Ready Reference
- Agriculture Fact Book 2000
- Background Notes U.S. State Department (information on geographic entities and international organizations)
- Black History Month SELCO's list of reference sites
- Children's Sites SELCO's list of great sites for young surfers
- CIA World Factbook
- Citing Online Sources Online! a reference guide to using Internet sources. From Bedford-St. Martin's Publisher
- Congressional Directory
- Country Studies Profiles From Library of Congress, Profiles 100 countries - history, geography, society,economy, transportation and communication, government and politics, national security
- Education Resource Links SELCO's list of reference sources to higher education, including financial aid and scholarships
- Environmental Links SELCO's list of sites for information about environmental issues
- Financial Information on the Internet, SELCO's list of reference sources on financial information sites
- Government Information Exchange Federal agencies, programs, and services
- Health Resources on the Web Selco's list of health-related sources
- Indexes SELCO's list of indexes of reference sites, most arranged by subject, most maintained by librarians, or information managers
- Information Please ( Searchable index contains information from : The Information Please Almanac, The A&E Information Please Entertainment Almanac, The ESPN Information Please Sports Almanac, The Information Please Kids' Almanac, and The Information Please Girls' Almanac, as well as the Columbia Encyclopedia, and the Random House College Dictionary)
- Jobs SELCO's list of employment reference sources, includes state employment agencies, newspapers
- Latino Links - including Spanish links, thanks to Rose Trevino and the San Antonio Public Library
- Legal Resources on the Internet - Lawmoose for Minnesota, Wisconsin, and World Legal Resources
- Library of Congress
- Librarians' Resources SELCO's list of library-related sites
- Maps Selco's list of links to map sites
- Media Links links to newspapers, television, radio websites worldwide from Editor and Publisher.com
- Minnesota Links Selco's list of Minnesota web sites
- Moving? Selco's list of sites for relocation
- Native American Site Links developed and maintained by Lisa Mitten; home of the American Indian Library Association Home Page
- News Search Engines from Search Engine Watch
- Newspaperlinks hosted by the Newspaper Association of America, an index of links to local newspapers
- Retirees Selco's list of sites for retirees (includes sites for Veterans' benefits)
- Statistical Resources an index of over 40 sources of facts and statistical information
- Website Building SELCO's index of resources
- Women's History Resources Selco's index to resource for Women's History Month
Search Engines: Use these when you want to look for something, but you don't know the "address" of a specific page. Different search engines work in different ways, so try more than one for different search results. Most search engines have a "help" page, go there to find tips on how to construct the most effective searches for that search engine.
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