Quick Answers:
Links to Internet Resources

Dictionaries & Thesauri

• Dunhaime Law Dictionary
• Foreign Language Dictionaries
• Everyone's Legal Dictionary
• Medicine Links Medical Dictionary
• Meriam Webster Dictionary and Thesaurus
• One Look Dictionaries
• Online Medical Dictionary
• Roget's Internet Thesaurus
• Acronym Finder. See also Medical Acronyms
• Dictionary of Wisconsin History

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Encyclopedias & Almanacs

• Columbia Encyclopedia
• Encyclopedia.com
• Funk & Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia
• Information Please Almanac
• Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia

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People & Places

• AnyWho (AT&T)
• Bigfoot
• Map Sites
• MAPQUEST
• Encyberpedia Cyberaddress
• Who Where Phone Numbers
• Biography Online: 25,000 profiles
• International Salary Calculator: Compare standard of living and salary information in hundreds of US and international cities
• CIA World Fact Book
• Portals to the World: Links to electronic resources about most nations selected by Library of Congress subject experts.
• Map Collection: Library of Congress(1544-1996). 
• Zip Code Search
• Weather Channel
• Search the Internet with this list of search engines

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Information Ethics

• Top 12 Ways to Protect Your Online Privacy (Electronic Frontier Foundation)
• The Web and Privacy Issues (Wisconsin DPI)
• The Center for Academic Integrity
• Urban Legends
• U.S. Copyright Office
• Copyright Management Center from Purdue University
• LII: Legal Information Institute

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Statistics

• Bureau of Justice Statistics: This site has a Sourcebook of Criminal Offender Statistics
• Bureau of Labor Statistics:See also U.S. Economy at a Glance
• Economagic: Lists 100,000 economic tables largely from government sources.
• Gallup: Recent public opinion polls.
• Historical Census Data Browser: Population and economy of U.S. states and counties 1790-1960.
• International Statistical Agencies
• National Center for Education Statistics
• Polling Report: Recent public opinion polls.
• Population Reference Bureau
• Statistical Abstracts of the United States
• Statistical Resources on the Web
• Sourcebook of Criminal Justice Statistics
• United States Census Bureau
• U.S. State Fact Sheets: Includes population, employment, income, farm characteristics, and farm financial indicators.
• Wisconsin Health Statistics: Population estimates, birth, death, marriage, divorce statistics, and a variety of health statistics.

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Legal Information

• FindLaw: Comprehensive legal information that includes opinions, codes, international, federal and state law, news.
• Nolo.com: Everyday legal information explained.
• Martindale-Hubbel:Legal directory.
• LII: Legal Information Institute
• Patents: Search, retrieve and study patents from 1971 to the present from the IBM Patent Server. See also US Patent Office.
• Thomas: Legislative Information on the Internet.  See also Congressional Record
• United States Code
• United States Constitution
• United States Federal Courts Finder 
• Wisconsin State Law Library

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Government Sites

• Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1774 to present
• Central Intelligence Agency: Up-to-date information about countries can be found under Publications in the World Fact Books.
• Fed Forms: Various Federal forms most used by the public.
• Fed world
• FirstGov
• GovEngine.com
• Government Periodicals on the Web
• GrayLit Network: Allows searching of technical reports from several different U.S. government agencies, including the Department of Defense, Department of Energy, NASA and the Environmental Protection Agency.
• House of Representatives: Includes directory information and each representative's voting record.  
• Library of Congress  
• National Park Service: Information on specific parks and a guided tour of national parks.
• Search Systems: Public record locators.
• Senate: Includes directory information and each Senator's voting record.
• Social Security Administration 
• Students.gov
• Tax Forms: State and Federal
• United States Government Manual 
• United States Government Printing Office: Provides access to U.S. Government publications.
• White House: Includes a virtual library of Presidential documents.

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