Comprehensive Reference Sites

• Bartleby's.com Over 60 of the best reference works online
• Refdesk.com General information and links to 20,000 other resources
• Infoplease

Travel

Currency Converters

• XE.com - Universal Currency Converter
• X-Rates.com - US Dollar Exchange Rates
• Foreign Exchange Currency Converter
• What Is A Dollar Worth?

Maps

• Mapquest
• Yahoo Maps
• Google Maps

Time

• Official U.S. Time
• Time and Date.com
• Greenwich Mean Time
• World Time Server

Travel Resources

• U.S. Dept. of State - Travel
• Airline Toll Free Numbers and Web Sites
• CIA World Factbook
• CountryReports.org
• EmbassyWorld
• Find A Chamber of Commerce
• Portals To The World
• Tourism Offices Worldwide
• U.S. States and Cities

Weather

• Weather.com
• NOAA National Weather Service

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Facts and Statistics

General Collections of Facts and Statistics

• The World Factbook
• U.S. Census Bureau Statistical Abstract of the US
• U.S. Census Bureau FactFinder

Days and Dates

• Federal Holidays
• 10,000 Year Calendar

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Directories

Legal Directories

• Martindale-Hubbell also available on Lexis
• West's Legal Directory on the Web also available on Westlaw
• Marquis Who's Who In American Law One user at a time

Phonebooks and ZipCodes

• Zip Codes Locator - USPS
• InfoSpace
• Switchboard
• Infobel - International Phonebooks

People Finders

• Reference USA Businesses only.
• Marquis Who's Who
• InfoSpace
• The Ultimates
• Anywho.com
• Deceased - Find A Grave
• Rootsweb.com

Finding Experts

• National Law Journal Experts & Consultants
• JurisPro Expert Witness Directory
• American Society of Association Executives
• Litigation Digest & Directory - Morelaw.com

Locating Assets

• Tax Assessor Databases
• National Association of Unclaimed Property Administrators - NAUPA

Bar Information

• American Bar Association
• North Carolina Bar Association and Foundation
• NC State Bar
• NC Board of Law Examiners

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Careers

• Salary Calculator
• U.S. News & World Report - Complete Guide To Law Schools
• NC Bar Registration Forms Click on Applications in left side frame.

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Dictionaries, Thesauri, Glossaries

General Dictionaries

• Oxford English Dictionary
• Merriam-Webster Online
• OneLook Dictionary Search
• 900 dictionaries in one
• American Heritage Dictionary
• Acronym Finder
• Abbreviations and Acronyms of the U.S. Government

Thesauri

• Roget's II: The New Thesaurus

Glossary

• Nolo's Legal Glossary

Legal Dictionaries

• Findlaw's Legal Dictionary
• Cornell's Legal Information Institute Lexicon The Lexicon at Cornell's Legal Information Institute offers definitions of legal terms, with links to Supreme Court cases that use the terms or illustrate their issues
• Law.com Dictionary

Medical Dictionaries

• MedicineNet
• MedlinePlus Medical Dictionary
• Stedman's Online Medical Dictionary

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Encyclopedias

• Encyclopedia Britannica Online Wake Forest University Users only
• Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th edition

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Quotations

• Bartleby.com - Quotations Multiple Quotation Resources including Bartlett's
• The Quotations Page
• Quoteland

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Public Information

• Search Systems
• Portico
• Free Public Records Sites
• State and Local Government on the net
• Tax Assessor Databases
• National Association of Unclaimed Property Administrators - NAUPA
• FBI Sex Offender Registry
• North Carolina Department of Correction - Public Access Information System

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Style Manuals

• Cornell's LII - Introduction to Basic Legal Citation
• The Elements Of Style (Strunk)

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Law Schools

• Law Schools in North Carolina
• Findlaw for Students: Law School Information

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