Global Reference
BBC Weather
UK weather and highlighted world weather.
British Library Collections - Virtual Reference Library
Collection of links, compiled by the British Library, to general reference sources on the web. Primarily relating to the UK but some with worldwide content.
Country Briefings
Economist guide to selected countries and cities.
Flash Earth
An experimental application using satellite and aerial imagery from online mapping websites.
Google Earth
Geographic and mapping site available in English French, Italian, German, and Spanish.
Google Guide Calculator
Solve mathematical problems with Google’s calculator function.
Hotspot locations: the wireless directory
Library of Congress Portals to the World
Links arranged by country then further subdivided into broad subject categories. An authoritative list of links to websites from around the world, selected and evaluated by subject experts at the Library of Congress.
Refdesk.com
Fast checker for the internet.
Whatsonwhen
What’s on when, worldwide (travel, leisure and entertainment events).
Worldmapper
A collection of cartograms (density-equalising maps) generated by a project involving the Universities of Sheffield and Michigan. Each map focuses on a topic, with territories resized according to the topic. Subjects include: Population, Tourism, Transportation, Import and export, Immigrants, emigrants, and refugees.
The World Clock - Time Zones
Useful for timing your international calls.
XE.com
Currency converter.
Yahoo!Weather
Worldwide weather forecasts.
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