Reference Collection, Excerpted From:
Librarian's Quick Guide to Internet Resources
by Jenny Lynne Semenza

Acronyms Activities for Young Children Almanacs American Sign Language Archaeology Architecture Associations Art Astronomy Atlases and Maps Biography Biology Books Botany and Agriculture Business and Economics Calendars and Holidays Career Development Chat and Instant Messenger Chemistry Codes Consumer Information Copyright Currency Converters Dance Dictionaries Drama Earth Science Ebooks Education: Directories Education: Teacher and Student Resources Educational Television Encyclopedias Etiquette and Protocol Flags

Full-Text Resources Genealogy Geology Grammar, Writing and Style Guides Grants, Grant Making and Nonprofit Organizations Health and Medicine History History: Ancient and Medieval History: United States History: World Wars I and II Hoaxes, Myths and Urban Legends International Country Information Legal Information Librarianship: Professional Resources Libraries Library Associations Magazines and Journals Mailing Lists Mathematics Measurements Movies Museums Music Mythology Newsgroups Newspapers Nutrition Optical Illusions Paleontology Patents Philosophy Phone Books Physical Education Physics

Plagiarism Plug-Ins Prizes and Awards Psychology Quotations Reading and Literature Recipes Reference: Other Virtual Reference Sites Religion Science Science Fair Search Engines: Directory Search Engines: For Kids Search Engines: Meta or Multiple Search Engines: Specialized Search Engines: Standard Social Studies Sports Statistics Symbols Thesauri Time Travel United States: Federal Government United States Government: Search Engines United States: State Information Universities and Colleges Weather and Climate WebQuests Women's Studies and Resources Zip and Postal Codes Zoology Zoology: Marine Biology Zoology: Ornithology

Acronyms
(see also Dictionaries, and Reference: Other Virtual Reference Sites)

Acronym Finder
http://www.acronymfinder.com/

Internet Acronym Server
http://silmaril.ie/cgi-bin/uncgi/acronyms

Activities for Young Children

Coloring.Com
http://www.coloring.com/

Crayola
http://www.crayola.com/

Disney.com
http://www.disney.com/

GameKids
http://www.gamekids.com/

Idea Box
http://www.theideabox.com/

Sesame Street
http://www.sesameworkshop.org/sesame/

Almanacs
(see also Reference: Other Virtual Reference Sites)

American FactFinder
http://factfinder.census.gov/home/saff/main.html?_lang=en

Information Please Almanac
http://www.infoplease.com/

Information Please Kids' Almanac: Fact Monster
http://www.factmonster.com/

Old Farmers Almanac
http://www.almanac.com/

Yahoo! Kids'
http://kids.yahoo.com/

American Sign Language

American Sign Language Browser
http://commtechlab.msu.edu/sites/aslweb/

American Sign Language Fingerspelling
http://asl.ms/

Deaf Resource Library
http://www.deaflibrary.org/

Handspeak: A Sign Language Dictionary Online
http://www.handspeak.com/

Archaeology
(see also History, Mythology, and Religion)

Archaeological Institute of America: Fieldwork Opportunities
http://www.archaeological.org/webinfo.php?page=10016

ArchNet
http://archnet.asu.edu/

Archaeology
http://www.cyberpursuits.com/archeo/

Architecture
(see also Art, and Museums)

archINFORM
http://eng.archinform.net/

Architectronics Studio
http://darkwing.uoregon.edu/~struct/

Architecture through the Ages
http://library.thinkquest.org/10098/

archKIDecture
http://www.archkidecture.org/

Built in America
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/hhhtml/hhhome.html

Castles on the Web
http://www.castlesontheweb.com/

Cities/Buildings Database
http://www.washington.edu/ark2/

Great Buildings Collection
http://www.greatbuildings.com/

Arts
(see also Architecture, Museums, and Optical Illusion)

Art Images for Teaching
http://arthist.cla.umn.edu/aict/

Art Junction
http://www.artjunction.org/

Artcyclopedia
http://www.artcyclopedia.com/

ArtLex
http://www.artlex.com/

ArtsEdNet
http://www.getty.edu/education/

ExCalendar
http://www.EXCALENDAR.net/

Incredible Art Department
http://www.princetonol.com/groups/iad/

KinderArt
http://www.kinderart.com/

Mark Harden's Artchive
http://www.artchive.com/

Voice of the Shuttle: Web Page for Humanities Research
http://vos.ucsb.edu/

World Wide Arts Resources
http://www.wwar.com/

Associations
(see also Library Associations)

ASAE Gateway to Associations
http://www.asaecenter.org/Directories/AssociationSearch.cfm

IPL Associations
http://www.ipl.org/div/subject/browse/ref09.00.00/

Astronomy
(see also Physics, Science, and Science Fair

Astronomy Picture of the Day
http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/astropix.html

Center for Science Education at UC Berkeley Space Sciences Laboratory
http://cse.ssl.berkeley.edu/

The Nine Planets: A Multimedia Tour of the Solar System
http://www.nineplanets.org/

StarChild: A Learning Center for Young Astronomers
http://starchild.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/StarChild/StarChild.html

WWW Virtual Library: Astronomy & Astrophysics
http://www.astroweb.com.ar/

Atlases and Maps
(see also Flags, and Travel)

Atlapedia Online
http://www.atlapedia.com/

Google Earth
http://earth.google.com/

InfoNation
http://cyberschoolbus.un.org/infonation3/menu/advanced.asp

Mapping History
http://www.uoregon.edu/~atlas/

Mapquest
http://www.mapquest.com/

National Atlas of the United States of America
http://www.nationalatlas.gov/

National Geographic's Map Machine
http://plasma.nationalgeographic.com/mapmachine/

Odden's Bookmarks, The Fascinating World of Maps and Mapping
http://oddens.geog.uu.nl/

Rare Map Collection
http://www.libs.uga.edu/darchive/hargrett/maps/maps.html

U.S. Census Bureau's Mapping and Cartographic Resources
http://www.census.gov/geo/www/maps/

Biography
(see also Full-Text Resources, History, and Prizes and Awards)

4000 Years of Women in Science
http://www.astr.ua.edu/4000WS/4000WS.html

Author Webliography
http://www.lib.lsu.edu/hum/lit/authors.html

Authors on the Web
http://people.virginia.edu/~jbh/author.html

Biography.com
http://www.biography.com/

The Biographical Dictionary
http://www.s9.com/

Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1774 to Present
http://bioguide.congress.gov/

Biographies of Women Mathematicians
http://www.agnesscott.edu/lriddle/women/women.htm

Contributions of 20th Century Women to Physics
http://cwp.library.ucla.edu/

Distinguished Women of Past and Present
http://www.distinguishedwomen.com/

Faces of Science: African Americans in the Sciences
https://webfiles.uci.edu/mcbrown/display/faces.html

Invention Dimension: Inventor of the Week Archives
http://web.mit.edu/invent/i-archive.html

Presidents of the United States
http://www.ipl.org/div/potus/

Voices from the Gaps: Women Writers of Color
http://voices.cla.umn.edu/newsite/

Biology
(see also Botany and Agriculture, Paleontology, and Zoology)

Biology Project
http://www.biology.arizona.edu/

Biomes of the World
http://www.mbgnet.net/

BioTech
http://biotech.icmb.utexas.edu/

Cell and Molecular Biology Online
http://www.cellbio.com/

Classification of Living Things
http://anthro.palomar.edu/animal/default.htm

Cool Science for Curious Kids
http://www.hhmi.org/coolscience/

Ken's Bio-Web Resources
http://www.kensbiorefs.com/

Kimball's Biology Pages
http://users.rcn.com/jkimball.ma.ultranet/BiologyPages/

National Biological Information Infrastructure
http://www.nbii.gov/

Nature and Wildlife Field Guides
http://www.enature.com/guides/select_group.asp

UCMP Glossary
http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/glossary/glossary.html

Books
(see also Full-Text Resources Prizes and Awards, and Reading and Literature)

abebooks.com
http://www.abebooks.com/

Alibris
http://www.alibris.com/

Amazon.com
http://www.amazon.com/

Antiqbook
http://www.antiqbook.com/

Barnes & Noble
http://www.barnesandnoble.com/

Book Sale Finder
http://www.Book-Sales-in-America.com/

Bookfinder
http://www.bookfinder.com/

Books On Tape
http://www.booksontape.com/

Bookwire
http://www.bookwire.com/

Shoenhof's Foreign Books
http://www.schoenhofs.com/

Writer's Toolbox
http://www.writers-toolbox.com/

Botany and Agriculture
(see also Biology, Science, and Science Fair)

AGRICOLA
http://agricola.nal.usda.gov/

Botany WWW Sites
http://www.botany.org/outreach/weblinks.php

The Garden Gate
http://garden-gate.prairienet.org/

Internet Directory for Botany
http://www.botany.net/IDB/

KidsGardening!
http://www.kidsgardening.com/

KinderGARDEN
http://aggie-horticulture.tamu.edu/kindergarden/kinder.htm

Plant Fossil Record
http://www.biologie.uni-hamburg.de/b-online/library/iopaleo/pfr.htm

Plants National Database
http://plants.usda.gov/

Virtual Cell
http://www.life.uiuc.edu/plantbio/cell/

WebGarden
http://webgarden.osu.edu/

Business and Economics
(see also Career Development, Consumer Information, and Patents

Business.gov - Official Business Links to the U.S. Government
http://www.business.gov/

CEOExpress, Business Links
http://www.ceoexpress.com/

Chambers of Commerce Directory
http://clickcity.com/index2.htm

Corporate Information
http://www.corporateinformation.com/

EconEdLink, CyberTeach
http://econedlink.org/lessons/

Economic Resources for K-12 Teachers
http://ecedweb.unomaha.edu/K-12/home.cfm

EDGAR
http://www.sec.gov/edgar.shtml

Hoover's Online
http://www.hoovers.com/

Industry Research Desk
http://www.virtualpet.com/industry/rdindex2.htm

International Business Resources on the Web
http://globaledge.msu.edu/resourceDesk/

Investing for Kids
http://library.thinkquest.org/3096/index.htm

Krislyn's Stricktly Business Sites
http://www.strictlybusinesssites.com/

Lemonade Stand
http://www.lemonadegame.com/

Money Experience for Kids
http://www.edu4kids.com/index.php?page=18

Morningstar: Stocks, Mutual Funds, and Investing
http://www.morningstar.com/

Salary Calculator
http://www.homefair.com/calc/salcalc.html

SBA: Hotlist
http://app1.sba.gov/hotlist/

Thomas Register
http://www.thomasnet.com/

Value LIne
http://www.valueline.com/\line

Young Investor
http://www.younginvestor.com/

Calendars and Holidays
(see also Reference: Other Virtual Reference Sites)

Calendar Converter
http://www.fourmilab.ch/documents/calendar/

Calendar Zone
http://www.calendarzone.com/

Diversity Calendar
http://www3.kumc.edu/diversity/

Earth Calendar (world holidays)
http://www.earthcalendar.net/index.php

Historic Events and Birth Dates
http://www.scopesys.com/today/

Holidays on the Net
http://www.holidays.net/

KIDPROJ's Multi-Cultural Calendar
http://www.kidlink.org/KIDPROJ/MCC/

Career Development
(see also Business and Economics, and Consumer Information)

BLS Career Information
http://stats.bls.gov/k12/html/

Monster.com
http://www.monster.com/

Occupational Outlook Handbook
http://www.bls.gov/oco/

The Riley Guide
http://www.rileyguide.com/

Teenage Jobs, Careers, and College
http://www.quintcareers.com/teens.html

Chat and Instant Messenger

AOL Instant Messenger (AIM)
http://www.aim.com/index.adp

Google Talk
http://www.google.com/talk/

ICQ
http://web.icq.com/

Meebo
http://wwwl.meebo.com/\line

MSN Messenger
http://messenger.msn.com/

Yahoo! Chat
http://chat.yahoo.com/

Yahoo! Messenger (YIM)
http://messenger.yahoo.com/

Chemistry
(see also Earth Science, Science, and Science Fair)

BioChemLinks
http://www.wellesley.edu/Chemistry/chem227/biochemlinks.html

Chem Team
http://dbhs.wvusd.k12.ca.us/webdocs/ChemTeamIndex.html

Chem4Kids
http://www.chem4kids.com/

Chemdex.org
http://www.chemdex.org/

Chemistry Tutor
http://library.thinkquest.org/2923/

ChemWeb
http://www.chemweb.com/

General Chemistry Online
http://antoine.frostburg.edu/chem/senese/

WebElements
http://www.webelements.com/

Codes

Codes, Ciphers, & Codebreaking
http://www.vectorsite.net/ttcode.html

Codes, Ciphers, and Secret Messages
http://eduscapes.com/42explore/codes.htm

Morse Code Translator
http://www.scphillips.com/morse/index.html

Say It With Semaphores
http://www.scouting.org/fun/semaphore/

Consumer Information
(see also Business and Economics, and Currency Converters)

Consumer Information Center
http://www.pueblo.gsa.gov/

Consumer Product Safety Commission
http://www.cpsc.gov/

Consumer Search
http://www.consumersearch.com/www/

Consumer World
http://www.consumerworld.org/

CNET.com
http://www.cnet.com/

Directory of Better Business Bureaus
http://www.bbb.org/

Edmunds.com
http://www.edmunds.com

Epinions.com
http://www.epinions.com/

Kelley Blue Book Used Car Guide
http://www.kbb.com/

MMI Educational Resources
http://www.moneymanagement.org/Education/Resources/

NADA Guides
http://www.nadaguides.com

National Consumer Law Center
http://www.consumerlaw.org/

What's a Dollar Worth?
http://minneapolisfed.org/Research/data/us/calc/index.cfm

Copyright

Copyright Clearance Center
http://www.copyright.com/

Copyright Resources on the Internet
http://www.copyright.gov/resces.html

Copyright Website
http://www.copyrightwebsite.com/

Creative Commons
http://creativecommons.org/

U.S. Copyright Office
http://www.copyright.gov/

Currency Converters

Oanda Currency Converter and Financial Forecasts
http://www.oanda.com/

The Universal Currency Converter
http://www.xe.net/currency/

Dance
(see also Drama, Music, and Prizes and Awards

Artlynx International Dance Resources
http://www.artslynx.org/dance/

American Ballroom Companion: Dance Instruction Manuals ca.1490 - 1920
http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/dihtml/dihome.html

CyberDance Ballet on the Net
http://www.cyberdance.org/

Dance Directory
http://www.sapphireswan.com/dance/

New York Public Library Dance Collection
http://www.nypl.org/research/lpa/dan/dan.html

Dictionaries
(see also Grammar, Writing and Style Guides, Reference: Other Virtual Reference Sites, and Thesauri)

Dictionary.com
http://www.dictionary.com/

Little Explorers Picture Dictionary
http://www.enchantedlearning.com/Dictionary.html

OneLook Dictionaries
http://www.onelook.com/

Terminology Collection Online Dictionaries
http://www.uwasa.fi/comm/termino/collect

Word2Word
http://www.word2word.com/

Your Dictionary.Com
http://www.yourdictionary.com/

Drama
(see also Art, Music, and Prizes and Awards

Acting Workshop On-Line
http://www.redbirdstudio.com/AWOL/acting2.html

Creative Drama and Theatre Education Resources Site
http://www.creativedrama.com/

Drama: The EServer Collection
http://drama.eserver.org/

Inter-Play
http://www.lib.pdx.edu/systems/interplay/

Jack Wolcott's Theatre History Websites
http://www.videoccasions-nw.com/history/jack.html

Mr. William Shakespeare and the Internet
http://shakespeare.palomar.edu/

Performing Arts Links
http://www.theatrelibrary.org/links/

Earth Science
(see also Geology, Science and Weather and Climate)

Athena, Earth and Space Science for K-12
http://vathena.arc.nasa.gov/

Earth Science Enterprise
http://kids.earth.nasa.gov/

Earth Science Resources
http://sln.fi.edu/tfi/hotlists/geology.html

Earth Science World: Gateway to the Geosciences
http://www.agiweb.org/workforce/

Earth Systems
http://www.cotf.edu/ete/modules/msese/earthsys.html

Earthforce
http://www.fi.edu/earth/earth.html

Exploring Planets in the Classroom
http://www.spacegrant.hawaii.edu/class_acts/index.html

Glacier
http://www.glacier.rice.edu/

Ocean Planet
http://seawifs.gsfc.nasa.gov/OCEAN_PLANET/HTML/ocean_planet_overview.html

Rainbows
http://eo.ucar.edu/rainbows/

Ebooks
(see also Full-Text Resources )

eBooks.com
http://www.ebooks.com/

netLibrary
http://www.netlibrary.com/

Education: Directories

American School Directory
http://www.asd.com/

Education Resource Organizations Directory
http://wdcrobcolp01.ed.gov/Programs/EROD/

National Public School Locator
http://nces.ed.gov/ccdweb/school/

Peter Milbury's School Librarian Web Pages
http://www.school-libraries.net/

Scholarly Societies Project
http://www.scholarly-societies.org/

School Libraries on the Web
http://www.sldirectory.com

Education: Teacher and Student Resources

A to Z Home's Cool Homeschooling
http://homeschooling.gomilpitas.com/

Awesome Library
http://www.awesomelibrary.org/

Blue Web'n Learning Applications Library
http://www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/bluewebn/

Curriculum Archive
http://www.buildingrainbows.com/CA/ca.home.php

Ed Helper
http://www.edhelper.com/

Education World
http://www.education-world.com/

Educational Index
http://www.educationindex.com/

ERIC Education Resources Information Center
http://www.eric.ed.gov/

FREE: Federal Resources for Educational Excellence
http://www.ed.gov/

HighSchool Ace
http://highschoolace.com/ace/ace.cfm

Jiskha Homework Help
http://www.jiskha.com/

Kathy Schrock's Guide for Educators
http://school.discovery.com/schrockguide/

Kid Info
http://www.kidinfo.com/

KidsClick!
http://www.kidsclick.org/

Lesson Plans & Reproducibles
http://teacher.scholastic.com/ilp/index.asp

MIT OpenCourseWare
http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/web/courses/courses/index.htm

Teachers Network
http://www.teachnet.org/

Theme-Related Resources on the World Wide Web
http://www.stemnet.nf.ca/CITE/

Educational Television

A&E
http://www.aande.com/

Book TV on C-SPAN2
http://www.booktv.org/

C-SPAN
http://www.c-span.org/

Cable in the Classroom
http://www.ciconline.com/

Discovery Channel School
http://school.discoveryeducation.com/

History Channel
http://www.historychannel.com/

The Learning Channel
http://tlc.discovery.com/

PBS Online
http://www.pbs.org/

Encyclopedias
(see also Reference: Other Virtual Reference Sites)

Britannica.com
http://www.britannica.com/

Columbia Encyclopedia
http://www.bartleby.com/65/

Encyclopedia Smithsonian
http://www.si.edu/resource/faq/start.htm

Encyclopdia.com
http://www.encyclopedia.com/

Wikipedia
http://www.wikipedia.org/

Why Files
http://www.whyfiles.org/

Etiquette and Protocol

American Table Manners
http://www.cuisinenet.com/glossary/tableman.html

Emily Post Institute
http://www.emilypost.com/

Etiquette in Society
http://www.bartleby.com/95/

Net: User Guidelines and Netiquette
http://www.cs.biu.ac.il/home/leagal/netguide/

Original Tipping Page
http://www.tipping.org/

Robert's Rules of Order
http://www.constitution.org/rror/rror--00.htm

Flags
(see also Atlases and Maps, International Country Information, and Travel)

Flag Etiquette
http://www.usflag.org/flagetiquette.html

Flags of all Countries
http://www.wave.net/upg/immigration/flags.html

Flags of the Worlds
http://www.mistupid.com/geography/flags.htm

World Flag Database
http://www.flags.net/

Full-Text Resources
(see also History, Mythology, and Reading and Literature)

Alex Catalog of Electronic Texts
http://www.infomotions.com/alex/

American Memory Project
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/

Archiving Early America
http://earlyamerica.com/

Avalon Project
http://www.yale.edu/lawweb/avalon/avalon.htm

Bartleby.com
http://www.bartleby.com/

Children's Storybooks Online
http://www.magickeys.com/books/

Classics for Young People
http://www.acs.ucalgary.ca/~dkbrown/storclas.html

CMU Poetry Index
http://eserver.org/poetry/

Core Documents of the U.S. Democracy
http://www.gpoaccess.gov/coredocs.html

Documenting the American South
http://docsouth.unc.edu/

DOUGLASS: Archives of American Public Address
http://douglassarchives.org/

Historical Text Archive
http://www.historicaltextarchive.com/

Internet Public Library: Online Texts Collection
http://www.ipl.org/div/subject/browse/hum60.60.00/

Making of America
http://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/moagrp/

National Archives: The Digital Classroom
http://www.archives.gov/education/

The On-Line Books Page
http://digital.library.upenn.edu/books/

Oxford Text Archive
http://ota.ahds.ac.uk/

Perseus Project
http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/

Project Gutenberg
http://www.promo.net/pg/

Genealogy
(see also Biography)

Ancestry
http://www.ancestry.com/

Cyndi's List
http://www.cyndislist.com/

FamilySearch
http://www.familysearch.org/

Genealogy Home Page
http://www.genhomepage.com/

Vital Records Information
http://vitalrec.com/

Geology
(see also Earth Science, Science, and Science Fair)

Earthquake Information
http://quake.wr.usgs.gov/

Geologic Time Scale
http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/help/timeform.html

Geysers
http://www.uweb.ucsb.edu/~glennon/geysers/

Landforms
http://vathena.arc.nasa.gov/curric/land/landform/landform.html

Mineral and Gemstone Kingdom
http://www.minerals.net/

The Mineral Gallery
http://mineral.galleries.com/

Mineral Resources for Teachers
http://www.womeninmining.org/

Mineralogy Database
http://webmineral.com/

Understanding Earthquakes
http://projects.crustal.ucsb.edu/understanding/

USGS Education pages
http://education.usgs.gov/

Virtual Cave
http://www.goodearthgraphics.com/virtcave/

Volcano World
http://volcano.und.edu/

Grammar, Writing and Style Guides
(see also Dictionaries, Reference: Other Virtual Reference Sites, and Thesauri)

Common Errors in English
http://www.wsu.edu/~brians/errors/

The Elements of Style
http://www.bartleby.com/141/

Guide to Grammar and Writing
http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/

On-Line English Grammar
http://www.edufind.com/english/grammar/toc.cfm

Study Guides and Strategies
http://www.studygs.net/

Your Dictionary.Com: Grammars
http://www.yourdictionary.com/grammars.html

Writing Guides on the Writing Center at Colorado State University
http://writing.colostate.edu/faq.cfm?questionid=5

Grants, Grant Making and Nonprofit Organizations

Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance
http://12.46.245.173/cfda/cfda.html

Foundations and Grant Makers
http://www.foundations.org/grantmakers.html

Foundation Center Online
http://foundationcenter.org/

Grants.gov
http://www.grants.gov

GrantsNet
http://www.hhs.gov/grantsnet/

Guidestar
http://www.guidestar.org/

Health and Medicine
(see also Nutrition)

AMA Doctor Finder
http://webapps.ama-assn.org/doctorfinder/home.html?2852326399

Hardin Meta Directory of Internet Health Resources
http://www.lib.uiowa.edu/hardin/md/

KidsHealth
http://kidshealth.org/

Medical Matrix
http://www.medmatrix.org/

MedlinePlus
http://medlineplus.gov/

Neuroscience for Kids
http://faculty.washington.edu/chudler/neurok.html

PubMed
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/PubMed

RxList
http://www.rxlist.com/

History
(see also Biography, and Full-Text Resources)

Abzu: Guide to Resources for the Study of the Ancient Near East
http://www.etana.org/abzu/

CircusWeb! Circus Present and Past
http://www.circusweb.com/circuswebFrames.html

Comparative Chronology of Money from Ancient Times to the Present Day
http://www.ex.ac.uk/RDavies/arian/amser/chrono.html

dMarie Time Capsule
http://www.dmarie.com/timecap/

Footnotes to History
http://www.buckyogi.com/footnotes/

H-Net Humanities & Social Sciences OnLine
http://www.h-net.org/

History and Politics Out Loud
http://www.hpol.org/

Histor eSearch.com
http://www.snowcrest.net/jmike/

Timelines of History
http://timelines.ws/

World History
http://www.hyperhistory.com/

WWW Virtual Library: History Central Catalogue
http://vlib.iue.it/history/index.html

History: Ancient and Medieval
(see also Biography, and Full-Text Resources)

Ancient History Sourcebook
http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/ancient/asbook.html

Anthro.Net Research Engine
http://home1.gte.net/ericjw1/

Diotima: Women & Gender in the Ancient World
http://www.stoa.org/diotima/

Exploring Ancient World Cultures
http://eawc.evansville.edu/eawcindex.htm

Labyrinth: Resources for Medieval Studies
http://labyrinth.georgetown.edu/

LacusCurtis - Gateway to Ancient Rome
http://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/

Medieval Sourcebook
http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/sbook.html

WWW Medieval Resources
http://ebbs.english.vt.edu/medieval/

History: United States
(see also Biography, and Full-Text Resources)

American Cultural History-The Twentieth Century
http://kclibrary.nhmccd.edu/decades.html

American History 102: 1865-Present
http://us.history.wisc.edu/hist102/

American Memory from the Library of Congress
http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/ammemhome.html

American Studies Web
lamp.georgetown.edu/asw/

America's West, Development & History
http://www.AmericanWest.com/

Crossroads, A K-16 American History Curriculum
http://www.eduref.org/cgi-bin/printlessons.cgi/Virtual/Lessons/Social_Studies/US_History/crossroads.html

From Revolution to Reconstruction
http://odur.let.rug.nl/~usa/

Oregon Trail
http://www.isu.edu/~trinmich/Oregontrail.html

United States Civil War Center
http://www.cwc.lsu.edu/

United States, History, 1600-1775
http://falcon.jmu.edu/~ramseyil/colonial.htm

United States History Out Loud
http://www.hpol.org/

History: World Wars I and II
(see also Biography, and Full-Text Resources)

Teacher's Guide to the Holocaust
http://fcit.usf.edu/holocaust/default.htm

World War I
http://www.worldwar1.com/

World War I Document Archive
http://wwi.lib.byu.edu/index.php/Main_Page

World War II.net
http://www.worldwar-2.net/

Hoaxes, Myths and Urban Legends

HoaxBusters
http://hoaxbusters.ciac.org/

Urban Legends
http://www.urbanlegends.com/

Urban Legends Reference Pages
http://www.snopes.com/snopes.asp

Vmyths
http://www.vmyths.com/

International Country Information
(see also Atlases and Maps, Flags, Travel, and Statistics)

Background Notes
http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/bgn/

CIA World Factbook
https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/index.html

Country Studies
http://lcweb2.loc.gov/frd/cs/cshome.html

Country Reports
http://www.countryreports.org/

International Constitutional Law
http://www.servat.unibe.ch/law/icl/

United Nations
http://www.un.org/

World Leaders
https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/world-leaders-1/

Legal Information

AllLaw
http://www.alllaw.com/

Decisions of the U.S. Supreme Court
http://supct.law.cornell.edu/supct/index.html

Findlaw
http://www.findlaw.com/

Lawyers.com
http://www.lawyers.com/

Nolopedia - Nolo's Legal Encyclopedia
http://www.nolo.com/index.cfm

Oyez Project
http://www.oyez.org/

Librarianship: Professional Resources

ACQWeb
http://www.acqweb.org/

Cataloger's Reference Shelf
http://www.itsmarc.com/crs/CRS0000.htm

Librarian's Buyer's Guide
http://www.librarybuyersguide.com/

Publishers' Catalogues
http://www.lights.com/publisher/

Libraries

LibDex
http://www.libdex.com/

Library of Congress
http://www.loc.gov/

National Library Catalogues Worldwide
http://www.library.uq.edu.au/natlibs/

Libraries on the World Wide Web
http://lists.webjunction.org/libweb/

Library Associations
(see also Associations) This is a selected list of library related associations. For a larger more comprehensive list, visit AcqWeb at http://www.library.vanderbilt.edu/law/acqs/acqs.html.

American Association of School Librarians
http://www.ala.org/aasl/

American Library Association
http://www.ala.org/

Public Library Association
http://www.pla.org/

Society of American Archivists
http://www.archivists.org/

Special Libraries Association
http://www.sla.org/

Magazines and Journals

BUBL Journals
http://bubl.ac.uk/journals/

Directory of Open Access Journals
http://www.doaj.org/

E-Journals.Org
http://www.e-journals.org/

Google Scholar
http://scholar.google.com

IngentaConnect
http://www.ingentaconnect.com/

IPL Online Serials
http://www.ipl.org/div/serials

PubList
http://www.publist.com/

Mailing Lists

CataList
http://www.lsoft.com/catalist.html

Google Groups (Usenet & Mailing Lists)
http://groups.google.com/

MSN Groups
http://groups.msn.com/

Yahoo Groups
http://groups.yahoo.com/

Mathematics
(see also Measurements and Science)

Ask Dr. Math
http://mathforum.org/dr.math/dr-math.html

Coolmath4kids
http://www.coolmath4kids.com/

Flashcards for Kids
http://www.edu4kids.com/index.php

History of Mathematics
http://www-groups.dcs.st-andrews.ac.uk/~history/

Math Forum
http://mathforum.org/

Math2.org, formerly Dave's Math Tables
http://www.math2.org/

Mathematical Atlas
http://www.math.niu.edu/~rusin/known-math/welcome.html

Mathematics of Cartography
http://math.rice.edu/~lanius/pres/map/

Mathmania
http://www.mathmania.de/noalerts.htm

What Good is Math
http://oncampus.richmond.edu/academics/education/projects/webunits/math/

Measurements
(see also Mathematics and Science)

How Many? A Dictionary of Units of Measurement
http://www.unc.edu/~rowlett/units/

Measure 4 Measure
http://www.wolinskyweb.net/measure.htm

Metric Conversion
http://www.worldwidemetric.com/metcal.htm

Movies
(see also Biography, Drama, and Prizes and Awards)

Fandango
http://www.fandango.com/

Hollywood Online
http://www.hollywood.com/

Internet Movie Database
http://www.imdb.com/

Movie Review Query Engine (MRQE)
http://www.mrqe.com/

Movie Spoiler
http://www.themoviespoiler.com/

TV Now
http://www.tv-now.com/

Upcomingmovies.com
http://movies.yahoo.com/upcoming/

Yahoo Movies
http://movies.yahoo.com/

Museums
(see also Art, Architecture, and Drama)

Global Museum
http://www.globalmuseum.org/

Museums in the USA
http://www.museumca.org/usa/

MuseumsUSA
http://www.museumsusa.org/

Museumstuff.com
http://museumstuff.com/

Virtual Library Museums Pages
http://vlmp.museophile.com/world.html

Music
(see also Drama, and Prizes and Awards)

Amazon
http://www.amazon.com

CD Connection
http://www.cdconnection.com/

CD Universe
http://www.cduniverse.com/

Classical Composers Database
http://www.classical-composers.org/

Instrument Encyclopedia
http://www.si.umich.edu/chico/instrument/

J.W. Pepper
http://jwpepper.com/

Mudcat Cafe Lyrics Database
http://www.mudcat.org/

Music for the Nation: American Sheet Music, 1870-1885
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/smhtml/smhome.html

Music Resources
http://www.siba.fi/kulttuuripalvelut/music.html

Mutopia
http://www.mutopiaproject.org/

SongText.net
http://www.songtext.net/en/

Mythology
(see also Full-Text Resources, History, and Reading and Literature)

Best of Legends
http://bestoflegends.org/

Bulfinch's Mythology
http://www.bulfinch.org/

Encyclopedia Mythic
http://www.pantheon.org/

Folklore and Mythology Electronic Texts
http://www.pitt.edu/~dash/folktexts.html

Greek Mythology Link
http://homepage.mac.com/cparada/GML/

Mythology and Folklore
http://www.pibburns.com/mythfolk.htm

Newsgroups aka Usenet

Internet FAQ Archives
http://www.faqs.org/faqs/

Google Groups
http://groups.google.com/

Newspapers

IPL Reading Room: Newspapers
http://www.ipl.org/div/news/

News Index
http://www.newsindex.com/

NewsDirectory.Com
http://newsdirectory.com/

Newslink
http://www.newslink.org/

Newspaper Archives on the Web
http://www.ibiblio.org/riverat/internet/archives.html

Nutrition
(see also Health and Medicine)

American Dietetic Associaiton
http://www.eatright.org/cps/rde/xchg/ada/hs.xsl/index.html

Center for Nutrition Policy Promotion
http://www.cnpp.usda.gov/

Fast Food Facts
http://www.foodfacts.info/

Medline Plus: Nutrition
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/nutrition.html

Nutrition.Gov
http://www.nutrition.gov/

Optical Illusions
(see also Art, and Physics and Astronomy)

Eyetricks
http://www.eyetricks.com/

IllusionWorks
http://www.illusionworks.com/

SandlotScience.com: Optical Illusions
http://www.sandlotscience.com/

Paleontology
(see also Biology, and Science)

Dino Russ's Lair
http://www.dinoruss.com/

Dinosaur Lesson Plans
http://edtech.kennesaw.edu/web/dinopage.html

Dinosaur Links
http://www.dinotreker.com/dinosaurlinks.html

Dinosauricon
http://dino.lm.com/

Museum of Paleontology
http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/

Plant Fossil Record
http://www.biologie.uni-hamburg.de/b-online/library/iopaleo/pfr.htm

Patents
(see also Business and Economics)

Google Patents
http://www.google.com/patents

USPTO Web Patent Databases
http://www.uspto.gov/patft/index.html

Philosophy
(see also Full-Text Resources, Religion, and Social Studies)

EpistemeLinks
http://www.epistemelinks.com/

Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy
http://www.utm.edu/research/iep/

Philosophers: Alphabetical Index
http://users.ox.ac.uk/~worc0337/philosophers.html

Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
http://plato.stanford.edu/contents.html

Phone Books

AnyWho
http://www.anywho.com/

DexOnline, formerly Qwestdex.com
http://www.dexonline.com/

Infobel World: Telephone Directories
http://www.infobel.com/

International White and Yellow Pages
http://www.wayp.com/

White Pages
http://www.whitepages.com

Physical Education
(see also Health and Medicine)

PE Central
http://www.pecentral.org/

Physical Education Lesson Plans
http://www.sports-media.org/cgi-script/CSFileshare/CSFileshare.cgi

Physics
(see also Astronomy, Science, and Science Fair

Amusement Park Physics
http://www.learner.org/exhibits/parkphysics/

Energy Quest
http://www.energyquest.ca.gov/index.html

History of Physics Exhibits
http://www.aip.org/history/exhibit.htm

HyperPhysics
http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hphys.html

Instructional Materials in Physics
http://www.cln.org/subjects/physics_inst.html

Physics 2000
http://www.Colorado.EDU/physics/2000/

PhysicsWorld
http://physicsworld.com/cws/home

PhysLink
http://www.physlink.com/

The Soundry
http://library.thinkquest.org/19537/

University of Oregon Virtual Laboratory
http://jersey.uoregon.edu/vlab/

Plagiarism
(see also Copyright)

Anit-Plagiarism
http://www.virtualsalt.com/antiplag.htm

Cheating 101: Internet Paper Mills
http://www.coastal.edu/library/presentations/mills2.html

Plagiarism
http://www.indiana.edu/~wts/pamphlets/plagiarism.shtml

Plagiarism in Colleges
http://www.rbs2.com/plag.htm

Plagiarism Theme Page
http://www.cln.org/themes/plagiarism.html

Plagiarized.com
http://www.plagiarized.com/

Plug-Ins
Adobe Acrobat Reader
http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readstep.html

Browser Plug-ins
http://www.winappslist.com/internet/plugins.htm

Plugins.com
http://www.plugins.com/

Prizes and Awards
(see also Biography, Music, and Reading and Literature)

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (The Oscars)
http://www.oscars.org/

Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (The Emmys)
http://www.emmys.org/

BookWire: Book Awards
http://www.bookwire.com/bookwire/otherbooks/Book-Awards.html

Database of Award Winning Children's Literature
http://www.dawcl.com/

The National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences (The Grammys)
http://www.grammy.com/

Nobel Foundation
http://www.nobel.org/

Pulitzer Prizes
http://www.pulitzer.org/

The Tony Awards
http://www.tonys.org/

Psychology

American Psychological Association
http://www.apa.org/

Encyclopedia of Psychology
http://www.psychology.org/

Psychology Virtual Library
http://www.dialogical.net/psychology/

PsycSite: Science of Psychology Resources Site
http://kenstange.com/psycsite/

Social Psychology Network
http://www.socialpsychology.org/

Quotations
(see also Full-Text Resources, History, and Reading and Literature)

Quotations
http://www.bartleby.com/quotations/

Quotations Page
http://www.quotationspage.com/

Quoteland.com
http://www.quoteland.com/

Reading and Literature
(see also Full-Text Resources, and Grammar, Writing and Style Guides)

Carol Hurst's Children's Literature Site
http://www.carolhurst.com/

Children's Literature & Language Arts Resources
http://falcon.jmu.edu/~ramseyil/childlit.htm

Children's Literature Web Guide
http://www.acs.ucalgary.ca/~dkbrown/

Dr. Seuss's Seussville!
http://www.seussville.com/

Internet Public Library: Literature
http://www.ipl.org/div/subject/browse/hum60.00.00/

Learning to Read
http://www.toread.com/

Literature Network
http://www.online-literature.com/

Literature.org
http://www.literature.org/

Word Detective
http://www.word-detective.com/

World of Reading
http://www.worldreading.org/

Recipes

All Recipes
http://www.allrecipes.com/

CopyKat Creations
http://www.copykat.com/

KidsKuisine
http://www.kidskuisine.com/

RecipeLand
http://www.recipeland.com/

RecipeSource
http://www.recipesource.com/

Tasty Insect Recipes
http://www.ent.iastate.edu/misc/insectsasfood.html

Vegetarian Recipes Around the World
http://www.ivu.org/recipes/

Reference: Other Virtual Reference Sites

Internet Public Library: Ready Reference Collection
http://www.ipl.org/div/subject/browse/ref00.00.00

Martindale's
http://www.martindalecenter.com/

MEL: Reference Desk
http://web.mel.org/SPT--BrowseResources.php?ParentId=185

RefDesk.com
http://www.refdesk.com/

U.S. Government Documents: Ready Reference Collection
http://www.columbia.edu/cu/lweb/indiv/usgd/rref/

Religion
(see also Full-Text Resources, History, and Social Studies)

The Catholic Encyclopedia
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/

Internet Sacred Text Archive
http://www.sacred-texts.com/

Virtual Religion Index
http://virtualreligion.net/vri/

Science

Exploratorium
http://www.exploratorium.edu/index.html

Frank Potters Science Gems
http://www.sciencegems.com/

GreatScopes
http://www.greatscopes.com/activity.htm

How Stuff Works
http://www.howstuffworks.com/

MIT OpenCourseWare
http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/web/courses/courses/index.htm

Newton's Apple: Teacher's Guides
http://www.newtonsapple.tv/

Science Learning Network
http://www.sln.org/

Science.gov
http://www.science.gov

Virtual Field Trip
http://www.field-guides.com/

Science Fair

Science Fair Project Resource Guide
http://www.ipl.org/youth/projectguide/

Ultimate Science Fair Project Resource
http://www.scifair.org/

Search Engines: Directory

LookSmart
http://www.looksmart.com/

Open Directory
http://www.dmoz.org/

Yahoo!
http://www.yahoo.com/

Search Engines: For Kids

Awesome Library
http://www.awesomelibrary.org/

Ask Jeeves For Kids
http://www.ajkids.com/

KidsClick!
http://sunsite.berkeley.edu/KidsClick!/

TekMom's
http://www.tekmom.com/search/

Yahoo! Kids
http://kids.yahoo.com/

Search Engines: Meta or Multiple

Clusty was Vivisimo
http://clusty.com/

Dogpile
http://www.dogpile.com/

Kartoo
http://www.kartoo.com/

Mamma
http://www.mamma.com/

MetaCrawler
http://www.metacrawler.com/

SurfWax
http://www.surfwax.com/

Search Engines: Specialized

Bomis.com (searches web rings)
http://www.bomis.com/

Ditto (searches pictures)
http://www.ditto.com/

Search Engine Colossus (searches for search engines)
http://www.searchenginecolossus.com/

WebRing (searches web rings)
http://dir.webring.com/rw

Search Engines: Standard

All The Web, formerly Fast
http://www.alltheweb.com/

AltaVista
http://www.altavista.com/

Ask
http://search.ask.com/

Google
http://www.google.com/

HotBot
http://www.hotbot.com/

Lycos
http://www.lycos.com/

Social Studies
(see also History, Philosophy, and International Country Information )

Cultural Arts Resources for Teachers and Students
http://www.carts.org/

Native American Sites
http://www.nativeculturelinks.com/indians.html

NativeTech
http://www.nativetech.org/

Say Hello to the World
http://www.ipl.org/youth/hello/

Social, Economic and Political Change
http://gsociology.icaap.org/

Social Studies Lesson Plans and Resources
http://www.csun.edu/~hcedu013/index.html

Social Studies Sources
http://education.indiana.edu/~socialst/

Sports

ESPN.com
http://espn.go.com/

HickokSports.com -- History
http://www.hickoksports.com/history.shtml

Sports Network
http://www.sportsnetwork.com/home.asp

Sports Resources
http://www.ipl.org/div/subject/browse/ent80.00.00/

Statistics

County and City Databooks
http://fisher.lib.virginia.edu/collections/stats/ccdb/

Encyclopedia of Education Stats
http://nces.ed.gov/annuals/

Infonation
http://cyberschoolbus.un.org/infonation3/menu/advanced.asp

International Data Base
http://www.census.gov/ipc/www/idb/

Statistical Resources on the Web
http://www.lib.umich.edu/govdocs/stats.html

Uniform Crime Reports
http://fisher.lib.virginia.edu/collections/stats/crime/

Census Bureau Home Page
http://www.census.gov/

Symbols
(see also Art)

SYMBOLS.com: Encyclopedia of Western Signs and Ideograms
http://www.symbols.com/

Symbols.net - Directory of Signs, Glyphs and Symbols
http://www.symbols.net/

Thesauri
(see also Dictionaries, and Reference: Other Virtual Reference Sites)

Bartleby.com: Thesauri
http://www.bartleby.com/thesauri/

Thesaurus.com
http://thesaurus.reference.com/

Web Thesaurus Compendium
http://www.ipsi.fraunhofer.de/~lutes/thesoecd.html

Time
(see also Calendars and Measurements)

Horology
http://www.horology.com/horology/

NIST Time and Frequency Historical Exhibits
http://www.bldrdoc.gov/timefreq/general/exhibits.html

Travel
(see also International Country Information)

CDC Travelers' Health
http://www.cdc.gov/travel/

citysearch.com
http://www.citysearch.com/

Excite Travel
http://travel.excite.com/

Fodor's
http://www.fodors.com/

Travel for Kids
http://www.travelforkids.com/

Travelocity
http://www.travelocity.com/

USA CityLink
http://www.usacitylink.com/

United States: Federal Government

Abbreviations and Acronyms of the U.S. Government
http://www.ulib.iupui.edu/subjectareas/gov/docs_abbrev.html

Ben's Guide to U.S. Government for Kids
http://bensguide.gpo.gov/

Contacting the Congress
http://www.visi.com/juan/congress/

THOMAS: U.S. Congress on the Internet
http://thomas.loc.gov/

The United States Government Manual
http://www.gpoaccess.gov/gmanual/index.html

Virtual Tour of the U.S. Government
http://www.virtualfreesites.com/us.government.html

The White House
http://www.whitehouse.gov/

United States: Search Engines

FirstGov
http://www.firstgov.gov/

Google: UncleSam
http://www.google.com/unclesam/

Government Information Locator Service (GILS)
http://www.gpoaccess.gov/gils/index.html

Government Sites for Kids
http://www.govspot.com/features/kids.htm

Kids.gov
http://www.kids.gov/

University of Michigan Documents Center
http://www.lib.umich.edu/govdocs/frames/fedfr.html

United States: State Information
(see also Atlases and Maps, and Travel)

50 States and Capitals
http://www.50states.com/

National Atlas of the United States of America
http://www-atlas.usgs.gov/

Stately Knowledge
http://www.ipl.org/youth/stateknow/

Universities and Colleges

American Universities
http://www.clas.ufl.edu/CLAS/american-universities.html

College and University Rankings
http://www.library.uiuc.edu/edx/rankings.htm

College is Possible
http://www.acenet.edu/AM/Template.cfm?Section=CIP1

FinAid!
http://www.finaid.org/

Peterson's
http://www.petersons.com/

Weather and Climate
(see also Earth Science, Geology, and Physics)

Cloud Guide
http://www.uen.org/weather/clouds/cloud_id.shtml

Franklin's Forecast
http://sln.fi.edu/weather/

Hurricane and Tropical Storm Tracking
http://hurricane.terrapin.com/

Lightning and Atmospheric Electricity
http://thunder.msfc.nasa.gov/

National Snow and Ice Data Center
http://www.nsidc.org/

National Weather Service
http://www.nws.noaa.gov/

Online Guides to Meteorology
http://ww2010.atmos.uiuc.edu/(Gh)/guides/mtr/home.rxml

The Weather Channel's Storm Encyclopedia
http://www.weather.com/encyclopedia/

WeatherNet
http://cirrus.sprl.umich.edu/wxnet/

WebQuest
(see also Education: Teacher and Student Resources)

Jackie Carrigan's Webquest collection
http://education.iupui.edu/webquests/home.htm

Kathy Schrock's Guide: WebQuest
href="http://school.discovery.com/schrockguide/webquest/webquest.html

WebQuest Portal
http://webquest.org/

WebQuests for Kids
http://www.kathimitchell.com/quests.htm

Women's Studies and Resources
(see also Biography, and History )

Femina
http://femina.cybergrrl.com

IVillage
http://www.ivillage.com

WIC: Women's Resources on the NET
http://www.wic.org/misc/resource.htm

Women's Studies Database
http://www.mith2.umd.edu/WomensStudies/

WWWomen.com
http://www.wwwomen.com/

Zip and Postal Codes

Postal Code Lookup
http://www.canadapost.ca/personal/tools/pcl/bin/default-e.asp

United States Postal Service Zip Codes
http://www.usps.gov/ncsc/ziplookup/lookupmenu.htm

Zip Codes & Country Codes of the World
http://www.escapeartist.com/global10/zip.htm

Zoology
(see also Biology, and Science)

Animal Info: Rare, Threatened and Endangered Mammals
http://www.animalinfo.org/

Endangered Species
http://eelink.net/EndSpp/

Endangered Species Program
http://www.fws.gov/endangered/index.html

Entomology on the World Wide Web
http://www.colostate.edu/Depts/Entomology/links.html

Netfrog: Interactive Frog Dissection
http://curry.edschool.Virginia.EDU/go/frog/

Zoology: Marine Biology
(see also Biology, and Science)

Conchology: The Art & Science of Nature
http://www.worldwideconchology.com/MainFrames.shtml

Hardy's Internet Guide to Marine Gastropods
http://www.gastropods.com/

Ichthyology Web Resources (IWR)
http://www.biology.ualberta.ca/jackson.hp/IWR/

MI-Net: Marine Institute's Navigatable Education Topics for K-12
http://www.mi.mun.ca/mi-net/topics.htm

Oceanlink
http://oceanlink.island.net/

Zoology: Ornithology
(see also Biology, and Science)

Bird On!
http://birdcare.com/birdon/

Bird Links to the World
http://www.bsc-eoc.org/links/

BirdSource: Birding with a Purpose
http://www.birdsource.org/