Links for Students
Almanacs
From the web site: "The World Factbook provides information on the history, people, government, economy, geography, communications, transportation, military, and transnational issues for 267 world entities. Our Reference tab includes: maps of the major world regions, as well as Flags of the World, a Physical Map of the World, a Political Map of the World, and a Standard Time Zones of the World map."
Country Profiles is a website with the current geographic, social, economic, and political summaries organized by country.
Infoplease is a comprehensive reference source that combines the contents of an encyclopedia, a dictionary, an atlas, and several almanacs loaded with statistics, facts, and historical records. A single search engine allows you to search all these sources at once.
Since 1792, The Old Farmer's Almanac has spoken to all walks of life: tide tables for those who live near the ocean; sunrise and planting charts for those who live on the farm; recipes for those who live in the kitchen; and forecasts for those who don't like the question of weather left up in the air.
Dictionaries, Thesauri, and Quotations
The preeminent Internet publisher of literature, reference and verse providing students, researchers and the intellectually curious with unlimited access to books and information on the web, free of charge.
Dictionary.com includes definitions from American Heritage, Random House, and Merriam-Webster.
The Internet Picture Dictionary is a completely free, online multilingual picture dictionary designed especially for ESL students and beginning English, French, German, Spanish and Italian language learners of all ages.
A Maths Dictionary for Kids is an animated, interactive online math dictionary for students which explains over 600 common mathematical terms and math words in simple language.
Source of mathematical definitions and concept explanations.
Online dictionary based on the print version of Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary.
Merriam Webster Visual Dictionary
6,000 full-color images; 20,000 terms with contextual definitions.
Displays a unique visualization of connections between words.
Definitions, thesaurus entries, spelling, pronunciation, and etymology results
26,000 quotations from 3,100 authors. Lots of pop-up ads.
Thousands of quotes organized under hundreds of topics.
Thousands of famous quotations sorted by author.
The Center for the Book in the Library of Congress invites people of all ages to discover the fascinating people, places and events that await you whenever you read.
Encyclopedias
Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc., headquartered in Chicago, Illinois, is a leading provider of learning and knowledge products. We're proud to be one of the world's most trusted sources of information on every topic imaginable - from the origins of the universe to current events and everything in between.Get a glimpse of our company, products, and business opportunities here on our corporate site to see how we're making it happen.
Maps
Aerial/hybrid imagery and various tools for road navigation.
Browse interactive maps, find local businesses, and get driving directions.
Color Landform Atlas of the US
Maps include satellite information, 1895 state maps, and links to outside resources
This tool can be used to find the distance between two places. Input the two places names and find out the distance between them. The direct disance and driving distance are both displayed. To start type the names of the places below and click the Show button.
Perry Castañeda Library Map Collection
The Perry-Castañeda Library Map Collection (PCL 1.306) is a general collection of more than 250,000 maps covering all areas of the world. Many of the maps are included in our Library Catalog. More than 11,000 map images from our collection are also available online.
News Sites
Largest French news agency and leading global news wire.
Global news network. Source for thousands of news outlets.
Global financial data, news, and analytics.
Britain's leading news agency providing news, analysis, and insight.
Among the world's leaders in news and information delivery.
Google News is a computer-generated news site that aggregates headlines from news sources worldwide, groups similar stories together and displays them according to each reader's personalized interests.
National newspaper of record. Daily broadsheet. Circulation: 1,038k.
Daily broadsheet with easy-to-read synthesis of world news. Circulation: 2,114k.
Leading finance and business news publication. Circulation: 2,080k.
Search or browse the latest headlines from around the world.
Statistics
The Bureau of Labor Statistics is the principal fact-finding agency for the Federal Government in the broad field of labor economics and statistics.
The Census Bureau serves as the leading source of quality data about the nation's people and economy. We honor privacy, protect confidentiality, share our expertise globally, and conduct our work openly. We are guided on this mission by our strong and capable workforce, our readiness to innovate, and our abiding commitment to our customers