General
- Freeality
Internet Search site. Meta searches, glossaries, music, etc. Ultimate
search place.
- Britannica Online.
More than just an encyclopedia.
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- AnyWho people finder. AT&T search engine. More ways to find someone.
- Find A Grave.
Search for grave locations (and images) of famous AND non-famous people.
This is a serious site. You can search cemetery records and other databases.
- What
is my IP address? Need to know yours? Click here.
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Flags.
Descriptions, illustrations, information.
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- Glossary
of Internet Terms. All terms, both technical and popular.
- Glossary
Of JavaTM Technology-Related Terms
- Java & Internet
Glossary. Technical terms, HTML-related data, color charts for Web
developers, more.
- Netdictionary.
An alphabetical reference guide to technical, cultural, and humorous terms
related to the Internet.
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ZipCode
Finder, and Address Search guides. From the United States Postal
Service.
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- Photography
Glossary. A glossary of 900 translations from English to French (French
to English in the future) or so words dealing with photography.
- WWW Virtual Library.
Many subjects; offers bibliographies, links, resources.
Calculators
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Conversion
Factors. List of conversion relationships between U.S. customary
units and SI (International System) units. From the Washington State
DOT.
- Common Length and Distance Conversions. Simple but all you need.
- Length or Distance Converter. Simple but all you need.
Census Statistics
- Bureau of the Census.
Provides access to census data and related materials, including glossaries,
descriptions of data types, and other information. Some pages are:
- Subjects
Index. Everything on the Census Bureau's site is indexed here.
A good place to begin.
- American
FactFinder. Create maps for counties and metropolitan areas by
providing requests for different caracteristics (i.e., income, households,
sex, etc.).
- State
and County Demographic and Economic Profiles. Click on state,
then county to obtain census data. Map may be drawn of the area selected.
- GIS
Gateway (U.S. Bureau of the Census). Offers connections to many
Geographic Information Systems (GIS) resources available on the Internet.
- TIGER
Map Service (Topologically Integrated Geographic Encoding and Referencing system). Sponsored by the U.S.
Bureau of the Census. Provides a public resource for generating high-quality,
detailed maps of anywhere in the United States, using public geographic
data. Users can prepare custom data maps online or may purchase CD-ROM
products to generate maps at their own computer. Examples of the tools
available include: The Census
Tract Street Locator (provides data by street name and zip); Census
Tracts/Block Numbering Area (BNA) locator; Map
Gallery (outline maps and other); School
District Names; and other.
- Geography
Products. Links to TIGER service and also other Bureau geographic
materials.
- U.S. Gazetteer. Lookup names
and locations for: cities and towns, rivers and streams, cemeteries,
parks, and all other geographic features in the United States. Also
links to TIGER system so a map may be generated for the selected location.
- 1990
Census Lookup. Enter a state, county, town, or zip code and create
a custom report on a large number of parameters (i.e., age, sex, household,
national origin, language, etc.)
- Data
Extraction System (DES). Ultimate in census data analysis. A tool
for extracting records (rows) and fields (columns) from very large,
public-information, data files (for example: survey and census records.)
The system produces custom extracts in selectable data file formats
(not meant for humans to read) which, when processed, can then be
picked up at the Census Bureau's FTP site.
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