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Biography.com
Over 25,000 brief biographies put together by A&E.
Biographical Dictionary
Brief biographical data covering figures from ancient times to the present.
Infoplease Biography
Biographical profiles and special features about newsworthy people around the world. Searchable by subject or category.
Inventors' Hall of Fame
Searchable profiles by inventor's name or invention, mainly American.
Omnibiography.com
The largest directory of biographies available on the Web containing information on more than 110,000 important people from antiquity to the present time.
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Atlapedia Online
Contains full color physical maps, political maps as well as key facts and statistics on countries of the world.
CIA Factbook
The U.S. government's complete geographical handbook, featuring 267 full-color maps and flags of all nations. Each country profile tracks such demographics as population, ethnicity and literacy rates, as well as political, geographical and economic data.
Infoplease Atlas
Includes maps, county profiles, flags, statistics, and handy geography tools.
Library of Congress Country Studies
Useful and thorough coverage of countries history and current status, displayed in a hyperlinked table of contents format.
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Answers.com
In addition to including results from online resources like wikipedia, Answers.com "offers free access to millions of topics from the world's leading publishers."
Encarta Online
A free, concise web version of Microsoft's Encarta multimedia encyclopedia.
Encyclopedia Britannica Online 
Full-text access to the encyclopedia, with multimedia available for some articles.
Highbeam Encyclopedia
the Internet's premiere free encyclopedia, provides users with more than 57,000 frequently updated articles from the Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition.
How Stuff Works
Series of articles that explore the workings of electronics, computers, autos, finances, health, and scientific and social phenomena.
Wikipedia
Free, open content, community-built encyclopedia with over a million articles. Available in dozens of languages.
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HopStop
A public transit guide that provides door-to-door subway and bus directions for New York City. You can also search for places to eat, drink, and see in the City Guide.
GoogleMaps
Dynamic, interactive maps that are draggable. Also offers satellite view.
Mapquest
Maps and driving directions.
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