Agriculture
- AltVetMed - http://www.altvetmed.com -
Information on holistic veterinary medicine -- acupuncture, chiropractic,
herbal medicine, homeopathy, nutritional therapy, and more.
- Cornell Cooperative Extension Home Page - http://www.cce.cornell.edu/ -
The CCE educational system enables people to improve their lives
and communities through partnerships that put experience and research
knowledge to work. A variety of Extension publications are available.
- NetVet Veterinary Resources & The Electronic Zoo - http://netvet.wustl.edu/ -
Provides links to many veterinary and animal resources on the Internet.
- U.S. Department of Agriculture - http://www.usda.gov -
Provides access to directories of experts, AGRICOLA subject categories,
the USDA fraud hotline, and more.
Art & Museums
- Art Atlas: Art Galleries of the World - http://artatlas.com
This directory provides addresses and telephone numbers of over 5,000
art galleries throughout the world.
- Art Dictionary - http://www.artlex.com
This site provides definitions for more than 3,100 terms used in
visual culture, along with thousands of images, pronunciation notes,
quotations, and cross-references.
- Art Image Database - http://www.diamondial.org -
From the Detroit Institute of Arts, a database of images searchable
by category, artist, or title of work.
- The Artists Bluebook -http://askart.com/ -
Find biographies and profiles of artists, auction records, image
galleries, museums, and much more.
- MuseumLink's Museum of Museums - http://www.museumlink.com -
Find links to museums in the U.S., Canada, and throughout the world.
- World Wide Arts Resources - http://www.wwar.com -
Offers the definitive, interactive gateway to all information on
the Internet on artists, museums, galleries, art history, and more.
Biography
- American Presidents: Life Portraits - http://www.americanpresidents.org -
An extensive database on all facets of the U.S. presidents and their
presidencies, from C-SPAN.
- biography.com - http://www.biography.com/search -
Provides access to more than 20,000 short biographies of famous individuals
from the past through the present.
- Lives, the Biography Resource - http://amillionlives.com/ -
Links to thousands of biographies, autobiographies, memoirs, diaries,
letters, narratives, oral histories, and more.
History
- Great American Speeches - http://www.pbs.org/greatspeeches/ -
This is one of the most comprehensive collections of American speeches
spanning the last century. Also find American history and more.
- National First Ladies Library - http://www.firstladies.org/ -
Provides information about the lives and contributions of First Ladies
and other famous women in history.
Images & Sounds
- Ditto.com: the place for pictures - http://www.ditto.com -
Ditto searches the Web for pictures instead of text.
- Free Photos - http://www.freefoto.com/
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One of the largest collections of free photographs for non-commercial
use on the Internet.
- Google Image Search - http://images.google.com -
"Google's Image Search is the most comprehensive on the Web, with more than
150 million images indexed and available for viewing."
Organizations
- ASPCA - http://www.aspca.org/ -
Extensive information about programs offered by the ASPCA, including
pet therapy, volunteering, pet care, etc.
- Associations on the Net - http://www.ipl.org/ref/AON -
This is a collection of over 1100 Internet sites providing information
about a wide variety of professional and trade associations, cultural
and art organizations, political parties and advocacy groups, and
more.
- Common Cause - http://www.commoncause.org -
A nonpartisan organization providing information "to make our
government more accountable to its citizens."
- United Nations - http://www.un.org -
Provides access to information about the UN, international law, human
rights, and more.
Polls & Public Opinion
- The Gallup Organization - http://www.gallup.com -
Information from opinion polls, special reports, and current trends.
Reference
- Academic Info - http://www.academicinfo.net -
Academic Info is a directory of Internet resources tailored to a
college or advanced high school audience. Each subject guide is
an annotated listing of the best general Internet sites in the
field.
- Atlapedia Online - http://www.atlapedia.com/ -
A comprehensive collection of profiles of each country in the world.
Also provides maps.
- Bartleby.com: Great Books Online - http://www.bartleby.com/65/ -
The Year 2000 Columbia Encyclopedia is the largest one-volume general
encyclopedia available.
- Encyclopedia.com - http://www.encyclopedia.com -
Provides access to more than 17,000 articles from the Concise Columbia
Electronic Encyclopedia.
- Global Population Project - http://www.gazetteer.de/ -
This site provides information about current population of countries,
their administrative areas, cities and towns as well as images
of the current national flags.
- Internet Public Library Ready Reference Collection - http://www.ipl.org/ref/RR/ -
This is a collection of Internet resources in subject areas such
as art, business, education, entertainment, health, law, science,
and many more.
- LibrarySpot - http://www.libraryspot.com -
An extensive site with reference links to encyclopedias, acronym
finder, current events, and much, much more.
- The Nobel Prizes - http://www.nobel.se/index.html -
The official site of the Nobel Foundation. Database can be searched
by prize category, name, or nationality. Also provides biographical
information.
- Bartleby.com: Reference - http://www.bartleby.com/reference/
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This reference database provides over twenty works, including
an encyclopedia, dictionary, thesaurus, and much more.
Religion
- Jewish Encyclopedia - http://www.jewishencyclopedia.com -
This website contains the complete contents of the 12-volume Jewish
Encyclopedia, which was originally published between 1901-1906.
- Religion-Online - http://www.religion-online.org -
Provides access to more than 1,100 articles on topics from the Old
and New Testaments to ethics, worship, and more.
- The Unbound Bible - http://unbound.biola.edu/ -
The Unbound Bible is a collection of searchable Bibles consisting
of: 10 English versions including the NASB, Greek and Hebrew Versions
(the original Bible languages), 4 ancient versions, and 42 versions
in other languages.
Science & Technology
- eHow - http://www.ehow.com/ -
The fast and easy way to find out how to do just about anything and
get the stuff you need to do it.
Statistics
- AmeriStat - http://www.ameristat.org/ -
This site provides instant summaries — in graphics and text — of
the demographic characteristics of the U.S. population: marriage,
population, education, race, income, and much more.
- Bureau of Justice Statistics - http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/ -
Provides criminal justice statistics on crime and violence, including
data on the murder rate, drug use, crime rates, etc.
- Bureau of Labor Statistics - http://stats.bls.gov/ -
Provides economic data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Provides
access to the Consumer Price Index.
- Child Stats - http://www.childstats.gov/ -
This web site offers easy access to federal and state statistics
and reports on children and their families.
- Encyclopedia of ED Statistics - http://nces.ed.gov/edstats/
This site provides statistical information and comparisons of education
in the United States and other countries.
- Fedstats: One Stop Shopping Federal Statistics - http://www.fedstats.gov -
Provides statistical information from over 70 federal agencies.
- National Center for Educational Statistics - http://nces.ed.gov/globallocator/
This database provides statistical information on public and private
schools, colleges and universities, and public libraries.
- National Center for Health Statistics - http://www.cdc.gov/nchs
This site provides data on health status, lifestyle, diagnosis of
illnesses, disability, and the use of health care.
- Sourcebook of Criminal Justice Statistics - http://www.albany.edu/sourcebook -
The Sourcebook of Criminal Justice Statistics brings together data
about all aspects of criminal justice in the United States presented
in over 600 tables from more than 100 sources.
Time & Dates
- Any Birthday - http://www.anybirthday.com/ -
This database can find the birth date for over 135 million Americans,
living or dead. Birth date searches are free, there is a charge
for an address search.
Unclaimed Funds
- Unclaimed Property: State Web Sites - http://unclaimed.org/find_property -
Find unclaimed property. Every state is identified, providing you
with its agency location, address and phone number.
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