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Acronyms and Abbreviations

Acronym Finder

Almanacs and Factbooks

World Almanac
World Factbook

Area Codes

AmeriCom Long Distance Area Decoder
International Calling Codes
Zip Codes

Biography

Nobel e-Museum
World Biographical Index

Consumer Information

Consumer Reports
Consumer World

Conversions and Currency Rates

Currency Converter
Interactive Units Converter
Online Conversion

Copyright Information

Copyright and Intellectual Property
U.S. Copyright Office

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Washington Times

Dictionaries and Thesauri

American Heritage Dictionary, 4th Edition
BioTech Life Science Dictionary
French-English Dictionary
German-English Dictionary
Roget's II : The New Thesaurus
Spanish-English Dictionary
Webster's Dictionary

Encyclopedias

Britannica Concise
Encarta

Federal Goverment Information

Department of Energy
FirstGov
GPO Access
Los Alamos National Laboratory
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
National Institutes of Health
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Science.gov
U.S. Government Manual
United States House of Representatives
United States Senate

Federal Libraries

Library of Congress
Los Alamos National Lab - Research Library
National Agricultural Library
National Institutes of Health Library
National Library of Medicine
NOAA Central Library

Maps

Mapquest

Measurement Tools

Common Weights and Measures
Measurement Conversion Calculator

Open Access (Free) Journals and Related Links

arXiv e-Print Archive
BioMed Central
Chemistry Preprint Server (CPS)
Directory of Open Access Journals
FreeFullText.com
HighWire Press
Lists Related to the Open Access Movement

PDA Resources

BlackBerry and Personal Digital Assistant Resources

RSS Aggregators

Amphetadesk
Bloglines
Feedreader

RSS Feed Locators

Newsisfree
Syndic8

Science Search Engines

Google Scholar
Science.gov
Scirus
Windows Live Academic

Streaming Audio and Video

C-SPAN
SpeechBot

Telephone Directories

European Business Directory
Internet 800 Directory
Switchboard

Translation Tools

Babel Fish Translation

Writing and Publishing Tools

NIST Technical Publishing Guide
 
 

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