OUR VIRTUAL REFERENCESHELF
Online references news researchers use and like
Associations
Biographies
Government
- Federal Web Locator-- One-stop shopping for federal government information
from the Villanova Center for Information Law and Policy.
- Government Documents in the News -- An archive of documents, many of them from official government sources, like the new air bag regulations, FBI crime lab investigation and the Liggett court settlement. Goes back to 1995.
- United States Government Manual -- The official government handbook; searchable.
Maps/gazetteers
- Interactive Florida County Atlas -- Click on a county on a map of Florida to find out about the area's history, geography, economy, etc. Published by Florida State University.
- MapQuest -- Interactive street atlas.
- Maps (Yahoo) -- Find any street address, or search by city, state, cross streets.
- U.S. Gazetteer -- Search by name, state or ZIP.
Phone directories
- 555-1212.com -- Look up an area code by typing in a city name, or find out what area's attached to a particular area code.
- BigBook Directory -- Calling their service a "whole new kind of Yellow Pages," this company provides addresses, phone numbers and descriptions for 11-million U.S. businesses.
- Canada 411 -- 10-million business and personal listings.
Transportation
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Last Modified: April 21, 1997