Ready Reference: Fact Books & Almanacs
- Baseball Almanac
- This website has information about the history of baseball as well as biographical information about its players.
- Information Please
- "Your definitive, one-stop source for essential information on just about everything."
- Historic Events and Birthdates
- Find out what occurred on any selected day.
- How Many? A Dictionary of Measurements
- Provides information on a variety of units of measurement including the International System, Metric System and English Customary Systems. Also includes tables and scales such as Beaufort scales (wind velocity), Fujita scale (tornados) and wind chill charts.
- Old Farmer's Almanac
- Includes weather predictions, sunrise tables, recipes, and more.
- Statistical Abstract of the United States
- Full-text available in PDF format. Tables on topics such as population, vital statistics, elections, government, economics. Print version is in Milne Library Reference HA202.A45.
- Today in History (Library of Congress)
- A presentation of historic facts highlighted by items from the American Memory collections.
- World Fact Book
- Provides information on individual countries such as maps, flags, birthrate, economy, climate, currency, transportation, geography.
- World Population Information
- Population-related links from the U.S. Census Bureau, including the World POPClock, which gives an up to the second simulation of the current world population.