HomeReference

Annual Reports

Bloomberg.com

Company Information on the Web (Virtual Chase's Guide)

Edgar Database of Corporate Information (SEC)

Edgar Online

Forbes 500

Hoover's Online

Quote.com

Secretaries of State  (Corporate records by state)

Yahoo! Finance Company and Fund Index

See the Maritime Industry page of this guide for specific links and directories to maritime companies.
 
 

Countries

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CIA World Factbook

U.S. Library of Congress Country Studies

U.S. Department of State Country Background Notes

U.S. Department of State Country Commercial Guides

World Flag Database
 
 

Dictionaries

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Infoplease.com

Miriam Webster Dictionary

Onelook Dictionary

Oxford English Dictionary  (Annual subscription is required.)

Dictionary.com
 
 

eMail Listings

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Bigfoot.com

Internet Address Finder

MESA  (Meta search engine) 

My email Address  (Meta search engine)

WhoWhere
 
 

Encyclopedias

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Columbia Encyclopedia

Britannica.com

Encarta Online

Encyclopedia Brittanica Online

Encyclopedia.com
 
 

Foreign Currencies

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IMF's Currency Converter

OANDA - The Currency Site

Universal Currency Converter
 
 

Language Translators

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Alta Vista-Babelfish

Babylon.com

Dictionary.com-Translator

Eurodicautom  (The European Union's translation program)

foreignworld.com
 
 

Lawyer Locators

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AttorneyLocate.com

FindLaw - West Legal Directory

Internet Legal Resource Guide - Lawyers on the Internet

Lawinfo.com

LLRX.com - Lawyer Directories, Web Sites & State Bar Sources

Martindale-Hubbell Lawyer Locator

People and Business Finder (loislaw.com)

See also the Admiralty Law Firm Directories section of the Associations page.
 
 

Legal Dictionaries/Citations

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Duhaime's Law Dictionary

International Law Dictionary & Directory

Introduction to Basic Legal Citation

Law.com Dictionary

Nolo's Law Dictionary

Oran's Legal Dictionary
 
 

Maps/Nautical Charts

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ChartCo (electronic charts)

Mapquest

Microsoft Terraserver Satellite Images

National Geographic - Map Machine

National Imagery and Mapping Agency (NIMA) - Marine Navigation Department

New York Nautical

NOAA Nautical Charts and Products
-NOAA's Nautical Charts/Navigation Web Links

Quick Maps of the World

United Kingdom Hydrographic Office

USGS Mapping Information

University of Texas Online Map Collection

WWW Virtual Library - History of Cartography
 
 

Maritime Web Site Directories

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downtothesea.com

Fairplay's Database of Shipping Web Sites

Fairplay's World Shipping Directory
The Fairplay online site also offers what is touted as the largest database of shipping web sites on the internet.

IMO's Directory of Maritime Links
This is a link to the IMO home page - the Directory of Maritime Links is found within the site.

MarineWayPoints.com

Maritime History on the Internet

OceanPortal

PORT (National Maritime Museum, Greenwich)

WWW Virtual Library - Naval and Maritime

See also the Shipping Directories section of the Maritime Industry page and the Web Directories below.
 
 

Maritime Terms

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Glossary of Nautical Terms (circa 1814)

Hellenic Shipbrokers' Association Maritime Abbreviations

International Marine Signal Flags

MARAD's Glossary of Shipping Terms

Online Nautical Dictionaries

Transportation Institute's Maritime Glossary
 
 

Public Records Databases

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Direct Search

KnowX.com  (Fee based)

Merlin Information Service  (Fee based)

Pacific Information Resources
 
 

Telephone Listings

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Anywho.com (AT&T)

Infospace.com

Journal of Commerce - Transportation Telephone Tickler

Switchboard.com

Yahoo! People Search
 
 

Time Zones

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Date and Time Gateway

Global Information Network's Time Zone Calculator

Time Ticker

United States Naval Observatory
 
 

Vessel Listings & Locators

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AISLive

BV Register of Ships Directory

DNV Register of Vessels

Equasis (Registration is required.)

Fairplay Internet Ships Register (Fee based)

INMARSAT Ship Directory

Maritime Data  (Fee based)

Maritime Global Net - Vessel Search

Maritime Mobile Access and Retrieval System (MARS) Ship Directory

Military Sealift Command (MSC) Ship Inventory

MRC Vessel Tracking Service (Fee based)

Norwegian Ship Registers Directory

Paris MOU Inspection Database

Research Vessel Information and Schedules

Russian Merchant Ship Database

Sailwx.info Ship Tracker

Seasearcher.com (Fee based from Lloyd's Marine Intelligence.)

USCG (COFR) Vessel Information Database

USCG Port State Information Exchange Database

US Naval Vessel Register
 
 

Web Search Engines & Directories

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About.com

All-in-One Search Page  (Includes virtually all search engines in all areas.)

All the Web (FAST)

AOL.com (Search)

AltaVista

Ask.com

Dogpile  (Meta search engine)

Google

Hotbot

Infomine

InfoSeek

Internet Public Library
-Law

Ixquick (Meta Search engine)

Librarians' Index to the Internet
-Law
-Reference Desk

Looksmart

Lycos

Mamma  (Meta search engine)

Metacrawler  (Meta search engine)

MSN.com (Search)

Open Directory
-Admiralty and Maritime Law
-Law
-Reference

Search.com

Search Engines Worldwide  (From Afghanistan to Zimbabwe)

Teoma

WWW Virtual Library
-Law
-Naval and Maritime

Yahoo!
-Law
-Maritime Transportation
-Reference
 
 

Weather Reports

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Marineweather.com

Manual of Marine Observations (Standards for marine weather observations)
-State of the Sea (Beaufort Scale)

National Weather Service (NOAA)
-NOAA Tide Predications
-NOAA Marine Weather
-Riverwatch
-US National Weather Service Report

NIMA Marine Navigation Calculator

Oceanroutes

Weather.com

Weathernet

WWW Tide and Current Predictor