Quick Reference

Abbreviations & Acronyms

Acronym Finder
http://www.acronymfinder.com/

The World Factbook: Abbreviations
https://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/index.html

United States Post Office: Abbreviations
http://www.usps.com/ncsc/lookups/usps_abbreviations.html

Almanacs

50states.com: States and Capitals
http://www.50states.com/

Answers.com
http://www.answers.com/

CIA: The World Factbook
https://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/index.html

Guinness World Records
http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/

Information Please Almanac
http://www.infoplease.com/almanacs.html

Old Farmer's Almanace
http://www.almanac.com/

Arizona

Arizona @ Your Service (State Of Arizona)
http://az.gov/webapp/portal/

Arizona Department of Health Services
http://www.azdhs.gov/

Arizona Facts and Figures
http://www.lib.az.us/links/factsAZ.cfm

Arizona Revised Statutes
http://www.azleg.state.az.us/ArizonaRevisedStatutes.asp

Arizona State Legislature
http://www.azleg.state.az.us/MemberRoster.asp

State of Arizona Directory
http://azdirect.state.az.us/

U.S. Census Bureau: Arizona QuickFacts
http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/04000.html

• A more extensive list of resources is available from the Arizona State and Local Resources page.

Biography

The Biography Channel
http://www.biography.com/

Biograpical Directory of the United States Congress (1774- )
http://bioguide.congress.gov/biosearch/biosearch.asp

InfoPlease: Biography
http://www.infoplease.com/people.html

Omnibiography.com
http://www.omnibiography.com/

PBS: History: Biographies
http://www.pbs.org/history/history_biographies.html

The Presidents of The United States
http://www.whitehouse.gov/history/presidents/

Book Reviews

Bookreporter.com
http://www.bookreporter.com/

BookWire Reviews
http://www.bowker.com/bookwire/reviews.asp

The Boston Globe: Books
http://www.boston.com/ae/books/

Chicago Tribune: Books
http://www.chicagotribune.com/features/booksmags/

New York Times: Books
http://www.nytimes.com/pages/books/

Washington Post: Book World
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/print/bookworld/

• A more extensive list of resources is available from the Finding Book Reviews page.

Calculators & Currency Convertors

EasyCalculation.com
http://www.easycalculation.com/

Foreign Exchange Rates
http://www.ny.frb.org/markets/fxrates/noon.cfm

Online Conversion
http://www.onlineconversion.com/

The Inflation Calculator
http://www.westegg.com/inflation/

Careers / Occupations

Bureau of Labor Statistics
http://www.bls.gov/

Career Voyages
http://www.careervoyages.gov/

CareerOneStop
http://www.careeronestop.org/

Occupational Outlook Handbook
http://www.bls.gov/oco/

U.S. Department of State Careers
http://www.careers.state.gov/

Census Data

American FactFinder
http://factfinder.census.gov/home/saff/main.html?_lang=en

CensusScope
http://www.censusscope.org/

Population Reference Bureau
http://www.prb.org/

State and Metropolitan Area Data Book 1997-98
http://www.census.gov/statab/www/smadb.html

U.S. Census Bureau
http://www.census.gov/

U.S. Census: Subjects Index
http://www.census.gov/main/www/subjects.html

Citation Style Guides

APA Style (American Psychological Association)
http://apastyle.apa.org/

Chicago/Turabian Style
http://www.chicagomanualofstyle.org/tools.html

MLA Style (Modern Language Association)
http://www.mla.org/style_faq

Citing Government Documents
http://www.lib.umich.edu/govdocs/cite.html

• For examples of quick guides for APA and MLA (prepared by Fletcher staff) see the Citation Style Manuals page.

Cities & States

50states.com
http://www.50states.com/

America the Beautiful
http://atb.grolier.com/

American FactFinder
http://factfinder.census.gov/home/saff/main.html?_lang=en

National Association of Counties: Site Map
http://www.naco.org/Template.cfm?Section=Site_Map

State and Local Government on the Net
http://www.statelocalgov.net/

Stateline.org
http://www.stateline.org/

StateMaster
http://www.statemaster.com/index.php

Colleges & Universities

American Association of State Colleges and Universities
http://www.aascu.org/

Association of American Colleges and Universities
http://www.aacu.org/

CollegeSource Online
http://www.collegesource.org/

Community College Directory
http://www.community-college.org/

Thomson Peterson's: College and Graduate School
http://www.petersons.com/

U.S. Universities By State
http://www.utexas.edu/world/univ/state/

Consumer Information

Arizona Attorney General: Consumer Issues
http://www.azag.gov/consumer/

Better Business Bureau
http://www.bbb.org/

Consumer Action Handbook
http://www.consumeraction.gov/

FirstGov for Consumers
http://www.consumer.gov/

Federal Trade Commission: Consumer Information
http://www.ftc.gov/ftc/consumer.htm

Phoenix Better Business Bureau
http://www.phoenix.bbb.org/

Controversial Issues

American Civil Liberties Union
http://www.aclu.org/

Historic Supreme Court Decisions
http://supct.law.cornell.edu/supct/cases/topic.htm

Moving Ideas Network
http://www.movingideas.org/

ProCon.org
http://www.procon.org/

Copyright, Patents & Trademarks

Copyright & Fair Use
http://fairuse.stanford.edu/

Copyright Clearance Center
http://www.copyright.com/

Scholarly Communication - Copyright, IP, and Anti-Trust
http://www.asu.edu/lib/scholcomm/copyright.htm

U.S. Code: Copyright
http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/html/uscode17/usc_sup_01_17.html

U.S. Copyright Office
http://www.copyright.gov/

U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
http://www.uspto.gov/main/profiles/acadres.htm

Country Data: Foreign

CIA The World Factbook
https://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/index.html

EUROPA: European Union Member States
http://europa.eu.int/idabc/en/document/4370/254

NationMaster - Countries
http://www.nationmaster/countries

The United Nations
http://www.un.org/english/

U.S. Census Bureau: Statistical Agencies (International)
http://www.census.gov/main/www/stat_int.html

U.S. Department of State: Country Pages
http://www.state.gov/misc/list/

• A more extensive list of resources is available from the Foreign and International Government Information page.

Dictionaries & Encyclopedias

AskOxford.com
http://www.askoxford.com/

Cambridge Dictionaries Online
http://dictionary.cambridge.org/

Encyclopaedia Britannica
http://www.britannica.com/

Infoplease: Dictionary
http://dictionary.infoplease.com/

Merriam-Webster Online
http://www.merriam-webster.com/

Oxford English Dictionary
http://dictionary.oed.com/

Graduate Schools

GradSchools.com
http://www.gradschools.com/

Graduate Guide
http://www.graduateguide.com/

Graduate Record Examinations (GRE)
http://www.gre.com/

Peterson's: Grad School
http://www.petersons.com/graduate_home.asp?path=gr.home

The Princeton Review: Grad Schools & Careers
http://princetonreview.com/grad/

USNews.com: America's Best Graduate Schools
http://grad-schools.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/grad

Grants

ASU Research and Economic Affairs
http://ovprea.asu.edu/

Community of Science Funding Opportunities
http://fundingopps2.cos.com/

Foundation Finder
http://lnp.foundationcenter.org/finder.html

Grants.gov
http://grants.gov/

Just Grants! Arizona
http://www.azgrants.com/home.cfm

Researcher Support: ASU
http://ovprea.asu.edu/expertise.shtml

Health

Center for Disease Control and Prevention: A-Z Topics Index
http://www.cdc.gov/az/a.html

FirstGov for Consumers: Health
http://www.consumer.gov/health.htm

Healthfinder
http://www.healthfinder.gov/

MedlinePlus
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/

National Institutes of Health: Health Information
http://health.nih.gov/

State Health Facts
http://www.statehealthfacts.org/profile.jsp

Images & Photographs

Art Museums Worldwide
http://www.artcyclopedia.com/museums.html

The Library of Congress: American Memory
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/

The Museum of Modern Art: Online Collection
http://www.moma.org/collection/search.php

National Gallery of Art
http://www.nga.gov/index.shtm

The New York Public Library: Digital Library
http://www.nypl.org/digital/

Smithsonian Images
http://smithsonianimages.si.edu/

• A more extensive list of resources is available from the Photos & Digital Images page.

Law & Legislation

FindLaw
http://www.findlaw.com/

GPO Access: The Congressional Record
http://www.gpoaccess.gov/crecord/

GPO Access: The Federal Register
http://www.gpoaccess.gov/fr/

The Library of Congress: THOMAS
http://thomas.loc.gov/

Legal Information Institute
http://www.law.cornell.edu/

Supreme Court of the United States
http://www.supremecourtus.gov/

Libraries: Arizona

Arizona Health Sciences Library
http://www.ahsl.arizona.edu/

Arizona State Library, Archives and Public Records
http://www.lib.az.us/

Glendale Public Library
http://www.glendaleaz.com/Library/

Northern Arizona University: Cline Library
http://www.nau.edu/~cline/

Phoenix Public Library
http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/

The University of Arizona Library
http://www.library.arizona.edu/

• A more extensive list of resources is available from the Other Libraries: Homepages and Catalogs page.

Libraries: U.S.

The Library of Congress
http://www.loc.gov/

National Archives and Records Administration
http://www.archives.gov/

National Library of Medicine
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/

National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped
http://www.loc.gov/nls/

Presidential Libraries
http://www.whitehouse.gov/history/liblinks.html

Smithsonian Institution Libraries
http://www.sil.si.edu/

Maps & Atlases

NationMaster-Maps
http://maps.nationmaster.com

FirstGov.gov - Maps
http://www.usa.gov/Topics/Maps.shtml

Google Maps
http://maps.google.com/

Map Quest
http://www.mapquest.com

National Atlas
http://nationalatlas.gov/

Perry-Castaneda Library - Map Collection
http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/

News

azcentral.com
http://www.azcentral.com/

refdesk.com: Features
http://refdesk.com/features.html#news

TotalNews
http://www.totalnews.com/

World-Newspapers.com
http://www.npr.org/

Yahoo! College & University Newspapers
From the Yahoo! Directory

On This Date

American Memory: Today In History
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/today/today.html

BBC: On This Day
http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/

Digital History: Day by Day
http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/daybyday/daybyday_menu.cfm

The History Channel: This Day In History
http://www.history.com/

Infoplease: This Day In History
http://www.infoplease.com/dayinhistory

This Day In Music
http://www.thisdayinmusic.com/

Phone Numbers & Zip Codes

AnyWho
http://www.anywho.com/

Reverse Phone Lookup
http://phonenumbers.addresses.com/

Switchboard
http://www.switchboard.com/

ZIP Code Lookup
http://zip4.usps.com/zip4/welcome.jsp

Politics

Congressional Quarterly
http://www.cq.com/

FactCheck.org
http://www.factcheck.org/

The Institute on Money in State Politics
http://www.followthemoney.org/

Opensecrets.org
http://www.opensecrets.org/

Project Vote Smart
http://www.votesmart.org/index.htm

Roll Call
http://www.rollcall.com/

Public Opinion Polls

American Association For Public Opinion Research
http://www.aapor.org/

The Gallup Poll
http://www.gallup.com/Default.aspx

The Pew Research Center For The People And The Press
http://people-press.org/

PollingReport.com
http://www.pollingreport.com/

Public Agenda
http://www.publicagenda.org/

Roper Center for Public Opinion Research
http://www.ropercenter.uconn.edu/

Quotations

AskOxford: Quotations
http://www.askoxford.com/worldofwords/quotations/?view=uk

Bartlett's Familiar Quotations

BrainyQuote
http://www.brainyquote.com/

Internet Movie Database: Quotes
http://us.imdb.com/Search/quotes

QuoteDB
http://www.quotedb.com/

QuoteGeek
http://www.quotegeek.com/

Scholarships & Financial Aid

FinAid!
http://www.finaid.org/

Scholarships, Financial Aid & Colleges
http://www.fastweb.com/

Scholarships.com
http://www.scholarships.com/

Student Aid on the Web
http://studentaid.ed.gov/

Statistics

American FactFinder
http://factfinder.census.gov/home/saff/main.html?_lang=en

Bureau of Justice Statistics
http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/

Bureau of Labor Statistics
http://www.bls.gov/

The Federal Reserve Board: Statistics
https://www.federalreserve.gov/releases/

FedStats
http://www.fedstats.gov/

National Center For Education Statistics
http://nces.ed.gov/

National Center for Health Statistics
http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/

Statistical Abstract of the United States
http://www.census.gov/compendia/statab/

Uniform Crime Reports
http://www.fbi.gov/ucr/ucr.htm

NationMaster - Statistics  
http://www.nationmaster.com/statistics

Taxes

Arizona Department of Revenue
http://www.revenue.state.az.us/

Arizona Tax Forms
http://www.revenue.state.az.us/Forms/formsmenu.asp

AZTaxes.gov
https://www.aztaxes.gov/

Federation of Tax Administrators: State Tax Forms
http://www.taxadmin.org/fta/link/forms.html

IRS: Forms and Instructions
http://www.irs.gov/formspubs/lists/0,,id=97817,00.html

Internal Revenue Service: IRS
http://www.irs.gov/

United States Government

FedWorld.gov
http://www.fedworld.gov/

GPO Access: U.S. Government Printing Office
http://www.gpoaccess.gov/

United States House of Representatives
http://www.house.gov/

United States Senate
http://www.senate.gov/

U.S. Courts
http://www.uscourts.gov/

The White House
http://www.whitehouse.gov/

• A more extensive list of resources is available from the U.S. Government Sites page.

Weights & Measures

General Tables of Units of Measurement
http://ts.nist.gov/ts/htdocs/230/235/h4402/appenc.pdf

Infoplease: Weights & Measures
http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0001657.html

MegaConverter2
http://www.megaconverter.com/mega2/

Weights & Measures: Measurement Conversion
http://azdwm.gov/CONSUMERS/ConversionTables/tabid/105/Default.aspx