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 Also check the department sites on the Library Main Page for more reference links.

 

 Almanacs:
 CIA World Factbook Country information researched by the CIA.
 Information Please Almanac Online version of the book.
 Fact Monster Information, games, & quizzes.
 UN CyberSchoolbus Information about the UN member nations.
 World Almanac for Kids Online  Online version of the book.
 Atlases:
 Mapquest Find maps and directions.
 National Atlas Easy to use views of America's landscapes.
 Weather Maps Search by zip code or city, state.
 World Atlas Variety of world maps with specialty maps.
 Biography:
 African American Biographical
 Database		  Largest electronic biographical collection, 
 1790-1950
 A&E Biography  From A&E Television Networks
 Author Links  Biographical information on authors
 Biographical Dictionary  Covers more than 28,000 men & women
 Biographical Links  University of Melbourne in Australia
 Biographies  Links to biography sites
 Distinguished Women  Biographies of women
 Great Women  Biographical information of women
 Info Please Biographical Site  Information on people broken up into 
 categories
 Internet Public Library Biographies  Listed by categories 
 Lives the Biography Resource  Links to biographies
 Multnomah Library Biography Links  Links to biography sites 
 On Line Biographies  Biographical site links
 Poets.org  Biographical information on poets
 Political Leaders of the world  Contains lists of heads of state & 
 government, going back to about 1700
 Whitehouse President Information  President information
 Women biographies  Biographical information on famous women
 Current Events:   
  Essential Links Headline News        Links to headline news       
 Houston Chronicle  Local newspaper
  MSNBC News  Current events
 New York Times  Online newspaper
 News Link  Links to news sources
 Online Newspapers United States  List of newspapers on the Internet
 USA Today  Online newspaper
 Dictionaries:
 Information Please Dictionary  Free online dictionaries
 Mirriam-Webster Dictionary
 Mirriam-Webster Thesaurus
 Encyclopedias:
 Britannica  Free online encyclopedias
 Encarta Online
 Information Please Encyclopedia  
 Government:
 City of Houston  Official web portal
 Harris County  Official web portal
 State of Texas  Texas Online
 United States  FirstGov: US Government official portal
 Libraries: 
 Houston Public Library 
 Harris County Public Library 
 Awesome Library
 Internet Public Library
 Library of Congress
 Quotations:
 Bartleby Library of Quotations  Search by author, subject, title
 Creative Quotations  50,000 ready to use quotes
 Dictionary of Quotations  Search by topic or author
 Famous Quotations Network  Searchable site
 Quotations Archives  General purpose quotations
 Quotations Web Page  Search by topic
 Yahoo's Collection of Quotation links    Quotation links
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