Quick Reference Tools
Almanacs & Quick Facts
Calculators & Conversion
Calendars
Encyclopedias, Dictionaries & Thesaurus
- Babel Fish Text Translator
- Bartleby.com - encyclopedia, dictionary, quotations, famous books, etc.
- Foreignword.com
- Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary and Thesaurus
- Visual Thesaurus: Online Edition
- Wikipedia
- World Wide Web Acronym and Abbreviation
For Your Computer
- BrowZine - a virtual bookshelf app for scholarly journals
- Library Toolbar - a plugin for your browser
Government Information
Local Government
- Kansas City, Missouri
- State of Kansas Website
- State of Missouri Website
- State & Local Government on the Net
US Government
- Federal Citizen Information Center
- The House of Representatives
- The Senate
- The Supreme Court
- THOMAS - legislative information from the Library of Congress
- USA.gov - government information by topic
- The White House
Voting and Voter Registration
- Kansas City (Missouri) Board of Elections
- Missouri elections and voting information
- Kansas elections and legislative FAQ
- Project Vote Smart
- Rock the Vote
- U.S. Federal Election Commission
- The Johnson County (Kansas) Election Office
- The Wyandotte County (Kansas) Election Office
Maps
- Google Earth - software allows you to explore the earth through satellite imagery
- Google Maps
- Maps.com
- National Geographic Maps
- Perry-Castaneda Maps
People Finder
Website Finders
- Academic Info
- Digital Librarian
- INFOMINE
- ipl2 (formerly Internet Public Library and Librarians' Index to the Internet)
- LibrarySpot.com
- WWW Virtual Library