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eReference
Books
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Books we currently have or have had in our Reference Collection and are
now available in full-text online. |
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LC Classification |
NSCC student or staff ID require
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AC
General
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Old
Farmers Almanac [current year]
<http://www.almanac.com>
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AE
General
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Encyclopedia
Britannica (Britannica.com) [current year]
<http://dept.sccd.ctc.edu/nslib/articles.htm#reference>
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AG
General
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Columbia
Encyclopedia, 6th ed.
<http://www.bartleby.com/65/>
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AG
General
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The
New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, 2002
<http://www.bartleby.com/59/>
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AY
General
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Information
Please Almanac [current year]
<http://www.infoplease.com/almanacs.html>
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BX
Religion
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Catholic
Encyclopedia
<http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/index.html>
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CB
History of
Civilization |
The
Dictionary of the History of Ideas 1973-74
<http://etext.virginia.edu/DicHist/dict.html>
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CB
History of
Civilization |
Gale
Virtual Reference Library: New Dictionary of the History of Ideas,
2005
<http://dept.sccd.ctc.edu/nslib/articles.htm#reference> |
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D
World
History |
The
Encyclopedia of World History
<http://www.bartleby.com/67/>
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E
Indians of North America |
Directory
of Columbia River Basin Tribes
http://www.nwcouncil.org/library/2007/2007-5.htm |
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E
African Americans |
Gale
Virtual Reference Library: Encyclopedia of African-American Culture
and History, 2006
<http://dept.sccd.ctc.edu/nslib/articles.htm#reference> |
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F
Canada
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The
Canadian Encyclopedia
<http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com>
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F
Canada
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Dictionary
of Canadian Biography Online
<http://www.biographi.ca/index-e.html>
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Washington State |
The Free Online Encyclopedia of Washington State History
<http://www.historylink.org/> |
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Geography
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The
Columbia Gazetteer of North America
<http://www.bartleby.com/69/>
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G
Geography
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The
World Factbook
<http://www.bartleby.com/151/>
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GE
Environmental Sciences |
Gale
Virtual Reference Library: Environment Encyclopedia, 2003
<http://dept.sccd.ctc.edu/nslib/articles.htm#reference> |
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GN
Ethnology |
Gale
Virtual Reference Library: Countries and Their Cultures, 2001
<http://dept.sccd.ctc.edu/nslib/articles.htm#reference> |
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HA
Statistics
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Statistical
Abstract of the United States
<http://www.census.gov/prod/www/abs/statab.html>
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HA
Statistics
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Historical
Statistics of the United States, Colonial Times to 1970: Bicentennial
Edition
<http://www.census.gov/prod/www/abs/statab.html>
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HC
Statistics
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Washington
State Data Book
<http://www.ofm.wa.gov/databook/default.asp>
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HD
Companies |
Directory of Organizations/ Northwest Power and Conservation
Council
http://www.nwcouncil.org/library/2007/2007-18.pdf |
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HD
Business |
Operating A
Business In Washington State
<http://www.dol.wa.gov/business/operate.pdf> |
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HD
Occupations
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Occupational
Outlook Handbook
<http://www.bls.gov/oco/>
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HF
Occupations
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The
Riley Guide (The Guide to Internet Job Searching)
<http://www.rileyguide.com/>
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HQ
Women |
Jewish Women: A Comprehensive
Historical Encyclopedia
<http://jwa.org/encyclopedia> |
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HV
Drug Abuse |
Gale
Virtual Reference Library: Encyclopedia of Drugs, Alcohol, and
Addictive Behavior, 2001
<http://dept.sccd.ctc.edu/nslib/articles.htm#reference> |
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KFW
Law-Washington State |
Environmental Permit Handbook for Washington State
<http://apps.ecy.wa.gov/permithandbook/handbook.asp> |
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KFW
Law-Washington State |
RCW
(Revised Code of Washington State) & WAC (Washington Administrative
Code)
<http://search.leg.wa.gov/pub/textsearch/default.asp> |
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KFW
Law-Washington State |
Seattle Municipal Code with Land Use Code & Zoning Maps
<http://clerk.ci.seattle.wa.us/~public/toc/table.htm> |
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KFW
Law-Washington State |
WAC (Washington Administrative Code) by title
<http://apps.leg.wa.gov/wac/> |
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KFW
Law-Washington State |
Washington State City and
County Codes
<http://www.mrsc.org/Codes.aspx> |
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LB
Education |
Academic Year
Reports (Washington Community and Technical Colleges, SBCTC)
<http://www.sbctc.ctc.edu/college/d_acad.aspx> |
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PE
Dictionaries
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American
Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language
<http://www.bartleby.com/61/>
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PE
Dictionaries
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Merriam
Webster: Dictionary, Thesaurus, Spanish/English Dictionary
<http://www.m-w.com/netdict.htm>
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PE
Dictionaries
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Roget’s
II: The New Thesaurus, 3rd ed.1995.
<http://www.bartleby.com/62/>
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Q
Science
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McGraw
Hill Encyclopedia of Science and Technology (Access Science)
<http://dept.sccd.ctc.edu/nslib/articles.htm#reference>
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QD
Chemistry
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Chemistry
& Environmental Dictionary
<http://environmentalchemistry.com/yogi/chemistry/dictionary/>
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Medicine |
Gale
Virtual Reference Library: Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine, 2006
<http://dept.sccd.ctc.edu/nslib/articles.htm#reference> |
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R
Medicine
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The
Merck Manual of Diagnosis and Therapy
<http://www.merck.com/mmpe/index.html>
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R
Medicine
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The
Merck Manual of Geriatrics
<
http://www.merck.com/mrkshared/mmg/home.jsp
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R
Medicine
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The
Merck Manual of Health and Aging
<http://www.merck.com/pubs/mmanual_ha/contents.html>
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R
Medicine
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The
Merck Manual of Medical Information, 2nd Home Edition
<http://www.merck.com/mmhe/index.html>
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SF
Domestic Animals
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The Merck
Veterinary Manual
<http://www.merckvetmanual.com/>
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Z
Library Science
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ODLIS—Online
Dictionary for Library and Information Science by Joan M. Reitz
<http://lu.com/odlis/about.cfm>
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General Reference
- Acronyms
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BABEL
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A glossary of computer-oriented
abbreviations and acronyms.
Dictionaries
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American Heritage
Dictionary
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One Look Dictionaries
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Search for multiple definitions of a word from a variety
of online dictionaries.
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Merriam-Webster
Dictionary
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Web of On-line
Dictionaries
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Links to dictionaries for many languages.
Encyclopedias
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Columbia
Encyclopedia
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Encyclopedia
Smithsonian: From Art to Zoology
Featuring answers to frequently asked
questions and links to Smithsonian resources. Categories are Art
& Design, History & Culture, Science & Technology.
Thesauri
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Merriam-Webster
Thesaurus
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Roget's
Thesaurus
Quotations
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Bartlett's Familiar Quotations
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Browse or search Bartlett's Familiar Quotations by author
or chronologically.
Arts & Graphics
Artcyclopedia
Barry's Clipart
Server
ButtonGenerator
Make
online buttons for free.
Carol
Gerten's Fine Art
Classroom
Clipart
Clipart Gallery
Color
Palette Generator
Enter
the URL of an image to get a color palette that matches the image. This
is useful for coming up with a website color palette that matches a key
image a client wants to work with.
Color Scheme Designer
Color palette picker tool.
Digital
Blasphemy
Free
Backgrounds.com
1000
free backgrounds, some repetition and lots of plaid, if you like plaid.
Mostly textured backgrounds, some themed.
GRsites
Free backgrounds, fonts, and graphics.
Icon Bazaar
Free icons for personal use only.
Icon
Browser
Free generic icons.
Identifont
Allows you to either try to look up a font by keyword or
identify a font by answering a series of questions. Includes many free fonts.
Internet Art
Resources
Links to hundreds of artists, museums, and galleries.
Internet
Clipart.com
Leo's Icon Archive
Free icons for personal use.
Library Clip Art
Free!
National Gallery of
Art in Washington D.C.
Pambytes
Striped
Backgrounds, etc.
Web
Clip Art
WebMuseum,
Paris
Biography
The American Presidency
Articles on U.S. presidents from Grolier Online.
The Britannica Guide
to Black History
Multimedia site with biographies of notable
African-Americans, as well as other aspects of black history.
The Faces of Science: African
Americans in the Sciences
Profiled
here are African American men and women who have contributed to the
advancement of science and engineering.
Patron Saints Index
Information on topics with patron saints, and profiles of
those saints. Profiles have portraits, biographical information, areas of patronage,
prayers, links to related sites, readings, etc. I
POTUS:
Presidents of the United States
Biographies, election results, cabinet members,
presidential highlights.
World Rulers
Heads of state and government.
Business
BigBook
Searchable directory of U.S. businesses.
Dow Jones Homepage
EDGAR
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission electronic
filings.
Global 500
Fortune magazine's annual list of the 500 largest
companies in the world.
Hoover's Online
Company profiles of U.S. public and private companies with
sales over $50 million.
The
International Chamber of Commerce & City-State-Province Directory
King
County: The Department of Development and Environmental Services Property Research
Maps and search engines to help research parcels of
property in King County. Includes GIS Property Search (Parcel Locator) (maps and
descriptions of individual parcels), Development Conditions Search Engine (showing
p-suffix information and special district overlays), County-wide Zoning Map (showing
parcel specific zoning), County-wide Land Use Map (showing larger zoning
configurations), Recent Incorporations (Complete with Boundary Maps), Annexation and
Incorporation Activity Within King County.
Standard
and Poor's Retail Investor Services
Current market information from Standard & Poor's.
Standard
Industrial Classification Search
Searchable database of Standard Industrial Classification
(SIC) codes.
A Trader's Financial Resource
Guide
Offers links to many sites relating to investment,
business, etc.
U.S. Small
Business Association
Careers
& Employment
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Local Sites for Job Related Information:
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City of
Seattle
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Links to current job opportunities (permanent and
temporary) that are available throughout the City of Seattle.
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ColorsNWCareers
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Online
diversity career site for ColorsNW,
a multicultural publication in Seattle and surrounding areas.
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King County
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Current King County, Washington job openings, how to apply
for employment with King County, and part-time transit operator openings.
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North
Seattle Community College Job Services
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Local and nationwide job links.
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nwjobspace.com:
a service of the Seattle Times
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The listings in this site are supplied by The Seattle
Times and The Seattle Post-Intelligencer. Contains additional listings that appear online
only. Includes the best local high tech jobs and the best local health care jobs.
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Port of Seattle
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Provides services and facilities to accommodate the
transportation of cargo and passengers by air, water and land and to provide a home for
the fishing industry. An internship program is designed to provide qualified candidates
with meaningful work experience to supplement and enhance their academic programs. A
majority of the internships are business/economics or civil engineering oriented.
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Seattle Public Library
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Information about employment at the Library, current job
postings, and application.
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Seattle Public Library Resources for Job Searching
Library services, computers, and internet links to aid in job
searching.
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Seattle
Community College District
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Postings of current job opening for North, South, and
Seattle Central Community Colleges and the district office.
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University of
Washington
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For the latest job openings.
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Worksource
Washington
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Great source for career and job
information for Washington State. Links to job service postings, online classified
section of local newspapers, job search links, training programs, resume writing, etc.
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Yahoo:
Seattle employment resources
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Provides links to Individual Resumes,, Job Fairs, Jobs,
Recruiting and Placement, Resume Listing Services, Resume Writing Services.
Nationwide Sites for Job Related
Information:
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America’s
Job Bank
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Links to state human resource departments nationwide.
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Career Builder
Job listings searchable by state, city, company, industry.
Includes links to international jobs.
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Career
Voyages
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Dept of Labor and Dept of
Education. Choose an industry and see both the projected job
growth for a variety of careers in that
industry and see the median US wage for that industry over several
different education levels. Click on a job title and you can get
more detailed information; after you click on a title pick a state,
and you'll get information about the median wages for that job in
that state, a description of the job, and detailed job growth
statistics. You can also see what's hot;
either overall, jobs that don't require
a 4-year degree, or jobs that require a 4-year degree or better. Or
if you want to concentrate on a state, you can get a list of the
hottest occupations by state.
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Idealist.org/Action
Without Borders
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List 40,000
nonprofit and community organizations in 165 countries, volunteer
opportunities in your community and abroad. Includes the Nonprofit
Career Center on the Web, with hundreds of job and internship
listings.
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Job
Services by State
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Links to many, but not all the state Job Services Office
(formerly known as the state unemployment office).
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Job Web
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The web site of the National
Association of Colleges and Employers (NACE), a leading source of
information for career services practitioners on college campuses.
Includes employer profiles with a link to the employer's home page,
where you’ll find current job listings and information on
internships, co-operative education programs, and part-time and
summer jobs
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Occupational Outlook
Handbook
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Click Publications and Research Papers. Find resources on
resume writing and evaluating an offer.
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O*Net
Online O*NET, the
Occupational Information Network, is a comprehensive database of worker
attributes and job characteristics. O*NET is the replacement for the Dictionary
of Occupational Titles (DOT). Find Occupations: Find
occupations using keywords, O*NET-SOC codes, Job Families, or by viewing a
complete list. Skills Search: Use a list of your skills to find
matching O*NET-SOC occupations. Crosswalk: Use other classification
systems (DOT, SOC, MOC, and RAIS) to find matching O*NET-SOC occupations.
Developed for the US Dept. of Labor.
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The Monster
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National and international employment information. One of
the first big Internet employment databases. Easy to navigate and contains a huge number
of job postings plus online resume and other employment services. Keyword searching
enables searches to be limited by geography and by job title. Post your resume for
free.
Formerly called Online Career Center.
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Monster Healthcare
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Health and allied health job listings nationwide.
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The Riley Guide
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Compiled and developed by librarian Margaret Riley, the
Riley Guide is perhaps the most comprehensive job search site on the Web, providing links
to virtually every job-related resource on the Internet. We have the book: The
Guide to Internet Job Searching by Margaret Riley at Ref HF5382.7.R557 1996 (in
Reference Collection).
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USA Jobs
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The U.S. Government's official site for jobs and
employment information, provided by the United States Office of Personnel Management.
Census & Population
Census Data
for the United States, 1790-1860
The data here describe the people and economy of the
United States between 1790 and 1860. Data are available for any county in most states
during this time period.
MPI Data
Hub
The MPI Data Hub provides current
demographic, social and economic characteristics of US immigrants at the
state level, as well as stock, flow, citizenship, asylum, and historical
data for 17 countries. Uses interactive maps to see where foreign-born
groups live in the United States and the countries of origin and
destination of migrants globally. MPI is an independent, nonpartisan,
nonprofit think tank in Washington, DC founded in 2001. MPI grew out of
the International Migration Policy Program at the Carnegie Endowment for
International Peace.
U. S. Census Bureau
Consumer
Information
Better Business Bureau
for U. S. and Canada
Provides consumer alerts and other resources. File
complaints online.
Consumer Information
Center
Free and low-cost consumer publications, produced by the
U.S. General Services Administration. Full-text available for free publications.
The Consumer Law
Page
Consumer
Protection Division
A division of the Attorney General's Office of Washington
State.
Consumer World
Well designed site with links to consumer resources on the
Internet. Find discount airfares, low-rate credit cards, mortgage rates, consumer rights
information and more.
Edmund's Automobile
Buyer's Guides
A wealth of information on both new and used cars.
Kelley Blue Book
Used Car Values and New Car Pricing
Education
& Libraries
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Education
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TheAdmissionsOffice.com
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Brings together a number of resources to assist in the
application process. Include links to hundreds of colleges and universities, school
rankings, entrance tests, applications, financial aid information, and scholarships.
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The College
Scholarships, Colleges, and Online Degrees
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Links to free college scholarship and
financial aid searches, SAT and ACT test preparation tips, colleges
and universities throughout the United States, and online degrees
and distance education, many for private for profit institutions.
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Grants For Individuals
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Focuses primarily on grants or funding sources for
individuals.
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IRS Tax Forms
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Download the 1999 Form 8863 Education Credits (Hope and
Lifetime Learning Credits) tax form and other forms, publications and tax-related
information.
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SBCTC (State Board for
Community and Technical Colleges of Washington State)
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Responsible for legislative and state agency relations;
developing policy agenda for the State Board; coordinating statewide trustees'
association; coordinating with statewide presidents' association; communications,
publications and public information; general office management; student services and
initiatives for students and staff of color; human resource management; general office
management functions including purchasing and mailroom services.
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Seattle
Times School Guide
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Report on public and private elementary, middle,
junior-high and high schools in the greater Seattle area. Detailed reports on more than
600 schools -- everything from their test scores to class size to what parents and the
community are doing to support the students and staff.
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Washington State Colleges
and Universities
Provides links to the K20 Telecommunications Network connects educational entities in
the State of Washington through high-speed data lines; Washington's Community and
Technical Colleges 4 Year Colleges & Universities; Washington's index of K-12 schools;
participating ESD web servers ; Washington's index of private colleges; a booklet
describing the requirements for home-based instruction is available in a variety of
formats; Washington's guide to Web resources for kids of all ages; GET - Guaranteed
Education Tuition to purchase future tuition for colleges, universities and trade schools
at today's rate
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U.S.
Department of Education Federal School Code Search Page
Education: College and University
Rankings
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America's
Best Colleges
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US News and world Report.
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College
and University Rankings
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Links to various online sources of information on the
ranking of institutions of higher education. Compiled by the University of Illinois
at Urbana-Champaign Education and Social Science Library.
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Financial Times MBA
Rankings
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The Financial Times annual ranking of the world's top 75
business schools.
Libraries
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American Library Association
(ALA)
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National professional organization.
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CLAMS (College Librarians
and Media Specialists of Washington State
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Professional organization of librarians and media
specialists of the community and technical colleges of Washington State.
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IRIS
Tutorials
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Information & Research Instruction
Suite for 2 yr. Colleges, by Clark College.
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LMDC (Library and Media
Directors' Council of Washington State
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A council of the Instruction Commission, Washington
Association of Community and Technical Colleges (WACTC).
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Washington Library
Association
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Statewide professional organization.
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Washington
State Library
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Serves as a Regional Federal Depository Library and
Washington State Publications Depository.
Librarians
(with a sense of humor)
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Batgirl
was a Librarian
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Belldancing
Librarian
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The Film Librarian
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The
Laughing Librarian
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The
Librarian Stereotype and the Movies
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Library
Juice
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The
Lipstick Librarian
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Modified
Librarian
Scholarships, & Financial Aid
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College Board's Financial
Aid Services Page
Includes: planning, cost estimation, college selection and other useful information.
Also offers a scholarship search which requires you to provide a profile. Created the SAT,
Advanced Placement Program, and PSAT/NMSQT.
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FastWeb
One of the larger free searches around. They claim 400,000 awards listed. Free because
you fill out a profile and they try to sell things to you
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FinAid: The Smart Student
Guide to Financial Aid
Guides you to sources of information on loans and grants as well as scholarships.
Points out the reputable search sites, and includes sites that search for scholarships in
specialized fields such as engineering.
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Pacific Northwest
Scholarship Guide Online
The Scholarship Guide - Online is free, requires no personal profile for use and
provides you access to scholarship data, matching student characteristics with available
scholarships serving students of the Pacific Northwest.
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Peterson's
Financing Education
The Website of a long-established and reputable publisher of college related reference
books. In return for attempting to sell you their products they offer a lot of
information. This site also has a- free searchable scholarship database,
CollegeQuest,
that claims over 850,000 awards - but you must register and provide a profile.
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Salliemae
Private clearinghouse that buys student loans. Chartered by the federal government.
This site has much valuable information including calculators for saving, borrowing,
estimating college costs, and college loan repayments. Also, you can search by state for
qualified lenders.
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Six Signs that a
Scholarship Service is out to Scam You!
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The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) lists six possible
signs that a scholarship service may be a scam.
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Student
Financial Assistance: Financial Aid from the U.S. Department of Education
The Student Financial Assistance Programs are the largest source of student aid in
America, providing over $40 billion a year in grants, loans, and work-study assistance.
Here you'll find help for every stage of the financial aid process, whether you're in
school or out of school
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U.S. Department of
Education's FAFSA on the Web Site
This is the federal government's free application for federal student aid. You can
apply online.
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U.S.
Department of Education's Office of Postsecondary Education
Links to The HOPE Scholarships and Lifetime Learning Tax Credits site; the Families'
Guide to the 1997 Tax Cuts for Education site helps explain these education tax benefits
with some examples showing how they work under different circumstances; College Cost
Information; The National Center for Education Statistics' College Opportunities On-line
(COOL); College and Admissions Information; Links to Colleges and Universities; U.S. Two
Year Colleges; Business, Technical, and Vocational Education Schools; College Board Test
Dates; Directory of State Guaranty Agencies; Educational Resources by State/Area; NASFAA
Financial Aid Resources for Students; Mark Kantrowitz's Financial Aid Page.
Testing
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Compass for
Student by ACT
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A few sample Compass test questions,
test taking tips, and calculator guidelines.
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Compass/ESL Sample Test Question: Mathematics
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Numerical Skills/Pre-algebra and
Algebra in PDF to download or print. By ACT.
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Compass/ESL Sample Test Question: Mathematics
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College Algebra, Geometry, and
Trigonometry in PDF to download or print. By ACT.
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Compass/ESL Sample Test Question: Reading
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Reading in PDF to download or print.
By ACT.
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Compass/ESL Sample Test Question: Writing Skills
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Writing Skills in PDF to download or
print. By ACT.
Films,
Videos & Plays
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The American Film Institute
(AFI)
The nation's preeminent arts organization dedicated to advancing and preserving the
art of the moving image.
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The Big
Cartoon Database
A searchable database of cartoon shorts and animation. Information includes the
director, producer, animation, etc. back to the 30s.
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Church
World Services Video and Film Library
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A
relief, development, and refugee assistance ministry. Loan-free videos
on hunger, environment, refugees, human rights, war & peace, and
lifestyles.
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Film,
Video, & DVD Catalog @ NSCC
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Hurluberlu
Films
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A
24/7 free access platform dedicated to
streaming short films, exchanging information, and promoting short film
events around the globe.
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Internet Movie Database
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The ultimate
filmography!
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Inter-Play
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An on-line index to plays in collections, anthologies and
periodicals
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International
Theatre Design Project
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Creates on-line indexes of professional theatre designs
available on the Internet.
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Vendors &
Distributors: Video, DVD & Film
Foreign Currency
Rates
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Daily
Currency Exchange Rates (Bloomberg)
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The Universal
Currency Converter
Geography & Maps
The Canadian
Encyclopedia
"Source of information on all things
Canadian." Includes full text articles to Macleans.
CIA World Factbook
Country Briefings by The
Economist
Current news, country profiles, forecasts,
statistics and more on.
The
Columbia Gazetteer of North America. 2000.
Comprehensive encyclopedia of geographical
places and features with
50,000 entries. Covers every
incorporated place and county in the United States, along with several
thousand unincorporated places, special-purpose sites, and physical
features, as well as Canada, Mexico and the Caribbean.
Country
Studies
On-line versions of books previously published as Country
Studies/Area Handbook by the Federal Research Division of the Library of Congress. Focus
is primarily on lesser known areas of the world or regions in which U.S. forces might be
deployed. The series is not all-inclusive. At present, 102 countries and regions are
covered.
Euratlas
Maps, pictures, and historical timelines
of Europe. Includes historical maps and pictures. Several are free
online, some are for sale.
Great
Globe Gallery
Over 200 images of globes, maps, and the earth.
Library
of Congress Country Studies/Area Handbook Program
The
Perry-Castañeda Library Map Collection
Collection from the University of Texas at Austin
MapQuest
An interactive atlas of the United States.
National Geographic Map
Machine
Printable maps and flags of the world.
The
New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy.3rd ed. 2002.
The
manifestation of one of the most influential modern educational
theories, the 6,900 entries in this major new reference work form the
touchstone of what it means to be not only just a literate American but
an active citizen in our multicultural democracy.
U.S.
Gazetteer
View maps and census information, using the Tiger Map
Server and 1990 Census data.
Virtual Tourist
The
World Factbook. 2003.
The U.S.
government’s complete geographical handbook, featuring 268 full-color
maps and flags of all nations and geographical entities. Each country
profile tracks such demographics as population, ethnicity and literacy
rates, as well as political, geographical and economic data.
WorldAtlas.com
Great outline maps of the world and United States.
Government & Law
-
General
-
E-Mail for
County, State and Federal Elected Officials
-
FindLaw
Provides legal resources for legal professionals, businesses, students and
individuals. Includes Web search utilities, cases and codes, legal news, an online career
center, and community-oriented tools, such as a secure document management utility,
mailing lists, message boards and free e-mail.
-
Law
Dictionary
Look up legal terms by word or definition. Site by ALM
publishers.
-
University
of Washington Library: Government Documents
-
United States Federal Government
Resources
-
Pacific Northwest State and Local
Resources
-
International Inter-Governmental
&Non-Governmental Organizations
-
State
Government Web Servers
Copyright
-
Copyright
and Fair Use (Stanford University)
-
Copyright
and Fair Use in the Classroom, on the Internet, and the World Wide
Web (University of Maryland University College)
-
Copyright
Information and Resources (NSCC
TLC)
-
Basic
information and guidelines for educators about the multi-layered,
complex topic of copyright, and to point to other resources that may
be of assistance. Includes links for Plagiarism.
-
Fair
Use Project
-
The
Stanford Center for Internet and Society's "Fair Use
Project" ("the FUP") was founded in 2006 to provide
legal support to a range of projects designed to clarify, and
extend, the boundaries of "fair use" in order to enhance
creative freedom.
-
Primary Sources on Copyright (1450-1900)
-
"Core documents for the United States"
and other European countries. Site by Arts & Humanities Research
Council.
-
U.S.
Copyright Office Official Website
-
UW
Copyright Connection (University of Washington)
-
Copyright
can be a complex area of law with few easy answers. This website
provides an overview of basic information on copyright with links to
background resources and sources for the copyright-related policies at
UW.
-
Video
and Copyright ALA Library Fact Sheet Number 7
Legal Forms
-
FindLaw
forms online
-
ILRG Legal Forms
Archive
-
Northwest
Justice Project
-
A wide variety of publications that will give you
information about your rights and obligations under Washington state law. Refers
legal assistance to low income individuals. The project can be reached toll free at
1-888-201-1014.
Seattle & King
County Government Sites
-
King County
-
The official web site of King County Washington. Includes
link to metro bus information.
-
Seattle
-
The official web site of the city of Seattle.
-
Washington
State Cities and Towns
-
Washington
State Counties
Washington State Government Sites
-
Washington State Employees, Job Title and Salary
-
A
Citizen's Guide to Washington Courts
-
Guide
to the court system of Washington State.
-
Washington State Home
Page
-
The official Washington state government home page and
information guide.
-
RCW - Revised Code of Washington
-
Searchable site maintained by the Municipal Research & Services Center of Washington
(MRSC)
-
RCW - Revised Code of Washington & WAC
-
Site
maintained by the Washington State Legislature.
-
WAC - Washington Administrative Code
-
Searchable site
maintained by the Municipal Research & Services Center of Washington
(MRSC)
-
Washington
State Legislature
Federal Government Sites
-
Budget
of the United States, 2005s
-
Contains the
Budget Message of the President, information on the President's
budget and management priorities, and budget overviews organized by
agency, including assessments of their performance. From the
Executive Office of the President, Office of Management and Budget.
-
Congress.Org
-
An independent guide to the U.S. Congress.
-
Decisions of
the U.S. Supreme Court
-
A searchable guide from the Legal Information Institute at
Cornell University. Contains selected historic decisions, as well as recent decisions (May
1990 - present.)
-
FedWorld/FLITE
Supreme Court Decisions Homepage
-
FedWorld Information
Network
-
IRS Tax Forms (IRS site)
-
Download Form 8863 Education Credits (Hope and Lifetime
Learning Credits) tax form and other forms, publications and tax-related information.
-
IRS Tax Forms
(non-IRS site)
-
PDF Tax forms back to 1996.
-
Official
Federal Government Web Sites
-
List of federal government sites, produced by the
Library of Congress.
-
Thomas: Legislative
Information on the Internet
-
Access to federal legislative information, produced by the
Library of Congress.
-
United
States Code
-
Search the U.S. Code by title and section, heading, or
common name.
-
The United States House of
Representatives Home Page
-
The United
States House of Representatives: The Legislative Process
-
The United States Senate
Home Page
-
Information on senators, the U. S. Senate, and legislative
activities.
-
U. S. Senator Maria
Cantwell for Washington State
-
U. S. Senator
Patty Murray for Washington State
-
The White
House
-
Includes information on executive branch agencies.
Health/Medical
-
Reference
-
MedlinePlus Dictionaries
-
Links to several medical dictionaries and the ADAM Medical
Encyclopedia.
-
Merck Manual
of Diagnosis and Therapy
-
Merck
Manual of Geriatrics
-
Merck
Manual of Medical Information--Home Edition
Alternative Medicine
-
About
Herbs, Botanicals & Other Products: Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
-
This web site provides objective information for
oncologists and healthcare professionals, including a clinical summary for each agent and
details about constituents, adverse effects, interactions, and potential benefits or
problems.
-
HealthWorld Online
-
Information on a variety of health topics. Emphasis on
alternative or complementary medicine.
-
National
Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM)
-
A division of the National Institutes of Health, "The
National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM) conducts and supports
basic and applied research and training and disseminates information on complementary and
alternative medicine to practitioners and the public." Includes bibliographies and a
searchable database of citations/abstracts to journal articles relating to alternative
medicine.
Anatomy & Physiology
-
Anatomy (Medline Plus)
-
Links to descriptions and pictures of
the human body's parts and organ systems from head to toe.
-
Human Anatomy Online
-
Each topic has animations, 100’s of
graphics, and thousands of descriptive links. Study the anatomy of
the human body. It’s fun, interactive, and an ideal reference site
for students or those who just want to know more about the medical
descriptions used by doctors and nurses. By MyHealthScore.com
-
Instant Anatomy
-
Illustrations to learn the names of
the human anatomy.
Diseases &
Conditions
-
Center
For Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
-
An A-to-Z index of health topics
with detailed, authoritative entries. Some of the best
information about bioterrorism and "hoaxes and
rumors".
-
Department
of Health and Human Services: http://www.os.dhhs.gov/
-
Agency responsible for national
health. National Women’s Health Information Center, Kid’s Page,
Cancer Trials.
-
Directory
of America's Hospitals
-
Created
by U.S. News & World Report in cooperation with the American Hospital Association.
Search by hospital name, region, state, metropolitan area, or
distance in miles. You can also search by type of hospital or by
type of services. And it's free.
-
eMedicine
-
Physician-geared
overviews of many conditions. Contains
evidence-based, full text articles on diseases and disorders.
Provides the latest practice guidelines in medical specialties.
Includes a patient education health site that contains articles
written by physicians for patients and consumers. A privately held
company.
-
Healthfinder
-
A gateway consumer health and human services information
web site from the United States government. A
health library and selected health topics organized for men and
women, by age from kids to seniors, by race and ethnicity, and for
parents, caregivers, and health professionals. Information about
doctors, dentists, public clinics, hospitals, long term care,
nursing homes, health insurance, prescriptions, health fraud,
Medicare, Medicaid, and medical privacy. Links to selected health
information from government agencies, clearinghouses, nonprofits,
and universities.
-
Healthlinks: University of Washington Health
Sciences Library
http://healthlinks.washington.edu/hsl/
Provides access to online access to
Medline and other databases and
reference tools in the health sciences. Please notice that some resources are marked with
a padlock symbol. These resources are available inside the Health Sciences Library, but
not remotely unless you are a registered student and have the passwords. The Web site also
provides a search engine for Healthlinks which will retrieve reference and technical
reports and other documents as well as some peer reviewed journal articles in selected
resources available through the Internet.
-
Familydoctor.org
-
Consumer health information
sponsored by the American Academy of Family Physicians.
-
HIV InSite
-
Developed by the Center for HIV Information at the
University of California San Francisco. An extensive collection of
original material, a complete textbook with extensive references and
related links organized by topic. Statistics by countries and
regions.
-
Inteli-Health
- Johns Hopkins University
-
General health reference for consumers and health
professionals, from Aetna U.S. Healthcare and Harvard Medical
School.
-
MDchoice.com
-
Physician reviewed medical and health-related web sites.
-
Mayo
Clinic
-
THE Mayo Clinic consumer information
website. Great drug information site for prescription and over
the counter drugs.
-
MEDEM
Medical Library
-
Full range of patient education information from our partner medical societies and other trusted
sources. Voted one of the top ten consumer health sites by the Medical Library Association, our Medical Library provides patients with reliable health care information from introductory to advanced texts.
-
MedLine Plus
-
Information from the world’s largest medical library,
the National Library of Medicine at the National Institutes of Health.
-
MedWeb:
Biomedical Internet Resources - Emory University
-
Extensive list of links to Web sites for biomedicine.
Arranged by subject and geographic area. Also has a search engine.
-
National Center of Health
Statistics (NCHS)
-
U.S. principal
health statistics agency. Division of the CDC.
-
National Institutes of
Health (NIH)
-
Links to the different institutes and health information
for consumers.
-
National
Library of Medicine: http://www.nlm.nih.gov/
Fact Sheets, Newsletters, free access to Medline (medical journal articles).
-
National Women's Health
Information Center (NWHIC)
-
A division of the National Institutes of Health, NWHIC
"is a one-stop gateway for women seeking health information. NWHIC is a free
information and resource service on women's health issues"
-
NOAH:
Health Topics and Resources
-
Provides medical
information in English and Spanish with links to many health-related
sites. New York Online Access to Health (NOAH) is a
project of the City University of New
York, the Metropolitan New York Library Council, the New York
Academy of Medicine and the New York Public Library.
Drugs and Medication
-
Drugs and Medications
Links from NOAH (New York Online Access to Health)
-
DrugBank
-
A unique bioinformatics and
cheminformatics resource that combines detailed drug (i.e. chemical,
pharmacological and pharmaceutical) data with comprehensive drug
target (i.e. sequence, structure, and pathway) information.
Supported by the University of Alberta, Canada.
-
Facts and
Comparisons.com
-
Provided by Facts and Comparisons. A large amount of free
reference and professional resources for pharmacists and patients. Includes the full text
of Drug Facts, Drug Facts Abridged (free registration required),
Medfacts, and The
Guide to Popular Natural Products. Other free resources include a number of newsletters,
top news stories, disease information, Rx tools, and professional information.
-
MedlinePlus Drug
Information
-
Consumer-oriented medical information from the National
Library of Medicine.
-
Pharmacy
Technician Program (Class Library Handout) Links to Internet Resources
-
Washington
State Board of Pharmacy
-
Information regarding the activities of the board,
Pharmacy regulations for the State of Washington, application for licensing, and internet
links to professional associations, schools, and other state boards of pharmacy.
-
U.S.
Pharmacopeia
A non-government organization that promotes the public health by establishing
state-of-the-art standards to ensure the quality of medicines and other health care
technologies. USP develops authoritative information about the appropriate use of
medicines including veterinary medicine and dietary supplements.
Emergency Medical
Services
-
EMT/BLS
(Basic Life Support) Training and Education (King County, WA)
-
Links to continuing education, EMT
classes, recertification, opportunities, defibrillation training,
etc.
-
King
County Medic One
Questions about Emergency Medical Technicians (EMT)
-
Office
of Emergency Medical Services and Trauma System, Washington State
Dept. of Health
-
Information regarding EMS and Trauma
Prevention in Washington. Licensing and certification forms,
approved training programs, training applications and documents,
statues and rules, OEMSTS products.
History
-
Exhibitions in the History
-
Exhibitions and programs sponsored by the National Library
of Medicine.
-
History of Health
Care to Native Americans
-
"If you knew the conditions...": The Online
Version of an Exhibit Held at the National Library of Medicine 15 April -- 31 August
1994 Lobby, Building 38 National Institutes of Health.
Journals
-
BioMedical
Central
-
Open access to 181 peer-reviewed
medical research journals
published by BioMed Central (UK).
-
Freemedicaljournals.com
-
Free full text to about 700 basic
research and clinical titles.
-
HighWire
Press
-
The second-largest free full-text science archive in the
world - and the largest in the life sciences - with three entirely free journals, 51
journals offering free back issues and 32 offering free trial access.
-
PubMed
-
Access to MEDLINE's 11,000,000 biomedical journal
citations to research biomedical questions.
-
PubMed
Central (PMC)
-
The U.S. National Library of Medicine's digital archive of
life sciences journal literature. Access to PMC is free and unrestricted. NLM is scanning
the back issues of PMC journals and making these digitized copies available in
PMC.
Medical Ethics
-
American Society of
Law, Medicine, & Ethics
-
Connections to other law, medicine and ethics—related
websites. Check their "Links" for more websites.
-
Bioethics.Net
-
Includes a beginners' guide to bioethics, articles
from The American Journal of Bioethics, a peer reviewed scholarly journal of
bioethics, and a section where bioethical issues raised on the television program ER are
discussed.
-
Centre for
Applied Ethics: Applied Ethics Resources on WWW
-
Lists of WWW sites, which may be of interest to people
doing research in the various branches of applied ethics. Note that these lists are not
limited to sites about applied ethics. Click on "Health Care Ethics" then
"Specific Topics".
MedWeb
-
Collection of bioethics links gathered by librarians at
Emory University’s Health Sciences Center Library.
Multicultural Medicine & Nursing
-
Center for
Cross-Cultural Health (CCCH).
-
The Center is a resource center with regards to
disseminating information related to cross-cultural education. Includes Cross-Cultural
Health links.
-
Cross-Cultural Health
Care Program: Community Profiles
-
Covers the history, immigration history, healthcare and
cultural beliefs of various ethnic minority communities in the United States. CCHCP has
been addressing broad cultural issues that impact the health of individuals and families
in ethnic minority communities in Seattle and nationwide. Includes profiles of specific to
immigrant and refugee communities in Washington.
-
Cross Cultural Resources
- Transcultural, Multicultural; Cultural Competency
-
Compiled by the University of San Francisco School of
Medicine.
-
Diversity Rx
-
Promoting language and cultural competence to improve the
quality of health care for minority, immigrant, and ethnically diverse communities.
-
EthnoMed - Harborview
Medical Center
-
Information about cultural beliefs, medical issues and
other related issues pertinent to the healthcare of recent immigrants Seattle.
-
Minority Health
Project
-
Sponsored by The National Center for Health Statistics, a
component of Centers for Disease Control. Minority Health Project (MHP) is to improve the
quality of available data on racial and ethnic populations, expand the capacity of
minority-health researchers to conduct statistical research and develop research
proposals, and to foster a network of researchers in minority health.
-
NativeWeb
-
Health links, "a cyber-community for Earth's
indigenous peoples".
-
The Pan American Health
Organization (PAHO)
-
Home Page The Pan American Health Organization
(PAHO) is
an international public health agency with more than 90 years of experience in working to
improve health and living standards of the countries of the Americas.
-
Transcultural Nursing
Society
-
The mission of the global Transcultural Nursing Society is
to ensure that the culture care needs of the people in the world will be met by nurses
prepared in transcultural nursing.
-
Tribal Connections: Health
Information Resources
-
Provides this portal to a variety of health resources and
training opportunities to minimize isolation and improve access to physical and mental
health resources.
-
World Health Organization
-
This site represents 191 members that promote health among
the nations, setting global standards and strengthening health programming through the
transfer of appropriate health technology.
Nursing
-
Brandon/Hill
Selected Lists
-
Selected lists for small Medical Library, Nursing and Allied
Health. Used by librarians, nurses, health care practitioners and other interested people
as a selection guide for current print book and journal literature.
Guide to Accredited
Colleges offering a Masters Degree in Nursing
Links to U.S. accredited shcools that
offer a Masters Degree in Nursing, as well as a short description
for each school to help guide future students in their search.
-
National Council of State
Boards of Nursing
-
Develops the
NCLEX-RN® and NCLEX-PN® examinations.
-
Nurses
Aid Practice Test by Promissor
-
Includes state by state information
about testing and related support services.
-
Nursing
Programs of Washington State
List of approved nursing programs, ratings, annual reports.
Washington State Dept. of Health, Nursing Care Quality Assurance
Commission.
-
Washington State
Nursing Care Quality Assurance
-
State licensure site search engine and subject guide for
health and medicine.
Radiography
-
LearningRadiology.com
http://www.learningradiology.com/
-
An award-winning, non-commercial site aimed primarily at medical
students and radiology residents-in-training, containing
lectures, handouts, images, Cases of the Week, archives of case
quizzes, flashcards of differential diagnoses and “most commons”
lists, primarily in the areas of chest, GI, cardiac, and bone
radiology.
Organizations
-
The
American Registry of Radiologic Technologists (Saint Paul, MN) http://www.arrt.org
-
American
Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology (Fairfax, VA ) http://www.astro.org
-
American
Society of Radiologic Technologists (Albuquerque, NM) http://www.asrt.org
-
Society
of Diagnostic Medical Sonography (Plano, TX ) http://www.sdms.org
-
History
-
100 Milestone Documents (United States)
-
The following is a list of 100 milestone
documents, compiled by the U.S. National Archives and Records
Administration, and drawn primarily from its nationwide holdings. The
documents chronicle United States history from 1776 to 1965.
-
AlternaTime
A collection of Timelines on History & Cultures, Science &
Technology, Arts & Literature, Popular Culture, Science Fiction.
-
Center for the Study of the Pacific Northwest
-
University of Washington's homepage for
the Pacific Northwest History. Provides information about news and
events in the field; curriculum materials for secondary teachers
and students; selected articles and indexing for the Pacific
Northwest Quarterly; annotated links to related topics.
-
The
Encyclopedia of World History 6th ed. 2001.
-
Comprehensive
chronology of more than 20,000 entries that span the millennia from
prehistoric times to the year 2000.
-
HistoryLink
An evolving online encyclopedia of Seattle and King County history.
-
HistoryNet.com
Publisher of many history periodicals. Provides full text articles for
recent issues. Includes articles on wars and conflicts, historical
figures, and explorations and discoveries.
-
King
County Snapshots
-
Presents King County, Washington,
through 12,000 historical images carefully chosen from twelve
organizations' collections. These cataloged 19th and 20th century images
portray people, places, and events in the county's urban, suburban, and
rural communities.
Library of
Congress Photos
Copyright free photos from the Library of
Congress collections.
Pacific Northwest Quarterly Indexing
Index to selected topics.
The
Proceedings of the Old Bailey, London 1674 to 1834
A
fully searchable online edition of the largest body of texts detailing
the lives of non-elite people ever published, containing accounts of
over 100,000 criminal trials held at London's central criminal court.
-
Washington
State History (Washington State Library Archives)
-
Search for your ancestors in our
collection of Washington Census and Naturalization Records.
Communities, historic organizations, tribal groups and others are
asked to reflect on the era and develop ways to commemorate Washington's
past, present and future. Explore Washington's Territorial History
through an interactive display of photographs and documents. View and
search rare and historical Washington publications. Read the history and
view historical photographs of cities, counties and corporations
throughout Washington State. Browse a collection of historical maps of
Washington State and the Pacific Northwest. View all 78 pages of the
original Washington State Constitution and learn the history surrounding
this important document.
The Internet
& Computers
-
Adaptive
Technology for the Internet: Making Electronic Resources Accessible to All by Barbara T.
Mates
Geared towards library accessibility of electronic resources. The book lays out how to
"become ADA compliant, publicize efforts and welcome a new community of users to the
library." Technologies covered include HTML coding for accessibility, screen readers,
voice recognition systems, and hearing assistance devices. Offered by chapter in HTML
format.
-
All Who Is
-
Find out who has registered a specific domain name
-
Country
domain codes
-
You can find a complete list of the two-letter country
codes here.
-
Evaluation
of Information Sources
-
A comprehensive list of sites that provide information on
evaluation of Web sites.
-
A History of Search Engines
-
ILC
Glossary of Internet Terms
-
Netdictionary
-
An alphabetical reference guide to technical, cultural,
and humorous terms related to the Internet.
-
PC Magazine Top Web Sites
-
Search Engine
Showdown
-
The users' guide to Web searching, compares and evaluates
Internet search engines from the searcher's perspective. Includes search engine features
chart, detailed search engine reviews, an online newsletter, statistical analysis, and
search strategies. By Greg Notess.
-
Search
Tools Chart
-
This chart, maintained by
InfoPeople, shows all the search
options for 13 major search engines and directories. A very useful tool that is frequently
updated.
-
T
is for Thinking
-
The ICYouSee Guide to Critical Thinking About What You See
on the Web. Six suggestions when looking at Web pages.
-
Web Interface to WhoIs (Network
Solutions)
-
At this site, you can search by IP number or by domain
name, if the top level domain is .com, .net, .org, or .edu.
News, Journals &
Magazines
-
BioMedical
Central
-
Open access to 181 peer-reviewed
medical research journals
published by BioMed Central (UK).
-
Directory of
Open Access Journals (DOAJ)
-
Provides access to full-text articles
from online scholarly journals covering all disciplines.
-
ERIC
Database
-
Provides indexing and abstracting for
documents and journal articles in the field of education, from 1966
to the present. ERIC is a free database, available to anyone over
the Internet.
-
Freemedicaljournals.com
-
Free full text to about 700 basic
research and clinical titles.
-
HighWire
Press
-
The second-largest free full-text science archive in the
world - and the largest in the life sciences - with three entirely free journals, 51
journals offering free back issues and 32 offering free trial access.
-
PubMed
-
Access to MEDLINE's 11,000,000 biomedical journal
citations to research biomedical questions.
-
PubMed
Central (PMC)
-
The U.S. National Library of Medicine's digital archive of
life sciences journal literature. Access to PMC is free and unrestricted. NLM is scanning
the back issues of PMC journals and making these digitized copies available in
PMC.
-
Scholars Archives@OSU
-
Digital repositories of th Oregon
State University faculty, staff, and students of dissertations,
theses, a wide variety of university technical reports, working
papers and series and increasingly, published articles, papers
and
presentations.
-
Newspapers
-
The Christian Science
Monitor
-
Indexing back to 1980.
-
King
County Journal
-
A
daily newspaper covering the cities of Bellevue, Redmond, Kirkland,
Issaquah, Sammamish and the Snoqualmie Valley in Washington State.
-
Los Angles Times
-
Full text articles available for the last 14 days.
Indexing back to 1990 with abstracts.
-
The News Tribune
(Tacoma)
-
The New York Times
-
Washington
State Newspaper Links
-
A
select list of links to newspapers published in Washington.
Maintained by the Washington State Library.
-
OnlineNewspapers.com
-
Created and maintained by Web Wombat, this metasite claims
to index 10,000 online newspapers from around the world.
-
Puget Sound
Business Journal
-
Seattle Daily Journal of
Commerce
-
Seattle
Post-Intelligencer
-
The Seattle Times
-
USA Today
-
The Washington
Post
-
Full text articles available for the last 14 days.
Indexing back to 1977.
News Services
-
Al-Jazeera
(English version)
-
The "CNN" of the Arab
world.
-
AllAfrica.com
-
Links
to government and opposition-controlled papers, as well as the
growing number of independent, professional news publications across
the African continent.
-
Associated Press (AP)
-
Search the past two weeks of the Associated Press.
-
CNN
-
C-SPAN
-
A private, non-profit public service of the cable
television industry. Covers the political process but it receives no funding from any
government. their mission is to air unedited, balanced views of government and
public policy forums, and to provide viewers with direct access to elected officials,
decision-makers and journalists.
-
FOX News
-
MSNBC
-
24-hour cable news network for NBC, CNBC Cable and MSNBC
Cable.
-
Reuters
Nutrition &
Food
-
All
Recipes Cooking Basics
Advice for beginning cooks. Features cooking tips, an encyclopedia of terms and
ingredients and a searchable recipe database.
-
American Culinary Federation
The ACF is the national accrediting commission for the culinary, pastry,
and educational programs at post-secondary institutions and the largest and
most prestigious organization dedicated to professional chefs in the United
States today. Lists apprenticeship programs; employment opportunities;
vendor resources; food technologies, trends and techniques; publications;
events and competitions.
-
Epicurious Food
A commercial website produced by CondéNet. Includes a searchable database of more than
9,000 recipes, nationwide restaurant and chef information, cookbook reviews, entertaining
suggestions for holidays, cooking essentials and video demonstrations, a season-by-season
buying guide, recipes for mixing cocktails, wines, and a dictionary. Includes access to
the magazines BON APPETIT and GOURMET.
-
Food and Nutrition Information Center
(National Agriculture Library USDA)
Includes links to websites on food safety, food allergies, food composition, food
labeling, and food service resources (cost control, customer service/marketing, dietary
guidelines for Americans, facilities planning and equipment, food safety and sanitation,
management, meal planning and preparation, nutrition and learning, purchasing and
procurement, and special needs.)
-
Food First/Institute
for Food and Development Policy
-
Food First/The Institute for Food and Development Policy
is an education-for-action center and non-profit think tank focusing on issues of hunger,
food, poverty, agriculture, trade, and rural development, guided by the principle that
food is a fundamental human right.
-
Foodnetwork.com
The companion website to the cable TV program. Includes recipes, wine review database,
forums, and schedules. Also sells cooking paraphernalia, equipment, and
books.
-
Foodservice.com
Links to employment listings, company listings, tradeshow information, discussion forums,
classified ads, daily market prices, foodservice books, industry news, editorials, and a
robust eMarketplace which allows suppliers the ability to upload catalogs directly into
the Foodservice.com database in order to allow product procurement between the supplier
and the operator.
-
Nutrition.gov
-
A portal to resources and information on nutrition,
healthy eating, and food safety available across government Websites. Organized by
categories including food facts, food safety, lifecycle issues, research, and health
management, among others. Each of these is further divided by topic pages which offer
links to related resources, some of which are annotated. New site from the US Department
of Agriculture (USDA).
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A Taste of Health
Presents the best in local, healthy cuisine - healthy for you and for the planet -
together with the information you need to transition to a healthier lifestyle. Typical
features of a successful Taste of Health where local restaurants serve low-cost samples of
their tastiest, healthiest dishes, cooking classes and demonstrations on how to prepare
healthy food, presentations from local and nationally-known experts on nutrition and
health.
Phone & E-mail Directories,
etc.
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Associations
on the Net
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Search for associations by name or subject area.
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AT&T Directory
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E-Mail for
County, State and Federal Elected Officials
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Free E-Mail Providers Guide
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Database search feature allows you to quickly search an
extensive listing of over 1300 free email providers in more than 85 countries.
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Infobel
World
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Over 350 links to Yellow Pages, White Pages, Business
Directories, Email Addresses and Fax Listings from over 150 countries all around the
world. Formerly Teldir.com.
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International
Calling Code Directory
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The Nation
Directory
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From the well-known progressive magazine. A
searchable directory of past articles and annotated links to "people, organizations,
non-profits, agencies, books and other resources relating to the worlds of politics,
economics and culture. Categories include Books, Arts, & Entertainment; Media; Peace,
Disarmament & Military; Gender & Sexuality; and Foreign Affairs, among others.
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Qwest Dex Directory
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Verizon Directory
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Yahoo People
Search
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Find phone numbers, email addresses and home pages.
Politics,
United States
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Parties
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Communist
Party U.S.A.
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Democratic
National Committee
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Green Party
of the United States
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Libertarian
Party
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Reform
Party
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Republican
National Committee
Organizations
-
The
Center for Responsive Politics
-
A non-partisan, non-profit research group based in
Washington, D.C. that tracks money in politics, and its effect on elections and public
policy. conducts computer-based research on campaign finance issues for the news
media, academics, activists, and the public at large.
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FactCheck
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A nonpartisan, nonprofit,
"consumer advocate" for voters that aims to reduce the
level of deception and confusion in U.S. politics. Monitors the
factual accuracy of what is said by major U.S. political players in
the form of TV ads, debates, speeches, interviews, and news
releases. The Annenberg Political Fact Check is a project of
the Annenberg Public Policy Center of the University of
Pennsylvania. The APPC accepts NO funding from business
corporations, labor unions, political parties, lobbying
organizations or individuals. It is funded primarily by an endowment
from the Annenberg Foundation.
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Online
Voter Registration
-
Instructions for filling out the
form, print it, sign it and mail it in to the address indicated on
the form. The site will also provide you with the location of your
polling place and key dates for elections in your state. Sponsored
by the AFT.
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ProCon.org: Pros and Cons of Controversial Issues
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"Promoting education, critical
thinking, and informed citizenship by presenting controversial
issues in a straightforward, nonpartisan primarily pro-con format."
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Project
Vote Smart
-
Provides a comprehensive database
about thousands of candidates and elected officials for President,
Congress, Governors and State Legislators. Includes campaign
finances, issues positions, interests group ratings, voting records,
public statements. Less detailed information is available at the
county and local level for each state.
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Voter
Registration for Washington State
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Washington Secretary of State,
Elections and voting.
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Liberal
to Moderate
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Conservative
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American
Civil Liberties Union
The ACLU's mission is to fight civil liberties violations wherever and
whenever they occur. Most of our clients are ordinary people who havi ACLU is
also active in our national and state capitals, fighting to ensure that
the Bill of Rights will always be more than a "parchment
barrier" against government oppression and the tyranny of the
majority.
Americans for Democratic
Action
ADA is America's oldest independent liberal lobbying organization.
Founders include Eleanor Roosevelt, labor leader Walter Reuther,
economist John Kenneth Galbraith, historian Arthur Schlesinger, Jr.,
theologian Reinhold Niebuhr, and former Vice President Hubert Humphrey.
Center for American Progress
Founded by former White House chief of staff John D. Podesta. A non-partisan “think tank” to formulate and promote the
liberal agenda and train and promote a new generation of liberal
spokesmen. In other words, to match the Heritage Foundation on the
right.
The League of
Conservation Voters
The League
of Conservation Voters (LCV) is the political voice of the national
environmental movement and the only organization devoted full-time to
shaping a pro-environment Congress and White House.
MoveOn
Began as Censure and Move On, a bipartisan group of concerned
citizens organizing around a single cause: reaching closure on the
Clinton scandal. According to the National Review, a
"left-wing Internet activist group".
National Committee for an Effective
Congress
NCEC
supports progressive candidates who fight for the issues we believe in,
like freedom of choice, separation of church and state, gun control,
equal rights, and environmental protection.
Turn Left: The
Home of Liberalism on the Web -
Liberal philosophy on the web. Includes "watch-lists" to
keep track of conservative sites. |
The American Conservative Union
The nation's oldest conservative
lobbying organization. ACU's purpose is to effectively communicate and
advance the goals and principles of conservatism through one
multi-issue, umbrella organization. The Statement of Principles makes
clear ACU's support of capitalism, belief in the doctrine of original
intent of the framers of the Constitution, confidence in traditional
moral values, and commitment to a strong national defense.
Christian Coalition of America
Founded in 1989 by Pat Robertson, the Christian Coalition
advances its conservative political agenda by lobbying Congress, local
councils, school boards, and state legislatures; distributing
literature; organizing and training community activists; and hosting
major religious events in Washington.
Club for
Growth
Founded in 1999 by Steve Moore, National Review president Dusty Rhodes,
Cato Institute president Ed Crane, Richard Gilder, economist and CNBC
Kudlow & Cramer co-host Larry Kudlow and other like-minded
conservatives. Members help elect candidates who support the Reagan
vision of limited government and lower taxes.
Heartland
Institute
Heartland's mission is to discover and promote free-market solutions to
social and economic problems. Such solutions include parental choice in
education, choice and personal responsibility in health care,
market-based approaches to environmental protection, privatization of
public services, and deregulation in areas where property rights and
markets do a better job than government bureaucracies.
Heritage Foundation
Founded in 1973, The Heritage Foundation is a research and educational
institute - a think tank - whose mission is to formulate and promote
conservative public policies based on the principles of free enterprise,
limited government, individual freedom, traditional American values, and
a strong national defense.
The
Hoover Institution
In the Essays in Public Policy series, Hoover Institution scholars,
recognized for their expertise in international affairs and domestic
policy, bring their scholarship to bear on current problems
and issues. Each essay is a timely, self-contained discussion of a
particular problem or issue, written in a lively and straightforward
manner, often with recommendations for action.
The
John Birch Society
Believes and works to expose a semi-secret international cabal whose
members sit in the highest places of influence and power worldwide. |
Postal Rates & Zip Codes
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U. S. Postal Service Home Page
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ZIP Code Lookup and Address
Information
Religions,
Mythologies & Philosophy
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Ethics Update (University of San Diego)
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Internet resources on such topics as
abortion, euthanasia, punishment and the death penalty, race and
ethnicity, sexism, sexual orientation, poverty and hunger, and
environmental ethics. For most topics, there are bibliographic essays
outlining important contributions and a selection of recent
philosophical and popular articles on the topic. There is also a
stimulating list of possible discussion and term paper topics.
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The
Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy
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Provides detailed, scholarly information
on key topics and philosophers in all areas of philosophy. The present
staff of 25 editors and approximately 200 authors hold doctorate degrees
and are professors at colleges and universities.
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Religious
Movements
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Dedicated to the study of religious movements on the web
and in the world. Developed by Mr. Hadden , a Professor of Sociology at the
University of Virginia, and his students. Segments include profiles of religious
movements and world religions , Cults, Religious Freedom, and Religious Broadcasting., and
is the temporary home of the Archives of the Society for the Scientific Study of Religion
and the Religious Research Association.
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Stanford Encyclopedia
of Philsophy
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Each entry is maintained and kept up to
date by an expert or group of experts in the field. All entries and
substantive updates are refereed by the members of a distinguished
Editorial Board before they are made public.
Science &
Mathematics
-
General
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Exploratorium
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Housed
within the walls of San Francisco's landmark Palace of Fine Arts,
the Exploratorium is a collage of hundreds of interactive exhibits
in the areas of science, art, and human perception.
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incites
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Provides a behind-the-scenes look at
the scientists, journals, institutions, nations, and papers selected
by ISI Essential Science Indicators Web product. Read interviews and
first-person essays about people in a wide variety of fields and
professions. View selected overall and field rankings, pertinent
statistics on the principles behind the data, the latest version of
the database, including new entrants and most-improved entities in
the rankings, information on field definitions, citation thresholds,
and graphing trends. Updated weekly is SCI-BYTES: a summary of
what’s new in research.
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Sci/Tech Web Awards
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Scientific American's top choices
for websites for Archaeology and
Paleontology, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Biology, Chemistry, Computer Science, Earth and
Environment, Engineering and Technology, Mathematics, Medicine, and Physics
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TED
(Technology, Entertainment, Design)
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Video of lectures, also called TED
Talks, covering a broad set of topics including science, arts and
design, politics, education, culture, business, global issues,
technology and development, and entertainment. Sponsored by the
Sapling Foundation.
Journals
& Books
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Freemedicaljournals.com
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Free full text to about 700 basic
research and clinical titles.
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HighWire
Press
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The second-largest free full-text science archive in the
world - and the largest in the life sciences - with three entirely free journals, 51
journals offering free back issues and 32 offering free trial access.
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National
Academies Press
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Free books online.
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PubMed
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Access to MEDLINE's 11,000,000 biomedical journal
citations to research biomedical questions.
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PubMed
Central (PMC)
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The U.S. National Library of Medicine's digital archive of
life sciences journal literature. Access to PMC is free and unrestricted. NLM is scanning
the back issues of PMC journals and making these digitized copies available in
PMC.
Astronomy
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Astronomy Cafe
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Site maintained by Dr. Sten Odenwald of
Nasa.
Provides an introduction to astronomy and astronomical research. Q&A format for
the "astronomically disadvantaged".
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NASA's Observatorium
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A public access site for Earth and space data with
"pictures of the Earth, planets, stars, and other cool stuff, as well as the stories
behind those images.".
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Space Weather
Bureau - Information about interactions between the sun and Earth, and
forecasts of
solar flares, magnetic storms and other space-related phenomena.
Biology
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Biotech Life Science
Dictionary
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The
Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology
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Glossary
of Genetic Terms
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By the National Human Genome Research Institute. Designed
to help people with non-scientific backgrounds understand the terms and concepts behind
genetic research.
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The Human
Genome Project (HGP)
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Detailed information on how this effort was initiated and
how it is progressing, who is involved, opportunities for research funding, and HGP
related publications and information sources.
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Molecular
Movies: A Portal to Cell & Molecular Animation
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Instructional
website of cell and molecular animations. The site presents an
organized directory of various animations, along with original
tutorials for life science professionals who are learning 3D
visualization techniques.
Chemistry
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American Elements
Describe
the research and uses of each of the elements, including properties,
safety data and applications.
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ChemFinder.com
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Provides physical property data and 2D chemical structure
information for several thousand most-common compounds.
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Chemistry
& Environmental Dictionary
-
This
dictionary contains definitions for most chemistry, environmental
and other technical terms used on this site as well as many other
chemistry and environmental terms.
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DrugBank
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A unique bioinformatics and
cheminformatics resource that combines detailed drug (i.e. chemical,
pharmacological and pharmaceutical) data with comprehensive drug
target (i.e. sequence, structure, and pathway) information.
Supported by the University of Alberta, Canada.
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The
Learning Matters of Chemistry
Computer-enhanced learning of chemistry - online quizzes, tutorials, 3D models, links
etc
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Organic
Chemistry Helper
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Sponsored
by the Frostburg State University Chemistry Department. Includes
interactive tutorials; the basic organic chemistry reaction
mechanisms; organic chemistry synthesis techniques, how to work
reaction mechanisms, practice tests to see how well you may perform
on actual organic chemistry tests, by taking self-grading quizzes;
links to the best organic chemistry resources, and other related
chemistry sites.
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Periodic Table
from Los Alamos National Laboratory
Earth Sciences
& Oceanography
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Geology
and Earth Resources Division (Washington Dept. of Natural Resources)
Reference source for information about the geology and mineral resources of Washington.
Regulate certain aspects of the mineral and fossil fuel industries, including surface mine
and metal mine reclamation, oil and gas drilling, gas storage, geothermal drilling, and
underground fluids injection. Compile and publish geologic maps, which are basic tools
used by geologists, civil engineers, and planners, and produce other types of publications
that provide geologic information on a wide variety of subjects.
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PALEOMAP
Project by Christoper Scotese.
Maps of the plate tectonic development of the ocean basins and continents, as
well as the changing distribution of land and sea during the past 1100 million years.
Includes a Climate History map section of how and why the Earth's climate has changed
through time.
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UN Atlas
of the Oceans
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An Internet portal providing information relevant to the
sustainable development of the oceans. It is designed for policy-makers who need to become
familiar with ocean issues and for scientists, students and resource managers who need
access to databases and approaches to sustainability. The UN Atlas can also provide the
ocean industry and stakeholders with pertinent information on ocean matters.
Environmental Sciences
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Centres
for Plant Diversity: the Americas
Data
Sheet for each site is set within a regional context, outlining
wider patterns of plant distributions, threats and conservation
efforts. Additional sites are mentioned in each of the regional
overviews. The Regional Overviews include very useful tables giving
information on species richness and endemism, floristic diversity
and endemism by region, degree of threat to CPD sites, and an
analysis of the conservation status of CPD sites. Includes maps.
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Envirolink
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This gateway site is a comprehensive
clearinghouse on all environmental issues, from fairly technical
topics to those in frequent public discussion, such as animal
rights, pollution, and rainforest destruction. Resources include
electronic journals, government agency documents, reports of
concerned organizations, and news releases.
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Forest
Conservation Portal
Directory of links to Forests types, regions, information,
ecology, destruction, protection and campaigns. Works to end
deforestation, preserve primary and old-growth forests, conserve and
sustainably manage other forests, conserve water and climatic
systems and commence the age of ecological restoration.
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International
Tropical Timber Information System
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Provides information on world's
rainforests and tropical timber industries. ITTIS consists of
profile bases for major tropical timber producing and consuming
countries; databases for tropical timber production, consumption,
and trade; and semi-monthly updates for global tropical timber
markets.
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Nature
Conservancy
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Links to articles and their
magazine. Mission is to preserve the plants, animals and natural
communities that represent the diversity of life on Earth by
protecting the lands and waters they need to survive.
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Nearshore
Habitat Program (Washington State, Dept. of Natural Resources
Monitors the health of Puget Sound's habitat. Provides information on status and
trends in nearshore habitat.
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Puget Sound Water Quality
Action Team
-
The goal is to restore and protect the biological
health and diversity of Puget Sound by protecting and enhancing Puget Sound's water and
sediment quality; its fish and shellfish; and its wetlands and other habitats. Includes
the publications Puget Sound Water Quality Work Plan which is Submitted to
Washington State Legislature, Puget Sound Water Quality Management Plan, the
long-term strategy for protecting and restoring Puget Sound, Sound Waves a
bimonthly newsletter on water quality protection, and Puget Sound Notes a biannual
newsletter on scientific research in the Sound.
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Salmon Information
Center: Tri-County Endangered Species Response
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A comprehensive, objective source of information of
the Tri-County Endangered Species Response. Snohomish, King and Pierce Counties of
Washington State have joined forces, along with many local tribes, cities, businesses, and
environmental organizations, to make salmon recovery work in central Puget Sound. This
site is staffed by The Seattle Aquarium.
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Solid Waste
Division, King County, WA
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Links to landfills and garbage collection service for King
County, WA.
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Solid
Waste Division, Snohomish County, WA
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Take
It Back Network
-
Directory
for recycling electronics, hazardous wastes, and other materials in
King, Snohomish, Pierce, and Yakima Counties in Washington state.
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Thornton Creek Alliance (Seattle, WA)
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A grassroots, nonprofit organization
dedicated to preserving and restoring an ecological balance in the
Thornton Creek watershed.
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Thornton Creek Restoration Projects
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Seattle Public Utilities.
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Thornton Creek
Watershed Resources
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Homewaters Project. Information and resources on the Thornton Creek watershed,
a 12 square mile urban watershed in Seattle, Washington.
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Water
and Land Resources (King County, Washington, Dept. of Natural Resources)
-
Includes information and maps of watersheds, lakes,
streams, wetlands, forestry, salmon and trout in King County.
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Watersheds:
USEPA
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Locate your watershed in the United States. Site by the US
Environmental Protection Agency.
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World Resources
Institute
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"World Resources Institute provides information,
ideas, and solutions to global environmental problems. Our mission is to move human
society to live in ways that protect Earth’s environment for current and future
generations. Our program meets global challenges by using knowledge to catalyze
public and private action." Includes links, environmental statistics by
countries and regions, reports, and news releases related to the environment and
biodiversity.
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World Bank Group
Data, Research, Publications and Projects that deal with
environmental issues by areas and countries.
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Worldwatch
Institute
Explores
emerging global issues from a broad range of perspectives, including
ecology, economics, public health, and political science. The
Worldwatch Institute is an independent research organization that
works toward the evolution of an environmentally sustainable and
socially just society, in which the needs of all people are met
without threatening the health of the natural environment or the
well being of future generations. Main research areas are People,
Nature, Energy, and the Economy. Publishes book “State of the
World”. Includes free articles.
Human
Evolution
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Afarensis:
Anthropology Evolution and Science
A news and opinion blog. Recommended by the periodical Archaeology.
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Becoming
Human
Arizona State University Web documentary on human evolution.
Includes a glossary, websites, lessons plans and
handouts.
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Institute
of Human Origins
Lucy's Story, latest news and events, related links.
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Talk
Origins: Exploring the Creation/Evolution Controversy
A Usenet newsgroup devoted to
the discussion and debate on the creation/evolution controversy, but
other topics of discussion include the origin of life, geology,
biology, catastrophism, cosmology and theology.
The
TalkOrigins Archive is a collection of articles and essays which
provides mainstream scientific responses to the many frequently
asked questions (FAQs) that appear in the talk.origins newsgroup and
the frequently rebutted assertions of those advocating intelligent
design or other creationist pseudosciences
Mathematics, Physics & Engineering
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Engineering,
Scientific Unit Converter
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NIST
Constants, Units, and Uncertain References
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National Institute of Standards and Technology site
addresses three topics: fundamental physical constants, the International System of Units
(SI), which is the modern metric system, and expressing the uncertainty of measurement
results.
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Mathematical Notation for
Orders of Magnitude
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Temperature
Conversion Calculator
Statistics
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Washington State
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Criminal
Justice
Statistics
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Includes the "Washington State County Criminal
Justice Databook" and statistics from the Dept. of Corrections. OFM
publication.
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Population
-
Includes state Census and Population Trends report. OFM
publication.
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Seattle Police Department
Annual Report Statistics
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Washington
State Data Book
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The Washington State Data Book presents a diversity of
information about Washington, its people, economy, and government. The Data Book contains
eleven major sections: Population, Economy, State Government Finance, Human Services,
Criminal Justice, Education, Natural Resources, Environment, Energy, Transportation, and
Local Government. OFM publication.
United States
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Black
Population in the United States: US Census Bureau
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Bureau of Economic
Analysis
National, regional, industrial, and international economic
statistics.
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Bureau of Justice
Statistics
-
Includes statistics from the reference "Crime in the
United States."
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Bureau of Labor Statistics
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Bureau
of the Public Debt
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Bureau of Transportation
Statistics
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Economic Research
Service
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Economic
Statistics Briefing Room (ESBR)
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A selection of federal economic statistics as reported by
federal agencies.
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Energy Information
Administration
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Fast Facts:
Almanacs/ Factbooks/ Statistical Reports & Related Reference Tools
-
Collection of links to sites with "fast facts"
for a large collection of topics. Listed alphabetically by subject, from agriculture to
zoology.
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Immigration
(US Census Bureau)
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Immigration
Statistics
-
The
Office of Immigration Statistics (OIS), within the Policy
Directorate of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), is
responsible for developing, analyzing, and disseminating statistical
information needed to assess the effects of immigration in the
United States.
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Internal
Revenue Service, Statistics of Income
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National Agricultural
Statistics Service
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National Center for
Education Statistics
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National
Center for Health Statistics
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National
POPClock (US Bureau of the Census)
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Daily U.S. population projection.
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National
Science Foundation, Division of Science Resources Studies
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Social
Statistics Briefing Room (SSBR)
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A selection of federal social statistics as reported by
federal agencies.
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STAT-USA/Internet
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Business and economic statistics from the U.S. Department
of Commerce.
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Statistical
Abstracts
-
Scanned version of the book by the
US Census Bureau from 1878 to the most current edition. Includes the
2 volume Bicentennial Edition: Historical Statistics of the
United States, Colonial Times to 1970.
-
Statistical
Abstract in Brief
-
Contains selected statistics from the printed work.
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U.S. Census Bureau
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U.S.
National Debt Clock
International Statistics
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Eurostat
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Statistical information from the Statistical Office of the
European Communities
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National Statistics,
Geography and Informatics Institute (INEGI), Mexico
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Statistical
Agencies (International)
Links to the statistics agencies of countries.
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Statistics
Bureau & Statistics Center
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Statistical information on Japan, from the Management and
Coordination Agency, government of Japan.
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Statistics
Canada
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United Nations
Statistics Division
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World Health Organization
(WHO)
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World
POPClock (US Bureau of the Census)
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Daily world population projections.
Time
Date and Time
Gateway
Gives exact Greenwich Mean Time, plus times for cities or
time zones.
Perpetual Calendar
Find the days of the month for any year, past, present or
future according to the Julian and Gregorian calendar.
U.S. Naval
Observatory Master Clock
Weather
USA
TODAY Weather
Forecasts and current weather conditions for the U. S. and
the world, plus other weather-related topics.
Weather
Sites: My Virtual Reference Desk
A comprehensive list of weather sites on the Internet.
The Weather
Underground
Forecasts, current weather, and ski conditions by state.
Other Online
Reference Collections
Best Top
Sites
Links to popular websites such as baby names, free fonts,
horoscopes, etc.
Hot Topics (University of Louisville Libraries)
Links to government resources on a variety
of topics.
The Internet
Public Library
Founded
by a class at the University of Michigan’s School of Information in
1995.
KidsClick!
Web search for kids by librarians.
Librarians' Index to the Internet
(Berkeley Digital Library SunSite)
Librarians' Index to the Internet
for Washington State
Martindale's
Reference Center
Slow loading, but very comprehensive. Extensive resources
for health sciences.
My Virtual
Reference Desk
Reference
Shelf (University of California at San Diego)
Scout Report
One of the Internet's longest-running weekly publications,
offering a selection of new and newly discovered online resources of interest to
researchers, educators, and anyone else with an interest in high-quality online material.
The Virtual Reference Desk (Purdue
University)
The WWW Virtual Library
The
oldest catalogue of the Web, started by Tim Berners-Lee, the creator of
HTML
and of the Web itself, in 1991 at CERN in Geneva. It is run by a loose
confederation of international volunteers, who compile pages of key
links for particular areas in which they are expert.
Yahoo's Index of
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