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Biography.com |
Genealogy |
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Distantcousin.com |
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Mythology and Folklore |
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Encyclopedia Mythica |
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Sign Language |
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A Basic Dictionary of
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Language Usage |
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Guide to Grammar and
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Abbreviations and Acronyms |
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Acronym Finder This site identifies some 224, 000 general acronyms and abbreviations either by entering the abbreviation for identification or for finding the abbreviation for an identity. |
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Style Manuals |
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Research Guide for
Writing Research Papers Using MLA Documentaton This site offers a guide for writing research papers based on the Modern Language Association (MLA) documentation. Prepared by the Humanities Department as part of The Guide to Grammar and Writing and the Arthur C. Banks Jr. Library CAPITAL COMMUNITY COLLEGE Hartford, Connecticut. |
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Research Guide for Writing Research Papers Using APA Documentaton This site offers a guide for writing research papers based on styles recommended by the American Psychological Association (APA). Prepared by the Humanities Department as part of The Guide to Grammar and Writing and the Arthur C. Banks Jr. Library CAPITAL COMMUNITY COLLEGE Hartford, Connecticut. |
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Internet Public Library: Online
Literary Criticism Collection The IPL Literary Criticism Collection contains critical and biographical websites about authors and their works that can be browsed by author, by title, or by nationality and literary period. |
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Book Page The database is based on a monthly magazine that focuses on popular books. The sites includes reviews of recently released books. There is also an archive of previous reviews and interviews. |
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Book
Browser This site provides reading lists and books reviews plus information on book titles, authors and more. |
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BookSpot This site provides links to the best book-related sites on the Web, organized into categories such as bestseller lists, book awards, reading lists, book reviews and book news. |
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Book Wire A product of Publisher's Weekly, this site provides categorized links to four major areas: booksellers, publishers, libraries, and other book resources such as associations, book-related newsgroups, and review sources. |
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Fine Arts General Encyclopedia |
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Architecture and Building Resources |
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Worldwide Internet
Music Resources This site, sponsored by the William and Gayle Cook Music Library at Indiana University, provides links to sites pertaining to individual musicians (all genres), composers and composition, performers, genre and types of music. |
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TV Guide Online This site provides plot summaries and other information for films recently released in theaters and for rentals. Reviews of older films include a review, cast, credits, awards and nominations, ratings and running time. Daily TV program listings and other information are also provided. |
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| World History |
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HyperHistory Online |
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World History Archives There are hundreds of easily accessible copies of documents for teaching and learning about world history, divided into areas for the World--Asia and Oceania, The Americas, African and Europe. |
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A Chronology of US Historical
Documents A site sponsored by the University of Oklahoma that provides copies of documents on U.S. history. Ranges from the Magna Carts (1215) and Letters from Christopher Columbus to the King and Queen of Spain (1490's) to President Bush's 2005 State of the Union Address. |
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Statistical Abstract of the United States OR Uncle Sam's Reference Shelf This annual publication is the standard compendium of U.s. social, political, and economic statistics available. The source is arranged into 35 broad subjects, e.g., education, vital statistics, and agriculture. The focus is on the U.S. as a whole, with little attention given to smaller unites such as individual states. |
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Infoplease.com -
Countries For each country there is a profile giving basic data such as official name, head of state, area, population, capitol, largest cities, monetary unit, languages, ethnicity/race, and religion. There is also a discussion of the geography, government and history. |
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Library of Congress
Country Studies This site contains online versions of books previously published in hard copy by the Federal Research Division of the Library of Congress under the Country Studies/Area Handbook program sponsored by the U.S. Department of the Army. It includes 101 countries and regions with a number of notable omissions: Canada, France, the United Kingdom and other western nations, and a number of African countries. Although the basic information is useful, it should be noted that some accounts are not current. Since dates are provided for each section you can determine the usefulness of the information. |
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The World Factbook This database, produced the Central Intelligence Agency, provides basic information on each of of the counties of the world--topography, resources, water, people, government, economy, communications, and defense forces. Small locations maps for each country refer to twelve large maps of various parts of the world. |
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The American Presidency Articles about each president's life and term, taken from Grolier encyclopedia entries, appear on three levels: grades 3-8 from New Book of Knowledge, grades 5-adult from Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia, and grade 6-adult from Encyclopedia Americana. Other features include the Presidential Gallery containing sound clips for all presidents from Grover Cleveland to date, Historical Election Results, and Presidential Links to campaign sites, presidential libraries, parks and museums. |
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U.S. Government Official Web Portal
(Firstgov) This search engine is a treasury of online information on government services and resources covering all branches and agencies of the federal government plus state and local government and tribal agencies. |
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Thomas: Legislative Information on the
Internet Prepared by the Library of Congress, this site provides extensive information on the legislative branch of government and links to the Executive and Judicial Branches. Databases include: House Floor This Week, House Floor New, Quick Search of Text of Bills, Bill Summaries, Public Laws by Law Number, Votes-House Roll Call Votes and Senate Roll Call Votes; Congressional Record, Days-in-Session, Calendar, Committee Information and more. |
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The White House This site contains a vast amount of information on the current presidential administration--news, appointments, copies of major speeches, the president's cabinet, policies in force, major issues, etc. There are also biographies of past presidents. |
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Dictionary
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U.S. Supreme Court The official Supreme Court site that contains informational material about the Court and provides keyword searches of documents by topic. |
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Supreme Court
Decisions Supreme Court decisions for 1970 to date. |
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| World Atlases |
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Map Machine -
National Geographic Maps available at this site include World Theme (physical, political, & cultural, climate & weather, etc.), U.S. Theme (census 2000, physical, political & cultural), Street Maps, Atlas Maps (world, by continent, by ocean), Historical Maps (battle, railroads, etc.), Flags and Facts (basic information about countries), Mars, and Wild World. |
| Gazetteers |
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U.S. Census Bureau - U.S.
Gazetteer This gazetteer is used to identify places to view and obtain census data from the 1990 census. Does not included unincorporated towns. |
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The World Gazetteer This site provides current population figures for cities and towns for all countries of the world with links to maps for each area. |
| Road Atlases and Travel |
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Mapquest This site provides detailed travel directions either form one city to another or one street address to another. |
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| Colleges and Universities |
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Peterson's Colleges & Universities Provides basic facts and figures on colleges and universities, such as enrollment, costs, student statistics, financial aid, majors, library, student life, athletics, admission statistics, entrance requirements, and other information. |
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U.S. Dept. of Labor, Employment and
Training Administration This site provides links to financial aid information and other education related topics. |
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Occupational Outlook Handbook Occupational and career information that includes a description of what the worker does on the job, working conditions, training and education needed, earnings, and expected job prospects. |
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Jobsmart This site offers sample resumes and cover letters as well as other resume sources on the Web. |
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| Investments |
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Yahoo! Finance This site provides stock market reports on individual stocks and market summaries as well as top stories concerning the financial world. |
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Kelly Blue Book This service provides pricing on older models of new and used cars giving both trade n and sale price to individuals. The site also provides information on financing, insurance, warranties that is useful to car buyers. |
| Cooking |
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Recipe Source This site contains an archive of over 70,000 recipes and is organized into two major groups, ethic cuisine and types of dishes. |
| Gardening |
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Garden Web This site provides links to many topics related to gardening such as horticulture plants and famous gardens. Other useful sources include a glossary of botanical terms and advice and tips on gardening. |
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Home Improvement Encyclopedia Sponsored by Better Home and Gardens this site provides step-by-step guides on home repair and maintenance. |
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| General Science |
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General Science Resources Provides links to many general science resources. |
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Enchanted
Learning-Zoom Astronomy A comprehensive on-line site about space and astronomy. |
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NASA This site offers text and images concerning exploration of the universe. It includes links to educational resources and other tools for educators and students. |
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| Anatomy |
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Human Anatomy Online This site provides images, animations, descriptions and much more related to human anatomy. |
| Health and Medicine |
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Merck Source: Your Online Health
Partner This site sponsored by the drug company Merck, provides information on medical problems and provides links to virtual body tours and a health illustrated encyclopedia. |
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On-Line Medical Dictionary This online source provides definitions for terms having to do with medicine or science, including acronyms, jargon and theory. |
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NetWellness Health information from Ohio's major medical centers and much more. |
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Medline Plus Health information from the National Library of Medicine. |
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Food and Nutrition Information
Center This site provides information on dozens of nutrition topics such as adolescence and aging, and health problems such as diabetes and heart problems. Also included are dietary guidelines and information on food composition.
Steps to a Healthier You-My
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The National Parent Center This is a useful site for those with children--craft ideas, college cost calculations, seal of approval products, product recalls, recommended travel destinations and much more. |
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American Veterinary Medical
Association: Care for Pets AMVA provides information on such topics as animal health, pet loss, buying a pet, and pet safety. |
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Last Updated 10/06/2005
