General Interest
Links to sites of general interest to students and faculty, including national and local-to-campus news, weather, search engines, useful sites like "Zip Code Lookup", and more. Explore and see what's of interest to you!
National News
**Note: not all content in The New York Times and The Wall Street Journal is accessible via these free links. For complete full-text access to articles in those publications, search our EBSCOhost databases.
Cincinnati News
Cincinnati.com
Cincinnati local news from the Cincinnati Enquirer and the Cincinnati Community Press & Recorder.
WLTL.com
Local NBC affiliate website for Cincinnati local news.
CityBeat
Local news, music, and art happenings for Cincinnati.
Atlases & Maps
Google Earth
Maps and satellite images of any location on the planet.
Mapquest
A point-to-point mapping resource that generates directions, distance traveled, and driving time.
The National Map
The Nation's Topographic Map for the 21st Century by the United States Geological Survey.
Search Engines
Ask.com (formerly Ask Jeeves)
Useful links
Answers.com
Search-driven general resource site with answers from atlases, dictionaries, encyclopedias, and more, on a wide variety of topics.
Conversion Calculator
From Infoplease, convert volume, temperature, time, distance, and more!
Old Farmer's Almanac
A wealth of information on topics such as food and gardening, as well as yearly weather outlooks and much more.
OnlineConversion.com
From ounces to milliliters or acres to feet, convert just about anything here!
Study Stack
Online flashcards to help study a variety of academic subjects, including nursing.
Zip Code Look-up
An online tool to find the zipcode you need, from the United States Post Office.
