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TV Converter Box
Coupon Program - Questions answered about the
conversion from analog to digital television.
This government site also lets you apply for the coupon
to get a converter box for your old TV.
Do Not Call Registry
- Register your phone number at this site and telemarketers
cannot call you. Effective for 5 years. Rules, regulations
and registration explained in español as well.
U.S.
Postal/Zip Codes - Search by street address or
city to find US postal zip codes.
Reference
USA - Search over 120 million residential directory
listings. 20 million business entries are also included
(with their credit ratings). Customized searching
options allow you to compile lists of businesses based
on size, type, location, etc.
Vital Records
- Information Where to obtain vital records (birth,
death, marriage, divorce) from each state. Use
Foreign Vital Records Links for non-U.S. information.
Tides
and Currents for Florida - Quick, daily access
to Provided and maintained by NOAH, this site offers
links to stations located along the entire US Coastline
(including Alaska & Hawaii). Predictions can be
forecasted six months into the future. Additionally,
there are links for real-time coverage of major U.S.
ports.
Babel Fish
- From English to Spanish, French, German, Portugese,
Italian, Chinese, Japanese, Korean, and Russian or
vice versa.
Moviefone
Showtimes - Find out what's playing in your neighborhood
movie theatre. Showtimes and movie reviews are also
available.
MapQuest -
Creates maps for U.S. locations. Creates driving directions
to and from specific locations.
InfoSpace
- The "ultimate directory" to find "people,
places, and things." Features white and yellow
pages for telephone and address searches; e-mail lookup;
reverse searches (from address or telephone number
or e-mail address); maps and directions. Links to
InfoSpace UK and InfoSpace Canada.
Currency
Calculator - Find what a dollar is worth in most
major countries.
Calculators
On-Line – Covering subjects from agriculture
to weather with special sections for math, statistics,
chemistry, car prices, physics, recipe conversion,
engineering, shoe size, field of view, and lots more.
Florida Today
– See what the local paper is covering today.
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50 States - Facts
and information on all the fifty states, including:
biographies, birds, state songs, flags, community
pages, and more. This award-winning site is perfect
for student homework assignments and trivia buffs
of all ages.
Acronym
Database - searches a database of about 18,000
acronyms/abbreviation.
Acronyms &
Abbreviations - Alphabetical list of common acronyms
& abbreviations and what they mean.
Almanac
Search - From Infoplease, fast access to facts
and information found in sport, entertainment, and
general almanacs. Additionally, this site searches
a "concise" encyclopedia and a general dictionary.
Awards
and Prizes - Quick access to information on prestigious
awards and prizes (Nobel, Caldecott, Oscars, etc.),
their histories and recipients. Hint: type a keyword
into your web browser's Find feature (usually accessed
by CTRL-f or by clicking Edit/Find) to locate an appropriate
link quickly.
Bible Gateway
- Search for a word or phrase in seven versions and
ten languages.
Canadian
Postal/Zip Codes - Search by street address or
city to find Canadian zip codes.
Charity
Navigator - This site shows how much each charity
spends for programs, administration and fund raising.
It rates charities based on organizational efficiency
and compares them with peer organizations.
Dead People Server
- Lists dates and causes of death for the famous,
notorious, etc. Also tells who's still alive if there's
cause for doubt.
Dictionary
from Webster's - Also includes a thesaurus.
Florida
Highway Patrol Traffic Incidents - Find out what
the road conditions are before you get caught in the
latest road closure or traffic accident. This site
covers the state of Florida.
FreePhoto -
Find free photos, graphics, etc.
Historic
Events & Birthdays - Historical events, birthdays,
holidays, religious observances on any given day or
month.
Hurricane
Preparedness - This site, from NOAA, also displays
in Spanish. You will find a laundry list of food and
water to stock, home preparations to take before the
storm hits, and a list of things to take with you
should you need to evacuate.
How Stuff
Works - Engines, electronics, bodies, food...
Old Farmer's Almanac
(first published in 1792) - Although the format
has changed, the Almanac
still offers information for people of all sorts--farmers,
bakers, sailors, and anyone interested in the weather.
Online
Newspapers - From cities throughout the entire
United States. Additionally, online access to selected
newswires and radio news stations both domestic and
abroad.
Mortgage
Calculator - From EW. easy to use, flexible (handles
loans from $1,000 to $500,000, 1-year to 50-year,
1.00% to 20.00%).
Nine
Planets - An overview of the history, mythology,
and scientific data of each of the nine planets in
our solar system.
Perpetual Calendars
- Timeanddate.com will show you the calendar of any
year from 1 A.D. through 3999. Also includes the main
holidays and moon phases for that year. The World
Clock gives the local time in UTC (Greenwich Mean
Time) for hundreds of cities.
Real Estate For
Sale by Owner - Search by city or county for real
estate "for sale by owner" anywhere in the
U.S. Asking price, brief property descriptions, and
photos are provided. Links to mortgage and contact
information.
Stateline.org
- Quick data on each state: government, taxes, crime,
environment, income, population. Compare up to four
states.
Sunrise/Sunset,
Moonrise/Moonset Times - U.S. Naval Observatory
provides for an entire year, phases of the Moon from
1990-2005, eclipses, seasons, Easter dates, Julian
calendar conversion.
Terraserver
- View aerial photographic maps of most of the U.S.,
selected parts of Europe, and a few cities in Australia.
Zoom in to resolutions of just a few yards.
Urban Legends Reference
Pages - From Snopes.com, research urban legends.
U.S.
Census Bureau's American FactFinder - Create maps.
Create of profile of selected population, education,
income, social, economic, or housing characteristics
for states, cities, counties, congressional districts.
Also industry statistics.
U.S.
Gazetteer - Locate any incorporated town, county,
or city in the US and obtain zipcode, geographic coordinates,
population statistics, street map, and census information.
Search by place name or zipcode.
And don't forget--if your search for an answer
didn't prove successful, contact the Reference Desk
at your nearest Brevard
County Public Library.
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