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| Academic Earth: Video Lectures from the World's Top Scholars | |
Academic Earth offers more than 1,500 videos of course lectures from top-rated universities. Video and audio portions of lectures are provided among over 17 subjects. | |||
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ACLS Humanities E-Books | |
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| Attorney.org | |
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Bartlett's Familiar Quotations | |
10th Edition. | ||
| Biographical: NNDB: Tracking the Entire World | |
This site collects information on "noteworthy" people with about 37,000 profiles. You can use a mapper tool to map people and to make connections between them. | |||
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Biographies: Credo Reference | |
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Biographies & Memoirs eBooks | |
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Birds of North America | |
detailed and scientific information covering each of the 716 species of birds that nest in the US and Canada. | ||
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Braintrack | |
The World's most complete Education-Index. Over 5500 Links to Higher Educational Institutions in 161 Countries. | ||
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Britannica Image Quest | |
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| British Museum Collection Database Search | |
This database provides two-dimensional works from around the world located in the collections of the British Museum. | |||
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World Leaders - CIA Publications | |
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CIA World Factbook | |
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Cities of the United States, Gale Virtual Reference Library | |
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The Columbia Gazetteer of the World | |
is an encyclopedia of geographical places and features. | ||
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Columbia Granger's World of Poetry | |
190,000 full-text poems. | ||
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Countries of the World and Their Leaders Yearbook 2012 | |
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Credo Reference Center | |
Credo Reference is a leading provider of reference services for libraries and information centers. By using unique proprietary technology that integrates information through a network of intelligent, multi-dimensional cross-references, Credo Reference delivers real added value to students, researchers, businesses and reference help desks worldwide. | ||
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Currency Exchange - Universal Currency Converter | |
provided by Xenon Laboratories. | ||
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Digital Library SunSITE | |
at UC Berkeley | ||
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eBook Collection - Browse by Subject (Firefox browser recommended) | |
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EDGAR | |
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission corporation filings (10-K, 10-Q etc.) | ||
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The European Library | |
Search library catalogs across the European National Library and other libraries throughout Europe. Search collections of rare books and maps that are accessible online through catalogs. | ||
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Excite - Travel | |
Travel information and more. | ||
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Fiction eBooks | |
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FinAid | |
the Financial Aid Information Page. This page provides a free, comprehensive, independent, and objective guide to student financial aid. | ||
| Foreign Information by Country | |
Links to web sites for approximately 245 countries/territories is assembled here. Each country has a profile that contains links that are arranged into categories: Government Information, Country Profiles, Diplomatic Relations, Health, Peacekeeping and Military Information, and Related Topics. This is a valuable resource for those seeking in-depth, comprehensive information about a country. | |||
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Free ebooks | |
An alphabetical list of websites where free ebooks can be downloaded, read online, or searched for via directories or web portals. | ||
| Frequently Asked Questions on the Web | |
can search for frequently asked questions (and answers to them) by keyword or quickly browse by newsgroup hierarchy. | |||
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Global Edge | |
a web-portal to knowledge connecting international business professionals worldwide to information, insights and learning resources on global business activities. | ||
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GPA Calculator | |
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GPO FDsys | |
This online catalog is the finding tool for federal publications and provides direct links to documents available electronically on a wide variety of subjects. It includes descriptive records for both historical and current publications. To access only electronic documents, click on the Advanced Search tab, then select Internet Publications from Catalogs to Search at the top of the screen. | ||
| Hoover's Online | |
Features Masterlist Plus company database | |||
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Human Rights Library | |
a combined effort of the University of Minnesota Law Library and West Publishing. | ||
| ibiblio | |
The Public library and Digital Archive | |||
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Internet Archive | |
The Internet Archive, a 501(c)(3) non-profit, is building a digital library of Internet sites and other cultural artifacts in digital form. Like a paper library, we provide free access to researchers, historians, scholars, and the general public. |
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Internet Public Library | |
IPL is now in its second version, incorporating the original IPL and now Librarian's Internet Index. This site is maintained by librarians and graduate students in MLS/MLIS programs and is constantly updated. Websites that are linked are assessed with a collection development policy to ensure that the information is the best available and most trustworthy. | ||
| Learners TV | |
free website offering 10,000+ videos of lectures on a variety of subjects including biology, physics, chemistry, computers, medicine, dentistry, nursing, engineering, accounting, management, psychology, history, language, literature, and law from various universities. The site also includes more than 400 Science Animations and practice tests for medical topics. | |||
| Library Grants Center | |
Aids librarians and friends of libraries identify funding opportunities. | |||
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Linguistics: Lib Guide by Credo Reference | |
Find reference books, terms and definitions, information about languages and their families, and linguists and language philosophers. | ||
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Local Times Around the World | |
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The National Archives Experience: Digital Vaults | |
The National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) collects and preserves US government records. Its Digital Vaults include approximately 1,200 digitized documents, photographs, drawings, maps and film clips. Search by keyword and tags; customize the exhibit experience by collecting images and creating posters, movies and games that can be shared by email. This media-rich site requires Adobe Flash 9 player, but an html version of the site is accessible. | ||
| National Debt | |
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The Nationalism Project | |
The Nationalism Project is a scholarly website with information about anything regarding the topic of nationalism. It offers clearly unbiased information on nationalism with links to other useful websites. | ||
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Native American Studies: Lib Guide by Credo Reference | |
Locate reference books, information about tribes, and Native American History in this Lib Guide by Credo. | ||
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O*NET Online | |
provides hundreds of occupation-specific records that detail information for each about the work, knowledge required, requirements, wages, employment data, and more. Search for various occupations by skill sets, industry codes, occupations in demand, and required schooling. | ||
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Peterson's Education Center | |
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| PollingReport.com | |
provides trends in American public opinion. | |||
| ProCon.org | |
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| Project Diana | |
the international archive of human rights legal documentation. | |||
| Publisher's Catalogs Home Page | |
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Pulitzer Prize Winners | |
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The Quotable Woman: The First 5,000 Years | |
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Quotations: Credo Reference Center | |
Consult works such as Bloomsbury Biographical Dictionary of Quotations, Book of Bible Quotations, and Respectfully Quoted. | ||
| refdesk.com | |
"Refdesk is free and family friendly. The site is the single best source for facts on the Net; a one-stop site for all things Internet: news, weather, sports, reference, encyclopedia, facts on file, dictionaries and encyclopedias, tutorials, search engines, Windows Operating Systems Resources, free stuff, games and much more." | |||
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Reference eBooks | |
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| Research and Subject Guides | |
from the University Library of the University of California, Santa Cruz. | |||
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RHIN: Refuge Health Information Network | |
This is a collaboration between health professionals and the National Library of Medicine to promote the health and welfare of refugees. This provides health information for both refugees and those providing care to them. | ||
| Scholarly Societies Project | |
links to scholarly society Web pages or gophers which meet the University of Waterloo Library's selection guidelines. It excludes state or local chapters of larger societies and some selective institutes. | |||
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Seas and Waterways of the World: an Encyclopedia of History, Uses, and Issues | |
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| The Secular Web | |
is an index of humanist, atheist, agnostic and other miscellaneous resources sponsored by the Internet Infidels. | |||
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Shakespeare Survey | |
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| Soshiku | |
online semester-type planner that manages assignments | |||
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Sun and Moon Rise and Set (U.S. Naval Observatory) |
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Tax Forms | |
Replicas of the official IRS forms. Most can be printed, filled out, and filed with the IRS. Includes link to download Adobe Acrobat Reader necessary to view the forms | ||
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Texas Reference Center | |
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Treasures from Europe's National Libraries | |
is a virtual exhibition with descriptions and images of treasures from all over Europe, going back as far as the 8th century. | ||
| Tutorials | |
Tutorials for free access resources | |||
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United States Postal Service (USPS) | |
Includes postal rates and Zip+4 database | ||
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U.S. Weather Maps | |
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Victoria Research Web: Scholarly Sources for Victorian Research | |
This site offers a collection of resources regarding the Victorian era, including searchable catalogs and sources for photographs and images. | ||
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Weather - University of Michigan | |
was created by the Weather Underground of the University of Michigan and has links to hundreds of other weather sites. | ||
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The Weather Channel | |
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| Weather by CNN | |
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Weather: Wunderground | |
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| WebElements | |
is an online periodic table. Two versions are available, a Professional edition and a Scholar's Edition. | |||
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West's Encyclopedia of American Law | |
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| World Flags Database | |
is maintained by Graham Bartram. | |||
| WWW-VL European History Primary Sources | |
An index of scholarly websites offering online access to digitized primary sources on European history. Websites listed on EHPS are not only meta-sources but also include invented archives & born digital sources. A short description is offered for each website listed, which are categorized according to country, language, period, subject & source type. The portal can be searched in a variety of ways. Listed websites can be accessed for free; some require registration. EHPS is a work in progress; new content is regularly added. Stay updated on new entries or specific categories in which you are interested by following EHPS via Twitter & Facebook. | |||
| WWW-VL The History Index | |
This Index's original author, Dr. Lynn H. Nelson, University of Kansas, launched this site in 1993. It is now maintained by Serge Noiret and Inaki Lopez Martin at the European University Institute, Florence, Italy. | |||
| WWW-VL History Central Catalogue | |
European University Institute, Florence, Italy: find historical materials and findings for worldwide historical subjects. | |||
