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Welcome to the Reference section of the Public Library at dlhoffman.com. Here you will find a number of reference works on a variety of subjects. You can browse through the library by choosing one of the sections listed below or you can search for specific keywords by using the search form on the left.

American History

CIA World Fact Book

General Reference

Maps

Religon

We are constantly adding new pages, mirrors, and links to the library so check back often for new entries. Most of the pages listed are local to the STN web site but some are not.

American History

	The Constitution of the United States. The text of the most important political document in America's history. This document and many others can be found in the *American History Section*.
	No Treason. Lysander Spooner's No Treason: The Constitution of No Authority, written in 1870. No Treason is a critique of the American constitution from an anarcho-libertarian point of view.
	THOMAS: Legislative Information. Full text access to current bills under consideration in the U.S. House of Representatives and Senate.

CIA World Fact Book

CIA World Factbook. A local copy of the 1999 CIA World Factbook. Interesting information on every nation on earth including maps, demographics, and cultural data. For comparison the old, 1998, 1997, and 1996 CIA World Factbooks are still available. Other CIA publications available are:

The Balkans Regional Atlas
Chiefs of State and Cabinet Members of Foreign Governments Updated: February 4, 1999
Handbook of International Economic Statistics, 1997

Updated: January 12, 1998

Intelligence in the War of Independence
Report to Congress on the Acquisition of Technology Relating to Weapons of Mass Destruction and Advanced Conventional Munitions

New: February 9, 1999
This report responds to a Congressionally directed action in Section 721 of the Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1998.

General Reference

	Dict: An online dictionary from `dict.org`, the internet free dictionary consortium. Enter a word in the window below to lookup its definition. Word:
	Law Crawler. Search for legal information world wide.
	The Internet Movie Database A well indexed (and searchable) movie information site.
	Universal Declaration of Human Rights. HTML text of the United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
	The UNITED STATES CODE. Generated from the most recent version of the Government Printing Office CD-ROM. It contains the laws in force as of 26 January 1994.
	U.S. Patent & Trademark Office (USPTO) IBM Patent Server lets you access over 26 years of U.S. Patent & Trademark Office (USPTO) patent descriptions
	Toll Free Directory. A directory of toll free telephone numbers from AT&T. This Directory includes companies with AT&T National 800 and 888 Service only.
	WorldPages. A search page to locate businesses, people, and goverment offices.
	ZIP Code Lookup and Address Information. Information from the U.S. Postal Service.

Maps

	CIA Reference Maps. The map section from the 1998 CIA World Factbook.
	MapQuest. Need directions for a trip? Whether you're going across town or across the country National Geographic's driving directions are helpful and descriptive.
	TerraServer. The Micro$oft TerraServer site. Browsing is free but dowloading map images will cost you.
	Version 2 of the Color Landform Atlas of the United States by Ray Sterner.
	Your Sky, the interactive planetarium of the Web. You can produce sky maps for any time and date, viewpoint, and observing location.

Religon

	The Bible. An online version of the King James Bible.
	Egyption Mythology Page. A nicely done site about the ancient Egyptian religion from the Egyptian Tourism Ministry .
	Mythology Page. A searchable resource of Bulfinch's Mythology along with other Mythology information, stories and related links.