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1. Librarians' Internet Index: Ready Reference and Quick Facts
   A well-organized starting point for reliable, librarian-selected Internet resources.
   02-10-2007 : 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
2. Behind the Name: Etymology and History of First Names
   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.
   01-12-2007 : 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
3. Frequently Occurring First Names and Surnames from the [U.S.] 1990 Census
   Records are from 1994 and 1995 and give the name, frequency in percent, cumulative frequency in percent, and rank.
   01-12-2007 : first names, last names, names, surnames
4. Voice of America: Pronunciation Guide
   Has phonetic spelling of names as well as recorded sound for many different countries.
   01-12-2007 : names, pronunciation guide
5. Best of the Web
   An extensive list selected by librarians.
   11-09-2006 : 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
6. Common Heraldic Devices
   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)
   11-09-2006 : coats of arms, family histories, genealogy, heraldry, history, names, symbols
7. Foreign Consular Offices in the United States
   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)
   11-08-2006 : addresses, consulates, diplomatic service, foreign consular offices in the united states, foreign consulates, names, phone numbers, u.s. state department
8. Place Names
   New Zealand place and street names with relevant information.. (Copyright 2006 by Librarians' Internet Index)
   11-08-2006 : geographical: new zealand, names, new zealand: gazetteers, place and street names
9. Geoscience Australia: Place Name Search
   Over 300,000 geographic names in Australia with relevant details. Also postal codes for about 15,000 localities. (Copyright 2006 by Librarians' Internet Index)
   11-07-2006 : geographical: australia, geoscience australia: gazetteers, localities, names, place names search, postal codes
10. Historical Country Names
    Former country names matched with current names. Includes links to country profiles. (Copyright 2006 by Librarians' Internet Index)
    11-07-2006 : country studies, dictionaries, former country names, geographical, geography, names
11. Foreign Name Pronunciation Guide
    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)
    11-03-2006 : asia, cambodian, cantonese, filipino, foreign names, indonesian, japanese, korean, languages, mandarin, names, north korea, pronunciation, south korea, thai, vietnamese

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