Web sites are chosen for relevance to the curriculum and for quick access to selected commonly-used resources. The list aims to be useful, but not comprehensive. Currency, authority, permanence, etc. are selection factors. For all databases where it says needs password, go to Library Web or ask a librarian.
For general Internet searching, use Web Search.
Accounting
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 Connection – (comprehensive for art, artists,art education links, theater, film, dance, literature and music)
- ArtSource
- History of Art Virtual Library
- Mother of All Art History Links - (comprehensive)
National Endowment for the Arts
- 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)
- 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
- 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 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)
- FINWeb - (financial economics; includes journals, databases, resources)
- Intute: Social Sciences – (browse Business and Management)
- Investopia.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)
- Reference for Business
- Patent & Trademark Info Via the Internet
- WebEc - (World Wide Web Resources in Economics)
- Yahool! Finance - (comprehensive site)
Business Journals
Business 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)
- 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
Communications
Education
- 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)
- Distance Learning on the Net - (listing of institutions providing distance learning online and links to other distance learning portal sites)
- 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 Education - Gale Virtual Reference Library - needs password)
- 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
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)
- U.S. Federal Government Agencies 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
- 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)
- 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 Psychology
- 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)
- Health A to Z - (search engine for health and medicine)
- 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
- 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)
- 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.)
- Merck Manual - (drug reference)
- National Agricultural Library
- National Center for Health Statistics
- 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
- Neuropsychology Central
- 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
- Social Psychology Network - (comprehensive)
- 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 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 Memory - (primary documents and images of U.S. history)
- American Presidency (Grolier) - (comprehensive site)
- American West - (comprehensive site)
- Best of History Web Sites
- BJ Pinchbeck's History - (general, U.S., ancient, and world history)
- 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)
- 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)
- 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
- 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.)
- 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
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
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)
- Martindale Hubbell Legal Directory – (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
Literature
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
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)
- Encyclopedia of Religion - (Gale Virtual Reference Library - 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
- 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
- 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
Social Sciences
- Center for Media Literacy - (with Links to Other Media Literacy Sites)
- Intute: Social Sciences - (comprehensive gateway to social sciences, including education and business)
- 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.)
Sports
Statistics
Youth Ministry