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50 States and Capitals

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Internet

Academe This Week

Current issue of Chronicle of Higher Education [more info]

Internet

Academic Employment Network

Useful mainly as a source for teaching positions. [more info]

Internet

Academy Awards (Oscars)

[more info]

Internet

Acronym Finder

Over 188,000 abbreviations and acronyms and initialisms. [more info]

Internet

Ad Age DataCenter

Ad Age DataCenter includes profiles of top advertisers, media, and agencies. Also includes job data, advertising spending, award winners, and agency family trees. [more info]

Campus/Remote

Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (US Dept. of Health and Human Services)

An agency under the United States Department of Health and Human Services whose aim is to improve the delivery of healthcare. [more info]

AMA Physician Select

Information on every licensed physician in the United States. Search by physician name or specialty. [more info]

Internet

America's Job Bank

Sponsored by the U.S. Department of Labor and ca. 1800 state Employment Service Agencies. Ca. 250,000 jobs are listed. Searching is by state or region and by type of position. Most jobs are full time and in the private sector. [more info]

Internet

American Hospital Directory

Directory and comparative data. [more info]

Internet

American Universities

[more info]

Internet

AmphibiaWeb

Provides information on amphibian taxonomy, natural history, declines, and conservation. [more info]

Internet

AnyWho Directories

Find People, Businesses, Toll Free numbers, Web pages,Reverse Lookup and more [more info]

Internet

APSA Documentation

American Political Science Assocation (APSA) citation guide created by the University of Wisconsin - Madison's Writing Center. [more info]

Internet

Art & Culture

Art & Culture is a site dedicated to the arts. Users can create their own profile pages to display their own art or follow other artists, musicians, museums, galleries, filmmakers, festivals, and more. [more info]

Internet

Bartleby.com

Includes Bartlett's Book of Quotations, 10th ed., Columbia World of Quotations and Simpson's Contemporary Quotations and many other sources [more info]

Internet

Big Yellow

Yellow pages on the Web [more info]

Internet

Biographical Dictionary

Includes brief entries on over 28,000 notable people past and present.
[more info]

Internet

Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress

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Internet

Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1774 - present

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Internet

Biography.Com

Site by A&E Entertainment Network includes over 25,000 biographical entries. [more info]

Internet

Braintrack University Index

Links to Universities, Polytechnics, Colleges and other higher educational institutions all over the world. [more info]

Internet

BreezeNet

The current edition of The Breeze. An "Archives" site allows the reader to search, by index term, for older articles. [more info]

Internet

British Library Public Catalogue

[more info]

Internet

British Newspaper Archive

The British Newspaper Archive contains millions of digitized newspapers owned by the British Library. While searching is free, there is a fee to download full text articles. JMU Libraries are not responsible for paying these fees. [more info]

Internet

Bureau of Justice Statistics

[more info]

Internet

Career & Academic Planning

JMU's Career & Academic Planning department. [more info]

Internet

Career.Com

A major site with links by employers and job seekers. Those seeking a job can search by employer, category/discipline, or location. Resumes can be placed at this site. [more info]

Internet

CareerMagazine

Although not exclusively for the college graduate, the emphasis is for the college student's interests. Formatted like a daily newspaper, there are links to job openings, employer profiles, news and articles, resume banks, career forums, etc. [more info]

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CareerPath

Now CareerBuilder, this site is advertised as the most powerful career network on the web. Allows user to store a resume in their dtabase, set up personal agents to track jobs, with results e-mailed. Services are free to user. Over 5 million job listings. [more info]

Internet

CDC (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)

Includes travelers' health, disease information, health information, statistics, and more. [more info]

Internet

Child Welfare Information Gateway (US Dept. of Health and Human Services)

Provides access to information and resources to help protect children and strengthen families. This site merges and builds upon National Clearinghouse on Child Abuse and Neglect Information and National Adoption Information Clearinghouse. [more info]

Campus/Remote

Clinical Trials

ClinicalTrials.gov is a registry of federally and privately supported clinical trials conducted in the United States and around the world. [more info]

Internet

CNN News

A continually updated news service. Searching can be by area, e.g. sports, business, weather, etc. International coverage. [more info]

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CNN Weather

U.S. and world forecasts, weather maps, storm information, allergy reports [more info]

Internet

College and University Rankings

Compiled by University of Illinois Education and Social Science Library.
[more info]

Internet

College Grad Job Hunter

Designed for the college student that is preparing for job hunting. Topical links include information to know before starting a job, interviewing and job orientation, resumes and cover letters, preparing for the job search, and a link to job postings. [more info]

Internet

College News Online

This is a newsletter covering all areas of interest to students and higher education. Job listings are a feature. One section is a gateway to American and international college and university web sites. [more info]

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Community College Web

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Internet

Consumer Health Information

From the National Institutes of Health, full text of the most requested NIH publications, with links to the NIH Search Engine, Information Index, and Institute homepages. [more info]

Internet

Cool Works

This site lists part-time and summer jobs for students. Links include areas of resort jobs, camp jobs, national parks, etc. [more info]

Internet

Country Health Profiles

Pan American Health Organization [more info]

Internet

Daily Progress

Charlottesville's daily newspaper. [more info]

Internet

DOE Technology Transfer

Searches technology transfer information across all Department of Energy Laboratories. [more info]

Internet

Early Modern London Theatres

Early Modern London Theatres contains citations for documents (both primary and secondary sources) pertaining to London theatres circa 1642. The main focus of the resource is to "show how information produced at the time of the early London theatres was transmitted in later years." [more info]

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Encyclopedia of ED Stats

National Center for Education Statistics. [more info]

Internet

Encyclopedia.com

More than 14,000 brief articles. [more info]

Internet

FDSys (US Government Printing Office)

GPO's Federal Digital System (FDsys) provides public access to Government information submitted by Congress and Federal agencies. [more info]

Internet

Federal Tax Forms and Publications (IRS)

Downloadable federal tax forms, instructions and other IRS publications. Direct link to the list of forms. [more info]

Internet

Financial Aid Information

Federal financial aid information on the web, including an interactive application [more info]

Internet

Food Facts

Fast food nutrition facts. [more info]

Internet

Free eFile

"Free File is online tax preparation and electronic filing through a partnership agreement between the IRS and the Free File Alliance, LLC. In other words, you can e-file... free." Users must meet certain criteria listed on the partner's web site. [more info]

Internet

Gateway to Educational Materials

Thousands of educational resources found on various federal, state, university, non-profit, and commercial Internet sites. [more info]

Unrestricted

Geneva International Forum

Directory of international institutions, missions and companies [more info]

Internet

Global Education Locator

National Center for Education Statistics. [more info]

Internet

Global Telephone Directories

[more info]

Internet

Google Scholar

Search the Internet for scholarly literature, including peer-reviewed papers, theses, books, preprints, abstracts and technical reports from all broad areas of research... [more info]

Unrestricted

Government Information Xchange

Federal Directory [more info]

Internet

Hathi Trust Digital Library

HathiTrust is an inter-institutional digital library designed to mass digitize selected books from colleges and universities as the University of California and the University of Virginia. [more info]

headHUNTER.com

Recently merged with CareerBuilder, this site lists over 300,000 continuously updated jobs. Allows user to save search criteria, post resumes and customize use. [more info]

Internet

healthfinder

A gateway consumer health information web site from the United States government. [more info]

Internet

Help for World Travelers

Steve Krupla's site has guides on world electric, phone, internet, etc., plus links on travel information. [more info]

Internet

Historic Architectural Survey of Rockingham County, Virginia

Survey conducted between October 1999 and December 2000 by the architectural and historic preservation... [more info]

F232.R7 H57

Homeland Security Digital Library

Contains documents related to homeland security policy, strategy, and organizational management from a wide variety of sources including federal, state and local governments; international governments and institutions; nonprofit organizations and private entities. [more info]

Campus/Remote

Information Please Almanac

Facts and statistics on the U.S., the world, history and government, biography, sports, entertainment, business and finance, society and culture, science and technology, weather and climate. [more info]

Internet

Intellicast Weather

U.S. and world weather, travel reports, weather almanac [more info]

Internet

Inter-American Development Bank

Socioeconomic data, maps, and other Internet sites [more info]

Internet

International Calling Codes

Dialing instructions and codes for countries and cities [more info]

Internet

International Data Base (IDB)

The International Data Base (IDB) is a computerized data bank containing statistical tables of demographic, and socio-economic data for 224 countries and areas of the world. [more info]

Internet

Internet Archive

The Internet Archive is a non-profit website offering permanent access for researchers, historians, and scholars to historical collections that exist in digital format. The Internet Archive includes texts, audio, moving images, and software as well as archived web pages. [more info]

Internet

Internet Guides and Tutorials

Tutorials for beginners and for experienced users of the Internet [more info]

Internet

JMU Campus Directory

[more info]

Internet

Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations

Source of evaluative reports on hospitals, health care networks and health care organizations that provide home care, long term care, behavioral health care, laboratory and ambulatory care services. [more info]

Internet

Law School and Library Directory

[more info]

Internet

Lester S. Levy Collection of Sheet Music

Contains over 29,000 pieces of American popular music produced between 1780 and 1980. [more info]

Internet

Lexi-Comp

Lexi-Comp provides industry-leading, point-of-care drug information through clinical information databases. [more info]

Campus/Remote

Library of Congress

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Internet

Library Spot Quotations

Quotations that are from familiar sources, and from those not familiar to most [more info]

LibWeb

Lists over 74000 pages from libraries in 125 countries. [more info]

Internet

Mammal Species of the World

Online database of mammalian taxonomy based on the 2005 book by Wilson & Reeder, Mammal Species of the World, a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). [more info]

Internet

MapMachine by National Geographic

Dynamic and atlas maps of the world. [more info]

Internet

MapQuest

Maps, driving directions, and travel guides. [more info]

Internet

MapsOnUs

Free registration is required and allows users to customize maps and searches, as well as interactively share travel information. [more info]

Internet

Martindale's Calculators On-Line Center

Contains links to almost 18,000 different calculators. [more info]

Internet

Medical Spanish for Healthcare Providers

Learn how to speak Spanish in a medical setting -- from anatomy to illness symptoms... [more info]

Internet

Merck Manual of Medical Information-Second Home Edition

Online version of the Merck Manual of Medical Information-Second Home Edition [more info]

Internet

Monster.com

A massive site which advertises as the "premier" employment Internet site. Job searches include location and position. Users can post a job and resume at this site. Requires frames. [more info]

Internet

Multimap

Street-level maps of the United Kingdom, Europe, and the US, road maps of the world, point-to-point driving directions, aerial photographs and local information [more info]

Internet

Museums Around the World

An eclectic collection of World Wide Web services connected with museums [more info]

Internet

Musica International

Contains references of choral music scores discoverable by searching by title, composer, genre, or choir type. [more info]

Internet

My Virtual Newspaper

A comprehensive site with links to hundreds of sources. The site is arranged by weather, wire services, newspaper listings by continent, topical (sports, entertainments, etc.), U. S. newspapers (by state), and finally a listing of major U. S. and international newspapers. [more info]

Internet

NARIC's Instant Disability Resource Center

The leading literature database on disability and rehabilitation ... [more info]

Unrestricted

National Anthropological Archives

Collection of anthropological materials that document the world's cultures and the history of anthropology. [more info]

Internet

National Archives

Online public portal providing access to nearly one million electronic records currently in the Electronic Records Archives (ERA), which allows users to refine searches by material type. Material types include moving images, photographs, and sound recordings. Use "Additional information about this item" to check use restrictions. [more info]

Internet

National Atlas of the United States

[more info]

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National Health Information Center

Government health information referral service, to put health professionals and consumers with questions in touch with the organizations best able to provide answers. [more info]

Internet

National Weather Service

Current weather, climatic data, and general information [more info]

Internet

NewsLink

Links to over 50 Virginia newspapers, as well as to campus newspapers and those in other states and countries. [more info]

Internet

Newspapers Online

This excellent site has categories for the United States, international countries, business, religion, trade, etc. newspapers. A major site. [more info]

Internet

NIDCD Directory (National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders) (NIH)

Directory of organizations that focus on issues relating to hearing, balance, smell... [more info]

Unrestricted

O*NET OnLine: Occupational Information Network

A source for continually updated occupational information and labor market research. [more info]

Internet

Official U. S. Time

Time-of-day service cooperatively provided by the Dept. of Commerce, the National Institute of Standards and Technology and the the U. S. Naval Observatory [more info]

Internet

Old Farmer's Almanac

Traditional gardening, weather, and astronomical information, along with stories, anecdotes, puzzles, and contests. [more info]

Internet

OneLook Dictionaries

This tool searches dictionaries on the web in one step. [more info]

Internet

Online Library of Liberty (Liberty Fund)

Electronic versions of classic books about individual liberty. These texts go back some 4,000 years... [more info]

Internet

Open Clip Art Library

Clip art images available for downloading and remixing; all images are free for any use. [more info]

Perry-Castañeda Library Map Collection, University of Texas at Austin

This site has a collection of digital maps covering the world, and historical world maps. [more info]

Internet

Peterson's Education and Career Center

This web site is maintained by the same company that publishes the print Peterson's directories. It brings together information about educational opportunities at all levels and provides links to Peterson's searchable databases. College students should find the graduate study, financial aid links, and careers links particularly helpful. [more info]

Internet

Plum Book

Known as the "Plum Book," this site is the Internet edition of "The U.S. Government Policy and Supporting Positions." This is a database of over 9,000 civil service positions for the executive and legislative branches of government. [more info]

Internet

Portals to the World

Sponsored by the Library of Congress, this site links to information on 67 countries. Arranged by country or area and categorized by topics from general to specific. [more info]

Internet

Publishers Catalogues Home Pages

Links to publishers worldwide. [more info]

Internet

Quertle

Quertle uses a semantic, relationship-based search to retrieve articles from PubMed, PubMed Central, MEDLINE, BioMed Central, NIH RePORTER, and TOXLINE. [more info]

Internet

Repositories of Primary Sources

Provides links to over 5000 websites that contain manuscripts, archives, rare books, historical photographs, and other primary sources. [more info]

Internet

Roget's II, The New Thesaurus (3rd ed.)

[more info]

Internet

Rulers

This site lists the heads of government/heads of state of currently existing nations or territories. [more info]

Internet

RxList

Search for information on prescription and over-the-counter drugs, brands, and drug interactions. [more info]

Internet

Science Accelerator

This search engine helps users find science information from ten key U.S. Department of Energy resources... [more info]

Internet

Science.gov (US Government)

Science.gov searches over 50 databases and over 2100 selected websites from 13 federal agencies, offering 200 million pages of authoritative US government science information including research and development results. [more info]

Internet

Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing

The mission of the Honor Society of Nursing Sigma Theta Tau International is to support the learning, knowledge, and professional development of nurses committed to making a difference in health worldwide. the honor society hosts the Registry of Nursing Research online database in its Virginia Henderson International Nursing Library. The emphasis of the library is on advancing the development, dissemination and utilization of nursing research. [more info]

State Tax Forms

Downloadable tax forms for each state. [more info]

Internet

Statistical Abstract of the US (1878-2012) (US Government)

Access social, political, economic, and health data compiled by the US Census Bureau from 1878-2012. Data sources include government agencies, private organizations, and professional associations. [more info]

Internet

Switchboard

U.S. residential and business directory [more info]

Internet

Tax Information For Students

Links to tax information and publications, for students. [more info]

Internet

Thinkfinity.org

Thinkfinity.org is a free website containing grade-specific, standards aligned teaching and learning resources for K-12 classrooms. Includes lesson plans, games, videos, worksheets, primary sources, and interactives. Produced by the Verizon Foundation and its content partners. [more info]

Internet

Thomas A. Edison Papers

This digital collection contains over 100,000 primary documents produced by Thomas Edison. Includes correspondence, contracts, business records, diaries, laboratory records, patents, technical notes, and more. [more info]

Internet

Tile.Net

Search for Internet Lists, Newsgroups, FTP sites by name or subject.
[more info]

Internet

Tree of Life Web Project

Collection of information about biodiversity compiled by various contributors. Provides information for numerous species and organism groups, living and extinct. [more info]

Internet

Universities Worldwide

Links to over 6,000 universities in 170 countries. Searchable by keyword,country or state. [more info]

Internet

University of Georgia Rare Map Collection - American Civil War

[more info]

Internet

University of Virginia Library Catalog (VIRGO)

[more info]

Internet

US Bureau of Economic Analysis

GDP and other economic data from the national, regional, and international accounts programs of the U.S. Department of Commerce's Bureau of Economic Analysis [more info]

Internet

US Fish and Wildlife Service National Digital Library

Contains a wide assortment of public domain images, publications, video and audio clips including birds, landscapes, plants, wildlife, and invertebrates. [more info]

Internet

USA Today Weather

U.S. and world weather, weather maps, and weather news [more info]

Internet

USDA Nutrient Database

Standard nutrient content for over 6,200 foods. [more info]

Internet

Virginia County Interactive Mapper

Makes customized maps of Virginia Counties [more info]

Internet

Virginia Newspapers

Links to 69 Virginia newspapers through refdesk.com. [more info]

Internet

Virginia State Council of Higher Education

This web site contains links to resources from colleges and universities both in Virginia and around the world. The membership lists, reports and financial aid information are of particular interest. [more info]

Internet

Virginia Tax Forms

This site from the Virginia Department of Taxation contains downloadable tax forms and instructions. [more info]

Internet

Virginia Workforce Connection

"Your doorway to employment and labor market information in Virginia"
[more info]

Internet

Voice of America

This site has the text of VOA programs. [more info]

Internet

Weather Underground

Worldwide weather maps or search for any city, state, zip code, or airport in the U.S. [more info]

Internet

Web U.S. Universities

This web site contains a list of college and university web sites arranged by state. Only one server ( usually the institution's central server ) is listed for each campus. [more info]

Internet

WordNet

This is a lexical database for English developed at the Cognitive Science Laboratory at Princeton University [more info]

Internet

World Health Organization Statistical Information System

WHOSIS is a "guide to health and health-related epidemiological and statistical information available from the World Health Organization, and elsewhere." Also searchable by keyword. [more info]

Internet

World Lecture Hall

This web site contains links to lecture notes, multimedia textbooks and other materials from university instructors all over the world. [more info]

Internet

World Legal Information Institute (WorldLII)

Free, independent and non-profit global legal research information. [more info]

Internet

Yahoo! News

Includes over 70 publications;customizable. [more info]

Internet

Yahoo:Society and Culture:People

This site is a directory of internet sites on people. [more info]

Internet

YourDictionary.com

This comprehensive portal for language and language-related products and services on the web provides more than 1800 dictionaries with more than 250 languages. [more info]

Internet

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