The sources below were compiled by Information USA, a service of the U.S. State Department: http://usinfo.state.gov/usa/infousa/facts/ref.htm
Directories: Peoples, Places, Businesses
AnyWho
Directories
Big
Book
Forbes' Best
of the Web
InfoSpace
Switchboard
U.S. Postal ZIP Code Lookup and Address
Information
Yahoo! People
Search
Zip2
Research
American Library
Association
Listings of the Best Internet Resources in All Subject Areas
Regularly updated links to major academic journals
World's Fairs
Although the US is no longer a participant, world's fairs
continue to be a research lode for scholars and hobbyists.
Virtual Libraries
American National
Biography Online
ANB has replaced the Dictionary of American Biography as THE
American biographical source and it is updated weekly with new
entries.
Global
Legal Information Network
The Global Legal Information Network (GLIN) maintains and
provides a database of laws, regulations, and other complementary
legal sources. The documents included in the database are
contributed by the governments of the member nations from the
original official texts which are deposited, by agreement of the
members, in a server initially at the Library of Congress of the
United States of America.
H-Net
Discussion Networks
H-Net's e-mail lists function as electronic networks, linking
professors, teachers and students in an egalitarian exchange of
ideas and materials. Every aspect of academic life--research,
teaching, controversies new and old--is open for discussion;
decorum is maintained by H-Net's dedicated editors.
Infomine Scholarly Internet Resource Collections:
General Reference
Internet Public
Library
Library of
Congress
LibrarySpot
My
Facts Page--Virtual Reference Desk
RefDesk.com
Smithsonian Institution Archives. SIA contains the records of one of the most well-known museums and research centers in the world. This site will be useful for the breadth of its collections.
Smithsonian Institution Libraries. SIL is one of the foremost research libraries in the US and its collections are invaluable in their subject depth. The homepage contains links to other treasure troves of information.