# What're the canonical web sites? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [April 2, 2001, 6:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whatre-the-canonical-web-sites/60458 "2001-04-02T06:02:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Avumede](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/avumede/32/7235_2.png) [@Avumede](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Avumede)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2001, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whatre-the-canonical-web-sites/60458/21 "2001-04-04T23:17:52Z")
You can’t get more canonical than the government. Everyone should know about this website, which is the official US time (here it’s set to Pacific). [http://nist.time.gov/timezone.cgi?Pacific/d/-8/java](http://nist.time.gov/timezone.cgi?Pacific/d/-8/java) Another great government website, to find out what’s really going on…: [http://www.census.gov](http://www.census.gov) ---
**Author:** ![Cervaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cervaise/32/16693_2.png) [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2001, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whatre-the-canonical-web-sites/60458/22 "2001-04-04T23:21:54Z")
Another one that comes up from time to time: > **[HowStuffWorks - Learn How Everything Works!](https://www.howstuffworks.com)** > > HowStuffWorks explains thousands of topics, ranging from the flu to black holes to conspiracy theories, with video and illustrations so you can learn how everything works. (And for the definitive word on whether a movie sucks or not, see my sig. 😉 ) ---
**Author:** ![Hazel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e56c9b/32.png) [@Hazel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hazel)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2001, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whatre-the-canonical-web-sites/60458/23 "2001-04-05T14:50:54Z")
The Smithsonian Institution > **[Smithsonian Homepage](https://www.si.edu/)** > > Official website of the Smithsonian, the world's largest museum and research complex, with 19 museums, 9 research centers, and affiliates around the world. And two good sites from entities within the Smithsonianian: [http://www.siris.si.edu/](http://www.siris.si.edu/) The Smithsonian Institution Research Information System (SIRIS). An online card catalog for all of the Smithsonian libraries. Over a million books. You can seach by title, author, subject, or keyword. [http://www.conexus.si.edu/](http://www.conexus.si.edu/) Site of the Smithsonian’s Indian museum in NYC. ---
**Author:** ![Gozu\_Tashoya](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/7993a0/32.png) [@Gozu\_Tashoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gozu_Tashoya)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2001, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whatre-the-canonical-web-sites/60458/24 "2001-10-28T22:25:19Z")
Just thought I’d update this a bit… Judging from it’s use in GQ, and from the brief little visit I paid it, [Quackwatch](http://www.quackwatch.com) seems to be the Snopes of the medical community. Handy, that. ---
**Author:** ![matt\_mcl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ab992/32.png) [@matt\_mcl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/matt_mcl)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2001, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whatre-the-canonical-web-sites/60458/25 "2001-10-28T22:51:53Z")
And then there’s the canonical website on the Montreal metro: ---
**Author:** ![matt\_mcl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ab992/32.png) [@matt\_mcl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/matt_mcl)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2001, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whatre-the-canonical-web-sites/60458/26 "2001-10-28T23:01:56Z")
I should add the canonical site on world metros: [http://www.metropla.net](http://www.metropla.net) The Canadian government website: [http://www.canada.gc.ca](http://www.canada.gc.ca) The CIA world factbook: [http://www.odci.gov/cia/publications/factbook/index.html](http://www.odci.gov/cia/publications/factbook/index.html) How far is it?: [http://www.indo.com/distance/](http://www.indo.com/distance/) The International Phonetic Alphabet: [http://www.phon.ox.ac.uk/~jcoleman/ipachart.htm](http://www.phon.ox.ac.uk/~jcoleman/ipachart.htm) ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Frink](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/977dab/32.png) [@Mr.Frink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Frink)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2001, 6:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whatre-the-canonical-web-sites/60458/27 "2001-10-29T06:08:50Z")
A very informative website dealing with psychoactive plants, chemicals & the issues surrounding them is [The Vaults of Erowid](http://www.erowid.org/index.shtml). It’s a great source of information–good for debunking rumors, urban legends & all sorts of misconceptions regarding drugs. Also–[The Crime Library](http://www.crimelibrary.com/) is a great resource for in-depth reporting of many infamous murders, serial killers, etc… ---
**Author:** ![G.Nome](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c89c15/32.png) [@G.Nome](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/G.Nome)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2001, 10:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whatre-the-canonical-web-sites/60458/28 "2001-10-29T10:09:22Z")
> **[timeanddate.com](https://www.timeanddate.com/)** > **[Arts & Letters Daily](https://www.aldaily.com/)** > > Philosophy, literature, ideas, criticism, history, art, music from The Chronicle of Higher Education. ---
**Author:** ![G.Nome](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c89c15/32.png) [@G.Nome](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/G.Nome)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2001, 10:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whatre-the-canonical-web-sites/60458/29 "2001-10-29T10:42:03Z")
> **[SciTechDaily - Science, Space and Technology News 2021](https://scitechdaily.com/)** > > Science, Space and Technology News 2021 ---
**Author:** ![PatrickM](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7feea3/32.png) [@PatrickM](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PatrickM)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2001, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whatre-the-canonical-web-sites/60458/30 "2001-10-29T14:03:53Z")
> **[MLB Stats, Scores, History, & Records | Baseball-Reference.com](https://www.baseball-reference.com/)** > > Complete source for baseball history including complete major league player, team, and league stats, awards, records, leaders, rookies and scores. ---
**Author:** ![brachyrhynchos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/brachyrhynchos/32/376_2.png) [@brachyrhynchos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brachyrhynchos)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2001, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whatre-the-canonical-web-sites/60458/31 "2001-10-29T16:24:29Z")
Rutgers University Library’s [Electronic Reference Sources](http://www.libraries.rutgers.edu/rul/rr_gateway/e_ref_shelf/e_ref_shelf.shtml), including dictionaries, newspapers, mapping, just about anything. (Unfortunately some of the resources require a rutgers login, but others are free to use.) ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2001, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whatre-the-canonical-web-sites/60458/32 "2001-10-29T18:07:12Z")
f you want to debunk pseudoscience, go no further than the Skeptic’s Dictionary: [http://www.skepdic.com](http://www.skepdic.com) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whatre-the-canonical-web-sites/60458.md?page=1)