Reference Websites
Please see Databases by Subject at the left for subject-specific websites.
Biographies · Country Facts · Dictionaries · Encyclopedias · Maps · Quotations · Statistics
Biographies
Biography.com
This website, developed by the A&E Television Network, includes information about historic figures and modern day celebrities and political figures.
Who2
Short biographies with links to more information. Includes fun lists, such as Celebrities Missing Fingers or Famous Apes.
Country Facts
NationMaster
This site calls itself "a massive central data source … the web’s one-stop resource for country statistics on everything from soldiers to wall plug voltages."
Department of State Background Notes
Government, politics, history and foreign relations.
CIA World Fact Book
Basic overview with statistics and a focus on international issues (illegal drug and human trafficking, current international disputes)
Dictionaries
Merriam-Webster’s
Webster’s Online Dictionary
Visual Dictionary
Encyclopedias
Infoplease
A free encyclopedia from Pearson Education
Maps
Odden’s Bookmarks
This site contains links to hundreds of maps that serve all different purposes. It is useful if you are looking for a very specific kind of map.
Google Maps Distance Calculator
Quotations
Eigen’s Political and Historical Quotations
Quotations at Bartleby.com
Little Oxford Dictionary of Quotations
Statistics
Wolfram Alpha
Easy to look up facts in many different subject areas: geography, science, demographics, dates, socioeconomic data.
U.S. Census
The Census contains all kinds of information on population, professions, incomes, housing, and more.
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