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ABZU: A Guide to Information Related to the Study of the Ancient Near East on the Web
Abzu guides the user to data on the Ancient Near East and Mediterranean world...
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Academe This Week
Current issue of Chronicle of Higher Education
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Academic Employment Network
Useful mainly as a source for teaching positions.
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Academy Awards (Oscars)
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ACM Career Resource Center
Job seekers: post your resume, search for jobs, create job alerts, and get career news...
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Acronym Finder
Over 188,000 abbreviations and acronyms and initialisms.
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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.
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Africa South of the Sahara
Serves as a guide to Internet resources on African cultures and peoples. Sites are organized by country and topic.
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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.
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AMA Physician Select
Information on every licensed physician in the United States. Search by physician name or specialty.
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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.
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American Hospital Directory
Directory and comparative data.
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American Rhetoric Speech Bank (American Rhetoric)
Index and full text of over 5000 audio and video (streaming) versions of public speeches...
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American Universities
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AmphibiaWeb
Provides information on amphibian taxonomy, natural history, declines, and conservation.
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AnyWho Directories
Find People, Businesses, Toll Free numbers, Web pages,Reverse Lookup and more
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APA Style Help (American Psychological Association)
Created by the American Psychological Association, this site provides tutorials for the APA style as well as a detailed FAQ section to take you straight to the citation answers you need...
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APSA Documentation
American Political Science Assocation (APSA) citation guide created by the University of Wisconsin - Madison's Writing Center.
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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.
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ArXiV
arXiv
is an e-print repository in the fields of physics, mathematics, computer science, quantitative biology, quantitative finance and statistics.
Note: arXiv
is not a journal, it is a repository of papers that have usually been submitted to, but not yet printed in, a journal. Use and cite articles contained therein appropriately.
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Bartleby.com
Includes Bartlett's Book of Quotations, 10th ed., Columbia World of Quotations and Simpson's Contemporary Quotations and many other sources
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BBC College of Journalism
BBC College of Journalism (BBC CoJo) is an online journalism resource with articles, videos, and discussions about ethics, values, laws, and skill sets in the world of journalism.
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Big Yellow
Yellow pages on the Web
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Biographical Dictionary
Includes brief entries on over 28,000 notable people past and present.
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Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress
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Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1774 - present
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Biography.Com
Site by A&E Entertainment Network includes over 25,000 biographical entries.
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Braintrack University Index
Links to Universities, Polytechnics, Colleges and other higher educational institutions all over the world.
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BreezeNet
The current edition of The Breeze. An "Archives" site allows the reader to search, by index term, for older articles.
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British Library Public Catalogue
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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.
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Bureau of Justice Statistics
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Career & Academic Planning
JMU's Career & Academic Planning department.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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CDC (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
Includes travelers' health, disease information, health information, statistics, and more.
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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.
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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.
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CNN News
A continually updated news service. Searching can be by area, e.g. sports, business, weather, etc. International coverage.
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CNN Weather
U.S. and world forecasts, weather maps, storm information, allergy reports
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College and University Rankings
Compiled by University of Illinois Education and Social Science Library.
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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.
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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.
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Community College Web
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ComVista (CIOS)
A guide to programs of study in communication-related departments in North American higher education. One year trial subscription.
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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.
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Cool Works
This site lists part-time and summer jobs for students. Links include areas of resort jobs, camp jobs, national parks, etc.
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Country Health Profiles
Pan American Health Organization
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CSE (CBE) Documentation Guide
Council for Science Editors' (formerly Council for Biology Editors) Citation Guide website created by Ohio State University.
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Daily Progress
Charlottesville's daily newspaper.
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David Rumsey Map Collection (Cartography Associates)
The collection focuses on rare 18th and 19th century North and South America maps and other cartographic materials. Images available for certain uses (such as attribution) under the
Creative Commons
license.
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Internet
Dialnet: Portada de Revistas
A collection of full-text articles in Spanish in all disciplinary areas.
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DOE Technology Transfer
Searches technology transfer information across all Department of Energy Laboratories.
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Internet
E-Server Technical Communication Library
Articles, course materials, periodicals, reference guides, and miscellaneous other materials of importance to technical and scientific communication...
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Unrestricted
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."
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Encyclopedia of ED Stats
National Center for Education Statistics.
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Encyclopedia of Religion & Society
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Encyclopedia.com
More than 14,000 brief articles.
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English Short Title Catalogue
Indexes over 460,000 that were published between 1473 and 1800 primarily in Britain and North America.
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Environmental Health and Toxicology (NLM/NIH Specialized Information Service) (NIH)
Toxicology and Environmental Health Information Program (TEHIP) maintains a comprehensive toxicology and environmental health web site that includes access to resources produced by TEHIP and by other government agencies and organizations. This web site includes links to databases, bibliographies, tutorials, and other scientific and consumer-oriented resources.
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FDSys (US Government Printing Office)
GPO's Federal Digital System (FDsys) provides public access to Government information submitted by Congress and Federal agencies.
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Internet
Federal Tax Forms and Publications (IRS)
Downloadable federal tax forms, instructions and other IRS publications.
Direct link to the list of forms
.
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Financial Aid Information
Federal financial aid information on the web, including an interactive application
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Food Facts
Fast food nutrition facts.
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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.
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Internet
Gateway to Educational Materials
Thousands of educational resources found on various federal, state, university, non-profit, and commercial Internet sites.
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Unrestricted
Geneva International Forum
Directory of international institutions, missions and companies
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Internet
Glassdoor
Glassdoor is a career resource with information on over 100,000 companies. Content includes salary and bonus information, job descriptions, interview questions, and hiring process details. Also contains employee reviews of their companies.
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Global Education Locator
National Center for Education Statistics.
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Global Telephone Directories
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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...
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Government Information Xchange
Federal Directory
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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.
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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.
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healthfinder
A gateway consumer health information web site from the United States government.
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Help for World Travelers
Steve Krupla's site has guides on world electric, phone, internet, etc., plus links on travel information.
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Historic Architectural Survey of Rockingham County, Virginia
Survey conducted between October 1999 and December 2000 by the architectural and historic preservation...
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F232.R7 H57
Home Page of Meir Bar-Ilan
Meir Bar-Ilan is a Senior Lecturer at Bar-Ilan University. His home page contains much useful information on Second Temple Judaism and the OT Pseudepigrapha, much of it in modern Hebrew, some in English.
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Home Page of Robert A. Kraft
Professor Bob Kraft is a pioneer in using computer technology for teaching and research. His home page has links to a number of courses he has taught online, as well as to his own online publications, and many other resources useful for our course.
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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.
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In the First Person: Index to Letters, Diaries, Oral Histories, and Other Personal Narratives (Alexander Street Press)
Search letters, diaries, oral histories, memoirs, and autobiographies within scholarly materials.
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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.
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Intellicast Weather
U.S. and world weather, travel reports, weather almanac
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Inter-American Development Bank
Socioeconomic data, maps, and other Internet sites
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International Calling Codes
Dialing instructions and codes for countries and cities
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International Council on Nanotechnology: EHS Database
The ICON Environmental, Health and Safety (EHS) database contains summaries (abstracts) and citations for research papers related to the EHS implications of nanoscale materials. You may have to check Periodical Locator to retrieve full text of the articles
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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.
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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
.
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Internet Guides and Tutorials
Tutorials for beginners and for experienced users of the Internet
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JMU Campus Directory
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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.
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Internet
Labyrinth
For Dr. Bankert's section of 299: Serves as a guide to online Medieval resources, including primary texts, secondary texts, and bibliographies.
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LANIC
LANIC (Latin American Network Information Center) is a rich gateway to Internet-based information on Latin America. Organized by topic and by country, it is also keyword-searchable. Maintained at the University of Texas at Austin.
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Latin American Periodicals Tables of Contents (LAPTOC)
Provides access to the tables of contents of more than 800 Latin American journals, primarily in the humanities and social sciences.
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Law School and Library Directory
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Internet
Lester S. Levy Collection of Sheet Music
Contains over 29,000 pieces of American popular music produced between 1780 and 1980.
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Lexi-Comp
Lexi-Comp provides industry-leading, point-of-care drug information through clinical information databases.
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Library of Congress
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Library Spot Quotations
Quotations that are from familiar sources, and from those not familiar to most
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LibWeb
Lists over 74000 pages from libraries in 125 countries.
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Literature Reviews
Created by Reba Leiding, this web tutorial is self-paced.
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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.)
.
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MapMachine by National Geographic
Dynamic and atlas maps of the world.
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MapQuest
Maps, driving directions, and travel guides.
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MapsOnUs
Free registration is required and allows users to customize maps and searches, as well as interactively share travel information.
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Martindale's Calculators On-Line Center
Contains links to almost 18,000 different calculators.
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Internet
Medical Spanish for Healthcare Providers
Learn how to speak Spanish in a medical setting -- from anatomy to illness symptoms...
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Merck Manual of Medical Information-Second Home Edition
Online version of the Merck Manual of Medical Information-Second Home Edition
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Middle English Dictionary (University of Michigan)
A comprehensive analysis of lexicon and usage for the period 1100-1500, based on the analysis of a collection of over three million citation slips, the largest collection of this kind available.
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Millennium Studies and Apocalypticism
A repository of articles, position papers, and abstracts are the work of those associated with the Center for Millennial Studies at Boston University.
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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.
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MSDS: Material Safety Data Sheets
Find Materials Safety Data Sheets and hazard information about chemicals used in labs.
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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
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Museums Around the World
An eclectic collection of World Wide Web services connected with museums
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Musica International
Contains references of choral music scores discoverable by searching by title, composer, genre, or choir type.
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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.
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NARIC's Instant Disability Resource Center
The leading literature database on disability and rehabilitation ...
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National Anthropological Archives
Collection of anthropological materials that document the world's cultures and the history of anthropology.
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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.
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National Atlas of the United States
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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.
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National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) (US Dept. of Health and Human Services)
The mission of the NIEHS is to reduce the burden of human illness and disability by understanding how the environment influences the development and progression of human disease.
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National Museum of African Art
Provides online exhibits of traditional and modern African art. Also links to Radio Africa, which provides streaming audio from the Smithsonian’s Global Sound collection.
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National Weather Service
Current weather, climatic data, and general information
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NewsLink
Links to over 50 Virginia newspapers, as well as to campus newspapers and those in other states and countries.
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Newspapers Online
This excellent site has categories for the United States, international countries, business, religion, trade, etc. newspapers. A major site.
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NIDCD Directory (National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders) (NIH)
Directory of organizations that focus on issues relating to hearing, balance, smell...
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North American Industry Classification System (US Census Bureau)
Locate NAICS codes through keyword search. Browse the NAICS classification structure.
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O*NET OnLine: Occupational Information Network
A source for continually updated occupational information and labor market research.
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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
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Old Farmer's Almanac
Traditional gardening, weather, and astronomical information, along with stories, anecdotes, puzzles, and contests.
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Internet
OneLook Dictionaries
This tool searches dictionaries on the web in one step.
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Internet
Online Library of Liberty (Liberty Fund)
Electronic versions of classic books about individual liberty. These texts go back some 4,000 years...
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Internet
Open Clip Art Library
Clip art images available for downloading and remixing; all images are free for any use.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Publishers Catalogues Home Pages
Links to publishers worldwide.
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Internet
Quertle
Quertle uses a semantic, relationship-based search to retrieve articles from PubMed, PubMed Central, MEDLINE, BioMed Central, NIH RePORTER, and TOXLINE.
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Internet
Repositories of Primary Sources
Provides links to over 5000 websites that contain manuscripts, archives, rare books, historical photographs, and other primary sources.
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Internet
Roget's II, The New Thesaurus (3rd ed.)
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Rulers
This site lists the heads of government/heads of state of currently existing nations or territories.
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Internet
RxList
Search for information on prescription and over-the-counter drugs, brands, and drug interactions.
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Internet
Science Accelerator
This search engine helps users find science information from ten key U.S. Department of Energy resources...
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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.
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Internet
Scirus (Elsevier)
This is a science-specific search engine for the Internet
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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.
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SNL Financial
Note: You must create a free user account to access SNL.
Click here
to register for an account.
SNL Financial provides news, financial data, and analysis on business sectors in the global economy.
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Campus/Remote
Standard Industrial Classification (US Dept. of Labor)
Locate SIC codes through keyword search. Browse the SIC classification structure.
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State Tax Forms
Downloadable tax forms for each state.
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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.
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Internet
Switchboard
U.S. residential and business directory
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Internet
Tax Information For Students
Links to tax information and publications, for students.
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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
.
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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.
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Internet
Tile.Net
Search for Internet Lists, Newsgroups, FTP sites by name or subject.
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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.
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Turabian Citation Guide
Excerpt from website:
Kate L. Turabian’s
Manual for Writers of Research Papers, Theses, and Dissertations
presents two basic documentation systems, notes-bibliography style (or simply bibliography style) and parenthetical citations–reference list style (or reference list style). These styles are essentially the same as those presented in
The Chicago Manual of Style
, 15th edition, with slight modifications for the needs of student writers...
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Universities Worldwide
Links to over 6,000 universities in 170 countries. Searchable by keyword,country or state.
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Internet
University of Georgia Rare Map Collection - American Civil War
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Internet
University of Virginia Library Catalog (VIRGO)
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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
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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.
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Internet
USA Today Weather
U.S. and world weather, weather maps, and weather news
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Internet
USDA Nutrient Database
Standard nutrient content for over 6,200 foods.
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Internet
Victorian Women Writers Project
Provides transcripts of works written by 19th century British women writers. Includes anthologies, novels, political pamphlets, religious tracts, children's books, and volumes of poetry and verse drama.
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Virginia County Interactive Mapper
Makes customized maps of Virginia Counties
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Internet
Virginia Newspapers
Links to 69 Virginia newspapers through refdesk.com.
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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.
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Virginia Tax Forms
This site from the Virginia Department of Taxation contains downloadable tax forms and instructions.
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Virginia Workforce Connection
"Your doorway to employment and labor market information in Virginia"
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Internet
Virtual Religion Index
A collection of internet resources compiled by faculty at Rutgers University and categorized by subject.
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Internet
Voice of America
This site has the text of VOA programs.
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Wabash College Internet Guide to Religion
A selective, annotated guide to a wide variety of electronic resources of interest to those who are involved in the study and practice of religion:
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Weather Underground
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