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Handbooks & Almanacs
- US Bilateral Relations Fact Sheets (U.S. State Department ) full-text info on countries and international organizations; organized by region and country or organization. History, government and political conditions, economy, foreign relations and basic travel information. Also lists principal U.S. officials and consulate officers.
- Flags of the World - FOTW includes pages about flags and more than 22,300 images of flags.
- Information Please includes the Information Please Almanac, the Entertainment Almanac, Sports Almanac, the Columbia Encyclopedia, and the Random House College Dictionary online.
- Nobel Prize Internet Archive or The Nobel Foundation comprehensive info on winners and discoveries.
- Old Farmer's Almanac
- The 50 States & Capitals includes: latitude and longitude, birds, colleges/universities, constitutions, flowers, genealogical resources, mottos, national forests/parks, newspapers, nicknames, nonprofit organizations, populations, state/federal representatives, songs, and the date of entry into the union.
- World Factbook annual CIA handbook gives basic data on all the countries fo the world.