MASSENA PUBLIC LIBRARY
REFERENCE RESOURCE LINKS
BARTLETT'S FAMILIAR QUOTATIONS: Passages, Phrases and Proverbs traced to their
sources.
BUTTERFLIES ON THE WEB:
CONVERT IT: Simple, easy-to-use interface for figuring out how many feet are in a
meter, the Celsius equivalent for degrees Fahrenheit, and just about every other
metric conversion that you can think of.
DICTIONARY OF UNITS: A Dictionary of Units of Measurement
Written by: Russ Rowlett, Director,Center for Mathematics and Science Education
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
eHOW: Step-by-step tips on just about everything at this comprehensive site including
computer help.
The ELEMENTS OF STYLE: The Bible of correct grammar and usage. Also includes the
following: Words and expressions commonly misused AND Words commonly
misspelled.
ENVIRONMENTAL SCORECARD: Scorecard is an environmental information service
provided by the environmental defense fund. Search the site or simply type in the
zip code for the area you would like to view.
ALL ABOUT EXPLORERS: Explorers of the land, ideas, sky, and art.
FLAG ETIQUETTE:
HOW STUFF WORKS: Have you ever wondered how something works? Do you want to
know all about chocolate? What makes the inside of your refridgerator cold? This
site has many categories to choose from.
INFORMATION PLEASE ALMANAC:
INTERNET PUBLIC LIBRARY:
LANGUAGE HELP: This well organized language dictionary site includes an index of
online dictionaries, where each index entry is a link to one or more on line dictionaries
in that language. This site resides at Bucknell University.
LIBRARY SPOT: This site features a wealth of reference resources. Virtually everything
you want or need to know.
LITERATURE.ORG: Free classic literature that you can access for free. Great fiction for
free by authors like Lewis Carroll, The Bronte sisters, Jack London, Mark Twain,
Charles Dickens and many others.
MAP QUEST: City maps of the United States. Zoom in on sections or the street of a
particular town or city or even the street.
MAPS OF THE WORLD: The Perry-Castaneda Map Collection at the University of Texas
in Austin has a collection of more than 200,000 maps, many of which were created by
government agencies like the CIA. The Current Interest section helps you keep up
with the geography of areas in the news, and there are collections of topical maps
that cover the demographics of different parts of the world. Due to the quality, maps
are quite slow but worth the wait.
MIRRIAM-WEBSTER ONLINE: Searchable Dictionary & Thesaurus. Also contains language
information, bookstore, slang, word-for-the-day.
PATENTS: Free Patents Online. Information on Patent Applications. Search for Patents.
PATENTS: SumoBrain features full-text cross-collection searching of US & EP patents and applications
RESEARCH-IT! Vast resources including dictionaries, thesaurus, language translator,
French conjugator, acronyms, biographies, religion, quotations, maps, telephone
directory, 800 numbers, currency converter, stock market, zip codes, geography
and much more.
UNITED STATES VITAL RECORDS: Find out where to obtain vital records information for
each state.
VIRTUAL ENCYCLOPEDIA: Search just about any topic including but not limited to:
Automotive, Education, Geography, US Government, History, Magazines, Military,
Politics, Science, and Weather.
VIRTUAL REFERENCE DESK: One of the best reference resources on the web. Includes
news, sports scores, stock quotes, maps, people search, yellow pages, dictionary,
thesaurus, encyclopedia, search engines, homework helper, calendars, comic strips,
and many more options too numerous to list. FAST FACT section has a multitude of
information for virtually everything, including the Old Farmer's Almanac, Maps,
Top Physicians, etc.
RESEARCH TOPICS of INTERESTS FOR ALL AGES
AMERICAN HISTORY: Covers American History beginning with the Colonial Period.
ANCIENT WORLD CULTURES: Exploring Ancient World Cultures is an intro to ancient
cultures and is written by a university professor. Includes: Near East, India, Egypt,
China, Greece, the Roman Empire, the Islamic World, and Medieval Europe.
BUTTERFLY WEBSITE: Has a great picture gallery of butterflies.
CIVIL WAR: Civil War related Web Links Index.
EARTHQUAKES: USGS National Earthquake Information Center: Features earthquakes
worldwide
INSECTS IN 3-D
THE NINE PLANETS: Multimedia Tour.
RAIN FORESTS:
SOLAR SYSTEM: Views of the Solar System.
SOLAR SYSTEM DYNAMICS: This NASA site is maintained by the Solar System Dynamics
Group of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory.
TITANIC: The Grave of the Titanic
TITANIC: RMS TITANIC, Inc... the story told
TITANIC: The official Titanic site by Paramount Pictures and Twentieth Century Fox
VOLCANO WORLD: A great source of volcano information from around the world (past and present)