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Academic Info
Currency Converter
Dictionary.com
- (On the other hand, if you need a legal dictionary, we link several on our page of Miscellaneous Law-Related Links)
Kelley's Blue Book -- used car values
Merriam Webster
The Electric Library -- this is a vast "infobase" (consisting primarily of periodicals) to which you can pose queries in plain English. There is a modest fee, but you can try it for two weeks without charge.
Federal Statistics
Find/SVP -- real live reference librarians, who will research any reasonable question, for free!
Internet Public Library
The Library of Congress
LibrarySpot -- listed as one of the best Web sites by Forbes; has links to many information resources
Martindale's The Reference Desk -- "The best all-purpose reference source on the `Net, bar none," according to Allentown attorney Mark Albright
The New York Public Library
Ready Reference Collection -- from the Internet Public Library, links to thousands of valuable reference sources on the Internet
RefDesk.com
Research-It! -- everything from historical quotes to stock quotes
Roget's Thesaurus
xrefer -- "contains encyclopedias, dictionaries, thesauri & books of quotations from the world's leading publishers. All cross-referenced, all in one place - providing you with a single source for reliable factual information." Return to top of page

eMedicine World Medical Library -- "Instant access to the minds of medicine."
HealthFinder -- "your free guide to reliable health information." A service of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Medline-- The "world's largest biomedical database" is now free
- Medline Plus from NIH
National Library of Medicine (at National Institutes of Health)
The New England Journal of Medicine

The Boston Globe's boston.com
CEO Express -- a multitude of news sites, and more
CNN
Magazines and serials -- links from the Internet Public Library
MSNBC -- joint venture of Microsoft and NBC
National Public Radio
The New York Times -- you have to register (subscribe) first, which is tedious and involves following directions carefully, but it's free. TIP: when registering, choose the option to save both your used ID and your password.
Newspapers Online -- as the name suggests
Newspaperlinks.com
Online newspapers -- links from the Internet Public Library
Reuters Online via Yahoo
Time magazine
USA Today
The Wall Street Journal -- not free
Washington Post

See also our links to legal news (including Pennsylvania government news), and our links to sites for specific regions of Pennsylvania (on our page of Non-Legal Pennsylvania Links).

Federal Express
LawTech -- offering Software, Hardware, & Wireless solutions for the law
office
Toll-free phone directory -- from AT&T (when we tried it, it didn't come up with PBI's number, so we can't vouch for it)
United Parcel Service
United States Postal Service -- a handy way to look up the nine-digit zip code for any address in the U.S.