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Clifton Fowler Library

Phone: 303-963-3250
Toll-Free: 877-777-6132
Fax: 303-301-8252
E-mail:
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Research Links

Gates of Paradise

Topics
Accounting
Art
Business
Business Ethics
Business Journals
Colorado
Communications
Company Information
Education
Education Journals
Federal
Health/Medicine
History
Hot Topics/Social Issues
Languages
Law
Library
Literature
Music, Theater, and Dance
Nursing
Religion
Science
Social Sciences
Spanish
Sports
Statistics
Youth Ministry

For all databases where it says needs password, go to Library Department Web, use the handout at the Circulation Desk, or ask a librarian.

For general Internet searching, use  Web Search.

Accounting

  • Accounting World.com - (portal)
  • American Accounting Association - (includes links to other accounting associations, relevant journals, the standards groups, such as the Financial Accounting Standards Board) and Web resource links for students)
  • American Institute of Certified Public Accountants - (publications, careers, CPA exam information, gateway of CPA Web links to resources and tax-related information, etc.)
  • Business Finance - (journal)
  • CPA Journal - (journal)
  • CPAnet - (comprehensive site)
  • CPASense - (blog)
  • FASB - (Financial Accounting Standards Board) (includes FASB Statements and other publications)
  • Governmental Accounting Standards Board (GASB)
  • Institute of Internal Auditors (IIA)
  • Institute of Management Accountants (IMA)
  • International Accounting Standards Board (IASB)
  • Journal of Accountancy - (journal)
  • National Association of State Boards of Accountancy (NASBA) - (licensing board)
  • Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB)
  • Rutgers Accounting Web (RAW) - (mega-site)
  • Simple Studies Free Introduction to Accounting Lessons
  • SmartPros.com News & Information Portal - (comprehensive)
  • Tax and Accounting Sites Directory
  • Ten Steps to Accounting Research - (University of Florida Smathers Libraries)

Art

  • AICT: Art Images for College Teaching
  • AskArt.com - (info on 42,000+ American artists)
  • Art History Resources on the Web - (comprehensive; categorizes by time period and by geography; includes Google searching)
  • Art History Network
  • Art History With Michelli - (materials related to an academic art history course with extensive art history links arranged by time period; click on the Art History Browser)
  • Artchive
  • Artcyclopedia, the Fine Art Search Engine - (artist search and art links)
  • ArtLex Art Dictionary
  • Arts & Humanities Through the Ages - (Gale Virtual Reference Library - needs password)
  • Arts Connection – (comprehensive for art, artists,art education links,  theater, film, dance, literature and music)
  • ArtSource
  • Glossary of Processing Terms - (photography)
  • History of Art Virtual Library
  • History of Photography
  • Intute - (Photoraphy or Photography History - Portal use the Suject A to Z list to choose)
  • Libarian's Index to the Internet - (search "history photography")
  • Making of a Daguerreotype
  • Metropolitan Museum of Art Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History
  • Mother of All Art History Links - (comprehensive)
  • National Endowment for the Arts
  • Photomuse - (timeline 1830-2006)
  • The-artists.org - (biographies and photos and associated web sites for major contemporary and 20th century visual artists; also explanation of styles and listing of major proponents)
  • Timeline of Color Photography
  • Victoria and Albert Museum: Photographic Processes
  • Voice of the Shuttle; Art and Art History – (comprehensive; time periods; artists)
  • Web Gallery of Art - (8,500+ images of European paintings and sculptures between 1150 and 1800 by time period and artist; includes artist biographies)
  • WebMuseum - (artists and time periods)
  • World Art Treasures - (100,000+ slides accessible by country and artist)
  • World Wide Arts Resources - (gateway to over 7,500 artists and thousands of other art resources)
  • Yahoo - Arts: Art History

Business

  • American Management Association International
  • Association of Christian Economists
  • Best Business Schools
  • BigCharts - (stocks and market indexes)
  • Bloomberg - (financial news, markets, money, etc.)
  • Bplans.com, Business Planning Made Easy - (includes sample business plans)
  • Bureau of Labor Statistics - (employment and occupation trends , prices, economy, production and export/import, etc., including the Occupational Outlook Handbook, Consumer Price Index, U.S. Economy, and U.S. Industry at a Glance)
  • Business Plans Handbook, v. 10 - (Gale Virtual Reference Library - needs password)
  • Business Researcher's Interests: BizTech Network - (comprehensive mega-site of business, management, technology. Includes education, research, news, and journals)
  • Business.com, the Business Search Engine – (business search engine)
  • Economic History - (Oxford Reference - needs password)
  • Economics Search Engine (ESE)
  • Encyclopedia of Business and Finance - (Gale Virtual Reference Library - needs password)
  • Encyclopedia of Global Industries - (Gale Virtual Reference Library - needs password)
  • Encyclopedia of Leadership - (Gale Virtual Reference Library - needs password)
  • Encyclopedia of Leadership - (SAGE E-Reference - needs password)
  • Encyclopedia of Major Marketing Campaigns - (Gale Virtual Reference Library - needs password)
  • Encyclopedia of Management - (Gale Virtual Reference Library - needs password)
  • Encyclopedia of Measurement and Statistics - (SAGE E-Reference - needs password)
  • Encyclopedia of Small Business - (Gale Virtual Reference Library - needs password)
  • FINWeb - (financial economics; includes journals, databases, resources)
  • GlobalEDGE: International Business Resource Desk - (country insights, industry profiles, news/views)
  • Intute: Social Sciences – (browse Business and Management)
  • Investopedia.com - (tutorials on stocks, bonds, investing, divisions by beginner, intermediate, etc.)
  • Investor's Clearinghouse - (Alliance for Investor Education)
  • Kiplinger.com - (financial portal)
  • MarketWatch - (news, commentary, markets)
  • Motley Fool - (comprehensive)
  • Occupational Outlook Handbook
  • Path to Investing - (Foundation for Investor Education)
  • Patricia Seybold Group's Cuustomers.com
  • Reference for Business
  • Resources for Economists on the Internet
  • Patent & Trademark Info Via the Internet
  • WebEc - (World Wide Web Resources in Economics)
  • World Development Indicators
  • Yahool! Finance - (comprehensive site)

Business Journals

  • Advertising Age
  • Barron's Online
  • Business 2.0
  • Business Week Online
  • CIO - (journal of business and technology)
  • Economist
  • Forbes
  • Fortune
  • Technology Review

Business Ethics

  • Applied Ethics Resources on WWW – (ethics in all areas: business, professional, public sector and government, computer, animal welfare, healthcare, environmental)
  • Center for Business Ethics – (Bentley College)
  • Ethics Resource Center - (includes "Organizational Ethics")

Company Information

  • Annual Report Service - (Business Annual Reports)
  • Business Plans Handbook, v. 10 - (Gale Virtual Reference Library - needs password)
  • Company Information - (St. Ambrose U.)
  • Company Profiles for Students - (Gale Virtual Reference Library - needs password)
  • Company Research Internet Links - (American University Library)
  • CorporateInformation.com - (research a company or an industry in the U.S. or world; company profiles, reports, earnings and price analyses)
  • Country & Territory Guides - (Gov Pub Library, Univ. of Col. at Boulder)
  • Country Briefings – (news, profiles, forecasts, statistics from the Economist)
  • Country Commercial Guides - (U.S. embassies and agencies profile economic, political, and market analysis of the countries of the world 1996 to present)
  • EDGAR Database of Corporate Information) - (company SEC 10-K reports)
  • Encyclopedia of Global Industries - (Gale Virtual Reference Library - needs password)
  • FreeEdgar - (SEC filings online)
  • GlobalEDGE – (global resources, country insights, market potential worldwide)
  • Hoover's Online; Hoover's Company Profiles - (company and business info; company reports, news, finance, stocks, SEC reports)
  • How to Learn About an Industry or a Specific Company – (industry research how-to, comprehensive linking)
  • InfoUSA Lookup for U.S. and Canada - (find people and business telephone look-up with reverse look-ups for both categories; excellent for creating B2B and B2C lists of company info (info is categorized by geography, SIC code, category, business size, financial rating))
  • NAICS (North American Industry Classification System) (categorization of industry, business, and services by numerical codes; replaced the SIC (U.S. Standard Industrial Classification) codes. Includes correspondence tables between old and new systems.))
  • QwestDex - (company lookup, white and yellow phone directories, city info)
  • Researching Companies Online, a Tutorial
  • Searching for Company Information – (New York Public Library guide with the basic questions: U.S. or foreign-owned? private or public? type of business? Why am I not finding my company?)
  • Student Resources:  Job Listings, Company Information, & Resume Posting  - (St. Ambrose U.)
  • Switchboard - (people, business, yellow/white pages, e-mail, city guides, maps)
  • Thomas Register - (company info)
  • U.S. Corporate, Industrial, and Economic Information - (comprehensive links from UNC Charlotte Library; includes business news sources, company information, e-commerce, legal resources, business portals, stocks/bond/mutual funds)
  • U.S. Dept. of Commerce - (business, international trade, industry reports, state of the economy, key economic indicators, industry development, electronic commerce, laws and regulations, science and technology)
  • Web100 - (largest companies on the Web; top U.S. and global 100; Fortune 500; companies by industry and ranking; stock quotes; news wires)

Colorado

  • Colorado by the Numbers - (Colorado statistical abstract)
  • State of Colorado - (government, business, education, employment, taxes, etc.)

Communications

  • American Rhetoric - 5000+ audio/streaming video speeches, including top 100 speeches and Christian rhetoric
  • Douglass: Archives of American Public Address
  • Encyclopedia of Communication & Information - (Gale Virtual Reference Library - needs password)
  • History Channel Speeches
  • IDEA: International Debate Education Association
  • Presidents, including their Speeches
  • Online Communication Studies Resources - (comprehensive University of Iowa)
  • Public Speaking Links - (Advanced Public Speaking Institute)
  • Public Speaking Website
  • Speeches and Speechmakers - (Univ of Iowa)
  • Vincent Voice Library

Education

  • Academicinfo.net - (online education resource center- educational resources and subject guides by discipline)
  • American Association of School Administrators
  • American Association of University Women – (concerned with women’s equity)
  • American School Directory - (108,000+ U.S. K-12 web sites)
  • ArtsEdNet – (lesson plans for art education by grade level)
  • Association for Supervision & Curriculum Development
  • Best Information on the Net: Education - (Comprehensive site - covers early childhood education, education law, church and state, education jump-off sites, lesson plan sites, research, testing, reform, school safety, technology, children's literature and reading, and other topics chosen by St. Ambrose U. librarians.  At entry page choose "Resources by Major".)
  • Buros Institute of Mental Measurements - (includes tests and test reviews online from the Mental Measurements Handbook)
  • Carol Hurst’s Children’s Literature – (themes and subjects, curriculum areas, reviewed books)
  • Child Care & Early Education Research Connections - (9000+ resources by subject, by state, etc. with data and statistics)
  • CCU Career Services
  • Children’s Literacy Resources
  • Children's Literature Web Guide - (extensive list of book review sites and resources relevant to children and young adults)
  • Children's Writing Supersite - (children's books, including award winners; resources; children's writing)
  • CollegeNET - (aid, scholarships and college, university information, and career (see college resources – student) information)
  • Colorado Commission on Higher Education - (Colorado state policy and coordinating board for public higher education)
  • Colorado Dept. of Education - (comprehensive site - State Board of Education, standards, accreditation, school statistics, etc.)
  • Colorado Literacy Research Initiative
  • Community Learning Network – (K-12 technology integration)
  • Content Knowledge; the McREL Standards Database - (standards and benchmarks for K-12 with extensive web resources for each subject area)
  • DiscoverySchool.com - (comprehensive, annotated site arranged by subject. Searchable by grade level.)
  • Distance Education Clearinghouse – (includes list of virtual universities)
  • Early Childhood Education - (St. Ambrose U.)
  • EdPsych Junction: Tools and Resources for Educational and School Psychology - (includes centers for evaluation and mental measurement, test publishers, professional organizations and government sites, psychology and mental health resources. Newest information now updated at Dept. of Educational Psychology, Miami U.)
  • Education Virtual Library - (comprehensive site, with division by grade level. Includes links to distance ed. This is one of the WWW Virtual Libraries.)
  • Education World - (comprehensive search site with over 500,000 Web sites)
  • Educational Testing Service - (information and practice for GRE, LSAT, SAT, GMAT, PRAXIS, and others)
  • Educator's Reference Desk - (comprehensive site, with education resources, lesson plans, search GEM/ERIC)
  • Encyclopedia of Distributed Learning - (SAGE E-Reference - needs password)
  • Encyclopedia of Education - Gale Virtual Reference Library - needs password)
  • Encyclopedia of Educational Leadership and Administration
  • ERIC (Educational Resources Information Center) - (overview and access to all clearinghouses, databases, etc.)
  • Gateway to Educational Materials (GEM) - (search for lesson plans and other educational units/resources on the Internet by subject, keyword, and grade level)
  • Gradschools.com
  • FAFSA on the Web - (Free Application for Federal Student Aid)
  • FastWeb - (scholarship, financial aid, and college information)
  • FinAid: SmartStudent Guide to Financial Aid - (scholarships, loans, aid, college information)
  • Guys Read - (web site of Jon Scieszka in which are featured books and authors that appeal to boys and young adults)
  • Home schooling NWREL Library in the Sky - (extensive site with lessons and resources)
  • InetLibrary - (quality web sites for education and teachers, webquests, categorization by subject and grade level) (a paid subscription, passwords required)
  • Internet Public Library: Education
  • Intute: Social Sciences - (browse "Education")
  • Learning and Memory - (Gale Virtual Reference Library - needs password)
  • Lesson Plans Online - (St. Ambrose U.)
  • MiddleWeb: Exploring Middle School Reform
  • MiddleWeb's 10 Great Websites for Teachers - (lesson plans, cutting-edge teaching and learning, technology integration, and additional general teaching megasites)
  • National Association of School Psychologists
  • National Center for Education Statistics
  • National Library of Education
  • National Middle School Association
  • National Service-Learning Clearinghouse
  • The Nation's Report Card - ("National Assessment of Educational Progress")
  • Nation’s Voice for Urban Education
  • No Child Left Behind
  • Peterson's Education Center - (colleges, universities, graduate programs, study abroad, distance learning, test prep, financing, summer jobs)
  • Phil's Place - Education and Technology - (comprehensive site with education jobs, teacher certification requirements by state, math education, music education, etc.)
  • School Psychology Resources Online - ("conditions, disorders, disabilities, other information" such as assessment/evaluation, behavior management, etc.)
  • SHEEO - State Higher Education Executive Officers - (higher education links and descriptions of recent publications, trends, etc.)
  • Special Education Resources on the Internet – (comprehensive site, has inclusion links)
  • – (choose education)
  • Teach.Net - (comprehensive)
  • U.S. Dept. of Education
  • U.S. Dept. of Education Office of Educational Technology
  • WebCrawler Education – (choose education; sites are annotated)
  • World Lecture Hall - (faculty integration of technology in academic courses)
  • Yahoo!: K-12 Schools – (also international and other categories: summer, gifted)
  • Yahoo!: Education - (extensive directory; select from the hierarchy)

Education Journals

  • Chronicle of Higher Education - (archive via password. Students should contact the librarian.)
  • Education Week
  • Educause; Transforming Education Through Information Technologies
  • Edupage - (information technology newsletter)
  • From Now On - (journal of educational technology)
  • Journal of Statistics Education
  • Journal of Technology Education
  • Knowledge Quest
  • TechLEARNING, the Resource for Education Technology Leaders
  • T.H.E.;Technological Horizons in Education

Federal

  • Agency Index – (agency Web site, publications, opinions; also U.S. Government Telephone/e-mail Directory (Lycos) and 411 for Government Search Carroll’s Government Directories. Includes state level.)
  • Elections 2000 - (University of MI Documents Center. Elections and campaigns info, guides to government and its 3 branches, foundations of government, electoral college laws and procedures, historical electoral college votes, candidates, lobby groups, Presidents' portraits/web sites/elections, controversial and current issues, such as abortion, SS, health, global warming, education, environment, gun control, death penalty, patients' rights)
  • Fedstats - (100+ government agencies and their statistics. Includes health, education, crime, employment, etc.)
  • FIRSTGOV.gov – (government Web sites; browse by topic; access by government branch)
  • GPO Access - (information on the 3 branches of the federal government and databases such as the U.S. Code (1994 edition), Code of Federal Regulations, Federal Register, Congressional Record, other databases, such as Economic Report of the President, Supreme Court Decisions 1937-1975, etc.)
  • Internal Revenue Service - (IRS)
  • IRS Tax Forms and Publications - (download federal tax forms)
  • National Agriculture Library - (includes publications on food and nutrition, global change, and databases, such as AGRICOLA; also offers the Food Safety Research Information Source Web site)
  • Statistical Abstract of the United States (includes State and Metropolitan Area Data Book, USA Counties, County and City Data Book) - (1995 to date)
  • Supreme Court of the United States – (overview and procedures, biographies of current justices; members 1789 to present)
  • Thomas Legislative Information (Library of Congress) – (bills, public laws, Congressional Record)
  • U.S. Census Bureau – (comprehensive site for statistics - U.S. Census 2000; Economic Census, health statistics 1995-2000; business, geography, news, population, special topics; American Fact Finder; state quick facts)
  • Federal  Agency Directory - (by LSU. All branches of government plus independent and other bodies.)
  • U.S. Code - (1994)
  • U.S. Code - Title 26 Internal Revenue (Tax) Code - (Cornell)
  • U.S. Code - Title 26 Internal Revenue (Tax) Code - (U.S. House of Representatives Gopher)
  • U.S. House of Representatives
  • U.S. Senate

Health/Medicine

  • AIDS.gov
  • Agency for Health Care Research and Quality
  • American Association of Pastoral Counselors
  • American Medical Association (AMA) - (includes information on specific medical conditions and the full-text of JAMA)
  • American Psychological Association (APA) - (includes Web resources)
  • APA - Electronic Reference Formats Recommended by the American Psychological Association
  • Bioethics Resources on the Web - National Institutes of Health
  • Centers for Disease Control and Prevention - (diseases, health topics A-Z, publications, travel information)
  • Center for Substance Abuse Research – (federal drug data resources – prevalence of use, consequences, treatment, prevention, law enforcement, source and volume of illegal drugs)
  • Classics in the History of Psychology
  • Consumer and Patient Health Information Section of the Medical Library Association - (extensive, annotated listing of medical resources; recommended sites including CAPHIS Top 100 List:  Web Sites You Can Trust)
  • Counseling & Psychology Resources Centre
  • Counseling & Therapy in Video - (need passwords)
  • DisabilityInfo.gov
  • Dr. Ivan's Depression Central
  • Drug Enforcement Administration – (information and statistics on “drugs of concern and abuse”
  • Drug Facts and Comparisons - (check the library for A-Z drug facts and comparisons)
  • DrugInfoNet - (official and patient drug package insert information; same info as in the Physicians' Desk Reference, although the number of drugs included may be fewer)
  • Encyclopedia of Applied Developmental Science - (SAGE E-Reference - needs password)
  • Encyclopedia of Behavior Modification and Cognitive Behavior Therapy - (SAGE E-Reference - needs password)
  • Encyclopedia of Bioethics - (Gale Virtual Reference Library - needs password)
  • Encyclopedia of Disability - (SAGE E-Reference - needs password)
  • Encyclopedia of Drugs, Alcohol & addictive Behavior - (Gale Virtual Reference Library - needs password)
  • Encyclopedia of Health and Behavior - (SAGE E-Reference - needs password)
  • Encyclopedia of Health Care Management - (SAGE E-Reference - needs password)
  • Encyclopedia of Human Development - (SAGE E-Reference - needs password)
  • Encyclopedia of Industrial and Organizational Psychology - (SAGE E-Reference - needs password)
  • Encyclopedia of Multicultural Psychology - (SAGE E-Reference - needs password)
  • Encyclopedia of Psychology
  • Encyclopedia of Public Health - (Gale Virtual Reference Library - needs password)
  • Finding Psychological Tests and Measurements - (from Johns Hopkins U. - finding background info, tests in printed books, tests on the web, tests in scholarly journals, purchasing tests)
  • Gale Encyclopedia of Mental Disorders - (Gale Virtual Reference Library - needs password)
  • Gale Encyclopedia of Psychology - (Gale Virtual Reference Library - needs password)
  • Genetics - (Gale Virtual Reference Library - needs password)
  • Handbook of Death & Dying
  • Health A to Z - (search engine for health and medicine)
  • Healthfinder
  • Healthy Eating Index – (nutrition and diet info based on Dietary Guidelines for Americans and The Food Guide Pyramid)
  • Historical Food Guides – (U.S. Dept. of Agriculture Food Guides from 1894 to present)
  • Human Anatomy Online
  • Illustrated Encyclopedia of Body-MInd Disciplines - (Gale Virtual Reference Library - needs password)
  • International Dictionary of Psychoanalysis - (Gale Virtual Reference Library - needs password)
  • International Encyclopedia of Marriage and Family - (Gale Virtual Reference Library - needs password)
  • Internet Mental Health - (disorders, diagnosis, medications, web links)
  • Internet Public Library:  Addictions
  • Learning and Memory - (Gale Virtual Reference Library - needs password)
  • Medicinenet.com
  • Medterms.com - (MedTerms Medical Dictionary)
  • Megalists of Psychology-Related Sites on the Web - (Psych Web extensive listing to other major psychology sites.)
  • Mental Help Net - (comprehensive site. Includes disorders and treatments and professional resources in social psychology, school psychology, neurosciences and many other areas. Extensive listings of rated, annotated Web resources. Includes interface to search MEDLINE, AIDSDRUGS, AIDSLINE, AIDSTRIALS, BIOETHICSLINE, CANCERLIT, HealthSTAR, and PsychJournalSearch.)
  • Mental Health Matters
  • Merck Manual - (drug reference)
  • National Agricultural Library
  • National Alliance on Mental Illness
  • National Center for Health Statistics
  • National Eating Disorders Association
  • National Institute of Mental Health
  • National Institutes of Health - (health information web resources in a broad variety of health areas, including AIDS, diet, women's health, behavior, and bioethics. Includes the Healthfinder search engine and MEDLINEplus. This search engine includes a medical dictionary index, an extensive list of relevant online libraries, databases, and other)
  • National Institute on Drug Abuse – (reports, statistics and info on drugs, including marijuana, cocaine, ecstasy, and multiple others)
  • National Library of Medicine
  • National Mental Health Association
  • Neuropsychology Central
  • Nurse Educator Manual: Essential Skills and Guidelines for Effective Practice - (Gale Virtual Reference Library - needs password)
  • Nutri-Facts - (nutrition info on 6,000 foods)
  • Pain Management: Evidence-Based Tools and Techniques for Nursing Professionals - (Gale Virtual Reference Library - needs password)
  • Perception - (Perceptual Science Group at M.I.T)
  • People's Pharmacy - (health encyclopedias, library, with info on drugs, health conditions, health hot topics, health and life issues, food, recipes, exercise and fitness, nutrition, weight, dieting, healthy life styles, vitamins and supplements)
  • Personality Psychology Links from the Social Psychology Network - (includes personality theory and research, personality measurement and testing, and online personality tests)
  • Physicians' Desk Reference Health - (health, wellness, diseases, drug info)
  • Psych Central: Dr. John Grohol's Mental Health Page - (comprehensive)
  • Psych Web - (comprehensive site with extensive web links for teachers and students; includes APA style guides)
  • PsychCrawler - (APA index to multiple mental health webs; currently under construction 3/3/08)
  • Psychologists & Their Theories for Students - (Gale Virtual Reference Library - needs password)
  • RxList - The Internet Drug Index
  • Schizophrenia Home Page
  • Social Psychology Network - (comprehensive)
  • Substance Abuse & Mental Health Services Administration
  • Suicide Prevention
  • Total Diet Study – (FDA data on dietary food contaminants 1961 to present)
  • United Way Directory (Mile High) - (click on agency partners for directory & 211 for information and referral database)
  • USDA Food Composition Data – (USDA Nutrient Database for Standard Reference, Release 14 with over 6,000 foods)
  • U.S. Dept. of Health & Human Services Administration for Children & Families
  • U.S. Dept. of Health & Human Services Food and Drug Administration
  • U.S. National Library of Medicine - (includes MEDLINEplus and MEDLINE/PubMed)
  • Visible Human Project
  • Your Health Daily - (New York Times Syndicate)

History

  • Academic Info Holocaust Studies - (comprehensive site)
  • American Decades Primary Sources - (Gale Virtual Reference Library - needs password)
  • American Memory - (primary documents and images of U.S. history)
  • American West - (comprehensive site)
  • Best of History Web Sites
  • BJ Pinchbeck's History - (general, U.S., ancient, and world history)
  • Centennial Institute - (CCU think tank)
  • Civil Rights Resource Guide - (Multnomah)
  • Civil War Women, Primary Sources on the Internet
  • Core Documents of U.S. Democracy – (cornerstone, congressional, presidential, judicial (Supreme Court decisions 1937-1975 and 1992 to present), regulatory, economic, demographic, and governmental)
  • Dictionary of American History - (Gale Virtual Reference Library - needs  password)
  • Diotima - (women and gender in the ancient world)
  • Englishhistory.net-Tudor England
  • Encyclopedia of American Foreign Policy - (Gale Virtual Reference Library - needs password)
  • Enyclopedia of Black Studies - (SAGE E-Reference - needs password)
  • Encyclopedia of Immigration and Migration in the American West - (SAGE E-Reference - needs password)
  • Encyclopedia of Modern Asia - (Gale Virtual Reference Library - needs password)
  • Encyclopedia of Politics: the Left and the Right - (SAGE E-Reference - needs password)
  • Encyclopedia of Russian History - (Gale Virtual Reference Library - needs password)
  • European Union – (comprehensive with facts, countries, overview)
  • Federalist Papers – (has The Constitution, Bill of Rights, Amendments to the Constitution, Declaration of Independence, Anti-Federalist Papers)
  • Foreign Policy Association
  • History Matters
  • HistoryNet
  • Hyperhistory Online – (history timelines of events, people and civilizations)
  • Internet Ancient History Sourcebook
  • Internet History of Science Sourcebook
  • Internet Medieval Sourcebook
  • Internet Modern History Sourcebook
  • Intute: Arts and Humaniites
  • The King Center - (Martin Luther King, Jr.)
  • Lesson Plans and Resources for Social Studies Teachers – (extensive list of history Internet resources)
  • Library of Congress
  • Martin Luther King, Jr. Papers Project
  • Maps from Virgil.org - (ancient Greek and Roman world)
  • National Archives
  • New Dictionary of the History of Ideas - (Gale Virtual Reference Library - needs password)
  • New Perspectives on the West
  • Oxford Dictionary of Byzantium - (Oxford E-Reference - needs password)
  • Oxford Encyclopedia of Economic History - (Oxford E- Reference - needs password)
  • Oxford Encyclopedia of the Reformation - (Oxford E-Reference - needs password)
  • Real Clear Politics - (nonpartisan aggregation of political content)
  • Princeton's History Web Sites
  • Social Studies School Service – (comprehensive overview of an array of topics. For example for Holocaust web sites, at the bottom of the page click on Holocaust. For a comprehensive listing of sites, at the top of the page, select search, use “Holocaust” as a keyword, and choose related Web sites.)
  • Tudorhistory.org
  • U.S. Constitution Online – (founding fathers and background; also state data, info on members of Congress, complete historical info on Presidents, Electoral Votes, Electoral College, Election of 2000)

Hot Topics/Social Issues

  • ABC-CLIO E- Books - (275 reference books - needs password)
    American Civil Liberties Union - Issues
  • Cambridge Scientific Abstracts Discovery Guides - (overviews of hot topics with relevant websites)
  • Controversial Topics - (North Harris Col)(go down list to Controversial Topics)
  • CQ Researcher - (reference for controversial topics - needs password)
  • Google Issues
  • Historic Supreme Court Decisions - by Topic
  • Hot Paper Topics - (Best Information on the Net)
  • Hot Topics - (mccneb)(excellent selection)
  • IDEA: International Debate Education Association
  • Librarians' Internet Index (comprehensive)(choose society & social science or search social issues in the search box)
  • Public Agenda - (hot topics with overview, public opinion polls, etc.)
  • SAGE E-Reference - (47 encyclopedias - needs password)
  • Social Issues (Multn)(comprehensive site with abortion, poverty, violence, gangs ...)
  • Understanding Prejudice
  • U.S. Dept. of State International Issues
  • Yahoo Issues and Causes
  • UN Millennium Development Goals Progress Report

Languages

  • Learn Spanish - (select curriculum and practice pronunciation, grammar, verb drills, etc. Good for idioms, useful links, and access to newspapers, radio stations, travel and online help (more than 40 Learn Spanish tutorials and resources)
  • Grammar and Language Courses - (rules of language and online learning for the languages of the world; see in particular English, French, German, Greek, Hebrew, Spanish grammars, etc.)
  • Greek & Latin Language Resources
  • Latin Dictionary and Grammar Aid - (Notre Dame)

Law

  • Famous Trials
  • FedLaw – (search laws from legislative and judiciary branches of government and other entities; includes historical searches)
  • FindLaw - (comprehensive site with practice areas, federal and state law, U.S. Code, U.S. Supreme Court, case summaries and LawCrawler search)
  • FIRSTGOV.gov: Law Reference Center - (similar to FedLaw above)
  • Law.com - (legal news and information)
  • LawCrawler - (comprehensive site for law and law-related topics, overlaps with FindLaw) 
  • Law Firm Directory from Martindale – (law firms, law schools, lawyers)
  • Nolo Law for All - (legal encyclopedia, legal dictionary, U.S. Supreme Court resources, FindLaw resources)
  • Oyez , U.S. Supreme Court Multmedia - (Supreme Court cases, justices, virtual tour)
  • RefLaw; the Virtual Law Library Reference Desk: ( law directories, including government telephone/e-mail directories; legal research with comprehensive resource sites; law journals; quick legal search of federal case law/U.S. Supreme Court/1st-11th Circuit Courts, U.S. Court of Appeals, State Statutes, other law meta-searchers)
  • Research Links - (Westminster Law Library, University of Denver; includes comprehensive legal sites, law reviews and publications.  Select Internet Research Links.)
  • West Legal Directory – (law firms, lawyers)
  • Uniform Crime Reports - (1995 to present)

Library

  • BCR Action for Libraries
  • BCR Review
  • Colorado Association of Libraries
  • Colorado Library Consortium (CLiC)
  • Copyright Resources Online
  • Information Literacy Standards for Higher Education - (ACRL)
  • Internet Resources for Higher Education Outcomes Assessment - (NC State)
  • Library of Congress Classification Online
  • Library of Congress Online Catalogs
  • LOEX: Evaluating Web Resources
  • Mountain Plains Library Association
  • Publishers' Catalogues

Literature

  • Academy of American Poets
  • Celebration of  Women Writers
  • Internet Shakespeare Editions
  • IPL Online Literary Criticism Collection – (comprehensive with American and British literary criticism by time period; also other countries’ literature, as well as Classical Greek and Latin literature)
  • Literary Resources on the Net - (Rutgers University -- by time period and genre)
  • Luminarium: Sixteenth Century Renaissance English Literature (1485-1603)
  • Mr. William Shakespeare and the Internet - (scholarly resources on the Internet and other sites)
  • Oxford Complete Works of William Shakespeare - (text of plays)
  • Poetry.com - (100 greatest poems, info on poets)
  • Represenative Poetry Online - (text of classic works)
  • VOS: Voice of the Shuttle - (choose Literature (in English), Literatures (Other than English); Literary Theory, etc.)

Music, Theater, and Dance

  • All-Music Guide - (includes All-Movie Guide)
  • CCM Magazine Online - (music magazine of contemporary Christian music)
  • Christian Music Place
  • Classical Archives - (nearly 1,000 composers with biographies and music files)
  • Digital Librarian: Music; a librarian's choice of the best of the Web
  • Gilbert and Sullivan Archive
  • Greatest Films – (film genres, greatest film directors, film history by decade)
  • Historic American Sheet Music - (American 19th and early 20th century)
  • International Music Score Library Project
  • Internet Movie Database
  • Internet Resources for Music Scholars
  • Internet Resources for Music, Theater and Dance  - (Library of Congress)
  • K-12 Resources for Music  Educators
  • Music Information Meta-Sites
  • Music Links - (Contra Costa College)( music research, organizations, education, electronic/computer music/MIDI, music history, magazines, other)
  • Music Resources (Sibelius Academy)
  • Musicsearch.com - (focuses on music-related sites only)
  • MENC:  the National Association for Music Education
  • Naxos Music Library - (on campus only)
  • Naxos Music Library - (off campus and on campus via password)
  • Operabase
  • Piano Page - (Piano Technicians Guild)
  • Popular Music and Jazz Reference Sources - (St. Ambrose U)
  • Songs of Praise
  • Talenz.com, the Music Education Search Site – (has lesson plans)
  • Worldwide Internet Music Resources
  • Xtreme Musician:  Directories
  • Yahoo! Music

Nursing

  • Mosby's Consult - (comprehensive site)
  • Nurse Educator Manual: Essential Skills and Guidelines for Effective Practice - (Gale Virtual Reference Library - needs password)
  • Pain Management: Evidence-Based Tools and Techniques for Nursing Professionals - (Gale Virtual Reference Library - needs password)

Religion

  • AAR Syllabi Project: Teaching Resources on the Internet - (Syllabi and teaching resources for religious studies and the humanities; meta-indices of religious studies resources on the Internet; electronic texts; committees and organizations)
  • Academic Info Religion Gateway - (comprehensive site)
  • Adherents.com - (statistics for religions, churches, and denominations)
  • American Religion Data Archive - (ARDA)
  • Apologetics Index - (Research Resources on Religious Cults, Sects, Movements, Doctrines, etc.)
  • Best of the Christian Web - (comprehensive site)
  • Christianity Today - (journal)
  • Dictionary of Byzantium - (Oxford Reference. Needs password)
  • Encyclopedia of Shamanism - (Gale Virtual Reference Library - needs password)
  • Encyclopedia of Religion - (Gale Virtual Reference Library - needs password)
  • Encyclopedia of the Reformation - (Oxford Reference. Needs password)
  • Ethics Updates - (comprehensive site, including ethical theory, applied ethics, classic works in moral philosophy, and other resources for ethics professors and students)
  • Finding God in Cyberspace: A Guide to Religious Studies Resources
  • Illustrated Encyclopedia of Confucianism - (Gale Virtual Reference Library - needs password)
  • Illustrated Encyclopedia of Hinduism - (Gale Virtual Reference Library - needs password)
  • Illustrated Encyclopedia of Zen Buddhism - (Gale Virtual Reference Library - needs password)
  • Institute for the Biocultural Study of Religion - (interaction of science and religion in the public sphere)
  • Judaism and Jewish Resources - (comprehensive; includes Israel, Holocaust, etc.)
  • My Facts Page: World Religion Resources - (extensive list, including Christian sites, Bible sites, comparative religion)
  • New Testament Gateway
  • Oxford Encyclopedia of the Reformation - (Oxford E- Reference - needs password)
  • Philosophy Around the Web:  Individual Philosophers - (including Aristotle, Plato, Epictetus, Epicurus, Descartes, etc.)
  • Religions of the World - (beliefs, links, geographic concentration)
  • Religious Worlds - (comprehensive for world relgions)
  • Religious Studies Internet Links - (comprehensive)
  • Unbound Bible - (27 searchable versions of the Bible with parallel viewing)
  • Virtual Christianity
  • Virtual Religion Index - (mega-site with ancient Near Eastern studies, comparative religion, biblical studies, Christian tradition, churches, ethics, philosophy, theology)
  • Wabash Center Internet Guide to Religion Resources - (comprehensive site)
  • Your Guide to Religions of the World - (BBC)(elements, practice, links)

Science

  • American Chemical Society 
  • American Mathematical Society
  • American Society of Mammalogists - (mammal image library, mammalian species descriptions)
  • Animal Diversity Web
  • Animal Info - (endangered mammals)
  • Audubon's Birds of America and his Ornithological Biography - (browse dscribe, click on Audubon)
  • Biology - (Gale Virtual Reference Library - needs password)
  • Biology Browser - (gateway)
  • Brookfield Zoo--Field Guide to the Animals
  • Chemistry - (Gale Virtual Reference Library - nees password)
  • Chembytes - (articles on chemistry topics)
  • Earth Portal - (includes the "Encyclopedia of Earth")
  • Encyclopedia of Bioethics - (Gale Virtual Reference Library - needs password)
  • Encyclopedia of life  - (database of 1.8 million species named and known on the planet)
  • Environmental Organization WebDirectory! – (comprehensive environmental search engine of organizations and issues –- animal rights, pollution, hazardous waste)
  • Genetics - (Gale Virtual Reference Library - needs password)
  • Genetics Home Reference, Your Guide to Understanding Genetic Conditions
  • Global Biodiversity Information Facility
  • Internet Bird Collection (IBC)
  • Internet History of Science Sourcebook
  • IUPAC Compendium of Chemical Terminology
  • MarineBio
  • MathWorld
  • NASA Earth Observatory
  • National Center for Biotechnology Information
  • National Center for Science Education
  • NatureServe - (species and ecosystems in peril)
  • North American Mammals - (Museum of Natural History -- all living mammals of North America)
  • Royal Society of Chemistry
  • San Diego Zoo--About the Animals
  • Science and its Times - (Gale Virtual Reference Library - needs password)
  • Science.gov - (search engine)
  • Selected Classic Papers from the History of Chemistry
  • Talk Origins Archive, Exploring the Creation/Evolution Controversy
  • Tree of Life Web - (diversity of organism on the Earth)
  • Understanding Evolution
  • Virtual Library in Evolution
  • Visual Elements - (Table of elements)
  • World Wide Science - (search engine)

Social Sciences

  • American Masculinities - (SAGE E-Reference - needs password)
  • Center for Media Literacy - (with Links to Other Media Literacy Sites)
  • Child Welfare Information Gateway - (child welfare, including adoption)
  • Encyclopedia of African American Society - (SAGE E-Reference - needs password)
  • Encyclopedia of American Urban History - (SAGE E-Reference -  needs password)
  • Encyclopedia of Anthropology - (SAGE E-Reference - needs password)
  • Encyclopedia of Career Development - SAGE -E-Reference -  needs password)
  • Encyclopedia of Children, Adolescents, and the Media - (SAGE E-Reference - needs password)
  • Encyclopedia of Community - (SAGE E-Reference - needs password)
  • Encyclopedia of Crime and Punishment - (SAGE E-Reference - needs password)
  • Encyclopedia of Evaluation - (SAGE E-Reference - needs password)
  • Encyclopedia of Governance - (SAGE E-Reference - needs password)
  • Encyclopedia of Homelessness - (SAGE E-Reference - needs password)
  • Encyclopedia of Human Geography -(SAGE E-Reference - needs password)
  • Enyclopedia of Juvenile Justice - (SAGE E-Reference - needs password)
  • Encyclopedia fo Law Enforcement - (SAGE E-Reference - needs password)
  • Encyclopedia fo Murder and Violent Crime - (SAGE E-Reference - needs password)
  • Encyclopedia of New Media - (SAGE E-Reference - needs password)
  • Encyclopedia of Prisons and Correctional facilities - (SAGE E-Reference - needs password)
  • Encyclopedia of Public Relations - (SAGE E-Reference - needs password)
  • Encyclopedia of Soical Science and Research Methods - (SAGE E-Reference - needs password)
  • Encyclopedia of Sociology - (Gale Virtual Reference Library - needs password)
  • Encyclopedia of social Theory - (SAGE E-Reference. - needs password)
  • Encyclopedia of Social  Welfare History in North America - (SAGE E-Reference - needs password)
  • International Encyclopedia of Marriage and the Family - (Gale Virtual Reference Library - needs password)
  • Intute: Social Sciences - (comprehensive gateway to social sciences, including education and business)
  • Joint Council on International Children's Services - (current country/legislative info on adoption with adoption agencies, child welfare organizations, etc.)
  • Media Literacy Online Project - ("nature of the mass media, techniques used by them, and the impact of these techniques". Extensive site exploring culture, technology, advertising, film, TV, music, media, mass communication, education, children, ethnicity, and gender issues, including relevant free online journals.)
  • Procon.org - (pros and cons of controversial issues)
  • Social Trends and Indicators USA - (Gale Virtual Reference Library - needs password)

Spanish

  • 123TeachMe - Learn Spanish Online
  • Dos Mundos: en breve
  • Enfoques
  • Grammar exercises
  • Interactive grammar and vocabulary exercises
  • Jergas - (phrases and slang from different Spanish-speaking countries)
  • Latinworld
  • Si, Spain
  • StudySpanish.com
  • Verbix - (verb conjugations)

Sports

  • Scholarly Sport Sites - (comprehensive site)
  • SPORTQuest - (search engine)

Statistics

  • Pew Hispanic Center - (Statistics on Hispanic experiences in the U.S.)
  • See Colorado and Federal, National Center for ... Statistics under Education and Health above
  • Statistical Resources - (Johns Hopkins)(comprehensive and by topic)
  • Statistical Resources on the Web - (Univ of Mich)

Youth Ministry

  • Youth Resources: All4Jesus' Youth Resources
  • Youth Ministry Resources Galore - (extensive list of Christian links for youth ministry, games, Christian music and songs of praise, etc.)
  • Youth Specialties Youth Ministry Resources for Youth Workers - (comprehensive, includes music and magazines)
  • YouthPastor.com
   
 
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