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    bullet 10,000-Year Calendar - - includes perpetual calendar, calendar conversion tools, etc.

    bullet Acronym Finder -

    bullet Babel Fish - - translate from one language to another

    bullet Britannica -

    bullet Calculators - - online calculators, conversion tools, measurements and weights

    bullet City to County Converter - - Type in city/town and choose state from the drop-down menu. County is provided for the city entered.

    bullet Convert Me - - interactive units converter

    bullet Cost of Living - - calculator

    bullet Daylight Savings Time - - includes information on the new daylight savings time law

    bullet Dictionaries - - links to more than 800 dictionaries and thesauri in more than 160 languages

    bullet Encarta - - encyclopedia, dictionary, atlas and more - from MSN

    bullet Encyclopedia.com -

    bullet Fact Monster - - includes an almanac, dictionary, encyclopedia and thesaurus from Information Please

    bullet Famous Quotes and Authors - - Browse over 25,000 quotes online from over 6,700 famous authors.

    bullet Foreign Languages - - for Travelers

    bullet Gallup Organization -

    bullet Grammar and Style Notes - -

    bullet Grammar Now -

    bullet Guinness Book of World Records - -

    bullet Historical Exchange Rates - - 41 currencies - provides exchange rate with U.S. dollar

    bullet I Love Languages -

    bullet Information Please Almanac -

    bullet Internet Public Library -

    bullet Landmarks Citation Machine - - click the type of material you want to cite, fill in a web form, and the Citation Machine generates standard MLA and APA citations for you

    bullet Languages - - from BBC

    bullet Learn 2 - - tutorials on various subjects, like how to tie a tie, pick wine, etc.

    bullet Lexicool - - translation from one language to another with many types of dictionaries

    bullet Library Spot - - reference site has links to encyclopedias, Top 10 lists, business references, public libraries and a lot more

    bullet Martindale's -

    bullet Measure 4 Measure: Sites That Do the Work For You - - connects to sites that evaluate, estimate, calculate, translate in various areas like science, math, etc.

    bullet Merriam Webster Online Dictionary - -

    bullet Old Farmer's Almanac -

    bullet OneLook Dictionaries, The Faster Finder -

    bullet Online Etymology Dictionary - - look up the history of words

    bullet Polling Report -

    bullet RefDesk - - indexes quality internet reference sites

    bullet Son of Citation Machine - - allows users to enter citation information for various types of print and electronic resources to produce MLA, APA, Turabian Chicago-formatted bibliographic reference and parenthetical citation

    bullet Special Issues - - List of Lists - database of ranked listings of companies, people, resources

    bullet Symbols Page - - description and history of symbols

    bullet Text Doctor -

    bullet World Clock - -


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