• General Reference Center Gold
  Updated daily. Search Magazines, newspapers, and reference books, and trade publications for business, industry, current events, arts and sciences, sports, popular culture, and more.

Travel Guides & Tools

• Currency Converter
  Currency conversion for any world currency.
   
• Exploritas
  Formerly called Elderhostel, Exploritas is a non-profit offering educational travel. It sponsors nearly 8,000 educational tours in all 50 states and more than 90 countries.
   
• Fodors
  Use the personal trip planner to create your own mini-guide to destinations around the world.
   
• Frommer's Travel
  Provides sights and attractions, lodging, entertainment, and reservations for the 200 most visited tourist destinations.
   
• Hostels.com
  Provides information about hosteling and budget travel plus a worldwide hostel guide.
   
• Lonely Planet
  Country information aimed at the budget-minded and adventure seeker.
   
• Rick Steves' Europe Through the Back Door
  Tips and advice from the popular TV personality on planning your European vacation.
   
• USA Citylink
  Comprehensive U.S. city and state listing for travel or relocation information.
   
• Virtual Cities, Inc.
  American B&B inns, small hotels, vacation rentals, and non-hosted lodging.
   
• Weather
  Frequently updated weather from all reporting continents. Four-day outlooks.

Trip Planning & Scheduling

• Expedia
  Make trip reservations, find deals, explore by trip type, and sign up for email for special offers.
   
• Kayak
  Compare hundreds of travel sites at once to find hotels, flights, car rentals, and vacation deals.
   
• Lowestfare.com
  Find discounted fares for flights, hotels, cars, vacations, and cruises.
   
• Orbitz
  Airline tickets directly from the airlines. Also booking for hotels, cars, cruises, and vacations.
   
• Priceline.com
  Shop for discounted travel.
   
• Travelocity
  Provides information on destinations, bargains, a world-travel guide, fare-watcher e-mail service, and access to consolidator fares.
   
• Trip Advisor
  Learn about others' travel experiences art this site, which has over 35 million reviews and opinions from travelers.

Maps 

• Bing Maps
  Get walking or driving directions plus traffic information.
   
• Mapquest
  Provides a mapping service with door-to-door directions between any 2 addresses in the U.S.
   
• Perry-Castañeda Library Map Collection
  Here you will find links to maps of continents, countries, territories, regions, oceans, and seas.

Government Resources

• CDC Home Travel Information Page
  Vaccine requirements, cruise ship sanitation inspections, geographic health recommendations, and disease outbreaks.
   
• Project Visa
  Visa and embassy information for all countries.
   
• Travisa.com
  Need a passport fast? Travisa guarantees passport processing within 5 hours and in some cases, you can have your passport shipped to you within 24 hours.
   
• U.S. Department of State – Consular Affairs
  Passport information and applications, visas, travel warnings, services, and information for Americans abroad.

Parks & Outdoors

• Great Outdoor Recreation Pages
  Attractions, activities, parks, travel tips, and news about outdoor recreation.
   
• L.L. Bean Park Search
  Search by region, state, name, activity or service to find great spots for paddling, cross-country skiing, camping, fishing, and other outdoor sports and activities.
   
• National Park Service
  Information on U.S. national parks and their history, fees and reservations, and travel features. Includes park addresses and phone numbers.