Research Resources:
Electronic Reference Sources:
Almanacs, Calendars, and Units of Measure
Almanacs
50states
Includes almanac type information on each of the 50 states (plus the Commonwealths, and territories) with links to a variety of official sites and related information.
Guinness World Records
This site features only a small selection of the 40,000 records in the Guinness World Records database. Browse world records by category or search by keyword. Requires the flash player browser plug-in.
Information Please Almanac
The Almanac may be searched, browsed, or cross-searched along with an english language dictionary, a thesaurus, an atlas, and The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition.
Statistical Abstract of the United States
Full-text PDF versions of the publication from the U.S. Bureau of the Census from 1878 forward. Includes statistics on social and economic conditions in the United States and selected international data. Also includes a full-text PDF version of Historical Statistics of the United States, Colonial Times to 1970.
World Almanac & Book of Facts [Rutgers Restricted]
Search or browse the full-text of the almanac beginning with the 2000 edition.
Calendars, and Time
Chambers's Book of Days
An electronic version of the 1879 text subtitled A Miscellany of Popular Antiquities in Connection with the Calendar including Anecdote, Biography, & History, Curiosities of Literature and Oddities of Human Life and Character.
Earth Calendar
Lists holidays and cultural events around the world by date, country, or religion; also includes a search function.
Historic Events and Birth-Dates
Lists births; deaths; holidays; religious events and observances; and major events on this day in history. Related pages allow searching by month and day, or by month and year, to locate equivalent information for other dates.
HyperHistory Online
Timelines for major civilizations; lifelines of important persons from their date of birth to their date of death; and year-by-year listings of important events in science, culture, and politics. Includes maps and links to short encyclopedia-like entries on people, places, movements, and events in history.
Information Please Almanac
The Almanac may be searched, browsed, or cross-searched along with an english language dictionary, a thesaurus, an atlas, and The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition.
Official U.S. Time
The "official" time for each area of the U.S.; provided cooperatively by the U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology and the U.S. Naval Observatory.
OnlineConversion.com
Resource for converting date/time, length/distance, temperature, speed, volume, weight, and much more.
timeanddate.com
Features a world clock with time zones; a calendar and date calculator; countdowns to any date; and other time and date related services. Search by city, place, or country to find the current time anywhere in the world.
U.S. Naval Observatory Astronomical Applications Department
Links to information on sunrises; sunsets; phases of the moon; eclipses; positions of the sun and moon; seasons; plus other astronomical data and information.
U.S. Naval Observatory Master Clock Time
Lists the current date and time in each Standard Time Zone.
Virtual Perpetual Calendars
Perpetual calendars for the 20th and 21st centuries, U.S. and Canadian Holidays from 1990 to 2010, Julian calendar dates, and more.
World Almanac & Book of Facts [Rutgers Restricted]
Search or browse the full-text of the almanac beginning with the 2000 edition.
World Time Server
Shows current time, with a graphic showing the area of the world, for locations worldwide. Locations can be searched or listed by country or city; future event times can also be calculated.
WorldTimeZone.com
Time zone maps with current times, maps of current night and day zones, and additional time related tools.
Weights and Measures
AskNumbers.com
Links to conversion tools for measurements of density, flow rate, light, sound, calories, and many other types of measures.
Conversion Maestro
Enter a known value to get U.S. - metric conversions for length, area, mass and weight, or liquid volume. Also does conversions between Fahrenheit and Celsius temperatures.
Dictionary of Units
Provides a summary of most of the units of measurement to be found in use around the world today (and a few of historical interest), together with the appropriate conversion factors needed to change them into a 'standard' unit of the International System (S.I.).
How Many? A Dictionary of Units of Measurement
Includes the units of the International System of Units (SI); many other units of the metric system; various non-metric scientific units; units of the English traditional systems; selected traditional units from cultures other than English; and certain measurement terms and notations which are not "units of measurement" in a strict sense, but which are used much as if they were.
International System of Units (SI)
From the U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology, includes a brief summary of the International System of Units (SI), the modern metric system of measurement. Includes lists of units and prefixes; rules and style conventions; conversions; definitions; and history.
Martindale's Calculators On-Line Center
Contains links to online calculators designed for every imaginable purpose: mathematics, physics, engineering, photography, nutrition, sports, currency, weather, etc.
Measure 4 Measure
Links to a collection of web sites that estimate, calculate, evaluate, translate, etc.
OnlineConversion.com
Resource for converting date/time, length/distance, temperature, speed, volume, weight, and much more.
Soople: Calculators
Calculators for converting unit of measure, calculating percentages, trigonometric functions, square roots, and more.
WebElements Periodic Table
Click on an element for detailed information, description, and data.
World Standards Services Network
A network of publicly accessible WWW servers of standards organizations around the world. Provides links to information on international, regional, and national standardization and related activities and services.
