A-Z of Useful Web Sites for Quick Reference

Although all of these sites have been picked for their longevity as well as their usefulness, sites DO move or get updated from time to time. Some sites may require Adobe shockwave to be viewed properly. * indicates that registration (Free) may be required, or that some parts of the site may be fee based.

About.com. Useful for ALL general research. http://www.about.com/

Academic Info. Quality sites for college research.http://www.academicinfo.net/

Addiction Search. Addictions & treatment. http://addictionsearch.com/addictionsearch

Addresses SEE Directories

Advertising

Ad Access. 7,000 advertisements that appeared in US newspapers and magazines

between 1911 and 1955. http://scriptorium.lib.duke.edu/adaccess/

Ad Flip. Print ads going back to 1940. http://www.adflip.com/

Ads.com http://www.ads.com/ads/index.jsp

Africa

Life in Africa. http://lifeinafrica.com/

Africa Focus. Images & sounds. http://africafocus.library.wisc.edu/

African Americans SEE ALSO Ethnic Groups

African American Pamphet Collection, 1824-1909. "From Slavery to Freedom"

http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/aapchtml

Moments in Black History http://www.momentsinblackhistory.com

JavaNoir http://www.javanoir.net

North American Slave Narratives http://docsouth.unc.edu/neh/nehmain.html

Hall of Black Achievement http://www.bridgew.edu/HOBA/gallery.htm

Minority Links http://www.census.gov/pubinfo/www/afamhot1.html

African American Literature Overview http://www.geocities.com/afam_literature/

History of Jim Crow http://www.jimcrowhistory.org/history/history.htm

Almanacs

Information Please Almanac. http://www.infoplease.com/

CIA World Factbook http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/

Farmers Almanac http://www.farmersalmanac.com/

World Almanac http://www.2facts.com/WA/WA-main.asp

Alphabet

Phonetic Alphabet- as used by police,etc.

http://www.columbia.edu/~fuat/cuarc/phonetic.html

Braille Alphabet http://www.nbp.org/alph.html

Sign Language Dictionary. ASL. http://www.masterstech-home.com/ASLDict.html

Alternative Press Index. API. http://www.altpress.org/

America Under Attack. 120 newspaper front pages re: Sept. 11

http://www.newseum.org/frontpages/

American Authors http://www.americanwriters.org/

American Fact Finder http://factfinder.census.gov/

AKC – American Kennel Club http://www.akc.org/index.cfm

Ameristat http://www.ameristat.org/

American Indians SEE Native Americans

American Revolution

Revolutionary War Hall http://www.warmuseum.net/revolutionarywarhall/

Ancient World

Ancient World Net. http://www.julen.net/ancient

Exploring Ancient World Cultures. http://eawc.evansville.edu/

Animals SEE ALSO Pets, Nature, and Wildlife

Animal Diversity Web http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/

Zoological Record http:/ /www.biosis.org/free_resources/classifn/classifn.html

Enature Fieldguides http://www.enature.com/

Guide to the Animal Kingdom http://www.biosis.org/free_resources/classifn/classifn.html

Animals/Wildlife http://animals.about.com/mbody.htm

Endangered Species http://endangered.fws.gov/wildlife.html

Animal Info - Rare, Threatened… http://www.animalinfo.org/

Annotated Bibliographies, How to prepare http://www.library.cornell.edu/okuref/research/skill28.htm

Ansel Adams (Manzanar) http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/aamhtml

Anthems & Flags

Anthems http://www.copcity.com/anthems/anthems.html

Archaeology

Archaeolink http://www.archaeolink.com/

Aria Database http://www.aria-database.com/index2.html

Architecture

Great Buildings Collection http://www.greatbuildings.com/gbc/buildings.html

Army Corps of Engineers Digital Library http://images.usace.army.mil/main.html

Skyscrapers.com http://www.skyscrapers.com/

Art

Mother of All Art History. http://www.umich.edu/~hartspc/histart/mother

Art History Resources http://witcombe.sbc.edu/ARTHLinks.html

* Grove Art Dictionary http://www.groveart.com/

Wet Canvas. Art School Online http://www.wetcanvas.com/ArtSchool/

Artchive http://www.artchive.com/core.html

Art Renewal Center http://www.artrenewal.org/

Illustrator Biographies. http://www.bpib.com/illustra.htm

Alphabet of Ilustrators

http://www.adh.brighton.ac.uk/schoolofdesign/MA.COURSE/01/LIA01.html

ArtCyclopedia http://www.artcyclopedia.com/index.html

Coleccion Cisneros - Latin American Art http://www.coleccioncisneros.org/

Asian Americans SEE ALSO Ethnic Groups

Media Action Network for Asian Americans http://www.manaa.org

Ansel Adams (Manzanar) http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/aamhtml

Internment of Japanese Aemricans in Concentration Camps

http://www.udayton.edu/~race/02rights/intern01.htm

KAWWW Korean-American WWW Sites

http://www.duke.edu/~myhan/s-kawww.html

Chinese-American Contribution to Transcontinental Railroad

http://cprr.org/Museum/Chinese.html

Chinese-American Time Line http://www.itp.berkeley.edu/~asam12/timeline.html

Korean-American WWW Sites http://www.duke.edu/~myhan/s-kawww.html

Asian - Nation http://www.asian-nation.org/

Astronomy SEE ALSO Physical Sciences

Great Images in NAS http://grin.hq.nasa.gov/

Encyclopedia Astronautica http://www.rocketry.com/mwade/spaceflt.htm

Digital Lunar Orbiter www.lpi.usra.edu/research/lunar_orbiter/

Sky Maps www.stargazing.net/david/constel/skymapsindex.html

Astronomy Picture of the Day http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/astropix.html

The Astronomy Net http://www.astronomy.net

The 9 Planets. http://seds.lpl.arizona.edu/nineplanets/nineplanets/nineplanets.html

AstronomyLinks.com http://astronomylinks.com/index.htm

Mythology of the Constellations http://www.emufarm.org/~cmbell/myth/myth.html

Atlases

Color Landform Atlas of USA http://fermi.jhuapl.edu/states/states.html

Atlapedia Online http://www.atlapedia.com

World Atlas.com http://www.worldatlas.com/aatlas/world.htm

Online World Atlas http://www.maps.com/explore/atlas/

Authors

Booknotes. Transcripts of author interviews http://www.booknotes.org/

C Span American Writers http://www.americanwriters.org/

Great Writers http:// www.xs4all.nl/~pwessel/writers .html

The Literary Web http://www.people.virginia.edu/~jbh/books.html

PAL Perspectives in American Literature. American Authors

http://www.csustan.edu/english/reuben/pal/alpha.html

Books A - Z Authors http://www.booksatoz.com/authors.htm

Automobiles SEE Cars

B

Banned Books Online. http://digital.library.upenn.edu/books/banned-books.html

Bartleby Books/Reference Online http://www.bartleby.com

Best Sellers Best Sellers http://www.top100bestsellers.com

Bible.

King James Bible. http://www.bartleby.com/108/

Dore's Bible Gallery/Illustrations http://clawww.lmu.edu/~fjust/Dore.htm

Bibliographies Annotated, How to prepare http://www.library.cornell.edu/okuref/research/skill28.htm

Biography Business Biographies http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0774560.html

Biographical Dictionary http://s9.com/biography

Biography.com http://www.biography.com/

Lives http://amillionlives.com/

*American National Biography (selected) http://www.anb.org/

Illustrator Biographies. http://www.bpib.com/illustra.htm

POTUS (Presidents…United States) http://www.ipl.org/ref/POTUS/

National Inventor’s Hall of Fame http://www.invent.org/hall_of_fame/1_1_search.asp

Chiefs of State http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/chiefs

Classical Composers http://www.classical.net/music/mstrindx.html

Biblical Characters http://bible.crosswalk.com/Dictionaries/HitchcockBibleNames

Biology SEE ALSO Animals, Nature, and Zoology

UCMP Phylogeny Wing http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/alllife/threedomains.html

Biology Online http://www.biology-online.org/

Booknotes. Author/politician interview transcripts http://www.booknotes.org/

Books SEE ALSO E-Books

Banned Books Online http://digital.library.upenn.edu/books/banned-books.html

Bartleby Books/Reference Online http://www.bartleby.com/

Bartleby Great Books Online. http://www.bartleby.com/index.html

Booknotes. Author/politician interview transcripts http://www.booknotes.org/

King James Bible. http://www.bartleby.com/108/

Best Books 2001 http://sfpl4.sfpl.org/newbooks/bb2001.html

Bookbyte http://www.marylaine.com/bookbyte/

California Center for the Book http://www.calbook.org/

Classic Reader http://www.classicreader.com/

Readers Read http://www.readersread.com/

Bookstore Price Comparison http://www.resourcehelp.com/qserbooks.htm

NY Times Book Forum http://www.nytimes.com/books/forums/index.html

AllReaders.com http://www.allreaders.com/

Reader’s Resources http://www.bookbrowser.com/Resources/

BookList Center http://home.attbi.com/~dwtaylor1/

Arts & Letters Daily http://www.aldaily.com/

San Francisco Public Library Best Books 2001 http://sfpl4.sfpl.org/newbooks/bb2001.html

FreeBookNotes http://www.freebooknotes.com/

Books: Rare, Used, Out-of-Print

Bibliofind http://www.bibliofind.com/

Abe Books http://www.abebooks.com

Books A-Z http://www.booksatoz.com/authors.htm

Bibliodirect http://www.bibliodirect.com/

Botany SEE Plants

Braille Alphabet http://www.nbp.org/alph.html

Broadway

Playbill Online http://www.playbill.com/plb

Brookings Policy Briefs http://www.brook.edu/dybdocroot/comm/policybriefs/archive.htm

Business

Krislyn Stictly Business http://www.krislyn.com/sites.html

Hoovers. http://www.hoovers.com/

California Business Search. http://204.147.113.12/list.html

Web100 Business sites http://metamoney.com/w100/

CEO Express http://www.ceoexpress.com/

Corporate Information http://www.corporateinformation.com/

Business.com http://www.business.com/

Best Companies to Work for http://www.fortune.com/lists/bestcompanies

Business 2.0 http://www.business2.com/webguide

Marketing & Business Links http://wtfaculty.wtamu.edu/~sanwar.bus/otherlinks.htm

550+ Business Letters Samples http://www.4hb.com/letters/

Business Letters Overview http://writing.colostate.edu/references/documents/bletter/

Business Etiquette

Business Etiquette http://www.hbcollege.com/management/students/bus_etiquette.htm

Cultural Savvy http://www.culturalsavvy.com/

Executive Planet http://www.executiveplanet.com/community/default.asp

Monster Global Gateway http://international.monster.com/

Etiquette International http://www.etiquetteintl.com/Tips/index.asp

Manners International http://www.ryangrpinc.com/

Calculators Calculators Online http://www-sci.lib.uci.edu/HSG/RefCalculators.html

Calorie Calculator http://www.caloriescount.org/

Calendars Daily Almanac of Events. http://www.copi.org/craig/events/today.html

Today Date & Time http://www.ecben.net/calendar.shtml

California

California State Homepage

http://www.ca.gov/state/portal/myca_homepage.jsp

Statistical Abstract http://www.dof.ca.gov/html/fs_data/stat-abs/toc.htm

Municipal Codes http://california.lp.findlaw.com/CA01_codes/municode.html

City/County codes http://ordlink.com/codes.htm

Missions http://www.californiamissions.com/

CA Senate Office of Research. http://www.sen.ca.gov/sor/reports.htm

California in the 20's http://www.lapl.org/photo/ca_in20s/

Library of California http://www.library.ca.gov/loc/

California Plant names… http://www.calflora.net/botanicalnames/

California Courts Self Help Center (legal assistance & forms, searchable)

http://www.courtinfo.ca.gov/selfhelp/

Careers

Occupational Outlook Handbook http://www.bls.gov/oco/

California Labor Market Info http://www.calmis.ca.gov/

Employment &Wage Estimates http://stats.bls.gov/oes/oes_data.htm

America's Career Infonet. http://www.acinet.org/

Cars

Kelley Blue Book http://www.kbb.com/

Edmunds. http://www.edmunds.com/

*CAROL Company Annual Reports Online (free reg) http://www.carol.co.uk/

CARRIE. Full Text Electronic Library. http://www.ukans.edu/carrie/carrie_main.html

Cartoons

Daily cartoons & Comics http://www.comics.com/index.html

Daryl Cagle's Professional Cartoonists Index http://cagle.slate.msn.com/

Big Cartoon Database http://www.bcdb.com/bcdb/page.cgi

Cats

Ancient Egyptian Cats

CBEST Information http://www.ctc.ca.gov/

CEO Express http://www.ceoexpress.com/

Chambers of Commerce, World http://www.chamberofcommerce.com/

Chemistry SEE ALSO Physical Sciences

Periodic Table of Elements http://www.vcs.ethz.ch/chemglobe/ptoe/

Children.

Children’s Authors & Illustrators. http://www.ucalgary.ca/~dkbrown/authors.html

Classic Reader: Children http://www.classicreader.com/toc.php/sid.3

Mother Goose Pages

http://www-personal.umich.edu/~pfa/dreamhouse/nursery/rhymesABC.html

Internet Resources for Children http://www.ericit.org/weblinks/weblinks.shtml

Chronologies

Chrono http://www.suffolk.lib.ny.us/libraries/cmor/chrono.htm

CIA Central Intelligence Agency http://www.cia.gov/index.html

Citations.

Karla's Guide to Citation Styles Guides. http://bailiwick.lib.uiowa.edu/journalism/cite.html

Citing Sources http://www.lib.duke.edu/libguide/works_cited

Civil War

CivilWarHome http://www.civilwarhome.com/

Civil War State & Campaign Battles http://www2.cr.nps.gov/abpp/battles/tvii.htm

Classical Music

Classical Music http://www.andante.com/

The Classical Music Pages http://w3.rz-berlin.mpg.de/cmp/

Classics (Books).

Internet Classics Archive. http://classics.mit.edu/

Classic Reader http://www.classicreader.com/

Cliches

ClicheSite.com http://clichesite.com

Cliché Finder http://westegg.com/cliché/search.cgi?query=cat

Clinical Trials http://clinicaltrials.gov/ct/gui

Colleges & Universities.

Guide to California Colleges & Universities. http://www.cacollegeguide.com/

Federal Student Aid on the Web http://www.fafsa.ed.gov/

Essay Edge.com http://www.essayedge.com/

Grad School Information http://www.gradschools.com

Color

Color Psychology & Symbolism www.infoplease.com/spot/colors1.html

Comics SEE ALSO Cartoons

Daily cartoons & Comics www.comics.com/index.html

1940's True Life Comics http://www.library.vcu.edu/jbc/speccoll/blake1.html

Complaints

Complaints http://usgovinfo.about.com/library/weekly/aa043099.htm

Computers.

What is? (Technology definitions) http://whatis.techtarget.com/

*Consumer Affairs

Consumer Reports Online. http://www.consumerreports.org/

Consumer Resources http://www.justiceonline.org/conmain.shtml

Constitution of the United States

U.S. Constitution http://www.justiceonline.org/conmain.shtml

Controversial Topics

Hot Topics Supersites http://infodome.sdsu.edu/research/guides/hot/supersites.shtml

Taking Sides http://www.dushkin.com/takingsides/

Public Agenda.org http://www.publicagenda.org/

Documents in the News http://www.lib.umich.edu/govdocs/docnews.html

Envirolink http://envirolink.netforchange.com/

Ethics Update http://ethics.acusd.edu/index.html

SpeakOut.com http://speakout.com/

VoteSmart http://www.vote-smart.org/issues/

WebActive http://www.webactive.com/webactive/directory/topic-index.html

Conversion of Units

Conversion http://www.chemie.fu-berlin.de/chemistry/general/units_en.html

Dictionary of Measures, Unites & Conversion http://www.ex.ac.uk/cimt/dictunit/dictunit.htm

Cookery

Cookbooks Online (Searchable) http://www.cookbooks.com/

Bakery911 http://www.baking911.com/

Cooks Online http://www.cookbooks.com/

Cookbooks Online (Searchable) http://www.cookbooks.com/

Corporate Information http://www.corporateinformation.com/

Cosmetics

Cosmetics Ingredients - searchable by chemical name, CAS #, EINECS #

http://dg3.eudra.org/F3/

Cost of Living

World-Wide City Rankings http://www.finfacts.com/costofliving.htm

Costume, History of

The History of Costume http://www.siue.edu/COSTUMES/history.html

Costume Page http://members.aol.com/nebula5/tcpinfo2.html

Milieux: Costume Page http://www.milieux.com/costume/

Costume Gallery http://www.costumegallery.com/

Counties

About Counties http://www.naco.org/counties/counties/county.cfm?id=6037

Countries.

Country Studies Area Handbooks. http://lcweb2.loc.gov/frd/cs/cshome.html

World Factbook http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/

Economist Country Briefings http://www.economist.com/countries

Country Watch http://www.countrywatch.com/

Country Reports http://www.countryreports.org/

Background Notes http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/bgn/

Rulers http://www.rulers.org/

Court Forms http://forms.findlaw.com/

Cultures.

World Heritage Center http://www.unesco.org/whc/nwhc/pages/home

World World http://www.worldworld.com/

Atlapedia http://www.atlapedia.com/

BlackPress http://www.blackpressusa.com/

Cupolas of Capitalism. State Capitols http://www.cupola.com/html/bldgstru/statecap/cap01.htm

Currency

64 Currency Converter. http://www.oanda.com/convert/classic

Current Value of Old Money

http://www.ex.ac.uk/~RDavies/arian/current/howmuch.html

Collecting US Currency http://www.currencygallery.org/collecting.htm

Dance

DanceNet http://www.dance.net/

Deaf

Deaf Linx http://www.deafmall.net/deaflinx/

American Sign Language Dictionary

http://www.masterstech-home.com/ASLDict.html

Death Records

Death Records http://home.att.net/~wee-monster/deathrecords.html

Design,Fashion SEE Fashion

Design, Home & Garden

Martha Stewart Page http://www.marthastewart.com/

Better Homes & Gardens http://www.bhg.com

Dictionaries

Your Dictionary.com. Dictionaries – subject, multilingual, grammars, translation…

http://www.yourdictionary.com/index.shtml

American Heritage Dictionary http://www.bartleby.com/am/

Merriam-Webster dictionary http://www.m-w.com/

American Sign Language Dictionary

http://www.masterstech-home.com/ASLDict.html

Dictionary of Measures, Unites & Conversion

http://www.ex.ac.uk/cimt/dictunit/dictunit.htm

Did You Ever Wonder? http://www.lbl.gov/wonder/

Directories

AT&T AnyWho. http://www.anywho.com/

Infospace http://www.infospace.com/

Switchboard http://www.switchboard.com/

Disabilities

Disabilities Resources Monthly http://www.disabilityresources.org/

Disability Specific Websites http://www.disserv.stu.umn.edu/disability/

DisABILITY Resources http://www.makoa.org/

Dissertations http://www.theses.org/

Distance Education

Distance Ed. Virtual Ed. Database. http://virtual.parkland.cc.il.us/ramage/

California Virtual Campus http://www.cvc.edu/

Resources for Learning about Distance Education http://pegasus.cc.ucf.edu/~cfche/distance.html

DNA from the Beginning http://vector.cshl.org/dnaftb

Do It Yourself.

Home Improvement http://doityourself.com/

DIY Network http://www.diynet.com/

EHow (Free Registration Required) http://www.ehow.com/home/home.jsp

Handyman USA http://www.handymanusa.com/

Documents Center. http://www.lib.umich.edu/govdocs/

Drew’s Script-o-Rama www.script-o-rama.com

Drugs

RX Drug Index. Prescription. http://www.rxlist.com/

E-Books

Search E-Books http://www.searchebooks.com/

CARRIE. Full Text Electronic Library. http://www.ukans.edu/carrie/carrie_main.html

Bartleby Books/Reference Online http://www.bartleby.com/

Project Gutenberg http://promo.net/pg/

* Net Library http://www.netlibrary.com/

Classic Reader http://www.classicreader.com/

Literature Network http://www.online-literature.com/

EarthQuakes.

Earthquakes Hazard Program. http://quake.wr.usgs.gov/

Economics.

Encyclopedia of the New Economy. http://hotwired.lycos.com/special/ene

WebEc http://netec.wustl.edu/WebEc/

Education

Education on the Web. http://www.bbc.co.uk/education/home

Electronic Theses & Dissertation http://www.theses.org/

Ellis Island Records http://199.106.235.191//

Embroidery, Cross Stitch, etc.

Knitting http://knitting.about.com/mbody.htm

Cross stitch http://crossstitch.about.com/cs/beginners/

Needlework www.needlework.com

Crochet Guild of America http://crochet.com/index.shtml

Encyclopedias

Britannica http://www.britannica.com/

Catholic Encyclopedia. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/

Encyclopedia Mythica. http://www.pantheon.org/mythica.html

Ency. of the First W. War http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/FWW.htm

Ency. of the Orient. http://i-cias.com/e.o/

Encyclopedia Smithsonian. http://www.si.edu/resource/faq/

Internet Ency. of Philosophy http://www.utm.edu/research/iep/

Encyclopedia of Psychology http://www.psychology.org/

Gareth Long's Encyclopedia of Monsters, Mythical Creatures & Fabulous Beasts

http://webhome.idirect.com/~donlong/monsters/monsters.htm

Endangered Species (Animal & Plant) http://endangered.fws.gov/wildlife.html

Environment

EPA ZIP Code Search http://www.epa.gov/epahome/comm.htm

Scorecard. Environment in Communities http://www.scorecard.org/

Global Warming` http://www.climatehotmap.org/

Envirolink http://envirolink.netforchange.com/

US Env. Prot. Agency - 9000 full text documents online http://www.epa.gov/clhtml/pubtitle.html

Nuclear Waste Maps http://www.mapscience.org/

ERSYS Statistics on Cities http://www.ersys.com/

ESL

Tower of English http://towerofenglish.com/

Ethnic Groups

National Underground Railroad Freedom Center

http://www.undergroundrailroad.org

Muslim Life in America http://usinfo.state.gov/products/pubs/muslimlife/homepage.htm

Al-Islam http://www.al-islam.org

Five Views: EthnicCalifornia http://ohp.parks.ca.gov/5Views/

Jewish History Resource Center http://www.hum.huji.ac.il/dinur

Sephardic Studies http://www.sephardicstudies.org/

African American Pamphet Collection, 1824-1909

http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/aapchtml

Moments in Black History http://www.momentsinblackhistory.com

JavaNoir http://www.javanoir.net

North American Slave Narratives http://docsouth.unc.edu/neh/nehmain.html

Hall of Black Achievement http://www.bridgew.edu/HOBA/gallery.htm

Minority Links http://www.census.gov/pubinfo/www/afamhot1.html

Minorities/Cultural/Ethnic:Latino/Chicano/Hispanic Resources http://www.at-la.com

Multicultural Education & Ethnic Groups

http://wwwlibrary.csustan.edu/lboyer/multicultural/main.htm

Literature: Ethnic & Minority Focus http://www.lib.wsc.ma.edu/engeth.htm

Chinese American Contribution to Transcontinental Railroad http://cprr.org/Museum/Chinese.html

Media Action Network for Asian Americans http://www.manaa.org

Korean-American WWW Sites http://www.duke.edu/~myhan/s-kawww.html

Chinese American History Timeline http://www.itp.berkeley.edu/~asam121/timeline.html

Latino News Network http://www.latnn.com

Lanic Hispanic/Latino http://utexas.edu/la/region/hispanic

American Latino http://www.politicomagazine.com

Center for Multilingual, Multicultural Research: Latino/Hispanic Resources

http://www-ref.usc.edu/~cmmr/Latino.html

Etiquette. Emily Post 1922. http://www.bartleby.com/95/

Japanese Manners & Etiquette http://www.geocities.com/japanfaq/FAQ-Manners.html

Business Etiquette http://www.executiveplanet.com/community/

Internet Etiquette/Netiquette http://www.albion.com/netiquette/

Nonverbal Dictionary of Gestures, Signs, & body Language

http://members.aol.com/nonverbal3/refs.htm

Manners International http://www.ryangrpinc.com/

European Commission Press. Live updated transmissions.

http://europa.eu.int/comm/press_room/index.htm

European Media News http://www.europemedia.net/

Fairy Tales.

Full Text Fairy Tales. gopher://ftp.std.com:70/11/obi/book/Fairy.Tales/Grimm OR

http://www-2.cs.cmu.edu/~spok/grimmtmp/

Folklore & Mythology Electronic Texts - using the Aarne Thompson classification

http://www.pitt.edu/~dash/folktexts.html

Farmers Almanac http://www.farmersalmanac.com/

Fashion

Fashion Windows/Designers http://www.fashionwindows.com/

Federal Register http://www.archives.gov/

Federal Web Locator http://www.infoctr.edu/fwl/

Film

Internet Movie Database. http://www.imdb.com/

Movie Criticism & Review http://www.metacritic.com/

Movie Review http://www.mrqe.com/

First Aid.

Skill for Life. http://firstaid.eire.org/Firstaid_index.html

Flowers SEE Plants

Foreign Languages

I Love Languages http://www.ilovelanguages.com

Foreign Languages for Travelers http://www.travlang.com/languages/

Foreign Language Resources on the Web

http://www.itp.berkeley.edu/~thorne/HumanResources.html

FL Teach WWW Resources for Language Teachers

http://www.cortland.edu/flteach/flteach-res.html

Translator Dictionary http://translator.dictionary.com/text.html

YourDictionary.com http://yourdictionary.com

Help for Students Learning Languages http://www.oberoi-net.com/language.html

Fungi

Fungi of California http://www.mykoweb.com/CAF/

Gallup Polls. http://www.gallup.com/

Games

Streetplay http://streetplay.com/

Gardening SEE Plants

Genealogy

Death Records http://home.att.net/~wee-monster/deathrecords.html

Geography.

Geography Network http://www.geographynetwork.com/

Fundamentals of Physical Geography http://www.geog.ouc.bc.ca/physgeog/home.html

Geography World http://members.aol.com/bowermanb/101.html

Geology

Plate Tectonics http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/geology/tectonics.html

Global Warming:

Early warning signs http://www.climatehotmap.org/

US Climate Action Report 2002 http://www.epa.gov/globalwarming/publications/car/

Glossarist http://www.glossarist.com

Gothic Literature http://www.litgothic.com/

Government SEE ALSO United States

Governments on the Web http://www.gksoft.com/govt/en/

Grammar.

Guide to Grammar & Writing. http://ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/

Dr. Grammar http://www.drgrammar.org

Grammar Now! http://www.grammarnow.com/

Guinness World Records http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/

Hazardous Materials: See Poisons

Health. See Medical

Herbs

An Illustrated Herbal http://www.magdalin.com/herbal/

Hiking Trails, California http://tchester.org/sgm/hikes.html

Hispanic Resources SEE Latino Resources, ALSO Ethnic

History.

Hyperhistory. http://www.hyperhistory.com/

Virtual Library – History http://www.ukans.edu/history/VL/

*Biography of America http://www.anb.org/

Ellis Island Records http://www.ellisislandrecords.com/

Victorian Emporium http://www.thevictorianemporium.net/

History and Kennedy, John F. www.jfklink.com

History & Politics Out Loud http://www.hpol.org/

Ansel Adams (Manzanar) http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/aamhtml

American Women’s History http://frank.mtsu.edu/~kmiddlet/history/women.html

Old West http://homepages.dsu.edu/jankej/oldwest/oldwest.htm

Historical Text Archives http://historicaltextarchive.com/links.php

The Napoleonic Guide http://www.napoleonguide.com

WW I Resources. http://www.ukans.edu/~kansite/ww_one/links.html

WW I Poetry. Virtual Seminars http://info.ox.ac.uk/jtap/

Ency. of the First World War http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/FWW.htm

WWII Resources on Web http://www.ibiblio.org/pha/

Documents of WW II http://www.mtholyoke.edu/acad/intrel/ww2.htm

History: The 20th Century Year-by-Year http://multied.com/20th/index.html

Revolutionary War Hall http://www.warmuseum.net/revolutionarywarhall/

CivilWarHome CivilWarHome http://www.civilwarhome.com/

Civil War State & Campaign Battles http://www2.cr.nps.gov/abpp/battles/tvii.htm

Lewis & Clark (PBS) http://www.pbs.org/lewisandclark/

Lewis & Clark (Time) http://www.time.com/time/2002/lewis_clark/

Hobo Signs & Symbols

Holidays http://holidays.net

Holocaust

Holocaust History Project http://www.holocaust-history.org/

Home Improvement

DIY Home Improvement http://doityourself.com/

HGTV http://www.hgtv.com/

Horticulture SEE Plants

Hot Topics Supersites. http://infodome.sdsu.edu/research/guides/hot/supersites.shtml

Hoovers Business Info. http://www.hoovers.com/

How Stuff Works. http://www.howstuffworks.com/index.htm

How to

Ehow http://www.ehow.com/

So You Wanna http://www.soyouwanna.com/

Humanities Text Initiative http://www.hti.umich.edu/

Humbul Humanities Hub http://www.humbul.ac.uk/

Humorous Monologues & Poems http://www.monologues.co.uk/

I

Illustration.

Illustrator Biographies. http://www.bpib.com/illustra.htm

Alphabet of Ilustrators http://www.adh.brighton.ac.uk/schoolofdesign/MA.COURSE/01/LIA01.html

Insects. http://www.isis.vt.edu/~fanjun/text/Links.html

Internet

Internet Tutorials.

http://english.unitecnology.ac.nz/resources/resources/tutorial/home.html

Hobbes Internet Timeline http://www.zakon.org/robert/internet/timeline/

ConnectNet. Fighting the digital divide by finding a free/low cost place near you where

you can get access to a computer and help. http://www.connectnet.com/

Internet Archive. Wayback Machine http://www.archive.org/

Cyberatlas. Internet Statistics http://cyberatlas.internet.com/

Inventions

Inventions history

http://www.cbc4kids.ca/general/the-lab/history-of- invention/default.html

National Inventor’s Hall of Fame http://www.invent.org/hall_of_fame/1_1_search.asp

Japanese Ameicans – Internment.

Ansel Adams (Manzanar) http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/aamhtml

JFK Link http://www.jfklink.com

Jigsaw Puzzles http://www.dltk-kids.com/puzzle.htm

Jobs SEE Careers

Kelley Blue Book http://www.kbb.com/

Kennedy, John F. www.jfklink.com

Language.

I Love Languages. http://www.ilovelanguagues.com/

Languages of the World http://www.threeweb.ad.jp/logos/index.html

BBC Online Tutorials http://www.bbc.co.uk/education/languages/

Language Tools http://www.itools.com/lang/

Interesting things for ESL Students http://www.manythings.org/

Latin America.

Latin American Network Info. Center http://lanic.utexas.edu/

Internet Resources for Latin America http://libnmsu.edu/subject/bord/laguia

Latino/Hispanic Resources SEE ALSO Ethnic Groups

Latino News Network http://www.latnn.com

Lanic Hispanic/Latino http://utexas.edu/la/region/hispanic

American Latino http://www.politicomagazine.com

Center for Multilingual, Multicultural Research: Latino/Hispanic Resources

http://www-ref.usc.edu/~cmmr/Latino.html

Hispanic & Latino History http://web.uvic.ca/hrd/history.learn-teach/LatinoPage.htm

The Diversity Center: Latino/Hispanic Web Sites

http://www.acs.ohio-state.edu/ftad/CSP/latino.htm

Law

FindLaw. http://www.findlaw.com/

Guide to Law Online http://memory.loc.gov/glin/worldlaw.html

Laws.com. http://www.laws.com/

Legal Forms http://uslegalforms.com/

American Bar Association http://www.abalawinfo.org/

League of Women Voters http://www.lwv.org/

Lemon Law Info http://www.123car.com/lemon/lemonbystate.html

Letters.

550+ Business Letters Samples http://www.4hb.com/letters/

Business Letters Overview http://writing.colostate.edu/references/documents/bletter/

Lewis & Clark

Lewis & Clark (PBS) http://www.pbs.org/lewisandclark/

Lewis & Clark (Time) http://www.time.com/time/2002/lewis_clark/

Library.

Libdex. Library Index. http://www.libdex.com/

Calif. Digital Library (Melvyl) http://www.cdlib.org/

Library of Congress http://www.loc.gov/

L.C. Classification http://www.wabash.edu/library/LIBGUI/LIBCON.HTM

CARRIE. Full Text Electronic Library. http://www.ukans.edu/carrie/carrie_main.html

Bartleby Books/Reference Online http://www.bartleby.com/

Net Library http://www.netlibrary.com/

Librarian’s Index to the Internet http://lii.org/

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

Library Book Sales http://www.librarybooksales.org/

Library HQ http://www.libraryhq.com/

SOL Spanish in our Libraries http://www.sol-plus.net/sol.htm

Libraries & Patriot Legislation http://www.ala.org/washoff/patriot.html

Life Sciences.

Life Sciences http://scout.cs.wisc.edu/nsdl-reports/life-sci/current

Lists.

Price’s List of Lists. http://www.freepint.com/gary/listof.htm

Literary Criticism SEE Literature.

Literary Gothic http://www.litgothic.com/

Literature

Literary Criticism. http://www.ipl.org/ref/litcrit/

Cambridge History of English & American Literature. (18 vols. Searchable)

http://www.bartleby.com/cambridge/

Novel Guide http://www.novelguide.com/

Critical Reading. http://www.brocku.ca/english/jlye/criticalreading.html

Mitsuharu Matsuoka http://www.lang.nagoya-u.ac.jp/~matsuoka/

US Literary Map Project http://216.132.160.237/litmap/amcollectlitmap.htm

Norton Websource to American Literature http://www.wwnorton.com/naal/

Pink Monkey http://www.pinkmonkey.com/

Free Book Notes http://www.freebooknotes.com/

Arts & Letters Daily http://www.aldaily.com/

Los Angeles Almamac http://www.losangelesalmanac.com/

Lyrics.

The Lyrics Library http://tinpan.fortunecity.com/blondie/313/

Aria Database http://www.aria-database.com/index2.html

Lyrics Planet http://www.lyricsplanet.com/

A-Z Lyrics Universe http://www.azlyrics.com/

Magazines/Journals.

Scientific American http://www.sciam.com/

FindArticles.com http://www.findarticles.com/PI/index.jhtml

MagPortal http://www.magportal.com/

Making of America.

Cornell MOA Project http://cdl.library.cornell.edu/moa/

UMich MOA Project http://moa.umdl.umich.edu/

Manifest Destiny.

Index on Manifest Destiny http://odur.let.rug.nl/~usa/E/manifest/manifxx.htm

Manifest Destiny Introduction Page http://www.pbs.org/kera/usmexicanwar/dialogues/prelude/manifest/manifestdestiny.html

Manzanar

Ansel Adams (Manzanar) http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/aamhtml

Maps

Perry Castaneda Library Map Collection http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/index.html

MapQuest. Get directions to locations. http://www.mapquest.com/

Topozone. “Every USGS 1:100,000, 1: 63,360, 1:25,000, and 1: 24,000 scale map for

entire USA” http://www.topozone.com/

Multimap. Street& Aerial maps of Europe http://www.multimap.co.uk

Martha Stewart Page http://www.marthastewart.com/

Martindale Hubble Lawyer Locator http://www.martindale.com/locator/home.html

Materials

Online Materials Info Source (polymers, metals, ceramics…) http://www.matweb.com/

Mathematics

MacTutor History of Math. http://turnbull.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/~history/

Polygons, etc. http://mathforum.org/dr.math/faq/faq.polygon.names.html

Engineering, Math, and Computing Internet Resources

http://www.eevl.ac.uk/mathematics

Mathgate http://www.mathgate.ac.uk/

Mathforum http://mathforum.com

Sci-Math World http://library.rider.edu/scholarly/rlackie/sci

Mudd Math Fun Facts http://www.math.hmc.edu/funfacts

Math, Engineering, & Technology http://scout.cs.wisc.edu/nsdl-reports/met/current

Mechanic Net http://www.mechanicnet.com/

Medical.

Medical & Surgical Glossary/Dictionary http://www.mtdesk.com/swg.shtml

Mental Health. Guide to common mental disorders. http://www.mentalhealth.com/

Merck Manual of Medical Information. Home ed. http://www.merckhomeedition.com/

Lab Tests Online http://www.labtestsonline.org/

Folk Medicine http://www2.humnet.ucla.edu/humnet/folkmed/

Health A to Z http://www.healthatoz.com/atoz/

Chronic Disease Prevention Databases http://www.cdc.gov/cdp

Women's Health Initiative http://www.whi.org/

National Center for Health Statistics http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/

Megan's Law SEE Sex Offenders

Meteorology

Online Meteorology Guide http://ww2010.atmos.uiuc.edu/(Gh)/guides/mtr/home.rxml

Military Uniforms

US Army in Uniform 1747 - Present. http://www.tekawiz.com

Minerals

Mineral Identification http://www.rockhounds.com/rockshop/mineral_id/

Missions, California

California Missions http://www.californiamissions.com/

Money

Money Skills http://www.practicalmoneyskills.com/index.php

Mother Goose Pages

http://www-personal.umich.edu/~pfa/dreamhouse/nursery/rhymesABC.html

Movie Reviews

Internet Movie Database (IMDb) http://www.imdb.com

Roger Ebert www.suntimes.com/index/ebert.html

Metacritic http://www.metacritic.com/film

Movie Review http://www.mrqe.com/

Municipal codes

General http://ordlink.com/codes.htm

California http://california.lp.findlaw.com/CA01_codes/municode.html

Museums

Museum of Online Museums http://www.coudal.com/archives/museum.html

Museums Online http://www.museumstuff.com/

Music

Instrument Encyclopedia. http://www.si.umich.edu/chico/instrument

Classical. http://www.andante.com/

Mutopia. (Like Project Gutenberg, for Sheet Music) http://www.mutopiaproject.org/

All Music http://www.allmusic.com/

The Classical Music Pages http://w3.rz-berlin.mpg.de/cmp/

Mystica (Occult, paranormal, magic..) http://www.themystica.com/

Myths

Encyclopedia Mythica. http://www.pantheon.org/mythica.html

Greek Mythology http://frizzell.org/Greek/greek_myth.html

N

Napoleon Bonaparte

The Napoleonic Guide http://www.napoleonguide.com

Native Americans SEE ALSO Ethnic Groups

Native American Resouces http://si.edu/resource/faq/nmai/start.htm

Native American History & Culture http://www.etsu.edu/cas/history/natam.htm

Native American Sites http://www.nativeculture.com/lisamitten/indians.html

Native Web http://www.nativeweb.org

WWW Virtual Library – American Indians http://www.hanksville.org/NAresources

Native American Authors http://www.ipl.org/ref/native

Nature

Enature. Fieldguides http://www.enature.com/

Nature Photo Index http://www.naturepix.com

Net Library http://www.netlibrary.com/

News

Pandia Newssearch http://www.pandia.com/news

Todays Papers. Summarizes top stories.

http://slate.msn.com/CODE/TodaysPapers/TodaysPapers.asp

BBC World Service. http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/

CEO Express http://www.ceoexpress.com/

Stateline News http://www.stateline.org/

Documents in the News UMich.

http://www.lib.umich.edu/govdocs/docnews.html

Online Newshour http://www.pbs.org/newshour/background.html

Newspapers

Newspapers World Selection. http://www.virtourist.com/newspapers/

Newslink. http://www.newslink.org

Paperboy World Papers. http://www.thepaperboy.com.au/welcome.html

BlackPress http://www.blackpressusa.com/

World Newspapers http://www.world-newspapers.com/

US Newspaper Links http://www.usnpl.com/

Power Reporting http://www.powerreporting.com/

Nobel Prize Internet Archive http://www.almaz.com/nobel/nobel.html

Normandy Invasion http://www.army.mil/cmh-pg/brochures/normandy/nor-pam.htm

Norton Online. American Literature http://www.wwnorton.com/naal

English Literature http://www.wwnorton.com/nael

Nuclear Waste

Maps http://www.mapscience.org/

Nursing Homes

Nursing Homes http://www.medicare.gov/nhcompare/home.asp

Nutrition

American Dietetic Assoc. http://www.eatright.org/

Tufts Nutrition Navigator http://navigator.tufts.edu

Food & Nutrition Information Center http://www.nal.usda.gov/fnic

Nutrition.gov http://www.nutrition.gov/home/index.php3

Nutrient Data Laboratory http://www.nal.usda.gov/fnic/foodcomp/

Institute of Food Research http://www.thepaperboy.com.au/welcome.html

Obituaries

Obituary Daily Times. http://obits.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/obit.cgi

Online Publishers http://www.1stbooks.com/

Opinions

Gallup Polls. http://www.gallup.com/

Public Agenda Online http://www.publicagenda.org/

Oscars.

Greatest Films http://www.greatwomen.org/

Academy Award Winners http://www.filmsite.org/oscars.html

Paleontology

Museum of Paleontology http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/

Periodic Table of Elements http://www.vcs.ethz.ch/chemglobe/ptoe/

Periodical Article Databases

Find Articles. http://www.findarticles.com/

MagPortal. http://www.magportal.com/

Periodicals

Scientific American Online http://www.sciam.com/

Pets

AKC – American Kennel Club http://www.akc.org/index.cfm

Care for Pets http://www.avma.org/care4pets

Caring for Cats http://www.cfainc.org/caring.html

Pet Bird Links http://home.talkcity.com/ROFLWay/prismlights/birdlinks.html

Uncle Matty’s Dog Training http://www.unclematty.com/index_flash.htm

Philosophy

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

Philosophy Research Base. http://www.erraticimpact.com/

Phone Numbers SEE Telephone Numbers

Phonetics

International Phonetic Alphabet http://www2.arts.gla.ac.uk/IPA/ipachart.html

Physical Sciences SEE ALSO Astronomy and Chemistry

Physics Classroom http://www.physicsclassroom.com/

Physical Sciences Information Gateway http://www.psigate.ac.uk/homenew.htm

Physical Sciences http://scout.cs.wisc.edu/nsdl-reports/phys-sci/current

*PlagiServe Global Academic Integrity Service http://www.plagiserve.com/

Planets

The 9 Planets. http://seds.lpl.arizona.edu/nineplanets/nineplanets/nineplanets.html

Plants

The Families of Flowering Plants http://biodiversity.uno.edu/delta/angio

Botany.com http://www.botany.com

The Language of Flowers http://www.cybercom.net/~klb/flowers.html

Wildflowers in Bloom http://aggie-horticulture.tamu.edu/wildseed/wildflowers.html

The Garden Helper http://www.thegardenhelper.com/houseplants.html

WWW Virtual Library Gardening Links http://www.gardenweb.com/vl/

Rose Colors, Varieties, & Meanings http://pagecreator.com/home/icint005/page6.html

Links to Useful Sites http://www.ils.unc.edu/daniel/PIC/Links.html

Discover Life: Plants

http://pick1.pick.uga.edu/cgi-bin/20q?act=x_banner&guide=Plants&show_images=on&btx...

Encyclopedia of Plants & Botanical Dictionary http://www.botany.com/

Master Gardener http://www.hcs.ohio-state.edu/mg/manual/index.htm

Botany WWW Sites http://www.botany.org/bsa/www-bot.html

HGTV http://www.hgtv.com/

Fungi of California http://www.mykoweb.com/CAF/

An Illustrated Herbal http://www.magdalin.com/herbal/intro_page.htm

Plays

Plays Online http://www.vl-theatre.com/list4.shtml

Pledge of Allegiance History http://www.ifx.net/%7Ewjohnson/pledge.htm

Poetry

Poets Corner. http://www.geocities.com/~spanoudi/poems/index.html

Poetry About. http://poetry.about.com/arts/poetry

UCT Poetry Web. http://www.uct.ac.za/projects/poetry/poetlink

Poetry Society of America. http://www.poetrysociety.org/psa-links.html

Oxford Book of English Verse. Searchable by era, name, first line.

http://www.bartleby.com/101/

Representative Poetry Online http://www.library.utoronto.ca/utel/rp/intro.html

Poetry Archives http://www.emule.com/poetry/

Poisons

Poisonous Plants, Guide to http://www.vth.colostate.edu/poisonous_plants/

California Poison Control

http://wellness.ucdavis.edu/safety_info/poison_prevention/poison_book/

Toxicological Profiles http://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/toxpro2.html

Hazardous Substances http://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/cxcx3.html

Political Science

CIAO Columbia International Affairs. http://www.ciaonet.org/linksfrm.htm

UMichigan Documents Center. http://www.lib.umich.edu/govdocs

History and Politics Out Loud http://www.hpol.org/

Polls

Gallup Polls http://www.gallup.com/

Popular Culture SEE ALSO Advertising.

Online Resources http://www.wsu.edu:8080/~amerstu/pop/ads.html

Social Cultural Groups – See – Yahoo/Society & Culture/Culture & Groups

POTUS (Presidents…United States) http://www.ipl.org/ref/POTUS/

Pre-Raphaelites.

Pre-Raphaelite Passion http://www.nouveaunet.com/prbpassion/

Project VoteSmart http://www.vote-smart.org/issues/

Pronunciation

Voice of America Guide http://www.voa.gov/pronunciations

Proposals

Proposal Writing Short Course http://fdncenter.org/learn/shortcourse/prop1.html

Psychology

Encyclopedia of Psychology http://www.psychology.org/

Public Policy Issues

Calif Senate Office of Research http://www.sen.ca.gov/sor/reports.htm

Public Agenda Online http://www.publicagenda.org/

Public Records

Search Systems. http://www.searchsystems.net/

PubList Directory of Publications http://www.publist.com/

Quotations

Quotations Page http://www.quotationspage.com/

Creative Quotations. Searchable & cites source of quotation. Theme indexes.

http://www.bemorecreative.com/home-cq.shtml

Barlett's Quotations http://www.barlteby.com/

Rankings

Price’s List of Lists. http://www.freepint.com/gary/listof.htm

Recipes.

AllRecipes.com http://www.allrecipes.com/

Epicurious http://eat.epicurious.com/

Iowa State U. Tasty Insect Recipes

http://www.ent.iastate.edu/misc/insectsasfood.html

Olde Cookery Book (pre 1900 recipes) http://www.bahnhof.se/~chimbis/tocb/

Recipe Source http://www.recipesource.com/

Reference

RefDesk. http://www.refdesk.com/

Ready Ref Files. Santa Cruz Public Library fact file.

http://www.santacruzpl.org/cgi-bin/readyref.pl

Xrefer. Searches well known reference books. http://xrefer.com/

Library Spot http://www.libraryspot.com/

US Depository Ref http://www.columbia.edu/cu/lweb/indiv/dsc/readyref.html

Martindales Reference Desk http://www-sci.lib.uci.edu/HSG/Ref.html

Librarians Index to the Internet http://lii.org/

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

Virtual Reference Shelf http://www.loc.gov/rr/askalib/virtualref.html

Research

Where to do Research http://www.wheretodoresearch.com/

Resource Discovery Network http://rdn.ac.uk/

Resumes.

50+ Resume Examples http://www.susanireland.com/resumeindex.htm

Revolutionary War Hall http://www.warmuseum.net/revolutionarywarhall/

Rhyming

Rhyming Dictionary http://www.rhymezone.com

Rock Music

All Music http://www.allmusic.com/

Rock Wisdom. Quotes from rock song lyrics. http://www.rockwisdom.com/

Roget’s Thesaurus http://www.thesaurus.com

Route 66 http://www.wemweb.com/

Rules

Everyrule http://www.everyrule.com

Scholarships

College Scholarships http://www.college-scholarships.com/

Science SEE ALSO Physical Sciences, Zoology

World Scientist. http://www.worldscientist.com/

Scientific American. http://www.sciam.com/

Why Files http://whyfiles.org/

NY Times Science http://www.nytimes.com/pages/science/index.html

SciTech Resources.Gov http://www.scitechresources.gov

DNA from the Beginning http://vector.cshl.org/dnaftb

Science Fair Handbook http://www.eduplace.com/science/profdev/science_fair/

Science Fiction.

Ultimate Science Fiction Web Guide

http://www.magicdragon.com/UltimateSF/SF-Index.html

Univ. Michigan Science Fiction & Fantasy Page

http://www.umich.edu/~umfandsf/other/m_etext.html

Scientific American Magazine http://www/sciam.com/

Scout Report http://scout.cs.wisc.edu/

Scripts/Screenplays

Script-o-rama. http://www.script-o-rama.com/

Shackleton Voyage of Endurance http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/shackleton/

Sex Offenders Megan's Law http://caag.state.ca.us/megan/

Shakespeare

Complete Works. http://tech-two.mit.edu/Shakespeare/works.html

Library of the Internet Shakespeare Editions

http://web.uvic.ca/shakespeare/Library/index.html

Sonnets http://www.shakespeares-sonnets.com/

Short Stories (Full Text)

East of the Web http://www.short-stories.co.uk/

Classic Short Stories http://mbhs.bergtraum.k12.ny.us/cybereng/shorts/

Classic Horror Short Stories http://atoledo.freeyellow.com/stories.html

Bibliomania Short Stories http://www.bibliomania.com/0/5/frameset.html

Sign Language Dictionary

American Sign Language

http://www.masterstech-home.com/ASLDict.html

Signs & Symbols

International Signs & Symbols

http://english.unitecnology.ac.nz/resources/units/signs_symbols/international.html

Sites in Spanish/Sitias en Espanol http://www.logan.lib.ut.us/directry/links/spanish.html

Skulls http://www.calacademy.org/exhibits/skulls/

Skyscrapers http://www.skyscrapers.com/

Slave Narratives

N. American, e texts. http://docsouth.unc.edu/neh/texts.html

Social Science

Social Science Gateway http://sosig.esrc.bris.ac.uk

SOL Spanish in our Libraries http://www.sol-plus.net/sol.htm

Solar System.

The 9 Planets. http://seds.lpl.arizona.edu/nineplanets/nineplanets/nineplanets.html

Special Effects. Movies http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/specialfx2/

Speeches

Douglass Archives of American Public Address http://douglass.speech.nwu.edu/

Women’s Speeches…World http://gos.sbc.edu/

Great American Speeches http://www.pbs.org/greatspeeches/timeline/index.html

Great Speeches http://www.chicago-law.net/speeches/speech.html

Sport

ESPN http://espn.go.com/

State Information.

50 States. http://www.50states.com/

Stateline News http://www.stateline.org/

Statistics

Statistical Abstract of the U.S. http://www.census.gov/statab/www/

Ameristat http://www.ameristat.org/

American Fact Finder http://factfinder.census.gov/

Statistical Abstract of California http://www.dof.ca.gov/html/fs_data/stat-abs/toc.htm

Statistics.com http://www.statistics.com/

ERSYS Statistics on Cities http://www.ersys.com/

Highway Statistics 2000 http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/ohim/ohimstat.htm

Eurostat http://europa.eu.int/comm/eurostat/Public

National Center for Health Statistics

http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/products/pubs/pubd/hus/hus.htm

Streetplay http://streetplay.com/

Study Help Sites

Sparknotes. (Harvard U) http://www.sparknotes.com

Pink Monkey. (Barrons - free subscription) http://www.pinkmonkey.com/

Subject Directories

Librarians Index to Internet. http://www.lii.org/

About.com http://www.about.com/

BUBL http://bubl.ac.uk/link/

Yahoo! http://www.yahoo/com

Open Directory http://dmoz.org

Supersearchers http://www.infotoday.com/supersearchers

Supreme Court Justices http://oyez.at.northwestern.edu/justices/justices.cgi

Tabloid Photos from LA Herald Express 1936 - 1961 http://www.lapl.org/photo/local/

Taking Sides http://www.dushkin.com/takingsides/

Telephone Numbers SEE ALSO Addresses

AT&T AnyWho. http://www.anywho.com/

Infospace http://www.infospace.com/

Switchboard http://www.switchboard.com/

411.com http://www.411.com

Telephone Directories on the Web (World directories) http://www.teldir.com/

Television

Television Production Handbook http://www.movingpicturestv.com/TV_Book.htm

Television Production text http://www.cybercollege.com/tvp_ind.htm

Terrorism

CDI Terrorism Project http://www.cdi.org/terrorism/

Terrorism Q&A http://www.terrorismanswers.com/home/

Tests & Testing

Tests http://www.allthetests.com/

Theses

Electronic Theses & Dissertations http://www.theses.org/

Thesaurus.

Roget’s Thesaurus http://www.thesaurus.com/

Thomas Register http://www2.thomasregister.com/

Timelines

All Topics Timelines. http://www.canisius.edu/~emeryg/time.html

Our Timelines (can personalize) http://www.ourtimelines.com/

Titanic.

Encyclopedia Titanica http://www.encyclopedia-titanica.org/

Travel

Fodor’s http://www.fodors.com

Frommer’s http://www.frommers.com

Orbitz http://www.orbitz.com

Virtual Tourist http://www.virtualtourist.com/

USA Today Travel http://www.usatoday.com/travel/tfront.htm

Trees

ISU Forestry Tree Identification http://www.extension.iastate.edu/pages/tree/key.html

Tree Identification and Dendrology: Forestry http://forestry.about.com/cs/treeid Links to Links to Useful Sites http://www.ils.unc.edu/daniel/PIC/Links.html

Leaf Identification

http://pick1.pick.uga.edu/cgi-bin/20q?act=x_banner&guide=Plants&show_images=on&btx...

What Tree is it? http://www.oplin.lib.oh.us/products/tree/

Basics of Tree ID http://www.cnr.vt.edu/dendro/forsite/Idtree.htm

Tutorials

Bare Bones 101. http://www.sc.edu/beaufort/library/bones.html

Free_Ed http://www.free-ed.net/

Tutorialfind. http://www.tutorialfind.com/tutorials/

Find Tutorials http://www.findtutorials.com/

Twentieth Century

Year by Year http://www.multied.com/20th/index.html

http://www.scopesys.com/today/

http://www.infoplease.com/millennium1.html

UK 2002 (formerly Britain Yearbook) http://www.statistics.gov.uk/statbase/Product.asp?vlnk=5703&More=N

Underground Railroad Freedom Center http://www.undergroundrailroad.org

Uniforms

US Army in Uniform 1747 - Present. http://www.tekawiz.com

United Nations. http://www.un.org/

United States.

Ameristat http://www.ameristat.org/

Census Bureau http://www.census.gov/

Code http://www4.law.cornell.edu/uscode/

Federal Register http://www.archives.gov/

Federal Web Locator http://www.infoctr.edu/fwl/

Government Printing Office. http://www.gpo.gov/

House of Representatives. http://www.house.gov/

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

National Archives & Records Administration (NARA) Online Exhibits.

http://www.nara.gov/exhall/exhibits.html

Senate. http://www.senate.gov/

Stateline News http://www.stateline.org/

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

White House http://www.whitehouse.gov/

Almanac of American Politics http://nationaljournal.com/members/almanac

US Army Corps of Engineers Digital Library http://images.usace.army.mil/main.html

Victorian Times

Victorian Emporium http://www.thevictorianemporium.net/

Victorian Dictionary http://www.victorianlondon.org/

Vietnam War

The Vietnam War Internet Project http://www.vwip.org/vwiphome.html

Virtual Reference Shelf http://www.loc.gov/rr/askalib/virtualref.html

Vocabulary

Vocabulary Puzzles & Tests. http://www.vocabulary.com/

Voice of America Pronunciation Guide http://www.voa.gov/pronunciations

Wayback Machine Internet Archive http://www.archive.org/

Web100 Business sites. http://metamoney.com/w100/

Weights & Measures

Common Weights & Measures http://www.cchem.berkeley.edu/ChemResources/Weights-n-Measures/weights-n-measures.html

Dictionary of Measures,Units,Conversions

http://www.ex.ac.uk/cimt/dictunit/dictunit.htm

Weights, Measures, Conversions http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0001657.html

West, American

Old West http://homepages.dsu.edu/jankej/oldwest/oldwest.htm

America’s West http://www.americanwest.com/

Personalities of the West http://www.over-land.com/westpers4.html

The West (PBS) http://www.pbs.org/weta/thewest/

What is …?(Technology definitions) http://whatis.techtarget.com/

White House http://www.whitehouse.gov/

Why Files. Science behind the News http://whyfiles.org/

Wildflowers SEE Plants

Wildlife

California’s Wildlife http://www.dfg.ca.gov/whdab/html/cawildlife.html

Endangered Species http://endangered.fws.gov/wildlife.html

Women

Women’s History http://www.mtsu.edu/~kmiddlet/history/women.html

Women Mathematicians http://www.agnesscott.edu/lriddle/women/women.htm

National Women’s Hall of Fame http://www.greatwomen.org/

Women's Health Initiative http://www.whi.org/

Woodworking.com http://www.woodworking.com/

*World Almanac http://www.2facts.com/WA/WA-main.asp

World Factbook. http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/

World Records Guinness http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/

World Statesmen. From 1700's on… http://www.worldstatesmen.org/

World Wars

WW I Resources. http://www.ukans.edu/~kansite/ww_one/links.html

WW I Poetry. Virtual Seminars http://info.ox.ac.uk/jtap/

Ency. of the First World War http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/FWW.htm

WWII Resources on Web http://www.ibiblio.org/pha/

Documents of WW II http://www.mtholyoke.edu/acad/intrel/ww2.htm

Writing

All about Writing. http://www.write101.com/

Omniglot Guide to Writing Systems http://www.omniglot.com/

XYZ

X Refer http://w2.xrefer.com/

Zip Codes

Zip Code Directory http://www.usps.gov/ncsc/lookups/lookup_zip+4.html

Zoology

Zoological Record http:/ /www.biosis.org/free_resources/classifn/classifn.html

Animal Diversity Web http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/

Enature Fieldguides http://www.enature.com/

Guide to the Animal Kingdom

http://www.biosis.org/free_resources/classifn/classifn.html

Sounds of the World’s Animals

http://www.georgetown.edu/cball/animals/animals.html

Animals/Wildlife http://animals.about.com/mbody.htm

Biology Online http://www.biology-online.org/

UCMP Phylogeny Wing http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/alllife/threedomains.html

…AND, JUST FOR FUN

Animated Web Sites

How to Keep an Idiot Busy. . . At Least for a Couple of Minutes

www.pagetutor.com/idiot/idiot.html

Perpetual Bubble Wrap www.urban75.com/Mag/bubble.html

WiseCat Magic Trick www.wisecat.vispa.com/trick/index.html

Mr. Potato Head , Tic-Tac-Toe, Chase-the-Dot

http://php.iupui.edu/~kcarmony/klingon/dumplinks/diversions.html

General Fun Web sites

Roadside America www.roadsideamerica.com

WackyUses www.wackyuses.com

DMarie Time Capsule http://dmarie.com/timecap/

Pseudointellectual Web Sits

Darwin Awards www.darwinawards.com

Annals of Improbable Research (Hot AIR) www.improb.com

Wonderful Web Sites

Comic Art www.comic-art.com/comgalry.htm

Penguin Classics Trivia Book Quiz www.PenguinClassics.com

Drew’s Script-o-Rama www.script-o-rama.com

Online Postcards

Bow Creek Post Cards www.bowcreek.com

ActionCat www.actioncat.com

Blue Mountain www.bluemountain.com

WEB SITE EVALUATION

Use these sites to demonstrate evaluation techniques to students

Clones R Us http://www.d-b.net/dti/

Clones R Us http://www.geocities.com/TelevisionCity/Network/9000/

Dihydrogen Monoxide Research Division http://www.dhmo.org/

Feline Reactions to Bearded Men http://www.improbable.com/airchives/classical/cat/cat.html

Mankato http://www.lme.mankato.msus.edu/mankato/mankato.html

T is for Thinking. Go to Pop Quiz exercise halfway down the page that compares two AIDs sites.

http://www.ithaca.edu/library/Training/hott.html

SEARCH TOOLS

Besides the usual search tools like Yahoo, Alta Vista, etc, you might also want to try these…

Best Search Tools. List by the Librarians Index/Internet. http://lii.org/search/file/searchtools

Google http://www.google.com/

IxQuick http://www.ixquick.com/

Lycos http://www.lycos.com

Mamma – Metasearch. “The Mother of all SE’s” http://www.mamma.com/

Quigo Deep Invisible Web Search http://www.quigo.com/

Scirus. Searching scientific subjects. http://www.scirus.com/

Search E-Books http://www.searchebooks.com/

SeachShot. Visual Search engine. http://www.searchshot.com/

SearchAbility. Guide to Specialized Search Engines. http://www.searchability.com/

Search4Science http://www.search4science.com/

Teoma http://www.teoma.com/

Vivisimo. Meta search engine. http://www.vivisimo.com/

Search Engine Watch. For keeping up with developments. http://www.searchenginewatch.com/

Top 9 http://www.top9.com/top99s/top99_search_engines.html

Gateway (to educational materials) - a metasearch engine that allows educators to search for lesson plans from 24,480 Internet resources http://www.thegateway.org/

JH/CS2002

D.I.Y.
Reference
An A - Z of
Reference
Web sites

Compiled and updated by Judy Harris and Claudia Striepe, August 2002

Emails: Judy Harris jharris@elcamino.cc.ca.us

Claudia Striepe cstriepe@elcamino.cc.ca.us

Website: http://www.judia.0catch.com/