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American FactFinder

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http://factfinder.census.gov/

US Census data.

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Bartleby.com

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http://www.bartleby.com/

Great reference books online - includes quotations, dictionaries, and encyclopedias.

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Fact Monster

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http://www.factmonster.com/

Almanac, dictionary, and encyclopedia.

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GIGA Quotes

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http://www.giga-usa.com/

Quotations

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Harris County Appraisal District Records

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http://www.hcad.org/Records/

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Harris County Databases

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http://www.cclerk.hctx.net/coolice/default.asp?Category=RealProperty&Service=mastermenu

Real property, assumed names, vital statistics (birth & death), and marriage license databases.

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Internet Public Library FAQ

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http://www.ipl.org/div/farq/FARQ.html

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Librarian's Internet Index

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http://lii.org/

A directory of websites compiled by librarians.

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SoYouWanna.com

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http://www.soyouwanna.com/

Instructions for doing everything from decorating an apartment to joining the Peace Corps.

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Texas Bureau of Vital Statistics

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http://www.dshs.state.tx.us/vs/default.shtm

Information on obtaining birth & death certificates, marriage and divorce records, among others.

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Texas Death Records

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http://vitals.rootsweb.ancestry.com/tx/death/search.cgi?sourceid=00287279495539398992

Search records from 1964 - 1998.

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US Copyright Office

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http://www.copyright.gov/

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Virtual Reference Shelf

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http://www.loc.gov/rr/askalib/virtualref.html

Sources compiled by the Library of Congress.

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World Time Server

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http://www.worldtimeserver.com/index.aspx

Find out the time anywhere in the world.

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World Wide Study Bible

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http://www.ccel.org/wwsb/

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Yahoo! Reference

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http://education.yahoo.com/reference/

Online reference books from Yahoo.

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Zip Code Lookup

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http://zip4.usps.com/zip4/welcome.jsp

From the US Postal Service.

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