LibGuides: Encyclopedias, dictionaries & references sources: Tools & facts

Useful Tools

AltaVista Conversion Calculator This link opens in a new window
offers a simple conversion calculator - length, time, speed, temperature, cooking/volume, weight, area
Babel Fish: Translation Tool This link opens in a new window
Translate a block of text or a Webpage
Babilon Online Translator This link opens in a new window
Calendars through the ages This link opens in a new window
Currency Converter This link opens in a new window
Free Translation This link opens in a new window
a free translation website allowing you to translate web pages and text into different languages
Freelang.net This link opens in a new window
Tools for translating & learning languages
Infoplease: Calculator This link opens in a new window
Infoplease: Distance Calculator This link opens in a new window
Infoplease: Latitude & Longitude This link opens in a new window
Infoplease: Periodic Table This link opens in a new window
Infoplease: Perpetual Calendar This link opens in a new window
Infoplease: Unit Conversion This link opens in a new window
Measurement converter calculator This link opens in a new window
RapidTables.com This link opens in a new window
Quick calculations
Universal Currency Converter This link opens in a new window
Wolfram This link opens in a new window

Country flags This link opens in a new window
Country maps This link opens in a new window
Guinness World Records This link opens in a new window
Infoplease: Year by Year This link opens in a new window
Significant events by year from 1900 onwards
More country information This link opens in a new window
From RU Library
World Facts and Figures This link opens in a new window
Miscellaneous facts and statistics about every country in the world
World Time Zones This link opens in a new window
Worldometers This link opens in a new window
Real time world statistics