Acronym Finder

A comprehensive database of acronyms, abbreviations and initialisms

Biographies:

Lives, the biography resource: a collection of annotated links to biography sites. Cataloged by individual names and biography collections (geographical, professions, Civil War, etc.). Includes journals, diaries, letters, memoirs, narratives, image collections, biographical dictionaries, critical biography etc.

The Biographical Dictionary: "This dictionary covers more than 28,000 notable men and women who have shaped our world from ancient times to the present day. The dictionary can be searched by birth years, death years, positions held, professions, literary and artistic works, achievements, and other keywords."

Black American History: This site on Black American history contains the text of significant speeches. There's also biographical information about famous Black Americans.

A&E's Biographies: Official site of A&E's Biography television series. Includes the searchable text of 15,000 entries from The Cambridge Biographical Encyclopedia

Biography center: A searchable, multi-lingual biographical directory. This site indexes and provides links to biographies available from other Web sites.

A dictionary of philosophical terms: "This is a concise guide to technical terms and personal names often encountered in the study of philosophy

Distinguished women: This site has biographies of women who contributed to culture in many different ways.

Encyclopedia Britannica's guide to black history: Major features include a timeline of important events, brief biographies of famous African-Americans, articles on Events and Institutions and Eras in Black History.

A very informative web site that brings to life those that have won the Nobel Prize with movies and audio of speeches

This site contains lists of heads of state and heads of government (and, in certain cases, de facto leaders not occupying either of those formal positions) of all countries and territories, going back to about 1700 in most cases.

World Statesmen: Provides names and timelines of rulers, politicians, and statesmen for most nations that have existed since 1760. Supplemented by national timelines, flags, and other national information.

U.S. Small Business Administration America's Small Business Resource
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