Useful Links

Correct Time (from the US Naval Observatory)


News Media /Wire Services
ABC News
Aljazeera
AP Wire
AP Wire International

Atlanta Journal Constitution - current articles from website. It is possible to view a text version for the last seven day at http://www.ajc.com/print/content/printedition/days/index.html.

The Atlanta Constitution is also available from June 1, 1990 to 2001 from ProQuest. Lexis and LexisNexis Academic contain this newspaper beginning in 1991 to present day. Current issue can be retrieved with a date search, like this:    date is April 30, 2009. ProQuest Historical Newspapers contain AC from 9/15/1881 to 12/31/1942.

BBC
Boston Globe
Business Week

CBS
Christian Science Monitor
CNN
C-Span

Fox News
Fulton County Daily Report

Georgia Newspaper List
Global Collection of Newspapers Online

International Herald Tribune

London Times

Macon Telegraph - Current articles. Archives back to 1994 for a fee.
Macon Telegraph Archives - Early issues from 1826 - 1908. Available through Galileo. Password restricted for off campus use.
Macon - 13WMAZ
Macon's 11th Hour - 11th Hour is an arts and entertainment alternative newsweekly found in Macon, Statesboro and Valdosta, Georgia. 11th Hour publishes news, event listings, dining, movies and music.
Macon - MGT (Ch. 41)
Macon - Fox24
Macon - Macon TV.News (Ch. 58)
College Hill Corridor

MSNBC

National Law Journal - 10/2/89 forward (Westlaw - password restricted.)
NBC
Newsweek
New York Times
NPR

Reuters

The Economist
Time Magazine

U.S. Newspaper List
U.S. News and World Report
USA Today

Washington Post

Watching America - foreign-language news translated into English.

YouTube

Directories

City/Zip Code Directory - provides both U.S. city and zip code directory "look up."


Dictionaries
Merriam-Webster Dictionary
One Look Dictionaries - search for the definition of your word in several on-line dictionaries at once.
Internet Public Library (IPL) - comprehensive collection of dictionary websites.
Harvard 1L Dictionary
Findlaw's Legal Dictionary
Cardiff Index to Legal Abbreviations
Acronyms - look up an ancronym to find it's meaning.

Biographical Dictionary - includes more than 28,000 "notable men and women who have shaped our world from ancient times to the present day." Searching is via name, birth year, death year, position, profession, literary and/or artistic works, and keyword.



ALWD Citation Manual - Appendices & Charts

Encyclopedia and Almanacs
The New Georgia Encyclopedia - On this site you will find articles and images on nearly every aspect of Georgia as well as convenient links to other Web sites related to the history, culture, and life of the state.
Internet Public Library (IPL) - comprehensive collection of various encyclopedias and almanacs.
Information Please Almanac - provides links to a wide variety of subjects, including world statistics, geography, current events, sports, movies, music, computers, art, U.S. statistics, social security, personal finance, holidays and weather.
Encyclopedia.com - 14,000 articles from the Columbia Concise Encyclopedia.
Old Farmer's Almanac
World Factbook - country information from around the world.


Calendars
Calendar Conversions - convert a date from one calendar system to another.
Virtual Perpetual Calendars
Internet Public Library (IPL) - comprehensive collection of calendar websites, including religious and cultural calendars.

Weights and Measures
Mega-Converter - "megaConverters allow users to discover things like how many seconds old they are, the difference between a gallon in the USA and a gallon in the UK, how many nanometers in an inch, how many quarts in a chaldron, and what the heck a nebuchadnezzar is."
Conversions by Science Made Simple - convert between Metric and English units of measurement.
Dictionary of Units of Measurement - explanation and description of units of measurement.
Periodic Table of the Elements


Statistics
Statistical Abstract of the United States
USA Statistics in Brief
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Bureau of Labor Statistics News Releases - includes latest releases of statistics.
County and City Data Book - provides information about U.S. cities, examining median incomes, population size, unemployment, public transportation, and other items. Cities are compared to each other and ranked.
FedStats - searchable statistics from over 70 government agencies.
Directory of International Statistics Agency Websites
State Data Centers - clickable map of state data centers.
Statistical Resources on the Web - presented by the University of Michigan Documents Center. Organized by topic.

Search Engines & Portals
Search Engine Watch - information about and comparisons of search engines.
Google - search engine.
Dogpile - search engine with white page information, stock quotes, maps, etc.
Microsoft MSN - search engine.
Fagan Finder - portal for news, general information, reference.
RefDesk - portal for news, general information, reference.
CEOExpress - portal for the business executive.
Internet Public Library (IPL) - comprehensive portal for news, general information, reference.
News Search Portal
Guide to Finding Old Web Pages

Finding People
Resources & Sites
How to Conduct a Background Check

Time - World Clock

Weather
Weather Service, U.S.
Georgia Weather - current weather forecasts and conditions for Georgia with individual pages for 159 counties.

Blogs
RSS News Feeds for Law
To create your own blog - Google, LiveJournal, or Microsoft.
Search for Blogs (Fagan Finder)
Search for Blogs (Waypath)
Daypop - searches blogs & RSS feeds; contains popularity rankings for blogs.
Feedster - searches blogs & RSS feeds; contains customized set of blogs and search tool.
The Blawg Review - tracks late law review issues and new law review articles of interest to the authors.
Blawg.org - a directory of law and legal-related weblogs organized by categories and popularity.
WikiPedia - an online open-source encyclopedia which lists more than 30 writing and publishing tools you can use to start a blog.
See also Legal News, Blogs, Podcasts and RSS Feeds(from Mercer Law Library Legal Links page.)

Maps, Geography, Moving and Travel
Zip Code Look Up
Google Maps - includes street maps with driving directions and a satellite photo system for the United States.
Rand McNally Maps
Mapquest - maps and driving directions.
Windows Live Local - easy to use for tracing driving routes.


Cost of Living Calculator - compares cost of living based on salaries.

Kayak - search engine finds lowest prices on plane tickets, hotels and rental cars.
Mobissimo - search engine finds lowest prices on plane tickets, hotels and rental cars.
Sidestep - search engine finds lowest prices on plane tickets, hotels and rental cars.
Travelocity - searches its own database and travel agency reservation systems.
Orbitz - searches its own database and travel agency reservation systems.
Expedia - searches its own database and travel agency reservation systems.
FareCompare - integrates Google Maps to show flight costs from a departing location to any U.S. city.
Fodor's Travel Online - search by location as well as search the hotel and restaurant indexes.
Lonely Planet

Air Travel Trouble Spots

National Air Traffic Controllers Association - offers airport-specific reports on how to avoid delays, like "fly mornings at JFK, weekends at Logan."

Flightstats.com - you can check the specific flights you are considering and see their reconrd of on-time departures and cancellations.

Avoiddelays.com - publishes the rankings of the worst offenders (airports, airlines, flights) who had the most and longest delays last summer.

Exchange Rates

Perform interactive foreign exchange rate conversions at Universal Currency Converter. Current exchange rates can be found at Federal Reserve Bank of New York.


English Usage, Grammar and Punctuation
Internet Public Library (IPL) - collection of style and writing guide websites.
Common Errors in English


Quotations
Internet Public Library (IPL) - comprehensive collection of quotation websites.
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations (1901 edition)
Quoteland - quotations organized by topic or author; or search by key word.

Electoral College Interactive Map - historical electoral college maps and information from 1789.

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