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The Acronym Finder is a searchable database of more than 287,000 abbreviations and acronyms covering many disciplines. Its strengths include computer, technology, telecommunication, and military acronyms and abbreviations.

Containing 20,000 abbreviations and 36,000 definitions, the Oxford Dictionary of Abbreviations covers business, scientific, and technical abbreviations, as well as those in everyday use.

Journal Abbreviation Sources

Issued in 2001, this is still the major resource tool and features more than 200,000 entries covering the abbreviations, symbols and acronyms used in science and technology. Found in Ayala Science Library Bar Q179 .E64 2001

Politics and demographics of U.S. states. Online edition is kept up to date with special and interim elections, important committee changes, election forecasts, primary results and more.

Published annually since 1792.

Contains Funk & Wagnall's New Encyclopedia, The World Almanac and Book of Facts, The World Almanac of the U.S.A., The World Almanac of U.S. Politics and The World Almanac for Kids.

Search by keyword or browse a wide variety of free encyclopedia and dictionary resources.

via Bartleby.com

Very eclectic blog with some very useful information.

From the Librarians Index to the Internet.

From Galaxy Directories.

Goes to a "facts subject index."

Maintained since 1995, to confirm, debunk or otherwise document warnings, news and stories that may be too good to be true....or may in fact be true.

From the University of Texas at Austin.

More than 11,000 searchable quotations from this older edition of the famous reference resource.

"Exceptional quotations to inspire, motivate, and entertain."

"Quotations, Aphorisms, Thoughts and Proverbs of Philosophers and Kings, Politicians, Famous Persons, and Wise-but-not-so-Famous Persons."

Offers a collection of quotation sites like Quoteland, Quoteworld, The Quotations Page, Bartlett’s Familiar, and Creative Quotations. Also features sites by quotation topics such as movie quotes, Bible quotes, and scientific quotes.

Provides a list of quotations by subject and author, as well as a database to search quotations by keywords or phrases. Also features quotes to use in wedding toasts.

Search quotations by topic or author. Includes links to Literary Quotations and Special Occasion Quotes.

Features an extensive collection of quotes by women famous in various fields of art, drama, music, science, literature, law, social sciences, and academia. Also provides biographies or links to additional information about some of the featured women.

Covers mysticism, religions, spirituality, psychology and offers key contributors, quotations, and wisdom.

Links to statistical and demographic sites of more than 70 agencies of the U.S. Government, maintained by the Federal Interagency Council on Statistical Policy.

Statistical tables from the U.S. Census Bureau with demographic and socioeconomic data for 227 countries and areas of the world.

Statistical, demographic and political data on countries and territories around the world: generates tables and charts for individual country profiles as well as comparisons. Data from U.S. and international agencies; every statistic is documented.

This site boasts that one can "convert just about anything to anything else." And with fifty thousand conversions and five thousand units, it has an impressive range.

Demographic snapshots of states and counties in the United States, including current estimates of population, breakdown by gender and race, population density, and some economic statistics.

Large collection of links to statistical resources, arranged thematically and maintained by the University of Michigan Documents Center.