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Addresses:
Who/Where (Lycos) - Phone numbers, addresses, e-mail, etc.
Yahoo People Search - Addresses, phone numbers, and further guidance
Directories:
Maryland Transportation - Guide to all government supported transportation in Maryland
Biographical Dictionary
Biography (A&E entries, taken from the Cambridge Biographical Dictionary)
OANDA (Currency Conversions)
Virtual Perpetual Calendars - Can get calendar printouts.
Diseases, Conditions, or General Health Topics (an easy-to-use medical dictionary)
Law.com Dictionary (law terms)
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary (and Thesaurus)
Your Dictionary.com (formerly A Web of Online Dictionaries (pick your language; find it here)
Britannica Online: includes dictionary, news, markets, sports, weather, etc.
Columbia Encyclopedia - 6th ed, c2000; entry to Bartleby.com
Baltimore City Visitors Guide - includes travel information and tourist info; easier to find tel. nos with this site than to use the telephone books.
Internet Movie Database - Catalog of over 80,000 films; a treasure-house for research, reviews.
Maryland Music - (Not contemporary commercially popular music)
Playbill On-Line - Broadway and Off-Broadway theater attractions
Yahoo Movies - Enter your zip code and see immediately what movies are available at your local theaters with times!
GPO Access: Official Federal Government at Your Fingertips
Sailor: Maryland's Online Public Information Network
State and County Quick Facts
Statistical Resources on the Web (mostly governmental)
CyberDiet - (Health and nutrition site)
Health Finder
A FirstGov site that provides reliable information on all diseases and conditions, and also on good health practices.
Diseases, Conditions, or General Health Topics
Yahoo's version of HealthFinder
Food and Drug Interactions (FDA)
First Aid (FAO Industrial) - a quick and dirty site for those in desperate need of quick instruction
Merck Manual of Medical Information - Home Ed.
Epicurious Food - Premier site for those who like to cook
Google Directory - Sports and Hobbies - Teens
SwishWeb.com - tons of trivial answers to trivial questions!
Baltimore County Public Libraries
Marina -The simultaneous search option for finding books in multiple Maryland public libraries with one query. Does not yet include all libraries. Bryn Mawr users may only search the system; they may not yet reserve books. Sign in is Guest.
Sailor - Access to most Maryland libraries, local information, jobs, etc
Magazines & Newspapers
Worldwide:
NewsLink
Include links to newspapers, magazines, radio & TV networks, and all sorts of news services for journalists.
Documents in the News - Mostly government information, but fascinating
ProQuest Direct
Full text magazines and newspapers; site includes contents of every issue of every periodical in the database; some titles have only abstracts; length of coverage varies, but in many cases is from 1986 to present. [Requires password for home use]
Local Interest:
Baltimore Afro-Americ@ - Website for Baltimore Afro-American includes coverage for African American news throughout the nation.
The Diamondback Online (UMCP daily newspaper)
Sunpaper (Today's)
Sunpaper (1990 to present) -Note: you may search the archives from 1990 to present, but fees are charged for downloading articles, except for the previous two weeks. Bryn Mawr users may use ProQuest (see Online Resources) to access the Sun for articles from the last five years (with partial coverage further back) and print or e-mail articles to yourself at no charge. You may also use the CD-ROMs of the Sun (available from the Libraries Public Access Catalog) to locate relevant articles, which can be printed or downloaded to a personal disk. These CD-ROMs are accessible from the Library only; coverage from 1991-2000.
UMBC Retriever
The Three Biggies on the East Coast:
New York Times Online - backfiles available on ProQuest
Wall Street Journal Online - backfiles available on ProQuest.
Washington Post - backfiles available on ProQuest.
Baltimore Metro Map - (with bus line connections)
Maps on Us - No need to register to use
Washington MetroRail - includes all pertinent info: maps, cost, schedules, stations, etc.
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations - 9th ed., c1901
Simpson's Contemporary Quotations (1950-1988)
Active Sports - Maryland - From shotgun shooting to skateboarding, this site has names, addresses, and phone numbers
Great Outdoor Recreation Pages (GORP): Destinations Maryland - Special events, parks & preserves, lodging, books, maps, addresses, links. Just one small section of the GORP site, which is international in scope.
Recreation.gov: Recreational Opportunities on Federal Lands - a combined website that lists all federal sites operated by any federal group; phone numbers, descriptions. Offline as of 1/1/02; hopefully it will return.
Ask Jeeves - For those who like the luxury of asking questions in English
Google! - One of the best and fastest search engines; highly relevant responses
Yahoo! - A logically arranged subject directory
Consumer Reports Online - (Abridged; only print version has all articles)
Edmunds.com - Edmunds Reports on New Cars
Kelley's Blue Book - new and used car values
Sun Spot Sports (Baltimore Sun coverage) Includes coverage for past two weeks in Archives at no charge; Bryn Mawr community can retrieve articles from the Sun for the past five years, using ProQuest (see Online Resources)
Investment FAQ - understanding stocks, bonds, and all things financial
AAA Mid-Atlantic - All the services; no waiting
American Express Travel - Air, car, and hotel reservations - is a subset of the gigantic Microsoft Network's Expedia.com (see below)
Amtrak Schedules & Fares - One must register to purchase online, but one may search freely without registering
Expedia.com - Full service travel arrangements
Lonely Planet (Travel guides)
Maps-on-Us - Draw a map of any location; plan travel route; no need to register to use services
Orbitz - the new mega-airline reservation site
Rough Guides (Travel guides and more)
Travelocity - The other important full service travel planner
Yahoo! Travel - Full service travel arrangements
Elements of Style, William Strunk, 1918, c1999 - Some rules have changed, but there is a eternal quality to Strunk's advice
Grammar Slammer, a commercial site, but easy to use; information seems reliable
A Guide to Grammar and Style, Jack Lynch, c2000
Landmarks Citation Machine - examples of citation in MLA format for all major kinds of material
National Address Server - Zip code supplied with any U.S. address.
Last updated: December, 2007
