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This is great if you're thinking about moving, but also interesting if you're studying the differences in cost of living across the U.S. and the rest of the world. Input your current residence, destination, and salary, and it will tell you how much you will have to make to move there and keep the same buying power.

The Internet Scout project at the University of Wisconsin provides here a valuable resource tool "to support effective use of the Internet by educators and researchers in the US." These folks provide Internet announcements updated daily and available in archive, explanations of the best Internet tools, and a KIDS section where K-12 students review sites.

Like its real-world counterpart, the Smithsonian Institute Web site features a huge amount of information on an almost infinite variety of topics. An excellent resource, and a neat way to virtually tour this national treasure.

The complete online listing of all standard industrial classification codes and category descriptions. A great quick reference. Information on CD-ROM or diskette can be purchased, but the Web site is free.

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Part of the Internet Public Library, Stately Knowledge is a great place to visit if you need information about any of the United States. Click on individual states for statistical and general information, plus great state information links.

State and county profiles, state rankings, charts, and more are available on this site.

Tasha Saecker, a Wisconsin librarian, has compiled, categorized, and briefly annotated a great list of useful links in many areas of interest.

This collection of links was put together by a police officer who teaches several subjects in America Online's Academic Assistance Center. Among the subjects are World History, American History, The Arts, Culture & Society, and Research and Reference.

Current and historical legislative information presented "in the spirit of Thomas Jefferson, a service of the U.S. Congress through its Library."

The cyber-librarian at the University of Michigan-Dearborn is a great guide for helping you find reference material on the Web.

This extensive site includes a huge amount of data on the population, population growth estimates, demographics, and educational levels. Interactive Maps and the Population Clock are not to be missed.

This offering from The Mining Company zeroes in on what’s going on in the U.S. government right this minute, as well as what it means and where you can find more information. There are links to 200 U.S. government sites, features with archives, events, chat, and search. An excellent, current resource.

A ZIP code directory, dictionaries, encyclopedias, periodic tables, telephone directories, and grant information are just some of the neat resources you'll find online at this site, offered by the University of California-Irvine.

This is an online library with links to a variety of sources (government documents, dictionaries, travel information, science data, phone books, and more) put together here by Purdue University Libraries.

The World Wide Legal Information Association offers laymen's definitions of legal terms, searchable by letter.

Need information on a product or service, or can't dig up your contact name from that company whose products you're interested in? Give Where2Go a name, a product name, even a piece of a URL, and it will attempt to help you track down the information you're looking for. An interesting service, and helpful as well.

This is a straightforward presentation of essay writing basics, plus an excellent links collection including writing sources, grammar and study aids, and bibliography resources.


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