Web Resources: Reference Tools on the web

Census, maps, etc.

Maps and country statistics about all the countries of the world, from hundreds of sources.

Search indicators and create reports related to population, health, and the environment around the world. Different parts of the world have different kinds of information available - it is not consistent. Data sources include the US Census, other national censuses, the UN, and the International Energy Agency.

Data collected up to 2011 and last published in 2012.

Search both UN documents and publications, and commercial documents and publications on topics of interest to the UN. Includes UN speeches and voting records.

Economic, Demographic, Energy, Environment, Gender, Development, and Geospatial statistics from the United Nations.

Search for patents or access information on how patent and trademark law works or how to patent an invention or trademark a product or service. There is also data on submissions, extensions, pendancy, compliance, etc.

Data and statistics from all U.S. government agencies, including on Taxation, Transportation, Public Safety, Education, Jobs, Health, Population, Environment, Energy, Agriculture, Defense, International Relations, Business, Economy, etc.

Statistics and maps from the US Census on population, demographics, education, employment, etc.

An online guide to all prizes and laureates dating back to 1901

Crowd-sourced and crowd-edited biographical articles.

Maps from the Library of Congress American Memories collection.

US Dept. of State profiles for each country.

Detailed entries for every county. This is a public domain resource.

Maps from the David Rumsey collection.

Constitutions, laws and treaties. From the University of Michigan.

View maps or street level pictures, or get driving directions.

Interactive and animated map representations of historical problems, events, developments, and dynamics. From the University of Oregon.

What is left of the maps from the National Atlas of the United States after that program was terminated.

Search for online digital historical maps across numerous different collections via a geographical search. Search by typing a place-name or by clicking in the map window, and narrow by date. Funded by JISC. Many participating institutions. Many of these maps are in the public domain.

Statistics and maps from the US Census on population, demographics, education, employment, etc.

Directory of SUNY Empire staff and faculty

Search for a company or a person anywhere in the world.

If you have the name of a business or person, you can look up their number. If you have the number, you can look up who it is.

If you have a city and state, you can look up area codes and zip codes. If you have an area code or zip code, you can see what city and state they correspond to.

If you have a name, look up quotations by that person. If you have a topic, look up quotations on that topic. If you have a quotation, look up who said it. You can also look up quotations from movies, TV shows, and books. This source is crowd-written and crowd-edited.