Index of What Lies Below - Click on a topic to go to that category.

• Basics - The time, date, news, and weather.
• College and career information - College and careers links.
• Dictionaries and words - Acronyms, dictionaries, grammar, thesauri, citing sources.
• Encyclopedias and almanacs - There's only a few out there.
• Expert Advice - Need help on your homework?
• Geography, places, maps, and travel information - Basic Information, Maps, Travel Information - Good, quick references to information about everywhere.
• Government - Federal Government, Our State. Federal and New York State resources.
• Numbers, conversions, and tables - Elements, Measures, Money - Good places for basic data.
• People - Zip codes, phone numbers, yellow pages, and biographies.
• Reference Desks - Other sites with comprehensive reference lists.

Basics.... [Take me to the Top of the Page]

• Time
  • What Time Is It? - From the US Naval Observatory Master Clock.
  • The Time left until the year 2000 - Updated every minute.
  • The World Clock - Want to know what time it is somewhere else?
  • POPClock Projection - The US Census Bureau's estimate of the US population this very minute.
  • Sunrise and Sunset Computation - Pick a place to find out what time the sun and moon go up and down.
  • Worldtime - Find out the time anywhere in the world.
• Date.... [Take me to the Top of the Page]
  • About Today's Date - Find out more about the numbers that make up today's date - including things your never knew.
  • Ari's Today Page - Special events that happened today.
  • Calendar - Pick a year and this page will create a calendar for you.
  • Britannica's Lives - Learn who was born or died today (or on any day, for that matter).
  • EventSeeker - A massive list of business and leisure events throughout the world.
  • Historical Calendar - Type in any date and see the calendar for that month and year.
• News.... [Take me to the Top of the Page]
  • CNN Interactive
  • Westchester Today - The Gannett chain. Check out also the front page.
• Weather.... [Take me to the Top of the Page]
  • WeatherNet: New York Weather - The latest New York forecast.
  • CNN - Weather - Local and regional forecasts, storm updates, and general weather information.
  • The Weather Channel - Comprehensive weather information.
  • The Old Farmer's Almanac - Do you think they can do better than the professionals?

College and career information.... [Take me to the Top of the Page]

• 1996-97 Occupational Outlook Handbook - The US government's Bureau of Labor Statistics handbook, with a lot of good information about current and future prospects for different jobs.
• Campus Newspapers on the Internet
• College and University Home Pages
• College Board Online Home Page
• College Guides and Admissions Web Site
• FinAid: The Financial Aid Information Page
• Peterson's Education Center

Dictionaries and words.... [Take me to the Top of the Page]

• Acronyms - Type in an acronym or abbreviation to find out what it means.
  • Acronym and Abbreviation List
  • Acronym Dictionary
• Citing Sources Properly - How to put down where you got your information. .... [Take me to the Top of the Page]
  • Citing Internet Addresses
  • Citing Internet Information
  • Learning about Copyright
• Dictionaries - English.... [Take me to the Top of the Page]
  • Dictionary - Type in a word, then read the definition.
  • Dictionary - Another one that works the same way.
  • Dictionary Search - And another.
  • Webster's Dictionary - From Carnegie-Mellon University. Try this first!
  • Webster's Dictionary - From Colorado University.
  • Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - The 1913 edition.
• Dictionaries - French.... [Take me to the Top of the Page]
  • French Dictionary (Thresor de la langue française, 1606) - The old definitions.
  • French-English Dictionary - It also translates from English to French.
  • French-English Meeting Point - Look up words and terms.
• Dictionaries - Spanish. .... [Take me to the Top of the Page]
  • English-to-Spanish Dictionary
  • Spanish-to-English Dictionary
• Dictionaries - Other.... [Take me to the Top of the Page]
  • A Basic American Sign Language Aid - A dictionary of American Sign Language words.
  • Feudal Terms of England (and other places)
  • The Skeptic's Dictionary - Don't trust everything you read; check it out here first.
  • The Free On-Line Dictionary of Computing - Translations of arcane computer terms.
• Grammar and Writing.... [Take me to the Top of the Page]
  • English Grammar Frequently Asked Questions - Good information and good links to other sites.
  • Grammar and Style Guides for Writers - Links to everything you want to or need to know about good writing. Includes Strunk's "Elements of Style," various grammar sites, and miscellaneous hints that everyone should look at.
  • Purdue University On-Line Writing Lab - Everything you ever wanted to know about writing, spelling, grammar, footnotes....
  • Writers' Resources on the Web - Everything you wanted or needed to know about writing.
• Quotations.... [Take me to the Top of the Page]
  • Bartlett's Book of Familiar Quotations - The 1901 version, from Columbia University.
  • Quotations - Quotes gathered from many souses. Includes recent quotes, advice, proverbs, malapropisms, inspirational quotes, aphorisms, slightly different definitions, and a whole lot more.
  • The Quotations Page - Get a quote of the day or a random quote; search for a quotation or browse the ones on this site.
• Thesauri.... [Take me to the Top of the Page]
  • Roget's Thesaurus - The 1911 version, from the National Institute of Health.
  • Roget's Thesaurus - The classic reference, 1990s style.
  • Roget's Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases - Another 1990s version.
• Word Games.... [Take me to the Top of the Page]
  • Palindromes - A 1992 list of words and phrases that are spelled the same forwards and backwards.
  • Word Play - Links to sites that have fun with words - slang, homonyms, Burma Shave rhymes...
• Writings.... [Take me to the Top of the Page]
  • Authors Link - Links to pages for many different authors.
  • Bookwire - When you need to find a book.
  • The Historical Text Archive A large collection of historical documents from throughout the world.
  • House of Representatives Internet Law Library - The Constitution, the Articles of Confederation, the Federalist Papers, and much more.
  • The Internet Classics Archive - Some 400 Greek and Roman texts (in English), with helpful commentary about each author on a separate page.
  • The On-Line Books Page - Find out which authors and books are on the web.
  • Project Gutenberg - A prodigious effort to create computerized and readily available copies of seemingly everything ever written.
  • Complete Works of William Shakespeare - You can find just about everything he wrote, search his plays and poems for words or phrases, find out what they meant, and more.

Encyclopedias and almanacs.... [Take me to the Top of the Page]

• Almanac of American Politics - Who's who, what's what, and a lot more about the US political scene.
• Encyclopedia Mythica - Mythology and folklore.

Expert Advice.... [Take me to the Top of the Page]

• Ask a Geologist
• Ask a Volcanologist
• Ask An Expert
• Ask Mr. Solar
• The Homework Page
• Operation Uplink II: Homework Reference Materials
• The Why Files

Geography, places, and maps.... [Take me to the Top of the Page]

• Basic Information about places throughout the world
  • CIA 1995 World Factbook
  • Country Studies - Analyses of the political, social, and economic structures.
  • Geographic Nameserver - Enter a place name and find out its location and zip code.
  • National Flags - Pick a country and see a picture of its flag.
  • Statistical Abstract of the U.S. - Data about the United States, compiled by the Census Bureau.
  • World Factbook
• States.... [Take me to the Top of the Page]

  Alabama Alaska Arizona Arkansas California Colorado Connecticut Delaware Florida Georgia

  Hawaii Idaho Illinois Indiana Iowa Kansas Kentucky Louisiana Maine Maryland

  Massachusetts Michigan Minnesota Mississippi Missouri Montana Nebraska Nevada New Hampshire New Jersey

  New Mexico New York North Carolina North Dakota Ohio Oklahoma Oregon Pennsylvania Rhode Island South Carolina

  South Dakota Tennessee Texas Utah Vermont Virginia Washington West Virginia Wisconsin Wyoming

• Maps.... [Take me to the Top of the Page]
  • How Far Is It? - Type in the names of the two places and click the "submit" button. If there is more than one place with the same name in the US (for few locations outside the US are included at this site), you pick the one you want. You get back the straight-line distance between your two locations, their latitudes and longitudes, populations, heights above sea level, and zip codes. You can also go to a map that shows both places.
  • MapQuest - Get travel directions, maps, and information about different places in the US.
  • Map Viewer - Have Xerox make a map for you. Basic, but fun.
  • The Perry-Castañeda Map Collection - If the web has a map of it, you can probably find it here.
  • US Gazeteer - Type in the name of a place and you get the location of all places with that name, the chance to pick the one you want, and a choice of maps to look at.
• Travel Information.... [Take me to the Top of the Page]
  • City.Net
  • InterCity-Net (Discover the Hudson Valley)
  • New York City Reference
  • New York City Subway System
  • NY Getaway Home Page
  • Subway Navigator
  • Train Information
    • Amtrak Schedules
    • Metro-North Home Page
    • Metro-North Railroad Schedules
  • Upstate NY Travel Guide
  • USA CityLink Project
  • WestNet: Westchester County Resources

Government.... [Take me to the Top of the Page]

• Federal Government.
  • E-mail Your US Government - If your representative or senator has an address, it's here.
  • Government Documents in the News - Background information on the capital's major issues.
  • Internal Revenue Service - Did you pay your taxes?
  • FedWorld - Lists and locations of governmental agencies.
  • Thomas - The US Congress has brought us Thomas and instant access to every bill brought to the floor in the recent past - along with the full text of the Congressional Record. Easy to search and easy to use, this is one of the most outstanding sites on the Internet.
  • US Census Bureau - Check out the latest information on the US population.
  • U.S. House of Representatives - Check up on what the House is doing, and when.
  • U.S. Department of Education
  • U.S. Supreme Court Decisions - Cases from 1990 to the present; a few from before that.
  • The White House - Many places to explore. Can you find the political cartoons?
• New York.... [Take me to the Top of the Page]
  • New York State Assembly
  • New York State Education Department
  • New York State Governor's Gopher
  • New York State Page - A new page and probably the best place to start.
  • New York State Senate
  • State and Local Government on the Net: New York - A list of every New York governmental page on the net. To find the same information for other states, try the master page.

Numbers, conversions, and tables.... [Take me to the Top of the Page]

• Elements
  • A Periodic Table of the Elements - Click on a element on the chart for more information about it; created by the Los Alamos National Laboratory.
  • Web Elements - This periodic table from UC Berleley presents a chart of the elements. Click on the one of your choice to get its name, atomic number, atomic weight, symbol, state, color, and a whole lot more. Easy to read and easy to use.
• Measures.... [Take me to the Top of the Page]
  • Common Equivalent Weights and Measures - A list of units and their metric and US equivalents.
  • Measures - Similar to the above list, but with a little more information.
  • Weights, Measures, and Sizes - Linear measures, dry measures, liquid measures, temperature, time zones, and clothing sizes.
• Money.... [Take me to the Top of the Page]
  • Koblas Currency Converter - See how much your dollars are worth is another country's money.

People.... [Take me to the Top of the Page]

• Addresses and Zip Codes
  • National Address Server - Type in an address and get it back in the proper format.
  • USPS City State/Zip Code Associations
• Biographical Information.... [Take me to the Top of the Page]
  • Biographical Dictionary - Get a snippet of information on more than 16,000 different people.
  • Concise Biographical Dictionary - Pick a letter of the alphabet and get a list of people along with some brief information about them.
  • The Genealogy Home Page - Links to genealogies, maps, searches, software, societies, and other genealogical resources on the net.
  • Notable Citizens of Planet Earth - Brief biographical information on more than 18,000 people.
• Phone Numbers.... [Take me to the Top of the Page]
  • AT&T 800 Directory
  • Switchboard
  • Telephone Directories on the Web
• Yellow Pages.... [Take me to the Top of the Page]
  • Central Source Yellow Pages
  • The Interactive Yellow Pages
  • NYNEX Interactive Yellow Pages
  • World Wide Yellow Pages

Reference Desks.... [Take me to the Top of the Page]

• Guide to Museums and Cultural Resources on the Web
• The Internet Public Library
• Internet Public Library Reference Shelf
• Martindale's 'The Reference Desk'
• My Virtual Reference Desk
• Reference Resources on the Web
• Research-It! - Your one-stop reference desk

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This page was last updated on April 21, 2023