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Some useful tools and web sites listed alphabetically.

Addresses, Phone Numbers and E-Mail Directories

The Ultimates
Here you can search resources from all over the net like phone books, email directories, and trip planners. But this isn't just another list of links. The form for each resource is integrated into the site, and Javascript copies the information from one blank to another so you can use everything out there with a minimum of time and effort.
Qwest Dex
The Qwest Telephone Directory online with search capacities for residential, business,  government and toll free listings.
Reverse Directory
Lookup Street Addresses to Find People and Lookup their Name and Telephone Number.

Area Codes 

Telephone area code finder
Listings of area codes by number and also alphabetically
Area Code Maps
US and Canadian maps with area codes

Calculators and Converters

Online Conversions

Martindale's Calculator's Center

Martindale's Reference Center also seems to be a huge general reference information center which looks like it has a lot of interesting information

Dictionary and Thesaurus

Merriam Webster Online

History 

Historium.com
Good starting point for history links on the web
Historic Audio
Searchable archive of politically significant audio materials
This Day in History

Maps

Google Maps

Google Earth

Mapquest

TerraServer
View maps and aerial photos of various parts of the Earth.
Map Machine
National Geographic site is a great resource for worldwide maps including an atlas with country maps, facts, flags, and profiles; worldwide physical and political maps; star chart; and other map resources.

Mythology

Mythology Encyclopedia
An encyclopedia of mythology, folklore and legend

Newspapers
Link to newspaper sites in the US and worldwide

Reference - General

Reference Desk.com
Links to many different reference sites
Research-It!
Handy one stop reference site
University of Texas Library Reference Site
A very comprehensive site for finding reference material

Smithsonian
Virtual tour of the Smithsonian

State Capitols
Lookup the state capitols plus information on each state

Time Zones

Time
Official US Time
World Time Server
World Time Zones

Virtual Tours

Virtual Tours
Virtual Tours is a collection of tours for the World, Museums, Exhibits, Points of Special Interest and the US Government.

Weather

Wunderground.com
Find the Weather for any City, State or Zipcode, or Country
National Weather Service Home Page
Yahoo Weather
Southern Oregon and Northern California Weather and Roadss
This site hosted by Medford Fuel is great for updated weather and also seeing highway conditions in real time through various highway web cams.

Web Cams

Weather Cams
Weather cams from the US and around the world
Oregon Web Cams
An index of oregon web cams
Webcam Central
"... the virtual voyeur's hub of choice" 

Word Origins
Interesting site on the origins of commonly used words and phrases

Zip Codes

Zip Code
Zip code lookup
Salem Zip Codes
Map of Salem zipcodes

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