Fast Facts: Alphabetical Listing
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Extensive information on all 50 of the United States.
Find out what any acronym, abbreviation, or initialism stands for.
Reviews and information on CDs, videos and electronic games.
Find doctors by name or specialty.
Biographies, bibliographies, and timelines about American first ladies.
Information about American presidents, past and present.
Find out about historic events and birthdates that occurred on a selected day.
Look up aphorisms and information on their origin.
Provides you with current information related to area codes, city codes, and country codes.
A Collection of Passages, Phrases, and Proverbs Traced to Their Sources in Ancient and Modern Literature
Provides information about companies and charities to encourage wise purchases and a fair marketplace.
Searchable text of many versions and translations.
Stock and mutual fund daily closing prices, back to 1985.
An easy acess point to some of the top book-related sites, including information on awards and recommended reading.
A resource for students to search or browse for information in encyclopedias, magazines, videos, and Web sites.
A powerful resource to search or browse for information in encyclopedias, magazines, videos, and Web sites.
Information on countries around the world.
Interactive web tool to assist with citation creation.
Overview of Houston government and history with links to City and related resources.
Price and grading information for collectors of coins, currency, stamps, autographs, records, and sports cards.
Find your elected federal representatives by Zip code, or research current issues and legislation. (FF)
Advice on consumer purchases and repairs, fraud, complaints, consumer privacy, and credit.
Compare costs of living between United States cities.
Database of celebrities that includes a grave finder and obituaries.
Calculates distances between cities and countries.
Index to local educational institutions on all levels.
Worldwide directory of embassies, consulates, and U.N. missions. (FF)
Provides in-depth information on the nature and habitat of familiar animals.
Sports news.
Submit your federal financial aid application electronically.
A comprehensive Financial Aid Information Page.
Grave finder for famous people around the world.
For Harris County, Texas.
Full-text reference books on topics including biography, business, the environment, history, law, social sciences, medicine, religion, the sciences, and multicultural studies.
Database that includes 14 directories.
Offers handouts and exercises on grammar, spelling, and punctuation.
Information on the gods and goddesses of Greek mythology.
Articles on all aspects of the visual arts - painting, sculpture, graphic and decorative arts, photography - from prehistory to the present.
Articles on all aspects of music and its study. Includes New Grove Dictionary of Opera.
Encyclopedia of Texas history, geography, and culture.
Connect with information services and people in Harris County Government.
Useful guidelines for property owners and the database of appraisal records. (FF)
Find statistics on all Greater Houston school districts, like dropout rates, TAAS and SAT scores, and related data.
This resourse and referral phone list is a handy up-to-date listing of the phone numbers of several local agencies and services to help you with various problems.
Full text articles from the Chronicle from 1985 to the present.
Lawyers providing pro bono service to low-income residents of Harris County.
Clear explanations, diagrams, and links for parts and functions of common technology, machines, and other things we see every day.
Combines the contents of an encyclopedia, a dictionary, and several up-to-the-minute almanacs loaded with statistics, facts, and historical records.
Search for informatin about movies by cast, characters, title, year, etc.
Federal tax forms back to 1990.
Get help shopping for used cars.
Find libraries and library catalogs on the web.
Lists the letters and titles of the main classes of the Library of Congress Classification system.
Libraries on the web.
Driving directions, times, and distances.
Information from the National Library of Medicine, the National Institutes of Health and other trusted sources on over 500 diseases and conditions.
Online English language dictionary and thesaurus.
Guides for using Microsoft Word.
Free price information on new and used cars, trucks, SUVs, vans, boats, and other vehicles.
A listing of the new NAICS codes, with correspondence tables for NAICS to SIC (Standard Industrial classification) and SIC to NAICS.
A complete readers’ resource with information on well over 200,000 fiction and readable nonfiction titles.
Currency converter.
Job outlook information for hundreds of occupations from the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Crossword puzzle dictionary.
Online version of the Oxford English Dictionary, including the complete Second Edition and the New Edition in progress.
Information on United States Presidents.
Preparedness information from the Department of Homeland Security.
Website that indexes free resources.
Business database of U.S. businesses; also includes an international business database, a residential database, new movers database (residential) and new businesses database.
Rhyming dictionary.
In-depth drug information.
This relocation tool compares the cost of living in hundreds of U.S. and international cities.
Online conversions.
Standard Industrial Classification information.
News from Houston/Harris Country Sports Authority.
Business and residential directories.
Time zones and calendars, including a perpetual calendar.
The official handbook of the Federal Government provides comprehensive information on the agencies of the legislative, judicial, and executive branches and other official agencies.
The United States government's official web portal.
Zip code look-up.
Links for research on religion from ancient times to the present.
Gives graphic view of weather conditions.
Current and historical weather.
A periodic table of elements with description, history, uses, atomic structure, and additional detailed information for each element.
CPI and inflation rates with a cost of living calculator.
Texas elected officials and the districts they represent.
Online French, Spanish, German, and Italian Dictionary.
Nationwide local yellow pages.
People and free public information search engine.
Web summaries on people, companies, etc.