General Reference
Academic Info
An educational subject directory of Internet resources tailored to a college and university audience. Each subject guide is an annotated listing of the best general Internet sites in the field, as well as a gateway to specialized and advanced research tools.
Currency Converter
A tool to convert any currency, foreign or U.S., by selecting the source and destination using the scrolling selection boxes.
Electronic Databases
Electronic databases are available through the WVU Libraries, and are organized by subject and also alphabetically by title. Access is limited to faculty, staff, and students of WVU. Off-campus/remote access is available for these databases. For students, your UserName is the part of your mix account before the @ symbol in your e-mail address and your password is a six digit number (your two digit date of birth and the last four digits of your 700 number).
Information Please
This site combines the contents of an encyclopedia, a dictionary, and several up-to-the minute almanacs loaded with statistics, facts, and historical records.
Legal Dictionary
A tool to assist you in finding terms, definitions & explanations of legal terms, phrases and concepts at the ‘Lectric Law Library.
Legal Ethics
A free site devoted to helping legal professionals understand the unique ethical issues raised by the Internet. Legalethics.com also tracks and publishes state and local ethics rulings relating to the Internet.
Legal Research Encyclopedia
Maintained by the Cornell Law Library, offers subject searching with links to the Legal Information Institute and other noteworthy sites or country search options.
Netdictionary
An alphabetical reference guide to technical, cultural, and humorous terms related to the Internet.
Strunk & White’s Elements of Style
Access grammar and style tips electronically via Columbia University’s Project Bartleby.
Translate with Systran Box
A free service to the Internet community. Systran provides a tool to translate a grammatically correct document into something comprehensible, but not perfect. You can type information or cut and paste information into the box and have it translated to a language of your choice.
Webopaedia
An online dictionary and search engine for computer and Internet technolgy definitions. This site is allows you to search by entering a term of choice or it is browseable by computer category.
Webster’s Dictionary
Merriam Webster Online is Searchable by word, also provides a thesaurus.
Wired Guide
An online guide to computer help, internet help, and general computing interest from chat to shareware.
Zip Code Lookup
Maintained by the United States Postal Service, provides a searchable database of zip code and zip +4 codes.