Last updated: April 2, 2008.

General Reference Sites

• Acronym Finder
• DexKnows.com (yellow and white pages lookups)
• InfoPlease.com ("Information Please")
• InfoRetriever
• Library Spot
• MuseumStuff.com
(all subject areas)
• Online Conversion.com ("Over 8,100 Conversions and Calculators")
• PeopleSpot.com (demographics, directories, biographies, much more)
• Switchboard (Nationwide residential and business directory)
• Union of International Associations
• World Time Server (international times and event planning)
• Zip Codes (U.S. Postal Service)

• Indiana Unversity-Bloomington Libraries
• Internet Library for Librarians: Ready Reference
• IPL Subject Collections (Internet Public Library)
• Michigan Electronic Library Reference Desk
• New Hampshire State Library's Best of the Internet
• Reference Shelf -- University of California, San Diego Library

• American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language (4th ed., 2000)
• Britannica.com
• Encyclopedia Smithsonian
• Merriam-Webster Online
• OneLook (800+ online dictionaries)
• Tech Encyclopedia (from The Computer Desktop Encyclopedia)
• Your Dictionary.com (World languages)

• FindArticles.com
• National Academy Press

Current Events and News

See also Web resources on News in the Levin Library catalog.

• Government Views of Iraq (Government Documents Division, City College of New York Library)
• Iraq Body Count Database
• Iraq News UK (Yahoo)
• Shaking Hands with Saddam Hussein: The U.S. Tilts Toward Iraq, 1980-1984 (National Security Archive)
• War and Peace: Resources on Iraq (Librarians' Index to the Internet)
• War Report: Iraq War and Afghan Aftermath (Project on Defense Alternatives)

See also resources on September 11 in the Levin Library catalog.

• Academic Info: Terrorism Studies
• Academic Info: The Taliban & Al-Quida
• After September 11: Perspectives from the Social Sciences (Social Science Research Council)
• America's Crisis: Asian Perspectives
(AsianSources.com)
• Attack on America in Context (Lexis-Nexis)
• Avalon Project, Yale Law School: Sept. 11
(primary source documents)
• Biodefense and Bioterrorism (Medline Plus)
• CQ Press: Recent Terrorism Events (background and context)
• The Days After: Essays and bibliographies
(University of Chicago Press)
• Depository Library Websites on Terrorism and Homeland Security
• Faces of Grief (New York Times)
• Federal Legislation Related to the Attack of September 11, 2001
• FirstGov: America Responds to Terrorism
• OMB Watch: Access to Government Information after Sept. 11
• The Peacemakers Speak
(statements from Nobel Laureates)
• Project Liberty
(post-September 11 crisis counseling)
• Terrorism and U.S. Policy
(National Security Archive)
• Yahoo: World Trade Center and Pentagon Attack

• ABYZ News Links
• Ecola.com (newspapers worldwide)
• First Headlines.com (300+ daily news sources)
• Headline Spot (online news source portal)
• Library of Congress: Newspapers and News Sources Online
• Newseum (300+ daily front pages)
• The Omnivore
• OnlineNewspapers.com (10,000K international newspapers)
• Pandia Newsfinder

• The Christian Science Monitor
• CNN Interactive
• Conservative News Service (now called "Cybercast News Service")
• Opinion-Pages (columns and commentary from English-language online papers)
• New York Times on the Web
• Time.com
• USA Today
• U.S. News & World Report
• Voice of America News (International focus)
• Wall Street Journal Interactive
• Washington Post

• BBC News
• CNN.com International
• Europa Newsletter (European Union)
• International Herald Tribune
• Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty Newsline (Eastern and Southeastern Europe, Russia, the Caucasus and Central Asia)

• AccuWeather
• The Weather Channel

Area (World) Studies

See also Web resources on Area Studies in the Levin Library catalog.

• Country Studies / Area Handbook Series (Library of Congress)
• The Economist: Country Profiles
• Portals to the World (Library of Congress)
• World Bank

• Africa Focus ("Sights and sounds of a continent")
• Africa Action

• AsiaSource (Asia Society)
• Ciolek.com (Asian Pacific Research)
• Digital Asia Library
(University of Wisconsin-Madison)

• Handbook of Latin American Studies Online
• Latin American Information Center (University of Texas at Austin)

• Arab Net
• MENALIB: Middle East Virtual Library

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Arts

See also Web resources on Fine arts, Dance, Theatre, Film Studies, and Music in the Levin Library catalog.
Check for more resources in Visual and Performing Arts.

• ADAM: Art, Design, Architecture and Media Internet Gateway (U.K.)
• ArtCyclopedia ("Museum-Quality Art on the Internet")
• Arts Journal (daily news updates)
• The Guggenheim Collection
• Locating Image Resources (Brown University)
• Museum of Web Art
• Museum.com (Museums of the World)
• Timeline of Art History (Metropolitan Museum of Art)
• Web Gallery of Art (8,000+ works of European art 1150-1750)
• World Wide Arts Resources (Metropolitan Museum of Art)

• Artslynx International Dance Resources
• CyberDance.org (Ballet and modern)
• Dance Help ("Dance Tips, Articles, and Dance Resources")
• Voice of Dance

• FilmCritic.com
• Internet Movie Database
• Masters of Cinema
• Movie Review Query Engine

• AMG All Music Guide
• Important 20th century American music (the NPR "top 100")
• New Music Links (Thomas Moore, University of Maryland)

Business and Economics

See also Web resources on Business, Economics, and Marketing in the Levin Library catalog.
Check for more resources in Business and Economics (Liberal arts).

• AllPages.com (online yellow pages and business directory)
• BEOnline+ (Business and Economics Online: Library of Congress)
• Business.com (400k+ reviewed sources)
• Business Resources on the Web (Foster Business Library, Univ. of Washington)
• Business Schools.com
• Company Research (University of Baltimore)
• Dow Jones
• E-Commerce Guide (Cornell University)
• GlobalEdge Resource Desk (Int'l business resources)
• GRA Research Hotlinks (International business and economics sites)
• International Business and Economics Sources (UNC Charlotte)
• Labor Research Portal (Institute for Research on Labor and Employment, U.C. Berkeley)
• MassBedrock
• The Online Investor
• Organisation for Economic Co-Operation and Development
• Smallbizsearch.com

• Boston Public Library: Kirstein Business Branch
• Business Reference Service (Library of Congress)
• Encyclopedia of Law and Economics
• Fortune Global 500
• Hypertextual Finance Glossary (Campbell R. Harvey, Duke Univ.)
• Oanda.com (Foreign currency conversion)
• Stock Market Yellow Pages

• Business Wire (current company news)
• This Week in Business (PBS)

• ClearStation: Stocks and Investment Information
• Stock Exchanges Worldwide

• Bureau of Labor Statistics (U.S. Dept. of Labor)
• Federal Trade Commission
• Occupational Employment Statistics (U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics)
• U.S. Business Advisor
• United States Court of International Trade

Career Information

• Career InfoNet
• Career Journal.com (Wall Street Journal)
• Monster.Com (Monster.com)
• Occupational Outlook Handbook (U.S. Department of Labor)
• The Vault Online Career Library (Curry students, faculty and staff only)

Citation Guides (MLA, APA)

• Citation Guides for Internet Resources from InfoRetriever

• Citation Styles-APA, MLA, Chicago, and More (Bedford / St. Martin's Press)
• Electronic Reference Formats (APA recommendations, 1999)
• MLA Style for Web Citations (MLA site: select "MLA style", then "Frequently Asked Questions")
• Using Modern Language Association (MLA) Format (Purdue University)

City Information

• Boston Redevelopment Authority
• Boston.Com
• City of Boston Web Site
• CitySearch: Boston
• MBTA Information (The "T")
• Yahoo! Boston

Communication

See also Web resources on Communication, News, Journalism, Film Studies, Radio, and TV broadcasting in the Library catalog, and News sources on this page.

Check for more resources in Communication (Social Sciences and Humanities).

• AdFlip.com (searchable database of classic print ads)
• Editor & Publisher
• The Electronic Journalist (Society of Professional Journalists)
• E-Zine List (John Labovitz)
• Federal Communications Commission
• Free! The Freedom Forum Online (Free speech/press)
• Journalism.org
• Native American Journalists Association
• OneWorldRadio (international network, promoting human rights and sustainable development)
• Reporters Network
• SheSource.org ("Women Experts for Journalists")

• AT&T
• Gannett
• NBC
• News Corp.
• Turner Entertainment Group

Copyright and Intellectual Property

• U.S. Copyright Office (Library of Congress)

• Association of Research Libraries: Copyright and Intellectual Property
• Association of University Technology Managers (many policy links)
• Consortium of College and University Media Centers
• CopyOwn ("Copyright Ownership for the Higher Education Community")
• Copyright and Fair Use (Stanford University Libraries)
• Copyright and Fair Use in the Classroom, on the Internet, and the World Wide Web (University of Maryland University College)
• Copyright Bay (University of St. Francis)
• Copyright, Censorship and Citations
• Copyright Clearance Center (Copyright.com)
• Copyright Management Center (Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis)
• The Copyright Website (Benedict O'Mahoney, copyright attorney)
• Fair Use Documents from Stanford University
• Franklin Pierce Law Center Intellectual Property Mall
• Intellectual Property Policies (University of Texas)

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Criminal Justice and Law

See also Web resources on Criminal justice and law in the Levin Library catalog.
Check for more resources in Criminal Justice and Law (Social Sciences and Humanities).

• ABA LawInfo (American Bar Association)
• Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law
• The Corrections Connection Network
• Counter-Terrorism: Training and Resources for Law Enforcement
• Emergency Preparedness (Mass. Dept. of Health and Human Services)
• Finding Court Opinions on the Web (National Law Journal)
• Jurist: The Law Professors Network
• Law.com (Legal news and information)
• LawGuru.com
• LawInfo.com
• Lawyers.com (Martindale-Hubbell)
• National Consumer Law Center
• National White Collar Crime Center
• Nolo Press (legal reference and self-help)
• Organized Crime and Corruption Bibliographic Database (Nathanson Center, York University)
• PoliceOne.com
• State Corrections Statistics (National Institute of Corrections)
• Violence Against Women Office
(U.S. Dept. of Justice)
• Violence Policy Center (Gun control/firearms policy)

• Campus Security Statistics (Office of Postsecondary Education, U.S. DoE)
• Security on Campus.org

• CopSeek.com
• Criminal Justice Links (School of Criminology, Florida State U.)
• Criminal Justice MegaLinks (Thomas R. O'Connor)
• Criminal Justice Resources (Michigan State University Libraries)
• Dr. Frank Schmalleger's Cybrary (12k+ links)
• FindLaw ("Internet Legal Resources")
• Guide to Law Online (Law Library of Congress)
• Law Enforcement Links (National Law Enforcement and Corrections Technology Center)
• Legal Engine (State, National, International research)
• Legal Information Institute (Cornell University)
• Officer.com
• WashLaw Web (Washburn University School of Law)

• American Academy of Forensic Sciences
• American Board of Forensic Document Examiners
• Association of Firearm and Tool Mark Examiners
• Forensic-Evidence.com (Andre Moenssens, University of Missouri-Kansas City)
• Forensic Science Resources (NCJRS)
• Society of Forensic Toxicologists

• Avalon Project (digitized primary sources from Yale)
• History of the Federal Judiciary (Federal Judicial Center)
• Women's Legal History Biography Project (Stanford)

• Foreign and International Resources (Cornell Law Library)
• Guide to European Legal Databases

• Mass. Lawyers Weekly
• Massachusetts Trial Court Law Libraries
• Neighborhood Law (Massachusetts Legal Services Programs)

• Code of Federal Regulations
• www.Cybercrime.gov (U.S. Dept. of Justice)
• FBI information from TRAC (Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse, University of Syracuse)
• Federal Bureau of Prisons
• Federal Courts Finder (Emory University)
• National Criminal Justice Reference Service
• Sourcebook of Criminal Justice Statistics (Bureau of Justice Statistics)
• Supreme Court Collection, Cornell University
• Supreme Court Decisions, 1937 to present (Findlaw)
• Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse (Federal law enforcement statistics and findings)
• Uniform Commercial Code (Cornell)
• U.S. Sentencing Commission
• U.S. States and Terrorities (Law Library of Congress)

Disabilities

• Council for Exceptional Children
• DisabilityInfo.gov
• ERIC Clearinghouse on Disabilities and Gifted Education
• Family Village (comprehensive disability site)
• National Information Center for Children and Youth With Disabilities

• Adapative Environments (ADA Information)
• Americans with Disabilities Act Document Center
• C.H.A.D.D.: Children and Adults with ADD
• Department of Justice ADA Home Page

• ADD Resources.org
• America's Literacy Directory: Program for Learning Disabilities
• LD Online
• Learning Disabilities Association of America
• Learning Disabilities Research and Training Center (University of Georgia)
• SchwabLearning.org
• State Contacts for Learning Disabilities Programs (National Institute for Literacy)

Education (College/University)

See also Web resources on Higher Education in the Library catalog.
Check for more resources in Higher Education (Social Sciences and Humanities).

• Breakaway: The Alternative Break Connection
• College Navigator (National Center for Education Statistics)
• College News Online
• DiversityWeb (higher education-oriented)
• Higher Education Center for Alcohol and Other Drug Abuse and Violence Prevention (U.S. Dept. of Education)
• Higher Education Resource Hub (James Forest, Ph. D.)
• IEE Passport (study abroad database)
• Institution Accreditation (U.S. Dept. of Education)
• International Archive of Education Data (University of Michigan)
• Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations (NDLTD)
• Study Skills Self-help Information (Virginia Tech)
• TIAA-CREF Home Page

• American Association of University Professors
• National Education Association: Higher Education

• Braintrack (International colleges and universities)
• Ecola College Locator
• GradSchools.com

• College-Scholarships.com
• Scholarships.com
• Student Aid on the Web (U.S. Dept. of Education)

Gender Studies

See also Web resources for Gender Studies and Women's Studies in the Levin Library catalog.
Check for more resources in Women's and Gender Studies (Social Sciences and Humanities).

• Mapping the World of Women's Information Services
• National Women's History Project
• ViVa ("A Bibliography of Women's History in Historical and Women's Studies Journals")
• Women and Gender Studies Web Sites (Association of College and Research Libraries)
• Women's International Center
• Women's Studies Database (University of Maryland)
• WWWomen (Women's resources on the Web)

• glbtq
("An encyclopedia of gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, & queer culture")
• PFLAG (Parents and Friends of Lesbians and Gays)
• PlanetOut (current news)
• PlanetOutSearch (GLBT search engine)
• Queer Resources Directory

• Men's Studies Press
• St. John's University, Men's Studies Project

Government Information

See also our Government Documents page, and Web resources for Government information in the Levin Library catalog.
Check for more resources in Government Information.

• The White House
• Legislative Source Book (Law Librarians' Society of Washington, D.C.)
• THOMAS: U.S. Legislation Information
• U.S. Senate
• U.S. House of Representatives
• Current Floor Activity: U.S. House
• Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (1774 to present)
• The Constitution of the United States of America: Analysis and Interpretation: Annotations of Cases Decided by the Supreme Court of the United States to June 29, 1992

• Boston Redevelopment Authority
• Commonwealth of Massachusetts
• Massachusetts: State Resources (LexisONE)

• City and County Data Book, 2000 edition
• City and County Data Books 1988 & 1994
• Full-text state statutes and legislation on the Internet
• GovEngine.com (comprehensive links to federal, state, and local governments)
• State and Local Government on the Net
• State Resource Center (LexisONE)
• U.S. State and Local Gateway (FirstGov)

• U.S. Census Bureau
• American Community Survey (U.S. Census Bureau)
• American FactFinder (U.S. Census Bureau)
• Government Accountability Office (formerly General Accounting Office)
• Federal and State Income Tax information
• Internal Revenue Service (IRS)
• U.S. Department of State

• Documents in the News (GovDocs online at University of Michigan)
• GovSpot (Federal, state, local, and international government resources)

• The European Union
• International Resources: Government Publications (Northwestern University)

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Health and Medicine

See also Guides to Nursing Sites on the World Wide Web, and Web resources on Nursing and Health Education in the Levin Library catalog.
Check for more resources in Biological and Medical Sciences.

• Alcohol Studies Database (Rutgers University)
• Allnurses.com
• Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Massachusetts
• Canadian Institute for Health Information
• Diseases, Disorders, and Related Topics (Karolinska Institutet, Sweden)
• Go Ask Alice (Columbia University)
• Hardin Meta Directory
• History of the Health Sciences Links (Medical Library Association)
• Intute (Health and life sciences)
• Kaiser Family Foundation (Health Policy Information)
• MedTerms.com (online dictionary)
• Reuters Health Information Service
• United States Pharmacopeia
• Virtual Hospital (University of Iowa Hospitals & Clinics)
• World Wide Information on Serials in Health (WWISH List) (Gardiner Library Services)

• infoAging.org
• NIH Senior Health.gov

• Aegis (large site, updated hourly)
• AIDSInfo (National Institutes of Health)
• HIV Infections (World Health Organization)

• Cancer Statistics and Facts (American Cancer Society)
• National Cancer Institute: Clinical Trials
• Oncology Tools (U.S. Food and Drug Administration)

• 1Up Health
• CAPHIS (Consumer and Patient Health Information Section, Medical Library Association)
("Web Sites You Can Trust")
• Center for Science in the Public Interest (Nutrition Action Newsletter)
• Consumer and Patient Health Information Section (Medical Library Association)
• DrKoop.com
• Health Finder (U.S. DHHS)
• HealthScout (Personalized health news)
• HealthWorld Online (conventional and alternative medicine)
• InteliHealth (Johns Hopkins/Aetna)
• Mayo Clinic
• Medical Breakthroughs (Ivanhoe Broadcast News)
• Merck Manual of Medical Information Home Edition
• Nutrition.gov (U.S. Dept. of Agriculture)
• Quackwatch ("Your Guide to Health Fraud, Quackery, and Intelligent Decisions")
• U.S. News and World Report Health
• World Health News (Harvard School of Public Health)

• Men's Health (National Women's Health Information Center)
• National Women's Health Information Center
• Minority Women's Health (U.S. Dept. of Heath and Human Services)

• Center for Drug Evaluation and Research (U.S. Food and Drug Administration)
• Monthly Vital Statistics Reports (National Center for Health Statistics, CDC)
• National Prevention Information Network (CDC)
• Medicare (Official U.S. site)
• National Guideline Clearinghouse ("Evidence-based clinical practice guidelines")
• National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• National Library of Medicine LocatorPlus
• National Library of Medicine: Specialized Information Services
• National Mental Health Information Center

• Adam.Com Medical Encyclopedia (Medline)
• HealthGate (includes free Medline search)
• MedScape (includes Medline)
• PubMed (Medline direct from National Library of Medicine)

• Tobacco Industry Documents (Centers for Disease Control)
• Tobacco Control Archives (University of California, San Francisco)

History

See also Web resources for History in the Levin Library catalog. Check for more resources in History (Social Sciences and Humanities).

• Facing History and Ourselves
• History On-Line (Institute of Historical Research, UK)
• Massachusetts Historical Society
• This Day in History (The History Channel)

• American Memory: Library of Congress
• Early Recorded Sounds and Wax Cylinders
(speeches, music, etc.)
• Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History
• Great American Speeches (PBS)
• Harvard Law School Forum (audio sources and photographs)
• History and Politics Out Loud (primary audio sources)
• Making of America
• Marxists.org Internet Archive
• Our Documents (primary sources in American history)
• Public History Resource Center

• National First Ladies' Library
• National Museum of Women's History
• Women's History Month (Gale)
• Women's History Research Guide (Middle Tennessee State University)

Information Literacy / Research Strategies

• Research and Documentation Online (Diana Hacker)

• ACRL Information Literacy Competency Standards for Higher Education
• Information Literacy E-Text (York College)
• Seven Steps to Effective Library Research (Cornell University)
• Teaching Research Skills: Innovative Strategies for Library Use Instruction (SLA 1996; includes talk on library instruction for police officers)
• TILT (Texas Information Literacy Tutorial)
• Using Sources (PDF file, Hamilton College)

Internet Resources: Evaluation

• Evaluating Web Resources (Widener University)
• Evaluating Web Information (Virginia Tech)
• Evaluating Websites: PART of the Research Process (Owens Library, Northwest Missouri State University)
• Evaluation of Information Resources (WWW Virtual Library)
• "How can I tell if it is a scholarly source?" (Vogel Library, Wartburg College)
• The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (Susan Beck, New Mexico State University Library)
• Web Page Evaluation Checklist (Joe Barker, University of Calfornia, Berkeley) (PDF format)

Language and Literature

Check for more resources in Language and Literature (Social Sciences and Humanities).

• AskOxford.com (Words, quotations, English usage)
• Electronic Literature Directory
• Electronic Text Center (University of Virginia)
• English Literature Sources online (Voice of the Shuttle, U.C. Santa Barbara)
• Irish Literature, Mythology, Folklore and Drama (Luminarium)
• Luminarium (Medieval-17th c.)
• The Online Books Page (University of Pennsylvania)
• Online Etymology Dictionary
• Online Literary Criticism (Internet Public Library)
• Perspectives in American Literature (Early American to contemporary)
• Take Our Word For It (Etymology)
• The Word Spy (Fun with new and old words)

• Academy of American Poets
• Poetry Daily
• Poetry Society of America

• Guide to Grammar and Writing (Prof. Charles Darling, Capitol Community College)
• OWL: Online Writing Lab (Purdue University)
• Writers Write

Philosophy and Religion

See also Web resources on Philosophy and Religion in the Levin Library catalog.
Check for more resources in Philosophy and Religion (Social Sciences and Humanities).

• New Thought Movement (Prof. Alan Anderson)
• Philosophical and Other Resources (Prof. Alan Anderson)

• Adherents.com (large collection of religious statistics)
• The American Religious Experience
• BBC Religion & Ethics
• All-in-One Biblical Resources Search (University of Birmingham)
• A Dictionary of Philosophical Terms and Names (Garth Kemerling, Ph.D.)
• The Ethics Connection (Markkula Center for Applied Ethics)
• Ethics Updates (Lawrence M. Hinman, University of San Diego)
• Internet Sacred Text Archive
• Islam and Islamic Studies Resources (Dr. Alan Godlas, University of Georgia)
• The Paideia Project Online
• Philosophy Sites on the Internet (Tel Aviv University)

Plagiarism

• Anti-Plagiarism Strategies (Robert Harris, VirtualSalt)
• Electronic Plagiarism Seminar (Gretchen Pearson, Le Moyne College)
• Plagiarism 101 (SUNY at Albany)
• Plagiarism and the Web (Bruce Leland, Western Illinois U.)
• Plagiarism Detection Links (University of Washington)
• Plagiarism.org
• Plagiarism Resources (Sharon Stoerger MLS, MBA)
• You Quote It, You Note It! (interactive tutorial, Vaughn Memorial Library, Acadia University)

Politics: Here and Abroad

See also Web resources on Politics in the Levin Library catalog.
Check for more resources in Politics (Social Sciences and Humanities).

• Avalon Project (digitized historical sources from Yale)
• Institute for War and Peace Reporting

• AllPolitics (Time/CNN)
• CQ.com
(Congressional Quarterly)
• DisInformation: "The Gateway to the Underground"
• Elections 2000 (University of Michigan metasite)
• International Society for Individual Liberty (Libertarian)
• Language Policy Website (James Crawford)
• National Freedom Scorecard: ACLU
• PoliticalWeb.info (2002 campaigns)
• Project Vote Smart
• RockTheVote
• WP Politics (Washington Post)

• Elections and Electoral Systems World Wide
• International Parliamentary Union
• Organization of American States
• Stanley Foundation (multilateral international issues)
• United Nations Documentation
• United Nations Web Site Locator
• Women in Politics: Bibliographic Database (Inter-Parliamentary Union)

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Psychology

Check for more resources in Psychology (Social Sciences and Humanities).

• APA Help Center
• AllPsych Online ("The virtual psychology classroom")
• American Psychological Society
• PsychCrawler (Psychology search engine from APA)
• Psychology World Wide Web Virtual Library
• PsycPort (Current psychology news from APA)
• Social Psychology Network (Scott Pious, Wesleyan University)

• Help Horizons
• PsychCentral (Dr. John Grohol)

• ETS Test Collection
• Test Reviews Online (Mental Measurements Yearbook)

Science and Mathematics

See also Web resources on Science, Technology, Biology, Chemistry, and Environmental Science in the Levin Library catalog.
Check for more resources in Physical Sciences, Computing and Mathematics.

• Biology Online
• eNature.com (National Wildlife Federation)
• Free Online Dictionary of Computing
• Journal of Research of the NIST
• News @ Nature.com (Nature Magazine)
• Plant Image Gallery (Noble Foundation)
• Science and Technology in Congress (American Association for the Advancement of Science)
• Science in the Headlines (National Research Council)
• ScienceWeek (See Focus Reports)
• The Scientist: The News Journal for the Life Scientist
• Spectrum of Physics (20k+ links)
• The Virtual Museum of Computing

• PrePRINT Network: papers in multiple disciplines (Office of Scientific and Technical Information, Dept. of Energy)
• PubScience (Dept. of Energy)
• SciCentral.com
• Science, Engingeering, and Technology (Intute, UK)

• NASA Image Gallery
• NASA PDS Missions Page
• Your Sky: Interactive Planetarium

• American Chemical Society
• Organic Chemistry Resources Worldwide
• Selected Classic Papers from the History of Chemistry (Le Moyne College)

• EarthRef (Earth reference data and models)
• TERRA: The EOS Flagship (earth science data from NASA)

• EarthTrends (World Resources Institute)
• Enviromapper (U.S. EPA)
• Environmental Defense Fund
• Environmental Sciences resources (University of California, Santa Barbara)
• Long-Term Ecological Research Network
• National Environmental Directory (13,000+ organizations)
• National Library for the Environment
• NEDI (National Environmental Data Index) (full-text multi-agency search)
• Resources for the Future
• Sustainable Development/Economics (Tom Tietenberg, Colby College)
• World Resources Institute

• Intute Mathematics Gateway
• Math in Daily Life (CPB/Annenberg)

Sociology

See also Web resources on Ethnic Studies and Sociology in the Levin Library catalog.
Check for more resources in Sociology (Social Sciences and Humanities).

• American Sociological Association
• Digital Freedom Network (censored literature/news reports)
• Essential Information (Web sites on many social/ecological issues)
• Intute: Social Science Resources
• Online Dictionary of the Social Sciences (Athabasca University)
• PollingReport.com
• Professional Organizations in Sociology (Augsburg College)
• Public Agenda Online
• Social Science Research Network (4200+ full-text papers)
• SocioSite (University of Amsterdam)
• Urban Legends (about.com)

• Aboriginal Connections (Canadian aboriginal, Native American, and international indigenous peoples and cultures)
• Asian-Nation ("the landscape of Asian America")
• INCORE Internet Country Guides ("Internet resources on conflict and ethnicity specific to particular countries")
• JavaNoir (African American resources)
• Native Web (Native American sites)
• American Indian Movement
• Pew Hispanic Center
• Y? The National Forum on People's Differences

• Democracy and Human Rights (U.S. State Department)
• Human Rights Library (University of Minnesota)
• Human Rights Watch

• Statistical Data Resources (University of Virginia: includes social science data sets)
• InfoNation (International demographic statistics)
• International Data Base (IDB) (U.S. Bureau of the Census)
• Social Science Data on the Internet (University of California, San Diego)

Sports

• Baseball Library
• Minor League Baseball

Web Resource Guides

• Tool Kit for the Expert Web Searcher (guide to best sources)

• Search Engine Guide (2300+ search engines and subject sites)
• Search Engine Watch

• Academic Info
• Alcove 9 (Humanities and Social Sciences Division, Library of Congress)
• The Halcyon (Don't try to figure it out, just look through it!)
• INFOMINE (Scholarly Internet Resource Collections: University of California)
• Intute: Arts and Humanities (U.K. search engine for humanities resources)
• Librarians' Index to the Internet
• Open Directory Project
• PINAKES (30+ subject gateways)
• The Scholarly Societies Project (University of Waterloo)
• The Scout Report Archives
• TradeWave Galaxy
• W3 Virtual Library
• Yahoo

• Beyond Bookmarks: Schemes for Organizing the Web
• BUBL Link (Dewey-organized resources)
• WWLib: Searchable Classified Catalogue of UK Web sites

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The Internet: Background and History

• ICANN (Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers)
• Internet 2
• Internet Engineering Task Force
• The Internet Society
• InterNIC
• Living Internet (Overview and reference)

• ACRL Internet Education Project
• Association for Advancement of Computing in Education
• Resource Center for Cyberculture Studies

• The Internet Archive
• Internet Histories (from the Internet Society)

• Antivirus software: Hoaxes and Myths (About.com)
• Computer Virus Myths (kumite.com)
• Internet Hoaxes (U.S. Department of Energy, Computer Incident Advisory Capability)
• McAfee Anti-Virus Center
• Virus Hoaxes
(McAfee)
• Virus Hoaxes (Symantec Corporation)

Networking Policy Materials

• Coalition Against Unsolicited Commercial Email
• Spam.Abuse.Net

• EduCAUSE
• The Center for Democracy and Technology
• CERT Home Page (network security)
• Coalition for National Research Initiatives
• Coalition for Networked Information
• Computer Professionals for Social Responsibility
• Corporation for National Research Initiatives
• Domain Name Rights Coalition
• EFFweb - The Electronic Frontier Foundation
• EPIC - Electronic Privacy Information Center
• Guide to Internet Law (Internet Society)
• Information Ethics (University of Pittsburgh)
• International NII Policy Documents (National Library of Australia)
• International Telecommunications Union
• Internet Library of Law and Court Decisions
• Library computer and network security (InfoPeople, California State Library)
• Peacefire
• Privacy Rights Clearinghouse
• Rob King Center for Social Informatics

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