Quick reference sources

Selected resources for answering basic enquiries.

Abbreviations

• Abbreviations.com - focuses on the sciences but also includes some general sites

Addresses

• Royal Mail - find full addresses from the postcode, and postcodes for addresses

Biographical information

• ISIHighlyCited - a gateway to the most influential scientists and scholars

Business directories

• SCOOT
• Yell

Careers and course information

• Prospects - guide to graduate jobs, careers and postgraduate study
• UCAS- online guide to Higher Education courses - allows searching by course, college or university

Converter

• AskNumbers.com - online conversions between different metrics of length, weight, temperature, pressure, energy, frequency and more

Maps

• Multimap - key features include street-level maps of the United Kingdom, Europe, and the US; road maps of the world; door-to-door travel directions; aerial photographs; and local information
• streetmap.co.uk - provides address searching and street map facilities for the UK
• WorldAtlas.com
• Perry-Castañeda Library Map Collection- electronic maps and other cartographic resources

Telephone numbers

• The phone book

Translation services

• Babel Fish Translation
• Free-Translator.com

Travel

• National Rail Enquiries
• raileasy - use to find train times and the cheapest fare
• Reading Travel Information - latest news and journey planner