Useful Web Sites

• Fast Facts
• Information Please

Art

• Art History Resources on the Web
• ArtLex: dictionary of visual art
• International Directory of Art Libraries

• Biography.com

Biology

• ARKive (endangered species)
• Endangered Species Program
• North American mammals

• Business Plans and Profiles Index

• Perpetual Calendar 1550-2049

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• Career Voyages
• Illinois Career Resource Network
• Occupational Outlook Handbook
• O*Net Online (Occupational Information Network)

Census

• U.S. Census Bureau
• Illinois Census 2000

• Constitution Study Guide

• Consumer Search
• Federal Consumer Information Center

Countries

• BBC News Country Profiles
• CIA World Factbook
• Country Studies
• EarthTrends
• Foreign embassies in the United States
• Intersource (country insights)
• Portal to Asian Internet Resources
• Portals to the World

Criminology

• Criminal Justice Links
• NCJRS National Criminal Justice Reference Service

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• American Heritage Dictionary
• Dictionary.com
• Freedictionary.com (includes medical and legal dictionaries)
• Handspeak: a sign language dictionary
• Oxford English Dictionary (no off-campus access)
• Roget's II: the new thesaurus
• Webster Dictionary and Thesaurus

• What is a dollar worth?
• Universal Currency Converter

Education

• College Source Online: college catalogs and information
• Education Resource Organizations Directory
• ERIC (Education Resources Information Center)

• Columbia Encyclopedia
• Funk and Wagnall's New World Encyclopedia

Environment

• EarthTrends
• Enviroaction
• IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
• National Environmental Directory

• How far is it?

Government

• First Gov
• GovEngine.com
• Governing.com
• Open CRS (Congressional Research Reports) State of Illinois
• State of Illinois publications

• American Heritage Book of English
• Elements of Style

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Health/Medicine

• Centers for Disease Control
• Ethnomed
• Hastings Center (Bioethics)
• Lab Tests Online
• Medline Plus

History

• American Women's History: a Research Guide
• Founders' Constitution (primary documents)
• HarpWeek: online issues Harper's Weekly 1857-1877
• History Study Center (only available on campus)

Humanities

• Humbul Humanities Hub

Law

• Find Law
• Illinois Compiled Statutes
• Law for all
• Thomas: Legislative Information on the Internet

Literature

• Bartleby.com  (public domain literature)
• Literary Encyclopedia
• Literature Online (need password for off-campus access)
• University of Toronto English Library  (public domain literature)

Maps

• Historical Maps Online (University of Illinois)
• Sanborn Insurance Maps: Illinois maps 1867-1970 (Use Citrix Metaframe for off campus sessions)

• Online Conversion

Movies

• Movie Review Query Engine

Music

• Classical music navigator
• Free classical sheet music
• Worldwide Internet Music Resources

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News

• CQ Researcher (social/political issues of the day) need password for off-campus access)
• Hotlinks to Newspapers Online
• World News Network
• World Newspapers

Pathfinders

• The Pathfinder Project

Philosophy

• Philosophy in Cyberspace

• Google Images
• Accuweather AP Photo Archive

• PollingReport.com

Population

• Population Profile of the United States

• Nobel Prizes
• Pulitzer Prizes

Psychology

• Encyclopedia of Psychology
• Mental Health Net
• PsychWeb

• Bartlett's Familiar Quotations

Research Tips

• The Nuts and Bolts of College Writing

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• Timelinescience: one thousand years of scientific thought

Sociology

• SocioSite
• Sociological Tour Through Cyberspace

Speeches

• Online Speech Bank
• History Channel Speeches

Statistics

• Fedstats
• Statistical Abstracts of the United States
• Statistical Resources on the Web
• Sources of International Statistics on the Internet

• Advanced Placement Digital Library

• Zip Codes

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