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Almanacs & Fact Books

FactSearch
A guide to statistics on current social, economic, political, environmental and health issues, derived from some 1000 newspapers, periodicals, newsletters; includes government (U.S. and British commonwealth) and private sources. Web links to free full text are included frequently. 1984 to the present. Updated quarterly.

World Almanac
The World Almanac database includes the contents of: The World Almanac and Book of Facts 1998; The World Almanac of the U.S.A.; The World Almanac of U.S. Politics; The World Almanac for Kids. Updated annually.

World Factbook
published by the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency, provides historical, political, geographical (including maps), economic, technological and military information about most countries of the world.

Archives

ArchivesUSA
Provides access to a directory of 4,400 U.S. repositories, makes all of NUCMC (National Union Catalog of Manuscript Collections) fully searchable in electronic form, and includes the indexes of finding aids which have been published on microfiche in NIDS (National Inventory of Documentary Sources in the United States). Updated annually.


Biography

American National Biography Offers portraits of more than 18,000 men and women, from all eras and walks of life, whose lives have shaped the nation.

Biography and Genealogy Master Index
a meta-index to Who's Whos, major collective biographies such as American National Biography, and other sources of biographical information such as the New York Times obituaries, comprehensively.

Biography Resource Center Gale Group biographical sources with full-text articles from hundreds of periodicals. Allows user to search for people based on one or more personal facts such as birth and death year, nationality, ethnicity, occupation or gender, or combine criteria to create a highly-targeted custom search.

Biography.com
Maintained by A&E Television Networks.

Dictionary of Literary Biography

Presents career biographies and criticism of writers from all eras and all genres.

Oxford Dictionary of National Biography

Biographies of those who shaped the history of the British Isles and beyond, from the earliest times to the year 2002. No living person is included.

Books, Dissertations & Publishing

ACQWeb's Directory of Publishers and Vendors
a directory of book publisher web addresses. Entries arranged alphabetically and by subject.

 

Book Review Digest
covers approximately 7,000 adult and childrens' books per year. January 1983 to the present. Updated monthly.

 

Books in Print
searchable by author, title, publisher, subject.

Current Research @ Bryn Mawr College

Provides citations, abstracts, and previews of dissertations and theses submitted by Bryn Mawr College and published in UMI's Dissertation abstracts database. Coverage from 1920s to present. Bryn Mawr users may download the full text of BMC's dissertations and theses published after 1996. The site also provides access to the full "Current Research @" which is a search tool for abstracts and the first 24 pages of 2005 and 2006 dissertations from hundreds of institutions.

 

Dissertation Abstracts Online
the complete range of academic subjects appearing in dissertations accepted at accredited institutions since 1861. Updated monthly.

 

Finding Book Reviews
A guide to finding book reviews via print and online resources in the Trico libraries. Covers both current and historical sources.

 

Publishers' Catalogues
provides geographically-organized access to book publishers' websites.

 

PubList.com
a directory of periodical publishers which contains information on "more than 150,000 publications and more than 8000 newspapers around the world."

 

TLS - Times Literary Supplement Archive  
TLS is an important international weekly that publishes reviews in all academic fields and the performing arts. The TLS Archive offers the full text of the publication from October, 1994, through six months before the current issue. The archive is fully searchable for reviews, commentary, poems, and publication announcement listings by author, title, contributor, or subject.

 

WorldCat  
the largest catalog of library holdings in the world, comprising more than 40 million books, periodicals, sound recordings, videos, computer files, etc.; compiled by member libraries of the OCLC Library consortium. Updated daily.

Calendars & Time

Calendar Zone
Extensive list of calendar information including sections on celestial calendars, cultural and religious calendars and many more.

Clocks - Current Time from the USNO Master Clock
"Official Source of Time Used in the United States", includes lots of information on time and timekeeping;

Atomic Web Clock (NIST)
requires Netscape/Internet Explorer 3.0 or higher; includes links to information on time, frequency and the history of timekeeping.

Today's Births, Deaths, and Events
"WORLDWIDE HISTORIC DATES & EVENTS brought to you DAILY by : Scope Systems."

Colleges & Universities

U.S. News Online
Online versions of the annual magazine issues: "America's Best Colleges, and "America's Best Graduate Schools." Also features online comparisons of four-year colleges and a guide to scholarships and financial aid.

Petersons.Com
Very large website providing extensive information about undergraduate colleges and universities, graduate and professional schools, financial aid, study abroad, private schools, and distance education.

Yahoo: Colleges & Universities Worldwide
simple listing of websites by country.

Computers & Computing

Webopedia
"...online encyclopedia and search engine dedicated to computer technology."

Internet Hoaxes
listing of well known false email messages including warnings of viruses, chain-letters, etc. Maintained by the U.S. Dept. of Energy

McAfee.com's Virus Information Library
"...in partnership with AVERT, a division of NAI Labs, tracks emerging PC virus threats constantly." Also includes extensive virus hoax information.

whatis.com
extensive dictionary of computing and networking terms; many entries are signed.

Copyright

Bryn Mawr Computing copyright policy.

Copyright & Fair Use
One of the most comprehensive sites available. Features primary legal materials, Fair Use and Copyright guidelines, and links to copyright information from the WWW.

Consumer Information & Shopping

Catalog Site
"Online Catalog Shopping Resource for Great Mail Order & Online Catalogs. -- Hundreds of FREE Catalogs."

Consumer's Index
Indexes more than 110 periodicals and services covering product evaluations, descriptions, recalls, alerts, and warnings. 1989 to the present. Updated quarterly.

Consumer Reports® Online
from the publishers of Consumer Reports magazine. NB: Consumer Reports is available on LexisNexis Academic in full text, January 1988 through present. Search General News, Magazines and Journals, specifying "Consumer Reports" as the publication to search.

Consumer World
"a public service site which has gathered over 1700 of the most useful consumer resources on the Internet, and categorized them here for easy access."

Edmunds Automobile Buying Guides
not the "blue book" but similar information

Currency Exchange Rates

FXConverterT: 164Currency Converter
Does current and historical conversions (back to at least 1990) between most world currencies.

The Universal Currency Converter(tm)
"...allows you to perform interactive foreign exchange rate conversion on the Internet."

Dictionaries, Languages

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language

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Ethnologue
"...catalogue of more than 6,700 languages spoken in 228 countries. The Ethnologue Name Index lists over 39,000 language names, dialect names, and alternate names. The Ethnologue Language Family Index organizes languages according to language families."

 

Language Dictionaries and Translators
a collection of links to online dictionaries.

 

Oxford English dictionary (Online)
Complete searchable text including definitions, etymologies, pronunciation guides, and searchable quotations.

 

Merriam-Webster Online
"Based on Merriam-Webster's Collegiate(R) Dictionary, Tenth Edition."

 

Directories: Telephone, Zip Code, & E-mail

Area Code Look-Up
includes North American area codes and many country codes.

Internet 800 Directory
"...more than 150,000 businesses and organizations offer[ing] toll-free numbers ..."

Super Pages - "Find over 16 million U.S. business listings."

Encyclopedia of Associations
directory and contact information on over 140,000 national, international and U.S. regional, state, and local non-profit associations.

Topica
searchable subject-organized directory of mailing lists, usenet newsgroups, and chat groups

Switchboard (White Pages & Yellow Pages)
"Switchboard provides 106 million residential listings and 11 million business listings..."

ZIP Code Lookup and Address Information (USPS)

National Address Server
Given a valid U.S. postal address, this server attempts to rewrite the address in the proper format along with the ZIP+4 code.

Encyclopedias

Britannica Online  
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Columbia Encyclopedia, sixth edition

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Entertainment

OnVideo Guide to Home Video Releases
includes ratings, reviews and upcoming releases.

 

Bryn Mawr Feature Films
List of films by Welles, Chaplin, Lee, Ford, and many others available from the BMC Library.

 

Internet Movie Database
comprehensive information on all genres of film, including plot summaries, reviews, trailers, soundtrack info. Also includes hyperlinks to all cast and crew information.

 

MovieFone
Find showtimes for movies playing in your area. Search by location or movie title.

 

TV Guide Entertainment Network
Complete TV Guide online, including cable and broadcast listings, program details, gossip, and reviews.

Maps & Other Geographic Information

GEOnet Names Server
provides access to the National Imagery and Mapping Agency's (NIMA) database of foreign geographic feature names.

 

MapQuest!
International road atlas uses mouse clicks to "zoom in" to a map location. Also extensive moving and travel information.

 

Maps On Us
Similar to MapQuest, U.S. emphasis.

 

Perry-Castañeda Library Map Collection
about 2100 public-domain color maps from UT Austin.

Quotations

Lexis-Nexis Quotations Search
sources are Simpson's Contemporary Quotations and 3500 Good Quotes for Speakers.

The Quotations Page
large collection of lists of quotations. Handle with care, it was last updated May 1998.

Thesauri

Roget's II: The New Thesaurus

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Meriam-Webster Thesaurus
from Merriam-Webster

citysearch.com
General travel information on "more than 5,000 destinations." Also provides ticketing & reservation services.

 

SEPTA Online
includes route and fare information and telephone numbers.

 

Blue Bus Schedule
The "Blue Bus" runs almost every half hour, and transports students between the Bryn Mawr and Haverford College campuses.

Guides

HotWired: The Rough Guide
"...a collaboration between HotWired and Rough Guides, the publisher of more than 100 travel guidebooks..."

Reservations

Amtrak

Travelocity.com
Airline Tickets, hotel reservations.

Usage and Grammar

EduFind on-line English Grammar
by Anthony Hughes, published by Digital Education Network Ltd. 1996

Weather

National Weather Service
Philadelphia/Mt. Holly office, provides local weather information including forecasts, marine & aviation forecasts, and climate data.

 

The Weather Channel
weather maps, video, radar, and oh yes, brief forecasts by city and state.