Reference Desk

• Alaska Reference Desk

  •  Alaska Housing Finance Corporation
  •  Alaska Native Language Center
  •  Alaska Public Defender Agency
  •  Alaska Public Lands Information Centers
  •  Alaska Shipwreck Database
  •  Alaska State Agency databases
  •  Alaska Statistics Index
  •  Institute of Social and Economic Research (ISER)
  •  Official ACS Directory Phone Book

• General Reference Desk

  •  50 States.com
  •  American Fact Finder
    Using U.S. census data, find quick statistics by area or topic, or create thematic maps.
  •  Any Who
  •  Arctic Circle
    Natural resources; history and culture; social equity; environmental justice; and ANWR
  •  Aviation Accident Database
  •  Bartleby.com
    Encyclopedias, dictionaries and more. Site has advertisements.
  •  Calculators Online Center
  •  Canadian Encyclopedia
  •  Census Bureau Home Page
  •  CIA World Fact Book
    Statistical & factual reference material on countries of the world.
  •  Citing Sources Within Your Paper, Guide to Library Research
  •  Consumer Product Safety
  •  Conversion & Calculation Center
  •  Directory of Polar and Cold Regions Organizations
  •  Easy Stats - US Census
  •  Edmund's Automobile Buyer's Guides
  •  Encyclopedia Mythica
    Mythology, folklore, and religion.
  •  Government Publications
  •  GovLoans.gov
  •  IRS Forms and Publications
  •  Kelley Blue Book
  •  Library of Congress American Memory digital record of American history
  •  MythNET
  •  NADA Pricing Guides: for cars, boats, motorcycles and more
  •  National Maps Atlas
  •  NativeWeb Home Page
  •  Political Graveyard
    A biographical guide to politicians, living and dead.
  •  Reference Resources
    Quick lookup of dictionary, thesaurus, encyclopedia, atlas almanac, acronyms and more!
  •  Senior Net
  •  Sperling's Best Places
  •  Switchboard - Phone Directory for Yellow Pages and White Pages
  •  Tides.INFO
    Tide predictions from around the globe.
  •  Virtual Reference Shelf
    Selected Web resources compiled by the Library of Congress.
  •  Web Elements - Periodic Table on the Web
  •  World Clock
  •  Zip code Lookup (Canada)
  •  Zip code Lookup (USA)

  • Directories

    •  World Wide Phonebooks
      Includes listings from over 170 countries including the USA.

  • Grants

    •  College Net
    •  Foundation Center Online Library
      Training, reference desk and resources.
    •  Grants - Catalog of Federal and Domestic Assistance

  • Native Peoples' Sites

    •  Native American Home Pages
      Links to music & arts organizations and more. Home pages of individual Native Americans, Nations & more.

  • Subject Guides to Internet Resources

    •  ipl2
      Links by subject area.