Ready Reference
Acronyms & Abbreviations
Acronym Finder Focuses on computers & technology with over 295,000 definitions. http://www.acronymfinder.com
Abbreviations And Acronyms of the U.S. Government is an index to government agencies and their abbreviations. Links to the home page of the agency as well for more in-depth explanations. http://www.ulib.iupui.edu/subjectareas/gov/docs_abbrev.html
Addresses & Zip Codes
Anywho lets you look up addresses and phone numbers of individuals or businesses and get a MapQuest map to the address. You can also do a reverse search, using phone number to look up name and address. http://www.anywho.com/
U.S. Postal Zip Code Service. Enter a name and address and it will do a search and provide you with the zip code + four digit number following standard zip code. http://www.usps.com/zip4/
Zip Codes By Language has everything you may have wanted to know about zip codes – your zip code, the surrounding zip codes, the distances between zip codes, etc. http://zip.langenberg.com/
Almanacs
Information Please Almanac http://www.infoplease.com/
World Almanac on Centenary FirstSearch Database 1998 to present; available for Centenary patrons only. http://newfirstsearch.oclc.org/dbname=WorldAlmanac;
autho=100159676;FSIP
50 States.Com has almanac-type information on all 50 states. http://www.50states.com/
CIA World Factbook is the C.I.A.’s take on countries - political, economic and geographical aspects. https://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/index.html
Copyright
Legal Information Institute of Cornell provides all legal documents as they pertain to issues of copyright. http://www4.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/
U.S. Copyright Office gives you copyright information straight from the horse’s mouth. http://www.copyright.gov/
Crash Course on Copyright Issues is provided by the University of Texas systems; it attempts to give faculty and students clearer focus on the issue of intellectual property. http://www.utsystem.edu/ogc/intellectualproperty/cprtindx.htm
Copyright & Fair Use provided by Stanford University Libraries; gives an overview of copyright and fair use of primary materials, resources on the internet, and legal issues. http://fairuse.stanford.edu/