Quick References

Zip Codes
U.S. Postal Service zip code finder

Babynamer
Information on over 18,000 boys and girls names. You can find the meaning of names as well as search in lists of popular names and names of famous people.

50 States of the U.S.
This site includes the fifty states and U.S. territories. It provides information on state symbols (birds, trees, flowers, etc.), latitude and longitude, mottos, nicknames, populations, songs, dates of entry into the union, highest point, geographical and geological information and lots more. Links to government pages.

On-line Dictionaries
Links to more than 400 dictionaries of over 130 languages. Also includes thesauri, grammer guides and acronym finders

Rhyming Dictionary
A good site for poets and songwriters. Look here for words that rhyme perfectly or have rhyming last sounds.

Genealogy Home Page
Links to lots of online genealogy information.

Grants Information Center
Based at UW, this site links users to print and electronic sources of private and corporate foundations, federal funding agencies, etc.

Internet Public Library Reference Center
Almanacs, dictionaries, encyclopedias, biographies online. An outstanding site.

NASA Homepage
A gateway to the largest repository of space-related information on the Internet.