Online Handbooks and Almanacs

Arts & Sciences

• Bartlett's Familiar Quotations as a searchable database.
• Chemfinder -- look up chemicals by name, CAS Number, molecular formula, or molecular weight
• Conversion of Units (miles to furlongs, etc.).
• Nutrient Data Laboratory -- site from the U.S. Department of Agriculture includes National Nutrient Database for Standard Reference and USDA Food Composition Data.
• Handbook of Latin American Studies a bibliography on Latin America consisting of works selected and annotated by scholars.
• Library of Congress Classification Outline.
• Online Mendelian Inheritance in Man -- a catalog of human genes and genetic disorders
• Periodic table of the elements.
• RxList - The Internet Drug Index
• Symbols.com contains more than 2,500 Western signs, arranged into 54 groups according to their graphic characteristics. In 1,600 articles their histories, uses, and meanings are thoroughly discussed.

International, National & Regional Fact Books

• CIA World Fact Book has articles about countries of the world, regional and topical maps.
• BBC News Country Profiles provide an instant guide to history, politics and economic background of countries and territories.
• Country Studies from the Library of Congress.
• InfoPlease
• Los Angeles Almanac.
• Political Database of the Americas
• San Fernando Valley Almanac and FactBook
• Statistical Abstract of the U.S. -- over 1400 tables and graphs on social, economic, and international subjects. Better organized than previously, this site still is not as easy to negotiate as the printed edition in Library (HA 202).
• U. S. Postal Service including Zip codes and postal rates.

Professional

• Internet Publishing Handbook by Mike Franks
• O*NET replaces the outmoded Dictionary of Occupational Titles (DOT).
• Occupational Outlook Handbook from Bureau of Labor Statistics.