Encyclopedias
     Encarta
     Encyclopedia.com
     Britannica.com
     How Stuff Works
Almanacs
     Answers.com
     Information Please
Dictionaries
     YourDictionary.com 
     diccionarios.com
     LEO (German/English)
     Webster Dictionary 
     International Law Dictionary & Directory
Martindale's Calculators Online   Calculators for all types of science and math plus navigation, music, photography, knots and an unbelievable number of other topics.
Journalists Toolbox Resources  More than 20,000 sites helpful to the media and anyone doing research.  Gathered by the the American Press Institute
Librarian's Index to the Internet  A directory of topics selected by librarians
Libraryspot.com  This site was created to break through the information overload of the Web and bring the best library and reference sites together with insightful editorials in one user-friendly spot.  The sites features on Libraryspot.com were hand selected and reviewed for exceptional quality, content and utility

Addresses and Telephone Numbers
     Yahoo People Search  Addresses, phone numbers, Email addresses.  Covers U.S. numbers and addresses  For International searches use the relevant country-specific Yahoo site and look under "Communication" or "Connect" links for the telephone directory.
     Lycos' WhoWhere
     Google
     AnyWho  U.S. yellow and white pages plus links to international directories
     Switchboard.com
     Reverse Phone Directory  Look up a phone # and find a name and street address
     Wayp International White & Yellow Pages Collection of white and yellow pages by country
Area Codes  Country telephone codes from Verizon
Birthdays  What famous person was born on your birthday?
Cliché Finder 
Companies & Corporations
Charity evaluator

     Charity Navigator
Countries
     CIA World Factbook  Information on countries of the world.  Includes maps, flags, an introduction, geography, government, military, economy etc.
     Global Gazetteer  Current as well as historical population, population of largest cities and provinces, size, flag, maps
     IMF Staff Country Reports in Full Text
     Library of Congress / Country Studies: Area Handbook Series
Currency
     Yahoo Finance - FOREX  Currency exchange rates
     Whose portrait is on U.S. currency  History of our currency from the Dept of the Treasury
     Historical currency converter  Historical conversion rates for cash, interbank, and credit cards.  Multi-language
Historical Documents 
     PA Digital Archives Online (ARIAS)  Currently 1 1/2 million war records are available online
     Western European primary historical documents  Links to online Western European documents in transcribed, facsimile or translated form, arranged by country chronologically
     A chronology of U.S. Historical Documents  Pre-colonial period to the present, links to over 150 full text documents from the Magna Carter, Gettysburg Address, inaugural addresses of the Presidents, to Bush's 2006 State of the Union Address etc.
Hoaxes and Urban Legends
     Hoax Busters  Check those email alerts before you panic
     Urban Legends from About.com
Magazines and Newspapers
     Ingenta  Access to almost 20,000 articles, chapters and reports mainly from journals (from all fields).  Includes trade, scientific, and technical journals going back to 1988.  Since you are searching title and article summaries not the full text you may need to be more general in your choice of search terms.
     Ebsco Host  Requires a library card.  Ebsco Host is composed of many databases, some general and some specialized.  Broader search terms work best.
Nobel Prizes Chart of the various Nobel prize recipients arranged by year.
Publishers Alphabetical list of publishers
Quotations
     The Quotations Page
     Bartleby.com
Scouts
     Boy Scouts Merit Badge
Stock Quotes
     CNN- The Financial Network
Statistics
     Statistical Resources on the Web
     USA Statistics in Brief
     Statistical Abstract of the US 
     The Directory of Online Statistics Sources
     USA Statistics in Brief 
     FedStats
     OECD Factbook
Telephone Directories
     AnyWho  U.S. yellow and white pages plus links to international directories
     Switchboard.com
     Reverse Phone Directory  Look up a phone # and find a name and street address
     Wayp International White & Yellow Pages Collection of white and yellow pages by country
Time  Current time around the world.  May sort by city, country or time zone
Weather, Maps, Gazetteer
     Wunderground.com
     The Perry-Castañeda Library Map Collection
     Global Gazetteer
     National Weather Service
     Weather.com
     US Gazetteer
     maporama
     Google Earth
Zip Codes
     US Postal Service