Remember! The links provided below have been assembled to
assist users in finding basic information about a range of topics. Some sites
have been created by government and other organizations, some by individuals.
In either case, MMPL does not endorse the content of the sites. Furthermore,
many Web pages have links to external sites and to chat forums, which users
access at their own risk. IF YOUR BROWSER USES THE GOOGLE TOOLBAR,
YOU MAY HAVE TO PRESS THE "CONTROL" KEY AT THE SAME TIME AS CLICKING
THE LINK.
African American History Sites
|
Library of Congress' African
American Mosaic |
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Photojournalist Charles Moore's documents the struggle for civil-rights. |
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The National Park Service's "Our Shared History:
African American Heritage." |
|
"African
American World" at pbs.org - sharing the achievements of African-American
artists. |
Animals & Pets
|
NetVet is a great site for animal
lovers of all ages. |
|
SeaWorld's site offers animal information
and fun facts. |
|
Visit the NOVA Animal Hospital
for animal information. |
|
Nominate your pet at the Pet of the
Day web site! |
|
American Bird Conservancy |
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Anthropology & Archaeology
|
Visit the Tomb of Tutankhamen
at the National Geographic site. |
|
Visit Ancient Greece at the Greek
World site. |
|
National Geographic Magazine
online.
|
Art & Architecture
|
The Renaissance |
|
Frank Lloyd Wright - visit Falling
Water |
|
Legendary Lighthouses
- history, legends, and lore. |
|
Masters of Photography
- biographies, articles, and images. |
|
Origins of American
Animation 1900-1921 |
|
Visit
our "Beyond Books"
page for some virtual museum and gallery tours.
|
Arts & Crafts
Automobiles
|
Edmund's car
prices for new and used vehicles. |
|
Kelley Blue Book's car
prices for new and used vehicles. |
|
Browse Car and Driver Magazine's yearly
New Car Buying Guide online. |
|
Explore the Car
Connection's great automobile industry links. |
|
Farmers Insurance Group's personal
finance calculators. Calculate how much car you can afford, or compare
buying and leasing options |
|
Autoweb
"Everything for Autos on the Web" |
|
Visit Tom and Ray Magliozzi's Car
Talk site. |
|
Massachusetts
Department of Motor Vehicles |
Books
|
Purchase books at Amazon.com,
Barnes and
Noble, or Borders
Online Bookstores. |
|
Search the Bibliofind site for rare
or out-of-print books |
|
Bookwire's
site includes an index of book reviews, author tour dates, and lists
of various book award winners. |
|
Check out recent book award winners and
finalists at these great sites:
The
Pulitzer Prizes
The
Man Booker Prize
The
Governor General's Literary Awards
National
Book Awards
The
Commonwealth Writers Prize
The
Nobel Prize for Literature |
|
www.bookfairs.com
maintains a calendar of book fairs in the New England area. |
|
Powell's
Books Portland, Oregon- a wonderful online bookstore. |
|
The Bookspot
is a paradise for book and library lovers. |
|
Dartmouth University's site offers tips
on book
repair and preservation. |
|
Have your family Bible mended by the
Bookmenders. |
|
Modern Library's list of the 100
Best English language novels published since 1900. |
|
ISBN Search
- from Amazon.Com |
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Business Resources
(see also: Stock Market and Starting a Business)
|
Mortgage
101 - resources for prospective home buyers. |
|
RateDex
Pro - savings, mortgage, auto, and credit card interest rates. |
|
Hoover's Online
is an excellent site for company data. The site has links to hundreds of
company home pages, and contains more than 600 job links. |
|
CIO's resources
page for Chief Information Officers and other IT leaders. |
|
Fortune
500 |
|
Yahoo!
Company News includes company news, financial information, and stock
quotes. |
|
American City Business Journals publishes 35
weekly business journals for U.S. cities, including the Boston
Business Journal |
Business Directories
|
The Thomas Register
of American Manufacturers can be searched by company name, product, or
service. |
|
The Switchboard directory includes both business
and residential listings. |
|
BigBook is a nation-wide yellow pages |
Calendars
|
Timeanddate.com's Date
section has all sorts of calendars and date calculators |
|
Find virtual
perpetual calendars. |
Cape Cod
|
Cape Cod Times - The Cape newspaper
- includes Cape Week entertainment section. |
|
Cape Cod Chamber of Commerce |
|
Cape Cod Travel's fun Cape
Cod History pages |
|
The Cape Cod Commission -
planning for the future of Cape Cod |
|
Cape Cod Regional Transit |
|
Cape Cod Visitor's Center |
|
Cape Cod Connection |
|
Cape Cod Real Estate |
|
CapecodToday offers current weather,
and a list of current festivals and events on Cape. |
Census
|
The complete 2000 United States Census
is available here, as well as current U.S. population estimates, and
some updated census information. |
|
U.S. Historical Census Data
Browser - quick and easy census info from 1790-1970. |
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College Search/Financial Aid
|
The American Universities site links to most college
and university home pages. |
|
Peterson's College Guides online. |
|
MIT sponsors a site with links to many international
universities. |
|
Fastweb offers free scholarship information |
|
Colleges,
Universities, and Scholarships. |
|
The National Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators sponsors
this comprehensive financial aid site.
Includes a list of Title IV Institution Codes. |
|
CollegeSource - college catalogs
online. |
Consumer Information
|
Contact the Better Business Bureau online. |
|
The Consumer World site includes links to over 1400 consumer
information resources on the web. |
|
The Consumer
Information Center offers various government sponsored consumer
publications. |
|
Consumer Digest magazine. |
|
Product reverent indexes consumer product
reviews from hundreds of sources. |
|
Life Insurance & Annuities Quotes
- compare life insurance policies and annuities online. |
|
Consumer Reports Magazine
is available online (for a fee) |
| Get Connected - allows you to
compare telephone, cable, and Internet rates. |
|
Massachusetts Department of
Consumer Affairs. |
Consumer Price Index
|
The Bureau of Labor Statistics site includes the current Consumer
Price Index as well as other helpful information. |
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Cooking
|
The Internet
Chef site has database of more than 30,000 recipes. |
|
The Epicurious
site includes food and travel information. |
|
Global
Gourmet - "Bringing your the world on a plate." |
|
Mollie
Katzen, author of the popular Moosewood Cookbooks, has her own site. |
|
Search for dessert recipes at: Joyofbaking.com |
|
Top
Secret Recipes -allow users to re-create brand name products at
home. |
|
Veggies Unite!
an online recipe archive and community for vegetarians. |
|
Vegetarian
Epicure |
|
Cooking
Light Magazine's recipe archive. |
|
eatsushi.com's
loaded sushi pages |
|
Association
for Dressings and Sauces - recipes, history, and folklore. |
|
drinksmixer.com
boasts 10200+ mixed drink recipes and adjusts its measurements to the number of drinks you
want to make. |
Copyright Information
|
The Library of Congress provides copyright
forms and information online. |
Currency Exchange Rates
|
When you need to convert your Aruban
Florins to Zambian Kwachas, Olsen & Associates foreign currency
site is the place to visit. Calculate the exchange
rate between 164 currencies. |
|
Find the latest exchange rates at the
Universal Currency Converter
site. |
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Education Resources
|
National Center for Education Statistics allows you to access publications,
search for schools, survey program areas and look for education statistics. |
Employment
|
The Monster Board is the most frequently
visited job site on the web. |
|
America's Job Bank national job listings. |
|
CareerMosaic national job
listings. |
|
CareerPath national job listings. |
Environmental Issues
|
U.S.
Fish and Wildlife Service - a good site for endangered/threatened
species information. |
|
The Environmental Protection Agency
provides a wealth of information about environmental issues. |
|
Center for Costal Studies |
|
Find out about protected or threatened habitat around the U.S. at The Nature Conservancy |
Festivals and Events
|
Festivals.com compiles information on hundreds of arts, musical, and sporting
events world wide. |
|
The Holidays.net site links you to information about holidays
and festivals from around the world. |
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Genealogy
|
FamilySearch - from the Church
of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. |
|
Cyndi How is known for her comprehensive list of over 14,000 genealogy
links. |
|
The USGenWeb site contains
genealogical links for each of the 50 states. |
|
Massachusetts Genealogy |
|
New England Historic Genealogical Society |
|
The Genealogy.org site is a good stop for anyone interested in genealogy. |
|
Mayflower Web Pages |
|
Search death records of individuals who have died since 1937 at Social
Security Death Index |
Government- Federal
|
Information about the president is available
on the White
House site. |
|
U.S. House
of Representatives |
|
U.S. Senate |
|
Congressional
Biographical Directory - from 1774 through the present. |
|
The Library of Congress' THOMAS database
has up-to-the-minute congressional information. Full text of current legislation
is available here. |
|
GILS - Government Information
Locator Service |
|
The Government Printing Office makes
government publications
available online. |
|
Access the Federal
Register online. |
Government- State
|
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
site is a good starting place for information about state agencies and
the state legislature. |
|
Governor's Office |
|
Contact your State Representatives
via the Legislature's site. |
|
General
Laws of Massachusetts |
|
Commonwealth of Massachusetts Court
System |
|
NASCIO
State Profiles, a service of the National Association of State
Information Officers, is a topical clearinghouse to state government
information on the Internet. |
|
Massachusetts Department of
Consumer Affairs |
|
Massachusetts Department
of Motor Vehicles |
Government- Local
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History Sites
|
The Renaissance |
|
The Library of Congress' American
Memory is a collection of historical documents and images. |
|
Biographical information about American
Presidents |
|
Biographical information about the First
Ladies |
|
The United States Constitution |
|
The United States Declaration
of Independence |
|
The Freedom Trail |
|
"Trenches on the Web-" information about World
War I |
|
FSU sponsors a page with links to information about World
War II |
|
"Yesterday and Today-" information about the Vietnam
War |
|
Battlefield: Vietnam-
based on the PBS show of the same name. |
|
Georgetown University hosts a "labyrinth" of Medieval
Studies sites. |
|
Encyclopedia Britannica's pages on 300
Women Who Changed the World |
|
Ghost Towns |
The Holocaust
|
The Cybrary of the Holocaust
contains articles, histories, and images. |
Home & Garden
|
The "Learn2.com" site includes instructions to fix
almost anything. |
|
This Old House
Magazine. |
|
Old House Journal |
|
The Not so Big House - "a blueprint
for the way we really live" |
|
Home Portfolio will help the
do-it-yourself decorator. |
|
Try the Kitchen & Bath site for
remodeling ideas for the kitchen and bath. |
|
Visit HomeTime online, for help
with household projects and repairs. |
|
The Better Homes and Gardens Live
site has how-to advice about home improvement projects. |
|
Virtual Garden a site for the green of thumb. |
|
GardenGuides - did you know that
lemon balm helps with anxiety? |
|
Organic Gardening |
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Law Enforcement and Military Sites
Legal Information
|
Massachusetts legal information. |
|
The American Bar Association sponsors: "Legal
Research- Selected Starting Points" |
|
Cornell School of Law legal links |
|
Martindale-Hubbell Lawyer
Locator |
|
Internet Legal Resource Guide |
|
FindLaw offers access to state, federal
and foreign law. Also includes legal forms. |
|
Court TV's web site contains information
on current trials, and also offers basic legal information. |
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Libraries and Library Information on the Web
|
American Library Association |
|
Boston Public Library |
|
| |
The Library
of Congress |
|
The Massachusetts Library and Information Network (MLIN)
provides links to MA library catalogs, library directories, and other Massachusetts
library information. |
|
SEMLS - SouthEastern Massachusetts
Library System |
|
Cape Library Links
|
|
Perkins Library has all sorts of resources for those who cannot
use traditional print library resources, including Braille and talking books.
|
Literature and Authors (see also Books, Poetry, Quotations)
|
Project
Gutenberg- full text of more than 700 books. |
|
University
of Pennsylvania- over 12,000 full text books. |
|
Project
Bartleby at Columbia University- links to hundreds of full text
books. |
|
LSU's literature
links page. A good starting place when researching literary topics
on the web. |
|
Literature
Resources on the Net is another good departure point for literary
research. |
|
Explore the lore surrounding familiar
Legends. |
|
The collected works of Shakespeare |
|
Acronyms
and Abbreviations - search by acronym or keyword. |
|
The Book Lover's page contains biographical
information on many writers
and poets, as well as lists of award winners. |
|
The
Romance Reader is a site created especially for readers of this
genre. |
|
A Complete listing of winners of the
Nobel Prize for Literature |
|
A Complete listing of winners of the
Pulitzer Prize |
|
The Children's
Literature Web Guide. |
|
Find popular authors' sites on Authors
On The Web. |
Maps
|
Mapblast offers detailed street maps for many U.S.
and European cities. |
|
Yahoo's city map page allows you to type in an address
and see a map of the surrounding area. |
|
Mapquest will help you draw a city to
city map for your next trip. |
|
How Far Is It? Calculate the
distance between two points. |
|
Downloadable satellite
images from Microsoft - ever wonder what your neighborhood looks like
from space? |
|
The Census Office gazetteer gives latitude
and longitude for U. S. cities. |
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Maritime Resources
Medical
|
Online Medical Dictionary |
|
American Medical Association's
Physician Referral |
|
Massachusetts Physician
Profiles |
|
The U.S. government's consumer health
information site. |
|
MEDLINE is an index to articles from
some most of the premier medical journals. |
|
MedicineNet offers a wealth of medical
information, including information about prescription drugs. |
|
The Physicians'
Desk Reference |
|
Internet Drug Index |
|
National
Library of Medicine. |
|
New England Journal of
Medicine |
|
Kid's Health offers consumer health
information regarding children's health. |
|
familydoctor.org
has resources for parents, kids and teens. |
|
Cancer News on the Net provides
information on various forms of cancer. |
|
The National Institutes of Health site
links to CancerNet, and contains valuable information about HIV and AIDS. |
|
The Body - a site with
HIV and AIDS information |
|
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
offers advice for people traveling abroad. |
|
The Food
and Drug Administration site contains information about how nicotine
affects the body. |
|
The American Medical Association
site includes profiles of all physicians in the U.S. |
|
The CH.A.D.D. site has information about Attention
Deficit Disorder in Adults and Children. |
|
The Alzheimer's Association offers help
for caregivers. |
Mental Health
| Mental Help Net - "The largest, most
comprehensive guide to mental health online." |
|
Internet Mental Health site contains
detailed information about 52 common disorders. |
|
Self-Help and Psychology
Magazine online. |
|
Web of Addictions offers information
about alcohol, drug, and tobacco addictions. |
|
The
Doctor's Guide Depression page offers links to depression related
sites. |
|
SA\VE's Suicide Awareness site offers
vital information about this topic. |
Movies
|
Search for movie
reviews with the "Movie Review Query Engine." |
|
Download sneak
previews of current movies and coming attractions at MovieWeb's
site. |
|
Movies.com
has movie reviews and more. |
|
Comprehensive information about movies is available from the Internet
Movie Database, Inc. |
|
Independent Film site |
|
Cannes International Film
Festival |
Museums
|
Boston Museum of Fine Arts |
|
Museums in Paris, including
the Louvre. |
|
Visit the Museum of Modern Art in New
York City. |
|
The Smithsonian Institute online museum. |
|
See Chicago's Museum of Science and
Industry |
|
The National Archives exhibit
hall features rotating exhibits |
|
Visit our "Beyond Books" page for
virtual gallery and museum tours |
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Music and Lyrics
|
Build your own radio station at Pandora.com. |
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|
Stream hundreds of radio stations at SHOUTcast. |
|
Rolling
Stone magazine on the web. |
|
The Musicals
Home Page has information on the lyrics, plot, and music for
more than 70 popular musicals. |
|
For reggae music links, try the Jammin
Reggae Archives. |
|
Yahoo!
Music - daily news, reviews, artist and album information. |
|
Find lots of song lyrics at Lyrics.com. |
|
The Open Directory Project's International
Lyrics page has links to tons of foreign and domestic lyrics sites. |
|
Many lyrics sites are available through
Yahoo's
lyrics links. |
|
This Latvian
site has links to Top 20, 40 and 100 charts from music sites around
the world! |
Newspapers & Magazines
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Parenting
|
National Parent
Information Network |
|
Kid's Health
offers consumer health information regarding children's health. |
|
familydoctor.org
has resources for parents, kids and teens. |
|
Parent
Soup |
|
Family Education
Network |
|
Sesame
Street Parents |
|
Baby Links! |
|
Baby
Announce! - send your announcements via the web! |
|
The American Library Association's ParentsPage
helps parents and kids connect. |
|
Internet
Detectives - student-recommended sites for kids! |
|
Parent's
Guide to the Internet |
Patents and Inventions
|
U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. General information about applying for patents, as well as a patent database. |
|
Delphion has an amusing "Gallery
of Obscure Patents." |
|
Inventure Place is the National Inventors
Hall of Fame online museum site. |
People
|
Not sure if that person is living or deceased?....Try the Dead
People Server |
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Performing Arts & The Theater
|
American Ballet Theatre - includes
a dictionary of dance. |
|
The Bolshoi Theatre |
|
The Martha
Graham Center of Contemporary Dance |
|
Search for dance companies in the U.S. and
Canada at Cyber Dance's
site |
|
Shakespeare festivals at Mr.
William Shakespeare and the Internet |
Poetry
Quotations
|
Search Bartlett's Quotations |
|
The "Quote Search" quotation
server searches several quotation sources. |
Radio Stations & History of Radio
|
Gebbie Inc. provides links to radio
stations nation wide. |
|
The National Public Radio home page. |
|
The Old-Time Radio site is a clearinghouse
of newsletters, clubs, broadcast lists, and recordings of old radio shows. |
Reference Resources
Religion
|
The Navigating the Bible site provides
help for students studying for their bar/bat mitzvah. |
|
The Online
Search Engine for Canonical Texts (ECanon) is a nondenominational
site with several versions of the bible for you to search through. |
|
Patron Saints
Index |
|
La
Sindone - official site of the Shroud of Turin. |
|
Visit the Orion Center for the Study of Dead
Sea Scrolls and Associated Literature. |
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Relocation Information
|
Homefair has lots of moving
tools like salary calculators and relocation wizards. |
|
The Virtual Relocation
center links to helpful relocation information. |
|
Homes and Land electronic magazine. |
|
City-data.com
offers information for cities and states. |
|
Rent.com
rental listings across the U.S. |
| Realtor.Com has residential listings
for cities in the U.S. |
|
The American School Directory site has
information on public and private schools nation-wide. |
Retail Stores
Science
|
Science
Magazine online. |
|
Discover
Magazine online. |
|
Nature
online. |
|
Online Periodic
Table of Elements- click on the element for more information. |
|
The San Francisco Exploratorium's ExploraNet
offers science exhibits online. |
|
SeaWorld's site offers animal
information and fun facts. |
|
Dissect
a frog online at NetFrog. |
|
Visit the "Auroras
- Paintings in the Sky" site for information about this phenomenon. |
|
See cave
paintings from a Palaeolithic cave. |
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Search Engines
Senior Citizens & Retirement
|
Inter-Generations
- senior resources for Cape Cod residents. |
|
Access
America for Seniors - electronic services from government agencies. |
|
Elderhostel
Online! |
|
AARP Webplace
features links for Seniors. |
|
Retirement
Net offers information on a wide range of retirement housing
options including: independent living, assisted living, and nursing
care. |
|
The
Third Age is a site geared toward active people over the age
of 50. |
|
Caregiver
Survival Resources lists links to helpful information for caregivers. |
|
Eldercare
Web is a directory of resources for people caring for the elderly. |
|
Assisted Senior Living is a site
"designed to provide comprehensive and unbiased information to seniors and caregivers searching for senior living options and senior
care." |
Space Exploration
|
NASA |
|
Nine
Planets offers a tour of the solar system. |
Sports & Fitness
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Starting a Business
(see also: Stock Market and Business)
|
The Small Business Administration
site has a wealth of information for small business owners. |
|
CCH
Business Owner's Toolkit - "total know-how for small business." |
|
The U.S. Business Advisor helps businesses link to government
agencies |
|
The Idea Cafe is a great place to look for business
help, including information on business financing. |
|
Yahoo's Small Business resources
will help you start, grow, and manage your business. |
Statistics
|
The U.S. Census Bureau site has current
U.S. population estimates, economic indicators, and the 1990 Census. |
|
Search the Statistical Abstract
of the United States for a wide range of U.S. statistics. |
|
The Justice Information Center site contains crime
statistics |
|
The Bureau of Labor Statistics site has current Consumer
Price Index information. |
|
NationMaster
- a compendium of statistics from different countries with maps and
graphs. |
Stock Market & Personal Finance Sites
|
AMEX
American Stock Exchange |
|
NASDAQ
Stock Exchange |
|
NYSE
New York Stock Exhcnage |
|
Standard & Poor's US
indices (S&P 500, etc.) |
|
Stockmaster stock
quote server |
|
WorldlyInvestor
- international investment information. |
|
Money Magazine's Personal
Finance Center |
|
Annual
reports from over 3,000 public companies may be ordered free
from the Public Register Annual Report Service. |
|
Futures
Magazine - commodities and futures information. |
|
Yahoo!
Company News includes company news, financial information, and
stock quotes. |
|
Life
Insurance & Annuities Quotes - compare life insurance policies
and annuities online. |
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Style Manuals (for citing electronic documents)
|
The Columbia Guide to Online Style citing
electronic resources |
Tax Forms
Teens--check out our new YA page, *click*
Telephone Directories
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Television
|
ABC |
|
CBS |
|
CNN |
|
FOX |
|
NBC |
|
PBS |
|
E! Online |
|
TV GUIDE
Entertainment Network |
|
Gebbie Inc's list of TV
stations on the net. |
|
TV
in the 1950s - FiftiesWeb contains information on the best of 50s television.
(Do you remember the words to the Mickey Mouse Club song?) |
Time
|
Find the local
time for cities around the world. |
|
University of Cambridge's Computer Laboratory
site has information on ISO
date/time notation |
|
Determine the times for sunrise and sunset
for your location. |
Travel
|
LOGAN
AIRPORT Online travel information including arrivals/departure,
weather, parking and traffic. |
|
Department of State travel
warnings |
|
The Electronic
Embassy serves as a directory of foreign embassies in the United
States. |
|
Foreign
Languages for Travelers - crash courses in 30 languages. |
|
Visit Travelocity
for low airfares. |
|
Travel by train with Amtrak |
|
City-data.com
offers information for cities and states. |
|
Lonely
Planet travel guides online. |
|
Savvy
Traveler - travel tips and other information. |
|
Essential information about museums
and galleries in the United Kingdom |
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Weather
|
National Weather Service - current
national weather forecasts. |
|
Intellicast U.S. and world weather
forecasts |
|
National Climatic Data Center -
historical weather data. |
|
National Hurricane Center |
|
Savage Earth - information
about earthquakes, volcanoes, tsunamis, etc. |
Weights & Measures
|
Weights
and Measures conversions from refdesk.com |
World Wide Web Indexes
Zip Codes
|
At the United States Post Office site, you can find the zip
code for any address. |
|
Canadian
Postal Codes |
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