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    REFERENCE TOOLS
    • Internal Revenue Service
      This site provides online information about downloadable tax forms and publications.
    • Biographical Dictionary of Science, Technology and Medicine
    • Bartlett's Familiar Quotations. 1901 Version
    • Webster's Dictionary
      This site provides a hypertext interface that accesses various Webster's dictionary services on the Internet.
    • Biography.com
      Searchable database containing 15,000 of the greatest names, past and present.
    • United Nations Currency Exchange Rates
      Current information on exchange rates around the world.
    • Yahoo Finance Currency Converter
    • International Legal Dictionary
    • Strunk's Elements of Style. 1918 ed.
    • Flags of All Countries
    • The Nobel Prize Internet Archive
    • Standard Industrial & Occupational Classification Codes
      Occupational Safety and Health Administration, US Department of Labor
    • U.S. State Department Travel Advisories
    • U.S. Gazetteer
    • United States Postal Service Zip Codes
    • The LOGOS Dictionary
      An interactive language translation database with over five million entries. The user may enter single words or phrases. Site is enhanced with audio capabilities.
    • French - English Dictionary

      Both English to French and French to English dictionaries are available
    • The Old Farmer's Almanac
    • AT&T Toll Free Internet Directory
    • Ameritech Internet Yellow Pages

      Nice user friendly site. Provides a categorical interface to facilitate your search.
    • Consumer Information Center
      http://www.pueblo.gsa.gov
    • County and City Data Book
      http://www.census.gov/stat_abstract/ccdb.html
    • Country Reports on Human Rights Practices
      http://www.usis.usemb.se:80/human/index.htm
      This site is being maintained by the United States Department of State.
    • Guide to Federal Records in the National Archives of the United States
      http://gopher.nara.gov:70/1/inform/guide
    • Government Printing Office Home Page
      http://www.access.gpo.gov/su_docs/index.html
      Site provides free and full text access to electronic government information products. Federal Register, Congressional Bills, Budget, FDA, EEOC, Federal Labor Relations and much more.