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Reference

Almanac: https://www.infoplease.com/
Automobile prices (used and new): Edmunds.com, KBB.com, NADA.com
Building Code, Massachusetts State
Businesses, Local: Anywho Yellow Pages
Census: Data Overview (QuickFacts)
Census: Detailed Data
Census, Decennial, historical publications
Consumer Affairs, Mass. Office of
Consumer Assistance Office, Metro West
Consumer product reviews: Consumersearch.com (see also our subscription to ConsumerReports.org)
Dictionary: Merriam-Webster Dictionary, with audio pronunciation
Do Not Call Registry, National, from the Federal Trade Commission
Driver's Manual, Massachusetts
Education, Massachusetts Department of
Flag Status, Massachusetts - notification when the flag is flying at half-staff
Foreign language pronunciation: Forvo.com
Foreign language: see also under Translation tool
Health Connector, Massachusetts
HowStuffWorks.com: from science to culture to tech and beyond...
Human service directories
Language: see under Dictionary; Foreign language; Translation
Law: Massachusetts Court System; and Law Libraries
Law: Massachusetts General Laws
Law: Massachusetts Law About...topic guides
Licenses, Professional: Check a Commonwealth Licensee to see if a business or individual has a valid license or permit.
Maps and directions: https://google.com/maps
Maps: see also under Topographic maps
Massachusetts, Commonwealth, official home page
Massachusetts Adoption Resource Exchange (MARE)
MCAS information, via the Massachusetts Department of Education
Names, How to pronounce proper: https://www.pronouncenames.com
Physician Profiles, Massachusetts
Pronunciation: see under Dictionary, Foreign language, and Names
Software, Reviews of best free: https://www.techsupportalert.com/
Statistics, see also Census
Statistics: Statistical Abstracts of the United States, 1878-2010 (U.S. Census Bureau)
Statistics: Statistical Sites on the World Wide Web (U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics)
Statistics: Data and Statistics about the United States (USA.gov)
Stock prices, Historical: Yahoo Finance; https://bigcharts.marketwatch.com/historical/ (back to 2003); our subscription to Morningstar Investment Research Center can also be used to look up stock prices.
Telephone and address directories: 411.com; zabasearch.com
Telephone numbers, Customer service, for large companies: https://gethuman.com/phone-number; or try https://www.contacthelp.com/index.php
Topographic maps, Historical: USGS Historical Topographic Map Explorer; TopoView
Translation tool: https://translate.google.com/
U.S. Government documents: https://www.govinfo.gov
U.S. Government information and services: https://www.usa.gov
Weather: NWS Weather Forecast Office - Boston / Taunton, MA
Weather, Historical: https://www.wunderground.com/history/
Wolfram Alpha, "computational knowledge engine"