Ready Reference Links

Arts & Entertainment

• All Music
  All music, music reviews, new releases, artists’ biographies.
• The Internet Movie Database (IMDb)
  The biggest most extensive movie and TV site on the web.  Cross indexes performers, titles, character names, and anyone involved in production.

Calculators & Converters

• Currency Converter for 164 Currencies
  multilingual currency converter for over 164 currencies and 3 metals
• How Far Is It?
  this service uses data from the US Census and a supplementary list of cities around the world to find the latitude and longitude of two places, and then calculates the distance between them (as the crow flies).
• Inflation Calculator
  Adjusts a given amount of money for inflation, according to the Consumer Price Index.
• Measurement Conversion
  Conversion and Calculation Center.  Tools to help convert a variety of measurements from English to Metric, currencies, electricity, volume, etc.
• Time and Date
  Information that is time and date related, such as yearly and monthly calendars, countdown counters and the world clock.

Customer Service

• Get Human
  Features customer service reviews, database of company phone numbers that reach human customer service reps, and a weblog.
• Switchboard
  Extensive online telephone number search tool.  White pages, yellow pages and reveerse lookup.
• USPS (United States Postal Service)
  Provides access to services, products, employment opportunities, and general agency information.
• Yellow Pages, White Pages, Maps, and more - Switchboard.com
  National yellow and white pages directory

Dictionaries

• MedlinePlus: Medical Dictionary
  authoritative information from NLM, the National Institutes of Health (NIH), and other government agencies and health-related organizations
• Merriam-Webster Online
  Free online dictionary, thesaurus, spanish-english and medical dictionaries, audio pronunciations, Word of the Day.
• Oxford English Dictionary
  The definitive record of the English language (accessible from within the library)

Facts & Figures

• CIA – World Factbook
  Lists population, government, military, and economic information for nations recognized by the United States.
• Kelley Blue Book
  resource for new car prices, used car prices, blue book values, car reviews and used car pricing.
• Mapquest
  Use for driving directions and maps.
• Statistical Abstract of the United States
  The authoritative and comprehensive summary of statistics on the social, political, and economic organization of the United States.
• Wikipedia
  The biggest multilingual free-content, user edited encyclopedia on the Internet. Over 7 million articles in over 200 languages, and still growing.
• Yahoo! Finance
  free stock quotes, up to date news, portfolio management resources, international market data, message boards, and mortgage rates.

News & Weather

• NY Times
  Online edition of the newspaper's news and commentary
• Post-Gazette NOW
  Pittsburgh’s daily newspaper
• USA Today
  Breaking news on weather, sports, world, science, financial, technology, travel, national, economy, and entertainment news.
• Weather Underground
  Weather forecasts for the US and the world with a fast, easy to use interface. Includes weather maps, graphics and radar images.

Sports

• ESPN
  Complete sports information including NFL, MLB, NBA, College Football, College Basketball scores and news.
• Historic Baseball Statistics & Information
  Box-scores for every major league game from 1957 through 2006.  Game scores and team records dating back to 1871.
• Pro Football Statistics & Information
  NFL information from 1920 – Present  including game scores and team statistics.