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A virtual reference desk

bulletCalendars
bulletChinese calendars
bullet Chinese calendar tools
bullet List of what year is what animal, and New Year's dates
bulletHebrew Calendar Online
bulletIranian (Persian) Calendar
bulletMuslim calendar (Hijri)
bulletMonthly calendar
bullet Date converter
bulletDex Online
bulletOnline telephone directory
bulletFindLaw
bulletA way to track down laws.
bulletFirstGov
bulletThe home page for the US government.
bulletGetHuman.com
bulletA reference site for how to get through telephone customer service to a human
bulletHealth Education Assets Library
bulletThe Health Education Assets Library (HEAL) is a digital library that provides freely accessible digital teaching resources of the highest quality that meet the needs of today's health sciences educators and learners.
bulletInformation Please Almanac
bulletSundry and useful information.  Maps, what happened today, dictionary, encyclopedia, periodic table of the elements, and more
bulletIntegrals
bulletA web site that will calculate an integral for you, courtesy of Stephen Wolfram, the developed of Mathematica and the author of A New Kind of Science
bulletLegal Links from the Minnesota Attorney General
bulletA major set of links.
bulletMaps and Charts
bulletA collection of links to various sources for maps and charts
bulletMaps from Mapquest
bulletMaps and directions.
bulletMayo Clinic Web sites
bulletMayo runs a variety of websites.  Here are some of them.
bulletMerriam-Webster Dictionary
bulletAn online dictionary.
bulletMilitary Awards and Ranks
bulletGruntsMilitary.com was designed as an aid for individuals researching the United States' armed forces. The site is always being updated with new and useful military-related information. Visitors can search through more than 300 pages to find specific information on medals, patches, and rank insignia.
bulletMIT Virtual Reference Desk
bulletJust what the name says.  A very useful set of links.
bulletNational Science Digital Library
bulletThe Nation's online library of resources for science, technology, engineering, and mathematics education and research.
bullet New York Times Newsroom Guide to Useful Sites
bulletA list of sites that NYTimes reporters use.  Very useful!  They also have several specialized megalink sites:
bullet Business Navigator
bullet Politics Navigator
bullet Health Navigator
bulletNorthStar
bulletThe home page for the state of Minnesota
bulletOld Farmers Almanac
bulletThe classic, yellow almanac
bulletOnline Encyclopedia Britannica
bulletSearch the encyclopedia
bulletQuotations
bulletQuotations for all purposes
bulletProfiles of People and Businesses
bulletA metasearch, that presents summary information about people and company from Eliyon BusinessPeople s
bulletReporter's Desktop
bulletVery useful master list of search engines and sites
bulletRochester MN Public Library
bulletSearch the library catalog and renew or reserve books
bulletSimplicity
bulletIt turns out that simplicity can be very powerful.  Take a look at The Laws of Simplicity.  In addition, there's a small web app to help you.  It's called SLIP for SORT - LABEL - INTEGRATE - PRIORITIZE.  It's currently in beta and can be run from here.
bullet Sky Chart
bulletTonight's sky over Rochester, MN
bulletTranslation
bulletAltaVista's Babel Fish translation service.
bulletFree translation service
bulletGoogle Language Tools
bulletSystransoft
bulletUSAA Educational Foundation
bulletLife does not come with a set of instructions. That is why The USAA Educational Foundation provides consumer information on important personal and financial issues. With a reputation for providing credible and objective information, the Educational Foundation can pave the way when you need help facing life's major milestones.  Their booklets are available here
bulletVera - Virtual Electronic Resource Access
bulletFree and unlicensed resources from the MIT libraries
bulletWhat Happened Today
bulletFind out what happened today in history
 

Shipping Information

bulletDHL / Airborne Express
bulletTracking Information
bulletFedEx
bullet Login
bullet Ship
bullet Track a Package
bulletUPS
bulletLogin
bullet Ship
bulletTrack a Package
bulletUS Postal Service
bullet Login
bulletSend mail and cards online
bullet Get Shipping Supplies
bullet Calculate Postage
bulletPrint Shipping Labels (Postage)
bulletRequest a Pick Up
bullet Track Packages
bullet Create Direct Mail Online
bulletFind a zip code
bullet Buy stamps
bulletCanada Post
bullet Postal code lookup

 

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