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Acronyms
Acronym Finder
http://www.AcronymFinder.com/
A searchable database containing over 93,000 common acronyms and abbreviations about all subjects, with a focus on computers, technology, telecommunications, and the military.
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Almanacs
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Information Please Almanac
http://www.infoplease.com/almanacs.html
Online version of the popular almanac which you can browse by topic or search.
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The Old Farmer's Almanac
http://www.almanac.com/
Covers astronomical events, weather conditions and forecasts, recipes, and gardening tips.
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Biographies and Genealogy
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Calendars
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Time and Date
http://www.timeanddate.com/
Contains a World Clock of the current time in major cities of the world, calendar generators, and a countdown to the new year.
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USNO Master Clock Time
http://tycho.usno.navy.mil/what.html
Set your watch by this site, and find out what time it is in selected U. S. cities and international regions. So, if it's 4:00 PM in New York (EST), what time will it be when the train leaves Los Angeles?
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Census Data
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College Catalogs
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Countries of the World
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Dictionaries General Dictionaries
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Encyclopedias
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Wikipedia - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page
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Journals
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NewspapersTexas Newspapers
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Texas Cities - http://www.ipl.org/div/news/browse/US.7007826/
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UHCN University of Houston - http://www.uh.edu/uhcnonline/
National (U.S.) Newspapers
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News and Newspapers Online - http://library.uncg.edu/news/
A free service provided by the University of North Carolina. Provides links to hundreds of online news sources organized by state (e.g. Texas), by nation, and by continents. Allows users to create personalized lists of resources for future use.
International Newspapers
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Grants
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IRIS (The Illinois Researcher Information Service)
http://gateway.library.uiuc.edu/iris/
The IRIS database currently contains over 8,000 active federal and private funding opportunities in the sciences, social sciences, arts, and humanities. Users can search IRIS by sponsor, deadline date, keyword, and other criteria. Most IRIS records contain live links to sponsor Web sites, electronic forms, or Electronic Research Administration (ERA) portals.
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NEA Grant Award
http://www.arts.gov/grants/index.html
Grants available through the National Endowment for the Arts.
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FinAid
http://www.finaid.org/
The Financial Aid Information Page provides a free, comprehensive, independent, and objective guide to student financial aid; includes a free searchable database of more than 180,000 private sector scholarships, fellowships, grants, and loans.
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Scholarship Scams
http://www.ftc.gov/bcp/conline/edcams/scholarship/
This federal website provides valuable information to protect students in search of scholarship dollars.
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Online Books
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Phone Books
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AnyWho
http://www.anywho.com/
One-stop searching for residential and business phone numbers, FAX numbers, email addresses and home page URLs. Also offers a toll free lookup, and a reverse phone directory (enter the phone number, look up who has it).
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Switchboard
http://www.switchboard.com/
Find a business or person by searching names, phone numbers, zip codes and more. Zip Code
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Lookup
http://www.usps.com/zip4/
From the US Postal Service.
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Thesaurus
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Time
- Virtual Perpetual Calendars
http://www.vpcalendar.net/
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Time and Date
http://www.timeanddate.com/
Contains a World Clock of the current time in major cities of the world, calendar generators, and a countdown to the new year.
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USNO Master Clock Time
http://tycho.usno.navy.mil/what.html
Set your watch by this site, and find out what time it is in selected U. S. cities and international regions. So, if it's 4:00 PM in New York (EST), what time will it be when the train leaves Los Angeles?
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Quotations
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Study Guides
- Educational Testing Service (http://www.ets.org), for GRE (among other tests) test takers, is a valuable website to visit.
- WebsiteNumber 2 (http://www.number2.com) offers preparational exercises for SAT, ACT, and GRE test.
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Texas Information
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