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Reference Resources on the Internet

Accommodation

Accommodation Search engine
http://www.netxtra.co.uk/accom.html
Provides information on lodging establishments and accommodation web pages around the world.

World Lodging Guide
http://www.lgww.com/
Contains a directory of hotels, motels, Bed and Breakfast Inns, and other kinds of accommodation.

See also "Hotels"

Acronym Finder

http://www.acronymfinder.com/
Allows you to look up 122,500 acronyms, abbreviations and their meanings.

Acronym Server

http://www.lib.iastate.edu/collections/db/acrabb.html

Airline Toll-free Numbers and Websites

http://www.geocities.com/Thavery2000/

ALA's 100 Great Sites for Kids and Parents

http://www.ala.org/parentspage/greatsites/amazing.html
This page is compiled by the Children and Technology Committee of the Association for Library Service to Children. Contains wonderful sites for kids broken down into the following categories: arts and entertainment, literature and language, people past and present, planet earth and beyond, and science and technology.

Almanacs

Information Please Almanac
http://www.infoplease.com/
Online version of the popular almanac which you can browse by topic or search. Also includes the Random House Webster's College Dictionary and the Columbia Encyclopedia.

American Hospital Directory

http://www.ahd.com/
Free information to summary data for most hospitals. Subscription needed for more detailed information.

Amtrak

http://www.amtrak.com/
This is the home page of Amtrak where you will be able to find train schedules and fares, routes and special deals as well as information on services offered by Amtrak.

Annual Reports (Companies)

http://www.annualreportservice.com/
Free annual reports from the Public Register's Annual Report Service. There are about 2210 reports and the number is continually growing. There is a useful guide to understanding financials as well as a list of the top 20 growth stocks.

Report Gallery
http://www.reportgallery.com/
Online library of international and national financial reports, trading services, and other financial services.

TenKWizard
http://www.tenkwizard.com/
Has a search engine for SEC filings and financial data, analysis, and the ability to download this data into popular applications such as Excel.

Answering Services

Ask an Expert
http://dir.yahoo.com/Reference/Ask_an_Expert/
Ask questions of experts on a variety of topics and receive valuable answers.

Ask Jeeves
http://www.askjeeves.com/
Provides natural language question answering service for consumers and companies on the web by allowing users to ask questions in plain English and be directed to web sites containing the answer.

Google
http://www.google.com/
An excellent search engine that can track down hard-to-find information.

Other Services
http://www.webhelp.com/
http://www.allexperts.com/
http://www.expertcentral.com/

Anthropology Glossary

http://www.anth.ucsb.edu/index.html
A searchable annotated list of links to favorite anthropological resources on the internet. Includes online glossary and critical reviews of archaeology films.

Area Codes

Area Code Lookup
http://www.whitepages.com/area_codes
Can look up area codes in U.S., Canada, and a few other countries.

Area and Country Codes
http://www.555-1212.com/
This is a powerful and useful web directory for finding the latest area code and country code information.

Area Code Lookup Service
http://decoder.americom.com/
The Area Decoder provides you with current information related to area, city, and country codes.

Associations and Organizations

Idealist
http://www.idealist.org/
A site run by a non-profit foundation which has a searchable directory of 10,000 web sites of non-profit organizations, information on volunteering jobs, projects and some tools for non-profits or subjects like fundraising, financial management, personnel public relations, and legal issues.

Atlases

Information Please Atlas
http://www.infoplease.com/atlas//
Free online atlas. Click on country to get an enlarged map of the region.

Background Notes

http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/bgn/
Contains information on geographical entities and international organizations. Notes for some countries are unavailable.

See  also  "Country Studies"

Bank Rates

http://www.bankrate.com/
This site provides information on bank rates, credit cards, loans and tax information.

Banned Books

http://www.ala.org/bbooks/
Contains information on banned and challenged books, notable first amendment cases, and notable quotes.

Bartlett's Quotations

http://www.bartleby.com/99/index.html

BBC News

http://news.bbc.co.uk/
News from the British Broadcasting Corporation is updated every minute.

Bestseller Lists

http://dir.yahoo.com/Arts/Humanities/Literature/Bestseller_Lists/
Lists bestsellers from Amazon, Barnes and Noble, Chronicle of Higher Education, Publisher's Weekly, USA Today, and other publications.

Biography

Lives, the Biography Resource
http://www.lemoyne.edu/library/resources/titles/lives.htm
Lives, the Biography Resource, is the largest guide to biography sites on the web. Includes reviews of sites linked. Not all sites have reviews. Sites will be reviewed as time permits.

Cambridge Biographical Encyclopedia
http://www.biography.com/
Contains thousands of biographies excerpted from Cambridge Biographical Encyclopedia.

Books Online

Bartleby Project - Great Books Online
http://www.bartleby.com/

The Internet Classics Archive
http://classics.mit.edu/
Consists of works of classical literature in English translation by about 59 different authors. Includes commentary and "reader's choice" web sites.

The Internet Public Library Online Texts Collection
http://www.ipl.org/reading/books
The IPL Online Texts Collection contains 10,000 titles that can be browsed by author, title or by Dewey Decimal Subject Classification.

Project Gutenberg
http://www.gutenberg.net/
Contains full-text of many books published prior to 1923. Project Gutenberg does not contain books that are still under copyright.

Book Prices

Book Prices
http://www.booksprice.com/
A free innovative service finding the best price on a purchase of several books together.

http://www.chambal.com/
Comparison ob book prices across major online booksellers.

Book Search
http://www.AAABookSearch.com/
Free service for book search and price comparisons. Allows you to compare book prices at over 40 bookstores.

Direct Textbook
http://www.directtextbook.com/
Search over 30 online stores and libraries throughout the U.S. for textbooks.

Out-of-Print Books
http://www.bookfinder.com/
http://www.addall.com/
Both these sites search a number of bookseller sites.

Book Reviews on the Web

Amazon Book Reviews
http://www.amazon.com/
Contains an archive of book reviews.

Directory of Book Reviews on the Web
http://acqweb.org/bookrev.html

Online Reviews
http://www2.h-net.msu.edu/reviews

Britannica Online

http://www.britannica.com/
Free access to Encyclopedia Britannica.

Calendars / Holidays

The calendar zone
http://www.calendarzone.com/
Comprehensive categorized calendar site with calendar quotes.

Canada

Canadian Constitutional Documents: A Legal History
http://www.solon.org/Constitutions/Canada/English/index.html

Canadian Studies: A Guide to the Sources

http://www.iccs-ciec.ca/blackwell.html

Careers

Careers from Yahoo
http://careers.yahoo.com/

Jobweb
http://www.jobweb.com/
The site for career choices in all fields -- business, health care, legal profession, science, etc., and other helpful resources for learning more about a variety of career paths.

Cars - Prices and Reviews

Edmund's Car Prices
http://www.edmunds.com/
Provides auto pricing, reviews, consumer information, information about rebates and incentives, at no cost.

Kelly Blue book
http://www.kbb.com/
Provides free used car values, trade-in and retail values, reviews new models, new care prices, previews of new cars and coming attractions. You can also buy or sell a car online.

Nada Appraisal Guides
http://www.nadaguides.com/
America's leading source for used vehicle values. Free lemon check available. Includes values of travel, park and camping trailers, motorcycles, snowmobiles, personal watercraft, classic collectibles and special interest cars and trucks as well as a used care guide 1989-present.

Celebrities

http://www.celebhoo.com/
Includes all kinds of information and links regarding celebrities.

Census

The Bureau of the Census
http://www.census.gov/
The census collects data bout the people and economy of the US and produces a wide variety of statistical data publications.

CenStats
http://censtats.census.gov/
Consists of the following:
Annual Survey of Manufacturers
Building Permits
Census Tract Street Locator
USA Counties
International Trade Data
Occupations by Race and Sex
Zip Business Patterns

Channel 8

http://www.wtnh.com/
The link "Cool Stuff on the Web" contains links to virtual museums. "Other cool stuff" also contains interesting stuff.
 

Chat Rooms

http://www.onlineinstitute.com/chat
Contains chat rooms for personal and business use - fee based.

CIA World Factbook

http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/
Can search the 2001 edition of the World Factbook.

 

Cliff Notes

http://www.cliffsnotes.com/WileyCDA/

Free reading of some content online but no printing or downloading.

See also "Study Guides"

Clip Art

Library Clip Art
http://www.libraryclipart.com/
Contains freeware images that can be used for non-profit use.

See also "Library Clip Art"

Web Clip Art
http://webclipart.miningco.com/mlibrary.htm

Codes of Professional Ethics

http://www.is.cityu.edu.hk/research/resources/isworld/ethics/index.htm
Contains codes of ethics for various organizations and associations.

Colleges

College Rankings
http://www.library.uiuc.edu/edx/rankings.htm
Contains links to many ranking services along with cautionary notes and a discussion of the ongoing controversy of rankings.

US News and World Report
http://www.usnews.com/usnews/edu/eduhome.htm

Directory of Colleges and Universities in the United States
http://www.collegescolleges.com/

Company Information

Researching companies online
http://www.learnwebskills.com/company/
You can find free company and industry information on the world wide web. Has the EDGAR database, 10K Wizard (all with tutorials), annual reports and much more. Wall Street Research Net provides access to a variety of data including an excellent assortment of graphs and charts on financial performance. There are links to news and periodical articles from sources such as Time, Fortune and Money.

Fortune 500 Companies

http://www.fortune500s.net/fortune500-list.php
Lists the Fortune 500 companies and provides snapshots of them.

Computers - Hardware and Software Reviews and Buying Guides

http://reviews-zdnet.com.com/
This site furnishes product reviews, price quotes, explanation of key terms and concepts the consumer should be aware of when making a purchase decision.

Congressional Research Resource

http://www.house.gov/rules/crs_reports.htm
Locates several world wide web sources for CRS reports - Clinton's Social Security reform proposal, impeachment procedures, etc.

Connecticut Home Page

Connect - State of Connecticut Home Page
http://www.state.ct.us/index.asp

Connecticut State Library

http://www.cslib.org/
This is the Connecticut State Library's web site which contains link to the Museum of Connecticut History.

Connecticut Town Profiles

http://www.cerc.com/townprofiles.html
You can search the 1998-1999 Connecticut Town Profiles, a compilation of current statistics describing the State of Connecticut, its towns, and selected administrative and planning regions.

Consumer Health

Center for Disease Control
http://www.cdc.gov/

Dept of health & human services
http://www.hhs.gov/
Consumer information on all kinds of health-related topics.

Consumer Health Resources on the Net
http://library.uchc.edu/departm/hnet/inters.html
A good site for answering a wide range of health and medical questions. Also contains a resource guide for navigating the health care system.

Consumer Report Online Magazine

http://www.consumerreports.org/
Each week the site posts a handful of consumer advice features for free but there is a service charge for access to the product ratings and recommendations online.

Copyright Information Page

http://www.lib.umich.edu/copyright/
This site provides guidelines for using and creating copyrighted material.
 

Watch (Writers and their Copyright Holders)

http://tyler.hrc.utexas.edu/

Cost of Living - Salary Calculator

http://www.homefair.com/index.html
Contains salary calculator, lifestyle optimizer, the moving calculator, relocation wizard, mortgages, etc.

Country Studies

(Area Handbooks) from Library of Congress
http://lcweb2.loc.gov/frd/cs/cshome.html
Sponsored by the Department of the Army, the site contains studies of 100 countries.

See also "Background Notes"
 

County and City Data Book

http://www.census.gov/statab/www/ccdb.html
This site contains official statistics for U.S. counties and cities with over 25,000 inhabitants. City rankings in terms of population, land area, education, employment, infant death rate, annual temperature, poverty, etc. can be obtained at this site. The information is taken from the 1994 County and City Data Book.

Credo

http://0-www.xreferplus.com.csulib.ctstateu.edu/
Credo contains encyclopedias, dictionaries, thesauri & books of  quotations from the world's leading publishers. Available only to authorized users.

Crime

Sourcebook of Criminal Justice Statistics
http://www.albany.edu/sourcebook/
Data available on all aspects of criminal justice in the United States.

Uniform Crime Reports
http://www.fbi.gov/ucr/ucr.htm

See also "Uniform Crime Reports"

Currency Converter

http://www.xe.com/ucc/
This site offers interactive foreign exchange rate conversion.

Dictionaries

Cambridge Dictionaries
http://dictionary.cambridge.org/

Chemistry and Environmental Dictionary
http://EnvironmentalChemistry.com/yogi/chemistry/dictionary
Provides definitions for chemical, environmental and other technical terms.

Dept. of Defense Dictionary of Military & Associated terms
http://www.dtic.mil/doctrine/jel/doddict/
Includes NATO terms, acronyms and abbreviations. Browse and search features available.

Know Play?
http://www.kplay.cc/reference.html
You can get look up definitions, synonyms, rhyming words, quotations, encyclopedia entries, and maps at this site.

Merriam-Webster Online
http://www.m-w.com/home.htm
The main entry words are searchable but not the full text of definitions.

One Look Dictionaries
http://www.onelook.com/
Searches more than 400 dictionaries and glossaries.

Online Medical Dictionary
http://cancerweb.ncl.ac.uk/omd/

Pronouncing Dictionary
http://www.speech.cs.cmu.edu/cgi-bin/cmudict
This is a machine-readable pronouncing dictionary for North American English with over 100,000 words and their transcriptions.

YourDictionary
http://www.yourdictionary.com/

Digest of Education Statistics

http://nces.ed.gov/edstats

Directories

AnyWho
http://www.anywho.com/
Good for looking up people, businesses, toll-free numbers, web sites, reverse look up, maps, directions, etc.

ATT Toll-Free Internet Directory
http://www.att.com/directory/
Lists over 150,000 businesses and organizations with toll-free numbers.

Four 11
http://people.yahoo.com/
White pages directory service. Also has rocket mail, a web-based email service.

Infospace
http://www.infospace.com/

International Telephone Directories
http://www.infobel.com/
Contains white pages and phone numbers worldwide. Also provides maps, weather and banner advertising.

Phone and address search
http://www.cedar.buffalo.edu/AdServ/person-search.html
At the bottom of the page there is a field for searching by phone number only.

Phone Book - Yellow Pages
http://www.bigbook.com/

See also "Phone Book"

Education

U.S. Department of Education
http://www.ed.gov/

Electronic Journals

Colorado Alliance of Research Libraries
http://www.coalliance.org/

Directories of Electronic Journals
http://gort.ucsd.edu/ejourn/

International Digital Library
http://www.ifla.org/II/diglib.htm
Article abstracts can be searched and viewed with character and graphical browsers. The full-text of articles can only be viewed with graphical browsers that support the PDF format.

http://www.ipl.org/reading/serials/
Contains over 2300 titles that can be searched or browsed by subject or title. Arranged by subject categories.

NewJour - New Journals and Newsletter Announcement
http://gort.ucsd.edu/newjour/NewJourWel.html
This is the list for new serials on the internet.

Serials in Cyberspace
http://www.uvm.edu/~bmaclenn#ejour
Contains a selected list of electronic journals.

E-Map

http://www.e-map.com/
E-map is an electronic map of high quality information on the web.

Encyclopedias

Columbia Electronic Encyclopedia
http://www.encyclopedia.com/
Free electronic encyclopedia. Articles are taken from the Concise Columbia Electronic Encyclopedia, third edition, with links to related web sites and books along with links to millions of articles and pictures from the Electric Library.

Encarta Online
http://encarta.msn.com/
Concise online version of the Encarta.

Entertainment Lists

http://web.icq.com/channels/entertainment/
Contains information on top movie and television programs.

ERIC

http://www.eric.ed.gov/
Contains the ERIC database, information on ERIC and tips on searching ERIC online. Includes a slide show and virtual tour of ERIC.

Etiquette -- Emily Post

http://www.bartleby.com/95/
Etiquette in society, in business, in politics and at home.

European Union

The European Union Online
http://europa.eu.int/index_en.htm

Evaluating Web Pages

http://lib.nmsu.edu/instruction/evalcrit.html

http://www.science.widener.edu/~withers/webeval.htm

Fedstats: One Stop Shopping for Federal Statistics

http://www.fedstats.gov/
Gateway to statistics from over 100 U.S. Federal agencies.

Flags

World Flag Database
http://www.flags.net/
Includes drawings from the Flag Institute.

Fodor's Travel Guides

http://www.fodors.com/
You can find selected information from Fodor's travel guides and can create you own mini guides.

Foreign Embassies in DC

http://www.embassy.org/embassies/index.html

Foreign Government Sites

http://dir.yahoo.com/Government/Countries/
Contains Government sites on the web from Yahoo.

Foreign Languages for Travelers

http://www.travlang.com/languages/
Contains common words that travelers need to know and includes pronunciation.

Forms from the Feds

http://exlibris.memphis.edu/resource/unclesam/forms.html
Contains downloadable government electronic forms. Consists of forms most asked for.

Greeting Cards

http://www.bluemountain.com/

http://www.cardmaster.com/

Greyhound

http://www.greyhound.com/
Links to the Greyhound Ticketing Center, Fare Finder and Online Ticketing Page.

Health

Consumer Health - Dept of health & human services
http://www.hhs.gov/
Consumer information on all kinds of health-related topics.

Teen Health
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/teenhealth/html

Health Care

Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
http://www.ahcpr.gov/

American Health Care Association
http://www.ahca.org/

Bureau of Primary Health Care
http://bphc.hrsa.gov/

Consumer Health Care Links
http://library.uchc.edu/departm/hnet/inters.html
A good site for answering a wide range of health and medical questions. Also contains a resource guide for navigating the health care system.

Historic Documents

The Avalon Project
http://www.yale.edu/lawweb/avalon/avalon.htm
This site contains links to documents in Law, History and Diplomacy broken down into four time periods - pre-eighteenth century, eighteenth century, nineteenth century and twentieth century.

A Chronology of U.S. Historical Documents
http://www.law.ou.edu/hist/

Holidays and Festivals

http://www.shagtown.com/days/
Contains information on holidays and festivals celebrated all over the world.

Hotels

Accommodation Search engine
http://www.netxtra.co.uk/accom.html
Provides information on lodging establishments and accommodation web pages around the world.

World Lodging Guide
http://www.lgww.com/
Contains a directory of hotels, motels, Bed and Breakfast Inns, and other kinds of accommodation.

See also "Accommodation"

Intellectual Freedom Page

http://www.library.ucsb.edu/subjects/freedom.html

Interest Rates

http://www.bankrate.com/
This site provides information on bank rates, credit cards, loans and tax information.

Internet Public Library

http://www.ipl.org/

IRS Tax forms

http://www.irs.ustreas.gov/

Jake (Jointly Administered Knowledge Environment)

http://jake.med.yale.edu/index.jsp
Jake makes finding, managing, and linking online journals and journal articles easier for students, researchers, and librarians.

Kidsclick

http://sunsite.berkeley.edu/KidsClick!/
Contains Internet resources of interest to kids that have been selected, annotated and categorized by a team of librarians.

Law

Findlaw
http://www.findlaw.com/
Contains links to Supreme Court cases and Circuit Court cases.

Federal Judiciary Home Page
http://www.uscourts.gov/

Lawcrawler
http://www.lawcrawler.com/

Libraries

Libweb - Libraries Around the World
http://lists.webjunction.org/libweb/

Libraries in the United States

http://www.librarysites.info/

State Libraries of the USA
http://www.externalharddrive.com/libraries/state-libraries.html

Library Catalogs on the Web

Hytelnet
http://www.lights.ca/hytelnet/sys/sys005.html

Libdex - The library Index
http://www.libdex.com/

Libweb - Library Catalogs from Around the World
http://sunsite.berkeley.edu/Libweb/

National Library Catalogs Worldwide
http://www.library.uq.edu.au/natlibs

Library Clip Art

http://www.libraryclipart.com/
A collection of book and computer images.

See also "Clip art"

Library Guides

BILT - Basic Information Literacy Tutorial Site from CSU
http://mylibrary.ccsu.edu/TILT/
Contains tutorials on information literacy, how to do library research and searching the Internet.

Library Tutorials
http://www3.baylor.edu/LIRT/litproj.html
Contains library instruction tutorials on how to do general and subject specific research, searching the internet, and how to design a tutorial.

Library Humor

http://www.ifla.org/I/humour/humour.htm
Provides links to pages regarding humor and culture in libraries.

 

Library Job Postings

LIBJOBS
http://www.ifla.org/II/lists/libjobs.htm
An employment service list for library professionals. There is no charge for advertising or subscribing to this list. Ads can be sent to libjobs@infoserv.nlc-bnc.ca To subscribe send message "subscribe LIBJOBS your name" to listserv@infoserv.nlc-bnc.ca

Job listings for New England States.
http://www.libraryjobpostings.org/newengla.htm

Job listings for Connecticut
http://www.ctlibrarians.org/ctlibs/jobs.html

Library News

LISNews (Library and Information Science News)
http://www.lisnews.com/
Delivers news and current issue discussion in the fields of Library and Information Science.
 

Listservs

Mailing Lists
http://www.virtuallibrarian.com/research/mailinglists.html
This site features a collection of listservs covering different interests.

REFEX
A list for exchanging materials used in libraries. To subscribe to REFEX, send message to: listserv@listserv.arizona.edu
Leave subject line blank.
In the text, say
Subscribe refex first name last name.
Libraries that would like to fill gaps in their collections can send a message to: Refex@listserv.arizona.edu

Literary Criticism

http://www.ipl.org/ref/litcrit
Contains 2478 critical and biographical web sites about authors and their works that can be browsed by author, by title, or by nationality and literary period. Select "Arts and Humanities" from the main menu to find literary information.
 

Literary Libraries

http://dir.yahoo.com/Arts/Humanities/Literature/Literary_Libraries/
Contains information on American Literature, Children's Literature, Henry Miller Library, Folger Shakespeare Library, Poetry Library, Indian Literature in English, Scottish Poetry Library, etc.
 

Literature

http://www.haverford.edu/library/reference/rkieft/SENENG1.html
Contains good print reference sources for literatures in English.

Bibliomania
http://www.bibliomania.com/
The link Bibliomania contains over 60 full-text novels of famous authors as well as some full-text non-fiction resources and information on African American Resources.

Maps

Harvard Map Collection
http://hcl.harvard.edu/libraries/#hmc

Maps On US
http://www.MapsOnUs.com/
Gives you the route in text, the route in map format, and the route verbally in your choice of male or female voice.

Mapquest
http://www.mapquest.com/
Contains city guides, online maps, driving directions, and travel guides.

United States - Maps
http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/histus.html
Good for maps of the United States

Measurements

Convert me.com
http://www.convert-me.com/en/

Medicine

Healthfinder
http://www.healthfinder.gov/
Information on all aspects of health and safety from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

PubMed
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi
Free access to Medline.

MLA Style Guide

http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/research/r_mla.html
This style guide adapted from the MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers provides examples to document source materials when writing research papers.

See also "Style Guides"

Merck Manual

http://www.merck.com/pubs/mmanual
Can search the 17th edition of the manual. Links to the table of contents.

Metro North Railroad Home Page

http://www.mta.nyc.ny.us/mnr
 

Movie Reviews

The Internet Movie Database
http://uk.imdb.com/

Best and biggest movie site on the web.

http://www.filmcritic.com/
One of the very first online film and movie reviews web sites.

Music

Worldwide Internet Music Resource
http://www.music.indiana.edu/music_resources

Mythology

Bull Finch's Mythology
http://www.mythome.org/bullfinc.htm
Volume 1. The Age of Fable or Stories of Gods and Heroes
Volume 2. The Age of Chivalry of the Legends of King Arthur
Volume 3. Legends of Charlemagne or Romance of the Middle Ages

News

HeadlineSpot
http://www.headlinespot.com/
Links to many sites for the best U.S. and International news resources on the web.

Newspapers on the Web
http://www.onlinenewspapers.com/
This is the largest newspaper index on the web. Has links to over 3000 newspapers from more than 80 countries.

Television News Transcripts
http://tvnews.vanderbilt.edu/
This "is the world's most available, extensive and complete archive of television news".

Non-Profit Organizations

http://www.guidestar.org/
Guidestar is a searchable database of more than 620,000 non-profit organizations in the United States.

Nobel Foundation

http://www.nobel.se/nobel/nobel-foundation/
This is the official web site of the Nobel Foundation.

Occupational Outlook Handbook

http://www.bls.gov/oco/
You can search the 1998-1999 Occupational Outlook Handbook.

Online Journals

Colorado Alliance of Research Libraries
http://www.coalliance.org/

Directories of Electronic Journals
http://gort.ucsd.edu/ejourn/

International Digital Library
http://www.ifla.org/II/diglib.htm
Article abstracts can be searched and viewed with character and graphical browsers. The full-text of articles can only be viewed with graphical browsers that support the PDF format.

Internet Public Library - Serials Collection
http://www.ipl.org/reading/serials/
Contains over 2300 titles that can be searched or browsed by subject or title. Arranged by subject categories.

NewJour - New Journals and Newsletter Announcement
http://gort.ucsd.edu/newjour/NewJourWel.html
This is the list for new serials on the internet.

Serials in Cyberspace
http://www.uvm.edu/~bmaclenn#ejour
Contains a selected list of electronic journals.

Patents and Trademarks (LSU Libraries)

http://www.lib.lsu.edu/sci/ptdl/
Web pages that provide information about intellectual property or patent and trademark searching.

Philosophy

Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
http://plato.stanford.edu/

Philosophy collection from CMU
http://www.lib.cmich.edu/subjectguides/humanities/philosophy.htm
Contains canonical philosophical texts and links to scholarly philosophic organizations.

Phone Book - Yellow Pages

http://www.bigbook.com/

See also "Directories"

Phone Rates

http://www.10-10phonerates.com/
Information on international phone rates, state-to-state rates, phone plans, etc.

Physicians (Connecticut)

http://www.physicians.dph.state.ct.us/web_public/web_public.show
Can obtain physician profile for professional background information. Sponsored by the Department of Public Health, State of Connecticut.

Plagiarism

http://www.plagiarism.org/
This is a plagiarism detection service that tracks down plagiarized papers and their sources.

Plagiarism Workshop for Faculty

http://www.seattlecentral.org/faculty/kmicha/plagiarism/index.html

Poetry

HTI Verse Project

http://www.hti.umich.edu/a/amverse/

Representative Poetry on-line 

http://rpo.library.utoronto.edu.ca/display/index.cfm
Includes 2000 English poems by 310 poets from the early medieval period to the beginning of the twentieth century.

Pop Songs

Songtext.net
http://www.lyrics.ch/
Contains over 2 million songs in the Songfile.com database.

Population

International Population Reproductive Health Issues
http://www.populationaction.org/

Population Reference Bureau
http://www.prb.org/
A resource for population information . You can search the most comprehensive directory of population-related web sites available.

World Population Figures
http://www.census.gov/cgi-bin/ipc/popclockw
 

Primary Sources

http://www.uidaho.edu/special-collections/Other.Repositories.html
A listing of websites describing holdings of manuscripts, archives, rare books, historical photographs, and other primary sources.

Project Gutenberg

http://www.gutenberg.org/

Contains full-text of many books published prior to 1923. Project Gutenberg does not contain books that are still under copyright.

PubList

http://www.publist.com/
The premier online global resource for information about print and electronic publications.

PubMed

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez
Free access to Medline.

Quotations Page

http://www.starlingtech.com/quotes/

http://www.quoteland.com/
Good site for finding quotations on anything and anyone.

Bartlett's Familiar Quotations
http://www.bartleby.com/99/index.html

Ready Reference

Internet Public Library
http://www.ipl.org/

http://www.refdesk.com/
Single best source for facts on the net.

Refugees

U.S. Committee for Refugees
http://www.refugees.org/
Presents worldwide refugee information by country. Sponsored by the U.S. Committee for Refugees.
 

Research Paper

http://www.researchpaper.com/
Contains resources for students who need to write research papers. Consists of Idea Directory, Writing Center, Discussion Area where students can discuss their papers with other students, and a "how to" guide for research and writing.

http://www.library.cornell.edu/okuref/research/skill1.htm
Contains a guide on how to find info for a research paper and document the sources you find.

Hot Paper Topics
http://www2.canisius.edu/canhp/canlib/term-topics.html
 

Robert's Rules of Order

http://www.constitution.org/rror/rror--00.htm
You can search the 1996 reprint of Robert's Rules of Order.

Roget's Thesaurus

http://www.thesaurus.com/
Can search head words or full text of Roget's Thesaurus.

Science

Exploratorium
http://www.exploratorium.edu/
Exploratorium is an electronic museum of science, art and human perception for kids.

The Discovery Channel
http://www.discovery.com/
Contains all kinds of interesting information including news, feature stories, expeditions, mind games, search guides, TV Guide, etc.
 

Shakespeare

The Complete Works of William Shakespeare
http://the-tech.mit.edu/Shakespeare/

Shakespeare Resource Center
http://www.bardweb.net/
Contains Shakespeare's works, synopses of plays, information on the Globe Theatre, reading list and other links.

Shopping

http://www.pricewatch.com/
Gives you the best shopping deals in U.S. and Canada - mainly electronic goods.

Songs

International Lyrics Song server
http://www.lyrics.ch/
Contains over 2 million songs in the Songfile.com database.

Sourcebook of Criminal Justice Statistics

http://www.albany.edu/sourcebook/
Data available on all aspects of criminal justice in the United States.

Speeches

American Rhetoric
http://www.americanrhetoric.com/
Contains famous speeches broken down by time period.

The HistoryPlace
http://www.historyplace.com/speeches/previous.htm

Sports

ESPN
http://espn.go.com/
Links to news and other information on every kind of sport.

Sporting News
http://www.sportingnews.com/
Can search Sporting News from 1993 on.
 

States

Connect - State of Connecticut Home Page
http://www.state.ct.us/index.asp

Fifty States
http://www.50states.com/
Great site for everything about the states, including maps.

InfoUSA - The fifty states
http://usinfo.state.gov/usa/infousa/facts/states.htm

State and Metropolitan Area Data Book
http://www.census.gov/statab/www/smadb.html
This site contains selected statistics on the social and economic conditions in the United States and ranks state and metropolitan areas.

U.S. Census Bureau - State and County Quickfacts
http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/

Statistical Abstract of the United States

http://www.census.gov/statab/www/

Statistical Resources on the Web

University of Michigan Documents Center
http://www.lib.umich.edu/govdocs/stats.html
Contains statistics on agriculture, business and industry, cost of living, demographics, economics, education, finance, environment, foreign governments, trade, health, housing, labor, military, politics, science, transportation, sociology, weather and much more.

Stock Price Histories

http://bigcharts.marketwatch.com/historical/
Contains historical stock information for many companies. You can type in a historical date and the stock symbol to view a quote and mini chart for that security.
 

Study Abroad Directory

http://www.studyabroad.com/
Contains study abroad programs by country. Also includes maps, travel information and much more.

Study Guides

Cliff Notes
http://www.cliffsnotes.com/WileyCDA/

Spark Notes
http://www.sparknotes.com/

See also "Cliff Notes"

Style Guides

Citation and Style Guides
http://library.concordia.ca/help/howto/citations.html
 

MLA Style Guide
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/research/r_mla.html
This style guide adapted from the MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers provides examples to document source materials when writing research papers.

See also "MLA Style Guide"

Subject Guides to Internet Resources

Academic Information

http://www.academicinfo.net/index.html
This is a gateway to quality internet resources tailored to a college or advanced high school audience. Each subject guide is an annotated listing of the best general interest sites in the field as well as a gateway to more advanced research tools.

Internet Public Library

http://www.ipl.org/

Librarian's Index to the Internet

http://www.lii.org/


Yahoo Directory
http://www.yahoo.com/
T | Index

Tax Forms

http://www.irs.gov/
Contains federal and state income tax forms.

Tests 

Buros Institute of Mental Measurements

http://www.unl.edu/buros/
Lists tests reviewed in the 12th and 13th Mental Measurements Yearbook. 

ERIC/AE Test Locator
http://www.ericdigests.org/1996-1/test.htm
The test locator is a joint project of ERIC Clearinghouse on Assessment and Evaluation, the ETS, the Buros Institute of Mental Measurements, Region III Comprehension Center and Pro-Ed test publishers.

http://www.psychtest.com/
Home Page of the Testing Materials Resource Book Online.

Thomas Register of Manufacturers  

http://www3.thomasregister.com/index.cgi
You can register for free access to searching company and product information, and easy access to online supplier catalogs and company web sites. 

Ticketmaster Online

http://www.ticketmaster.com/
Best place to buy music sporting event, museum and Broadway show tickets. The top 25 most popular events are tracked for each category.   

Time

The World Clock Time Zones
http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/
Shows the time in different parts of the world.

The World Time Server
http://www.worldtimeserver.com/

Tipping Page

http://www.tipping.org/TopPage.shtml
Gives you all kinds of information on tipping - from definition to tip amounts. Contains a tipping calculator, table etiquette section, and tipping rates throughout the world.

Translations Page

http://babelfish.altavista.digital.com/cgi-bin/translate
This page translates text. You can enter a URL and view that web site in the chosen language.

Travel

Airline Toll-free Numbers and Websites
http://www.geocities.com/Thavery2000/

Amtrak
http://www.amtrak.com/
This is the home page of Amtrak where you will be able to find train schedules and fares, routes and special deals as well as information on services offered by Amtrak.

Discount Travel
http://www.AirNinja.com
Shows budget airlines that are not found on most booking engines.

Expedia.com
http://www.expedia.com/

Metro North Railroad Home Page
http://www.mta.nyc.ny.us/mnr

RAC Route Planner
http://rp.rac.co.uk/routeplanner
This site helps you find your journey via public transport in over 60 cities around the world.

Subway Navigator
http://www.subwaynavigator.com/subway_site/eng/accueil/fset_subway.htm Provides information on the subways of the most popular cities in the world.

Travel Warnings and Consular Information
http://state.gov/travel/
Contains advice for U.S. citizens traveling to foreign countries. Includes information about crime, drug penalties, medical facilities, and locations of U.S. embassies.

Travelocity
http://www.travelocity.com/
You can find best airline fares, hotel accommodations, get information on vacation packages, etc. You can also check flight numbers and flight status here.

http://www.all-holiday-brochures.com/
You can get free travel brochures at this site and information on cruises, vacation packages, car rentals, and other travel-related information.

Uniform Crime Reports

http://www.fbi.gov/ucr/ucr.htm

See also "Crime"

U.S. Government Jobs

http://www.usajobs.opm.gov/
This is the U.S. Government's official site for jobs and employment information provided by the United States Office of Personnel Management.

U.S. State Fact Sheets

http://www.ers.usda.gov/statefacts/
Contains information on population per capita, income, earnings, jobs, poverty rate, unemployment rate, export commodities, etc.

Videos

Reel's DVD Shopping Guide
http://www.reel.com/
This site contains everything you need to build your digital library.

Votes/Voting

Project Vote Smart
http://www.vote-smart.org/
Tracks the performance of the president, congress, governors and state legislators. For each person, five key pieces of information are give - biography, campaign finances, issue positions, performance evaluations, and voting records.

Weather

Intellicast Weather Page
http://www.intellicast.com/LocalWeather/World
Contains weather information for all areas of the world by region.

The Weather Channel
http://www.weather.com/

Web Pages -- Evaluation

http://lib.nmsu.edu/instruction/evalcrit.html

http://www.science.widener.edu/~withers/webeval.htm

Web Tutorial

http://www.gsn.org/WEB/tools/index.html
Contains web and html guides, tutorials and references.

Weights and Measures

http://home.clara.net/brianp/index.html
Contains information on the system of weights and measures in use in England.

Wordplay

http://www.wolinskyweb.net/word.htm

http://www.phonespell.org/phoneSpell.html
These are sites that feature fun with words. They contain links to word-related sites including a link to PHONE SPELL where you enter any 6-10 digit phone number and are shown what possible words and phrases that phone number spells.

World Factbook

http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/
Information from the World Factbook of the Central Intelligence Agency is available here.

XreferPlus  (see Credo)

 

Yahoo

http://www.yahoo.com/
One of the most comprehensive search engines and directories on the web.

Zip Code Look Up & Address Information

http://www.usps.gov/ncsc/welcome.htm
The official website of the United States Postal Service.

http://www.usps.gov/ncsc/lookups/lookup_zip+4.html
You can search for zip codes, addresses, track Express Mail packages, and calculate postage rates.

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