READY REFERENCE

Almanacs, Facts & Quotations

Online Illinois Reference Service: http://www.askawayillinois.info/

About: http://www.about.com/

Almanac (Information Please ): http://www.infoplease.com/

Demographics: http://www.zipskinny.com/

Bartlett’s Familiar Quotations: http://www.bartleby.com/100/

Fast Facts: http://www.freepint.com/gary/handbook.htm

Guinness Book of World Records: http://www.guinessworldrecords.com/

Conversion, Translation, Statistics

Conversion Guide: http://www.onlineconversion.com/

Babel Fish Language Translation: http://world.altavista.com/

Statistics Online: http://www.library.auckland.ac.nz/subjects/stats/offstats/

Census: http://factfinder.census.gov/

Dictionaries & Encyclopedias

Dictionary of the History of Ideas http://etext.lib.virginia.edu/DicHist/dict.html

Encarta (MSN): http://encarta.msn.com/encnet/refpages/artcenter.aspx

Encyclopedia.com http://www.encyclopedia.com/

Dictionary (with pronounciation): http://howjsay.com/

OneLook Dictionary: http://www.onelook.com/

Oxford Online: http://www.askoxford.com/ (English dictionary; quotations dictionary; games)

Directories (Contacts)

800 Directory http://www.inter800.com/

Telephone Directories on the WEB: http://www.infobel.com/teldir/teldir.asp?page=/eng/namc/us/bn

Consumer Phone Numbers: http://www.consumeraction.gov/corpormain.shtml

City Directory: http://www.citydirectory.com/

College locator: http://www.petersons.com/ugchannel/code/searches/srchCrit1.asp?sponsor=13

Free People Search: http://www.freeprf.com/

InfoLink: http://www3.irissoft.com/iowa/

Local School Contacts: http://www.localschooldirectory.com/google.php?g_general_search&gclid=COm-vO64oYgCFQ23WAodSGsKaQ

MacRAE'S Directory (millions of businesses): http://www.nexport.com/index.cfm

Public School Locator: http://nces.ed.gov/ccd/schoolsearch/

Quad Cities homepages: www.quadcities.org/links

Quad Cities Computer Society: http://www.qcs.org/

Employment Resources

Regional Jobs: http://regionalhelpwanted.com/home/329.htm?SN=329&&

Iowa Jobs: http://www.iowajobs.org/

Iowa Work Force: http://www.iowaworkforce.org/newjobs.htm

Occupational Outlook Handbook: http://www.bls.gov/oco/

Illinois Department of Employment Security: http://www.ides.state.il.us/

Illinois Job Bank: http://www.jobsearch.org/IL

Simply Hired: http://www.simplyhired.com/

Classifieds search engine: http://www.oodle.com/

Job Search Directory http://www.uncoverthenet.com/dir/22/1.php

Uncover: http://www.uncoverthenet.com/dir/22/1.php

Government - City, State & County

Davenport, City of: http://www.cityofdavenportiowa.com/

Iowa, State of: http://www.iowa.gov/state/main/index.html

Iowa Publications: http://publications.iowa.gov/

Iowa 1040: http://www.state.ia.us/tax/forms/0641080.pdf

Scott County, Iowa: http://www.scottcountyiowa.com/

Scott County Precinct Finder: http://www.scottcountyiowa.com/auditor/precinct_finder.php

Find it Illinois: http://findit.sos.state.il.us/

50 States Blue Book: http://web.acsalaska.net/~dcornwall/NLA2005/BlueBookList.html

Government - Federal

Census Bureau: http://www.census.gov/

Congress: http://www.congress.gov/

Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics: http://stats.bls.gov/

Federal Government Statistics: http://www.fedstats.gov/

First Search.gov: http://firstgovsearch.gov/

GPO Public Access: http://www.gpoaccess.gov/index.html

IRS: http://www.irs.gov/

Quick Google search for IRS form (example): 8880 site:irs.gov

Post Office: http://www.usps.com/

Thomas: http://thomas.loc.gov/

White House (including presidential bios): http://www.whitehouse.gov/

Legal

Lawchek: http://www.lawcheck.net/cedar-rapids/index.html

Case search: Iowa Courts: http://www.iowacourts.state.ia.us/ESAWebApp/DefaultFrame

Case search: Rock Island County: http://www.judici.com/courts/cases/index.jsp?court=IL081025J

Directory of Internet Sites (LAW): http://www.accesstolaw.com/site/default.asp?s=43

Iowa Code: http://www.legis.state.ia.us/IowaLaw.html

Iowa Legal Aid: http://www.iowalegalaid.org/

Illinois Legal Aid: http://www.illinoislegalaid.org/

Lawyer Locator: http://www.martindale.com/

Legal Encyclopedia http://www.law.cornell.edu/wex/index.php/Main_Page

Weather

http://forecast.weather.gov/MapClick.php?zoneid=ILZ015
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