http://library.wciu.edu/links/ Recent bookmarks posted to Latourette Library Internet Research Links 60 http://search.lii.org/index.jsp?more=SubTopic10 A well-organized starting point for reliable, librarian-selected Internet resources. admin Sun, 11 Feb 2007 02:09:07 +0000 abbreviations acronyms airport codes almanacs area codes atlases baby names calculators calendars censuses concordances conversion tables delivery tracking figures foreign exchange rates forms of address gazetteers holidays measures names phone books phone numbers postage rates postal codes questions and answers quotations standards statistics telephones time wedding anniversaries weights world records zip codes http://www.behindthename.com/ Gives the history behind first names from England, Ireland, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, Iran, Turkey, India, some parts of Africa, and a number of other countries. Also covers Arabic names, biblical names, and mythological names. admin Sat, 13 Jan 2007 05:26:00 +0000 african albanian arabic arabic names armenian azerbaijani basque biblical names breton bulgarian catalan chinese cornish corsican czech and slovak danish dutch england english esperanto estonian etymologies finnish first names france french frisian galician german germany great britain greek hawaiian hungarian icelandic igbo india indian iran iranian ireland irish italian italy japanese jewish kazakh khmer korean kurdish latvian lithuanian macedonian manx maori modern english mythological names names native american north korea norwegian polish portuguese provencal romanian russian scottish serbian and croatian slovene south korea spain spanish swedish thai traditional english turkey turkish ukrainian united kingdom vietnamese welsh yoruba http://www.census.gov/genealogy/www/freqnames.html Records are from 1994 and 1995 and give the name, frequency in percent, cumulative frequency in percent, and rank. admin Sat, 13 Jan 2007 05:25:56 +0000 first names last names names surnames http://ibb7.ibb.gov/pronunciations/ Has phonetic spelling of names as well as recorded sound for many different countries. admin Sat, 13 Jan 2007 05:25:56 +0000 names pronunciation guide http://www.nypl.org/links/ An extensive list selected by librarians. admin Fri, 10 Nov 2006 07:43:35 +0000 abbreviations acronyms address directories adult literacy aids almanacs anagrams anthropology apparel archaeology area studies art. architecture arts administration astronomy audio books authors avian influenza awards bankruptcies best of the web biographies biology bird flu bisexual studies book arts book trade books books and 'zines booksellers botany bronx on the web building buildings buses business calculators calendars careers celebrations chemistry children children's resources citation guides climatology communication community community information company information computers construction consumer converters copyright cosmetics cost of living country information culinary history current events dance dictionaries disability information disability resources disaster preparedness domestic violence earth science economic statistics education eldercare elections email emergency preparedness employment encyclopedias engineering environmental science ethnic groups evaluating information exercise fashion federal government film finance financial fine arts folklore food food science foreign governments fragrances fun and interesting sites games gay genealogy geography geology government government agencies government: documents government: state and local grammar hardware health health care providers and facilities health info in languages healthy eating historical documents history history of medicine hiv holidays homelessness homework help housing humanities immigrants immigration industry information insurance internet job training journal articles law law dictionaries law libraries law societies lawyer and law firm directories lawyer referral legal abbreviations legal aid services legal forms legal information legal issues legal search tools lesbian libraries linguistics literature macintosh computers magazine articles manhattan on the web manuscripts maps market research mathematics measurements media medical dictionaries medical research and trials medicine medicine: alternative medicines: prescription and nonprescription men mental health and behavior movies music mysticism mythology names native north american resources new york new york city news occult operating systems parapsychology parent resources patents people performing arts pet health philosophy photography physical fitness physics political science prescription and nonprescription medicines primary documents public records prizes programming languages psychology publishers quotations radio reading recorded sound religions resources for older adults resources for young adults science search the internet self-help senior citizens seniors' organizations small business social sciences social services sociology software space science sports staten island on the web statistical sources statistics subways teaching resources technology teen life teenagers telephone directories television textiles theatre theology time trademarks training trains transgender studies translation transportation travel united nations viruses volunteering voter information weather web design websites for writers women's studies world wide web writers' resources zoology http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/your_history/family/heraldry_1.shtml Background information about heraldic devices, which 'were originally established in medieval times to allow combatants to identify friend from foe in an age of visored helms.' (Copyright 2006 by Librarians' Internet Index) admin Fri, 10 Nov 2006 01:58:37 +0000 coats of arms family histories genealogy heraldry history names symbols http://www.state.gov/s/cpr/rls/fco/ Addresses, phone numbers, and names of heads of foreign consulates in the United States. Browse by name of country. (Copyright 2006 by Librarians' Internet Index) admin Thu, 09 Nov 2006 06:57:46 +0000 addresses consulates diplomatic service foreign consular offices in the united states foreign consulates names phone numbers u.s. state department http://www.linz.govt.nz/rcs/linz/pub/web/root/core/placenames/ New Zealand place and street names with relevant information.. (Copyright 2006 by Librarians' Internet Index) admin Thu, 09 Nov 2006 04:40:00 +0000 geographical: new zealand names new zealand: gazetteers place and street names http://www.ga.gov.au/map/names/ Over 300,000 geographic names in Australia with relevant details. Also postal codes for about 15,000 localities. (Copyright 2006 by Librarians' Internet Index) admin Wed, 08 Nov 2006 06:45:28 +0000 geographical: australia geoscience australia: gazetteers localities names place names search postal codes http://www.nationsonline.org/oneworld/hist_country_names.htm Former country names matched with current names. Includes links to country profiles. (Copyright 2006 by Librarians' Internet Index) admin Wed, 08 Nov 2006 02:26:07 +0000 country studies dictionaries former country names geographical geography names http://www.csupomona.edu/~pronunciation/ Common names spoken by native speakers of Cambodian, Cantonese, Mandarin, Filipino, Indonesian, Japanese, Korean, Thai, and Vietnamese languages. The use of names by language is also discussed and the phonetic pronunciation given. (Copyright 2006 by Librarians' Internet Index) admin Sat, 04 Nov 2006 07:21:26 +0000 asia cambodian cantonese filipino foreign names indonesian japanese korean languages mandarin names north korea pronunciation south korea thai vietnamese