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FINDING PEOPLE
FINDING PLACES
FINDING TRAVEL DEALS
Search Sources
ACRONYMS:
Abreviations.com - The Web‘s Largest Resource for Acronyms & Abbreviations
ACRONYMS:
Acronym Finder - find out what any acronym, abbreviation, or initialism stands for
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Acronym Server (formerly the Internet Acronym Server)
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CMS.gov (Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services) - acronyms
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Dictionary.com - acronyms
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IDEA (Individuals with Disabilities Education Act) - acronyms
ACRONYMS:
Readers Digest - common acronyms
ACRONYMS:
The Acronym Database
ACRONYMS:
The Free Dictionary - acronyms
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VA.com - Office of Procurement, Acquisition & Logistics (OPAL) commonly used acronyms
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Veteran.com - Veterans Affairs Acronyms & Terms
ENCYCLOPEDIAS:
Artcyclopedia
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Better Homes & Gardens Plant Encyclopedia
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Britannica
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DK (Dorling Kindersley) UK - Find Out!
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Encyclopedia.com
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Fact Monster
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Funk & Wagnalls
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HealthCentral.com - All Conditions
ENCYCLOPEDIAS:
How Stuff Works
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HyperHistory
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Info Please
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Kaiser Permanente - Health Encyclopedia
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Library of Congress - Families
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MedlinePlus - Medical Encyclopedia
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NHS Conditions & Treatments
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Simple English Wikipedia - Great for Kids
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Smithsonian Institution
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Symbols.com
ENCYCLOPEDIAS:
Philosophy
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PlantSnap - Plant Encyclopedia
ENCYCLOPEDIAS:
Wikipedia
RHYMES:
Heretical Rhyme Generator - will write a little poem just for you
RHYMES:
Rhyme Generator
RHYMES:
5 Types of Rhymes You Can Use in Your Song
RHYMES:
Rhymer.com
RHYMES:
Rhymes Zone
RHYMES:
Rhymes.com
SEARCH ENGINES:
ABC Search Engine - every search starts with ABC
SEARCH ENGINES:
Answers.com - Homework Help
SEARCH ENGINES:
Ask.com
SEARCH ENGINES:
Bing.com (Microsoft)
SEARCH ENGINES:
BoardReader.com - connecting Communities through search
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Brave Search (BETA) - A private, independent, user-focused, faster alternative to Google that blocks ads, third-party trackers & prevents malware.
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CIA - World Factbook
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Creative Commons (CC) Search - Find content you can share, use & remix
SEARCH ENGINES:
Dogpile US
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DuckDuckGo.com - Search the web without being tracked
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Ecosia.org - Search the web to plant trees...
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Ekoru.org - Every search on Ekoru raises funds to keep our oceans & marine life healthy
SEARCH ENGINES:
EU Search Engines, Directories & Lists
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exaLead - Cool Web Page Search Tool!
SEARCH ENGINES:
Excite
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Ezilon - Access relevant information with emphasis on world regions
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FOLDOC (Free Online Dictionary of Computing)
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Freeality.com
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Gibiru.com - Protecting your privacy since 2009
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GiveWater.com - Give clean water every time you search the web
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Go Guides - Spam-free web search
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Hotsheet - News Directory
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InfoPeople - part of the Califa Group, a nonprofit library membership consortium
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Internet Archive - A non-profit library of millions of free books, movies, software, music, websites & more
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Lycos
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MetaCrawler
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Neeva.com - Offers an ad-free, affiliate-free search experience created by ex-Google execs
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Niles Online - Links from his books “Finding Data on the Internet” & “How to Make Money Publishing Community News Online”
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OneSearch.com - No cookies, no profiling & ads that follow you
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Prospector - The best free stuff, freebies & freeware
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Rootsweb - Finding our Roots Together
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Search A Lot - We Search A Lot So You Don't Have To
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Search.com - owned by CBS Interactive Inc.
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SearchEncrypt.com
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Search Engine Colossus - International Directory of Search Engines
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Search Engine Guide
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Search Engines in Review
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Search Engine Watch - News, Tips & More About Search Engines
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Search Systems - Public Records Directory
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SEO (Search Engine Optimization) Forums
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SlideShare.net - Search for slides, slideshow presentations, infographics, ebooks, PDFs & more
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START - Natural Language Question Answering System
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Startpage.com
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SwissCows.com - The data-safe search engine
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Teachers.net - Teacher Info & Chatboards
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Thrall Light Switch - Search brighter
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Trust Mamma - Reviews, Offers, Deals & Coupons
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UK Directory
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WebCrawler
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Webjunction - Librarian Resources
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WhatIs? - IT Search Engine
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Wiki.com
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WikiHow - to do anything... the most trusted how-to site on the internet
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WolframAlpha.com - Compute expert-level answers using Wolfram’s breakthrough algorithms, knowledgebase & AI technology
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WordPress Openverse - over 600 million items to reuse (formerly CC Searach)
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WordWeb - International word finder
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WWW Virtual Library
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Yahoo.com
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Yandex.com
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YouTube
Finding People
NOTE:
Most searches found below are NOT free
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192.com:
Search for People, Businesses & Places in the UK
411.com
Find Contact Information on yourself or anyone else (Report requires payment)
800 Numbers:
Consumer resource aid for finding & accessing Toll-Free Phone Numbers for companies
Addresses.com:
Free People & Public Information Search Engine
AnyWho:
Yellow Pages | People Search | Reverse Phone Lookup (Deeper searches on site sends you to Intelius)
BeenVerified.com:
The Everyday Information Company - People, Vehicle, Property & Contact Info (Report requires payment)
BT (British Telecom):
Person & Business Finder
Clearchecks.com:
Background Checks Made Simple (Report requires payment)
Fone Finder:
Worldwide Number Lookup
How to call abroad:
An international calling guide.
ICANN (Internet Corporation for Assigned Names & Numbers) Lookup:
Look up the current registration data for domain names & Internet number resources
Infobel.com:
Search for a company or person anywhere in the world
Intelius.com:
Highly tailored searches & the most comprehensive report options since 2003 (Report requires payment)
inter800.com:
Free Search for product &/or company 800 numbers
Melissa.com Lookups:
Name, Phone, Address, Business Verifier (Requires subscription)
NumLookup.com:
Reverse Phone Lookup (reveals a scary amount of info & deeper search sends you to BeenVerified)
PeopleLooker.com:
The identity trust company (Report requires payment)
Piple.com:
The identity trust company
Superpages.com:
Search for local businesses
ThisNumber.com:
Find phone numbers for people and businesses worldwide (Report requires payment)
WhitePages.com:
Find people, contact info & background checks (Report requires payment)
Finding Places
MAPS:
12 Crazy World Maps that will blow your mind
MAPS:
40 Maps they didn‘t teach you in school
MAPS:
CIA (Central Intelligence Agency)
MAPS:
Far&Wide Amazing World Maps
MAPS:
FourmiLab.ch - Earth & Moon Viewer & Solar System Explorer
MAPS:
Geology.com World Maps
MAPS:
Google Earth Map
MAPS:
Google Map
MAPS:
Library of Congress
MAPS:
MapHistory.info - Map Collections
MAPS:
Maps of the World
MAPS:
MapQuest Map
MAPS:
Medieval Sourcebook Maps & Images
MAPS:
MSN Bing Map
MAPS:
National Geographic Maps & Apps
MAPS:
NationsOnline.org Map
MAPS:
NOAA (National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration) National Weather Service Weather Maps
MAPS:
Other World Printable Maps
MAPS:
Paper Map Source
MAPS:
SuperMaps.com Map
MAPS:
Topographic-map.com (Free International Topographic Maps)
MAPS:
TopoZone - Free USGS Topo Maps for the Entire United States
MAPS:
UK Streetmap
MAPS:
US Census Bureau Interactive Maps
MAPS:
UTexas Weather Map Sites
MAPS:
UTexas World City Maps
MAPS:
Weather.com - Search under RADAR
MAPS:
WorldAtlas.com
Finding Travel Deals
BOOKING:
AbercrombieKent.com - Creating award-winning luxury Journeys since 1962
BOOKING:
AdventureTravel.com
BOOKING:
AmericanExpress.com - Supporting you through your travel journey
BOOKING:
Best Offers Trip Planner - Let Competing Travel Agencies Plan Your Trip with free quotes
BOOKING:
Cheaptickets.com - For Students (by Expedia)
BOOKING:
ClubMed.com - The most beautiful destinations
BOOKING:
EcotourismLogue.com
BOOKING:
Expedia.com
BOOKING:
FrequentFlyerServices.com - We didn't invent
Frequent Flyer Programs
, just the news about them
BOOKING:
OneTravel.com - Sign up for weekly e-mail on last-minute air fare deals
BOOKING:
FlightScan.com - Provides a comprehensive list of options
BOOKING:
InsideFlyer.com - News & about the world of travel
BOOKING:
Kayak.com - Original Metasearch for Travel
BOOKING:
PleasantHolidays.com - Offering customizable vacation packages since 1959
BOOKING:
Priceline.com - Saving customers more than 1 billion dollars every year
BOOKING:
Sky-Tours.com
BOOKING:
Travel.com
BOOKING:
TravelGator.com
BOOKING:
TravelHub.com - Save up to 70% off published fares
BOOKING:
Traveling.com
BOOKING:
Travelocity.com - by Expedia
BOOKING:
TravelZoo.com
INFORMATION:
Best-Travel-Deals-Tips.com - Tourism Offices Worldwide Directory
INFORMATION:
EuroTrip.com - Travel advice & savings
INFORMATION:
Fodors.com - offers definitive, insider guide on what to do & see in over 8,000 worldwide destinations
INFORMATION:
Fromers.com - Travel Guides
INFORMATION:
Geographic Expeditions - We travel not to escape life, but for life not to escape us
INFORMATION:
Gorp.com - Explore the outdoors
INFORMATION:
InnSite.com - Guide to Bed & Breakfast Inns
INFORMATION:
Kilimanjaro Adventure Travel
INFORMATION:
MyFamilyTravels.com - Family Travel Forum
INFORMATION:
OANDA.com - Foreign Exchange Converter
INFORMATION:
Planeta.com - Exploring ways of making tourism more human
INFORMATION:
TravelLang.com - Travel & Language Services
INFORMATION:
TravelNotes.org - The Online Guide to Travel
INFORMATION:
Travel.org - Get the information you need now
INFORMATION:
WildernessTravel.com - Bringing you innovative & active travel experiences for 40 years
LODGING:
AirBnB.com - Vacation Rentals
LODGING:
Booking.com
LODGING:
HomeStay.com
LODGING:
HostelWorld.com - Meet the world
LODGING:
HotelShop.com
LODGING:
PlacesToStay.com - for business, for pleasure, for less
LODGING:
TravelFromHere.com - Book directly with property owners & cut out the middlemen
LODGING:
TravelStay.com - Stay for Less
LODGING:
Vrbo.com - Vacation Rentals
RAIL:
ACPRail.com - BritRail for Americans
RAIL:
BritRail.com
RAIL:
City Pass Guide - The City Pass and City Card in Europe
RAIL:
Eurail.com
RAIL:
EuropeByRail.eu
RAIL:
EuropeOnRail.eu
RAIL:
InterRail.eu - Europe Your Way
RAIL:
LondonPass.com - Visitor Oyster Card
RAIL:
LondonToolKit.com - BritRail train passes for England, Scotland & Wales
RAIL:
NationalRail.co.uk - Rail Cards for Disabled Persons, Veterans, Seniors, Family & Friends
RAIL:
RATP.fr - Paris Travel Passes & Prices
RAIL:
RailEurope.com
RAIL:
Seat61.com - European Train Travel Guide
RAIL:
TrainLine.com - Buy a BritRail Pass
RAIL:
VacationsByRail.com - Destinations
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