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Quick Reference
Search Tools
- Alta Vista
excellent search engine, great for finding images
- Google
very popular search engine which emphasizes pages most heavily linked from other pages
- Yahoo
popular web portal featuring a good search engine as well as news, weather, and email
Dictionaries & Encyclopedias
Phone Directories
Maps
More Quick Reference Sources
- AMA Physician Select
from the American Medical Association
- Amazon.com
search book and music titles
- Bartleby.com
includes Familiar Quotations and Columbia Quotations
- Currency Converter
multilingual currency converter for over 164 currencies
- Interactive Library Directory
Library of Michigan's database of Michigan libraries
- Librarians' Internet Index
subject directory of more than 7,000 Internet resources
- Michigan Census Data
from U.S. Census Bureau
- MEL's Full Text Journal List
find out which magazines and journals are available online in a full-text format
- Michigan Electronic Library - MEL
Library of Michigan website, access to premium online products
- NoveList
guide to fiction
- OCLC FirstSearch
reference databases, including WorldCat
- Postal Codes
post office sites from around the world
- Project Vote Smart
find elected representatives using zip code
- Reference USA
information about companies, by type, location, or size
- Sunrise/Sunset
includes astronomical data: moon phases, seasons, and holidays
- Time.gov
displays current time
- Time Zones Around the World
locate times zones by city, state, province, or country
- Traffic & Construction Reports
real time traffic reports for the metro Detroit area from Michigan DOT
- U.S. Census Information
official website of the U.S. Census Bureau
- Weather.com
from the Weather Channel
- World Factbook
information about all countries from the Central Intelligence Agency
- World Timer Server
find current time by country or city
- Zip+4 Code Look-Up
from the U.S. Postal Service
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