Resources

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Dictionaries – English Language

DICT Online (English/8 Dictionaries)
http://www.dict.org/bin/Dict

Merriam Webster
http://www.m-w.com/netdict.htm

Dictionary
http://dictionary.reference.com

The Word Spy (new words)
http://www.wordspy.com

People

Ancestry.com
http://www.ancestry.com

Biographical Dictionary
http://www.s9.com/biography/

Who2?
http://www.who2.com

Facts

CIA – The World Factbook 2002
http://www.odci.gov/cia/publications/factbook/index.html

Encyclopedia.com
http://encyclopedia.com

Information Please
http://www.infoplease.com

Project Wombat
Project Wombat is a free, e-mail discussion list for difficult reference questions. Project Wombat continues the many fine traditions started by the Stumpers list once offered by Dominican University with some helpful new options.
http://project-wombat.org

Currency Converters

Oanda
http://www.oanda.com/convert/classic

xe.com
http://www.xe.com/ucc/

Stocks and Corporate Information

Hoover’s Online
http://www.hoovers.com/free/

A searchable database of company profiles and corporate information.

Corporate Information
http://www.corporateinformation.com
A great resource for national and international corporate research information (100,000 company profiles worldwide). U.S. News & World Report agrees: “Good starting point to find corporate information from around the world.”

European Governments on the WWW
http://www.gksoft.com/govt/en/europa.html
links to all official European government sites. Unlike other directories, this site tells you the number of pages at each site, and when it was last updated.

Quote.com: Stocks & News
http://finance.lycos.com

Maps

United States

Color Landform Atlas of the United States
http://fermi.jhuapl.edu/states/states.html

U.S. Census Bureau
http://www.census.gov/cgi-bin/gazetteer

Zoomable U.S. Map with Overlays
http://tiger.census.gov/cgi-bin/mapsurfer?lon=96&lat=37&wid=50&ht=24.1

U.S. Streets

Maps On Us
http://www.mapsonus.com

MapQuest
http://www.mapquest.com

Yahoo! Maps
http://maps.yahoo.com

World

Earth and Moon Viewer
http://www.fourmilab.ch/earthview/vplanet.html

Earthquake Hazards Program
http://gldss7.cr.usgs.gov/neis/qed/qed.html

Perry-Casteneda Map Collection
http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/index.html

Other

Historical Maps of the U.S.
http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/histus.html

International Boundary News Database
http://www-ibru.dur.ac.uk/database/data.html
The International Boundaries Research Unit (IBRU) at the University of Durham `maintains the International Boundary News Database, which consists of more than 10,000 documents related to international boundaries.

Map & Atlas Page
http://www.payles.com/maplinks.html

WebMasterEngine.Com - A Comprehensive Webmaster resource aiming to list links to everything a webmaster could need.

Communication/E-mail

Dimdim: open-source web conferencing application; free basic service
I Want Sandy: keeps track of daily details
Jott: voice-to-text service for creating notes, lists, e-mails and text messages; free basic service
Oovoo: video messaging, chatting and conferencing
Paltalk: group IM, chat and video call application
Plugoo: direct chatting with any blog or site visitor
YouSendIt: send files up to 2GB; free basic service

Storage

Adrive: 50GB of online storage and backup for all file types; free basic service
JZip: data compression utility
Mozy: 2GB of online, data and remote backup solutions; free basic service

Financial

BizEquity: company valuations
Mint: personal finance, money management, budget planning and financial planning software
MyBizHomepage: financial dashboard for small business QuickBooks users
QuickBooks: small-business accounting software; free download (Simple Start 2008)
Wesabe: financial advice, analysis and planning

Content/Media/Video

Audacity: open-source software for cross-platform audio recording
Blip.tv: video blogging, podcasting and video sharing service; free basic service
BlogTalkRadio: radio network for users to host their own shows
DropShots: video hosting and photo sharing
FeedBurner: media distribution services for blogs and RSS feeds
Fix My Movie: video enhancement service; free basic service
Paint.NET: image and photo editing software
Phixr: picture and photo editor
Seesmic: video conversation platform
SlideShare: share and embed slideshows, PowerPoints and PDFs into web pages
VideoSpin: video-editing software

Marketing/Networking/PR

Blogger: blog publishing tool
Craigslist: online classifieds and job postings network
CollectiveX: create social networking and collaboration sites for groups
Entrepreneur Connect: Entrepreneur’s social networking site
LinkedIn: business social networking site
Pligg: open-source, community-centric site for discovering, rating and sharing content
PolicyMap: geographic and demographic information system for creating custom maps, tables and charts; free basic service
YouNoodle: networking for startups and valuation with Startup Predictor
Your Pitch Sucks?: PR pitch reviewing and advising

Office Productivity/Organizational

Adobe Buzzword: collaborative word processor application
CutePDF Writer: PDF creator; free basic service
Dabble DB: create, manage and share online databases; free basic service
Doodle: schedule and coordinate meetings and other appointments
FreshBooks: invoicing, time-tracking and expense service; free basic service
Google Calendar: shareable calendar and schedule organizer
Google Docs: collaborative word processor and spreadsheet applications
OpenOffice.org: open-source office software suite for word processing, spreadsheets and more
Stikkit: organization and reminder system that integrates with productivity applications
SurveyMonkey: create and publish custom online surveys; free basic service
ThinkFree Office: office productivity suite; free basic service
WuFoo: HTML form builder for creating interactive forms; free basic service
Zoho: office, productivity and collaboration applications

Project Management/Collaboration

LogMeIn: remotely support and access digital information; free basic service
ProjectStat.us: project management solution and updates
Project2Manage: collaborative project management solution
Remember the Milk: task management solution and to-do lists
Socialtext: wiki and website collaboration; free basic service
Team Task: collaborative project management and community website builder
Yugma: web meeting and collaboration service

Security

Adeona: open-source laptop tracking and recovery software
BitDefender Online Scanner: virus scanners; free basic service
ZoneAlarm: firewall protection from hackers and threats; free basic service

Web

Google Alerts: e-mail updates based on choice of query or topic
KickApps: platform of applications to integrate social features into a website
Microsoft Office Live Small Business: create a company website, domain and e-mail; free basic service
Synthasite: web hosting and building
Weebly: website and blog creator
Widgetbox: web widgets for various applications
Woopra: web tracking and analysis application; free basic service

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