Directories/Searching

Reference Tools

Wikipedia (wikipedia.org) A free, collectively updated encyclopedia.
Research-It! (www.itools.com) Includes several dozen lookup tools, including many of those listed below.
Answers.com (answers.com) Reference search site using over 100 encyclopedias, dictionaries, glossaries and atlases.
Librarians' Index to the Internet (lii.org)

Find a Person or Business

Best People Search (www.startingpage.com/html/lookup.html) White Pages, Yellow Pages
Switchboard (www.switchboard.com) Find phone numbers.

Map an Address

MapBlast (www.mapblast.com)
Lycos Roadmaps (www.vicinity.com/lycos)

Find a Package/Zip code

U.S. Postal Service Online Post Office (www.usps.gov/)
Federal Express (www.fedex.com)
United Parcel Service (www.ups.com