Ready Reference: Almanacs/Fact Books
[ Introduction | Almanacs/Fact
books | Statistics ]
Almanac is: |
(1) a publication containing astronomical and meteorological data
arranged according to the days, weeks, and months of a given year and often including a
miscellany of other information;
(2) a publication containing statistical, tabular, and general information. |
Fact Book is: |
a publication containing facts organized in a systematic way. |
- This section contains selected resources that provide factual data for particular dates
and regions.
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TITLE: |
CIA World Factbook |
DESCRIPTION: |
Provides all kinds of social, economical, political, and
other facts for 266 nations, dependent areas, and other entities. |
PUBLISHER: |
Central Intelligence Agency. |
KEYWORDS: |
fact book, almanac |
TITLE: |
Daily almanac |
DESCRIPTION: |
Find information about today, such as Today's Fun Fact,
Today's Word, Today's Figures, Sunrise/Sunset Calculator, Tarot and
Biorythms, Today's
Horoscope, Today's Humorscope, Today's View of Space, etc. |
KEYWORDS: |
almanac, today |
TITLE: |
E-Conflict
World Encyclopedia |
CREATOR: |
Emulate Me. |
DESCRIPTION: |
Profiles each nation and province of the world. There are
over 1,400 pages of written text on the nations. Maps, flags, world weather, national
anthems of each nation are available for browsing and listening. |
KEYWORDS: |
fact book, almanac |
TITLE: |
Leonard's Sports World |
DESCRIPTION: |
Contains sports statistics, news, discussion, trivia around
the world and in US local newspapers. |
E-MAIL: |
L.J. Evancic |
KEYWORDS: |
sports, almanac |
TITLE: |
OCLC NetFirst Calendar
Planner |
CREATOR: |
OCLC. |
DESCRIPTION: |
Provides birth anniversaries and events happened on the days
of a week in the past years. The calendar started from the week of September 13, 1998. It
also lists annotated links to the sites that offer biographical information of the persons
and historical information of the events. A very nice reference source for biographies and
historical events. |
KEYWORDS: |
calendar, biographies, historical events |
TITLE: |
The Pulitzer Prizes |
DESCRIPTION: |
Provides a chronological list of all prize winners since
1917, a searchable database of all prize winners by year, category, author or explanatory
text, and archives of all Pulitzer Prize-winning works, including photos, editorial
cartoons, music clips and the full text of all winning articles. |
KEYWORDS: |
pulitzer prizes |
TITLE: |
The
Writer's Almanac |
DESCRIPTION: |
"A daily program of poetry and history hosted by
Garrison Keillor, can be heard each day on public radio stations throughout the
country."--Title screen. New almanac entries are added each week. |
KEYWORDS: |
writers, almanac |
TITLE: |
WebCrawler |
DESCRIPTION: |
Claims to be "the most comprehensive guide to
communities around the world. City.Net is updated every day to provide easy and timely
access to information on travel, entertainment, and local business, plus government and
community services."--Title screen. Over 3,000 cities and destinations are included. |
KEYWORDS: |
travel, business, government, city, fact book |
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TITLE: |
FedStats |
DESCRIPTION: |
"More than 70 agencies in the United States Federal
Government produce statistics of interest to the public. The Federal Interagency Council
on Statistical Policy maintains this site to provide easy access to the full range of
statistics and information produced by these agencies for public use."--Title screen. |
KEYWORDS: |
statistics, federal agencies |
TITLE: |
Statistical
Abstract of the U.S. |
DESCRIPTION: |
"As the National Data Book it contains a collection of
statistics on social and economic conditions in the United States. Selected international
data are also included. The Abstract is also your Guide to Sources of other data from the
Census Bureau, other Federal agencies, and private organizations."--Title screen.
Information is arranged under USA Statistics in Brief, Frequently requested tables, State
Rankings, State and County profiles. |
PUBLISHER: |
U.S. Census Bureau. |
E-MAIL: |
compendia@census.gov |
KEYWORDS: |
statistics, census data |
TITLE: |
Statistical
Resources on the Web |
DESCRIPTION: |
Provides annotated links to statistical data in many areas of
the society for the United States and international countries. |
PUBLISHER: |
University of Michigan Library. |
E-MAIL: |
Grace York, graceyor@umich.edu |
KEYWORDS: |
statistics |
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