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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

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Many helpful resources for reference information, how to find information, shortcuts, and more.

Time and Date.com

'Collection of clocks, calendars (including holidays and observances), countdowns, time zone information, and related tools for different regions of the world.' (Copyright 2006 by Librarians' Internet Index)

01-16-2007 : calendars, clocks, countdowns, dates, holidays, science, standards, time, time zones, time: systems and standards

Convert-me.Com

Has a downloadable converter for length, mass, volume, area, temperature, time and much more, so you can use this on your computer without accessing the internet.. (Copyright 2006 by Librarians' Internet Index)

01-12-2007 : area, conversions, downloadable converter for length, mass, temperature, time, volume

Online Conversions

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Measure Converter

Daylight Saving Time

'Learn the history of daylight saving, from Benjamin Franklin to the present...'

01-10-2007 : daylight saving time, time

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

Seize the Daylight: Who Knew? A Brief History of Daylight Saving Time

Features a brief overview of the history of DST (including the contributions of Benjamin Franklin, World Wars I and II, and the 1973 oil embargo), and current observance of DST in the U.S., the U.K., and beyond. The 'About the Book' section offers fun facts about DST.. (Copyright 2006 by Librarians' Internet Index)

11-09-2006 : daylight saving: history, daylight savings time, energy policy act of 2005, science, summer time, time, time: systems and standards, world war ii (1939-1945)

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