Pauline
Haass Public Library
Reference Links- Page 8
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Biography.com
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Short biographies of 20,000 well-known individuals,
past and present. Sponsored by the cable producer A&E Biography.
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Celebrity Guide (Lycos)
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Addresses, fan pages, and other information about
celebrities.
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Contemporary
Authors (Gale)
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Biographical & other information about
authors, including songwriters. THIS IS A SUBSCRIPTION DATABASE paid for
by the Waukesha County Federated Library System. At the login page, enter your complete library card number, including all letters, numbers and symbols.
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Distinguished
Women of Past and Present
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Biographical information about famous women
in all walks of life.
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Find
A Grave
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Search by name or location for grave sites
of famous people.
Politics1-
The Most Comprehensive Online Guide to American Politics, Candidates &
Parties
League
of Women Voters
Project
Vote Smart
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The American HeritageŽ Dictionary of the English Language
- Over 90,000 entries feature 10,000 new words and senses, 70,000 audio word pronunciations, 900 full-page color illustrations, language notes and word-root appendixes.
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Bartlett's
Familiar Quotations
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Search by keyword or by author.
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Christmas
Around the World
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Traditions of various countries, Christmas
in many languages, recipes, etc.
- Citing Sources
- This clearly written guide gives examples of how to cite a specific
source using the format of any one of four well-known style manuals: APA, Chicago, MLA, and Turabian. Among the many examples included are citations for electronic books, online magazines, and Web pages.
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Dictionary
of Phrase and Fable
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FreeTranslation.com
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Free Translation from English to Spanish,
French, German, Portuguese, Italian, and Norwegian
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Poets'
Corner
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An anthology, or collection of works gathered
from more than 700 sources. The site currently contains over 6,000 poems
and is searchable.
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SparkNotes
(similar to Cliff's Notes)
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SparkNotes gives detailed summaries and interpretations
of many classic novels.
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Stain
Removal Guide
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Sunrise
& sunset times for a place and day
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This U.S. Naval Observatory site is easy to
use and automatically takes into account changes in Daylight Savings.
- AssessorData
- This property information resource is provided as
a public service
through the cooperation of municipalities and Real Property Data.
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HUD
Homes For Sale -- Wisconsin State Office
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Listing of HUD homes for sale.
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Moving.com Real
Estate
- Click on Recent Home Sales to find the prices of
homes that have sold in your area.
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Property Search
- Search for Village of Sussex properties based on their address or by tax key
number. You can get lot dimensions, see aerial photos, obtain assessment
information, real estate tax information and much more.
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REALTOR.COM,
over 1,000,000 homes for sale throughout the United States
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Large, easy-to-use site listing real estate
for sale. It's detailed enough so that you may specify zip code, price,
number of bedrooms, and a lot more.
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RealtyGuide
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Thousands of links to realty firms worldwide.
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Wisconsin
Homes
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Search for the home of your dreams.
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Wisconsin
REALTORS Association Real Estate Buying Guide
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Lifestyle
Optimizer: find the best cities for you
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Create a ranked list of ten communities by
choosing lifestyle factors important to you.
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Endangered
Species Home Page, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service
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Information about threatened and endangered
animal and plant species in the United States.
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NASA
Homepage
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A huge (and popular) collection of space related
information.
Search engines "index" the Internet and help
you find information when you don't have a specific website in mind. No
single search engine covers more than about 20% of the Internet, so you
may want to become familiar with at least two search engines.
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Dogpile
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Searches multiple search engines at once.
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Go.com
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Put phrases in quotes. If you get a huge number of results, add
another search term and click the "Search within results" button.
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Google
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The "I'm feeling lucky" button will take you directly to the one
website that Google thinks will answer your question, rather than presenting
you with a list of possible websites.
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AltaVista
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AltaVista covers a larger portion of the web
than many other search engines. If you find a web page written in a common
foreign language, use the "translate" button on this search engine to get
an awkward but useable translation.
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Excite
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Excite was ranked high for search accuracy
in an "Internet shoot-out" test done by CNET. Excite calls up related terms
to the ones you enter, allowing you to add them if you desire, and also
has a "search for other documents like this one" button.
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Search
Engine Watch: News, Tips and More About Search Engines
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Learn MUCH more about search engines! This
site explains how each one works and gives searching tips.
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