Featured Resources

• AtoZDatabases: Find people and businesses
• Voter’s Edge: What’s on your ballot?

Countries & Maps

• CIA World Factbook: Population, government, military, and economic information for nations recognized by the United States
• David Rumsey Map Collection: A treasure trove of historical maps
• Fact Sheets: The people, government, and economy of the world’s countries, from the U.S. Department of State

Encyclopedias, Dictionaries and Quotations

• Acronym Finder: What do abbreviations and acronyms stand for?
• Bartlett’s Familiar Quotations (10th ed., 1919): Provides older quotations with their sources
• Collins Dictionaries: One stop lookup that searches several online dictionaries or thesauri
• Encylopedia.com: Over 100 encyclopedias and dictionaries
• Infoplease: Almanac, encyclopedia, dictionary, and thesaurus

Grammar and Writing

• Citation Styles: Links to MLA, APA, AMA, Chicago, and Turabian styles for citing sources
• Guide to Grammar and Writing
• Purdue Online Writing Lab (OWL)

Phone Numbers

• International White and Yellow Pages: Telephone directories worldwide
• Toll Free Directory: Find toll free numbers
• White Pages: from YellowPages.com

Weather and Tides

• Air Quality Monterey Bay
• Allergy Forecast: From Pollen.com
• National Weather Service: San Francisco Bay Area/Monterey
• Sunrise and Sunset Times: Moonrise and moonset too, for U.S. cities and towns
• Tide and Current Predictor: U.S. and worldwide
• Weather Underground: Weather for cities around the world, current and historical
• World Climate Averages: Includes rainfall averages