Subject Guides

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General Guide for Chemists and Chemical Engineers

Travel

California Travel Information | E-mail and Computers | Health and Safety | Maps and Directions | Money | Passports | Time and Weather | Travel Agents and Services | Online Services | Travel Guides | Study Abroad Guides

California Travel Information

• Bay Area Transit Information
• California Travel & Tourism
• San Francisco Guide
• San Francisco.com
• Silicon Valley Web Directory
• Yahoo! San Francisco Bay Area

E-mail and Computers

• Cybercafe Search Engine (to find a computer)
• MailStart (free web service to check your regular POP3 e-mail account)

Health and Safety

• CDC Travel Information
• Robert Young Pelton’s Dangerous Places
• U.S. State Department Travel Warnings and Consular Information Sheets

Maps and Directions

• AutoPilot (driving directions)
• Map Machine@nationalgeographic.com
• MapQuest
• Rand McNally Online: Road Construction

Money

• Foreign Currencies (with History Graphs)
• Universal Currency Converter

Passports

• U.S. Passport Services

Time and Weather

• AccuWeather
• Time Zone Converter
• Weather.com (The Weather Channel)
• World Climate Weather
• The World Clock — Time Zones
• World Time Zones Map with Current Time

Travel Agents and Services

• 111 Travel Directory
• Air Travel (consumer oriented how-to site)
• Airlines of the World
• All Hotels on the Web
• American Bed & Breakfast Association
• American Society of Travel Agents (ASTA) (Includes Trip Request Service)

Online Services

• AirNinja (Information on where to find discount airlines)
• Bestfares
• Expedia
• Travelocity
• Orbitz
• SideStep
• TripAdvisor

Travel Guides

• Arthur Frommer’s Budget Travel Online
• Fodor’s Travel Online
• Great Outdoor Recreation Pages
• Help for World Travelers
• Internet Travel Network
• Lonely Planet Online
• U.S. National/State Parks
• USA Tourist

Study Abroad Guides

• Go Abroad.com
• IIE Passport: Living and Learning Abroad
• Stanford Overseas Studies Program
• Stanford Alumni Association Travel/Study Program
• Study Abroad
• Center for Global Education