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Reference

Almanacs, Encyclopedias and General Information

EBSCO  
Search for magazines, journal and newspaper articles, many with with full-text. Learn how to use this database more effectively by signing up for the library's free EBSCO computer class.

FACTS.com  
FACTS.com brings together complete content from the Facts On File World News Digest since 1940 and selected content from six other core reference databases to answer questions about events, issues, statistics and people of the last 60+ years. A great database for finding out what happened on a specific date in the past (such as your birthday!).

World Book Online   
A searchable online version of the World Book Encyclopedia, including articles, pictures, video, audio, an atlas, a dictionary, and daily and monthly special features. Also includes parent, teacher, and student resources, and articles focusing on headline news.

Bartleby.com  

Multiple reference sources including encyclopedias, dictionaries, quotations, language and writing sources.

Columbia Encyclopedia

An online version that is searchable and browseable.

FastFacts  

Contains links to almanacs, factbooks, statistical reports and other reference tools.

Information Please Almanac  
Search or browse numerous topical almanacs.

Old Farmer's Almanac  

Venerable source of such subjects as astronomy, food, gardening, weather and more...

World Factbook 
Online version of a CIA publication, provides detailed information on each country of the world.

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Bibliographies/Citation style Guides

APA, MLA, Turabian,& Chicago Citation Styles (Long Island Univ.)

Citation guidelines for research papers.

Cambridge Rindge and Latin School Research Guide 

Guide for starting a research paper. Includes the "big six" steps to research.

Citing Sources from Duke University Libraries  
Examples using the 4 most common citation styles.

Concordia University Libraries Citation Styles Guides 
Models for MLA, APA, and other citation styles.

Sources: their Use and Acknowledgement  (Dartmouth)
Examples from MLA, APA, Turabian, and Chicago styles.

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Currency

Currency Converter - Yahoo! Finance  

View exchange rates for top currencies and convert currencies from over 100 countries.

XE.com Universal Currency Converter  
Convert currencies using current rates.

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Dictionaries, Thesauri, etc.

Acronym Finder  
Defines over 500,000 acronyms, abbreviations and initialisms.

Dictionary.com  
Online dictionary & thesaurus. Includes foreign language tools.

MerriamWebsterOnline  

Online dictionary and thesaurus.

Online Slang Dictionary  

A dictionary of American slang.

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Foreign Language Links

Babel Fish Translation (AltaVista)  

Translate a block of text or a web page to and from over ten languages.

CNN en Espanol  
News from CNN in Spanish

Google Language Tools  

Translate a block of text or a web page to and from over ten languages.  You can also find websites written in your choice of over 30 languages or located in your choice of over 30 countries.

Resources for English as a Second Language (ESL) 

UsingEnglish.com provides such resources for ESL as tests, English language reference (idioms, irregular verbs, etc.), discussion forums and more...

YAHOO en Español  
Spanish version of Yahoo subject directory and search engine.

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Law

        General Law

Findlaw  
A comprehensive legal site with resources arranged by subject. Includes easy access to U.S. Supreme Court Opinions and the U.S. Code.

Martindale-Hubbell Lawyer Locator  
Locate a lawyer by location, firm, or area of practice.

NOLO  
Free legal information, as well as a law store.

State Legal Sources on the Web (University of Michigan)  

Find codes, bills, laws, etc. for every state.

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       New Hampshire Law

NH Family Law & Divorce Law   

A resource on divorce and family law for non-lawyers. Provides information on child custody and support, visitation law, divorce and more...

NH Legal Advice & Referral Center (LARC)   

A private, nonprofit law firm that provides free legal services to eligible low-income people anywhere in New Hampshire.

NH Revised Statutes Online   
Searchable full-text of New Hampshire statutes

NH Public Defender  

Provides information about the Public Defender Office in New Hampshire.

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Libraries/Library Catalogs

WorldCat (available in library only)  
OCLC catalog of books, web resources, and other material worldwide. Most are not held by Nashua Public Library, but many can be obtained through Inter-Library Loan (see or contact the Reference Desk). .

Directory of NH Libraries  
List by the NH State Library containing contact information & online catalogs for NH libraries.

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Maps & Driving Directions

Mapquest  
Printable directions from point A to point B, with maps.

Yahoo Maps  
Find a map or driving directions.

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Nashua and New Hampshire Websites

City of Nashua  
Official website of the City of Nashua, NH.

State of New Hampshire   

Provides a multitude of information about New Hampshire.

Webster: New Hampshire State Government Online  
Includes information on towns, schools, business, government, and a NH Almanac.

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Quotations

Bartelby.com   
Find quotation sources through keyword searches of reference works, poetry, & literature.

Dictionary of Quotations  

"Famous and inspiring" quotations organized by subject and author.

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Science

Science.gov  
A gateway to science information provided by U.S. Government agencies. Search by subject or keyword.

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Search Engines, Subject Directories and Metasearch Engines

Search Engines  (Search for information by keyword)

All the Web  

AltaVista  

Ask.com  (formerly Ask Jeeves)   
Allows searching using natural language questions.


Excite!  

Google  
A favorite, giving quick, accurate results. 

Yahoo  

Subject Directories  (Find information by topic)

About.com   

Librarian's Index to the Internet   

"Websites you can trust", selected and reviewed by librarians.

Infomine   (University of California Irvine)     

Scholarly internet resource collections.

LookSmart  

iTools!  

Yahoo  

MetaSearch Engines (Find information from multiple search engines)

Dogpile  

MetaCrawler   

Vivisimo  

View your results in clusters by topic.

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Social Sciences

CountryWatch  
A current and comprehensive source of socio-demographic, cultural, historical, economic, political, environmental and corporate information, along with news, analysis, maps, data and statistics on all of the 192 countries of the world.

Greenwood Daily Life Online  
A rich, authoritative database covering the history of daily life throughout history and across many cultures throughout the world. Organized by time period, region and topic, Daily Life Online combines information from numerous reference works, monographs, and primary documents and is a great resource for students from middle school all the way through college.

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Telephone Directories

Reference USA 
Directory of U.S. business information (including contact names and estimated sales), residential telephone numbers and addresses, and U.S. and Canadian high-tech companies (CorpTech).

AnyWho  
Free telephone directory with white pages, yellow pages, toll-free numbers, and reverse lookups.

Infobel  
Free telephone directory with white pages, yellow pages, and reverse searching.

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Time and Weather

Time.gov  

Find the official U.S.. time in any of the U.S. time zones.

Weather.com  

Obtain detailed forecasts by zip code.

Zip Codes

U.S. Postal Service Zip Code Lookup

Search by address, city, company or zip code.

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