Reference

Associations Directories


Country Information


Demographics and Statistics



  • Bureau of Labor Statistics: Social, demographic, and economic statistics

  • Census Bureau: Recent census demographics from the Census Bureau, searchable by ZIP, county, state

  • Census Quick Facts: Quick access to facts about people, business, and geography from the Census Bureau

  • Fedstats: Searches federal statistics by topic instead of by agency

  • USA.Gov: The US Government's web portal to its Data and Statistics resources

Reference



  • Bartleby: Compilation of encyclopedias, dictionaries, thesaurus, quotation books, etc.

  • Online Conversion: Convert files from one type to another type

  • U.S. Facts & Locations: Address & ZIP Code Lookup, General U.S., Geography & Maps, Public Records, States

Telephone Directories



  • Infobel: Information and services for more than 184 countries

  • Infospace.com: Includes reverse lookup; e-mail lookup; area, ZIP, and international codes lookup

  • Switchboard.com: Find a business or person, search by phone number

Topic Directories



  • Internet Public Library: Another general index organized by librarians at the University of Michigan

  • Journalism Links: Part of a Web workshop for journalists and other professionals by Sreenath Sreenivasan, Columbia University journalism professor

  • Librarians. Internet Index: Websites organized by subject by trustworthy librarians; includes a guide to new and interesting websites each week

  • Virtual Reference Shelf: Selected web resources compiled by the Library of Congress