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EBSCOhost
Free database via POWER Library provides access to information on various topics
http://www.powerlibrary.net/Remote/Remote.asp?ID=Osterhout&Link=HOST

Facts for Learning
Free database via POWER Library provides access to encyclopedia, almanacs, timelines, and news etc.
http://www.powerlibrary.net/Remote/Remote.asp?ID=Osterhout&Link=FFL

Funk and Wagnall's New World Encyclopedia
Free database via POWER Library provides access to images, biographies, and information on various subjects
http://www.powerlibrary.net/Remote/Remote.asp?ID=Osterhout&Link=FWNW

Oxford Reference Online
Free database via POWER Library provides access to bilingual dictionaries, quotations, maps and illustrations, encyclopedias and information on variety of subjects
http://www.powerlibrary.net/Remote/Remote.asp?ID=Osterhout&Link=ORO

SIRS Discoverer
Free database via POWER Library provides access to biographies, country facts, photo essays, pictures, maps of the world, dictionary thesaurus, educator's resources
http://www.powerlibrary.net/Remote/Remote.asp?ID=Osterhout&Link=DISC

Student Research Center
Free database via POWER Library provides access to primary resources, radio and TV news transcripts, photos, maps, flags, films and videos
http://www.powerlibrary.net/Remote/Remote.asp?ID=Osterhout&Link=SRC

Abbreviations and acronyms of U.S. Government
http://www.ulib.iupui.edu/subjectareas/gov/docs_abbrev

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

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

MLA, APA, Chicago, or Turabian bibliography maker
http://www.bibme.org/

Country and City calling codes
http://www.usa.att.com/traveler/services/codes/index.jsp

Create a Graph
http://nces.ed.gov/nceskids/createagraph/

Currency Converter
http://www.xe.com

Date Calculator
http://www.timeanddate.com/

Dictionary of Abbreviations and Acronyms in Geographic Information Systems, Cartography, and remote sensing
http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/EART/abbrev.html

Free zipcode lookup
http://zipinfor.com/search/zipcode.htm

InfoSpace Reverse Phone Lookup - find individuals and businesses by phone number.
http://www.infospace.com/revphone.htm

Landmark's Citation Machine
Interactive web tool designed to make the proper crediting of information
http://citationmachine.net/

Library Spot
http://www.libraryspot.com/

Librarian' Internet Index
http://lii.org/

Medilexicon
Find medical and pharmaceutical acronyms and abbreviations
http://www.medilexicon.com/

Merriam-Webster's Online Dictionary- Dictionary, thesaurus, "Word of the Day," word games and more.
http://www.m-w.com/

North American Area Code Map

http://www.nanpa.com

Pennsylvania Driver's Manual
http://www.dmv.state.pa.us/drivers_manual/pa_driversman.shtml

Patent & Trademark Office
http://www.uspto.gov

Precious metal quotes in US dollars
http://www.kitco.com/market/us_charts.html

Scientific and Technical Acronyms, Symbols, and Abbreviations 
Contains not only acronyms, symbols, and abbreviations, but also Greek alphabet and Roman numerals, basic weights and measures units, the periodic table of elements, and mathematical notation etc.
http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/stasa/

State and County Quick Facts
http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/

Touch typing
http://www.senselang.com/

Typing Test: Test your typing speed
http://www.typingtest.com/

Unit Converter
http://www.digitaldutch.com/unitconverter/

World Weather Information Service
http://www.worldweather.org/056/m056.htm

World Clock
http://www.timeanddate.com