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USEFUL WEBSITES |
This page contains URLs of over 100 websites which have been compiled through arduous efforts and
dedication to serve as a ready reference to explore the areas of interest of all. A brief description of the
website is also given along with the link making it easy and useful for the visitor. This page is up-dated
annually at the end of the year. Any suggestions and recommendations for improvement are welcomed.
Website Index
Astronomy
Ancient_Calendars
Dictionaries / Thesauri
General Reading
Health
History
"How-to" websites
Internet
Islamic websites
Language / Learning
Defense / Government
Miscellaneous
Newspapers / Magazines
Research
American Astronomical Society
http://www.aas.org/
It provides general information on both professionals as well as amateur enthusiasts. Maintains links to other
astronomy resources on the Net.
CCD Images of Galaxies
http://zebu.uoregon.edu/galaxy.html
This site presents a collection of images pertaining to photographs of galaxies. Also offers educational resources.
Mount Wilson Observatory
http://www.mtwilson.edu/
This site overviews several ongoing astronomy projects using innovative techniques and modern detectors.
Provides information for professionals, amateurs, tourists, and educators.
Solar System Live
http://www.fourmilab.ch/solar/solar.html
Allows to view a model of the solar system. Offers adjustable settings so that you can see how the solar system
would be, at any given time or on any given date.
Understanding Our Planet Through Chemistry
http://helios.cr.usgs.gov/gips/aii-home.htm
Explains the history of the earth and the chemistry concepts involved in its formation.
Views of the Solar System
http://www.hawastsoc.org/solar/homepage
This site offers an educational view of the solar system. It contains images and information about the sun,
planets, moons, asteroids, comets, and meteoroids.
Web Nebulae
http://seds.lpl/arizona.edu/billa/twn/top
It contains a collection of images of various objects in our galaxy. Includes images and explains how to classify
nebulae.
Ancient Calendars
http://physics.nist.gov/GenInt/Time/ancient
A fascinating tour of ancient methods of marking time from clocks to calendars.
Calendars through the Ages
http://webexhibits.org/calendars/
History and FAQs of calendars, from ancient Rome to outer space, including Julian, Gregorian, Jewish, Islamic,
Chinese, and Mayan.
Calendars and their History
http://astro.nmsu.edu/~lhuber/leaphist
This site reprints an essay by L. E. Doggett about the history of various calendars, including the Gregorian, the
Julian, the Hebrew, the Islamic, the Indian, and the Chinese. Additionally, the essay explains the astronomical
bases of calendars, calendar reform movements, and historical eras and chronologies. This site is an important
first step for anyone trying to understand the origin calendars and methods of their creation.
Calendar Zone
http://www.calendarzone.com/
Offering a list of links to other calendar pages, Calendar Zone (formerly known as Calendar Land) is a
comprehensive resource of general, event, celestial, interactive, cultural and religious calendars. The site also
offers links to calendar indexes and directories, calendar information and resources.
Date and Time Gateway
http://www.bsdi.com/xdate?
Find the exact date/time group of any region/place/country.
The World Wide Holidays and Festivals
http://www.tattooheaven.com/1world.html
Explains and calculates moving holidays that is, those that don’t happen on exactly the same date every year for
almost every culture, country, and religion.
One-World Global Calendar
http://www.tattooheaven.com/1world.html
Offering festivals, celebrations, and holidays from ancient and modern cultures around the world, this is an
excellent multicultural resource. The calendar is updated weekly.
Acronym lookup site
http://www.ucc.ie/cgi-bin/uncgi/acronym?
This easy-to-use site Acronym lookup site gives you an immediate definition.
ARTFL Project: ROGET’S Thesaurus Search Form
http://humanities.uchicago.edu/forms_unrest/ROGET.html
The ARTFL (American and French Research on the Treasury of the French Language) Project, located at the
University of Chicago, has provided this online version of Roget’s Thesaurus. The interface is simple—type in
the word you want, and the form will return synonyms and antonyms. This site is amongst PC Magazine’s Top
100 Web Sites.
The Climbing Dictionary
http://www.fm.bs.dlr.de/misc/climbing/climbing_dict.html
Browse the only dictionary of rock/mountain climbing terms in English, along with translations in German,
French, Dutch, Italian, Spanish, Swedish, and Polish.
Dictionary of Cell Biology
http://www.mblab.gla.ac.uk/~julian/Dict.html
It is an online dictionary of Biology.
A.Word.A.Day
http://www.wordsmith.org/awad/
Become a subscriber to the mailing list and receive a word, with its definition, every day. Thus increase your
vocabulary like a fun in an easy way. The site also contains an anagram solver. Just submit a word you’d like to
have an anagram for, and await the results.
Monolingual General Dictionaries
http://www.ticino.com/usr/tanya/Dictionaries_general_mono.htm
Internet resources for translators, the site contains monolingual, general dictionaries on the internet.
TechDictionary
http://www.techdictionary.com/index.html
Technical Dictionary is where you will find thousands of computer terms and technology words defined. Search
by term or keyword. Here you will also find telecommunications terms, acronyms, similes or emoticons, chat
symbols, filename extensions, HTML tags, and domain suffixes.
The Astronomy Thesaurus
http://msowww.anu.edu.au/library/thesaurus/
This is an extensive thesaurus of words related to astronomy. Just click a word and the list of synonyms appears
on screen. The thesaurus is available in English, French, German, Spanish, and Italian.
The Harry Potter Lexicon
http://www.i2k.com/~svderark/lexicon/
A comprehensive reference site for serious HP fans. Check here for spells and magical world references, and
timelines for various characters and plotlines. Links to essays, websites, games, and more.
Bartleby.com
http://www.bartleby.com
Since its incorporation in 1999 and the release of preeminent contemporary reference works, Bartleby.com
becomes the most comprehensive reference publisher on the web, meeting the needs of students, educators,
and the intellectually curious
Great-Quotes.Com
http://www.great-quotes.com/category.cgi
Over 50,000 Famous Quotes and Sayings are available in alphabetical order. By-category search is also
available.
International Affairs
http://www.internationalaffairs.com/
With more than 12,000 hyperlinks connecting Web users to thousands of pre-selected Web sites. The site itself
is divided into four areas: The News, the Numbers, the Players, and the Analysis. These areas are then sub-
divided into politics, economics, social, international relations and industry. Links by geography are also
provided.
The World Fact-Book
http://www.odci.gov/cia/publications/factbook/index.html
The site provides valuable and authentic data about different countries of the world.
Mega Essays
http://www.megaessays.com
Online access to term papers and essays on all topics in history, science, technology, politics etc.
Book Search
http://www.bookbrowse.com/
This website offers a literary smorgasbord of the best current books, for people who don't have the time or
inclination to search through every book on the shelf.
Terrorism
http://www.terrorismanswers.com
The official website of the Council on Foreign Relations that provides various answers on the growing questions
on terrorism.
Online World Maps
http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/
This website is managed by the University of Texas. All types of maps are available at this site including satellite
images.
Online Stress Therapy
http://www.stressbusting.co.uk/
This website offers online therapeutic cures for stress due to anxiety or workload. It also gives information on
various kinds of stress and the reasons for their occurrence.
Cyber Essays
http://www.cyberessays.com
Cyber Essays is your one-stop source for free, high-quality term papers, essays, and reports on all subjects. Please
use either the available paper categories or our database search to find the paper you need quickly and easily
Erratic Impact Philosophy
http://www.erraticimpact.com
This portal is a huge resource for discourse on all philosophical matters. You can search the site either by the
philosopher's name or by the school of philosophy you're interested in.
Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy
http://www.utm.edu/research/iep/
This websites offers a massive database of philosophical facts, from pre-Socrates right up to present day
disciplines such as Metaphysics and Moral & Political philosophy.
Islamabad Policy Research Institute
http://ipripak.org/
This website is the official homepage of the Islamabad Policy Research Institute (IPRI) which basically carries
out the analyses and eval of imp national and intl politico-strat issues and devs affecting Pakistan, South Asia,
and the world affairs.
Sacred Texts
http://www.sacredtexts.com
This website offers an archive of world religions, mythology and other esoteric subjects.
CIA Facts Book
http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/index.html
This website is an online publication hosted by the CIA and it is basically a fact book with information such as
country profiles, maps and other important facts.
Word IQ
http://www.wordiq.com/
The site is a comprehensive and searchable ref tool on the web.
Cool Food Planet
http://www.coolfoodplanet.org/
This website contains very attractive nutritional information and quizzes for kids and adolescents. Can be used
in schools also.
Depression
http://www.nimh.nih.gov/publicat/depression.cfm
This brochure on depression from the National Institute of Mental Health, gives descriptions of major
depression and bipolar disorder (manic depression). It lists symptoms, gives possible causes, tells how depression
is diagnosed, and discusses available treatments. The brochure provides help and hope for the depressed persons,
families, and friends.
Disease Control and Prevention
http://www.cdc.gov/health/default.htm
Health Topics A to Z web site provides a listing of disease and health topics. Provides links to the CDC’s 11
centers, institutes, and offices and a search engine to quickly locate your point of interest.
Heart Centre Online
http://www.heartcenteronline.com
The site provides cardiovascular patients; their families and other site visitors with the tools they need to better
understand the complex nature of heart-related conditions, treatments and preventive care.
NetDoctor
http://www.netdoctor.co.uk/
NetDoctor.co.uk is a collaboration between committed doctors, health care professionals, information
specialists and patients. It offers various information on health issues such as heart problems, diabetes, children
health, weight loss etc. there are also various services available on this site such as an interactive tests and
assessments portal and answers to any latest medical question or query of any user.
Best of History Websites
http://besthistorysites.net/
Best of History Web Sites is an award-winning portal created for students, history educators, and general history
enthusiasts. Here you'll find sites, rated for usefulness and accuracy that will help you study or teach a wide
variety of topics and periods in History.
Encyclopedia of the Second World War
http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/2WW.htm
World War II Sites
http://connections.smsd.org/veterans/wwii_sites.htm
Offers numerous links, stories of the war, biographies, films, photographs, links, and even tests.
Online History
http://www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/
This site gives detailed history information from ancient times, middle ages, 17th century to present century. It
also presents the history of the various wars including the two major world wars.
Napoleon Guide
http://www.napoleonguide.com
It is the perfect reference source for everything you need to know about the life and times of Napoleon
Bonaparte. It has more than 1600 pages of information covering all aspects of the greatest era in world history.
Institute of International Studies at the University of California
http://globetrotter.berkeley.educonversations
Conceived in 1982, its aim is to capture and preserve the intellectual climate of our times, through
conversational interviews. filmed by the University itself. There are currently over 300 unedited interviews in
the archive, with people from every walk of life and every corner of the globe. Scientists, historians, writers and
foreign correspondents, discuss everything from politics to the social issues which are shaping our world.
World History
http://www.historyworld.com
The website's mission statement is to 'make history make sense'. This is a comprehensive source of historical
events with a detailed collection of facts and articles.
On War
http://www.onwar.com
This website is a comprehensive guide to the armed conflicts in the last two hundreds years. There are over
1500 recorded events of conflicts.
eHow
http://www.ehow.com/
This site is about "How to do things" and provides more than 15,000 step-by-step "How-To" solutions. The site
is divided into major and sub-categories. In search window we can write the things we want to know, e.g., how
to change the oil of the car or how to lower cholesterol level etc.
Electronics Zone: Electronic Circuits, Kits, Hobby, Schematics, Tutorials
http://www.electronic-circuits-diagrams.com/
This site contains lots of FREE electronic circuits (schematics) & do-it-yourself (DIY) circuit diagrams for
hobbyists, students, professionals etc., covering a wide range of categories in electronics like audio, music,
computer hardware, radio, robotics etc., to name a few. Use the menu on the left to browse different circuit
categories.
How Far It Is?
http://www.indo.com/distance/
This service uses data from the US Census and a supplementary list of cities around the world to find the
latitude and longitude of two places, and then calculates the distance between them (as the crow flies). It also
provides a map showing the two places.
How Stuff Works
http://www.howstuffworks.com/
This site was declared “Best of The Sites for the Year 2001”. It includes hundreds and thousands of technical
and non-technical articles, explained in an absolutely layman language. The articles can be easily understood.
How to Clean Anything
http://www.howtocleananything.com/
This is a site that provides a user with the skills to ‘clean’ just about anything from indoor carpets to car
interiors, etc.
IQ Tests
http://www.highiqsociety.org/noflash/nonmembers/iqtests.htm
Feel like a genius in the land of the chronically obtuse? Confirm your stellar intellect with the International High
IQ Society's seven exhaustive intelligence tests.
Mount Kolias
http://www.kolias.com/
This site was created by the Kolias Research Group, a research organization that helps clients develop and
market products. Mount Kolias offers simple advice on every day living with useful links. Examples include
"Catch a Mouse" and "Find a Good Nursing Home" etc.
Learn2.com
http//:www.learn2.com/
Offers clear, step-by-step instructions on how to do anything - from practical skills like "Learn to sew a button"
to the more obscure "Learn to Make a Floral Arrangement." Tutorials are illustrated, well-written and easy to
print.
RepairClinic.com
http://www.repairclinic.com/0003.asp
This site provides the intimate details to maintenance and repair of home appliances.
Unit Converter
http://www.digitaldutch.com/unitconverter/
An easy way to convert units of measurement from one system to another.
Conversions
http://onlineconversion.com/
This website is basically a free online site which provides conversion of measuring units
Learn the Internet
http://www.aarp.org/learninternet/
Internet tutorial by AARP (American Association of Retired Persons). This site instructs you how to do many
useful things on the Internet. You will learn how to create and organize favorites, how to make text larger, how
to customize your browser, how to capture Internet information, and much more. Each lesson contains written
information along with pictures of what you actually see on the computer screen.
Learn The Net
http://www.learnthenet.com/english/index.html
Helps in learning the internet, especially the beginners.
Database Search
http://searchdatabase.techtarget.com/
Considering becoming a DBA or database developer? Overwhelmed by the complexity of the typical DBMS? To
help make your new life as a database guru easier, here are hundreds of the highest quality introductory tutorials,
buyer's guides, and case studies, as well as places to go for help such as user groups, forums and lists.
The Big Cartoon Data Base
http://www.bcdb.com/
The Internet's largest searchable database of cartoons, episode guides and crew lists.
The Complete Internet Guide and Web Tutorial
http://www.microsoft.com/insider/guide/intro.asp
From the basics of browsing the World Wide Web to the details of banking online, the Microsoft® Product
Insider Internet Guide delivers the knowledge you need to venture onto the Internet, explore its vast offerings,
and make it work for you.
Firewall Guide
http://www.firewallguide.com
The purpose of this site is to provide easy access to basic information about and independent third-party reviews
of Internet
security and privacy products for home, telecommuter, and SOHO (small office, home office) end-users.
MAIL2WEB
http://www.mail2web.com/
Mail2web is a really simple portal that allows you to check all of your email accounts from any computer,
anywhere in the world,without having to remember loads of extended web addresses and login details.
One Site
http://www.onesite.info/
This website is basically an online 'portable favorites folder' where a user can save all the favorite web-links
that can be accessed from anywhere and anytime.
You Send It
http://s13.yousendit.com/
With this site the user can can send and receive files of any type up to 1 gigabyte in size, without the need for a
mail client at either end to handle the transaction.
Zone Labs
http://www.zonelabs.com
Zone Labs®, a Check Point company, is one of the most trusted brands in Internet security. Zone Labs is a
leading creator of endpoint security solutions protecting millions of PCs and the valuable, personally-identifiable
information on those PCs, from hackers, spyware and data theft.
Asan Quran
http://www/.asanquran.com/
This site represents an effort to make the Glorious Quran and Ahadith available to as large an audience as
possible. The Noble Quran is presented along with an Urdu translation. Through the use of colors in the Arabic
text and in the translation (taken from Syed Shabir Ahmad, published by Quran Asan Tehrik Lahore), it becomes
easy to grasp the meaning of each Arabic word.
Islam On-line
http://islam-online.net/english/index.shtml
One step source for news, information and a host of interactive services which include Cyber Counselor, Ask
about Islam, Matrimonial service, Discussion Forum, Live dialogue, Fatwa sessions and much more.
The Works of Harun Yahya
http://www.harunyahya.com/
This web site gives free access to all the books written by Harun Yahya (a prominent Turkish thinker and
author) and other materials inspired by his works. His work is in fact an invitation to truth. Books are free to
download.
Al-Quran
http://www.quran.net
This site gives all information regarding the Holy Quran, Sunnahs and Hadis.
Islamic Philosophy
http://www.islamicphilosophy.com
This site provides various articles on Islamic philosophy. The articles are from historical author as well as
modern day authors.
The Renaissance
http://www.renaissance.com.pk
Renaissance is a monthly journal containing articles of distinguished writers on various Islamic topics. The site
is affiliated with Al-Mawrid Institute of Islamic Sciences, whose basic objective is to revive the intellectual
process initiated by the illustrious Muslim scholars of the past.
Big Chalk
http://www.bigchalk.com/
Big chalk offers K-12 learning and classroom resources plus subscription research products for teachers,
students, library media specialists and parents.
Learn.Co.UK
http://www.learn.co.uk/
This is where you'll find teaching resources based on the vast Guardian archive, including our weekly topical
lessons. Use them for lesson planning, homework, and all kinds of research.
Englishpage.Com
http://www.englishpage.com/
Englishpage.com offers free English lessons and exercises online. The premier internet resource for intermediate
and advanced learners of English as a foreign language.
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