
Directory of free toll free, 800 and 888 listings of businesses
by company, number and type of industry, regardless of long distance carrier.
Yellow page advertising, Web pages and banners available.
Periodic
Table of the Elements
Find information about the elelemnts that make up our physical
world. Very basic and simple.
The PLANTS Database
Includes names, checklists, automated tools, identification information,
species abstracts, distributional data, crop information, plant symbols,
plant growth data, plant materials information, plant links, references,
and other plant information.
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Princeton College Review
Online version of the famous guide to colleges. Lots of basic information
available here related to colleges.
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Representative
Poetry Online
Excellent collection of the great poets of the English language,
courtesy of Ian Lancashire. Poetry has been selected with editorial comments
by members of the Department of English at the University of Toronto from
1912 to 1996. Included is an extensive collection of criticism, both in
verse and prose forms. The works are indexed by poet, title, date, keyword
and first line.
Robert's
Rules of Order Revised
The copyright on the original 1915 version has expired. However,
the modifications and enhancements to this work are Copyright © 1996
Constitution Society.
RxList - The Internet Drug Index
Search for information about common prescribed drugs here.
Social
Security Handbook
This is "a readable, easy to understand resource for the very complex
Social Security programs and services.... [which are] so complex it is
impossible to include information about every topic... the most common
and helpful information."
Stock Market
Fact Book (NYSE)
"The Fact Book delivers the year in review. Read about trends,
market performance, the global marketplace and the happenings of our listed
companies."
Tax Statistics
Information about the financial composition of individuals, business
taxpayers, tax exempt organizations and more. Provided by the Internal
revenue Service.
TV Guide Online
TV show listings, and some reviews as well. See the section "TV
Listings" for the program schedules in your area.
TV Program Guides (Local):
AT&T
Cable Services: Chico Area
Broadcast
TV: Chico area channels
DISH
TV: Chico Area
Telephone Directories
An index of online phone books, with links to Yellow Pages, White
Pages, Business Directories, Email Addresses and Fax Listings from over
150 countries all around the world.
Toll Free: The Internet 800 Directory
Search this database for toll-free phone numbers according to the
subject or service that you are interested in. Allows you to narrow down
to a single state.
The Tree
of Life
"A collection of over 1,380 World Wide Web pages containing information
about the diversity of life, authored by biologists from around the world.
Each page contains information about one group of organisms."
World Flag Database
In addition to flags, "There are over 260 pages on countries and
international organizations. Each page contains basic information on the
country, including its formal name, capital city, area, population, currency,
languages, and religions."
The ZIP Code
Look-Up and City/State/ZIP Code Association
If you need to look up a ZIP Code, the USPS has the answers.
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Maps,
Gazetteers
and Geography
Click to see
our special section on Gazetteers below.
Altapedia Online
"Contains full color physical and political maps as well as key
facts and statistics on countries of the world."
Atlas Maps -
The National Atlas of the United States of America
The National Atlas of the United StatesTM is intended to provide
a comprehensive, map-like view into the enormous wealth of data collected
by the Federal Government.
Dangerous Places
(Pelton's)
Offers extensive travel and tourist information about the most
dangerous countries of the world that people might want to visit. Includes
background on the reasons for the danger (conflict) and the major "players"
that make it so.
The Fascinating World
of Maps and Mapping
This is a very handy place to find maps of places of the world.
It has many, many other mapping resources as well! Browse the index to
find the information you need. Their Gazetteer
section is quite extensive, covering the entire world.
Historical
Map Web Sites
Collection of links to maps of places in earlier times. Provided
by The Perry-Castañeda Library Map Collection.
How far is it?
"Finds the latitude and longitude of two places, and then calculates
the distance between them (as the crow flies). It also provides a map showing
the two places."
Interactive Map Atlas
Collection of maps of the world's countries. Also includes a geography
glossary, time zones, travel statistics, and other such data.
Maps
and References
"The maps which are listed are categorized by geographical region
although there are a couple of thematic categories such as Interactive
Maps which both highlights the potential of the WWW and are also fun to
use."
Map
Collection at Perry-Castaneda
Many maps from countries around the world are available here, at
this excellent online map collection. Maps are organized by continent,
and then by country. World
maps are also available, and this
one is very detailed and expandable.
Map
Machine (National Geographic)
Some maps from the world famous National Geographic organization.
U.S. Geological Survey
Geographical information for the United States is offered here.
See and browse their new section: USGS Information by State
for information on Earthquakes, Floods, Maps, Public Health, Volcanoes
and other similar/realted topics.
Gazetteers
There are many types of gazetteers, and a number of the various
types are linked below. Take a look at them!
U.S. Gazetteer
Find geographic facts about places in the U.S.
The World Gazetteer
Offers current population figures for cities, towns and places
of all countries.
Other
Typical Gazetteers
Alexandria
Digital Library Gazetteer Server
Getty
Thesaurus of Geographic Names(Research at the Getty)
The
Global Gazetteer: 4 million places on file
World
Gazetteer: population figures for cities, towns and places
Bill
Thayer's Gazetteer of Europe
Astronomical
Gazetteers
The
Galactic Gazetteer
Planetary
Nomenclature Introduction
Historical
Gazetteers
A
Roman Gazetteer
Gazetteer
to Locations in The Political Graveyard
Mythology
Gazetteers
A
Gazetteer of Arthurian Sites
The
Gazetteer of Mysterious Britain
Fantasy
Gazetteers
The
Mystara Gazetteer
Geography
Learning Resources
National
Mapping Program Teaching Packets
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Quotations
Conversations
With History
Choose your own quotations from these interviews and conversations
with famous people of our times.
Creative Quotations to Inspire
Creative Thinking
Provides thousands of quotations, organized and searchable by various
arrangements (e.g., month, day, theme, famous person.)
From Doug
Turner, The Quotations Server
Simply enter your search text in the box, and the results will
be displayed in a list.
Quotations About
Libraries and Librarians
A subject guide to topical quotations about libraries and librarians.
The Quotations Page
Lots of quotations are available here, including the Quote of the
Day. Each day a quotation is selected and made available by the click of
your mouse. If you want more quotes, try the Random Quotations Page, which
chooses new quotes every time you load it.
quoteland.com
Quotations on many topics, by many authors, and in many possible
fashions.
Douglass Archives of American
Public Address
Search for the texts of many famous speeches and addresses. Find
quotations too.
WebElements
Periodic Table
The Preiodic Tabel of the Elements includes basic information about
the chemical elements of the scientic world.
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Statistics
2001 World Population
Data
"...contains the latest population estimates, projections, and
other key indicators for 200 countries, including births, deaths, natural
increase, infant mortality, total fertility, life expectancy, urban population,
HIV/AIDS prevalence, contraceptive use, GNI PPP per capita, land area,
and population per square mile.
Adherents.com
"A growing collection of over 40,000 adherent statistics and religious
geography citations -- references to published membership/adherent statistics
and congregation statistics for over 4,200 religions, churches, denominations,
religious bodies, faith groups, tribes, cultures, movements, ultimate concerns,
etc."
Baseball:
Major League Baseball Historical Stats
Check the statistics of any and all professional baseball players.
Encyclopedia of ED Stats
"Brings together data from several NCES sources including: The
Condition of Education (click here for 2001 edition), The Digest of Education
Statistics, and Projections of Education Statistics... find information
by searching documents through their table of contents."
Fedstats
Offers a "full range of official statistical information available
to the public from the Federal Government; track economic and population
trends, health care costs, aviation safety, foreign trade, energy use,
farm production, and more; collected and published by more than 70 Federal
agencies." Or, go directly to their: Statistical
Reference Shelf: Published collections of statistics available
online including the Statistical Abstract of the United States.
InfoNation
This is "an easy-to-use, two-step database that allows you to view
and compare the most up-to-date statistical data for the Member States
of the United Nations.... Statistics and indicators are provided by the
United Nations Statistics Division from the World Statistics Pocketbook,
Statistical Yearbook and Demographic Yearbook 1995, except languages."
Public Agenda
A great deal of statistical information on various current issues
is available here. "Drawing on its research, Public Agenda prepares a broad
array of educational materials that help explain policy issues to the public
in a balanced and easy-to-understand way. Citizens can use this information
to weigh various choices and make educated decisions."
Statistical
Abstract of the United States
Find the mots frequently requested statistics about the United
States here. Collected and provided by the U.S. Census.
Statistical
Resources on the Web
A statistics "gateway" site that organizes the most useful Web
sites according to the type of statistics offered there. Compiled by the
University of Michigan Library.
Statistics Every Writer
Should Know
Check this place out so that you will be able to tell if someone
is "lying with statistics."
Other
General References & Collections
