General Reference & Multidisciplinary

Information Today

• Chicago Weather
  Current local weather conditions. Seven day forecast and regional temperatures. You can also search for weather in any city, state, zip code or country, plus there is a searchable almanac for the climate history of the Chicago area.
• Currency Exchange Rates
  Updated daily. Historical currency tables from 1990 are also available.
• EurekAlert
• Gary-Chicago-Milwaukee Corridor
  Maps of traffic congestion and construction sites. The maps contain a number of icons. These icons can be clicked to obtain specific information.
• News
  Access the top world and local stories from Reuters, AP, ABCNews, and Photo Gallery.
• World Time Server
  Current time and day around the world.

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General Reference Sources

• General
• Britannica Online
  Search the complete encyclopedia, with links to related Internet sites.
• CONVERSION OF UNITS
  Converts numerical values from one unit to another. Also includes separate chart for temperature conversions.
• Information Please
  Search the Information Please Almanac, biographies, and Columbia Encyclopedia.
• Internet Public Library
  Searchable list of subject based pathfinders which link to information sources.
• OneLook Dictionaries
  Search words and acronyms in over 560 dictionaries including many that are subject specific.
• Quick Reference
  Purdue University Libraries provides links to English, foreign language, acronym, and technical dictionaries, Bartlett's Book of Familiar Quotations,and Elements of Style.
• Directories
• Addresses and Directions
  Indiana University Bloomington Libraries provides access to internet sources of addresses and directions. For address information it includes AnyWho, InfoSpace, WhoWhere, ZipCodes, Yellow Pages. For directions see CyberRouter, MapQuest, MabBlast, How Far Is It? And Maps onUs.
• AnyWho Toll-Free Directory
  Find a Toll-Free number by business name or subject category and city or state.
• ASTM Directory of Scientific and Technical Consultants and Expert Witnesses
  The ASTM Directory of Scientific and Technical Consultants and Expert Witnesses is an on-line full text search for individuals/companies who perform consulting services or act as expert witnesses. Each consultant has paid a fee to ASTM for their listing. Searchable by subject, consultant name, geographical location and keyword.
• Infospace
  Reverse address and phone number look-up.
• International Directories
• USPS ZIP Code Information
• Maps
• Maps.com
  Digital map catalog.
• MSN Maps & Directions
  US & Canada address location search, plus driving directions.
• National Atlas.gov
  The National Atlas of the United States from the United States Department of the Interior is from work that began in 1997. This Atlas updates a large bound collection of paper maps that was published in 1970. It delivers easy to use, map-like views of America's natural and sociocultural landscapes in largely digital form.
  
• University of Texas Map Collection
  Well-organized gateway to a huge collection of maps including geographic, weather, earthquake, and satellite maps.
• US Department of Transportation
  Transportation networks, congressional districts and metropolitan statistical areas.
• US Gazeteer
  Search location by address or zipcode.
• Societies / Associations
• Associations on the Net
  Collection of over 1100 professional association internet sites arranged by broad subject categories. Abstracts about the association are provided.
• Resources of Scholarly Societies By Subject
  List of scholarly societies by subjects. Links are provided to societies' websites.

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Governmental Sites

Law Resources

Potential Funding Sources on the Web

History and People of Science

• 4000 Years of Women in Science
  Biographies, pictures and references to 4000 years of history of women in science.
• ANL Women in Science and Technology Program
  Includes the organization, goals and activities of the Argonne Women in Science and Technology (WIST) program.
• History Archives from Physics Around the World
  Includes the AIP Center for History of Physics and MacTutor History of Mathematics sites and many collections of photographs of scientists and famous events in science history.
• Maria Goeppert Mayer
  The biography and publications of the first woman to win the Nobel Prize for Physics. Mayer was a former employee of Argonne National Laboratory.
• National Inventors Hall of Fame
• Nobel Foundation
  Provides a searchable database of Nobel Prizes presented since 1901 and lists of prizes by category.
• Women in Science
  Provides an overview of the involvement of women in science. Includes biographies, mentoring ideas, and interviews with women currently working in different fields of science.

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Educational Institutions / Education

Publications

Libraries

Information Science

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