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| Almanac |
Afro-American Almanac
A list of events in African-American history |
Fast Facts
AAlmanacs/Factbooks/Statistical Reports & Related Reference
Tools Compiled by Gary Price. |
Information Please Almanac
Online version of the popular almanac for World and United
States information. |
Library Spot
LibrarySpot.com is a free virtual library resource center
published by StartSpot Mediaworks, Inc. LibrarySpot.com wants to make locating
topical information on the Internet a quick, easy and enjoyable experience
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Old Farmer's Almanac
Contains links to "Today in History" and "Today in Weather
History" | |
| Art and Humanity |
Archpedia Architecture
Encyclopedia
An Interactive architectual encyclopedia
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ArtLex Art Dictionary
for artists, collectors, students and educators in art
production, criticism, history, aesthetics, and education |
Instrument
Encyclopedia
A sampler of some of the world's most interesting
musical instruments |
Librarians Index to the
Internet: Art Museums
Search the Librarians' Index to the
Internet for art museums and pull up a comprehensive listing of, and links to,
the world's art museums, both large and small. |
Museums around the
world
Details are given of museums of every type and in every
country. The list is organized by country and continent and includes direct
access to a museum's own website. |
Virginia Tech
Multimedia Music Dictionary
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World Wide Art Resources
"The largest marketplace for contemporary art, international
art news, research and gallery portfolios, online since 1995". |
American Journeys
This website contains over 18,000 pages of North American
travel narratives not available from other online collections. |
American Memory Project
This project, from the Library of Congress, provides access to
a wide range of information and primary sources relating to America's history
and culture. Over 7 million digital items are available from many historical
collections. |
EDSITEment
This website contains lesson plans in the categories of Art
& Culture, Literature & Language Arts, Foreign Language, and History
& Social Studies. The website was developed through a partnership between
the National Endowment for the Humanities, the National Trust for the
Humanities, and the MarcoPolo Education Foundation. |
Internet Encyclopedia of
Philosophy
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New Dictionary of Cultural
Literacy
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Stanford Encyclopedia of
Philosophy
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Guide to
Philosophy on the Internet
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| Association &
Organization |
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B
| Biographies |
ACRL
Internet Resources - Authors
This ACRL site lists Internet
Resources columns from past issues of College & Research Libraries News. The
resources are organized by topic with commentary, and include a section on 20th
century authors. |
Biographical Dictionary
A directory of 28,000 biographies. Search by name, keyword, and
date. |
Biographical
Directory of the United States Congress
Biographical
information for all individuals who have served in the United States Congress
and the Continental Congress, 1774 to date. Biographies are also included for
persons who have served as delegates to Congress from the territories of the
United States. |
Biography.com
The WWW page for the Biography Channel containing 25,000
biographies. |
Internet
Public Library: Biographies
Biography resources are divided
into categories such as: artists and architects, authors, entertainers,
musicians and composers, politicians and rulers, and scientists and inventors.
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Library Spot
LibrarySpot.com is a free virtual library resource center
published by StartSpot Mediaworks, Inc. LibrarySpot.com wants to make locating
topical information on the Internet a quick, easy and enjoyable experience.
Forbes.com selected LibrarySpot.com as the Best Reference Site on the Web for
2001 and 2000. | |
| Business |
Accounting
Terminology Guide
This website includes press releases for all
CPSC recalls (back to 1989), information for businesses regarding Consumer
Product Safety Act and other issues, information in Spanish, children's safety
games, and information on fireworks safety. |
Bank Rate Monitor
Infobank
Mortgage rates, CD rates, auto loans, credit cards. An
online publication that provides consumers with financial data, research and
additional information. |
@brint.com
"The Premier New Economy Business Technology Portal."
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Best
of the Best Business Web Sites
Business Web sites selected by
the Reference and User Services Association of the American Library Association.
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Bureau of Labor Statistics
A wealth of information in the broad field of labor economics
and statistics. |
Business.com
"The leading business search engine and business directory
designed to help its users find the companies, products, services, and
information they need to make the right business decisions." |
Encyclopedia:
Economy and Business
"A collection of economics and marketing
resources, statistical sources, and interactive business games. Maintained by
the Centre for Advanced Learning Technologies and INSEAD." |
Biz Miner Balance Sheet
Data and Financial Ratios
The Free Stuff page includes
marketing research tips from Biz Miner's Marketing Plan Research Edge
newsletter, as well as selected industry and area rankings for key business
vitality measures |
California Business
Search
Provides access to more than two million records filed
in California's Secretary of States Office's corporation and limited
partnership/limited liability company databases. |
Chartbook
of international labor comparisons
Statistics from the Bureau
of International Labor Affairs and the United States Bureau of Labor Statistics.
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Competitive
Alternatives
Provides an online version of a study that
analyzes business costs in the G-7 countries, Australia, and the Netherlands -
in total , covering 9 countries and 86 cities. |
Corporate Information
Extensive links to sites offering corporate information in over
80 coutries. Provided by Wright Investors' Service |
County
Business Patterns
County economic data by industry produced by
the U.S. Census Bureau |
Economic Census
(2002)
This website contains the data for the 2002 Economic
Census. |
EDGAR Archives (SEC)
The SEC requires all public companies (except foreign companies
and and companies with less than $10 million in assets and 500 shareholders) to
file registration statements, periodic reports, and other forms electronically
through EDGAR. Anyone can access this site |
Export.gov -
Company and Industry Market Research
An excellent starting
point for country information and research relating to international business
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globalEDGE
International Business Resource Desk
This site was created by
Michigan State University. Country information includes business climate,
political structure, history, and statistical data for more than 190 countries.
The Global Resource area is a directory of international business resources
categorized by specific orientation and content |
Hoover's Online: The Ultimate
Source for Company Information
Ultimate source for information
about companies worldwide. Search by company name, ticker, keyword, or D&B
number, etc. Advanced search is available. |
Internet
Resources in Business & Economics
Research guide produced
by the Thomas J. Long Business & Economics Library, University of
California, Berkeley. |
Microsoft
Case Studies
Case studies describing how Microsoft products
have been used in businesses |
NAICS Lookup
Search for North American Industry Classification System
(NAICS) codes. The same website enables you to convert Standard Industrial
Classification (SIC) codes to NAICS codes and vice versa |
Standard
Industrial Classification Codes
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SuperPages.com
<"Find any business in America." Map directions
included./td> |
The Times 100
This website offers 37 full-text business case studies
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Thomas Register -
Industry Answers Results
An online resource for finding
companies and products manufactured in North America |
U.S. Department of
State - Country Information
Facts, figures, background
information, and news and press releases on countries around the world.
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WSRN.com - Your One
Stop for Financial Research
Up-to-date financial spreadsheets,
historical data, professional analysis, stock quotes. All the financial data.
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C
| Citation and Style Guides (APA, MLA)
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APA Style.org
APA style information, tips, and FAQs as well as changes to the
5th. edition of the Publication Manual regarding the citing of electronic media.
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Guide to Grammar
and Writing
Extensive guide to effective use of the English
language. Includes definitions of sentence parts, rules for comma usage and
other punctuation marks, plurals and possessives, spelling, nouns and modifiers,
words and phrases to avoid, and capitalization. |
Karla's Guide
to Citation Style Guides
Nicely annotated page of links to
various styles for citing electronic, and other sources - MLA, APA, Chicago,
Turabian, etc. |
Purdue University's Online
Writing Lab
A writing tutorial center which includes workshops,
resources, ESL study materials, practice exercises, and information on MLA and
APA styles. | |
| Colleges and Universities |
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D
| Dictionaries |
AbbreviationZ
Search for the meaning of acronyms & abbreviations or
browse a list of terms relating to specific subjects . |
Acronym Database
(formerly the Acronym and Abbreviation Server) |
A basic guide
to American Sign Language
This dictionary has both animated and
text definitions of over 1,270 American Sign Language terms. |
Acronym and
Abbreviation List
Alphabet soup? Find out what those acronyms
stand for |
American Heritage Dictionary
The 4th. edition of this dictionary contains over 90,000
entries with audio word pronunciations, color illustrations, and word-root
appendices. |
American Sign
Language Browser
Video clips demonstrate American Sign Language
terms on this site hosted by Michigan State University. |
Cambridge
Dictionaries Online
An online dictionary of GIS terms created
by the by the Association for Geographic Information and the University Of
Edinburgh Department of Geography. |
Dept. of
Defense Dictionary of Military & Associated Terms
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Internet
Public Library: Dictionarie
These dictionary search tools are
divided into 3 sections: English, non-English, and translation |
Merriam- Webster Dictionary Online
Merriam-Webster's online dictionary and thesaurus, along with
other features such as word games, word of the day, and a top 10 list of the
most frequently looked-up words. |
Online Dictionaries and
Translators
Links to language translators from around the world
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yourDictionary.com: A Web
of Online Dictionaries
Includes links to The American Heritage
Dictionary of the English Language (4th ed.), translators, and over 300 English,
multilanguage, and specialized dictionaries and thesauri. Compiled and managed
by Robert Beard. |
Webster's
1913 Revised Unabridged Dictionary
The 1913 version of
Webster's Dictionary with over 109,000 words. |
What is?.com
Definitions for thousands of information technology and
computing words. | |
| Directories |
AnyWho: Internet Directory
Assistance; Yellow Pages, White Pages, etc.
AT&T's
directory service database is the most feature-rich phone book on the Internet.
You can do reverse lookups, ask for a street proximity listing for a business or
residential listing, use their "sounds like" match for last name lookups, and
get maps. |
GTE SuperPages: Interactive Yellow
Pages
The leading online Yellow Pages directory service with
millions of business and residential listings nationwide. |
Infobel
Telephone directories on the web |
InfoSpace - The Ultimate
Directory
Access to over 112 million U.S. and Canadian listings
of people, government offices and businesses. Search for a listing by name,
address, business category or do a reverse lookup by phone number. You can
access federal, state and local people and addresse
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E
| Education |
California Department of
Education
Official web site for the California Department of
Education. |
How Far Is It?
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Curriculum & Instructional
Resources
Curriculum Frameworks & Content Standards for
California. |
Database of
Award-Winning Children's Literature
An excellent website that
allows you to search for award-winning childrens books by: suggested age of
reader, format, setting, genre, historical period, multicultural, ethnicity of
protagonist, gender of protagonist, and publication year. |
Ed-Data
Fiscal, demographic, and performance data for California's
public K-12 school system. |
Educational Resources Information
Center (ERIC)
Use the ERIC database search option only if the
subscription ERIC databases from Ebsco or OCLC are not working. This version of
ERIC does not have any full-text journal articles while Ebsco and OCLC do. This
website also contains a calendar of education conferences, and the Thesaurus of
ERIC descriptors. |
National Center for Education
Statistics (NCES)
Primary federal source for education
statistics in the United States and other nations
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| Environment |
Earthquake Information from the
USGS
At this site from the U.S. Geological Survey you can look
at the latest earthquake information and reports (including a special on recent
California earthquakes), and find out more about quake hazards and preparedness.
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Global Change at the
National Academies
This National Academy of Sciences website
provides an overview of global change relating to such topics as: the
atmosphere, climate, oceanography, ecosystems, water resources, land use, and
sustainable development. |
UN Atlas of the Oceans
"An Internet portal providing information relevant to the
sustainable development of the oceans". This atlas is designed to be used by
policy makers, scientists, students, and resource managers.
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G
| Government |
California
This site offers access to a wealth of information on the State
of California, including education and training opportunities, business, health
and safety, labor and employment, travel and transportation, and the environment
and natural resources. |
FirstGov
The U.S. Government's
Official Web Portal. |
Library of Congress
The American Memory Project, the flagship of the Library's
digital services, offers multimedia collections of digitized documents,
photographs, recorded sound, motion pictures, and text from the American
historical collections of the Library and other institutions |
U.S. Government
Printing Office
The U.S. Government Printing Office
disseminates official information from all three branches of the Federal
Government. | |
H
| Health and Medicine |
Hospital
Connect
HospitalConnectTM links together the Internet sites for
dozens of organizations serving health care providers. |
MedlinePlus
Health topics, drug information, a medical encyclopedia, and
current health news. |
MediLexicon
"Over 70,000 medical, pharmaceutical, biomedical &
healthcare acronyms and abbreviations" |
Familydoctor.org
The American Academy of Family Physicians presents health
topics, drug information, and self-care tools. |
S*P*I*R*A*L
Health information in Chinese, Cambodian/Khmer, Hmong, Korean,
Laotian, Thai, and Vietnamese
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| Human Resources |
National Human
Resources Association
This website provides links to a Career
Center, a meeting and event calendar, and a Resource Center. The Resource Center
contains articles and white papers relating to human resources and personnel
management |
Work Index.com
Gateway for human resource information. Sections include
"Studies of Success" and a weekly newsletter.
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L
| Law |
The Council of California
County Law Libraries
This website is divided into the following
categories: Self-Help Centers, Legal Links, Mini Research Class, and County Law
Library directory page. |
ABCs of Law
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Attorney's Toolbox
Cyberspace Tools For Attorneys and Legal Professionals
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Free Advice
Comprehensive site for FREE information on a broad range of
legal subjects. |
Heiros Gamos
Comprehensive source of information on more than 200 legal
subject areas. Includes discussion groups, law library, live news, seminars,
legal guides, law journals, etc. |
Internet Law
Web
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FindLaw:
Law
information Web directory |
Legal Encyclopedia:
Legal and Business Books, Forms and Software |
Martindale.com
Lawyer locator
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| Library Science |
ACRL
Standards and Guidelines
These are standards, guidelines, and
model statements from the Association of College and Research Libraries.
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Dynix Institute Web
Seminars
The Dynix Institute supports professional development
for library staff members. The free web seminars are broadcast biweekly. Most of
the seminars are available in Windows Media format in the archive. |
Infomine
Scholarly Internet resource collections. |
Infopeople training
information
Workshops available online and in various locations
throughout California. Webcasts are free for libraries in California. |
Librarians' Index to the Internet
The mission of Librarians' Index to the Internet is to provide
a well-organized point of access for reliable, trustworthy, librarian-selected
Internet resources, serving California, the nation, and the world. |
Library Spot
LibrarySpot.com is a free virtual library resource center
published by StartSpot Mediaworks, Inc. LibrarySpot.com wants to make locating
topical information on the Internet a quick, easy and enjoyable experience.
Forbes.com selected LibrarySpot.com as the Best Reference Site on the Web for
2001 and 2000. |
Search Engine Watch
This website has searching tips and news articles relating to
Internet search engines. |
The Council of California
County Law Libraries
This website is divided into the following
categories: Self-Help Centers, Legal Links, Mini Research Class, and County Law
Library directory page. |
The Researching
Librarian
This site has a great list of free library and
interdisciplinary databases, library science journal publishers, library
statistics, tools, newsletters, and conference proceedings. |
Librarian's Online Internet
Directory
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| Literature & Language
&Thesauri |
The New York Review of Books
Includes a complete searchable index of the magazine's contents
from 1963 to the present. The site currently contains the full text of several
hundred articles from the Review, both recent and from years past. |
ACRL
Internet Resources - Authors
This ACRL site lists Internet
Resources columns from past issues of College & Research Libraries News. The
resources are organized by topic with commentary, and include a section on 20th
century authors. |
Bartleby.com:
Quotations
Bartleby.com contains more than 87,000 entries from
both contemporary and classic quotations collections. |
Bartlett's Familiar
Quotations, 1919
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Cambridge History of
English & American Literature
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Columbia World of Quotations
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Literary
Index
An author and title index to 40 major literature series
published by Gale Group. Contains more than 130,000 author names, including
pseudonyms and variant names, and more than 140,000 titles |
Simpson's Contemporary
Quotations
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The Quotations
Archive
An extensive and searchable database of general
quotations. Browsing is by subject or alphabetically by author, and is
searchable by keyword |
The Quotations Page
Established in 1994, the Quotations Page contains over 20,000
quotations from over 24,000 authors. Browsing is by author and by subject.
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Merriam-Webster Thesaurus
Access Merriam-Webster's online thesaurus and dictionary, along
with other features such as word games, word of the day, and a top 10 list of
the most frequently looked-up words. |
Roget's Interactive
Thesaurus
Search on a word and retrieve a list of that word's
synonyms and antonyms, along with a brief definition. This thesaurus contains
over 17,000 entries. | |
O
| Online Bibliographies |
CalUMS Business
Bibliography
This page is intended to help students search for
business and economic information by subject category. |
Bibliography of
Economic Impacts of Parks, Recreation and Tourism
This
bibliography presents diverse applications and concepts of economic impacts
studies on recreation and tourism. |
Business Sources:
Bibliography
This website is intended to help those looking for
business and economic information. It provides bibliographic references by
subject category. |
Body of
Knowledge on Quality Management
Database containing citations
and abstracts to journal articles, and books on the subject of quality and
performance improvement. From the Carlson School of Management. |
NoodleBib - The MLA
Bibliography Composer
Free service that simplifies the process
of creating and editing MLA-style bibliographies. |
Scholarly
Electronic Publishing Bibliography
Presents selected articles,
books, and other printed and electronic sources that are useful in understanding
publishing efforts on the Internet. Available for download. |
What
is an Annotated Bibliography
Provides explanations and
preparation advice. Includes a sample entry for a journal article. |
Knowledge
Management: Bibliography
This Bibliography is a collection of
the literature listed in a useful format for the individual interested in
Knowledge Management |
Annotated
Bibliography: Organizational Relationship
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Leadership
& Management Bibliography
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BUSINESS
STATISTICS:A Bibliography
The site lists major business
statistics sources including periodicals, indexes and abstracts |
1. The Bibliography of Marketing Research Methods (Bibliography of
Marketing Research Methods) (Hardcover)
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2. United States Entrepreneurs and the Companies They Built : An
Index to Biographies in Collected Works (Bibliographies and Indexes in Economics
and Economic History)
This book indexes over 120 collective
biographies that include profiles of American corporate executives--about 1,700
executive biographies in all |
3. Grants: A Selective Bibliography With Indexes (Finance and
Business Bibliography Series, 1)
This bibliography gathers together
citations, including abstracts, from the journal literature, books, government
reports and edited collections under the categories of Block Grants; Community
Grants; Research Grants; Education Grants; International Grants; Business
Grants; Subject and Author Indexes. |
4. Marketing to Ethnic Consumers : An Annotated Bibliography
(Bibliography Series (American Marketing Association).)
The entries
come from more than 300 marketing-related journals, conference proceedings, and
books; they are listed alphabetically and date from 1932 to 1999
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P
S
| Statistics |
AAAS Atlas of Population and
Environment
The American Association for the Advancement of
Science produced this online publication available in html or flash. |
Bank Rate Monitor
Infobank
Mortgage rates, CD rates, auto loans, credit cards. An
online publication that provides consumers with financial data, research and
additional information. |
Chartbook
of international labor comparisons
Statistics from the Bureau
of International Labor Affairs and the United States Bureau of Labor Statistics.
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County
Business Patterns
County economic data by industry produced by
the U.S. Census Bureau. |
| Criminal Justice Statistics
Center |
Economic Census
(2002)
This website contains the data for the 2002 Economic
Census. |
Economic
Statistics Briefing Room
The purpose of this service is to
provide easy access to current Federal economic indicators. It provides links to
information produced by a number of Federal agencies. All of the information
included in the Economic Statistics Briefing Room is maintained |
Ed-Data
Fiscal, demographic, and performance data for California's
public K-12 school system. |
Fedstats: One Stop Shopping
Federal Statistics
The gateway to statistics from over 100 U.S.
Federal agencies. |
FirstGov
The
U.S. Government's Official Web Portal. |
GeoHive: Global Statistics
Excellent source for country-by-country statistical data on
population, cities and regions, land use, climate, and industrial output. Data
is drawn from such resources as national and international census reports, the
World Almanac, and the Book of Facts. |
Library Spot
LibrarySpot.com is a free virtual library resource center
published by StartSpot Mediaworks, Inc. LibrarySpot.com wants to make locating
topical information on the Internet a quick, easy and enjoyable experience.
Forbes.com selected LibrarySpot.com as the Best Reference Site on the Web for
2001 and 2000. |
National
and International Data Sources
Links to International
statistical agencies compiled by the United Nations Statistical Division.
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National Center for Education
Statistics (NCES)
Primary federal source for education
statistics in the United States and other nations. |
National Mental Health Association
The National Mental Health Association is the country's oldest
and largest nonprofit organization addressing all aspects of mental health and
mental illness. The website contains links to news, advocacy, and mental health
information. |
Occupational Outlook Handbook
Contains occupational conditions and forecasts from the Bureau
of Labor Statistics |
Population Reference Bureau
This database contains data on 85 demographic variables for 221
countries in the world. |
Stateline.org
This site provides comprehensive and comparative information on
the public policies of all 50 states. It contains current and archived news, a
calendar of events, and background information about the states and their
governments. |
Statistical
Resources on the Web
Comprehensive site of free resources via
Univ of Michigan Documents Center. |
The Right Site:
Demographic Reference
Demographic reports, maps and site
selection. |
The Ultimate Directory -
InfoSpace.com
Yellow pages, White pages, Classifieds, Shopping,
Travel, Games, Entertainment. Search for any of these in the ultimate directory.
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U.S. Department of
State - Country Information
Facts, figures, background
information, and news and press releases on countries around the world.
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World Biographical
Index
This database contains about 2.4 million short
biographical entries for prominent individuals who lived in North and South
America, Western and Central Europe, Australia, New Zealand, and Oceania. The
entry for each person contains their full name, dates, and occupation.
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| Science and Medicine |
Biomedicine and Health in the
News
Provides quick access to the biomedical, scientific and
health journal literature referenced in newspaper articles appearing in the New
York Times and the Star Tribune (Minn). |
MEDLINEplus
MEDLINEplus has extensive information from the National
Institutes of Health and other trusted sources on about 500 diseases and
conditions. There are also lists of hospitals and physicians, a medical
encyclopedia and dictionaries, health information in Spanish, extensive
information on prescription and nonprescription drugs, health information from
the media, and links to thousands of clinical trials |
Merck Manual of
Medical Information (Home Edition) (2000)
Full text online
edition provided as a free service by Merck & Co., Inc. |
National Insitutes of Health
Information provided by the 25 separate Institutes and Offices
comprising the NIH, inlcuding the Health Information page which links to
full-text Consumer Health Information |
World Health Organization
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T
| Technology and Science |
Geographic
Dictionary
An online dictionary of GIS terms created by the by
the Association for Geographic Information and the University Of Edinburgh
Department of Geography. |
Hazardous Chemical
Database
Searchable database of information on almost 2,000
chemicals. Entries include any synonyms, the formula, some physical data,
registry numbers, a physical description, and a link for the DOT number.
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High Tech Company Profiles
(CorpTech)
CorpTech publishes high quality data on high-tech
manufacturing, development and services. Search for over 50,000 growth companies
in the computer, biotech, chemistry, environmental industries |
Mad Scientist Network
This website unites "hundreds of scientists in a forum where
people can ask questions and learn more about the world around them." Questions
submitted must be science-related and are usually answered within seven days.
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Online
Computing Dictionary
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ScienceWorld
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UCSD's database
of Science
UCSD's database of Science and Social Science
resources. Look for public sites such as Government Resources,
Societies/Associations, and Web Megasites. |
Satellite Predictions
Every night satellites visibly pass overhead and, with this
database, you can predict the satellites expected to pass a specific location.
Input your city, or latitude and longitude if you know it, and get a list and
brief description of the satellites. |
The
Visible Human Project
National Library of Medicine's digitized
view of the human body. Sample images and an animated video are freely available
online. | |
W
| Women's Studies |
American Memory Project
This project, from the Library of Congress, provides access to
a wide range of information and primary sources relating to America's history
and culture. Over 7 million digital items are available from many historical
collections. |
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