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Information Please has been providing authoritative answers to all kinds of factual questions since 1938. Information includes facts about the World, Biographies, Business, the United States, Sports, Society & Culture, History & Government, Arts & Entertainment, Calendar & Holiday, and Health & Science.

The Almanac, North America's oldest continuously published periodical, has come out every year in September, since 1792. Information includes tide tables, sunrise and planting charts, recipes, and weather forecasts.

A cooperatively provided public service from the Department of Commerce agency, the National Institute of Standards and Technology, and the U. S. Naval Observatory. Readings from the clocks of these agencies contribute to world time, called Coordinated Universal Time.

This site has information about Time, Date, Astronomy, Holidays, Clocks, and Counters.

The Time Zone Converter is intended to be used to compare relative times between time zones.

CollegeSource® Online is a database of digital college catalogs, institution profiles, transcript keys, and other critical resources.

Every calculator on the site is hand-crafted to be used for free.

The text, graphics, images, and other material contained on the MedicineNet Site are for informational purposes only.

A Web site with thousands of "cyberterms" that people use when communicating online, surfing the Web, or conducting e-commerce transactions. It acts as a digital reference guide that helps people around the world learn about the most commonly used words, smileys, acronyms, etc.

Welcome to the biggest little list of oxymorons online. Feel free to click on your favorite (or most hated) oxymoron and tell us what you think about it.

A site offering rhymes, synonyms, definitions, and more. If you don't know the right word to use, this site will help you find it. No word is too obscure: More than 5 million words in more than 1000 online dictionaries are indexed by the OneLook® search engine.

YourDictionary is the easiest-to-use online dictionary and thesaurus, featuring simple, straightforward definitions along with example use cases for the most popular words, with quick-click access to more in-depth information including specialty definitions and related articles.

A dictionary of slang used in both American and British English.

Provides reliable, free online access to millions of English definitions, synonyms, spelling, audio pronunciations, example sentences, and translations.

For more than 150 years, in print and now online, Merriam-Webster has been America's leading and most trusted provider of language information.

18,955,870 words in 1061 dictionaries indexed

It provides access to millions of English definitions, synonyms, spellings, audio pronunciations, example sentences, and translations.

Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc., headquartered in Chicago, Illinois, is a leading provider of learning and knowledge products. We're proud to be one of the world's most trusted sources of information on every topic imaginable - from the origins of the universe to current events and everything in between.

This Smithsonian Web and New Media Strategy was created through a fast and transparent process that
directly involved, and continues to involve, hundreds of stakeholders inside and outside the Institution.
This strategy will feed into the Smithsonian’s comprehensive strategic plan, currently under
development.

Wolfram Alpha is a site that aims to collect and curate all objective data; implement every known model, method, and algorithm; and make it possible to compute whatever can be computed about anything. The goal is to build on the achievements of science and other systematizations of knowledge to provide a single source that can be relied on by everyone for definitive answers to factual queries.

FindLaw, a Thomson Reuters business, is the world's leading provider of online legal information and Internet marketing solutions for law firms. FindLaw's roots go back to 1995 when two attorneys compiled a list of Internet resources for a group of law librarians in northern California. The response to the material was so positive they decided to post the information on the Internet.

U.S. Congress legislation, Congressional Record debates, Members of Congress, legislative process educational resources presented by the Library of Congress

Google Maps is a map service that you can use to view basic or custom maps and local business information, including business locations, contact information, and driving directions, allowing you to view satellite images of your desired location that you can zoom and pan.

Building on the core premise of providing accurate maps and directions to millions of people every day, MapQuest.com is committed to making it easy for you to find local information, create your trips or journeys, and customize, personalize, and share them with others.

An online map source of areas that are in Current Interest and General Interest

Includes information about Calculations, Conversions, Popular conversions, and Car insurance rates.

An online directory of many other online calculators for various professions including but not limited to Health, Finance, Sports, Design, Engineering, Science, etc.

CNN.com is among the world's leaders in online news and information delivery. Continuously updated and staffed 24 hours, seven days a week, CNN.com relies heavily on its global team of almost 4,000 news professionals. CNN.com features live video streaming, audio packages, searchable archives of news features, background information, and much more.

The local ABC News station based in Sioux City.

The local CBS/FOX News station based in Sioux City.

The local NBC News station based in Sioux City.

The MSNBC Digital Network is a collection of innovative and powerful news brands that deliver the most compelling, diverse, and visually engaging stories on your platform of choice. The world-class brands featured in the digital network include msnbc.com, TODAY, NBC Nightly News, MSNBC TV, NBC Sports, Newsvine, EveryBlock, and BreakingNews.com.

A thriving media organization at the forefront of digital innovation, NPR creates and distributes award-winning news, information, and music programming.

The 50,000 most authoritative quotations on the web, with 38,000 other short selections.

Best of the Web is a comprehensive directory of categorized, content-rich, well-designed websites- and the Internet's oldest search directory. Our mission is to provide the internet community with meaningful guidance it can trust.

BrainyQuote is the world's largest quotation site. We educate and entertain audiences of all ages with family-friendly quotations from history's most prominent figures through to today's newsmakers - celebrities, athletes, politicians, authors, and everything in between. We are passionate about quotes, and on a mission to share our knowledge with the world.

We created LibrarySpot.com to break through the information overload of the Web and bring the best library and reference sites together with insightful editorial in one user-friendly spot. Sites featured on LibrarySpot.com are hand-selected and reviewed by our editorial team for their exceptional quality, content, and utility.

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