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Featured Resources: Fugitive Facts - A collection of informational tidbits which includes frequently asked questions and hard-to-find facts. Local Organizations Directory - The Library maintains a list of La Crosse area non-profit organizations that are searchable online, as well as contact information for educational institutions, religious groups and businesses. ReferenceUSA - ReferenceUSA is an online directory for businesses and residential telephone numbers, addresses and more. Search for businesses by name, type of business, location and more. Search for residential listings by name, address or telephone number. Other features include a mapping feature that links to MapQuest. Library Subscription available for use within City of La Crosse libraries and by remote access. Attention remote users: please use this link or you may experience problems: ReferenceUSA Great Rivers 211 "Great Rivers 2-1-1 serves Buffalo, Crawford, Grant, Jackson, La Crosse, Monroe, Richland, Trempealeau, and Vernon Counties in Wisconsin; Houston, Fillmore, and Winona Counties in Minnesota; and Allamakee, Clayton, Fayette, Howard, and Winneshiek Counties in Iowa. Free, confidential community information, referrals and crisis line services 24 hours a day." = Library Subscription
Addresses & Phone Numbers ReferenceUSA, Anywho, CenturyTel's Yellow Pages, Infospace, McLeod USA, Switchboard, Superpages, Fonefinder	Almanacs Farmer's Almanac, Infoplease Almanac
Area Codes Area Code Look-up	Awards Academy of Motion Pictures, List of Book Awards,Nobel Prize, Peabody Awards, Pulitzer
Calculators/Converters Calculators, Currency Converter, Time/Temperature, Time Zone Converter, Online Conversion	Dictionaries American Heritage, Cambridge, The Glossarist, Merriam-Webster, Your Dictionary, Wordsmyth
Encyclopedias Columbia Encyclopedia, Encarta, Fugitive Facts	International Addresses & Phone Numbers International Infobel's
International County Codes All Nations Expatriates Telephone Search Engine, Country Calling Codes	Language Tools Altavista's Babelfish, Foreignword, Language Dictionaries & Translators, Lexicool
Organizations La Crosse Public Library's Organization Directory, First Call for Help	Reference Collections Bartleby, Bloomsbury Research Centre, Deskref: Quick Reference Links, Internet Public Library, Librarian's Index to the Web
Thesauri Merriam-Webster Thesaurus	Today in History Anyday in History, dMarie Time Capsule, On-This-Day
Toll-free Numbers AT & T 800, Internet 800/888 Directory	Zip Codes U.S. Postal Service Zip Code Lookup, Zipexpress, World Postal Codes

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