Art
and Artists
Artcyclopedia:
The Fine Art Search Engine
URL: http://www.artcyclopedia.com/
"...definitive and most effective guide to museum-quality
fine art on the Internet." Thousands of artists, 10’s
of thousands of artworks and links. [11/07]
Google
Web Directory: Artists
URL: http://directory.google.com/Top/Arts/Art_History/Artists/
Alphabetical listing of artists and related categories.
[11/07]
National
Gallery of Art
URL: http://www.nga.gov
Our national collections in Washington DC described online.
Digital libraries of artwork that easy to search by artist,
title, subject, more. [11/07]
National
Portrait Gallery
URL: http://www.npg.si.edu/
"The American nation has set aside a place to keep
generations of remarkable Americans in the company of their
fellow citizens: the National Portrait Gallery." [11/07]
NYPL
Digital Gallery
URL: http://digitalgallery.nypl.org/nypldigital/
Superb collection of thousands of images from the New York
Public Library [NYPL] including maps, posters, prints, photographs
spanning art, literature, architecture, nature, etc. [11/07]
Prints
and Photographs Reading Room
URL: http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/catalog.html
The Library of Congress has an organized and searchable
database of a million digital images. Not all are in the
public domain, so be careful how you use the images. [11/07]
Auto
For
a comprehensive listing of automotive and automobile
information, see
Automotive
Resources page.
Aviation
For
a comprehensive listing of Aviation information,
see
Aviation
Resources page.
Architects,
Biographical information on Building Resources
(see Architectural
Resources page)
General
A&E's
Biography.com
URL: http://www.biography.com/
Brief biographies in a searchable/browsable database.
Arts & Entertainment network. [03/08]
A&E's
Biography.com Black History Month
URL: http://www.biography.com/blackhistory/
Biographies of great African-Americans. [11/06]
Author
Pseudonyms
URL: http://www.trussel.com/books/pseudo.htm#aka
Database of author's alternate names or AKA (also known
as), aliases, and nicknames. [11/07]
Biographical
Dictionary
URL: http://s9.com/
tens of thousands of “notable men and women who
have shaped our world from ancient times to the present
day." [11/07]
National
Inventors Hall of Fame
URL: http://www.invent.org/hall_of_fame/1_1_search.asp
Short bios on inventors. Search or browse by inventor,
invention, induction date. [11/07]
Who
2?
URL: http://www.who2.com/index.html
Famous people short bios. [11/07]
Government
American
Presidents: Life Portraits
URL: http://www.americanpresidents.org/
Biographical information, video clips. [11/07]
Biographical
Directory of the United States Congress, 1774-present
URL: http://bioguide.congress.gov
Easy to use search for historical biographies of politicians.
[11/07]
Internet
Public Library's POTUS: Presidents of the United States
URL: http://www.ipl.org/div/potus/
Excellent, well-organized resource for President biographies.
[11/07]
President's
Hall
URL: http://www.whitehouse.gov/history/presidents/
Brief biographies of the presidents and summaries of
major events during their term(s) in office. [11/07]
Medical
Who
Named It?
URL: http://www.whonamedit.com/
"...a biographical dictionary of medical
eponyms. It is our ambition to present a complete survey
of all medical phenomena named for a person, with a
biography of that person." [02/07]
Scientific
World
of Biography, Eric Weisstein's
URL: http://scienceworld.wolfram.com/biography/
Excellent source: Over 1000 biographies of scientific
standouts, with references, images, sponsored by Wolfram
Research. [08/08]
Women
International
Archive of Women in Architecture (IAWA)
URL: http://spec.lib.vt.edu/IAWA/
"...a joint program of the College of Architecture
and Urban Studies and the University Libraries at Virginia
Polytechnic Institute and State University (Virginia
Tech)...professional papers of women architects, landscape
architects, designers, architectural historians and
critics, and urban planners, and the records of women's
architectural organizations, from around the world."
[11/07]
Business
For
a complete listing of online resources, see
Business Resources
page for a comprehensive guide to business and corporate
research.
Computers/
Internet
For a complete listing of online resources,
see Computers.
For
Reference and other materials available in the library,
see the Computer
page of the Subject
Resource Series.
Current
Events
A good listing of events
-- spanning politics, weather, situations --
that you hear about in the news.
See the CURRENT
EVENTS page.
Education
The Educator's Reference Desk
No longer available.
[11/07]
ERIC:
Educational Resources Information Center
URL: http://www.eric.ed.gov
Widely considered a reliable index of education articles.
Has undergone numerous in revisions. ERIC
is currently also available in the library, via EBSCOhost.
[12/07]
FastWeb
URL: http://www.fastweb.com/
Search for scholarships and colleges. Check
the privacy policy. Registration required.
[12/07]
GEM
(Gateway to 21st Century Skills, formerly
Gateway to Educational Materials)
URL: http://www.thegateway.org/
Thousands of free quality resources for teachers, instructors.
[12/07]
National
Center for Educational Statistics (NCES):
Annual Report
URL: http://nces.ed.gov/annuals/
Education statistics include: The Condition
of Education, The Digest of Education
Statistics, and Projections of
Education Statistics, School Crime
and Safety, and Education Statistics
Quarterly. [12/07]
Universities
Worldwide
URL: http://univ.cc/
Links to thousands of universities in hundreds of countries.
[12/07]
See
the complete Environment
page that includes Pollution, Climate Changes such
as Global Warming, Land Wilderness and Wildlife issues,
Recycling, more.
Pangea
Day, May 10 2008:
Pangea
Day
URL:
http://www.pangeaday.org/
Pangea
Day taps the power of film to strengthen tolerance
and compassion while uniting millions of people to
build a better future. [03/08]
Awards
CINE:
Celebrating Excellence in Film and Radio
URL: http://www.cine.org
CINE
awards the Golden Eagles for excellence in documentary
and other informational film and video production.
[06/06]
Directors
Hitchcock
Basic Film Techniques
URL: http://www.borgus.com/think/hitch.htm
Film techniques developed by Alfred Hitchcock. Topics
include "camera is not a camera" , point
of view editing, and using humor to add tension. From
an independent filmmaker. [08/07]
Ingmar
Bergman Face to Face
URL: http://www.ingmarbergman.se/
Swedish film director Ingmar Bergman (1918-2007).
Details about Bergman's films such
as "Fanny and Alexander," "The Seventh
Seal," and "Wild Strawberries." From
the Ingmar Bergman Foundation. [08/07]
Biographies
of Film Directors
URL: http://tcmdb.com
Search for many film directors, and plenty of information
about films. From Turner Classic Movies. (TCM) [08/07]
Documentary
Films
Center for Independent Documentary
URL: http://documentaries.wordpress.com/
"
CID is a non-profit organization dedicated exclusively
to collaborating with independent filmmakers, offering
assistance and support in bringing their films to
completion."
[11/07]
Elements
of Mass Communication: An Interactive Cybertext
URL:
http://www.cybercollege.com/frtv/frtv_ind.htm
Includes histories of film, radio and television.
Ron Whittaker, Ph.D. [11/07]
TED.com:
Ideas worth spreading
URL: http://www.ted.com
TED stands for TEchnology, Entertainment, Design
TED is a product of the Sapling Foundation, whose
intention "is to foster the spread of great ideas...[and]
aims to provide a platform for the world's smartest
thinkers, greatest visionaries and most-inspiring
teachers, so that millions of people can gain a better
understanding of the biggest issues faced by the world,
and a desire to help create a better future."
[03/08]
Film
Industry
BFI:
British Film Institute
URL: http://www.bfi.org.uk/
Excellent.
Source for more than 800,000 films (worldwide coverage
with emphasis on British and US productions. Excellent
research
database. Sight
and Sound magazine. Archive of issue
indexes back to 1998.
[03/08]
Film
Reference
URL: http://www.filmreference.com/
Excellent alphabetical reference for Actors, Directors,
Films and Writers and Production Artists. [12/07]
Film Society of Lincoln Center
URL: http://www.filmlinc.com/
"America’s pre-eminent film presentation
organization, The Film Society of Lincoln Center was
founded in 1969 to celebrate American and international
cinema, to recognize and support new filmmakers, and
to enhance awareness, accessibility and understanding
of the art among a broad and diverse film going audience."
[03/08]
The
Monster that Ate Hollywood
URL:
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/hollywood/
Interviews and links to articles and other sources
about the film industry from Frontline, a PBS series.
[12/07]
NewEnglandFilm.com
URL:
http://www.newenglandfilm.com/
"The online magazine & resource for 38,000+
local filmmakers & video makers." [12/07]
Rhode
Island International Film Festival
URL:
http://www.film-festival.org/
Information about the festival with applications for
entering films or securing internships. [12/07]
Special
Effects: Titanic and Beyond
URL:
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/specialfx2/
Explains how special effects for the movie, Titanic,
were created. Other films as well. [12/07]
Film
Literature (Film and Television periodicals)
Film
Literature Index [FLI]
URL: http://webapp1.dlib.indiana.edu/fli/index.jsp
"The FLI online database contains citations to
film, television and video articles, reviews and book
reviews. The FLI Online contains approximately 700,000
citations to articles, film reviews and book reviews
published between 1976-2001. The periodicals range
from the scholarly to the popular. More than 2,000
subject headings provide detailed analysis of the
articles."
Maintained by Indiana University. [11/07]
Independent
Films
Independent
Film Channel
URL: http://www.ifctv.com
"The Independent Film Channel (IFC) is the first
channel entirely dedicated to presenting independent
film, unedited and commercially uninterrupted 24 hours
a day."
[12/07]
Sundance
Institute
URL:
http://www2.sundance.org/
"Founded by Robert Redford and dedicated to the
development of artists of independent vision and the
exhibition of their new work."
[11/06]
Movie
Guides (current movies)
All
Movie Guide
URL: http://www.allmovie.com
Search from almost a quarter million titles, with
ratings, synopses, and "same feeling" movies. [12/07]
Asian
American Film
URL: http://www.asianamericanfilm.com/
"The latest scoop on Asian American films and
filmmakers." [11/06]
Movie
Guides (historical)
America
at Work, America at Leisure:
Motion Pictures from 1894-1915
URL: http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/awlhtml/
American Memory, Library of Congress. [12/07]
Based
on the Book
URL: http://www.mcpl.lib.mo.us/readers/movies/
Database of movies released from 1980 to the present
that were based on books. [12/07]
Internet
Movie Database
URL:
http://www.imdb.com/
An amazon.com company, website appearance similar.
Searchable database of movies, independent films.
Short plot synopsis, reviews. [12/07]
Internet
Public Library: Movies
URL:
http://www.ipl.org/div/subject/browse/ent50.00.00/
Links to sources on films, filmmakers, and performers.
[12/07]
Reviews
At-a-Glance
Film Reviews
URL: http://www.rinkworks.com/movies/
Quick reference guide to reviews and rating, listed
by date and genre with links to the Internet Movie
Database for in-depth information. Personal site,
worth the look. [12/07]
MRQE: Movie Review Query Engine
The Movie Review Query Engine (MRQE) is a
database of links to online reviews -- written by
professionals and amateurs and drawn from hundreds
of sources including newspapers, magazines and fan
sites. [09/08]
Rogerebert.com:
Movies and More
URL: http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/frontpage
Reviews of current movies, more than you
ever want to know about all kinds of movies.
[12/07]
Sight
and Sound Top 10 Poll
URL:
http://www.bfi.org.uk/sightandsound/topten/
Critics and directors picks for best films. Once a
decade poll. [12/07]
Video
Videojug:
Life explained.on film.
URL: http://www.videojug.com/
"Since launching in September 2006, VideoJug
has grown into the world’s most comprehensive
library of free factual video content online. Our
professionally-produced, high definition videos cover
every conceivable topic and the site is the definitive
online 'encyclopaedia of life'." [03/08]
Videomaker
URL:
http://www.videomaker.com
Online magazine, full-text, 1994 - present [03/08]
Library
Resources (books, periodicals, media):
      
General
American
Memory: Historical Collections for the National
Digital Library
URL:
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/index.html
Library of Congress American Memory collection of
browsable topics. Included are manuscripts, images,
documents, timelines. [06/06]
Best
of History Web Sites
URL:
http://www.besthistorysites.net
Annotated list of websites arranged by period and
rated by reviewers. [12/07]
A Biography of America
URL:
http://www.learner.org/biographyofamerica/
Organized by key events that shaped
America, this Anneberg Foundation website is a companion
to their videos and telecourse. [12/07]
David
Rumsey Map Collections
URL: http://www.davidrumsey.com/
Over 10,000 maps online focusing on rare historical
maps of North and South America of the 18th and
19th centuries. May require viewer download. [12/07]
Year
by Year: 1900-2007
URL: http://www.infoplease.com/yearbyyear.html
Facts on history, the media, sports, literature,
and news for the last century. [12/07]
American
Revolution
American
Revolution: Lighting Freedom's Flame
URL: http://www.nps.gov/revwar/
"The official National Park Service American
Revolution Web Site." Excellent source materials.
[01/08]
The
American Revolution: National Discussions of our
Revolutionary Origins
URL: http://revolution.h-net.msu.edu/
Michigan State University's educational site on
the American Revolution. Excellent
source materials. [01/08]
Liberty!
The American Revolution
URL: http://www.pbs.org/ktca/liberty/
PBS series offers substantial resources and a bibliography.
[01/08]
Civil
War
Civil
War @ Smithsonian
URL:
http://civilwar.si.edu/
"Produced by the National
Portrait Gallery and dedicated to examining
the Civil War through the Smithsonian Institution's
extensive and manifold collections. Since the war
itself, 1861–1865, the institution has been
actively collecting, preserving, and remembering
America’s most profound national experience."
[01/08]
World
War II
The
Good War and Those Who Refused to Fight
URL: http://www.pbs.org/itvs/thegoodwar/
Historical materials on conscientious objectors
and pacifism during World War II. [01/08]
African
Americans
African
American Perspectives
URL:
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/aap/aaphome.html
Searchable database of historical pamphlets from
1818-1907. Library of Congress collection: American
Memory. [01/08]
Africans
in America
URL:
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aia/home.html
PBS. "America’s journey through slavery
is presented in four parts, each with a historical
narrative, a resource bank, and a teacher’s
guide." [01/08]
Greensboro
Sit-Ins: Launch of a Civil Rights Movement
URL:
http://www.sitins.com
Print and multimedia resources on a pivotal point
in the Civil Rights Movement. [01/08]
Jewish
Americans
Center
for Jewish History
URL:
http://www.cjh.org/
"The Center for Jewish History is one of the
great public Jewish historical and cultural institutions
in the world, and its mission is clear: To foster
the creation and dissemination of Jewish knowledge
and to make the historical and cultural record of
the Jewish people readily accessible to scholars,
students and the broad public." [01/08]
Women
American Women's History: A Research Guide
URL:
http://frank.mtsu.edu/~kmiddlet/history/women.html
Maintained by Librarian Ken Middleton of Middle Tennessee
State University, this site has dozens of women-related
topics, state by state listing of collections, andfinding
aids for primary and secondary documents. [01/08]
Women
In Military Service For America Memorial
URL: http://www.womensmemorial.org
History of US military women by era, oral histories,
and a photo collection. [01/08]
Women's
History
URL:http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/browse/ListSome.php?
category=Women's%20History
Library of Congress American Memory collection highlights
Woman's suffrage, the history and culture of women
in America. Manuscript collection. [01/08]
Women's
Rights
URL: http://usinfo.state.gov/dd/eng_democracy_
dialogues/womens_rights.html
Documents and links compiled by the U.S. Department
of State.
[01/08]
General
Information and Links
American
Presidents: Life Portraits
URL: http://www.americanpresidents.org/
Video archive of all American presidents.
[01/08]
POTUS:
Presidents of the United States
URL: http://www.ipl.org/div/potus/
Excellent, well-organized resource for President biographies.
IPL: Internet Public Library.
[01/08]
Presidential
Libraries (National Archives)
URL: http://www.archives.gov/presidential_libraries/index.html
"NARA (National Archives and Records Administration)
ensures, for the citizen and the public servant, for
the President and for the Congress and the Courts,
ready access to essential evidence."
[01/08]
President's
Hall
URL: http://www.whitehouse.gov/history/presidents/
Brief biographies of the presidents and summaries
of major events during their term(s).
[01/08]
Bush,
George Herbert Walker
George
Bush Presidential Library and Museum
URL: http://bushlibrary.tamu.edu/
Carter, Jimmy
Jimmy
Carter Library and Museum
URL: http://www.jimmycarterlibrary.org
Clinton, William Jefferson [11/06]
Clinton
Presidential Center
URL: http://www.clintonfoundation.org
Eisenhower, Dwight David
The
Eisenhower Center [08/05]
URL: http://www.eisenhower.archives.gov/
Ford, Gerald R.
Gerald
R. Ford Library and Museum
URL: http://www.ford.utexas.edu/
Hoover, Herbert
Herbert
Hoover Presidential Library-Museum
URL: http://hoover.archives.gov
Johnson,
Lyndon Baines
Lyndon
Baines Johnson Library and Museum
URL: http://www.lbjlib.utexas.edu/
Kennedy,
John Fitzgerald [01/05]
John
Fitzgerald Kennedy Library
URL: http://www.jfklibrary.org/
John
F. Kennedy Library and Museum
URL: http://www.jfklibrary.org
McKinley,
William
McKinley
Museum
URL: http://www.mckinley.lib.oh.us/museum/default.htm
Nixon,
Richard Milhouse [11/06]
Nixon
Presidential Materials
URL: http://nixon.archives.gov
Richard
M. Nixon Library and Birthplace
URL: http://www.nixonfoundation.org
[Note: This library is not affiliated with NARA--
the National Archives and Records Administration.--
Records of the Nixon White House years are
not located at the Nixon Library.] [02/06]
Nixon
White House Phone Calls
URL:http://www.c-span.org/executive/presidential/nixon.asp
C-SPAN presents tapes that can be listened to online
of President Nixon's 1971 and 1972 years.
Reagan,
Ronald [01/05]
Ronald
Reagan Presidential Library
URL: http://www.reagan.utexas.edu
Roosevelt,
Franklin Delano
Franklin
D. Roosevelt Library and Digital Archives
URL: http://www.fdrlibrary.marist.edu/
Truman,
Harry S.
Harry
S. Truman Presidential Museum and Library
URL: http://www.trumanlibrary.org/index.html
Labor
Institute
for Research on Labor and Employment Library
URL: http://www.irle.berkeley.edu/library/
"...strengths of the collection are labor history,
labor and culture, labor and the arts, labor relations,
organization studies, international labor issues,
trade unionism and collective bargaining."
University of California, Berkeley. [01/08]
Law
For
a comprehensive Law listing
see
> Law
page
arranged by legal topic.
Local
Libraries and Library Consortia
The
Athenaeum
See
The Providence Athenaeum below.
Brown
University Library
URL: http://josiah.brown.edu/
JOSIAH is the name of the Brown University online
catalog. Resources may also be searched via InRhode.
Contact a NEIT librarian to borrow specific materials.
[01/09]
HELIN
Libraries
URL: http://131.128.70.2/
Higher Education
Library Information
Network, most RI Academic Libraries.
[01/08]
InRhode
URL: http://inrhode.uri.edu/
"InRhode - combines the resources of Brown University's
library database, Josiah, with those of the HELIN
Consortium library database. Also includes holding
information of the formerly CRIARL Union List of Serials."
[01/09]
OLIS:
Office of Library and Information Services
URL: http://www.olis.ri.gov/
State of Rhode Island Department of Administration
for libraries. [01/09]
OSL:
Ocean State Libraries
URL: http://www.oslri.org/
OSL is the RI Public Library system,
formerly CLAN, Cooperating
Libraries Automated
Network. Check the listing of of
participating libraries.
The
Providence Athenaeum
URL: http://www.providenceathenaeum.org
The Providence Athenaeum is the 4th oldest library
in the country, and is a membership library. "...founded
in 1753 as a member-supported library, [The Anthenaeum]
will provide a collection of books, other materials
and programs to anyone, of any age, who loves reading,
appreciates literature, and enjoys intellectual discovery."
Currenlty the online catalog also includes the RISD
collection. Contact a NEIT librarian to borrow specific
materials. [01/09]
RISD
- Rhode Island School of Design
URL: http://library.risd.edu/
RISD library and the Providence Athenaeum Library
are combined. Contact a NEIT librarian to borrow specific
materials. [01/09]
Rhode
Island State Library
URL: http://www.sec.state.ri.us/library/
Links to laws & legislative information, state
agencies & officials, state publications clearinghouse,
variety of state, local and federal links. [01/08]
National
Libraries or national listings of libraries
LIBCAT:
A Guide Library Resouces on the Internet
URL: http://www.librarysites.info/index.htm
Library listing also includes local listings and over-arching
associations. Libraries listed by Country with direct
links. [01/09]Library
of Congress
URL: http://www.loc.gov
"The Library of Congress is the nation's oldest
federal cultural institution and serves as the research
arm of Congress. It is also the largest library in the
world, with nearly 128 million items on approximately
530 miles of bookshelves. The collections include more
than 29 million books and other printed materials, 2.7
million recordings, 12 million photographs, 4.8 million
maps, and 57 million manuscripts. The
Library's mission is to make its resources available
and useful to the Congress and the American people and
to sustain and preserve a universal collection of knowledge
and creativity for future generations."
[01/08]
Library
of Congress Online Catalog
URL:
http://catalog.loc.gov/
Catalog of LC. [03/08]
Library
of Congress Classification Outline
URL:
http://www.itsmarc.com/crs/lcso0001.htm
LC Classifiation system for librarians. [01/08]
lib-web-cats
URL: http://www.librarytechnology.org/libwebcats/
Online catalog source for all the libraries in the world,
emphasis on North America. [01/08]
PublicLibraries.com:
Public Libraries, Building blocks of our Community!
URL: http://www.publiclibraries.com/
Easy listing by state of public, presidential,state
and other libraries. [01/09]
Virtual
Libraries
Best
Information on the Net: Hot Paper Topoics
URL: http://library.sau.edu/bestinfo/Hot/hotindex.htm
Compiled by St. Ambrose University, Iowa. [01/08]
Digital Library Building Blocks: Glossary
URL: http://www.cdlib.org/inside/diglib/glossary
"This glossary of terms for digital librarianship can
help you distinguish OAI from an IOU, and familiarize you
with acronyms, terms, and phrases such as METS, 'XML Gateway,'
and 'behaviors metadata.'" California
Digital Library (CDL) [01/08]
Digital
Librarian: a Librarian's choice of the best of the web
URL: http://www.digital-librarian.com/
Easy to use subject links, not searchable. [01/08]
Digital
Collections and Content [IMLS: Institute of
Museum and Library Services]
URL: http://imlsdcc.grainger.uiuc.edu/
“Digital resources from libraries, museums, and archives
–This project is a collaboration among the University
of Illinois Library, the Graduate School of Library and
Information Science, and the Institute of Museum and Library
Services, a Federal agency that fosters innovation, leadership,
and a lifetime of learning.” The database of images
and printed material can be searched by subject, by name
of the object, by place, or by collection to which the item
belongs. Excellent resource. [02/08]
Gary
Price's List of Lists: Special Issues
URL: http://www.specialissues.com/lol/
Links to sites that include rankings of products, people,
places. [02/08]
Internet
Public Library
URL:http://www.ipl.org/
"Provide library services to Internet users. Activities
include: finding, evaluating, selecting, organizing, describing,
and creating information resources; and direct assistance
to individuals." Maintained by the University of Michigan,
School of Information Studies. [01/08]
Librarian's
Internet Index
URL: http://lii.org/
"The mission of Librarians' Index to the Internet is
to provide a well-organized point of access for reliable,
trustworthy, librarian-selected Internet resources, serving
California, the nation, and the world." Began in the
early 1990's. [01/08]
Libraries:
When You Really Need to Know
URL: http://www.librarysmart.com/working/home.asp
Washington State Library, tips on evaluating resources and
doing research. [01/08]
LibrarySpot
URL: http://www.libraryspot.com/
An easy to use free virtual library. [01/08]
refdesk.com
URL: http://www.refdesk.com/
"Refdesk has three goals: (1) fast access, (2) intuitive
and easy navigation and (3) comprehensive content, rationally
indexed." Compiled by Bob Drudge. [01/08]
Sound
Archive Catalogue [The British Library]
URL: http://cadensa.bl.uk/uhtbin/cgisirsi/x/x/0/49/%20;%20charset=UTF-8
"The catalogue includes entries for almost two-and-a-half
million recordings held in the Sound Archive and is updated
daily. It is one of the largest catalogues of its kind anywhere
in the world, covering both published and unpublished recordings
in all genres from pop, jazz, classical and world music,
to oral history, drama and literature, dialect, language
and wildlife sounds." [11/09]
Virtual
Reference Shelf
URL: http://www.loc.gov/rr/askalib/virtualref.html
"Selected Web resources compiled by the Library of
Congress." [01/08]
Weapons
of Mass Instruction
URL: http://iis.syr.edu/
Formerly "The Virtual
Reference Desk (VRD)" a project of the Information
Institute of Syracuse (Syracuse University). [02/08]
WWW Virtual
Library
URL: http://vlib.org/
"The VL is the oldest catalog of the web, started by
Tim Berners-Lee, the creator of html and the web itself.
Unlike commercial catalogs, it is run by a loose confederation
of volunteers, who compile pages of key links for particular
areas in which they are expert; even though it isn't the
biggest index of the web, the VL pages are widely recognised
as being amongst the highest-quality guides to particular
sections of the web." [02/08]
Mathematics
American
Mathematical Society
URL: http://www.ams.org/
"Founded in 1888 to further mathematical research and
scholarship, the American Mathematical Society fulfills its
mission through programs and services that promote mathematical
research and its uses, strengthen mathematical education,
and foster awareness and appreciation of mathematics and its
connections to other disciplines and to everyday life."
Headquarters in Providence, RI.
[02/08]
Internet
Mathematics Forum
URL: http://mathforum.org/library/toc.html
From the Math Forum at Drexel, browse math topics.
[02/08]
The
Museum of HP Calculators
URL:
http://www.hpmuseum.org/
Hewlett-Packard calculators from 1968 to 1986, also slide
rules and calculating machines.
[02/08]
Medicine
See
the separate Medicine
and Health page
News
Media
ABC
News
Associated
Press
BBC
(British Broadcasting Company)
CBC
(Canadian Broadcasting Company)
CBS
News
CNN
Fox News
MediaChannel.org
(nonprofit public interest Web site dedicated to global
media issues)
MSNBC
National Public
Radio
Newseum
Interactive
museum of news includes daily front pages of U.S. and world
newspapers with links to their websites, online photographic
and video exhibits.
PBS
Online
Includes background information from many PBS documentaries.
Radio
Free Europe/Radio Liberty
Reuters
[11/06]
URL: http://today.reuters.com
Voice
of America News
Library
Resources (books, periodicals, media):
Newspapers
(American)
Atlanta
Journal-Constitution
Boston
Globe
Chicago
Sun-Times
Chicago
Tribune
Christian
Science Monitor
Denver
Post
Detroit News
Hartford
Courant
Houston
Chronicle
Miami
Herald [03/08]
Los Angeles Times
New York
Times
Philadelphia
Inquirer
Providence
Journal
(to obtain articles from the ProJoArchives, see the Reference
Librarian in the Library.
San
Francisco Chronicle
St. Louis
Post-Dispatch
USA Today
Wall
Street Journal
Washington
Post
International
News
To
locate online newspapers from anywhere in the world:
Newspaper
Index
URL: http://www.newspaperindex.com/
Listing of newspapers from all over the world with front
pages of each. No US papers. [06/08]
Online
Newspapers
URL: http://www.onlinenewspapers.com/
Thousands of newspapers from all over the world, includes
United States. [06/08]
Public
Opinion Polls
AAPOR:
American Association for Public Opinion Research
URL: http://www.aapor.org/
"The American Association for Public Opinion Research
(AAPOR) is the leading professional organization of public
opinion and survey research professionals in the U.S., with
members from academia, media, government, the non-profit sector
and private industry. AAPOR
members embrace the principle that public opinion research
is essential to a healthy democracy, providing information
crucial to informed policymaking and giving voice to the nation’s
beliefs, attitudes and desires." [02/08]
Angus
Reid Global Monitor
URL: http://www.angus-reid.com/
Track global opinion on a variety of important
current issues. [01/10]
CMOR:
Council for Marketing & Opinion Research
URL: http://www.cmor.org
“CMOR is a non-profit organization that works on behalf
of the survey research industry to improve respondent cooperation
in research and to promote positive legislation and prevent
restrictive legislation which could impact the survey research
industry.”
[02/08]
Gallup
Organization
URL:
http://www.gallup.com/
"Gallup has studied human nature and
behavior for more than 70 years. Gallup employs many of the
world's leading scientists in management, economics, psychology,
and sociology. Gallup consultants help organizations boost
organic growth by increasing customer engagement and maximizing
employee productivity through measurement tools, coursework,
and strategic advisory services." [02/08]
NCPP:
National Council on Public Polls
URL: http://www.ncpp.org/
‘The National Council on Public Polls (NCPP) is an association
of polling organizations established in 1969. Its mission
is to set the highest professional standards for public opinion
pollsters, and to advance the understanding, among politicians,
the media and general public, of how polls are conducted and
how to interpret poll results.”
[02/08]
Roper
Center for Public Opinion Research
URL:
http://www.ropercenter.uconn.edu/
"Founded in 1947, the Roper Center for
Public Opinion Research is the leading educational facility
in the field of public opinion. The Center exists to promote
the intelligent, responsible and imaginative use of public
opinion in addressing the problems faced by Americans and
citizens of other nations." For
a really good listing of polling related links, see List
of Survey and Research organizations (on the Roper site.)
University of Connecticut. [02/08]
Zogby
International
URL:
http://www.zogby.com/
"
Zogby International has been tracking public opinion since
1984 in North America, Latin America, the Middle East, Asia,
and Europe... Mission: "To Offer the Best Polling, Market
Research, & Information Services Worldwide Based on Accuracy
& Detailed Strategic Information." [02/08]
Social
Sciences
Research
Resources for the Social Sciences
URL:
http://www.socsciresearch.com/
Comprehensive listing of web resources -- Social issues
by topic. Subsidiary project of McGraw-Hill Ryerson. [Note:
dead links, but still a viable resource.] [02/08]
Social
Sciences Electronic Journals
URL: http://www.clas.ufl.edu/users/gthursby/socsci/ejournal.htm
World Wide Web Virtual Library: list of online journals
for the social sciences. [02/08]
Science
and Technology
How
Stuff Works
URL: http://www.howstuffworks.com/index.htm
"clear, reliable explanations of how everything around
us actually works."
SciNet
Science Search
URL: http://www.scinet.cc/
Searchable Web directory for science, nature, engineering,
and medicine.
SciTechResources.gov
URL: http://www.scitechresources.gov/
A catalog of government science and technology web sites.
A > Z listing or searchable.
Technology
Review
URL: http://www.technologyreview.com/
"Since 1899, Technology Review has been MIT's magazine
of innovation. Our mission statement "to promote the
understanding of emerging technologies and their impact
on business and society" defines the unique value that
Technology Review's delivers making it a vital resource
for business decision makers in emerging growth and global
2000 companies."
Greatest
Engineering Achievements of the 20th Century
URL: http://www.greatachievements.org/
"The
goal of the Greatest Achievements project is to celebrate
a remarkable century of technological achievement. Initiated
by the National Academy of Engineering, this project is
a collaboration with the American Association of Engineering
Societies, National Engineers Week, and 27 other professional
engineering societies."
The
University of Albany (SUNY) Computer Science
Bibliography
URL: http://library.albany.edu/subject/csci.htm
Links for all things in computer science, including meetings,
biography, compilers, dictionaries, software, algorithm
collections, journal abbreviations...
Statistics
See a Comprehensive Listing of many kinds
of Statistics including HEALTH, CRIME ,FIRE, EDUCATION,
MEDICAL and much more on the new>>
United
States
Other related web sites can be found on the Government
page.
50states.com
URL: http://www.50states.com/
Includes miscellaneous information about each state, such
as flags, state song, bird, mineral, tree, etc.
ERsys.com
URL: http://www.ersys.com/
Detailed information about major metropolitan areas of the
country.
Understanding
USA
URL: http://www.understandingusa.com/
Charts, graphs, and statistics on life in America. [01/05]
U.S.
Department of State
URL: http://www.state.gov/
"The State Department is the lead federal agency responsible
for U.S. foreign affairs. The Department of State helps
to shape a freer, more secure, and more prosperous world
through formulating, representing, and implementing the
President's foreign policy." [/08]
Country
Information
CIA
World Fact Book
URL: https://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/index.html
Excellent rersource for maps and detailed information
about countries. [11/09]
CountryWatch.com
URL: http://www.countrywatch.com/
"CountryWatch is a world leader in providing country
specific geopolitical intelligence on each of the 192
countries of the world." [11/09]
International
Information Programs
URL: http://usinfo.state.gov/homepage.htm
"The Bureau of International Information Programs
(IIP) is the principal international strategic communications
service for the foreign affairs community." See the
Topics
page for international and global issues. U. S. Department
of State. [11/09]
Library
of Congress Country Studies
URL: http://lcweb2.loc.gov/frd/cs/cshome.html
"The Country Studies Series presents a description
and analysis of the historical setting and the social,
economic, political, and national security systems and
institutions of countries throughout the world."
[Note: Information presented is up to 1998, and
because of funding has not been further updated. This
site offers excellent concise historical data for little
known countries.] [11/09]
Nation
by Nation
URL: http://www.multied.com/NationbyNation/index.html
Basic information, government, human rights, news, geography,
history, people, links. [11/09]
Nations
of the World
URL: http://www.loc.gov/law/guide/nations.html
The Law Library of Congress provides an alphabetized list
of countries, and includes their constitutions, information
pertaining to their executive, legislative, and judiciary
bodies, and other links. [11/09]
Political
Resources on the Net
URL: http://www.politicalresources.net/
Political sites sorted by country, links to parties, organizations,
governments, media. [11/09]
Portals
to the World: Links to Electronic Resources from Around
the World
URL: http://www.loc.gov/rr/international/portals.html
Excellent source material selected by Library of Congress
subject experts. [11/09]
U.S.
Department of State: Background Notes
URL: http://www.state.gov/www/background_notes/
"Background Notes are factual publications that contain
information on all the countries of the world with which
the United States has relations. They include facts on
the country's land, people, history, government, political
conditions, economy, and its relations with other countries
and the United States." [11/09]
World
Information
URL: http://www.worldinformation.com/
"WORLDINFORMATION.COM provides country related information
on key business sectors in the world’s major markets.
The business sectors covered include finance, international
investment, property and energy. It also provides information
on every country in the world, from the Head of State
to exports to natural resources to election results and
airport departure taxes." [11/09]
World
Statesmen
URL: http://www.worldstatesmen.org/
"An online encyclopedia of nations, colonies, international
organizations and religious groups. Country maps, chronologies,
facts, flags, and multiple indexes will help you explore
world history." A
personal website of Ben Cahoon. [11/09]
Maps
& Geography
Blank
& Outline Maps
URL: http://geography.about.com/od/blankmaps/index.htm
About.com collection of blank maps of counties, states,
and countries. [11/09]
Geodata.gov
URL:
http://gos2.geodata.gov/wps/portal/gos
"Your One Stop for Finding and Using Local
State, and Federal Geographic Data" Also includes
and entire section on making your own map with specific
data. [11/09]
Geography
from the USGS (U. S. Geological Survey)
URL: http://geography.usgs.gov/
Excellent
first
source for map info. [11/09]
Geography
Network
URL: http://www.geographynetwork.com/
Many
resources for geography and GIS info. Links to free apps.
[11/09]
Google
Maps
URL: http://maps.google.com/
Set parameters, get maps. [11/09]
National
Geographic Maps
URL: http://maps.nationalgeographic.com/maps
Excellent source for all kinds of maps. [11/09]
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