Madison Public Library: Helpful Web Links

Find People and Places

Telephone and Address Directories
AnyWho http://www.anywho.com/whitepages
Yahoo People Search http://people.yahoo.com/
Reverse directory http://reversedirectory.langenberg.com/
International dialing guide http://www.business.att.com/bt/dial_guide.jsp
USPS Zip Code Lookup https://tools.usps.com/go/ZipLookupAction!input.action

Get Directions - Mapping Websites
Google Maps http://maps.google.com/
Mapquest http://www.mapquest.com/
Rand McNally http://www.randmcnally.com/

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Local, State, and Federal Info

City and Local Information

City of Madison http://www.cityofmadisonsd.com/
Chamber of Commerce visitor and relocation guides http://www.chamberofmadisonsd.com/
Madison Central School District http://www.madison.k12.sd.us/
Lake County, South Dakota http://www.lakecountysd.com/
Madison Daily Leader http://madisonet.com/site/
KJAM Radio http://www.amazingmadison.com/
Dakota State University http://www.dsu.edu/

SD State Information

South Dakota Home Page http://www.state.sd..us
South Dakota State Historical Society http://history.sd.gov/
South Dakota Public Broadcasting http://www.sdpb.org/

Federal Government Information

U.S. House of Representatives directory http://clerk.house.gov/index.aspx
U.S. Senate directory http://www.senate.gov/general/contact_information/senators_cfm.cfm
Department of Defense Almanac http://www.defense.gov/pubs/almanac/
U.S. Census Fact Finder http://factfinder2.census.gov/faces/nav/jsf/pages/index.xhtml

IRS Site http://www.irs.gov
Vital Records http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/w2w.htm

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Library Information

American Library Association http://www.ala.org
Library of Congress http://www.loc.gov/index.html

South Dakota Library Association http://www.sdlibraryassociation.org

South Dakota State Library http://www.sdstatelibrary.com

What's Next Database (searching for books in a series)
http://www.kdl.org/libcat/WhatsNextNEW.asp
South Dakota Library Network Databases http://www.sdln.net/?mode=databases

Obituary Index of the Madison Daily Leader

http://www.departments.dsu.edu/library/obit/search.html

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Information for Parents & Prospective College Students

FAFSA - Free Application for Federal Student Aid http://www.fafsa.ed.gov

CollegeNET - college search and resources http://cnsearch.collegenet.com/cgi-bin/CN/index

Peterson's Guide to Colleges http://www.petersons.com/college-search.aspx

Peterson's Guide to Graduate Schools http://www.petersons.com/graduate-schools.aspx

Princetown Review - college guide and test prep http://www.princetonreview.com/

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Conversion Tools
Metric Conversion Tool http://www.metric-conversions.org
Currency Converter http://finance.yahoo.com/currency-converter
Time Zone Converter http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/converter.html
Wolfram Alpha Computational Knowledge Engine http://www.wolframalpha.com/

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Free Online Reference Resources

Medical Information

Merk Manual for Diagnosis and Therapy http://www.merckmanuals.com/home/index.html

National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine http://nccam.nih.gov/

Physicians Desk Reference http://www.merckmanuals.com/home/index.html

RxList Internet Drug Index http://www.merckmanuals.com/home/index.html

Travel Guides

Dog-Friendly- pet travel guide http://www.dogfriendly.com/

Fodors http://www.fodors.com/

Frommers http://www.frommers.com/

Great Outdoor Recreation Pages http://www.gorp.com/

Lonely Planet http://www.lonelyplanet.com/destinations

Rough Guides Travel http://www.roughguides.com/

Trip Advisor http://www.tripadvisor.com/

Tourism Offices Worldwide Directory http://www.towd.com/

Atlases and Geography Websites

Geographia http://www.geographia.com/

Geography - About.com http://geography.about.com/

Map collections http://www.libraryspot.com/maps/

National Geographic Atlas Explorer http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/map/atlas

Merriam Webster's Atlas http://www.merriam-webster.com/maps/moremapsnyt.html

CIA World Factbook https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/index.html

Encyclopedias - General and Topical (and Fun)

Infoplease Encyclopedia http://www.infoplease.com/encyclopedia/

Encyclopedias.com http://www.encyclopedia.com/

Encyclopedia Britannica free online http://www.britannica.com/

Fact Monster for Kids http://www.factmonster.com/encyclopedia.html

MedlinePlus medical encyclopedia http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/encyclopedia.html

Art Cyclopedia http://www.artcyclopedia.com/

Performing Arts Encyclopedia http://www.loc.gov/performingarts/

Baseball Reference http://www.baseball-reference.com/

Encyclopedia of Television http://www.museum.tv/publicationssection.php?page=520

Encyclopedia of the World http://i-cias.com/e.o/index.htm

Internet Encyclopedia of Science http://www.daviddarling.info/encyclopedia/ETEmain.html

Star Wars Encyclopedia http://theforce.net/swenc/

Encyclopedia Titanica http://www.encyclopedia-titanica.org/

Dictionaries - English Language and Foreign

Dictionary.com http://dictionary.reference.com/

Merriam Webster Word Central for kids http://www.wordcentral.com/

Infoplease Dictionary http://dictionary.infoplease.com/

OneLook - search multiple dictionaries http://www.onelook.com/

Internet Picture Dictionary http://www.pdictionary.com/

Multi-Lingual E-Translation http://www.logos.it/lang/transl_en.html

English & foreign language dictionaries http://www.thefreedictionary.com/

English to Spanish http://www.freedict.com/onldict/spa.html

ForeignWord.com http://www.foreignword.com/

Thesauri

Roget's Thesaurus http://machaut.uchicago.edu/?resource=Roget%27s

Thesaurus.com http://thesaurus.com/

Wordsmyth http://www.wordsmyth.net/

Famous Quotations

Bartlett's Familiar Quotations http://www.bartleby.com/100/

Creative Quotations http://creativequotations.com/

Famous Quotes and Authors http://www.famousquotesandauthors.com/

Quoteland.com http://www.quoteland.com/

ThinkExist.com http://en.thinkexist.com/

Quotes.net http://www.quotes.net/

Biographies

InfoPlease People http://www.infoplease.com/people.html

Biography Center http://www.biography-center.com/

Who2 Biographies http://www.who2.com/

Short Biographies http://www.short-biographies.com/

Encyclopedia of World Biographies http://biography.yourdictionary.com/

From Revolution to Reconstruction Biographies http://odur.let.rug.nl/~usa/B/

Biographical information about American presidents http://www.americanpresidents.org/

Fun and Interesting Reference Resources

HowStuffWorks http://www.howstuffworks.com/

Appliance Repair Help http://www.repairclinic.com/RepairHelp/Repair-Help

How to Clean Anything http://www.howtocleananything.com/

SoYouWanna... http://www.soyouwanna.com/

Do It Yourself Home Improvement http://www.doityourself.com/

Guinness World Records http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/

Emily Post's Etiquette http://www.bartleby.com/95/index.html