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search:
 google web search 
 google news search 
 google blog search  

 google maps

 wikipedia

translation:
  babelfish   
  freetranslation.com 
  imtranslator
  translation links

people finders: 
  switchboard
  PeopleSearch (Yahoo) 
  Who/Where(Lycos)
  internet address finder
  anywho reverse directory  
  other reverse directories
  virtual chase 

reference sources

photo.net

clubphoto  

snapfish   shutterfly    ofoto

smugmug    mpix

my photos

the old same place 

  update.charter.com 
  www.charter.net   
  mail.charter.net  

catherwood's   |  typepad

mymyspace    |   myspace

DANEnet / DANEnet via www   

Wisconsin Community Fund

more web stuff

weather         

news 

isthmus  |  madison.com 

madison links  -  
      madison movie times

UWCU     CUNA    HSBC 
CapitalOne  PPlus

leadville links

JOB NET - current job postings, including many not in the paper . . . 
other job-seeking stuff ...

mapping  

poetry  

convert anything   

more whatever

metronome - A440

news:    google news |  msnbc  |  cnn  |  newsvoyager  | mondo times  |  UPI  |  AP  | Reuters  | news  online  | wis. media links |  wis media online                    
search:  NorthernLights NEWS 
whatever: BBC World- breaking news (?) | AAAS- breaking science news | Mystery Pollster - all about polls | 

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whatever

checkers |  solitaire  |  tetris  |  blackjack  

miscellany

Urban Legends sites:

www.urbanlegends.com/  urbanlegends.tqn.com/  www.scambusters.org/legends.html   www.snopes.com/

Virus and hoax debunking sites:

F-Secure Hoax warnings page    Computer Virus Myths    Virus Bulletin   Sophos Virus info 
Stiller research's Hoax Page 
NAI Hoax List  

NGC    (old)     (old old)

South Central Library System 
Madison Public Library  
Madison Public Library Reference Links   

The Reference Desk

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mapping

MapQuest       MapQuest Canada     Yahoo! Maps     Yahoo! Canada maps      http://www.infomine.com/maps/ 

geographical/large: 
On-line Map Creation
Color Landform Atlas of the U.S.

misc: 
Census Bureau - State & County QuickFacts
Census Bureau TIGER Mapping Service 
Geographic Names Information System
U.of GA Rare Map Collection   
Perry- Castenada map collection at U.of Texas
Map Links
Documents of the Early South
Animated Chronological Map - USA
County maps in time
Panoramic Maps 1847-1909--Library of Congress
Historical Map Web Sites

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weather:

UW Weather Links

Intellicast -- 

Madison area forecast and conditions --  

Radar/Satellite: 
      Des Moines radar
      Mpls. St. Paul radar
      Madison radar  
      WMTV Madison area radar   

      S. Wis. Visible satellite 
      Wis. Infrared satellite
      US Satellite

National Fire News
Satellite weather images - world

UM Weather - a non-profit service sponsored by The Weather Underground

Weather Cams
WISC (TV3) Weather page 
NOAA Home Page 
Wisconsin Disaster Center 
www.accuweather.com
www.weather.com

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poetry

American Poetry Database   English Poetry Database       Bartleby.com    Large list of publicly available literary resources  

www.poets.org       the internet poetry archive        online poetry resources       more online poetry resources       alex catalogue of electronic texts

library of virginia english online resources - incl.  the modern english collection / shakespeare resources of the UofV electronic text center

representative poetry online     modern american poetry     www.online-literature.com  

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more website stuff

FreeFind Control Center - I am using FreeFind to run the search capability at my genealogy site

FormMail - this is what the contact form at my website runs on

FortuneCity - the free webspace outfit I used to have my genealogy site on - site is still up, but empty (except for a forward).

access-4-free.com - I have an e-mail account here - not sure if I can access it at work   

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Reference Sources:  Dictionaries  |  Directories   |   Atlases and Maps   |   Almanacs   |   Statistics 

Encyclopedias   |   Writing Guides   |   Calculators/Calendars/Timekeepers   |   General Sources

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Dictionaries

Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, http://www.m-w.com/ 

AskOxford.com, http://www.askoxford.com 

Wex, http://www.law.cornell.edu/wex/index.php/Main_Page 

Findlaw’s Legal Dictionary, http://dictionary.lp.findlaw.com/ 

MedTerms, http://www.medterms.com/script/main/hp.asp  

Abbreviations and Acronyms of the U.S. Government, http://www.ulib.iupui.edu/subjectareas/gov/docs_abbrev.html 

Acronym Finder, http://www.acronymfinder.com/ 

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Directories

Ultimate White Pages, http://www.theultimates.com/white/ 

Infobel, http://www.infobel.com/teldir/ 

U.S. Blue Pages, http://www.usbluepages.gov/ 

Where to Write for Vital Records, http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/howto/w2w/w2welcom.htm 

Wisconsin.gov, http://www.wisconsin.gov/state/core/government.html 

Wisconsin State Law Library, http://wsll.state.wi.us/dir.html 

State Bar of Wisconsin lawyer search, http://www.wisbar.org 

Martindale Hubbell Lawyer Locator, http://www.martindale.com/ 

Web MD “Physician Directory,” http://doctor.webmd.com/physician_finder/home.aspx?sponsor=core 

Free Online Zip Code, http://www.melissa-data.com/keywordsearch/zipcode.htm 

PackTrack, http://www.packtrack.com/ 

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 Atlases and Maps

Mapquest, http://www.mapquest.com/ 

National Geographic Society’s Map Machine, http://plasma.nationalgeographic.com/mapmachine/index.html 

USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS), http://geonames.usgs.gov/pls/gnispublic/ 

National Atlas.gov, http://www.nationalatlas.gov/ 

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Almanacs

Infoplease.com, http://www.infoplease.com/ 

The Old Farmer’s Almanac, http://www.almanac.com/ 

The World Factbook, http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/index.html 

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 Statistics

American FactFinder, http://factfinder.census.gov/home/saff/main.html?_lang=en 

U.S. Census Bureau, http://www.census.gov/ 

Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), http://www.bls.gov/ 

State and Metropolitan Area Data Book, http://www.census.gov/statab/www/smadb.html 

Historical Statistical Abstracts, http://www.census.gov/prod/www/abs/statab.html 

Community Information by Zip Code, http://library.csun.edu/Find_Resources/Government_Publications/zipstats.html 

Civil Justice Statistics, http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/civil.htm 

Bankruptcy Statistics, http://www.uscourts.gov/bnkrpctystats/bankruptcystats.htm 

Bureau of Justice Statistics, http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/ 

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 Encyclopedias

Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page 

Yahoo Reference, http://education.yahoo.com/reference/encyclopedia/ 

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 Writing Guides

Forms of Address, http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0001618.html 

Beastly Garden of Wordy Delights, http://www.anapsid.org/beastly.html 

Quoteland, http://www.quoteland.com/ 

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

The Mouthpiece: Lawyerly Quotations from Popular Culture, http://tarlton.law.utexas.edu/lpop/quotes.html 

Tax Quotes, http://www.irs.gov/newsroom/article/0,,id=110483,00.html 

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 Calculators, Calendars, and Timekeepers

Google, http://www.google.com/ 

Google Calculator, http://www.google.com/intl/en/help/features.html#calculator 

Google Guide: Calculator, http://www.googleguide.com/calculator.html 

Online Calculators, Conversion Tools, Measurements & Weights, http://lib199.lib.wwu.edu/ref/refmeasure.htm 

Online Conversions, http://www.onlineconversion.com/ 

OANDA, http://www.oanda.com/ 

Time and Date.com, http://www.timeanddate.com/ 

The Official U.S. Time, http://www.time.gov/ 

Worldtimeserver.com, http://www.worldtimeserver.com/current_time_in_US-WI.aspx 

Earth Calendar, http://www.earthcalendar.net/index.php 

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 General Sources

Internet Public Library, http://www.ipl.org/div/subject/browse/ref00.00.00 

Best Free Reference Sites, http://www.ala.org/ala/rusa/rusaourassoc/rusasections/mars/marspubs/MARSBESTIndex.htm 

Refdesk.com, http://www.refdesk.com/ 

Milwaukee Public Library, http://www.mpl.org/ 

Madison Public Library, http://www.madisonpubliclibrary.org/ 

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