Reference
| Acronym Finder | 100,800 acronyms and abbreviations. |
| American Sign Language Dictionary | Alphabetical list of hand signs. |
| AnyBirthday.com | Find any living person's birthday |
| Blindness Resource Center | Resources, links and information on blindness, Braille, and eye disorders. |
| Calculators On-Line | 11,000+ calculators of anything you can possibly think of. Good luck finding what you're looking for but DEFINITELY worth a try!! |
| Calendar |
Calendar - Quickly look at any calendar month, any year in history. Calendar Zone - Links to calendars of every sort. "Today in History" sites: Library of Congress Those Were the Days InfoPlease The History Channel |
| Census | CensusFinder.com |
| Conversion Tables | Online Conversion MegaConverter |
| Charity | The GiveSpot Hits Against Hunger The Hunger Site |
Free Rice - Vocabulary Builder Game that feeds the hungry as you play
| Currency Converter | |
| Date and Time Gateway | Current Greenwich Mean Time around the world. |
| Dictionaries | PseudoDictionary - slang, colloquialisms OneLook - links to hundreds of dictionaries, including foreign language. |
| Encyclopedias | Encarta Britannica |
| Financial Calculators | Various loan and cost of living calculators. See also PantherNet - Current Financial Information. |
| How Things Work | About.com Marshall Brain's HowStuffWorks |
| How To... |
EHow About.com RepairClinic.com |
| Measure 4 Measure | Calculates or converts EVERYTHING including weights, calendars, financial issues, calories, mileage and more. |
| Parliamentary Procedure | Quick guide to Robert's Rules of Order. |
| Public Records | Search Systems - Searchable public records by state. The Journalists' Toolbox |
| Rhyming Dictionary | Rhymes full word, last syllable, homonyms. |
| Scientific Quotations | Quotes about science and by scientists. |
| Traffic and Air Travel Conditions | Road AAA Travel Report - Michigan Travel Information Lane Closures - Michigan Air Flight Arrivals - and departures and airport conditions Air Traffic Control System Command Center (FAA) Flight Stats |
| Volunteerism | Helping.Org VolunteerMatch VolunteerAmerica Network For Good Various Programs The Foundation for a Better Life |
| Weather | Five day forecasts for U.S. cities and the world. |
| AllExperts.com Protonic.com |
| B.J. Pinchbeck's Homework Helper | Excellent collection by subject. |
| Education Index | Very good collection of sites by subject. |
| Homework Central |
TRY THIS FIRST!!!!!!!!!! |
| Hot Sheet | Links to many different sites grouped by subject. All the sites may not be great, but the list is very, very current. |
| Internet Public Library | HIGHLY recommended! |
| Library Spot | Excellent collection of the best reference collections. |
| MEL - Michigan Electronic Library | Links to various types of references. |
| MicroReference | Good encyclopedia. |
| My Virtual Reference Desk | The mother of all reference sites! A vast compendium including "My Virtual Facts on File," virtual encyclopedia, newspapers from every state in the US and around the world, weather, and more. |
| Reference Desk (Michigan Electronic Library) | Excellent source of links to a variety of helpful sites. |
| Study Web | Links sorted by category and searchable |
| World-Wide Web Virtual Library | Links to hundreds of sites, world-wide, by subject. |
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