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
- HighlyCited - a gateway to the most influential scientists and scholars
Business directories
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
Facts and figures
- Wolfram
Alpha - a computational knowledge engine that provides facts and figures, and performs calculations. For example, it can solve an algebraic equation, find co-ordinates for a city, find the formula for a chemical, and lots more
Maps
- Google Maps
- Perry-Castañeda Library Map Collection - electronic maps and other cartographic resources
- streetmap.co.uk - provides address searching and street map facilities for the UK
- WorldAtlas.com
Telephone numbers
Translation services
Travel
- Omio - travel search tool that compares plane, train, bus and car rental options to local destinations
- National Rail Enquiries
- raileasy - use to find train times and the cheapest fare