Quick Reference

Acronym Finder
Acronyms and Abbreviations
Biography:
- Biography.com - brief biographies for over 20,000 people.
- Dictionary of New Zealand Biography
Brewer's Dictionary of Phrase and Fable - hypertext edition of Brewer's 1894 dictionary.
Conversion of Units (eg. miles to kilometres) :
- Christchurch City Libraries
- Digital Dutch
Countries:
- Country Commercial Guides - U.S. State Department's annual guides with information on economic trends and outlook, political environment, trade and investment.
- Country Profiles from the Eldis gateway to development information.
- Library of Congress Country Studies - political, economic and social information for over 70 countries.
- World Factbook - brief country profiles by the CIA.
Currency Converter
Dictionaries:
- yourDictionary.com - links to more than 800 dictionaries of over 160 different languages.
- English language:
  - OED Online - Oxford English Dictionary
  - Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
- Māori language:
  - Ngata Dictionary - the H.M. Ngata English-Māori Dictionary online.
Encyclopaedia:

How stuff works
Internet Search Tools
National Atlas of the United States
Official Federal Government information - links to United States government information available online.
Oxford Art Online
Oxford Music Online
Patents
Periodic Table of the Elements
Places / Gazetteers:
- GEOnet Names Server - place names database.
- New Zealand Geographic Placenames Database
- World Gazetteer - population of countries, cities and towns.
Political Leaders Worldwide since 1945
Quotations
Roget's Thesaurus
Skeptic's Dictionary : A Guide for the New Millenium - skeptical definitions and essays on occult, paranormal, supernatural and pseudoscientific ideas and practices.
Speeches collection.
Statistics:

Asia and the Pacific - data from UNESCAP
Census of Population and Dwellings (New Zealand)
Fedstats - United States statistics from over 100 agencies.
New Zealand Time Series
OECD Economic Outlook
OFFSTATS: Official Statistics on the Web - easily accessible social, economic and general data from official sources.
Statistics New Zealand - Web site of NZ's official statistical agency.

SYMBOLS.com - Encyclopedia of Western Signs and Ideograms
Telephone and Fax Directories:
- New Zealand White Pages
- New Zealand Yellow Pages
- Telephone Directories on the Web - links to white/yellow pages and fax directories on the Web.
Time and Date around the world - convert times between zones, calculate duration between two dates, display calendar for any year, etc.
Universities:
- BrainTrack - online directory of the world's universities and colleges.
- Yahoo! Directory - colleges and universities.
U.S. Government Documents Ready Reference Collection - from The Library, Colombia University, a collection of U.S. Government documents for agriculture, business, economics, government and transportation.

Page last updated on: 08/01/2010