Biography and Genealogy

Books and Publishers

Career and Employment
Job Listings, Career Exploration

Citation Style Manuals & Writing Centers

College Resources
College Rankings, Directories, Study Guides

Dictionaries & Encyclopedias
Acronyms, Thesauri, Quotations

Directories
Phone Numbers, E-Mail, Codes, Specialized Directories

Biography and Genealogy

• African American Biographical Database
• American Presidents
• Biographical Dictionary
• Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1774-Present
• Biography & Genealogy Master Index
• Biography.com
• Contemporary Authors
• FamilySearch Internet Genealogy Service
• Internet Genealogy Sites
• Marquis Who's Who
• Nobel Prize Laureates
• UWM Library - Archives - Genealogical Collections
• Wisconsin Genealogy Resources at the State Historical Society

Books and Publishers

• Books in Print
• Book Shopping/Price Search Engines
  • Abebooks.com
  • AddALL
  • BestBookBuys
  • BookFinder.com
  • Book Wormer
  • Direct Textbook
  • FetchBook.Info
  • ISBN.nu
• Directory of Publishers and Vendors
• Electronic Books
• Journal Abbreviation Sources
• Journal Info
• Publist
• Publishers' Catalogues
• Ulrichsweb.com

Career and Employment

Career Exploration

• JobStar--Profession-Specific Salary Surveys
• National Compensation Survey
• O*NET Online
• Occupational Outlook Handbook
• Riley Guide
• UWM Career Development Center
• Wisconsin Labor Market Information

Job Listings

• America's Job Bank
• DPI Job Search, WI (click on Education category)
• FedWorld
• Career Builder
• HotJobs
• Milwaukee Journal Sentinel - Jobs
• Monster.com
• MonsterTRAK - UWM Student Employment
• USAJobs
• Wisconsin JobNet
• Wisconsin Department of Employment Relations - Employment Opportunities

Citation Style Manuals & Writing Centers

• UWM Writing Center

• Annotated Bibliography, How to Prepare an
• APA Documentation Style: Writer's Handbook
• APA Style - Electronic References
• APA Style Resources
• Assembling a List of Works Cited in Your Paper
• Citing Government Information Sources Using MLA (Modern Language Association) Style
• Citing References in Your Paper (UW Madison Writing Center)
• EndNote Web (via Web of Knowledge)
• Internet Citation Guides: UW-Madison Reference Department
• MLA - Guide for Writing Research Papers
• Online! Citation Styles
• RefWorks
• What citation style should I use?

See the Common Question How do I format a bibliography? for more information.

College Resources

• American School Directory
• American Universities Directory
• Braintrack University Index
• College and University Newspapers
• College and University Rankings
• CollegeSource Online
• Community College Web
• Federal Student Aid
• FinAid! SmartStudent Guide to Financial Aid
• Peterson's Education Supersite
• Study Guides for Assessment Tests
  • ACT
  • GMAT
  • GRE
  • LSAT
  • MCAT
  • SAT
  • TOEFL
• U.S. News.edu
• Wisconsin
  • University of Wisconsin Campuses
  • Wisconsin Technical College System
  • Wisconsin's Private Colleges and Universitie

Dictionaries & Encyclopedias

• Acronym Finder
• Acronym Server
• AltaVista Translation Services (Babel Fish)
• Bartleby.com
• Catholic Encyclopedia
• EBSCO Animals
• Encarta
• Encyclopedia Smithsonian
• Encyclopedia.com
• Everything2
• Funk & Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia
• How Stuff Works
• InfoPlease.com (Information Please Almanac)
• Mental Measurements Yearbook
• Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary
• NetLingo: The Internet Language Dictionary
• New Grove Dictionary of Opera
• OneLook Dictionary Search
• Oxford English Dictionary
• Quoteworld
• ROGET'S Thesaurus (ARTFL Project)
• Symbols Encyclopedia
• Urban Dictionary (slang)
• Web of Online Dictionaries
• Wikipedia
• XRefer

Directories

Phone Numbers, Addresses, E-mail, etc.

• UW - Milwaukee Directories (Faculty, Staff & Students)

• Area Codes: Fone Finder
• Google Local
• Infospace
• International Dialing Codes
• International Yellow Pages
• Internet 800 Directory
• Switchboard
• Telephone Directories on the Web (international)
• USPS ZIP Code Lookup and Address Information
• World Addressing Formats

Specialized Directories

• Associations Unlimited
• BBB Wise Giving Alliance
• DIRLINE: Directory of Health Organizations
• Foreign Embassies of Washington, D.C
• Foundation Center
• Museums Pages
• Public Records Database Collection
• Schoolbug.org K-12 Directory
• Tourism Offices Worldwide Directory
• U.S. Embassies and Other Diplomatic Missions

Facts, Figures & Consumer Info
Country Information, Calendars, Automobile Guides, Currency, Weather

Grants, Scholarships, & Loans

Internet Search Tools
Subject Directories, Search Engines, Evaluation Tools

Maps & Almanacs

Milwaukee & Wisconsin
Official Government Sites, UW, Tourism

Other Reference Sites

Statistics

Tax Information
Federal & State Tax Forms, U.S. Tax Code

Facts, Figures, and Consumer Information

• AMA Online Doctor Finder
• American FactFinder (U.S. Census data)
• Automobile Buyers Guides
  • Edmunds
  • Kelley Blue Book
• Better Business Bureau
• Calculators Online
• Calendar Zone
• Calendars: Where Do You Want To Go Today?
• Currency Converter (GoCurrency.com)
• Currency Converter (OANDA)
• Epinions
• Price's List of Lists
• Quotations Page
• Time.gov
• U.S. Census Bureau
• Weather
  • National Climactic Data Center
  • TMJ4 Milwaukee Weather
  • Weather.com
  • Weather Underground
• WWW Unit Converter

Grants, Scholarships, & Loans

• Community of Science
• Foundations in Wisconsin
• Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA)
• Fulbright Program
• Grants.gov
• Illinois Researcher Information Service
• UWM Libraries Guide: Grants, Scholarships, & Loans

Internet Search Tools

Directories

• The Infography
• Librarians' Index to the Internet
• Looksmart
• Open Directory Project
• Yahoo!

Search Engines

• All the Web
• AltaVista
• Ask.com
• Country based search engines
• Google
• HotBot
• Vivisimo

Meta-Search Engines

• Ixquick
• Metacrawler
• SurfWax

Evaluation

• 10 C's For Evaluating Internet Sources
• How to Evaluate a Web Page
• Search Engine Watch

See also How do I know if a web source is reliable? for more information.

Maps & Almanacs

• Columbia Gazetteer of the World
• Country Studies (Library of Congress)
• Geographic Names
• Google Maps
• InfoPlease.com (Information Please Almanac)
• How Far Is It?
• MapQuest
• MSN Maps & Directions
• Perry-Castaneda Library Map Collection (University of Texas)
• Rand McNally
• Old Farmers Almanac
• Time Zones
• World Almanac
• World Factbook
• World Flag Database
• World Wide Constitutions
• Yahoo! Neighborhood Profiles

Milwaukee & Wisconsin

• Milwaukee (City) - Government Home Page
• Milwaukee County
• State of Wisconsin
• Wisconsin Cities, Towns and Villages

• First Call for Help (Southeastern Wisconsin Health and Human Care Agencies)
• Milwaukee County Transit System
• Milwaukee Property Data
• Greater Milwaukee Convention and Visitors Bureau
• University of Wisconsin
  • University of Wisconsin System "Redbook"
    Non-UWM users may use Ask a Librarian to obtain this information
  • University of Wisconsin System Student Statistics
  • UWM Class Tally Information
• Wisconsin Blue Book
• Wisconsin County Maps
• Wisconsin Department of Tourism
• Yahoo! Travel Milwaukee

Other Reference Sites

• Cyberstacks
• Infomine: Scholarly Internet Resource Collections
• Internet Public Library
• LibrarySpot
• Michigan eLibrary
• Ready Reference
• RefDesk
• WWW Virtual Library

Statistics

• American FactFinder  (census data)
• CenStats
• Country at a Glance
• FedStats
• InfoPlease.com (Information Please Almanac)
• NationMaster.com
• Price's List of Lists
• STAT-USA
• Statistical Abstract of the United States
• Statistical Resources on the Internet (UWM Library)
• Statistical Universe
• U.S.A. Statistics in Brief
• U.S. Census Bureau

Tax Information

See the library guide Tax Information, General Points for Filing Taxes for more information.

• Tax Preparation Software
  • TaxACT (free version available)
• Tax Forms
  • Federal (IRS)
  • Wisconsin
  • Other States
• Return Status
  • Federal (IRS)
  • Wisconsin
• Volunteer Tax Assistance
  • Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) / Taxpayer
    Counseling for the Elderly (TCE) (Wisconsin Dept. of Revenue)
  • Volunteer Tax Information (IRS)
• U.S. Tax Code Online
  • Title 26-Internal Revenue Code
  • Appendix to Title 26-Internal Revenue Code