Landman Library - Arcadia University

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.