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Last Updated: May 11, 2012
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Additional Area Libraries
Find additional places to study around the area
Maps
- CIA World FactBook
- Google Maps
- Harvard Geospatial Library
- Mapping the Measure of America
- Maps in the News
- MLA - Language Map
- National Atlas of the U.S.
- National Geographic Maps
- U.S. Census Bureau--Gazeteer
- United Nations Cartographic Section
- Wisconsin Statistics - Facts About Wisconsin
- World Digital Library
- Your Food Environment Atlas
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Research Guides & Online Research Help
Sites for Finding Good Web Resources
- DMOZ - Open Directory Project
- Internet Public Library 2 (IPL2)
- Internet Scout Use search for best results.
- New York Public Library - Best of the Web
Facts & Dictionaries on the Web
- Texting Dictionary - WebopediaGet some help with texting shortcuts
- Factcheck.org
- Internet Picture Dictionary
- Lexicool - Online Multilanguage Dictionaries
- Merriam-Webster Dictionary & Thesaurus
- Oxford Dictionaries OnlineThis is the very basic, free version.
- RefDesk.com
- Snopes.com
- Visual Dictionary from Merriam-Webster
- Wiktionary
Free Online Reference
- Acronym Finder - Abbreviations and Acronym Dictionary
- Documentary Heaven
- Encyclopedia Smithsonian
- Find That File
- Glossary: Hacks/Hackers Survival Guide
- Google Translate
- How Stuff Works
- MOVIECLIPS.com
- NetLingo
- Online Conversion -
- Pro / Con . org
- Quizlet
- QuoteWorld
- SnagFilms
- The Global Language Monitor
- Yahoo - BabelFish - Free Translation
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Reference Databases
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Local Resources
- Wisconsin Newspapers from BadgerLinkWisconsin Newspapers Digital Research Site is a service of the Wisconsin Newspaper Association. It provides access to the daily and weekly newspapers in Wisconsin, starting in 2005 to the present, with an embargo delay of 60 days.
- Isthmus MadisonDane County's weekly 'alternative' press.
- Capital NewspapersCapital Newspapers is a publishing company based in Madison, Wisconsin and owned equally by Lee Enterprises, parent company of the Wisconsin State Journal, and The Capital Times Company.
- Newspapers - Research GuideGuide to more local and historical newspapers.
Statistical Information
- American Factfinder (U.S. Census)
- Census of Population & Housing 1790-Present
- Statistical Abstract of the United States
- Historical Statistical Abstracts
- Bureau of Labor Statistics
- CIA World Fact Book
- CountryWatch
- EPodunk
- Facts About Wisconsin - Statistics from Wisconsin.gov
- FedStats
- International Statistical Agencies
- Mapping the Measure of America
- Metro Trends
- The Pew Research Center - Topics
- Vanderbilt University's Guide to Government Stats
- World Bank: Open Data
- University of Virginia Historical Census Browser
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