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DIRECTORIES

Telephone Numbers—World Telephone Numbering Guide: http://www.wtng.info/

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GENERAL REFERENCE

Clock, time and date: http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock

Crossword/jumble word finder: http://ull.chemistry.uakron.edu/jumble.html

Dictionary.com (dictionary/thesaurus/encyclopedia): http://dictionary.reference.com

File extensions and programs that run them (FILExt, the File Extension Source): http://filext.com

Special days/dates/months (GuestFinder.com): http://www.GuestFinder.com/calendar.htm

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GOVERNMENT & COMMUNITY

Demographics, Community: http://www.esribis.com/ (On the left, click on "Profile neighborhoods with Community Tapestry to learn about your market" and then enter a zip code. You'll get a text description of the neighborhood as well basic demographic statistics and comparisons to national averages.)

Economic Census:  http://www.census.gov/econ97 

Library of Congress: http://loc.gov

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GRAMMAR

Compound-Word List by Steve Wilbers
     (when to join as one word, hyphenate, or leave separate):
      http://www.wilbers.com/part24.htm

Grammar Help:

      Capital Community College: http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/

      Rutgers: http://andromeda.rutgers.edu/~jlynch/Writing

Writing Tips from All My Best: http://AllMyBest.net/asp/writing-tips.asp

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HOAXES & URBAN LEGENDS

Snopes.com: http://www.snopes.com/

Urban Legends.com: http://www.urbanlegends.com/

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SEARCH ENGINES

Google (text): http://google.com

Google (images): http://images.google.com

LookSmart: http://www.looksmart.com

Lycos Multimedia Search: http://multimedia.lycos.com 

Open Directory (The Internet Brain): http://www.dmoz.org

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SHIPPING RATES

Red Roller (all shippers): https://www.redroller.com/shippingcenter/home

U.S. Postal Service: http://www.usps.com

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WRITING

Abbreviations and what they mean: http://www.abbreviations.com

Acronyms: http://www.muller-godschalk.com/acronyms.html

Book Publishing, Front-Matter Components: http://desktoppub.about.com/od/booksmanuals/ a/book_parts_2.htm

Computer Terms, How to Spell: http://allmybest.net/writing-tips-by-all-my-best-spelling-computer-terms.asp

Inspirational Quotes, 140,000: http://www.en.thinkexist.com

Manuscripts: http://www.writecontent.com/Publishing_Tools/ Manuscript_Guidelines/manuscript_guidelines.html

Mastheads for Periodicals, Updated (MediaBistro.com): http://www.mediabistro.com/magazine-title-mastheads.html

Proofreader Marks, Standard: http://www.colorado.edu/Publications/styleguide/symbols.html

Style Manuals:

      AP (Associated Press): http://www.usu.edu/journalism/faculty/sweeney/ resources/ap.htm

      APA (American Psychological Association):

           http://www.apastyle.org

           http://www.apastyle.org/elecref.html

      Chicago Manual of Style, Latest Q&A: http://www.chicagomanualofstyle.org/cmosfaq.html

      MLA (Modern Language Association): http://www.mla.org

Terminology:

     Money terms (8,000+): http://money.cnn.com/services/glossary/a.html

Tips booklets, creating and marketing: http://www.tipsbooklets.com

Writer's Market: http://www.writersmarket.com

Writing Tips from All My Best: http://AllMyBest.net/asp/writing-tips.asp

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