ABYZ News Links
Links to more than 16,400 newspapers and other news sources from around the world

The American Heritage^® Dictionary of the English Language
"Over 90,000 entries feature 10,000 new words and senses, 70,000 audio word pronunciations, 900 full-page color illustrations, language notes and word-root appendixes."

America's Career InfoNet
"Smart career decisions start here! Find wages and employment trends, occupational requirements, state by state labor market conditions, millions of employer contacts nationwide, and the most extensive career resource library online. "

AT&T Help/Search: Directories
Find people, businesses, toll-free numbers, websites. Includes a reverse lookup from phone number

Census Bureau Home Page
Includes various types of census information grouped under various subjects of interest

CIA World Factbook
A standard authoritative reference source, data is available for over 250 countries.

Dictionary (Merriam-Webster) OnLine
"Merriam-Webster delivers the most up-to-date dictionary on the Web."

DSM-IV Mental Disorders
A shortened version (incomplete) of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders - Fourth Edition (DSM-IV), published by the American Psychiatric Association.

ESPN.com
A great first stop for sports information.

FirstGov.gov - Official U.S. Government Homepage
A new web portal to the Federal government's Internet resources.

Fortune 500 List
The classic list of American corporations.

Global Statistics
From the United Nations Statistics Division.

Globastat
“Our data tables show how over 190 countries compare to each other in more than 140 categories, ranging from population size to electricity consumption per person. ”

Google U.S. Government Search
Use Google to search for government information.

GovEngine.com
"The premiere federal, state & local government site on the Internet."

Information Please Almanac On-Line
Provides an easy-to-use index to the contents of the almanac and more!

Internet Public Library Search Engines
Short descriptions, pros and cons for using various search engines

Internet Public Library
An electronic public library housed at the University of Michigan. Includes resources for adults, young adults and children.

IMSLP (International Music Score Library Project)
Virtual library containing all public domain music scores

The Invisible Web Directory
"... a directory of some of the best resources the Invisible Web has to offer. The directory includes resources that are informative, of high quality, and contain worthy information from reliable information providers that are not visible to general-purpose search engines."

Law Library (Library of Michigan)
An ambitious guide to the Library of Michigan's Law Library and a set of Michigan law resources available online.

lexicool.com: Directory of bilingual and multilingual dictionaries
"...  links to over 2000 translation dictionaries and glossaries."

LibDex
A worldwide directory of library homepages, 
web-based OPACs, Friends of the Library pages, and library e-commerce affiliate links. 

Librarians' Internet Index
Their best of the web contains over 20,000 entries that are maintained by librarians and organized into 14 main topics and nearly 300 related topics.  

MapQuest : Driving Directions, Maps
Find your locations the easy way!

Michigan Courts
Access to information on Michigan Courts. This site has a self-help center linked from the state court administrative offices.

Michigan eLibrary
The premier digital library for Michigan residents! Includes thousands of links to the best resources in almost every conceivable subject area.

Michigan.gov
The official State of Michigan portal.

Michiganlegalaid.org
MichiganLegalAid.org provides help with legal problems to low income residents of Michigan. On this site you will find information about the law and about places to go for help with legal and related problems.

MUSÉE
A directory of museums worldwide including art, science, history, zoos, archaeology, and aquariums.

Occupational Outlook Handbook, current edition
The classic vocational guidance resource from the U.S. Department of Labor in electronic form.

Omniglot: A Guide to Writing Systems
"... a guide to over 200 different alphabets, syllabaries and other writing systems, including a few you will find nowhere else."

Population Profile of the United States
"The Population Profile of the United States: 2000 (Internet Release) is the first Internet-only version of this U.S. Census Bureau product. It includes data from surveys conducted in 2000 and earlier, as well as some limited Census 2000 data. "

Pseudodictionary.com
"... a site dedicated to made-up slang words, a site where everyone [will] be able to add and get credit for their own words too. "

PubList
A database of over 150,000 magazines, journals, newsletters, & other periodicals.

refdesk.com
"The single best source for facts on the Net."

State Health Facts Online
From the Kaiser Family Foundation

State Bar of Michigan
Has information for lawyers and the public. Under public resources, there is a lawyer referral service link.

Statistical Abstract of the U.S.
Sections are available for download in PDF format
Adobe Acrobat Reader is available for free.

THOMAS -- U.S. Congress on the Internet
Wide variety of resources concerning the national legislature

Thomas Register of American Manufacturer
Find company information by company name, product category or brand name

United States Bankruptcy Court
Information for the Western District of Michigan.

USDA Nutrient Data Laboratory
Its mission: "To develop authoritative food composition databases and state of the art methods to acquire, evaluate, compile and disseminate composition data on foods available in the United States."

Virtual Reference Shelf
"Selected Web resources compiled by the Library of Congress."

Word Spy 
"... devoted to recently coined words and phrases, old words that are being used in new ways, and existing words that have enjoyed a recent renaissance."

Yellow Page Directory Online

ZIP + 4 Lookup - United States Postal Service 
Find a 9-digit ZIP code for your address