CONTENT AREA LINKS

Business

Careers

• Best Jobs U.S.A. - search job openings, cities judged best places to live & work, company profiles, etc.
• Bureau of Labor Statistics Home Page
• Occupational Outlook Handbook - searchable and browsable online version

Colleges & Universities

• 2001 Colleges, College Scholarships, and Financial Aid Page - grouped by state, easy access to email addresses for the admissions offices of specific colleges & universities, free scholarship and financial aid information, and tips for preparing for admissions tests
• College and University Rankings - developed by staff at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, this site provides a list of links to four-year college and university rankings and includes a section entitled "Caution and Controvery" dealing with the debate over the accuracy and appropriateness of college rankings
• College Board Online - a searchable site for information on scholarships, tests, and online college applications
• CollegeNET - allows applicants to complete, file, and pay for their admissions applications entirely through the internet for 500 colleges and universities; includes a search feature which allows users to set several criteria and has hot links to college and university web pages
• Embark.com - provides information on researching, preparing, applying, and financing for higher education
• FAFSA on the web - apply for financial aid online
• fastWEB! (Financial Aid Search Through the Web) - describes itself as "the Internet's largest free scholarship search." Individual students can set up personal profiles and receive information in the FastWEB mailbox.
• FinAid: The Financial Aid Information Page - describes itself as "a free, comprehensive, independent, and objective guide to student financial aid"
• AcademicASSIST - a free browsable or searchable listing of financial aid souces for college based on specific keywords.
• Peterson’s: Colleges and Universities - searchable information on undergraduate programs, application process, and financial aid

Currency Exchange

• The Currency $ite by Oanda - updated daily at 8:00 p.m. EST/EDT
• Universal Currency Converter

Business/Stocks

• American Stock Exchange
• Daily Stocks - a stock & mutual fund search engine
• Entrepreneur Magazine Online
• Hoover’s Online - free search of 12,000 company capsules, basic information about a company (a short description of the company and information such as the company's location, top officers, sales, links to stock quotes, news, etc.)
• The Nasdaq Stock Market
• The New York Stock Exchange
• RedHerring.com|The business of Innovation - provides recent stock market information, including previous day's closing prices and one-year graphs of historical prices; updated automatically, usually between 7:00 p.m. EDT and 9:00 p.m. EDT, from an email source in California to reflect the current day's closing information; consists of general market news and quotes for selected stocks
• The Ultimate Guide to Mutual Funds - searchable directory of over 7500 mutual funds from Money.com
• U.S. Securities & Exchange Commission - primary purpose of the SEC site is “to provide the investing public with a reliable source of investment guidance, advice, and information so that they may make wise investing decisions.”
• Wall Street Research - access financial data
• Yahoo Finance - comprehensive, free information about stocks and mutual funds; price charts, news stories, brief company profiles, analysts’ earnings estimates and quarterly and annual filings with the SEC available

Fine Arts

Art

• Artcyclopedia - contains a searchable database of 7500+ artists; searchable by title, artist, museum, medium, subject, and movement
• FAMSF: Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco - features more than 70,000 images from the collections of the DeYoung Museum in Golden Gate Park and the Legion of Honor Museum in Lincoln Park.

Drama

• The Costume Page - comprehensive index of over 2000 costume and costuming-related links

Music

• The J.S. Bach Home Page
• The Mozart Project - biography, compositions, selected essays, bibliography, and links to other Mozart resources

Foreign Language

General

• The Cook’s Thesaurus - Suggests substitutions for thousands of cooking ingredients, including ethnic foods
• Recipe Source - new home of SOAR: Searchable Online Archive of Recipes, a searchable and browsable database of over 38,000 recipes

French

• France.com - information on French culture, travel, foods, media, and business
• Ministere de la culture et de la communication - links to cultural information on France

Spanish

• Latin America - Historical text archive
• Spain - Primary documents

Guidance

Careers

• Best Jobs U.S.A. - search job openings, cities judged best places to live & work, company profiles, etc.
• Bureau of Labor Statistics Home Page
• Occupational Outlook Handbook - searchable and browsable online version

Colleges & Universities

• 2001 Colleges, College Scholarships, and Financial Aid Page - grouped by state, easy access to email addresses for the admissions offices of specific colleges & universities, free scholarship and financial aid information, and tips for preparing for admissions tests
• College and University Rankings - developed by staff at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, this site provides a list of links to four-year college and university rankings and includes a section entitled "Caution and Controvery" dealing with the debate over the accuracy and appropriateness of college rankings
• College Board Online - a searchable site for information on scholarships, tests, and online college applications
• CollegeNET - allows applicants to complete, file, and pay for their admissions applications entirely through the internet for 500 colleges and universities; includes a search feature which allows users to set several criteria and has hot links to college and university web pages
• Embark.com - provides information on researching, preparing, applying, and financing for higher education
• FAFSA on the web - apply for financial aid online
• fastWEB! (Financial Aid Search Through the Web) - describes itself as "the Internet's largest free scholarship search." Individual students can set up personal profiles and receive information in the FastWEB mailbox.
• FinAid: The Financial Aid Information Page - describes itself as "a free, comprehensive, independent, and objective guide to student financial aid"
• AcademicASSIST - a free browsable or searchable listing of financial aid souces for college based on specific keywords.
• Peterson’s: Colleges and Universities - searchable information on undergraduate programs, application process, and financial aid

Health & Physical Education

• Achoo Healthcare Online - searchable subject directory of over 7000 health and medical websites
• Centers for Disease Control & Prevention - Diseases, Health Risks, Prevention Guidelines & Strategies
• drkoop.com - "Health news, family health, health resources, and health and wellness are some of the areas offered ..."
• Harvard Medical School Family Health Guide - links the print version of the text to a continually updated resource
• Health & Medicine - Multnomah County Library's page of links to health-related links
• Healthfinder - a gateway to web medical information from the U.S. government
• HealthGate - current information on several medical diseases/conditions
• Health-Related Organizations
  • Alzheimer’s Association
  • American Cancer Society
  • American Diabetes Association
  • American Heart Association - information on prevention and treatment of heart disease and strokes
  • American Lung Association - information on lung diseases including asthma, bronchitis, influenza, pneumonia, etc.
  • National Cancer Institute
  • The Parkinson's Web
• InteliHealth - sponsored by Johns Hopkins University and organized by wellness and disorder topics
• IPL: Health & Medical Science References
• New England Journal of Medicine - a searchable archive of past issues
• MayoClinic.com - searchable current health information from Mayo Clinic, updated daily
• MedicineNet - information on diseases, drugs, first aid, etc.; includes a medical dictionary
• RxList-The Internet Drug Index - information on prescription drugs, drug interactions, top 200 drugs

Language Arts

Composition

• A+ Research and Writing for High School & College Students - guide to researching and writing compositions from the Internet Public Library
• Common Errors in English - includes commonly confused words, misspellings, and grammatical errors.
• Elements of Style - a classic reference on style in writing
• MerriamWebster WWW Dictionary/Thesaurus
• Roget’s Internet Thesaurus of English Words & Phrases
• Bartleby.com: Great Books Online - web access to reference, verse, fiction, and nonfiction full-text books online

American

• American Verse Project-a project of the University of Michigan Humanities Text Initiative and UM Press to assemble "an electronic archive of volumes of American poetry prior to 1920"

British

• Shakespear's Globe Research Database - links to the Globe Theater and its reconstruction
• The Complete Works of William Shakespeare - online version of the complete works of Shakespeare with links to other Internet resources related to his life and times.

World

• Bulfinch's Mythology - searchable online version of Bulfinch's Mythology with links to other mythology search engines
• Greek Mythology
• The Encyclopedia Mythica - over 4200 articles on world mythologies, folklore, and legends
• Legends - a good site for exploring the history, literature, and lore on King Arthur, Robin Hood, and pirates
• Mythweb - devoted to the gods, heroes, and monsters of Greek mythology

Poetry

• Poet's Corner - "There are many works here, both obscure and familiar, from well and lesser known poets. Works range from medieval ballads in Middle English to traditional ballads, popular songs of centuries past, and interpretations of American Indian chants."

Motion Picture Reviews

• Film.com - reviews from 1991 to the present by 30+ professional critics
• IMDb: Internet Movie Database - an extensive searchable database of motion pictures

Mathematics

• Digital Generation Unit Conversions - provides wide range of conversions
• The Geometry Center - "Extensive resources on teaching and learning geometry at any level"
• MEGA Mathematics - created by the mathematicians at Los Alamos National Labs, this site explains many complex theories of math

Practical Arts

Technical Education

• From Now On - Educational Technology for Schools
• webTeacher: Your Source for Web Knowledge - sponsored by National Cable Television Association & TECH CORPS; includes tutorials on a wide variety of web topics ranging from browser use, searches, and images to java scripting

Foods

• The Cook’s Thesaurus - Suggests substitutions for thousands of cooking ingredients
• FDA: Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition - includes FAQs ranging from cosmetics, foodborne illnesses to nutrition and contaminents
• The Kitchen Link - master index to over 10,000 food and cooking links on the web
• Nutrition Navigator: A Rating Guide to Nutrition Websites - developed by Tufts University to show people "how to quickly find information best suited to their needs and whether to trust the information they find there."
• Recipe Source - the new home of SOAR: Searchable Online Archive of Recipes, a searchable and browsable database of over 70,000 recipes
• Veggies Unite! - Online guide to vegetarianism including recipes and substitutions

Science

General

• Digital Generation Unit Conversions - provides wide range of conversions

Biology

• Anthropology: Human Origins Website - numerous links related to anthropology; page is associated with a class offered at the University of Minnesota
• The Human Genome - from the National Center for Biotechnology Information, includes a "physical map" of the human genome with the total genes on the chromosomes and the full name of the gene expression
• Human Genome Project - from the US Dept. of Energy includes information about HGP, research, education, medicine and ethical, legal and social issues; also allows user to look up specific chromosome number and learn what afflictions or diseases are carried on that chromosome.
• MendelWeb - “an educational resource for teachers and students interested in the origins of classical genetics, introductory data analysis, elementary plant science, and the history and literature of science”
• Theory of Evolution and Creation Science - designed to help a person for his/her own theories on the creation/evolution debate; discusses three theories of origins - natural evolution, creation science, theistic evolution

Chemistry

• History of Chemistry - links to websites relating to the history of science and chemistry, biographies of scientists, history of atomic structure theory
• Polymers & Liquid Crystals - a visual textbook, sponsored by Case Western Reserve University
• A Periodic Table of the Elements at Los Alamos National Laboratory - each element can be clicked on for its history and additional information

Genetic Engineering

• Genomics - A brief guide to Genomics

Physical Science

• Plate Tectonics - images from USGS of each continent indicating plates, volcanoes, earthquakes
• U.S. Geological Survey - searchable database for biology, geology, mapping, and water topics
  • Understanding Plate motions - discusses and illustrates the four types of plate boundaries
• New Global Seafloor Topography from Satellite Altimetry

Physics

• Interactive Physics and Math with Java

Social Studies

Country Resources

• CIA World FactBook - current issues, historical perspective, geography, government, people, economy, and other data
• Country Studies - a continuing series prepared by the Federal Research Division of the Library of Congress under the Country Studies/Area Handbook Program sponsored by the Department of the Army; some data may not have been updated so check “research completed” date at end of each report
• Database Europa - information on the geography, culture, history, etc. of European countries
• Electronic Embassy - information on all foreign embassies in Washington, DC
• Exploring Ancient Cultures - designed as an online course supplement that features essays and primary texts and internet site, chronology, image, and electronic text indexes on the Near East, India, Egypt, China, Greece, Rome, Islam, and Europe
• INCORE: Conflict Data Service - current list of links to informaiton about countries and regions of the world which are at war, have the threat of war, or need peacekeeping forces to prevent warfare.
• Lonely Planet on-line - check out the “Destinations” section for information and down-to-earth travel information on most countries
• U.S. State Department - Services - Travel Warnings & Consular Information Sheets
• World Wide Holiday and Festival Site - searchable & browsable index of religious and national holidays; includes date(s) observed
• World Wide Web Virtual Library: Indigenous Studies - links to sites on indigenous groups throughout the world

Current Events & Issues

• Amnesty International USA: Human Rights News & Articles - short summaries of most recent news on human rights from each country, links to full articles and earlier articles from each country
• CNN.com: All Politics - current political news, analysis, polls with searchable archives
• Social Issues: Multnomah County Library Homework Center - "created to meet the needs of Multnomah County middle and high school students researching current social issues from multiple perspectives."

Government

• U. S.
  • Executive Branch
  • Food and Drug Administration
  • PARKNET: The National Park Service
  • U.S. Census Bureau Home Page
  • White House
  • Immigration and Naturalization Service
  • Overview of Immigration History - traces immigration, legislation restricting it, and the changing roles of the INS from the latter 1800s to the present
  • Historical Articles
  • Naturalization Test: 100 sample questions - a list of the 100 questions and answers given to people to help them prepare for the citizenship test
  • Naturalization Self-Test - Test your knowledge of U.S. history and the structure of our government; practice for the test given to obtain citizenship
  • Legislative Branch (Congress)
  • U.S. Judicial Branch Resources - U.S. Constitution with links to Supreme Court Opinions, U.S. Code, links to Supreme Court Decisions
  • Government Search - searches websites of government agencies of the U.S. and foreign governments.
  • National Constitution Center - includes links for History, Forums & Debates, In the News, Kids Collection, For Fun, and Warren E. Burger Lessson Plans
  • National Debt - provides an analysis of the budget, history and summary of the debt, commentary on budget reduction proposal, etc.

• Supreme Court
  • FindLaw: Supreme Court Opinions - a searchable database of every opinion since 1893; browsable by year and by U.S. Reports volume number
  • Legal Information Institute and Hermes - a searchable database of all opinions of the Supreme Court since May, 1990, plus 580 historic cases.
  • Oyez Oyez Oyez - hear oral arguments before the U.S. Supreme Court, read biographies of every U.S. Supreme Court Justice, go on a virtual tour of the court building and lots more
  • USSC+ Online - a database of United States Supreme Court cases searchable by name, subject, or citation.
  • U.S. Historical Documents Archive - searchable and browsable database of full text of famous U.S. historical documents, speeches, and inaugural addresses
• World
  • Chiefs of State and Cabinet Members of Foreign Governments
  • The EmbassyWeb - access information about diplomatic offices for countries worldwide.
  • Governments on the WWW - links to information on governments, political parties, institutions, etc; in many cases the information is not in English
  • Seven Wonders of the Ancient World
  • United Nations Home Page

• U.S. History
  • American Memory - American history as shown through documents, photographs, movies, and sound recordings
  • American Immigration - wealth of information on immigration: reasons, methods, sources, destinations, treatment, effects
  • Detroit Publishing Company Photographs - includes over 25,000 glass negatives and transparencies as well as about 300 color photolithograph prints, mostly of the eastern United States dated 1880-1920
  • History Buff
  • History Net - "Specialty topics include American and world history, the Civil War and World War II."
  • The History Place - focuses primarily on chronology of U.S. history, especially the Revolutionary War, Civil War, and World War II, but section on world history is being developed.
  • The Martin Luther King Jr. Papers Project at Stanford - primary and secondary papers of MLK
  • The Smithsonian Institution Home Page
  • Smithsonian Museums
  • Smithsonian Research Centers
  • United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
  • This Day in History - The History Channel features events which occurred on this date in history plus additional events on Wall Street, during the Civil War, and in automotive history. Database can be searched by date or topic.
  • Today in History - The Library of Congress highlights events which occurred on today's date in history with links to more detailed information on each event. The archive can be searched by date, month, or topic.
  • U.S. Civil War Center at Louisiana State University
• World History
  • Australian Geological Survey Organization - information on plate tectonics, climate change, volcanoes, earthquakes, etc.
  • National Geographic Magazine
  • Plate Tectonics
  • Understanding Plate Motions - discusses and illustrates the four types of plate boundaries
  • Encyclopedia Titanica - a comprehensive site about the Titanic with crew and passenger lists including biographies, interactive deck plans, excerpts from letters and reports, and photographs
  • Historical Text Archive - articles, documents, books, and photographs grouped by subject and geographical area
  • History - American and British - numerous links to reliable sources by Tom Glynn of Rutgers University
  • History Guide - "An exemplary site that provides evaluative criteria and metadata about each link" (SLJ2/00) with emphasis on Anglo-American history from Lower Saxony State University, Lottingen, Germany
  • World War I - Trenches on the Web