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Abbreviations & Acronyms

Abbreviations.com [1] - Acronyms, Abbreviations, and Initialisms
Acronyms and Abbreviations [2]- Silmaril Information Management Consultants

Associations & Organizations

Associations [3] - ASAE Gateway to Associations
Scholarly Societies Project [4]- Directory (Univ. of Waterloo)

Automobiles

Automobile Blue Book [5] - Kelley Blue Book Buyer's guide
Edmunds Automobile Buyer's Guides [6]
Kelly Blue Book [5] - New and Used Car Prices
Manual of Traffic Signs [7]

Biographies

Biography [8]
Obituaries [9] - Legacy.com nationwide resource for obituaries

Books, Journals, & Publishing

American Publishers [10] - Company List
Bartleby.com [11] - Great Books Online
BibleGateway [12] - Gospel Communications Network
Literary Market Place [13] - Information Today Inc.
The Pulitzer Prizes [14]

Calculators & Money

Calculators On-Line Center [15] - Martindale's 'The Reference Desk'
Calendar Zone [16] - Janice McLean
Complete Sun and Moon Data for One Day [17]- U.S. Naval Observatory
Currency Converter [18] - OANDA Corp.
How Far Is It? [19] - Indo.com
Local Times Around the World [20] - ClariNET Internet Solutions
Megaconverter [21] - measurement conversions
Salary Calculator [22]- cost of living in U.S. and International cities
Salary.com [23]
Universal Currency Converter [24] - Xenon Laboratories
What is a Dollar Worth [25] - Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis

Careers & Jobs

Occupational Outlook Handbook [26] - Bureau of Labor Statistics

Cedar Falls/Waterloo

AEA 267 Media Catalog [27]
CedarNet [28]
Cedar Valley Tourism Calendar [29]
Waterloo Metropolitan Transit Authority [30]
Weather [31] - Waterloo

Citation Guides - APA, Other

Citation Guide for Internet Sources in History and the Humanities [32]
Citing Article Found or Retrieved with InfoTrac SearchBank [33]
Citing Articles Retrieved with Lexis-Nexis Universe [34]
Electronic References [35] - American Psychological Association
MLA-Style: Frequently Asked Questions about MLA Style [36]
Research and Documentation Online  [37]- Bedford/St. Martins

Colleges & Universities

American Universities [38] - Mike Conlon
Braintrack University Index [39] - Harvard University
College Source Online [40] - Career Guidance Foundation

Consumers

Better Business Bureau [41] - Council of Better Business Bureaus
FindLaw Law Crawler [42]- Search legal information
Product Safety [43] - ncpw.gov
Where to find Material Safety Data Sheets on the Internet [44] - MSDS Online

Dictionaries - English

My Facts Page - Dictionaries and Language Resources [45] - Bob Drudge
OneLook Dictionaries [46]
Symbols.com [47] - Encyclopedia of Western Signs and Ideograms
Webopedia [48] - InternetNewsBureau.com
Wordsmyth [49] - Educational dictionary and thesaurus
YourDictionary.com [50]

Dictionaries - Non-English

I Love Languages [51] - Tyler chambers
World Languages Dictionary [52] - LOGOS

Encyclopedias

Black Facts Online [53]
My Facts Page - Encyclopedias [54] - Bob Drudge

Financial Aid & Scholarships

FAFSA [55]
UNI Financial Aid [56]

Geography, Maps & Travel

50 States of the United States [57] - Capital Cities and Information Links
Atlapedia Online [58] - Latimer Clarke Corporation MapBlast!
MapQuest [59] - GeoSystems Global Corporation
National Park Service [60]
PostInfo [61]
ShawGuides [62] - Educational Travel, Language Vacations, Writers Conferences
State Parks and Recreation Directory [63]- Iowa DNR
World Climate [64] - Climate data for many cities across the world
Yahoo! Maps [65]

Government - IA, US, International

CIA World Factbook [66]
Embassy Page [67]
Flags of the World [68] - Digibel
Project Visa [69] - Visa and embassy information from around the world
Rulers [70] - List of Heads of State, etc.
State Salary Database [71]
United Nations Member Nations [72] - Cyberschoolbus
United Nations Member States [73]- UN

Grants

Foundations and Grantmakers Directory [74]
GuideStar - [75] GuideStar.org

Health

AMA DoctorFinder [76]
RxList: The Internet Drug Index [77] - RXList, Inc.

Hoaxes

Purportal.com [78] - Hoaxes, urban legends, viruses, scams, phishing
Snopes.com [79] - Urban legends

Large Virtual Reference Collections

My Facts Page [80] - Google refdesk.com Facts Subject Index
Refdesk.com [81]
Virtual Reference Shelf [82]- Library of Congress

Public Opinion

The Gallup Poll [83]
Public Opinion Surveys [84]- CISER Data Archive

Quotations

Familiar Quotations [85] - 10th edition, 1919
The Quotations Page [86] - Michael Moncur


Reviews - Books, Film, Other

London Theatre Guide [87] -Online - includes reviews
Movie Reviews [88]- MetroActive
Movie Reviews [89] - Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
Movies and Films [90] - Reviews - Yahoo!

Statistics

Atlapedia Online [58] - Latimer Clarke Corporation
InfoPlease: [91] Your Ultimate Fact Finder
Population Reference Bureau [92]- Country statistics and reports
State Statistical Abstracts [93] - U.S. Census Bureau
Statistical Abstracts [94] - U.S. Census Bureau
United Nations Statistics Division [95] - Common Database

Telephone Books

Anywho [96]
DexKnows.com [97] - finding businesses
International Calling Codes [98] - American Computer Resources, Inc.
Links [99] - International postal and telephone sites
Telephone Directories on the Web [100] - Infobel.com
Zip and Area Code Lookup [101] - Jay Computer Services
Zip Code Lookup [102] - U.S. Postal Service

UNI Information

Live Media at UNI [103]
UNI Catalog [104]
UNI Special Collections & University Archives [105]
UNI Student Handbook [106]
UNI Student Telephone Directory [107]

Weather

WxUSA Weather Hub [108] - Rentz Data Systems
Weather [31], Waterloo - wunderground.com
The Weather Channel [109]
WeatherNet [110] - Weather information from the UK

For an alphabetical listing of the above sources, please click here [111].

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[1] http://www.abbreviations.com/
[2] http://silmaril.ie/cgi-bin/uncgi/acronyms
[3] http://www.asaecenter.org/Directories/AssociationSearch.cfm?navItemNumber=16581
[4] http://www.lib.uwaterloo.ca/society/overview.html
[5] http://www.kbb.com/
[6] http://www.edmunds.com/
[7] http://www.trafficsign.us/index.html
[8] http://www.biography.com/
[9] http://www.legacy.com/NS/
[10] http://www.publishers.org/
[11] http://www.bartleby.com/
[12] http://www.biblegateway.com/
[13] http://www.literarymarketplace.com/lmp/us/index_us.asp
[14] http://www.pulitzer.org/
[15] http://www.martindalecenter.com/Calculators.html
[16] http://www.calendarzone.com/
[17] http://aa.usno.navy.mil/data/docs/RS_OneDay.php
[18] http://www.oanda.com/currency/converter/
[19] http://www.indo.com/distance/
[20] http://times.clari.net.au/
[21] http://www.megaconverter.com/_Conv/cv_home.htm
[22] http://www.homefair.com/real-estate/salary-calculator.asp
[23] http://www.salary.com/
[24] http://www.xe.com/ucc/
[25] http://www.minneapolisfed.org/community_education/teacher/calc/
[26] http://www.bls.gov/oco/
[27] http://media3.aea267.k12.ia.us/htbin/wwform/047/wwk770?di=btick
[28] http://www.cedarnet.org/
[29] http://events.waterloocvb.org/
[30] http://www.mettransit.org/index.html
[31] http://www.wunderground.com/forecasts/ALO.html
[32] http://www.h-net.org/%7Eafrica/citation.html
[33] http://employees.csbsju.edu/dbeach/symposium/infocite.html
[34] http://employees.csbsju.edu/dbeach/symposium/lexis-nexis.html
[35] http://www.apastyle.org/elecref.html
[36] http://www.mla.org/style_faq
[37] http://bcs.bedfordstmartins.com/resdoc5e/
[38] http://www.clas.ufl.edu/au/
[39] http://www.braintrack.com/
[40] http://www.collegesource.org/
[41] http://www.bbb.org/
[42] http://lp.findlaw.com/
[43] http://www.ncpw.gov/
[44] http://www.ilpi.com/msds/index.html
[45] http://www.refdesk.com/factdict.html
[46] http://www.onelook.com/
[47] http://www.symbols.com/
[48] http://www.webopedia.com/
[49] http://www.wordsmyth.net/
[50] http://www.yourdictionary.com/
[51] http://www.ilovelanguages.com/
[52] http://www.logosdictionary.org/pls/dictionary/new_dictionary.index_p
[53] http://www.blackfacts.com/
[54] http://www.refdesk.com/factency.html
[55] http://www.fafsa.ed.gov/
[56] http://www.uni.edu/finaid/
[57] http://www.50states.com/
[58] http://www.atlapedia.com/index.html
[59] http://www.mapquest.com/
[60] http://www.nps.gov/index.htm
[61] http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/postinfo/
[62] http://www.shawguides.com/
[63] http://www.iowadnr.com/parks/state_park_list/
[64] http://www.worldclimate.com/
[65] http://maps.yahoo.com/
[66] https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/index.html
[67] http://www.embassy.org/embassies/
[68] http://www.crwflags.com/fotw/flags/
[69] http://www.projectvisa.com/
[70] http://rulers.org/
[71] http://www.desmoinesregister.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/99999999/NEWS10/41209004
[72] http://www.cyberschoolbus.un.org/infonation3/menu/advanced.asp
[73] http://www.un.org/en/members/
[74] http://www.foundations.org/grantmakers.html
[75] http://www.guidestar.org/
[76] https://extapps.ama-assn.org/doctorfinder/recaptcha.jsp
[77] http://www.rxlist.com/
[78] http://purportal.com/
[79] http://www.snopes.com/
[80] http://www.refdesk.com/facts.html
[81] http://www.refdesk.com/index.html
[82] http://www.loc.gov/rr/askalib/virtualref.html
[83] http://www.gallup.com/home.aspx
[84] http://www.ciser.cornell.edu/info/polls.shtml
[85] http://www.bartleby.com/100/
[86] http://www.quotationspage.com/
[87] http://www.londontheatre.co.uk/index.html
[88] http://www.metroactive.com/movies/
[89] http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/frontpage
[90] http://dir.yahoo.com/entertainment/movies_and_film/reviews/
[91] http://www.infoplease.com/
[92] http://www.prb.org/?Section=Data_by_Country&Template=/customsource/countryprofile/countryprofile.cfm
[93] http://www.census.gov/compendia/statab/st_abstracts.html
[94] http://www.census.gov/compendia/statab/
[95] http://unstats.un.org/unsd/cdb/cdb_help/cdb_quick_start.asp
[96] http://www.anywho.com/whitepages
[97] http://www.dexknows.com/
[98] http://www.the-acr.com/codes/cntrycd.htm
[99] http://www.grcdi.nl/links.htm
[100] http://www.infobel.com/en/world/
[101] http://www.jcsm.com/
[102] https://tools.usps.com/go/ZipLookupAction_input
[103] http://live.uni.edu/
[104] http://www.uni.edu/pubrel/catalog/index.shtml
[105] http://www.library.uni.edu/collections/special-collections
[106] http://www.uni.edu/vpess/handbook.html
[107] https://java.access.uni.edu/ed/faces/searchAll.jsp
[108] http://www.wxusa.com/
[109] http://www.weather.com/
[110] http://www.weathernet.co.uk/
[111] http://www.library.uni.edu/research-help/ready-reference-quick-facts-alphabetical