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  • 50States.com: States and Capitals
    Facts about all the states, including the motto, flag, and song.


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  • AAASP Online: Association for the Advancement of Applied Sport Psychology
    Information on conferences, publications and member services, with links to sites on sports psychology.


  • ABC-Lit: an Index to Children’s Literature Scholarship
    A searchable index to article citations devoted to children’s literature scholarship, from 1995 to the present. (Lisa R. Bartle, Cal State San Bernardino)


  • Academic Search Premier
    Provides indexing and abstracts for articles in over 8200 publications, both scholarly and popular, in a broad range of subject areas. Full text or page image of articles is available from over 4700 of these publications. (EBSCOHost via NCLive)


  • The Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences
    Provides history, information on the most recent broadcast, and access to the Academy Awards database, which contains information about the award from 1927 to the present.


  • AccessScience
    Online version of The McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Science and Technology. 7100+ articles; 115,000 dictionary terms; 2000 in-depth biographies; weekly updates of scientific breakthroughs and discoveries; links to related web resources. (McGraw-Hill)


  • Accounting Terminology Guide
    Over 450 terms providing a broad overview of terms commonly used by accountants and financial analysts. Areas covered include accounting, auditing, taxation, finance, and business law, and include acronyms. Cross-referenced. (New York State Society of CPAs).


  • ACLS History E-Book Collection
    Access to the full text of over 1,180 scholarly electronic books of major importance to historical studies. (American Council of Learned Societies)


  • Acronym Finder
    "The world's largest and most accurate human-edited dictionary of acronyms, abbreviations and initialisms." Includes information technology, business and finance, organizations, schools, slang and pop culture, military and government, science and medicine.


  • Action for Children North Carolina
    County data, resources, legislation, public information. Provides access to the NC Child Health Report Card, an annual evaluation of key indicators of physical well-being for children in NC to age 18. Searchable.


  • ActiveParks.org
    National Recreation and Park Association.


  • Adherents.com
    A collection of adherent and religious geography statistics. Search by religion or location.


  • Administration for Children and Families; Programs and Services
    Website for programs and services; summarizes units which assist states and territories in providing for community development, childcare and protective agencies. (US Dept. of Health and Human Services)


  • Administration on Aging
    Repository of information on government agencies, programs and initiatives dedicated to aging Americans. (US Dept. of Health and Human Services)


  • The African American Mosaic
    Includes letters, newspaper accounts, documents, photographs, and slave narratives. (Library of Congress)


  • African-American Poetry
    Full text of 3,000 poems written in the late 18th and 19th centuries. (Chadwyck-Healey via NCLive)


  • Africans in America
    America's journey through slavery, spanning from 1450 through 1865. Includes narrative, images, primary documents, biographies, and commentary. In 4 parts, with teacher's guides.(PBS)


  • AGRICOLA
    Identify journal articles, government documents, technical reports, books, patents, and audiovisual resources from agricultural sources, including botany, ecology, environmental science, freshwater and marine sciences, and forestry from 1970 to the present. (National Agricultural Library)


  • AICPA Online
    Includes news, organizational information, links to sites, career opportunities, materials for educators. (American Institute of Certified Public Accountants)


  • AJR
    News and columns from the American Journalism Review with links other news sources.(American Journalism Review)


  • Alan Banks' Class Page
    Intended as a resource for his sociology students at East Kentucky University. Of greatest benefit is a series of links to web resources on such topics as sociology, activism, Appalachia, the economy, think tanks, and government sites.


  • All-in-One Bible Resources Search
    Allows one to search many Biblical texts and translations, resource pages and other web resources simultaneously. (Dr. Mark Goodacre, University of Birmingham, UK)


  • All-Movie Guide
    Comprehensive, from silent to forthcoming, search by film, person or keyword. Critical and reference information on films and performers, primarily American. Plot summaries, complete credits and awards. 20,000+ biographies.


  • All-Music Guide
    Rich in content, provides a history of popular music in the 20th century, as well as classical music from medieval to contemporary. Hundreds of essays, thorough discographies, biographical and critical information, bibliographies and extensive cross reference links. Searchable. Free, requires registration to access some features.


  • Almanac of Higher Education
    An annual compilation of facts and figures about American higher education, archived back to 1995. (Chronicle of Higher Education)


  • ALSC Awards & Children’s Notables
    Information about the various children’s literature awards and award winners from the section of the American Library Association that issues the Caldecott and Newbery Awards. Also provides information about children’s notables in all types of media. (Association for Library Service to Children)


  • American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance
    News, programs, professional activities, and resources.


  • American Apparel Manufacturers Association
    Provides statistics, industry news, organizational activities, list of publications.


  • American Choral Directors Association


  • American Civil War: Letters and Diaries
    A searchable collection of over 100,000 pages of diaries and correspondence written in the period around the American Civil War. (Alexander Street Press)


  • American College of Sports Medicine


  • American Decorative Arts
    20th-century modern design (1925-1975).


  • American Express Small Business Exchange
    Click on "Articles and Discussions" for advice and interactive tools dealing with various aspects of operating a business. (American Express)


  • American Factfinder
    Industry and business facts, community profiles, links to economic census reports. Search by industry or geography. Will produce customized reports. (US Census Bureau)


  • American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
    Unabridged dictionary; 350,000+ entries. Includes examples of use; historical notes. 4th ed., c2000. (Bartleby)


  • American Institute of Physics (AIP)
    Information about AIP, its publications, online products and services. Career planning and placement. Links to other societies and web resources.


  • American Life Histories
    Manuscripts from the Federal Writers’ Project, 1936-1940. 2,900 previously unpublished WPA interviews. (Library of Congress)


  • American Local History Network: North Carolina
    Search by NC county or by topic.


  • American Mathematical Society
    Information includes employment opportunities, conferences & meetings, and publications. Research tools include MathSciNet(see link on this page), Math on the Web, Reference Tools. Searchable.


  • American Memory
    The National Digitized Library, consisting of historical materials from the collections of primary source materials at the Library of Congress. Provides public access to over 5 million historical items, organized into over 80 thematic collections. Includes documents, photographs, film and audio recordings. Searchable.


  • American Movie Classics
    "Great movies. And the stories behind them." A searchable site, includes a database of over 2,000 classic American films, with links to related resources.


  • American Photography: A Century of Images
    A century of images of cultural, historical and social importance. (Public Broadcasting System)


  • American Poetry
    Full text of 40,000 poems by 200 American poets, Colonial period to the early 20th century. (Chadwick-Healey via NCLive)


  • American Psychological Association
    Site of the major professional association for psychologists in the US. Information for professionals, students and the public. Searchable.


  • American Religion Data Archive
    Intends to "preserve quantitative data on American religion". Includes data about churches, membership, congregations and denominations, as well as an annotated collection of related links. Searchable. (Dept. of Sociology, Penn. State University)


  • American Rhetoric: The Power of Oratory in the United States
    Provides online access to over 5000 speeches, either through text or audio files.(Michael Eidenmuller)


  • American Slavery: A Composite Autobiography
    A collection of the life histories of former slaves in the United States compiled through nearly 4,000 WPA interviews with ex-slaves. (Greenwood via NCLive)


  • American Sociological Association


  • American South Internet Resource Center
    Resources on the American South. (Univ. of North Carolina, Chapel Hill.


  • American Women
    "A gateway to Library of Congress resources for the study of women's history and culture in the United States." (Library of Congress)


  • American Women's History: Digital Collections of Primary Sources
    Links to digitized collections, arranged into more than 70 subject areas, as well as links to 50 state history collections. Subjects include American Indians, civil rights, clothing, education, film, immigrant women, music, politics, religion, scientists, sports and writers. (Ken Middleton, Middle Tennessee State University Library)


  • America's Best Graduate Schools
    Information on America's best graduate schools, ranked by US News & World Report, Inc.


  • America's Career Infonet
    Information on 460 occupations with salary data. Includes links to market outlook and job listings by profession and state. (U.S. Dept. of Labor)


  • America's Newspapers
    Full-text content of 10 U.S. newspapers, each the complete electronic edition of record. Each paper provides unique coverage of local and regional news, including companies, politics, sports, industries, cultural activities, and people in the community. (NewsBank via NCLive)


  • Amusement Park Physics
    What are the forces behind the fun? Explains the scientific principles behind roller coasters, free-fall, bumper cars, and the pendulum. Includes interactive activities, a physics glossary, and related links. (Annenberg/CPB Project)


  • Anatomy of the Human Body
    Classic 1918 ed. By Henry Gray. 1,247 engravings, many in color. (Bartleby)


  • Annals of American History
    Over 2000 entries, from 1493 to the present, provides a year-by-year documentary of American thought and action, in the original words of more than 1,500 authors who made and analyzed American history through speeches, writings, memoirs, poems, and interviews. (Britannica via NCLive)


  • Annual Reports Online
    Provides information and guidance on how to access annual reports on the Internet, with tips on how to read the reports effectively. Provides links to sample reports, investor guides and related sites. Includes information on non-profit annual reports, with links to related sites.


  • Annual Review of Psychology


  • Annual Reviews
    Authoritative, analytic reviews in 30 disciplines within the biomedical, physical and social sciences. Search or browse.


  • APA Journals
    Browse or search contents of current publications of the American Psychological Association.


  • Appalachian Center at the University of Kentucky
    Provides information on the research, instruction, and publications of the Center, as well as links to resources on regional history, genealogy, environment, geography, folklife and culture.


  • Appalachian Regional Commission
    The official site of the Appalachian Regional Commission, provides contact information at the local, state and federal level; regional reports and research, programs, grants.


  • Appalachian Resources on the Web
    Extensive, unannotated list of links, organized into the following categories: Research Centers, Archives & Academic Programs, Cultural Preservation, Environmental Issues, Organizations, Publications, Multicultural Appalachia, West Virginia, Music, Instruments, Performers, Literature, and Events. (Shepherd College)


  • Appalachian Studies Association
    Provides an on-line access to syllabi, links to research centers, libraries, federal and state resources, funding and teaching resources.


  • Applied and Interactive Theatre Guide
    "A resource for those who use theater techniques for more than arts and entertainment purposes, and for those whose theater styles incorporate other than traditional presentation styles." Includes information on print and online resources, lists of pertinent organizations. Searchable, annotated links. Areas include community issues, drama therapy, interactive improv, psychodrama, sociodrama, theatre of the oppressed, training and development. (Toni Sant)


  • AppLit
    Resources for readers and teachers of Appalachian literature for children and young adults. Articles, author resources, bibliographies, original stories and poems, lesson plans and links to Internet resources and study guides.(Tina L. Hanlon, Ferrum College and Judy A Teaford, Mountain State University)


  • Archives of Appalachia


  • Art & Architecture Thesaurus Online
    More than 125,000 terms covering fine art, architecture and decorative arts. More than a thesaurus, provides brief definitions of historic and contemporary terms. (J. Paul Getty Trust)


  • Art & Life in Africa Project
    Research materials for the study of African culture, life and art. Heavily illustrated. (Univ. of Iowa)


  • Art History Resources on the Web
    Links to sites on all periods, styles, regions. Encyclopedic. (Christopher Witcombe, Sweet Briar College)


  • Artcyclopedia: the Fine Arts Search Engine
    Searchable index to web sites that hold images or information relating to 5,000+ artists; mostly US or Western European. (John Malyon)


  • ArtLex Art Dictionary
    Dictionary and pronunciation guide to over 3,500 art terms.(Michael Delahunt)


  • ArtsEdge
    National arts and education network, offers free standards based teaching materials, professional development resources and student materials in dance, music, theater and the visual arts. (Kennedy Center)


  • ArtsMIA : Get the Picture
    Photographs by 7 photographers whose work is in the permanent collection of the Minneapolis Institute of Arts, with information intended to help one learn about great photographs and the approaches used by the photographers to make them. (Minneapolis Institute of Arts)


  • ARTstor
    Digital library of over 300,000 art images and associated information. Prehistoric to contemporary, international in scope, includes architecture, painting, sculpture, photography, decorative arts and design. To use, enable Java scripts, disable pop-up blockers. Click here for a User's Guide from the Yale University Arts Library.


  • Asheville Area Chamber of Commerce


  • Asheville Citizen Times
    Daily local, regional, state, and national news.


  • Asheville Sports -- Asheville Sports and Recreation Links


  • AsiaSource
    News articles and special reports on arts and culture, business and economics, policy and government, and society and history. (The Asia Society)


  • Association for Technology in Music Instruction


  • Atlapedia Online
    Full color physical and political maps as well as key facts and statistics about the countries of the world. (Latimar Clarke Corp.)


  • The Avalon Project at Yale Law School
    Searchable, digitized collection of primary documents in law, history, and diplomacy, from the Code of Hammurabi to the Wye River Memorandums. (Yale Univ.)


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  • Babel Fish
    Online translations to and from English, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish. Translates web sites as well as text entered by user.


  • Background Notes
    Information of geographic entities and international organizations. Information covers geography, people, government and political conditions, government officials, economy, history, foreign and US relations, travel and business information (US Dept. of State)


  • Bartleby.com: Great Books Online
    Searchable collection of the full text of classic "great books", arranged by category -- fiction, non-fiction, verse, and reference. (Steven H. van Leeuwen)


  • BBC Four: Audio Interviews: Writers
    Listen to over 40 interviews and portions of lectures with writers, playwrights and poets, including Chinua Achebe, William Butler Yeats, Harold Pinter, Margartet Atwood. Requires RealPlayer.


  • BBC Languages: French
    Multimedia learning resource, including French language news, activities and interactive instruction.


  • BBC Languages: German
    Multimedia learning resource, including German-language news, activities and interactive instruction.


  • BBC Languages: Spanish
    Multimedia learning resource, including Spanish language news, activities and interactive instruction.


  • BBC News
    Extensive coverage of the world's news, offering an alternative perspective to American-based news media.


  • Ben’s Guide to US Government for Kids
    Tools on how the government works for K-12 students, parents and teachers. (Superintendent of Documents, GPO)


  • Best of History Web Sites
    Award-winning, searchable directory of 700+ sites. Sites are ranked using a 5-star rating system and are arranged into the following categories: Prehistory; Ancient/Biblical; Medieval; U.S. History; Early Modern European; 20th Century; World War II; Art History; General; Maps. Find sites best suited for research or lesson plans and activities. (Thomas Daccord, Noble and Greenough School)


  • BiblioReview.com
    2100+ links to audio interviews, featuring bestselling and scholarly books and authors. Alphabetical by author. Requires RealPlayer


  • Biltmore Estate


  • Biographical Directory of the United States Congress: 1774 to the present


  • Biographies of Women Mathematicians
    A searchable site with browsing lists of names in alphabetical or chronological order, which lead to signed essays with references to additional information (including web and print). Additional lists include the first female PhD's from various North American universities and colleges, prizes, awards and honors for women mathematicians, and a collection of links to sites about women mathematicians and scientists. (Agnes Scott College)


  • Biography and Genealogy Master Index
    Indexing to 12 million biographical sketches from 1,000+ sources. (GaleNet)


  • Biography.com
    The web site of the Biography program on the A&E Television network. Provides biographical sketches on those 25,000 personalities featured on the program, not comprehensive, but broad in scope. Search by name or by birthdate.


  • A Biography of America
    Features 27 periods of American history, each section containing resources about key events, interactive maps, a transcript of the original PBS television program, and links to additional web resources. Designed as an on-line college-level course and includes interactive activities and exercises.(Annenberg/Center for Public Broadcasting)


  • The Biology Project
    An interactive online resource for learning biology. Provides tutorials on the following topics: biochemistry, cell biology, chemicals and human health, developmental biology, human biology, immunology, Mendelian genetics, and molecular biology. (University of Arizona)


  • BioOne
    An Internet-based collection of electronic journals published by scholarly societies, museums and other organizations in the biological, ecological and environmental sciences. Articles are fulltext, and include all illustrations and links from the original printed articles.


  • BioTech’s Life Science Dictionary
    Includes over 6,300 life science terms in biochemistry, biotechnology, botany, cell biology, and genetics. (Indiana Institute for Molecular and Cellular Biology, Indiana University)


  • The Black Film Center
    Links to web sites for black cinema. (Indiana University, Dept. of Afro-American Studies)


  • Blue Ridge Parkway


  • Blue Web'n: a Library of Blue Ribbon Learning Sites on the Web
    A fine collection of links to sites containing lessons, activities, projects, resources, reference and tools in 12 curriculum areas, for K-12 schools and college departments of education. (San Diego State Univ. & Pacific Bell)


  • Blue Web'n Health and Physical Education Links
    Includes links to health, nutrition, and physical education sites.


  • Booknotes; a Companion site to CSPAN Author Interview Series
    Hour-long interviews with authors of books about history, politics and public affairs. Includes transcripts, providing coverage from 1989 to the present. Seach by keyword or browse by date. (CSPAN


  • Books in Print with Reviews
    Search for in print, out of print and forthcoming books, audio books and videos. Includes full-text reviews for many titles.(Bowker)


  • BookWire
    Thousands of links to a wide variety of book-related sites and information, including Publisher's Weekly, awards, author tours, publishers, PW bestseller lists, booksellers and review sources.


  • Bplans: The Business Planning Experts
    Includes sample business plans for over 60 types of businesses. Includes marketing, advertising and web site plans. A fee is required for some resources on this site.


  • BRASS: Best of the Best Business Web Sites
    An annotated subject guide to the "best" business web sites, arranged in broad business categories. (Business Reference & Services Section; American Library Association)


  • BRASS: Core Competencies for Business Reference
    Annotated guide to the core resources for business information. Many web sites as well as print resources, selected by business librarians. (Business Reference & Services Section; American Library Association)


  • Brint.com
    "The premier portal and global knowledge network for business, information, technology, and knowledge managers, professionals, and entrepreneurs."


  • Britannica Online


  • Britannica Online School Edition


  • Britannica's Guide to Women's History
    Profiles of 300 women who infludenced the course of history, from antiquity to contemporary times. Primary sources, essays, video clips and learning resources. (Encyclopedia Britannica)


  • Bureau of Justice Statistics
    Information about crime in the US, with current statistics, organized into categories including crimes and victims, drugs and crime, criminal offenders, law enforcement and prosecution, courts and sentencing, corrections, expenditures and employment, and criminal records systems.


  • Bureau of Labor Statistics
    Up-to date U.S. economic statistical information, at the federal and state levels. Arranged in broad categories including Inflation & Consumer Spending; Wages, Earnings & Benefits; Productivity; Safety & Health; International; Occupations; Demographics; Employment& Unemployment; Industries; Business Costs. (U.S. Dept. of Labor)


  • Business Source Premier
    Indexing, abstracts, many full text articles (from 1984 to the present) from business periodicals. (EBSCOhost via NCLive)


  • By Popular Demand: Votes for Women Suffrage 1850-1920
    Portraits, photographs and cartoons commenting on the suffrage movment. Includes a timeline. These images are a companion to "Votes for Women: Selections from the American Woman's Suffrage Movement" (see below). (Library of Congress, American Memory Project)


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  • Calendars Through the Ages
    Provides a multicultural history of calendars, with an investigation of the 7 day week, the year, and a timeline of events related to calendar history. Includes Christian, Jewish, Islamic, Chinese, Mayan, and other calendars. (WebExhibits)


  • Cambridge History of English and American Literature
    The full text of the 18 volumes, published between 1907-1921. (Bartelby)


  • CAMIO
    Digital library of over 90,000 art images and associated information. Prehistoric to contemporary, international in scope, representing a broad range of works of art from collections of prominent museums. Includes architecture, painting, sculpture, photography, decorative arts and design. (RLG)


  • Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA)
    Federal financial and non-financial programs, projects, services, and activities that provide assistance or benefits to the American public.


  • Career Development Center
    Resources for career exploration, listings of job opportunities and potential employers, selected links for career planning, resume writing and job interview advice. (LifeWorks, Mars Hill College)


  • Census Bureau Minority Links
    Links to the latest trends and data on African Americans, Asian Pacific Islanders, and American Indians.


  • Census State Data Centers


  • Center for Appalachian Studies and Services
    (East Tennessee State University)


  • Center for Media and Public Affairs; Home of Media Analysis
    Data on top news stories, publication archives, press releases, television studies and analysis of political news reporting by Center for Media and Public Affairs, a non-partisan research and educational organization. Links to other media analysis groups.


  • Center for Multilingual Multicultural Research
    Provides links to African American, Asian American, Latino/Hispanic and Native American resources.(Univ. of Southern California)


  • Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
    Health Care Financing Administration homepage. Provides statistics and data, laws and regulations on Medicare, Medicaid and State Children's Insurance Programs. (US Dept. of Health and Human Services)


  • A Century of Lawmaking for a New Nation
    Digital access to approximately 700 physical volumes of materials reflecting the history and development of the U.S. Congress, spanning the first one hundred years of the nation's legislative process. Includes documents covering the First Congress, Letters of Delegates to Congress (1774-89), the American State Papers (1789-1838), the Revolutionary Diplomatic Correspondence, Joint Resolutions of the Senate (1824-73). Bibliographies, and links to related information on the Internet.


  • CEOExpress: the Executive's Internet
    "Business portal for executives created by a CEO." A vast collection of links, including daily news and information (newspapers, magazines and news feeds), business research (including financial markets, company research, investing), and office tools.


  • The Chemistry Society’s Network
    Learning resources; networks and societies; links to over 3,000 sites; Chemistry Society’s library, including Chembytes, their e-zine.


  • Chemistry.org; The American Chemical Society Online
    Chemistry in the news, career services, ACS publications, educational resources (k-college), ACS activities. Provides access to Chemical Abstracts Service (CAS) database. (American Chemical Society)


  • Child Welfare Information Gateway
    Information and resources to help protect children and strengthen families. Access to online publications, conference calendar, fact sheets, databases, and directories.Formerly National Clearinghouse on Child Abuse and Neglect Information and National Adoption Information Clearinghouse. (U.S. Dept. of Heath and Human Services)


  • Children Now: Children and the Media
    "Working to improve the quality of news and entertainment media both for children and about children’s issues." Public opinion surveys and independent research of the television and print media. (Children Now)


  • Children’s Literature: A Guide to the Criticism
    Annotated bibliography of articles and books relating to children’s literature criticism. Originally published in 1987 by G. K. Hall.(Linnea Hendrickson, University of New Mexico)


  • The Children’s Literature Web Guide
    "Internet resources related to books for children and young adults." Extensive collection of links to author sites, book awards, resources for parents, teachers, storytellers, writers, and illustrators. (David K Brown, Univ. of Calgary, Canada)


  • Choices Booklists
    Features lists of favorite books selected by children, young adults and teachers from the U.S. 1998 to the present. (International Reading Association)


  • CINAHL W/ Full-Text
    Indexing and abstracts for articles from journals on allied health disciplines; 1982 to the present.(EBSCOhost via NCLive)


  • Cinema: How are Hollywood films made?
    An online exhibit exploring the process of filmmaking, from screenwriter to the final cut. Includes excellent links to related sites. (Annenberg/CPB Project)


  • Classics in the History of Psychology
    Full-text collection of historically significant public domain documents from scholarly literature of psychology. Search by keyword or browse by author or topic. (Christopher Green, York University, Canada)


  • The Clio Awards
    "Honoring advertising excellence." Television, print/poster, radio, design and interactive advertising. Searchable archive of award winners and nominees, 1960-1999.


  • CNN.com


  • Cold War International History Project
    Articles from the CWIHP Bulletin and its Working Paper series. High quality collections of documents, generally drawn from former east bloc countries. (Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars)


  • College and University Rankings
    Features links to sites that contain rankings of colleges and universities. (University of Illinois)


  • College Foundation of North Carolina
    Provides general information about college costs and information about the NC Financial Aid Program, with links to programs funded by federal, state and private sources. Searchable. (NC State Education Assistance Authority)


  • The College Music Society


  • Color Landform Atlas of the United States
    Displays landform maps for each of the 50 states; choices include shaded relief map, country map or b&w map. (Ray Sterner, Johns Hopkins University)


  • Columbia Encyclopedia
    50,000 articles with bibliographic citations and cross references. 6th ed., 2000. (Bartleby)


  • Comic Book Periodic Table
    A fun site that shows comic book pages involving the elements. Provides access to Web Elements (see below) for scientific, technical information on the elements. (Dept. of Chemistry, Univ. of Kentucky)


  • Commission on Presidential Debates
    For transcripts of Presidential debates, with news and historical information


  • Common Errors in English
    Concerned with deviations from the standard use of English. (Paul Brians, Washington State University)


  • Communication Studies Resources
    A web directory organized into broad categories including cultural studies, film, gender and race, political communication, journalism and mass media. (Dept. of Communication Studies, Univ. of Iowa)


  • The Complete Works of William Shakespeare
    Full text of Shakespeare's plays and poetry. (The Tech, Mass. Institute of Technology)


  • Computer Science
    A rich collection of Internet links related to computer science, organized into 21 categories, including basic reference resources like dictionaries, encyclopedias, book reviews, calculators, and algorithm collections. Also provides links to professional associations and societies, employment opportunities, meetings and conferences. (Michael Knee, University at Albany Libraries)


  • Computer Science Resources
    Information and links to resources including people, organizations, institutions, resources and pathfinders. (Physics – Astronomy – Math Division of the Special Libraries Association)


  • The Condition of Education 2000-2004
    Electronic version of the annual report submitted to Congress by the National Center for Educational Statistics. Shows national trends and international comparisons, with over 60 indicators of educational achievement, curriculum, human and financial resources, diversity, and educational outcomes.


  • Constitution Finder
    Links to constitutions, charters, amendments, and other related documents for more than 200 nations of the world. Often in their original language with an English translation. (Univ. of Richmond)


  • Convert-Me.com: Interactive Measurements Converter
    Measurement converter for weight, capacity and volume, length, area, speed, pressure, temperature, circular measure, and time.


  • The Cook's Thesaurus
    A cooking encyclopedia that covers thousands of ingredients and kitchen tools. Entries include pictures, descriptions, synonyms, pronunciations, and suggested substitutions.


  • Costume History at The Costumer's Manifesto


  • The Costume Page
    Index of links for making, wearing and history of costume. Access to reference resources, costume museums, theatrical costume sources and related organizations.  Provides links to many Internet sites that feature ethnic and folk costumes from all regions of the world.  (Julie Zetterberg)


  • The Costume Ring
    Provides links to over 100 sites dedicated to costume, including historic fashion, traditional and folk dress, and theater and film costume.


  • The Costume Site
    Links to sites on costume designs, art, exhibits, museums, theatrical costumes, history and research, organizations, suppliers, etc. (Lauren Podolak)


  • Costumes of All Nations
    Plates of lithographs from Ancient Egypt to 1882 European. (Tom Dolan)


  • Cotton Incorporated


  • Council on State Governments
    Federal/state relations, governors, state legislatures, headlines and news archives, programs, election data, policy, links to related sites.


  • Country Studies
    An electronic version of the standard reference source about developed and developing nations. Each of the 85+ countries is treated individually, and includes photographs, maps, illustrations, tables, glossaries, bibliographies, as well as the main text. Maps and charts require Adobe Acrobat Reader. Excellent information on the culture and society of the nations presented. Searchable. (Library of Congress)


  • CountryWatch
    Geographical, political, economic, historical, cultural and business information on 191 nations.


  • County Business Patterns
    Economic data by industry for US counties. Classified by NAICS instead of SIC from 1998 to the present. (US Census Bureau)


  • La Couturiere Parisienne: Costume and Fashion
    Site includes sections providing information on ethnic costume, as well as an illustrated history of costume from 1400-1939, timelines, patterns.


  • CQ Congress Collection
    Member profiles, legislative policy histories, chronologies, statistics, demographic and electoral data, and roll call votes. (CQ Press)


  • CQ Electronic Library
    Links to 8 collections: CQ Congress Collection; CQ Insider; CQ Public Affairs Collection; CQ Researcher; CQ Supreme Court Collection; CQ Voting and Elections Collection; CQ Weekly; Electronic Encyclopedia of American Government. Descriptions and links to individual databases are listed below. (CQ Press)


  • CQ Encyclopedia of American Government
    Search topics for articles from four CQ encyclopedias - The Presidency A-Z, Congress A-Z, Elections A-Z and The Supreme Court A-Z.(CQ Press)


  • CQ Public Affairs Collection
    A storehouse of public policy content, organized into 22 subject areas, including advocacy and public service, culture and recreation, education, environment,science. In depth reporting on vital issues, statistical and historical analysis, historic documents and primary source materials. Directory of key government, nonprofit, and private organizations in each major policy area.(CQ Press)


  • CQ Researcher
    In-depth analysis of current and controversial social and political issues. Archived from 1991.(CQ Press)


  • CQ Supreme Court Collection
    Historical analysis and summaries of the most important Supreme Court decisions, statistics, and quantitative analysis on essential topics, Justice biographies, and institutional history of the Court, with news feed on current events and public opinion surrounding the Court’s decisions.(CQ Press)


  • CQ Voting and Elections Collection
    Data, election analysis, explanations, primary documents. Presidential, Congressional, gubernatorial elections. Campaigns and elections, political parties, voters and demographics. (CQ Press)


  • CQ Weekly
    Expert coverage of the U.S. Congress: status of bills, votes and amendments, floor and committee activity. (CQ Press)


  • Criminal Justice Links
    A directory of criminal justice resources on the Internet, including juvenile delinquency, juvenile justice, drug and alcohol information, the courts, pornography, obscenity, censorship, forensics. (School of Criminology, Florida State University)


  • Critical Companions to Popular Contemporary Writers
    An in-depth analysis of contemporary authors and their works. Includes discussion of plot devices, style, character development and themes. (Greenwood via NCLive)


  • C-SPAN.org
    Public affairs on the web. Provides links to each of the series available on C-SPAN, as well as C-SPAN in the Classroom, which provides ideas for educators.


  • Cyndi’s List of Genealogy Sites on the Internet
    Over 240,200 sites are organized into 140 categories.


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  • Daily Life Online
    Offers a detailed portrayal of what life was like for ordinary people in different cultures throughout history. Search or browse by time period, geographical region or subject.(Greenwood)


  • Death Penalty Information Center
    Analysis and information concerning capital punishment, including issues such as race, innocence, public opinion, costs, deterrence, and clemency. Lists upcoming and recent executions, methods of executions, state execution rates, and the number of executions by state.


  • Design Site
    A web site for architecture and design related information, products and services.


  • Developing Educational Standards: State Education Departments
    An annotated list of Internet sites with K-12 educational standards and curriculum, by state or by subject area. Links to all State Education Departments. (Putnam Valley Central Schools, NY)


  • Diccionarios.com
    From and to Spanish, English or French. Also allows one to search for synonyms and antonyms.


  • A Dictionary of Philosophical Terms and Names
    1000+ entries cover the terms and names one might encounter in the study of philosophy. Includes sources for and links to additional information. (Garth Kemmerling)


  • Dictionary of Phrase and Fable
    1898 ed. by Brewer, includes 18,000 entries, providing etymologies. Tells the story behind words and phrases. (Bartleby)


  • Didaskalia: Ancient Theater Today
    Information on ancient theater, including Greek and Roman drama, dance and music; links to additional sites. (University of California, Berkeley)


  • Digital Library of Appalachia
    Browse or search for resources related to the culture, environment, history and geography of the southern and central Appalachian region. Full text and media resources from the collections of the 33 member institutions of the ACA.(Central Library, Appalachian College Association )


  • DigitalHistory: Using New Technologies to Enhance Teaching and Research
    Provides access to primary sources for American history, and teaching aids for K-12 teachers. (Dept. of History & College of Education, Univ. of Houston, Chicago Historical Society, and Gilder-Lehrman Institute of American History)


  • Documenting the American South
    A digitized collection of primary source materials on Southern history, dating from the Colonial period to the 1920's. Includes the full text of over 500 monographs and 4,000 images (illustrations, title pages, manuscripts, maps, currency, letters, broadsides, and other materials), organized into the following projects: First Person Narratives of the American South; Library of Southern Literature; North American Slave Narratives; The Southern Homefront, 1861-1865; The Church in the Southern Black Community. (Univ. of North Carolina, Chapel Hill)


  • Documents for the Study of American History
    A collection of links to primary documents in American history from the arrival of Christopher Columbus to the current presidency. (George Laughead Jr., manager, WWW Virtual Library, United States History)


  • Documents from the Women's Liberation Movement
    Digitized full-text documents from the Women's Lib movement in the US, from the late 1960’s to the early 1970's. Includes speeches and writings. (Duke University)


  • Documents in the News
    Government sources organized for current events research. (Grace York, Documents Center, Univ. of Michigan Library)


  • Doucette Index: K-12 lesson ideas for Literature
    A searchable index, providing access to lesson plans (in print and on the web) that are related to books for children and young adults. (University of Calgary, Canada)


  • Dramatists Play Service, Inc.
    Catalog of this publisher’s plays. Searchable by cast size, title, author, or keyword. Information about ordering, copyright and royalty. Links to related sites.


  • The Durkheim Pages
    Includes scholarly materials for the study of Durkheim and his theories, including detailed critical summaries of his 4 major works, reviews of recent books and articles, a timeline, a glossary, a bibliography. Searchable. (Robert Alun Jones, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign)


  • DW3 Classical Music Resources
    Comprehensive directory of classical music links. Browse by subject or use internal search engine. (Yale Fineman, Duke Univ. Music Library)


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  • Early American Imprints Series I: Evans, 1639-1800
    Digital editions of the printed record of early America; more than 37,200 works -- "virtually every book, pamphlet and broadside published in America over 160 year period." Subjects include government, history, economics and trade, literature, philosophy, religion, theology, science, society. (Readex)


  • Early Encounters in North America: Peoples, Cultures and the Environment
    A searchable collection of over 85,000 pages of letters, diaries and memoirs documenting the lives of early inhabitants and visitors to North America from 1534 to 1850. (Alexander Street Press)


  • Early Modern Women Database
    Scholarly databases and full-test resources selected for the study of women of Europe and the Americas, c1500-1800. Search or browse by title, broad subject, time period, geographic area. (University of Maryland Libraries)


  • EBSCO Encyclopedia of Animals
    Indexing, abstracts and full text of articles describing the nature and habitat of animals. (EBSCOhost via NCLive)


  • Economic Census
    Industry specific data gathered on a five year basis (latest is 2002). Censuses include those for the construction industries, manufacturers, retail and wholesale trade, service industries, transportation, mineral industries. Based on NAICS rather than SIC code. (US Census Bureau)


  • EDGAR Database
    The EDGAR Database of Company Information is the Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis, and Retrieval system which collects, indexes and presents information submitted by companies that are required to file with the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).


  • Education at the Getty - Lesson Plans
    From the Getty Center for Education in the Arts. Lesson plans and other curricular resources for all levels of learners, relating art to all disciplines. (Getty Museum)


  • Education Resource Organizations Directory
    Links to organizations that provide information and assistance on a broad range of education-related topics. (US Dept of Education)


  • Education Statistics at a Glance
    Includes the unabridged current, electronic editions of The Condition of Education (1975- ); The Digest of Education Statistics (1975- ); Education Indicators (1988- ); Projection of Education Statistics to 2010; and Youth Indicators 1996. Taken together, these sources provide a comprehensive overview and analysis of the state of education in the US. (National Center for Education Statistics)


  • Education Virtual Library
    A searchable, international directory of educational information on the Internet. Can browse an alphabetical list, or browse lists by educational level, type of site, or by country. Includes a list of the top 50 educational web sites. A part of the W3 Virtual Library. (Charles Sturt Univ., Australia)


  • Education World
    Gateway to 115,000 K-12 educational web sites. Curriculum, lesson planning, employment listings, directories, US and international organizations, and resources by discipline. Searchable.


  • Educational Hotlists at the Franklin Institute
    Links to resources for science educators. (Franklin Institute Science Museum, Philadelphia)


  • Educational Resources for Cartography, Geography, and Related Disciplines
    Publications, fact sheets, posters, booklets, leaflets, and brochures, teachers guides and lessons for K-12. Links to related web sites. (US Geological Survey)


  • Electronic Sources for Mathematics
    Especially useful for collection of links to many mathematical organizations and societies. (Mathematics Department, University of Pennsylvania)


  • Electronic Resources on Diversity
    Links with information on African Americans, Asian Americans, European Americans, Latinos, Native Americans, and Middle Eastern Americans. (Santa Clara University)


  • Elements of Style
    Full text of the classic 1918 reference by William Strunk


  • Emerging Textiles
    Textile and clothing trade information.


  • Emmy Awards
    The official site of the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences, which oversees and issues the Emmy Awards. Facts about the national awards, information and history on the National Academy.


  • Enciclopaedia Universal en Espanol
    Spanish-language general encyclopedia. (Britannica)


  • The Encyclopaedia Britannica Guide to Black History
    Includes related links, a timeline, study guide, EB articles, bibliographies, and multimedia.


  • Encyclopedia Mythica
    Full-text international encyclopedia of mythology, folklore, legends and related topics. 5700+ entries on gods, goddesses, supernatural and legendary beings. Genealogy; images; links.


  • Encyclopedia of Life Sciences
    Authoritative encyclopedia on the biological sciences. With over 3,000 signed entries, has the complete text of the 20 volume 2001 print edition. Illustrations, bibliographic references, cross-references, glossary. Updated monthly. (Nature Publishing)


  • Encyclopedia of Psychology
    A searchable gateway of 1,900+ links organized into 8 broad topics, which include: Career; Environment Behavior Relationships; Organizations; Paradigms & Theories; People & History; Publications; Resources; Underlying Reductionist Machinery. (William Palya, Jacksonville State University)


  • Encyclopedia of Religion and Society
    Signed articles on a wide variety of religious concepts from a sociological and anthropological perspective. Articles include bibliographies. Electronic version of Altamira Press publication, edited by William H. Swatos, Jr.(Hartford Institute for Religion Research, Hartford Seminary)


  • English Poetry
    Full text of over 165,000 poems by 1,250 English poets, from the 7th – 18th centuries. (Chadwyck-Healey via NCLive)


  • Entrepreneur.com
    Advice on a wide range of topics, lists of franchises and toolkits for starting specific businesses. (Entrepreneur Magazine)


  • The Entrepreneur's Resource Center
    An online library for entrepreneurs. (Edward Lowe Foundation)


  • EntreWorld: Resources for Entrepreneurs
    Articles, audio clips, tools, databases and other resources selected and indexed by an editorial team as well as original articles. Searchable. Links to related sites. (Kauffman Center for Entrepreneurial Leadership)


  • Epicurious Food Dictionary
    Definitions for 4,000+ food terms.


  • ERIC Database
    Indexing and abstracts for articles and documents in education, from 1966 to the present. Provides full text of some articles and of ERIC Digests from 1967 to the present. (EBSCOhost via NCLive)


  • Ethnographic Studies Internet Resource Page
    A collection of links in anthropology, folklore and folklife. Unannotated. (American Folklife Center, Library of Congress)


  • EurekAlert: Medicine/Health
    Browse or search an online press service distributing science- related news. (American Association for the Advancement of Science)


  • EuroDocs
    Primary historical documents from Western Europe. Selected transcriptions, facsimiles, and translations. Documents are listed chronologically when possible in the following arrangement: Medieval and Renaissance Europe; Europe as a Supernational Region; Country by country arrangement.(Richard Hacken, Brigham Young Univ. Library)


  • Evans Early American Imprints
    Digital editions of more than 37,200 works -- "virtually every book, pamphlet and broadside published in America over 160 year period." Subjects include government, history, economics and trade, literature, philosophy, religion, theology, science, society. (Readex)


  • Exercise and Sport Psychology, APA Division 47
    Provides information on the profession, a list of publications of this division of the American Psychological Association, job postings, and an unannotated list of links to sports psychology sites on the Internet.


  • Exercise Research Associates


  • Explore and Learn
    (Metropolitan Museum of Art)


  • Exploring Ancient World Cultures: An Introduction to Ancient World Cultures on the World Wide Web
    Images, texts, bibliographies, primary sources. Near East, India, Egypt, China, Greece, Rome, Isam, Europe. (Anthony Beavers, University of Evansville)


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  • Faber Poetry Library
    Full text of poems by some of the most influential poets of the 20th century. (Chadwyck-Healey via NCLive)


  • Fabriclink
    Resources for fabrics, apparel, home furnishings; the characteristics, history, care, and production of fibers. Includes dictionary, product information.


  • FactCheck.org
    A "nonpartisan, nonprofit consumer advocate for voters that aims to reduce the level of deception and confusion in U.S. politics." (Annenberg Public Policy Center of the U. of Pennsylvania)


  • Fairness & Accuracy in Reporting: The National Media Watch Group
    Information on the activities of this liberal media-monitoring group. Archive of press releases. Links to other sites. (FAIR)


  • FamBiz.com
    "The Web's leading resource for family business executives and owners." Directed at family-owned companies, with articles on topics such as intergenerational issues, sibling rivalry, strategic planning, transfer of ownership, and non-family managers or employees.


  • Familiar Quotations by John Bartlett
    Bartlett's 9th edition; "a collection of passages, phrases, and proverbs traced to their sources in ancient and modern literature." (Bartleby)


  • Famous Trials
    Transcripts, images, primary documents, and essays on famous American trials, 18 of which are presented in great detail. Coverage includes the Nuremberg Trials, The Chicago 7, Salem Witchcraft, Johnson Impeachment, Lindbergh Kidnapping, Scopes, OJ Simpson, Armistad, My Lai, and Scottsboro Boys. (Doug Linder, Univ. of Missouri Law School)


  • The Fashion Center, New York City
    A guide to the business of fashion in NYC, including a Fashion District map, industry links, calendar of events.


  • Fashion Designers in the Yahoo Directory


  • FedStats
    Gateway to statistical information from over 100 federal agencies. Provides links to statistics by topic or by agency. Searchable.


  • Feminist Majority Foundation Online
    Searchable gateway to a vast, wide-ranging collection of resources. The Feminist Internet Gateway and the Feminist Research Center are the most noteworthy of the 16 buttons on the homepage, which also provides action alerts on political, medical and cultural issues.


  • Fibersource
    Features include Fiberworld Classroom with history, uses, products, care and maintenance, and manufacturing; and FiberLinks with categories including science and technology, trade and professional organizations, government resources, and educational institutions.(American Fiber Manufacturerers Association and Fiber Economics Bureau)


  • Film Resources
    Gateway to wide ranging assortment of annotated film-related sites, from pre-production, industry sites to post production, reviews and awards. (New York Public Library, Research Division)


  • FindLaw: Internet Legal Resources
    US case law, law codes, law review articles, legal news, and legal organizations. Includes links to state and international law sites. Well organized and easy to navigate. Searchable.


  • Find NC
    Searches NC government web pages and databases. The central gateway for searching the NC Government Information Locator Service (NCGILS). (State Library of NC)


  • FirstGov
    The official gateway to the US government on the Internet. Searchable and easy to navigate.


  • FIT Library Guide: Fashion on the Web
    Guide to internet resources covering current and historic fashion information and information by geographic region.(Fashion Institute of Technology)


  • FLITE: Supreme Court Decisions 1937-1975
    Federal Legal Information Through Electronics


  • Foreign Affairs Online
    Organized by topics related to international relations and US domestic policy, provides links to several thousand sites: every part of the US government, all UN agencies, constitutions of all nations, maps. (Robert J. Beck, Tufts Univ.)


  • Free Online Dictionary of Computing A searchable encyclopedic dictionary of over 13,500 terms related to computing, including acronyms, jargon, programming languages, network theory, standards, projects, and products. Entries are cross-referenced and hotlinked, often having references to additional resources on the Internet. Includes an index of terms by subject area. Entry includes a display of nearby terms for any given term. (Denis Howe)


  • French-English Dictionary Form
    Search for translation of around 75,000 words, French to English, English to French. (ARTFL Project, Univ. of Chicago)


  • French Studies Web
    Annotated links to scholarly web resources. (Western European Specialists Section, Assoc. of College & Research Libraries)


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  • Gale Literary Index
    Index to literary criticism and biographical information from Gale literature publications, including the following titles found in the Reference Collection of Renfro Library: Black Literature Criticism, Classical and Medieval Literature Criticism, Contemporary Authors, Contemporary Literary Criticism, Dictionary of Literary Biography, Literature Resource Center, Literature Criticism from 1400-1800, Nineteenth Century Literary Criticism, Short Story Criticism, Something about the Author, and Twentieth Century Literary Criticism.


  • Gale Virtual Reference Library
    Access to the full text of 56 authoritative electronic reference books in the arts, history, natural sciences, religion and the social sciences. Search or browse the collection or an individual title. Full text documents are available in HTML or PDF formats.(Gale)


  • The Gateway to Educational Materials
    Provides access to over 14,000 collections of high quality educational resources found on the web.


  • Gender & Race and Ethnicity in Media
    A web directory of sites on gender and race in the media. (Dept. of Communication Studies, Univ. of Iowa)


  • Gender Equity in Athletics and Sports


  • Gender Equity in Sports
    TitleIX: an overview, related complaints and related actions and resources. (Univ. of Iowa)


  • German Studies Web
    Annotated links to news sources, library catalogs, online reference resources, and homepages for German studies. Topics covered include history, politics and government, literature, film, theater and performing arts. Searchable. (Western European Specialists Section, Assoc. of College & Research Libraries)


  • Gifts of Speech: Women’s Speeches from around the World
    Speeches given since 1900, international in scope. (Liz Linton, Sweet Briar College)


  • A Glossary of Literary Terms
    Definitions and examples of more than 110 literary terms. Searchable. (Robert Harris)


  • Google Directory: Arts > Crafts > Textiles


  • Google Directory: Business > Textiles & Nonwovens


  • GORP.com
    Great Outdoor Recreation Pages. Adventure travel, hiking, national parks, travel destinations, gear, books, tours, etc. (Diane and Bill Greer)


  • GPO Access
    "Official Federal Government information at your fingertips." 70 online databases, including the Budget of the US, the Federal Register, Congressional Record, The US Code. (US Government Printing Office)


  • Grammy.com
    Home of the Grammy Awards.


  • Great Buildings
    International in scope, organized geographically. Provides details about 800+ buildings, including photographs, architectural drawings, architect information, history, and in some cases, 3-D walkthroughs. Entries include bibliographic citations and links to related sites.


  • Great Smoky Mountains National Park


  • Great Smoky Mountains National Park (National Park Service)


  • Great Web Sites for Kids
    Links to online resources for fun and learning, reviewed and organized by children's librarians. Organized by broad topic: Animals; The Arts; History & Biography; Literature & Languages; Look it Up; Mathematics & Computers; Sciences; Social Studies. (American Association of School Librarians, American Library Association)


  • Greatest Films
    Specializing in classic Hollywood/American films. Provides interpretation, commentary, history, and reviews. (Tim Dirks)


  • Greek Costume Through the Centuries
    Informative text with illustrations tracing the history and evolution of Greek costume, from the Minoan period through the late 19th century. (Anna Mavromatis)


  • Greenwood E-Book Collection
    Access to the full text of over 3,400 electronic books covering a wide range of subject areas.

  • Grove Art Online
    Full text, searchable resource for scholarly articles on all aspects of the visual arts worldwide, from prehistory to the present day. (Oxford University Pr.)


  • Grove Music Online
    Full-text, searchable resource for scholarly articles on all aspects of music and musicians. Links to images, digital sound, and related sites. International in scope, covering both classical and popular music. Updated quarterly. The enhanced, online version of the 29-volume New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, 2nd edition, published in 2001. (Oxford University Pr.)


  • Guide for Writing Research Papers Based on MLA Documentation
    (Charles Darling, Capital Community College)


  • Guide to Grammar and Writing
    Grammar at the sentence, paragraph, and essay levels. Sentence structure, composition, FAQ, reference materials, and writing resources. Links to writing resources. (Charles Darling, Capital Community College)


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  • Handbook of Latin American Studies
    A selective, annotated bibliography on Latin America. Provides citations to books, chapters of books, and journal articles beginning with 1935, covering the social sciences and humanities. (Library of Congress)


  • A Handbook of Rhetorical Devices
    Definitions and examples of nearly 60 rhetorical devices. Searchable. Includes and introduction and a self test. (Robert Harris)


  • Health Source: Nursing/Academic Edition
    Indexing and abstracts for over 900 scholarly journals including full text of articles for over 400. Also includes USP Pharmacopoeia DI: Volume II Advice for the Lay Patient and Stedman's Medical Dictionary. (EBSCOhost via NCLive)


  • HealthWeb
    Links to evaluated information resources, selected by librarians. Browse by subject or search.


  • HeritageQuest
    A unique, growing collection of research materials for tracing family history and American culture. Contains original page images for all documents, over 25,000 books, the entire U.S. Federal Census, PERSI™, and other expanding collections.(ProQuest via NCLive)


  • Higher Education in North Carolina
    Comparative information on public and private institutions of higher education in NC, including fees and tuition, degree level, and academic calendar. (Univ. of NC, Chapel Hill)


  • HighWire Press, Internet Imprint of Stanford University Libraries
    Articles from over 4500 PubMed journals, including over 823,000 free full-text articles from 780 HighWire-hosted journals. Biological, physical, medical, and social sciences. Search or browse.


  • Hispanic Reading Room
    Access point for research materials relating to the Caribbean, Latin America, and Iberia. Provides a link to the Handbook of Latin American Studies (Library of Congress)


  • Historic American Sheet Music 1850 - 1920
    A collection of 3,042 scanned items with extensive indexing. Available as part of the American Memory project at the Library of Congress


  • Historic Events of the 20th Century
    Discover how events of the last century have shaped and continue to influence today's world. Individual sourcebooks include The Civil Rights Movement, The Collapse of Communism in the Soviet Union, The Holocaust, World War I, World War II. Units include teacher lesson plans. (Greenwood via NCLive)


  • History in Latin America
    Links to scholarly web sites from LANIC, the Latin American Information Center at the University of Texas at Austin.


  • History in the News: Middle East History, Society and Culture Resources
    Annotated links for the study of the Middle East, organized into such categories as History (from pre-Islamic to the Arab-Israeli conflict); Culture; Society; Religion; and Politics. (Hsiao-pei Yen, Dept. of History, SUNY-Albany)


  • History Matters
    An extensive, searchable gateway for high school and college teachers of US History survey courses. Includes an annotated web guide, web-based lesson plans, primary source documents, examples of student projects, articles and resources that provide a historical perspective to contemporary issues, strategies of master teachers, and annotated syllabi that incorporate new technologies. (City Univ. of NY, George Mason Univ.)


  • History of Costume
    Plates with brief identification, from the c. 1861-1880 publication by Braun & Schneider. (C. Otis Sweezey, Southern Illinois Univ.)


  • The History of Jim Crow
    As a companion site for The Rise and Fall of Jim Crow, this site provides historical resources and teaching ideas for educators.


  • The Holy Bible
    King James Version, with full-text searchability and a verse finder.(Bartleby)


  • Home Furnishing
    Information about furniture and furnishings. Buying tips, constrution, interior decorating, furniture care and repair. Links to related sites.


  • Homeland Security
    Dedicated to homeland-security research. (University of California at San Diego)


  • Homes and Communities
    Department of Housing and Urban Development.


  • How Products are Made
    Electronic counterpart of 7-volume print set published by Gale (1994-2002). Search or browse; articles includes background, diagrams, raw materials, manufacturing process, future of the product and a bibliography. (Gale)


  • How Things Work
    Explaining the physics of everyday life. Searchable. (Louis A. Bloomfield, U. Virginia)


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  • Iberian Studies Web
    Annotated links to news sources, library catalogs, online reference resources Spanish studies. Topics covered include education, history, politics and government, language and literature. Searchable. (Western European Specialists Section, Assoc. of College & Research Libraries)


  • iLoveLanguages
    "Your guide to alnguages on the web." Links to 1700+ language-related sites; language translators for 30+ languages.


  • In Motion: The African-American Migration Experience
    400 years of history. Search or browse by migration, geography or timeline. Rich with source materials including images, texts, and maps. Includes links to web resources and lesson plans for middle and high school in 12 subject areas, such as geography, history, language arts, math and performing arts. (Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture)


  • In The First Person
    An index of more than 3,350 collections of personal narratives in English from around the world, including approximately 20,500 months of diary entries, 63,000 letter entries, and 17,000 oral history entries.(Alexander Street Press)


  • INCORE Regional Internet Guides: Conflict Data Service
    Guides to Internet resources on conflict and ethnicity specific to countries in Africa, Europe, the Middle East, Central Asia, Southeast Asia, and Latin America including news sources, academic centers, articles, maps, and nongovernmental organizations for each area. (INCORE: Initiative on Conflict Resolution and Ethnicity)


  • Index of Native American History Resources on the Internet
    Annotated list to sites, organized into the following categories: Oral history; Written History; Northeast; Southeast and Caribbean; Midwest; Southwest; Northwest; Alaska; Canada; Mexico; Timelines. (Karen M. Strom)


  • Index of Native American Resources on the Internet
    Annotated list to sites. (Karen M. Strom)


  • Information Please Almanac


  • International Data Base
    A computerized data bank containing statisitical tables of demographic and socioeconomic data for 227 countries and areas of the world.(U.S. Census Bureau)


  • International Children’s Digital Library
    An easily navigated site with the intended goal "to create a collection of more than 10,000 books in at least 100 languages that is freely available." (Univ. of Maryland and The Internet Archive)


  • International Newspapers
    Extensive collection of online newspapers from Africa, Asia, Caribbean, Central America, Europe, Middle East, North America, South America, South Pacific, United States (Internet Public Library)


  • Internet Acronym Server
    Search for an acronym to find its expansion, search for a word in the expansions for the related acronyms, or submit an acronym for inclusion. E-mail service for dictionary or thesaurus queries.


  • Internet Centre for Canadian Fashion and Design
    Includes links to fashion, design and schools and provides an online textile dictionary and a fashion glossary.


  • Internet Directory for Botany
    An index to botanical information on the Internet. Organized by an international team of scientists into 2 parts, an alphabetical directory and a categorical directory. (Anthony Brach, Harvard U. & Raino Lampinen, U. of Helsinki, Finland)


  • The Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy (IEP)
    Presents information related to philosophy. Offers access to articles and text, arranged in alphabetical order by author. Contains a timeline of philosophy. Provides definitions and descriptions of key philosophical ideas and words. Includes a site search engine. (James Fieser, Ph.D, general editor)


  • Internet Movie Database
    Up-to-date movie information, provides data on 130,000+ films. Information on films is wide ranging. Searchable.


  • The Internet Public Library: Business and Economics
    Annotated lists of links, organized into categories, including accounting; business administration and management; commerce and trade; economics; international business; marketing and advertising; non-profit organizations; statistics; business and economic news. (Internet Public Library)


  • Internet Resources for Latin America
    Directory of scholarly resources. Includes links to current events resources and border and Latino resources. (Molly Malloy, New Mexico State Univ. Library)


  • Internet Resources in Religion and Theology
    A subject directory of fully annotated links to web resources, organized into 6 broad categories including General; Biblical; Theological; Historical; Religious Groups; Ministerial. (Divinity School Library, Duke University)


  • Introduction to Modern Literary Theory
    A basic introductory guide to schools of literary theory including brief descriptions of each school followed by a useful list of print sources. (Dr. Kristi Siegel, Mount Mary College)


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  • Javanoir: a Selected Guide to African American Resources on the Internet
    A searchable gateway to links related to African American culture and history. Links are organized into broad topics including: Arts & Entertainment; Books & Literature; Education & Research; Family & Living; Government & Politics; History & Culture; Jobs & Employment; Money & Business; Organizations; People & Personalities; Sports.


  • The Jewish History Resource Center
    6000 links in 30 categories relating to Jewish history, ancient times to the present. (Dinur Center for Research in Jewish History : Hebrew Univ. of Jerusalem and Ministry of Education & Culture of the State of Israel)


  • The Job Hunters Bible
    An online supplement to the 2002 edition of What Color is your Parachute?: A practical manual to job-hunting and career-changers. (Richard Bolles)


  • Journalism.org
    The online home of Project for Excellence in Journalism, with research, resources, and ideas to improve journalism. Affiliated with the School of Journalism, Columbia University.


  • JSTOR
    A searchable archive of core scholarly journals in the arts, humanities, natural sciences and social sciences.


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  • Kay E. Vandergrift’s Special Interest Page
    Academically oriented, provides theoretical and critical knowledge as well as practical assistance in teaching children’s literature.(Kay E. Vandergrift, Rutgers University)


  • Kelley Blue Book
    Comprehensive data, going back 21 years, on retail and wholesale prices for vehicles.


  • Kids Count
    Searchable site, offering national and state data sources and statistics on the physical, social, economic and educational well-being of children, from 1995 to the present. (Anne E. Casey Foundation)


  • KnowThis.com: Marketing Virtual Library
    Well-organized gateway of links on a wide variety of sites useful for researching marketing topics, such as advertising, marketing plans, internet marketing, marketing careers, marketing strategy and legal issues. (Paul Christ, West Chester University)


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  • The Labyrinth: Resources for Medieval Studies
    (Georgetown University)


  • Language, Culture, Research and Travel Resources
    Links to resources related to French, German, Japanese, Russian and Spanish. (US Naval Academy)


  • LANIC
    Latin American Network Information Center, provides information to Internet resources on academic information on all Latin American countries. One directory is a Latin American country index, with links to a wide variety of topics. Another directory provides subject access to those same sites. (Univ. of Texas, Austin)


  • League of Women Voters
    Nonpartisan information on national and local elections


  • The Learning Page
    Site for educators to use in conjunction with American Memory project . Provides a contextual framework, as well as tips for using the collection, teaching ideas, activities, and lessons. (Library of Congress)


  • The Learning Web
    Resources for teachers, students and explorers. (US Geological Survey)


  • LearningExpress Library
    An interactive online learning platform of practice tests and tutorial course series. Over 100 practice tests, including GRE, LSAT, MCAT, GMAT, PRAXIS and TOEFL. Provides immediate scoring, complete answer explanations, and an individualized analysis of results.(LearningExpress via NCLive)


  • LearnNC: The North Carolina Teachers' Network
    Quality resources for K-12 teachers and teacher professional development, all tied to the North Carolina Standard Course of Study. (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, School of Education)


  • Legislation into Law
    Research guide from Public Documents and Maps Dept., Perkins Library, Duke Univeristy. Many of the print and online subscription resources are available at MHC.


  • Library of Congress
    Access to the collections of the Library of Congress, also provides links to official US Government web sites, organized by the Executive Branch, the Legislative Branch and the Judicial Branch.


  • Library of Southern Literature
    70 (of the projected 100) important, pre-1920’s literary works, chosen by Dr. Robert Bain, to document the rich and diverse nature of the Southern experience. Part of the Documenting the American South project. (Univ. of North Carolina, Chapel Hill)


  • LII: Supreme Court Collection
    Recent Supreme Court decisions (1990 to the present), available from the day of decision, with concurring and dissenting opinions. Searchable by keyword, or by browsing an index of topics. Coverage includes selected major decisions prior to 1990. (Legal Information Institute, Cornell Law School)


  • Literary Criticism
    Links to 3300+ critical and biographical websites about authors and their works; searchable by name, title, literary period or nationality. (Internet Public Library)


  • Literature in Context
    A rich collection of primary source material, collateral readings and commentary which provide historical, social and cultural context for 20 significant works of literature. (Greenwood via NCLive)


  • Literature Resource Center
    Provides biographies, bibliographies and critical analysis to over 90,000 writers from all periods and literary disciplines. (GaleNet)


  • Literary Criticism
    Links to 3300+ critical and biographical websites about authors and their works; searchable by name, title, literary period or nationality. (Internet Public Library)


  • LitFinder
    A full text literary database containing poems, short stories, essays, speeches and plays. Search or browse by genre, subject or author. (Gale)


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  • Madison County, NC
    Mars Hill - Marshall - Hot Springs. Business directory, visitor's guide, calendar of events. (Madison County Chamber of Commerce)


  • MadSciNet: The 24-Hour Exploding Laboratory
    An Ask-A-Scientist service, a "collective cranium of scientists," fielding questions in 25 subject areas from astronomy to zoology. Ask questions, search archives. Links to other web resources. Based at the Washington University Medical School, St. Louis, MO.


  • MAHEC - Mountain Area Health Education Center


  • MAIN; Mountain Area Information Network
    The community network of Western North Carolina


  • Making of America
    Primary source materials on American social history, from the Antebellum period through Reconstruction. (Univ. of Michigan)


  • Mapquest
    On-line maps, driving directions, local city guide and live traffic reports for major US cities.


  • Martin Luther King Jr. Papers Project
    Information about MLK, Jr. and the social movements in which he participated, including text of major speeches and sermons, biographical information, chronology, and articles. (Stanford University)


  • Masters of Photography
    Articles, photographs, online resources on renowned photographers.


  • Math Forum
    For teachers, students, researchers, and educators who are interested in math or math education. A searchable, extensive gateway to web resources, K-undergraduate level. (Swarthmore College)


  • Math in Daily Life
    A hands-on exploration of how mathematics is used in our daily life, including applications in games strategy, savings and credit decisions, cooking, and home decoration. Includes links to related web resources. (Annenberg/CPB Project)


  • Math2.org
    Math reference tables, from simple addition through advanced theory. (Dave Maura)


  • The Mathematical Atlas
    Links to sites relative to all aspects of mathematics, organized according to the Mathematics Subject Classification devised by the American Mathematical Society. Each section has an introduction to the content, a list of subdivisions, bibliography of print resources, and links to web resources. (Dave Rusin, Northern Illinois University)


  • MathSciNet
    A comprehensive, searchable database of mathematical literature from 1940 to the present, providing bibliographic information and reviews of mathematical literature, from Mathematical Reviews and Current Mathematical Publications, drawn from more than 1,600 journals in the field of mathematics. Updated regularly. (American Mathematical Society)


  • McCoy's Guide to Theatre and Performance Studies
    "A brief guide to Internet resources in theatre and performance studies." Links to information on actors and acting, stagecraft and technical theater, plays and playwrights, Shakespeare, and other related theater links. (Ken McCoy, Stetson Univ.)


  • Measure 4 Measure
    A large collection of interactive sites that calculate or convert whatever. The sites are organized into broad categories which include Science & Math; Health; Finance; All 'Round the House; A Measure of Everything Else.


  • Medieval Drama Links
    Links to sites related to medieval drama and theater – performance, set design, props, costume and makeup; medieval music, dance and instruments. (Sydney Higgins)


  • MEDLINEplus
    Full-text information on hundreds of medical issues. Links to: dictionaries, encyclopedias, and databases; directories of professionals, hospitals, and organizations; and libraries for health consumers, organized by state. (National Library of Medicine)


  • Meet the Authors and Illustrators
    An extensive list of links to authors and illustrator’s web pages.


  • MeL: Small Business
    Gateway to huge collection of sites for small business information. Organized into such areas as Commerical Resources, Employee Ownership, Francise Information, Minority and Women-Owned Small Business, Non-Profit Resources and Associations.(The Michigan Electronic Library)


  • Merriam-Webster Online
    Dictionary and thesaurus


  • MetaCritic
    Searchable database of reviews of film, video & DVD, television, books, music, and games. Provides exerpts of reviews with links to full reviews.


  • The Michigan Electronic Library: Education Subject Index
    For educators and academics. Quality links to research papers and articles from authoritative sources. (Michigan Department of Education)


  • Microbes.Info
    A microbiology information portal containing a vast collection of resources including articles, news, and links relating to the field of microbiology (Al Chan)


  • The Middle East and the West, A Troubled History
    6-part series by Mike Schuster on the history of Western involvement in the Middle East, from the Crusades to the wars in Iraq. Includes timelines, biographies, maps, photo galleries, and links to related NPR stories. Broadcast August 2004.(National Public Radio)


  • Middle East Studies Internet Resources
    (Columbia University Libraries)


  • Military and Government Collection
    A searchable database of abstracts and indexing for nearly 400 publications relating to all branches of the military, with full text available for over 350 of those titles. Also has the full text for 245 pamphlets related to the military. (EBSCOHost via NCLive)


  • Morningstar Library Edition
    Fund and stock information necessary for in-depth research. In one database, you have comprehensive information on both 16,000+ mutual funds and 6,000+ stocks from NYSE, AMEX, Nasdaq, and OTC exchanges. And each fund and stock report is loaded with critical data and decisive analysis, including 250 screenable fund datapoints, 450 screenable stock datapoints, 2,000 Fund Analyst Reports, 1,400+ Stock Analyst Reports.(Morningstar via NCLive)


  • Mother of All Art and Art History Links
    A gateway to more than 400 sites from academic, museum, studio and commercial sources. (School of Art & Design, University of Michigan)


  • Mountain Xpress
    Weekly independent news, arts, and entertainment for Asheville and Western North Carolina.


  • Mr. William Shakespeare and the Internet
    Award winning annotated guide to scholarly web resources. (Terry A Gray, Palomar College)


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  • Museum of Unworkable Devices
    Traces the history of perpetual-motion theory through treatises, images of bizarre contraptions, physical and mathematical paradoxes.(Donald E. Simanek, Lock Haven Univ.)


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  • The National Archives and Records Administration
    Primary source materials from the collections of the National Archives.


  • National Association for Music Education


  • National Athletic Trainers Association


  • National Atlas
    Online atlas of the United States, with maps and information from 20 Federal agencies. Census information, environment,climate, natural resources, industry, voting and elections, Congressional districts, transportation. Print from the existing collection or custom make your own.


  • National Band Association


  • National Conference of State Legislatures
    Primarily organized for lawmakers and their staffs. Provides access to directories, publications, databases and projects related to relationships between the states and between the states and the federal government.


  • National Council for Therapeutic Recreation Certification
    Links, news, and professional standards.


  • National Council on Disability
    Disabilities Statistics Abstracts are provided at this site as well as valuable links to other federal agencies.


  • National Criminal Justice Reference Service
    Searchable database, with information on corrections, courts, crime prevention, international law, juvenile justice, and law enforcement. Also has information on drugs and crime, crime victims, and criminal justice statistics.


  • National Education Association


  • National Institute of Mental Health
    The official site of the government agency that conducts and supports research on mental health and mental illness. Provides information on a wide variety of topics relating to mental health and illness, as well as information on grants and research projects, research reports and publications.


  • National Museum of American History: Classroom Resources
    Virtual exhibitions, resources for teachers, timeline. Searchable.


  • National Oceanographic Data Center (NODC)
    Provides ocean data management and services to researchers and other users. (US Dept of Commerce)


  • National Standards for Arts Education


  • National Strength and Conditioning Association


  • National Weather Service
    Detailed weather forecasts for cities, counties, and states in the U.S. Doppler radar, satellite images, and air quality, river flooding, climate and forecast maps. (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration)


  • National Women’s History Project
    Links to