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Almanacs
Information Please
http://www.infoplease.com/
From the online almanac.
Old Farmer's Almanac
http://www.almanac.com/index.php
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Calculators & Conversion Tools
Calculate Me
http://www.calculateme.com
Convert currency, temperature, distance, weight, and volume.
Calculator.com
http://www.calculator.com/
Online Conversion
http://www.onlineconversion.com/
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Calendars & Time
Earth Calendar
http://www.earthcalendar.net/index.php
Local Times Around the World
http://swissinfo.net/cgi/worldtime/
Time Zone Converter
http://www.timezoneconverter.com/cgi-bin/tzc.tzc
Virtual Perpetual Calendars
http://www.vpcalendar.net/
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Colleges & Universities
America's Best Graduate Schools
http://www.usnews.com/usnews/edu/grad/rankings/rankindex_brief.php
College Board Online
http://www.collegeboard.com/
Directory of US colleges and universities, with information on enrollment,
costs, test scores of applicants, and more.
CollegeNet
http://www.collegenet.com/
Searchable directory of US colleges and universities and scholarship
information.
Peterson's Online
http://www.petersons.com
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Dictionaries & Thesauri
American Heritage Dictionary
http://www.bartleby.com/61/
Cambridge Online Dictionaries
http://dictionary.cambridge.org/
Merriam-Webster Online
http://www.m-w.com
Roget's Thesauri
http://bartleby.com/thesauri/
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Digital Collections
NDLTD : Networked Digitial Library of Theses and Dissertations
http://www.ndltd.org/browse
OAIster
http://oaister.umdl.umich.edu/o/oaister
Collection of previously difficult-to-access, academically-oriented
digital resources.
The On-Line Books Page
http://digital.library.upenn.edu/books
Society for Textual Scholarship
http://www.mith2.umd.edu/research/projects/sts/html/
Project Gutenberg
http://www.gutenberg.org/
Alex: Catalog of Electronic Texts on the Internet
http://www.infomotions.com/alex/
Archive of public domain electronic texts in American Literature, English
literature, and western philosophy.
Berkeley Digital Collections
http://sunsite.berkeley.edu/Collections/
SGML-encoded e-texts such as the American Heritage Project, Literature
@ Sunsite, the Jack London Collection, and the Online Medieval and Classical
Library.
Directory of Electronic Text Centers
http://www.ceth.rutgers.edu/
Guide to national and international texts centers and digital library
projects.
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Encyclopedias
Columbia Encyclopedia
http://www.bartleby.com/65/
Wikipedia: the free encyclopedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page
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Financial Aid & Grants
FAFSA: Financial Aid from the U.S. Department of Education
http://studentaid.ed.gov/students/publications/student_guide/index.html
Finaid - The Financial Aid Information Page
http://www.finaid.org/
Free public service site covering all aspects of student financial aid.
GrantsWeb
http://www.srainternational.org/newweb/grantsweb/index.cfm
Covers both public and private funding sources.
Internet Prospector
http://www.internet-prospector.org/found.html
Contains links to sites with info on private foundations and corporate
donors. Includes a guide for using search engines to locate foundation
information.
Peterson's Financing Education
http://iiswinprd03.petersons.com/finaid/file.asp?id=780&path=ug.pfs.financial
Free searches of extensive lists of all kinds of financial assistance
for students, plus relevant supporting and background material.
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Images & Pictures
Google Image Search
http://www.google.com
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Maps & Atlases
Columbia Gazetteer of North America
http://www.bartleby.com/69/
How Far Is It?
http://www.indo.com/distance/
Calculates the distance between two cities as the crow flies.
MapQuest
http://www.mapquest.com
Maps and driving directions for the U.S., Canada and most of Western
Europe.
National Atlas of the US
http://www.nationalatlas.gov/
Perry-Castañeda Library Map Collection
http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/index.html
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Quotations & Speeches
American Rhetoric: Online Speech Bank
http://www.americanrhetoric.com/speechbank.htm
Database of more than 5000 full text, audio and video versions of public
speeches, sermons, legal proceedings, lectures, and more.
Quotations @ Bartleby.com
http://www.bartleby.com/quotations/
Say It Plain: A Century of Great African American Speeches
http://americanradioworks.publicradio.org/features/sayitplain/index.html
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Statistics
American Fact Finder - Census 2000
http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/BasicFactsServlet
Fedstats
http://www.fedstats.gov/
Gateway to statistics from over 100 U.S. Federal agencies.
Statistical Abstract of the US
http://www.census.gov/statab/www/
Statistical Resources on the Web (University of Michigan)
http://www.lib.umich.edu/govdocs/stats.html
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Art
Art History Resources on the Web
http://witcombe.bcpw.sbc.edu/ARTHLinks.html
Extensive list of links to other sites, divided by time period. Also
contains categories for Museums and Galleries, and Prints and Photography.
ArtServe
http://rubens.anu.edu.au/index.html
More than 80,000 images related to the history of art and architecture.Keyword
searchable.
Web Gallery of Art
http://www.wga.hu/
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Diversity & Ethnic Studies
Diversity and Ethnic Studies: Recommended Websites and Research
Guides
http://www.public.iastate.edu/~savega/divweb2.htm
Resources in Black Studies
http://www.library.ucsb.edu/subjects/blackstudies/black.html
African Americans - Selected Links
http://www.howard.edu/library/Assist/Guides/Afroam.htm
Internet Resources for African American Studies
http://www2.lib.udel.edu/subj/blks/internet/
Asian-American Studies
http://www.library.ucsb.edu/subjects/asianamer/asian-am.html
Asian Studies WWW Virtual Library
http://vlib.org/AsianStudies
Internet Resources in Native American Studies
http://www.library.pima.edu/subjects/native.html
Native Web Resource Center
http://www.nativeweb.org/resources/
Gay and Lesbian Studies - Selected Internet Sites
http://www.nypl.org/research/chss/grd/resguides/gay/gay.cfm
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Education
Directory of Open Access Journals-Education
http://www.doaj.org/search?query=education
Free access to over 2000 journals.
Open Access Journals in the Field of Education
http://aera-cr.asu.edu/ejournals/
ERIC (Educational Resources Information Center)
http://www.eric.ed.gov/
Valuable resource for locating articles not yet available in the ERIC
database.
National Center for Education Statistics
http://www.ed.gov/NCES
The site of the Department of Education's major statistical agency has
a catalog of publications available, with text and tables from some
of the publications.
World Bank EdStats
http://www1.worldbank.org/education/edstats
"The World Bank's comprehensive database of education statistics".
Report feature allows users to compile unique statistical reports for
countries, country groups and education indicators.
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
http://www.uis.unesco.org/ev_en.php?ID=2867_201&ID2=DO_TOPIC
Global and internationally comparable statistics on education, science,
technology, culture and communication.
Education Research
http://www.rand.org/research_areas/education/
RAND posts reports of its public policy research on education topics.
Issues such as K-12 assessment and accountability, school reform, teachers
and teaching, higher education, military education and training, and
worker training are addressed.
National Library of Education (U.S. Department of Education)
http://www.ed.gov/NLE/
OECD--Education
http://www.oecd.org/topic/0,2686,en_2649_37455_1_1_1_1_37455,00.html
Educator's Reference Desk
http://www.eduref.org/
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Language and Literature
Jack Lynch's Literary Resources on the Net
http://andromeda.rutgers.edu/~jlynch/Lit/
Covers all areas of literature from medieval to American.
Rhetcomp.com
http://www.rhetcomp.com
P ortal to sites in the field of rhetoric and composition.
Voice of the Shuttle
http://vos.ucsb.edu
Bartleby.com
http://bartleby.com
Full-text Reference works, fiction, and non-fiction
Internet Public Library - Literary Criticism
http://www.ipl.org/div/litcrit/
C ontains critical and biographical websites about authors and their
works that can be browsed by author, by title, or by nationality and
literary period.
Bibliomania
http://www.bibliomania.com
Reference works in language & literature, classic fiction, short
stories, and other literature in the public domain.
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Music
Internet Resources for Music Scholars - Harvard
http://hcl.harvard.edu/loebmusic/online-ir-intro.html
Worldwide Internet Music Resources
http://www.music.indiana.edu/music_resources/
Links to composer-specific sites, song lyrics, indexes & libretti,
ancient, early & Baroque music, music therapy and pedagogy, etc.
Echoes of Africa
http://www.bbc.co.uk/music/features/africa
An introduction to African music organized by region.
All Music Guide
http://www.allmusic.com/
A comprehensive guide to all forms of popular music and musicians.
Afropop Worldwide
http://www.afropop.org
Afropop Worldwide is "a radio program, a web site, a searchable
database, an international musical archive, a team of researchers, and
a travel series to Africa and Latin America." The site includes
reviews of African and African Diaspora music worldwide.
Ethnomusicology, Folk Music, and World Music / University
of Washington
http://www.lib.washington.edu/music/world.html
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Philosophy
Dictionary of PoM: Philosophy of Mind
http://www.artsci.wustl.edu/~philos/MindDict/
The Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy
http://www.utm.edu/research/iep/
Philosophy
http://eserver.org/philosophy/
Contains canonical philosophic texts.
Philosophy Around the Web
http://users.ox.ac.uk/~worc0337/phil_index.html
Philosophy JumpStation
http://www.hku.hk/philodep/www/search.htm
PHILWEB: Philosophy Resources Off- and On-Line
http://humanities.uwichill.edu.bb/rlwclarke/philweb/
Routledge Encyclopedia of Philosophy Online
http://www.rep.routledge.com/?&authstatuscode=202
Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
http://plato.stanford.edu/
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Psychology
PsychCentral - Resources
http://psychcentral.com/resources/
Encyclopedia of Psychology: Psychology Websites
http://www.psychology.org
Psy101 Web Resources
http://www.vcu.edu/hasweb/psy/psy101/forsyth/web.htm
Psych Web
http://www.psychwww.com
A searchable, annotated journal database provides links to many online
journals, some of which provide free full-text access. Other features
include links to APA style guidelines and tutorials; links to departments
of psychology throughout the world; and a directory of resources on
many topics including statistics, social psychology, cognitive science,
and career issues.
PsychCrawler
http://www.psychcrawler.com
PsychCrawler® is a product of the American Psychological Association
created to provide quick access to quality content in the field of psychology.
Internet Mental Health
http://www.mentalhealth.com/fr13.html
Mental Health and Psychology Resources
http://psychcentral.com/resources
National Sexual Violence Resource Center
http://www.nsvrc.org/
Collects and disseminates a wide range of resources on sexual violence
including statistics, research, position statements, statutes, training
curricula, prevention initiatives and program information.
Web of Addictions
http://www.well.com/user/woa
Site contains fact sheets on various drugs, as well as links to internet
resources related to addictions.
Course Resources on the Web (CROW): Social Psychology
http://jonathan.mueller.faculty.noctrl.edu/crow/
Social Psychology Network
http://www.socialpsychology.org
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Religious Studies
Religious Studies Web Guide
http://www.acs.ucalgary.ca/~lipton/
Virtual Religion Index
http://religion.rutgers.edu/vri/index.html
Voice of the Shuttle: Religious Studies
http://vos.ucsb.edu/browse.asp?id=2730
Wabash Center Guide to Internet Resources
http://www.wabashcenter.wabash.edu/internet/front.htm
Annotated guide to a wide variety of electronic resources for the study
of religion.
Beliefnet
http://www.beliefnet.com/
Computer-Assisted Theology: My Humbul Edition
http://users.ox.ac.uk/~ctitext2/theology/
Finding God in Cyberspace: A Guide to Religious Studies Resources
on the Internet
http://www.kenrickparish.com/gresham/contents.htm
Humbul Humanities Hub: Religion & Theology
http://www.humbul.ac.uk/religion/
Buddhist Studies WWW Virtual Library
http://www.ciolek.com/WWWVL-Buddhism.html
The Tibetan and Himalayan Digital Library
http://iris.lib.virginia.edu/tibet/
Bible Gateway
http://www.biblegateway.com/
Searchable index of various versions/translation of the Bible.
The Dead Sea Scrolls
http://religion.rutgers.edu/iho/dss.html
The Internet Sacred Text Archive
http://www.sacred-texts.com/index.htm
From website: "This site is a freely available non-profit archive
of electronic texts about religion, mythology, legends and folklore,
and occult and esoteric topics. Texts are presented in English translation
and, in some cases, in the original language."
The Noble Qur'an
http://www.usc.edu/dept/MSA/quran/
Maududi's translation.
The Catholic Encyclopedia
http://newadvent.org/cathen/
Online version of the 1913 edition.
Encyclopedia Mythica
http://www.pantheon.org/mythica.html
Includes mythology, folklore, and legend and covers a variety of cultures
and time periods.
Islamic Studies Pathways - an Academic Guide to Islamic Studies
Resources on the Internet
http://www.lamp.ac.uk/cis/pathways/
Mysticism Resources Page
http://www.religiousworlds.com/mystic/index.html
Pluralism Project
http://www.pluralism.org/directory/index.php
"Based at Harvard University, it is an ongoing research project
studying the new religious landscape of the United States."
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Sociology
The Socio Web
http://www.socioweb.com/~markbl/socioweb
A Sociological Tour Through Cyberspace
http://www.trinity.edu/~mkearl/index.html
Sociosite
http://www.pscw.uva.nl/sociosite/
SOSIG: Sociology Gateway
http://www.sosig.ac.uk/sociology/
WWW Virtual Library Library:Sociology
http://socserv2.mcmaster.ca/w3virtsoclib/
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Women’s Studies
Feminist Theory Website
http://www.cddc.vt.edu/feminism/
Women's Studies Database from University of Maryland
http://www.mith2.umd.edu/WomensStudies/index.html
Women's Studies/Women's Issues Resource Site
http://research.umbc.edu/~korenman/wmst/links.html
WSSLINKS: Women and Gender Studies Web Sites
http://libr.org/wss/wsslinks/index.html
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