Reference Resources
Almanacs, Calculators, How to sites

Almanacs

Fact Monster
Formerly the Information Please Kids' Almanac. Check out this wonderful online resource for schoolwork. It's the kid's version of Information Please, which you should remember as a print almanac.
Guinness Book of Records
Guinness World Records™ is the global leader in world records. Its categories include: Human Body, Amazing Feats, Natural World, Science & Tech, Arts & Media, History & Society, Travel & Transport, Sports & Games.
Information Please
The famous print almanac also has a website. Browse or search their almanac for awards, festivals, recaps of the year. Check out reviews of the month in their annual review section. Search for a person or country in their encyclopedia, for a word in their dictionary.

Martindale's The Reference Desk: Calculators Online
a huge reference desk of conversion sites: for temperatures, measurements, time, loan and interest calculators, etc.
Metric Conversion Tables
Length, Area, Volume/Capacity, Mass (weight), Temperature; from Internet French Property
USA Today Financial Calculators
USA Today Financial Calculators offer over 100 calculators for determining rates for mortgages, loans, tuition, retirement, credit cards, and saving rates.

How to Call Abroad
Instructions on what country codes to use and how to call from the U.S. to another country, from another country to the U.S., or between two foreign countries.
Info.gov
Through this site you can get phone numbers for government agencies.
NANPA: North American Numbering Plan Administration
NANPA is responsible for assigning the area codes in the U.S. and Canada. Includes an area code map.
Reverse Phone Directory
Identifies a name and address from a telephone number
SuperPages.com
Offers both yellow pages and white pages.
United States Postal Service: Zip Code Lookup
Zip code lookup and zip code/city associations.

eHow.com
Step-by-step instructions on how to do just about anything, and buy the stuff you need to do it.
Find How
A search engine for "how to" sites.
How Cast
View "how to" videos on a multiplicity of topics.

How Stuff Works
Articles on how many machines and natural processes work.
How Things Work
A website by Louis A. Bloomfield, Professor of Physics, The University of Virginia, that answers questions sent in by readers. The questions are arranged by category.

Baby Name Train
This site also gives the origin of names and their popularity. You can compare the popularity of two names.
Baby Name Wizard
See how popular and common or unpopular and unique your baby's name is.
Behind the Name
Allows you to search for or browse through first names, their derivation, and meaning. You can also check what names are currently popular in a variety of foreign countries.
Popular Baby Names
Social Security Administration lists the top 10 names for the previous year and allows you to search for a name to see how popular it is.