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Dictionaries and Thesauri 

• Oxford English Dictionary 
• Meriam Webster Dictionary and Thesaurus 
• Dunhaime Law Dictionary 
• Everyone's Legal Dictionary 
• Medicine Links Medical Dictionary 
• One Look Dictionaries 
• Online Medical Dictionary 
• Acronym Finder.                 
• Dictionary of Wisconsin History 

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Encyclopedias and Almanacs 

• Oxford Reference Online 
• Encyclopedia.com 
• Information Please Almanac 
• Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia 

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People and Places 

• AnyWho (AT&T) 
• Encyberpedia Cyberaddress 
• Who Where Phone Numbers 
• Biography Online: 25,000 profiles
• 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). 
• Map Sites (Univ. of Texas index to maps)
• Zip Code Search 
• Weather Channel 
• Search the Internet with this list of search engines 

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Information Ethics 

• Electronic frontier foundation  
• Electronic Privacy Information Center emerging civil liberties issues:  privacy, the First Amendment, and constitutional values.
• The Center for Academic Integrity Urban Legends 

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Statistics 

• Bureau of Justice 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 
• 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 Environmental Public Health Tracking 
• 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 
• US Patent Office.  See also Patents from the IBM Patent Servicer, 1971-present.  
• 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 
• Government Periodicals on the Web 
• GrayLit Network:   Search for "Information produced on all levels of government, academics, business and industry in noncommercial  electronic and print formats.
• 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 
• TOXNET: Toxicology Data Network 
• United States Government Manual 
• White House: Includes a virtual library of Presidential documents.

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