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ART:

ARCHITECTURE

• Digital Archive of Architecture

• Great Buildings Collection

ART BY COUNTRY/CULTURE

• Archives of American Art

COSTUME

• Costume Gallery

HISTORY

• Art History Resources on the Web

• Art History Periods and Movements

• Art History Links: Gateway to 400 sites (Univ. Mich.)

MUSEUMS

• Museum of Modern Art (MoMA)

• Museums Around the World

• National Museum of American Art

• Smithsonian American Art Museum

• Tate Britain

• WebMuseum Network

PHOTOGRAPHY

• American Museum of Photography

• Women Photographers

• Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Online Catalog

• The National Portrait Gallery

• UCR/The California Museum of Photography

• International Museum of Photography and Film, George Eastman House

• TimePix [Portfolio of photos from Time and Life Magazines]

• The Digital Photography Exhibit

REFERENCE

• Artcyclopedia: the Fine Art Search Engine 

• Yahoo Artists

BIBLIOGRAPHY 

• APA Style Sheet

• EasyBib (free automatic MLA bibliography formatting )

• MLA Style Sheet

• Online! Citation Styles 

• U of I Writer's Workshop

BIOGRAPHY:

• Lives, the Biography Resource 

• American National Biography  (NTHS Database)

BUSINESS & FINANCE:

• CEO Express 

• Big Charts--Browse the Market

• Business Week Online

• Hoover's Online (Company Information)

• The Motley Fool: Finance and Folly

• NASDAQ Stock Market Home Page

• Edmunds.com (car pricing guide)

CENSORSHIP

• The File Room Censorship Archive

CHICAGO/ILLINOIS

• Illinois High School Association

• North Star Net Community Information

CLIMATE AND WEATHER

• Chicago Tribune--Weather (Tom Skilling)

• National Climatic Data Center (NCDC)

• National Weather Service

• UM Weather

COLLEGE AND CAREER INFORMATION

• CAREER INFORMATION

• JobStar--Resume Banks

• Occupational Outlook Handbook

• Monster.com Online Career Center

• OWL Online Resume Tutorial (Purdue U. Online Writing Lab)

• COLLEGE AND UNIVERSITY INFORMATION:

• College and Career Programs for Deaf Students

• College and University Rankings

• Peterson's: Colleges and Universities

• U.S. News Online

• COLLEGE ENTRANCE TESTS:

• College Board Online

• The Princeton Review Online

• FINANCIAL AID:

• fastWEB! (Financial Aid Search Through the Web)

• FinAid: The Financial Aid Information Page

• Financial Aid Calculators

• Mapping Your Future

• Nellie Mae Home Page

• Office of Postsecondary Education

• Project EASI

• INTERNSHIPS

• Princeton Review Online--Internship Database

• ONLINE COLLEGE APPLICATIONS

• College Applications

• College NET

• CollegeXPRESS

• Embark.Com

• Princeton Review Online--Apply!

• STUDY ABROAD

• Study Abroad Directory

• Study Abroad Experiential Programs

EDUCATION

• COPYRIGHT

  • ALA - Copyright and Intellectual Property

  • Copyright Implementation Manual (for Schools

  • Copyright Websites: SLA

  • Plagiarism

• RESEARCH

• AskERIC

• Encyclopedia of Education Stats

• National Center for Education Statistics--NCES

• NCES Fast Facts

• Phi Delta Kappan (PDK Gallup Poll)

• U.S. Department of Education

• RESOURCES

• American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

• Blue Web'n: Blue Ribbon Learning Sites

• Center for Adolescent Studies (Indiana University)

• Kathy Schrock's Guide for Educators

• Library Spot

• Specialty Directories for Educators

• WEBQUESTS

  • Bernie Dodge's WebQuest Page

ENCYCLOPEDIAS

• Britannica Encyclopedia  (free version)

• Columbia 2001 Encyclopedia

• Encarta Encyclopedia

ETHICS

• Applied Ethics Resources on the WWW

• Ethics Updates 

• Ethics and Moral Values from Virtual Religion Index

FILM

• Internet Movie Database

• Internet Movie Database Search

• Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences

• Cinemedia

• Early Cinema

• Ebert's Great Movies

FOODS AND NUTRITION

• Center for Nutrition Policy and Promotion (USDA)

• The Cook's Thesaurus

• Fast Food Facts - Interactive Food Finder

• Kids Eat Well

• National Center for Health Statistics

• Nutrition Analysis Tool

• The Vegetarian Resource Group (VRG)

FOOD BY REGION

South and Central America

• Latin American Food & Cooking (Carnegie Library)

• Food in Latin America (LANIC)

• Mexican American Food & Cooking (Carnegie Library)

Asia

• Asian Food & Cooking (Carnegie Library)

Middle East

• Middle East Food & Cooking

• The Middle East

• Iranian/Persian Recipes

 European

• Eastern European Food & Cooking

Indian and South Asian

• Indian and South Asian Food & Cooking

FOREIGN LANGUAGES

• CNN en Espanol

• Culture of Japan

• Spiegel Online

• Paris Match

• Internet Sites for Modern and Classical Languages 

GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS

• FirstGov

• GPO Access (By database)

• Government: U.S. & International (Direct Search)

• National Archives and Records Administration

• POTUS - Presidents of the United States

• U.S. Government Information  (U. Texas Austin)

• Uncle Sam - FORMS FROM THE FEDS

• State and Local Government on the Net: A guide to government sponsored Internet sites 

• State and City Governments (Direct Search)

• U.S. Census Bureau

• Government Documents Librarianship

HEALTH

• BIOETHICS
  The President's Council on Bioethics
  National Institute of Health: Bioethics Resources

• HIV/AIDS
  The Body: A Multimedia AIDS and HIV Resource
  JAMA HIV/AIDS Information Center
  HIV/AIDS: Center for Disease Control
  HIV InSite
  UN AIDS

• MEDICAL/HEALTH
  Intelihealth 
  CDC National Prevention Information Network
  CDC Health Topics - A to Z
  Harvard World Heath News
  Healthfinder
  Mayo Health Oasis: Daily News on Disease
  MedSite
  National Center for Health Statistics
  National Institute of Nursing Research
  Emerging Infections

• MENTAL HEALTH
  Mental Health Links by Dr. Bob
  Center for the Study of Issues in Public Mental Health
  The ERISA Industry Committee
  National Alliance for the Mentally Ill
  National Institute of Mental Health
  Center for the Advancement of Children's Mental Health
  Psych Central:  Dr. Grohol's Mental Health Page
  Mental Health Net

HOLOCAUST

• America and the Holocaust 

• US Holocaust Memorial    

• MUSEUM OF TOLERANCE 

HUMANITIES

• Voice of the Shuttle

IMAGES 

• PhotoGraphic Libraries

INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS

• Amnesty International Online

• Crisis Web

• Foreign Affairs Online

• Foreign Relations of the United States

JOURNALISM

• Poynter.org

LAW

• The ABA's LawLink

• FindLaw--Lawcrawler

• Law.com

• Law Research - Historical Documents

• Law Dictionaries Online

• Library Spot Law Libraries

• Jurist: The Law Professors' Network

• National Consumer Law Center

• Legal Forms - FindLaw

• Introduction to Basic Legal Citation
  

LITERATURE

AMERICAN LITERATURE

• African American Women Writers of the 19th Century

• American Authors

• American Literature on the Web

• American Verse Project

• CSpan American Writers

• Literature by Country - Librarians Index to the Internet

• Making of America (MOA) - Digital Library of Primary Sources

• Voice of the Shuttle - American Literature

WORLD LITERATURE

• African Writers: Voices of Change

• Irish Literature, Mythology, Folklore, and Drama

• Legends

• Literary Locales

• Mr. William Shakespeare and the Internet

• Online Literary Criticism Collection

POETRY

• The William Blake Archive

• Poetry Daily

• British Poetry 1780-1910

• The Samuel Taylor Coleridge Archive

• The Internet Poetry Archive

• Contemporary American Poetry Archive

• Poets.Org

• Poetry Portal

• American Verse Project

• Audio Poetry:

  • Salon.com

• Victorian Web: Literature, History & Culture

MAPS

• Historical Atlas of the Twentieth Century

• Historical Maps of China 

• Links to Historical Maps

• Perry-Castañeda Library Map Collection (Includes NASA photographs)

MATH

• Frequently Asked Questions in Mathematics

• Interactive Mathematics Online

• Internet Resources for the Mathematics Student

• Math Forum

• Math Archives (U. Tennessee, Knoxville)

• The Prime Page

• Measure 4 Measure 

MEDIA

• Media and Communication Studies

• University of Iowa Media Studies

MOVIES

• Internet Movie Database

• Yahoo! Movies

• Magill's Survey of Cinema :  see librarian for logon password (comprehensive, full-text articles on over 1,800 notable films)

MUSIC

• Classical USA

• General Music Resources

• All-Music Guide

• Classical Net

• DW3 Classical Music Resources

• Historic American Sheet Music: 1850-1920

• Music Library Reference Desk

• Rock on the Net

MYTHOLOGY

• Ancient Greek (Hellenic) Sites on the World Wide Web

• Before Troy

• Bulfinch's Mythology

• Classical myth: The Ancient Sources

• Folklore and Mythology Electronic Texts

• Images of the Trojan War Myth

• Mything Links

• Perseus Encyclopedia

NEWS SERVICES

• ABC

• American Journalism Review 

• AP News

• BBC

• CBS

• Hotlinks to Newspapers Online

• Los Angeles Times

• MSNBC

• Newslink

• New York Times

• USA Today

PEOPLE

• 20th Century Women in Physics

• 20th Century leaders - a timeline from Time

• Arts & Letters Daily 

• The Biographical Dictionary

• Biography.com

• Nobel Laureates

• Philosophers

• Telephone Directories on the Web 

• World Biographical Index

PHILOSOPHY

• EpistemeLinks: Philosophy Resources

• The Paideia Project Online

• Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy

POPULATION

• Population Reference Bureau

• World Population Clock - Sunsite

• World Population Clock - U.S. Census Bureau

• U.S. Population Clock - U.S. Census Bureau

• AmeriStat 

PSYCHOLOGY

• American Psychological Association

• National Institute of Mental Health

• The Personality Project

• Psych Central:  Dr. John Grohol's Mental Health Page

• PsychREF: Resources in Psychology on the Internet

• Encyclopedia of Psychology

QUOTATIONS

• Bartleby.com 

• Bartlett's Quotations

• Dictionary of Scientific Quotations

• The Quotations Page

• Yahoo! Reference: Quotations

RELIGION

All Religions

• APS Guide to Resources in Theology (U. of Toronto)

• Internet Resources for World Religions

• Finding God in Cyberspace

• Virtual Religion Index

• World Religions Project

• Sacred Text Archive

American Religions

• American Religious Experience

• American Religion Data Archive

• Pluralism Project

• Religion in America

Buddhism

• Buddhist Studies WWW Virtual Library

Christianity

• Bible Browser

• The Catholic Encyclopedia

• Index of Catholic Saints

Islam

• Al-Islam

• Discover Islam

• Islamic Studies, Islam, Arabic, and Religion

• Noble Quar'an

• Quran Browser Basic Home Page

Judaism

• Judaism and Jewish Resources

• Torah.org

SCIENCE

• Biomes

• ChemFinder Searching

• Chemistry Resources

• Conservation and Research Center

• Environmental Defense Fund Scorecard

• EnviroLink

• Help for Physics Students

• Human Genome Links

• Kimball's Biology Pages

• Martindale's Ref Desk:  Physics Center

• The NASA Homepage

• Nine Planets: Multimedia Tour of Solar System

• PhysLINK:  The Ultimate Physics Resource

• Pictorial Periodic Table

• US Fish & Wildlife Service National Image Library

• Virtual Chemistry Center

• WebElements Periodic Table 

SOCIOLOGY

• Sociology Internet Resources

SOCIAL STUDIES

AFRICA

• Africana.com 

• Woyaa! Africa Search

• African History and Culture

• Africa South of the Sahara

ASIA

• Asian Studies WWW Virtual Library (Australian National U.)

ECONOMICS

• Resources for Economics on the Internet

• EconData

• Econ Links

• The Economy at at Glance (BLS)

• Bureau of Labor Statistics Data Summary

• Statistical Abstract of the United States

• White House Economics Statistics

• Internet Economy Indicators

GEOGRAPHY

• Map Collection (U. of Chicago Library)

• Perry-Castaneda Library Map Collection (U. of Texas, Austin)

• U.S. Gazeteer--Geographic Name Server (U.S. Census Bureau)

• Yale University Map Collection

GREECE (ANCIENT)

• Perseus Project

• Ancient Greek (Hellenic)Sites Part I

• Ancient Greek (Hellenic) Sites Part II

• Ancient Greek Sites and Links

ROME (ANCIENT) 

• Roman Mural Project Web Links

• Daily Life in Ancient Rome

• Roman Daily Life

HUMAN RIGHTS

• Human Rights Library (U. of Minnesota)

• Diana International Human Rights Database

LATIN AMERICA

• Perry Castaneda Library Map Collection (U. of Texas, Austin)

• Political Database of the Americas (Georgetown U.)

MIDDLE EAST

• Middle East Countries

NATIVE AMERICANS

• Index of Native American Resources on the Net

POLITICS & GOVERNMENT

• Ballot Watch

• Campaigns and Elections

• Project Vote Smart

• Illinois General Assembly

• Department of State Information

• POTUS: Presidents of the United States

• THOMAS: Legislative Information on the Internet

• Voter Information Services

• Nationalissues.com 

U.S. HISTORY

• Afro-American Almanac

• American Heritage

• American Memory (Historical Collections from the National Digital Library)

• American Women's History: Research Guide

• Chronology of U.S. Historical Documents

• Documents for the Study of American History

• The Enlightenment: Influence in American Colonies

• Gilder Lehrmann Slavery Collection (U. of Houston)

• Historical United States Census Data Browser

• Historical Text Archive

• Immigration Links

• The Library of Congress

• Library of Southern Literature

• Making of America (Digital Primary Sources)

• National Archives

• New American Studies Web

• Nineteenth Century Documents Project (Furman U.)

• POTUS: Presidents of the United States

• Primary Sources for U.S. History

• The Sixties Project

• America and Vietnam 1945-75

• Wars for Vietnam: 1945 to 1975

• Women and Social Movements in the U.S., 1820-1940

WORLD HISTORY

• Discoveries of Ancient Civilizations

• Early Civilizations: China, India, Asia, Middle East

• Renaissance--Annenberg/CPB Project Exhibits

• Ancient History Sourcebook (Fordham U.)

• Medieval Sourcebook (Fordham U.)

• The Labyrinth: Resources for Medieval Studies

• Modern History Sourcebook (Fordham U.)

• Ancient Africa, Ancient India and Ancient China

• Turn of the Century

• Repositories of Primary Sources organized by country

• Country Studies on the Web (Library of Congress)

SPEECHES

• SPEECHBOT (Archives online radio-TV transcripts)

• Speech and Transcript Center

SPORTS

• Baseball-Reference.com 

• Fitness Link

• Human Kinetics

• National Athletic Trainers' Association

• SPORTQuest

STATISTICS/SURVEYS

• SURVEYS

  • CNN/Time Polls

  • Gallup Organization

  • Harris Poll Online

  • Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies

  • Kaiser Family Foundation Surveys

  • Los Angeles Times Poll

  • National Council on Public Opinion Polls

  • National Opinion Research Center (U. of Chicago)

  • Pew Research Center

  • Polling Report

  • Public Agenda, Go to "Pulse"

  • Roper Center/Public Opinion

  • Survey.net

  • USA Today Polls and Attitudes

  • Washington Post 

• STATISTICS--U.S.

  • Economic Policy Institute DataZone

  • Fedstats

  • National Center for Health Statistics

  • UNESCO Statistics

  • U.S. Historical Census Data Browser

  • Data on the Net - UCSD

  • Bureau of Labor Statistics

  • Statistical Abstracts of the United States

  • Government Information Sharing Project - OSU

  • White House Social Statistics Briefing Room

  • Univ. of Michigan Documents Center

  • National Center for Education Statistics

  • Stat-USA

  • Public Record Databases 

   

• STATISTICS--GLOBAL

  • Eurostat

  • WebStat 

  • The World In Figures 

• Studies

• Sociological Studies Online 

SUBSTANCE ABUSE

• Alcoholics Anonymous

• National Clearinghouse for Alcohol and Drug Information

• National Institute on Drug Abuse

• MADD

THEATRE/DRAMA

• Aisle Say

• American Ballet Theatre

• Musical Stages Links

• The Pergamon Project 

• McCoy's Guide to Theatre and Performance Studies

• Theatre History on the Web

• The Costume Page

• International Theatre Design Archive

TRAVEL

• CURRENCY EXCHANGE RATES

• Universal Currency Converter

• GENERAL INFORMATION

• Budget Travel

• Excite Travel

• Fodor's Travel Online

• MAPS

• MapQuest

• CitySearch Map

• Rand McNally Online

• Lasoo (search for anything by location)

• U.S. GOVERNMENT

• Bureau of Consular Affairs

• Center for Disease Control--Travelers' Health

• Passport Service

WATER

• The World's Water

WORDS

• Dictionaries

• The Online Medical Dictionary

• Online Medical and Science Dictionaries

• Animated American Sign Language Dictionary

• Roget's Thesaurus - U. of Chicago

• The Visual Thesaurus

• Acronym Finder

• Mathematical Thesaurus

• Semantic Rhyming Dictionary

• Foreignword.com
  

WRITING

• Guide to Grammar and Writing

• Purdue Online Writing Lab

• Nuts and Bolts of College Writing

• Writing Argumentative Essays