Designed
by Kan Li
Winner 2000/01
LHS Library
Bookmark Contest
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Lawrence
High School Library
Lawrence, Kansas
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Weather,
Temperature, Calendars and Time
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Calendars
through the Ages
http://webexhibits.org/calendars/index.html
Institute for Dynamic Educational Advancement (IDEA) by WebExhibits.
Reviewed~ 25 Feb. 2002.
Created as a complement to www.time.gov, this site provides links
to calendars and descriptive histories. Divided into four sections,
this site is browsable and keyword searchable too. By following
the link to the section called "Various Calendars," the
user will find information for calendars currently in use (like
the Indian calendar) and out of use (like the Mayan calendar). From
the home page link to "credits and feedback," an extensive
bibliography is given for further reading. This site is helpful
to anyone interested in calendars, history, and learning about holidays
in other cultures.
Best Free Reference Web Sites 2002
Fourth Annual List
RUSA Machine-Assisted Reference Section (MARS)
American Library Association |
Forecasts
http://cirrus.sprl.umich.edu/wxnet/ |
Local
Times around the World
http://times.clari.net.au/America.html |
Official
U.S. Time
http://www.time.gov/
This public service is cooperatively provided by the two time agencies
of United States: a Department of Commerce agency, the National
Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), and its military counterpart,
the U. S. Naval Observatory (USNO). Readings from the clocks of
these agencies contribute to world time, called Coordinated Universal
Time (UTC). The time maintained by both agencies should never differ
by more than 0.000 0001 seconds from UTC. This site gives the time
and shows where it's sunny. There are pages on when the Millennium
REALLY began, why it's called Daylight Saving (no s) Time, etc.
Bruce Adams suggested this site. |
The
Tornado Project Online
http://www.tornadoproject.com/index.html
Information on tornados, tornado myths, tornado oddities, personal
experiences, tornado chasing, tornado safety, and historical data
as well as more recent tornadoes can be found at this site. |
U.S.
Naval Observatory
http://www.usno.navy.mil/
Site suggested by Floyd Watson. |
US
Naval Observatory Master Clock time ...
http://tycho.usno.navy.mil/cgi-bin/timer.pl
Site suggested by Floyd Watson. |
The
Weather Channel
http://www.weather.com
The weather report. |
Weather
Underground
http://www.weatherunderground.com/ The Weather Underground,
Inc. Reviewed 5 March 2003.
Using information provided by the National Weather Service, users
can locate weather information and forecasts for over 60,000 US
and international cities. Users may also search by state, ZIP code,
airport code or country. In addition, the site includes historical
data back to 1994, as well as an astronomy area for sun rise, sun
set information and the moon phases. The format is easy-to-use and
can be personalized by language, time zone, metric or English units,
and "favorite" cities to display on the opening screen.
For a $5.00 membership fee per year users can access an "ad-free"
version of the site and receive weather forecasts and weather alerts
by email for cities of their choosing.
Best Free Reference Web Sites 2003
Machine-Assisted Reference Section (MARS) of the reference and User
Services Association (RUSA) of American Library Association |
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