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Index of higher education institutions in 196 countries
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Concise edition of the Encyclopedia Britannica
Browser's Dictionary of Foreign Words and Phrases
Dictionary of commonly used foreign words and phrases, with definitions and pronunciation guides
Cambridge
Thesaurus of American English
A concise thesaurus focusing on idioms, verb phrases and slang
CensusScope
A portal to U.S. census data produced by the Social Science Data Analysis
Network at the University of Michigan
CIA World Factbook
Profiles of every country in the world
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Online dictionary and thesaurus search service that indexes several English
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Dictionary of Legal Terms : A Simplified Guide to the Language of Law
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Earth
Resource System
Data on over 2600 U.S. cities
Encyclopedia
of Aging
NetLibrary ebook that covers topics
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Encyclopedia
of Crime & Justice
NetLibrary ebook that covers criminal
behavior, its causes, and societies' responses to it
Encyclopedia
of Library and Information Science
Online encyclopedia with essays
covering a broad array of topics in library and information science
Encyclopedia
of Public Health
NetLibrary ebook that covers topics related to public health
Ethnologue: Languages of the World
A very inclusive collection of
entries containing information on the languages of the world, including
language maps and statistical summaries
Europa World
Online version of the Europa World
Yearbook, covering political and economic information for over 250 countries,
territories and international organizations
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Funk
& Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia
Searchable database that indexes
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Gale
Encyclopedia of Mental Disorders
NetLibrary ebook containing over 400 entries on mental disorders and their treatment
Geo-Data: The World Geographical Encyclopedia
Electronic reference with entries describing the physical geography of every nation and dependency on Earth, featuring physical relief maps and an appendix ranking major features of the Earth (largest river, tallest mountains, deepest oceans, etc.)
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World population statistics and links to world statistical agencies
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U.S. census data from 1790 to 1960, from the University of Virginia Library's
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Online encyclopedia, dictionary, atlas, and almanac
INFOMINE
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International Database
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Demographic and socioeconomic data for 227 countries and world areas
International Who's Who
Includes brief biographical entries on 23,000 eminent contemporary figures from all over the world
Internet Legal Research Group Directory
A categorized index of more than 4000 select web sites in 238 nations, islands, and territories, as well as thousands of locally stored web pages, legal forms, and downloadable files
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Web resources that list or provide access to the full title of journal abbreviations
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Court decisions, the U.S. Code, statutes, international treaties and other
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Librarians' Index to the Internet
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Library of Congress Country
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Offers detailed information on over 100 countries (excludes many Western
countries)
Libweb
Listing of over 7200 web pages from libraries in over 125 countries
Local/Worldwide Library Catalogs
Mapquest
Find street and road maps with driving directions
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View U.S. topographic maps
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Directory of over 19,000 calculators for just about any thing you can imagine
MedlinePlus Health
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National Institutes of Health that includes a medical encyclopedia, dictionary,
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Merck Manuals
Online versions of the popular
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Monster.com
One of the largest national job search web sites. Includes resume help.
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The National Atlas of the United States provides various maps from over
20 federal agencies, as well as an option for creating your own map with
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National Center for Health Statistics
Health statistics compiled by the Federal Government
National Institutes of Health
Health related information, research, and grants from the nation's medical
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NTC's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions
A dictionary of American slang terms and expressions in common use in the 20th century
Occupational Outlook
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Career information by occupation from the U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau
of Labor Statistics
OED Online (Oxford English
Dictionary)
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Oxford English Dictionary, Including over 1/2 million definitions with 2.5
million quotations showing usage changes over time.
ODLIS: Online Dictionary of Library and Information
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Dictionary of terminology used in libraries of all kinds
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Guidelines for citing online materials using APA, CBE, Chicago, and MLA
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Online Conversion.com
Conversion calculators for just about any unit of measure, including length,
temperature, time, clothing size, and much more
Opaui Guide to Lists of Acronyms,
Abbreviations, and Initialisms on the World Wide Web
Subject directory of acronym finding resources available on the Web
Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
Collection of over 50,000 illustrated biographies of important people in the history of the British Isles
Pennsylvania State
Government
Official Web site of the state of Pennsylvania
Perry-Castaneda Library
Map Collection
Large collection of current and historical maps
Peterson's Online
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Architects and Buildings
Searchable database of information on three centuries of Philadelphia buildings
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Philadelphia City Government
Official Web sites including the mayor's office, city council, city services,
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divisions.
Philadelphia City Planning Commission
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Philadelphia Help Wanted
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Searchable database of statistics and descriptions of Philadelphia neighborhoods
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Philly.com (Philadelphia Inquirer)
Gateway to the Philadelphia Inquirer, Philadelphia Daily News, and other
regional information sources
Resource Discovery Network
Directory of internet resources
selected and cataloged by subject experts
Roget's Thesaurus
The classic thesaurus online
Scholarly
Societies Project
Database of information listings with links and contact information for
over 4000 scholarly societies
Scientific American Science Desk reference
Concise ebook reference that provides general factual information about the sciences, arranged by subject with an index
Search Engine Showdown
Guide to web searching that compares and evaluates Internet search engines
from the searcher's perspective
SEPTA
Routes, schedules, travel alerts and a trip planner for SEPTA regional rail,
subway, bus, and trolley lines
Statistical Abstract of the
U.S.
Online version of current and selected past editions of Statistical
Abstract of the U.S., as well as supplemental features and links to
other statistical reference products
Statistical Resources
on the Web
A directory of annotated links to a wide variety of statistical web resources
Telephone
Directories on the Web
Index of over 400 online phone books from over 180 countries
Temple University Computer Labs
Hours and locations for all campus computer labs
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University Computer Services
Web site for Computer and Information Services
Temple
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Contact information for Temple faculty, staff, students and academic departments
Temple University Dissertation Handbook
Manual outlining Temple University's requirements for acceptable dissertations and theses
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Annual student profile, and general facts and figures for Temple
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Maps and Directions for the temple campuses, as well as visitor information
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Schedules for Temple shuttle bus routes
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An alphabetical listing of all Temple University departments, centers, and affiliated organizations that have registered Temple web sites, as well as other authorized Temple web resources
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Handouts, tip sheets, writing guides and Citation
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of Congress
Timeanddate.com
Provides time and date calculations as well as customized calendars
Ulrich's Periodical
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USA Jobs
Official source of U.S. Government job and employment information
U.S. Census Bureau Economic
Programs
U.S. economic statistics from the Census Bureau
U.S. Department of State Background
Notes
A collection of entries that include
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economy, and foreign relations of independent states, some dependencies,
and areas of special sovereignty.
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Includes college & grad school rankings, an e-learning directory, and
financial aid information
Webster's
Third New International Dictionary, Unabridged
Searchable contents of the unabridged
text of America's most authoritative English language dictionary.
Word Spy
A collection of definitions for
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World of Learning
Reference resource with entries and contact information for learned societies, research institutes, libraries, archives, museums, art galleries, universities colleges and people
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