Ready Reference Desk
Use the Internet Sites Recommended by the Reference Staff

• Better Business Bureau
• Charity Navigator
• Edmunds Auto Guide
• Eliminate Unwanted Catalogs
• Fuel Economy and MPG Ratings
• Gas Buddy
• Kelley Blue Book
• Local Business Directory
• NADA
• National Consumer Information
• Vehicle Safety Information

Credit Bureaus

• Equifax
• Experian
• Free Credit Reports
• TransUnion

Dictionaries / Quotations / Acronyms

• Acronym Finder
• Bartleby Quotations
• Dictionary
• IM Acronyms
• Miriam Webster
• Rhyming Dictionary
• Thesaurus

Education

• College Rankings
• GED Information
• Horry County Schools
• Peterson's
• Online Practice Tests
• U.S.  Department of Education

Employment

• America's Job Bank
• Career Builder
• Horry County Jobs
• Monster.com
• South Carolina Employment Security Commission
• South Carolina Information Highway (SCIway)

Entertainment

• Free Sheet Music
• Internet Movie Database
• Lottery Results
• Metacritic Reviews
• Second Hand Songs
• South Carolina Education Lottery
• Urban Legends

Financial Information

• Bankrate
• Big Charts/Market Watch
• Consumer Price Index
• Currency Converter
• Stock Quotes, (Back to 1985)
• Salary & Wage Surveys

Genealogy

• Family Genealogy & History Internet Education
• Find a Grave
• Grand Strand Genealogy Club
• UVA Historical Census Browser
• Horry County Historical Society
• NCHS Vital Records
• Roots Web

 Geography / Maps / Travel

• Countries A-Z
• The Fifty States
• Flight Aware Live Flight Tracking
• Mapquest
• Myrtle Beach International Airport
• National Atlas Mapmaker
• UT's Online Map Collection
• Travel Distance Calculator
• U.S. State and City Profiles
• The World Factbook

• Citizenship and Immigration
• IRS
• National Traffic & Road Closures
• Patent & Trademark Office
• S.C. Legislature
• U.S. Census Bureau
• U.S. Postal Service
• U.S. Statistical Abstract
• USA.gov

Health & Medical

• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
• Mayo Clinic
• MedLine Plus
• National Health Information Center
• RxList
• South Carolina Local Health Resources
• U.S. Department of Health & Human Services
• Web MD

Learn a Language

• BBC Languages
• Foreign Language Dictionaries
• Foreign Service Institute Language Courses
• Google Translate
• Language Translator

Local Links

• City of Myrtle Beach
• Coast RTA
• Horry County Government
• S.C. Department of Motor Vehicles
• South Carolina Law Enforcement Division (SLED)
• The Sun News

Locating People

• Anywho Phone Directory
• Area Code Directory
• Zip Code Directory
• Switchboard
• Crisscross and Reverse Directory

MISC Reference

• Artcyclopedia
• Biographical Dictionary
• Calendars
• Measurement Converter

Research

• Documents of American History
• Guinness World Records
• Internet Public Library
• Information Please
• Pros and Cons of Controversial Issues
• Librarians' Internet Index

Search Engines

• Ask
• Cuil (pronounced "cool")
• Dogpile
• Exalead
• Good Search
• Google.com
• Yahoo.com

Weather

• National Weather Service
• The Old Farmer's Almanac
• The Weather Channel
• Weather Underground

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