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Dictionaries and thesauri | back to top

• Duhaime's Legal Dictionary
• Foreign Language Dictionaries
• Everybody's Legal Glossary
• Medicine Links Medical Dictionary
• Meriam Webster Dictionary and Thesaurus
• One Look Dictionaries
• Online Medical Dictionary
• Oxford English Dictionary (OED) Online
• Roget's Internet Thesaurus
• Acronym Finder
• Dictionary of Wisconsin History

Encyclopedias and almanacs | back to top

• Encyclopaedia Britannica
• Columbia Encyclopedia
• Encyclopedia.com
• Funk & Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia
• Information Please Almanac
• Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia

People and places | back to top

• AnyWho (AT&T)
• Bigfoot
• Map sites
• MapQuest
• Encyberpedia Cyberaddress
• Who Where Phone Numbers
• Biography Online 25,000 profiles
• Salary Calculator Compare standard of living and salary information in hundreds of U.S. and international cities
• CIA World Factbook
• Portals to the World Links to electronic resources about most nations selected by Library of Congress subject experts
• Map Collection: Library of Congress (1544-1996)
• Zip Code Search
• Weather Channel

Information ethics | back to top

• Top 12 Ways to Protect Your Online Privacy (Electronic Frontier Foundation)
• The Center for Academic Integrity
• Urban Legends and Folklore
• U.S. Copyright Office
• Copyright Management Center from Purdue University
• LII: Legal Information Institute

Statistics | back to top

• Bureau of Justice Statistics This site has a Sourcebook of Criminal Offender Statistics
• Bureau of Labor Statistics See also U.S. Economy at a Glance
• Economagic Lists 100,000 economic tables largely from government sources
• Gallup Recent public opinion polls
• Historical Census Data Browser Population and economy of U.S. states and counties 1790-1960
• International Statistical Agencies
• National Center for Education Statistics
• Polling Report Recent public opinion polls
• Population Reference Bureau
• Statistical Abstracts of the United States
• Statistical Resources on the Web
• Sourcebook of Criminal Justice Statistics
• United States Census Bureau
• U.S. State Fact Sheets Includes population, employment, income, farm characteristics and farm financial indicators
• Wisconsin Blue Book Official information about Wisconsin from the state government
• Wisconsin Health Statistics Population estimates, birth, death, marriage, divorce statistics and a variety of health statistics

Legal information | back to top

• FindLaw Comprehensive legal information that includes opinions, codes, international, federal and state law, news
• Nolo.com Everyday legal information explained
• Martindale-Hubbel Legal directory
• LII: Legal Information Institute
• Patents Search, retrieve and study patents from 1971 to the present from the IBM Patent Server. See also US Patent Office
• Thomas Legislative information on the internet. See also Congressional Record
• United States Code
• United States Constitution
• United States Federal Courts Finder
• Wisconsin State Law Library

Government sites | back to top

• Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1774 to present
• Central Intelligence Agency Up-to-date information about countries can be found under publications in the world fact books
• FedForms Various federal forms most used by the public
• Fedworld
• GovEngine.com
• Government Periodicals on the Web
• GrayLit Network Allows searching of technical reports from several different U.S. government agencies, including the Department of Defense, Department of Energy, NASA and the Environmental Protection Agency
• House of Representatives Includes directory information and each representative's voting record
• Library of Congress
• National Park Service Information on specific parks and a guided tour of national parks
• Search Systems Public record locators
• Senate Includes directory information and each senator's voting record
• Social Security Administration
• Students.gov
• Tax Forms
• United States Government Manual
• United States Government Printing Office Provides access to U.S. government publications
• USA.gov
• White House Includes a virtual library of presidential documents

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