quick reference
almanacs and factbooks
CIA World Factbook
Farmers’ Almanac
Infoplease Almanac
Olympic Games
The Old Farmer’s Almanac
refdesk.com – Fast Facts
U.S. Bilateral Relations Fact Sheets (Information on all the countries of the world with which the United States has relations)
World Statesman
currency converters
MegaConverter2
The Universal Currency Converter XE
F/X Converter (foreign exchange currency converter)
dates and times
Calendars Through the Ages
Clock, The official US time
Federal Holidays
Rosetta Calendar (a calendar conversion service)
The World Clock (time zones) (may not load in Chrome)
Time Zones of the World (from the CIA)
encyclopedias and dictionaries
Acronym Finder
For help decrypting the wide world’s daily output of acronyms
American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
Highly respected and authoritative, especially notable for its historical and etymological depth
Cambridge Dictionary Online
Student-friendly definitions and grammar notes
Collins Dictionary Online
Clear definitions; includes example sentences
Dictionary.com
Encyclopedia.com
A collection of online encyclopedias, including sources like Oxford University Press and Columbia Encyclopedia
Encyclopedia Britannica
Fact-checked and objective articles on hundreds of thousands of subjects
The Free Dictionary (Idioms section)
Excellent for idioms and phrases
Infoplease
Good encyclopedia-style reference with almanac and timelines
Legal Dictionary Online
Comprehensive searchable and browsable dictionary of legal terms
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English Online
Great for ESL students!
Medical Dictionary Online
Comprehensive searchable and browsable dictionary of medical terms
Merriam-Webster Dictionary
Dictionary / Thesaurus / Encyclopedia and more
Merriam-Webster Visual Dictionary Online
An illustrated reference work covering everything from Science to Sports
Moby Thesaurus
Open-source and the largest thesaurus in the English language
NetLingo
Explains thousands of terms that define our life online
Nolo’s Legal Dictionary
Plain-language legal definitions
OneLook Reverse Dictionary
When you know there’s a word for it, but you cannot think of the word
Online Etymology Dictionary
Explanations of what our words meant and how they sounded 600 or 2,000 years ago
Power Thesaurus
Crowdsourced synonyms/antonyms with ranking
Roget’s International Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases
RhymeZone
Find rhymes, synonyms, definitions, and more
Rhyming Dictionary for Kids
Try this before you write your next poem!
Symbols.com
Contains everything about symbols, signs, flags and glyphes by culture, country, religion, and more
Thesaurus.com
Very accessible; definitions and synonyms side-by-side
Visuwords
visual dictionary, visual thesaurus, and interactive lexicon
Vocabulary.com
The easiest, most intelligent way to improve your vocabulary
Wex (Cornell Law School)
Open-access legal encyclopedia/dictionary
Wiktionary
Massive, community-built; includes pronunciation and multilingual information
Word Hippo
Synonyms, antonyms, rhymes, example sentences, translations
Wordnik
Massive aggregator of word meanings, examples, and statistics
Your Dictionary
Simple, easy-to-understand definitions
For help decrypting the wide world’s daily output of acronyms
American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
Highly respected and authoritative, especially notable for its historical and etymological depth
Cambridge Dictionary Online
Student-friendly definitions and grammar notes
Collins Dictionary Online
Clear definitions; includes example sentences
Dictionary.com
Encyclopedia.com
A collection of online encyclopedias, including sources like Oxford University Press and Columbia Encyclopedia
Encyclopedia Britannica
Fact-checked and objective articles on hundreds of thousands of subjects
The Free Dictionary (Idioms section)
Excellent for idioms and phrases
Infoplease
Good encyclopedia-style reference with almanac and timelines
Legal Dictionary Online
Comprehensive searchable and browsable dictionary of legal terms
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English Online
Great for ESL students!
Medical Dictionary Online
Comprehensive searchable and browsable dictionary of medical terms
Merriam-Webster Dictionary
Dictionary / Thesaurus / Encyclopedia and more
Merriam-Webster Visual Dictionary Online
An illustrated reference work covering everything from Science to Sports
Moby Thesaurus
Open-source and the largest thesaurus in the English language
NetLingo
Explains thousands of terms that define our life online
Nolo’s Legal Dictionary
Plain-language legal definitions
OneLook Reverse Dictionary
When you know there’s a word for it, but you cannot think of the word
Online Etymology Dictionary
Explanations of what our words meant and how they sounded 600 or 2,000 years ago
Power Thesaurus
Crowdsourced synonyms/antonyms with ranking
Roget’s International Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases
RhymeZone
Find rhymes, synonyms, definitions, and more
Rhyming Dictionary for Kids
Try this before you write your next poem!
Symbols.com
Contains everything about symbols, signs, flags and glyphes by culture, country, religion, and more
Thesaurus.com
Very accessible; definitions and synonyms side-by-side
Visuwords
visual dictionary, visual thesaurus, and interactive lexicon
Vocabulary.com
The easiest, most intelligent way to improve your vocabulary
Wex (Cornell Law School)
Open-access legal encyclopedia/dictionary
Wiktionary
Massive, community-built; includes pronunciation and multilingual information
Word Hippo
Synonyms, antonyms, rhymes, example sentences, translations
Wordnik
Massive aggregator of word meanings, examples, and statistics
Your Dictionary
Simple, easy-to-understand definitions
public opinion
Gallup.com
Pew Research Center (a nonpartisan fact tank of polling and demographic research)
Public Agenda: Public Opinion Research (focus is on democracy and education)
Quinnipiac University Poll Release Search
Pew Research Center (a nonpartisan fact tank of polling and demographic research)
Public Agenda: Public Opinion Research (focus is on democracy and education)
Quinnipiac University Poll Release Search
statistical information
2024 ACS 1-Year Ranking Tables (U.S. Census Bureau)
American FactFinder (This site has been decommissioned and State and National data is now found here)
Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS)
Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS)
Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS)
Census Bureau (Census)
Census Bureau Economic Statistics (Economic Census, Economic Indicators, County Business Patterns, Monthly & Annual Retail Trade, Statistics of US Businesses, and more)
Census Reporter (Easier to navigate than Census.gov)
CDC Data & Statistics (links to vital statistics and records by topic)
ChildStats.gov (statistics and reports on children and families)
CIA World Factbook
City-data.com (a directory of US city data)
College Affordability and Transparency Center
Consumer Price Index (CPI)
Data.gov (access to datasets that are generated and held by the Federal Government)
Data USA (reliable and easy-to-use research tool that puts public US Government data in your hands)
Economic statistics from 1995-present (U.S. Government Publishing Office)
Google Dataset Search (a tool to help users locate publicly available datasets)
Google Public Data Explorer (data sets from the World Bank, the US CDC, the US Bureau of Labor Statistics, and other sources of public data)
International Database (U.S. Census Bureau)
Kids Count Data Center (data on child and family well-being in the United States by state and across states)
Migration Information Source (global analysis of international migration and refugee trends)
National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS)
National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) (Includes College Navigator)
National Center for Health Statistics (the health statistics agency for the federal government, providing data on all aspects of health and health care)
National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics (the nation’s leading provider of statistical data on U.S. science and engineering)
New Jersey Data and Municipalities (portal with direct links to the New Jersey labor market, labor force, economic indicators and statistics of income)
NJ Department of Labor and Workforce Development Data Tools (NJ specific labor market information, including a consumer price index, NJ census data, and employment projections)
NVSS – National Vital Statistics System (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
Occupational Outlook Handbook (Information about the nature of work, working conditions, training and education, earnings and job outlook for hundreds of different occupations in the United States)
Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life, a Project of the Pew Research Center (covers issues at the intersection of religion and public affairs)
Pew Internet & Technology
Population Reference Bureau (locate population and health statistics in the Datafinder area of this Web site)
State Facts for Students (U.S. Census Bureau)
State Health Facts (compilations of data about “minority” and women’s health, HIV/AIDS, health costs, insurance, Medicare, Medicaid, etc.)
Statistical Sites on the World Wide Web (The Bureau of Labor Statistics maintains this listing that includes some statistical agencies in foreign countries)
Statistics of Income (SOI)
IRS Tax Statistics
UNdata (official statistics produced by countries and compiled by United Nations data system)
U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
US Census International Database
USDA Economic Research Service
U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) (official energy statistics from the U.S.Government)
United States Census (population, economic and social conditions, housing, and business data)
USAFacts (curated U.S. data from government sources covering population, government’s finances, and government’s impact on society)
Worldmapper (maps by population, births, children, etc.)
Worldometers (real time world statistics)
American FactFinder (This site has been decommissioned and State and National data is now found here)
Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS)
Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS)
Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS)
Census Bureau (Census)
Census Bureau Economic Statistics (Economic Census, Economic Indicators, County Business Patterns, Monthly & Annual Retail Trade, Statistics of US Businesses, and more)
Census Reporter (Easier to navigate than Census.gov)
CDC Data & Statistics (links to vital statistics and records by topic)
ChildStats.gov (statistics and reports on children and families)
CIA World Factbook
City-data.com (a directory of US city data)
College Affordability and Transparency Center
Consumer Price Index (CPI)
Data.gov (access to datasets that are generated and held by the Federal Government)
Data USA (reliable and easy-to-use research tool that puts public US Government data in your hands)
Economic statistics from 1995-present (U.S. Government Publishing Office)
Google Dataset Search (a tool to help users locate publicly available datasets)
Google Public Data Explorer (data sets from the World Bank, the US CDC, the US Bureau of Labor Statistics, and other sources of public data)
International Database (U.S. Census Bureau)
Kids Count Data Center (data on child and family well-being in the United States by state and across states)
Migration Information Source (global analysis of international migration and refugee trends)
National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS)
National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) (Includes College Navigator)
National Center for Health Statistics (the health statistics agency for the federal government, providing data on all aspects of health and health care)
National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics (the nation’s leading provider of statistical data on U.S. science and engineering)
New Jersey Data and Municipalities (portal with direct links to the New Jersey labor market, labor force, economic indicators and statistics of income)
NJ Department of Labor and Workforce Development Data Tools (NJ specific labor market information, including a consumer price index, NJ census data, and employment projections)
NVSS – National Vital Statistics System (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
Occupational Outlook Handbook (Information about the nature of work, working conditions, training and education, earnings and job outlook for hundreds of different occupations in the United States)
Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life, a Project of the Pew Research Center (covers issues at the intersection of religion and public affairs)
Pew Internet & Technology
Population Reference Bureau (locate population and health statistics in the Datafinder area of this Web site)
State Facts for Students (U.S. Census Bureau)
State Health Facts (compilations of data about “minority” and women’s health, HIV/AIDS, health costs, insurance, Medicare, Medicaid, etc.)
Statistical Sites on the World Wide Web (The Bureau of Labor Statistics maintains this listing that includes some statistical agencies in foreign countries)
Statistics of Income (SOI)
IRS Tax Statistics
UNdata (official statistics produced by countries and compiled by United Nations data system)
U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
US Census International Database
USDA Economic Research Service
U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) (official energy statistics from the U.S.Government)
United States Census (population, economic and social conditions, housing, and business data)
USAFacts (curated U.S. data from government sources covering population, government’s finances, and government’s impact on society)
Worldmapper (maps by population, births, children, etc.)
Worldometers (real time world statistics)