Quick Reference Tools

Almanacs & Quick Facts

Calculators & Conversion

• Calculator
• Currency Converter
• Internet Archive Wayback Machine
• Unit Converter

Calendars

• Earth Calendar (holidays and celebrations)
• Perpetual Calendar
• Timeanddate.com

Encyclopedias, Dictionaries & Thesaurus

• Babel Fish Text Translator
• Bartleby.com - encyclopedia, dictionary, quotations, famous books, etc.
• Encyclopaedia Britannica Online  (Available to UMKC users only)
• Foreignword.com
  
• Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary and Thesaurus
• Visual Thesaurus: Online Edition
• Wikipedia
• World Wide Web Acronym and Abbreviation

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
  • Write Your Representative
• 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
  • Frequently Asked Questions
• 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

• Switchboard
• World Telephone Directories
• Yahoo! People Search

Website Finders

• Academic Info
• Digital Librarian
• INFOMINE
• Internet Public Library
• Librarians� Index to the Internet
• LibrarySpot.com
• WWW Virtual Library 

Weather

• National Weather Service
  • Kansas City
• Weather.com
  • Kansas City