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.
• Time and Date
  Information that is time and date related, such as yearly and monthly calendars, countdown counters and the world clock.

(Customer) Services

• Get Human
  Features customer service reviews, database of company phone numbers that reach human customer service reps, and a weblog.
• How to Call Abroad: Country codes, area codes
  Instructions on what country codes to use and how to call from the U.S. to another country, from another country to the U.S., or between two foreign countries. Also information on calling cellular numbers, foreign area codes and links to phone books.
• 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

• Getty Vocabularies
  The Getty vocabularies contain structured terminology for art, architecture, decorative arts and other material culture, archival materials, visual surrogates, and bibliographic materials.
• 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.