Autumn 2001
Resource Set 4
Sources About Facts (Factbooks, Almanacs,
Handbooks, Yearbooks, Manuals, Directories)
- almanacs
of various descriptions: World,
Whitaker’s, Information Please on
Web, New York Times, Canadian, Old Farmer’s on Web, etc. (also specialized
by subject: People, ESPN, etc.)
- Guinness
Book of Records on Web
- CIA World Factbook
- Famous
First Facts
- Chase’s
Calendar of Events on Web
- Physician’s
Desk Reference on Web
- Internet Movie Database
- American
Library Directory
- Encyclopedia
of Associations, Associations
Unlimited (UW only)
- Idealist
- Association Central
- Associations on the Net (AON) [IPL]
- POTUS: Presidents of the United States [IPL]
- phone
books (in print, on microform, on Web)
- city
directories
- zip
code directories (in print, on Web)
- census:
American
FactFinder, United
States Historical Census Data Browser
- Statistical
Resources on the Web
- Kelley Blue Book
- Places
Rated Almanac
- The AFU & Urban Legends Archive
- salary calculator
- Statistical
Abstract of the United States
- Gale
Directory of Databases