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Virtual Reference Shelf

General Resources

Dipity don’t ask just go and click around.

Europeana enables people to explore the digital resources of Europe’s museums, libraries, archives and audio-visual collections.

Internet Public Library: Reference

Merriam-Webster Online

Metacritic.com aggregates reviews of films, video games, books, music and television shows.

Portland Maps has great graphical information about Portland.

Wordnik is like that teacher you had in grade school, that made you memorize tons of words. However, now it’s the future and you appreciate her wise teachings.

Wordsmith life’s wisdom can be found in anagrams. Anagrams never lie. Here is your chance to discover the wisdom of anagrams.

Addresses, Email and Telephone Numbers

AmeriCom Long Distance Area Decoder

AnyWho Directory Service

Dex

How Many of Me provides census data on names in the U.S.

Infobel.com includes yellow, white pages, email addresses and fax listings from around the world

InfoSpace.com directory for people, places and things. It also includes classifieds, e-shopping and city guides.

International Postal Codes

Pipl searches databases, contact details and other relevant information from personal profiles, member directories, scientific publications and court records

Reverse Directory Phone Book

Spock searches for information on biography pages, social networks, news sites, blogs and directories.

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U.S. ZIP Code Information