| Albums and Web
Portals |
American
Treasures: Memory: special exhibitions from the
Library of Congress • First Gov.gov: The U. S. Government's
Official Web Portal • American
Landmarks Database • Library of
Congress: Prints and Photographs
Smithsonian
Institution •
Travel
Library •
Best History Web Sites |
| Almanacs |
Old Farmers
Almanac • •Library Spot's
Almanacs Page • InfoPlease •
Fact
Monster • GotFacts.com
• City and Town Info
|
Atlases and
Map Generators |
Countries
of the World •Google
Local USA
• Map
Quest •
National
Geographic Map Machine • Maps.com • Multimap • Outline maps from EduPlace • Terra
Server USA • Windows Live Local (Bird's Eye View) Travelers'
Maps and Directions •
Topo
Zone • U.
T. Map Library Online • World Atlas
• Yahoo Maps
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| Biographical
Resources |
African
Americans • Artists
• Astronauts
• Athletes • Authors on
the Web Authors
Links from About.com • Biographical
Dictionary • Biographies
Directory • Celebrities • Composers • Dead People
Server • Famous
People • Famous
Scientists • Internet Movie Database
• Lycos Directory
of Authors • Notable Americans
• People
Spot • Psychologists
Psychologists
(Encyclopedia of Psychology)
Royalty
• Scientists • Starbuck's
Poets Directory •
Supreme Court Justices • U. S. Presidents
• Weisstein's
Scientific Biographies • Women
• Women
Athletes • Yahoo
Writers' Directory Genealogy
Pathfinder(Free Library of
Philadelphia> • CensusDiggins |
| Biographical
Resources in Database Services |
PA Power Library: AccuNet/AP
Multimedia Archive • Grove
Dictionaries (artists and musicians) • Oxford
Reference Collection (Biographical
Dictionary) • Contemporary
Authors (Gale):Authors who were living as of
1960 • Biography
Reference Bank • MAS
Online Plus (EBSCOhost) • MasterFILE
Premier (EBSCOhost) PA Power Library is
available only on computers in which the Power Library software has
been installed.
Free Library of Philadelphia
Database Resources: Biography
Resource Center •
Expanded
Academic Index • Gale
Virtual Reference Library • General
Reference Center Gold • In
The First Person: Index to Letters, Diaries, Oral Histories, and
Other Personal Narratives FLP
Resources require library card and PIN. |
| Citation Makers
|
Landmarks Citation
Machine • Citing
Sources--Secondary
• Citation
Style for Research Papers •
IMSA
Website Citation Wizard
• NCSU Libraries'
Citation Builder (alternative to
Landmarks) |
| Conversion
Tables |
A Dictionary of
Units • Convert
It Online Conversion •
Units Conversion, Metric Conversion Online
• Maribi
Conversion Online • Statman
Conversions
|
| Data
Bases |
Free
Online Data Bases List (A.Martha)
• PA
Power Library
Electronic
Resources (Free Library of Phila.)
|
| Dictionaries |
Online
Dictionaries • Encarta
Dictionary • Webster's
Dictionary: Rosetta Edition
One
Look -- Use multiple dictionaries with
one dictionary search engine. |
| Encyclopedias |
All
Refer: World Book Encyclopedia • Columbia Encyclopedia •
Encyclopedia.com
• Encyclopaedia
Britannica (offers free links to
informative web pages) |
| Government
Documents |
Eric
Education Database • Federal Citizen Information
Center •
GPO
Access: Database of U. S. Government
Publications • IRS Tax Information
• Patent
and Trademark Database • Social
Security Handbook
• U. S. Census Bureau
• U. S. Citizenship and Immigration
Services |
| Handbooks |
Family Fun First
Aid Handbook • First Aid
International •
Grammar
Handbook •
Handbook
for Storytellers • Netscape
Navigator Handbook •
Occupational Outlook
Handbook: 2004-2005 edition •
PA
Driver's Manual
• Parliamentary
Procedure Handbook • Study
Abroad Handbook
Teachers.Net Website Handbook
•
Weblog
Handbook
|
| Homework
Assistance |
Ask Dr.
Math
• Awesome
Library
B.
J. Pinchbeck's Homework Helper (School Discovery)
• Digital Librarian
•
Library
Spot • Schoolwork |
| Magazines /
E-zines /Newspapers |
Ebsco Host: MasterFILE
Premier (PA Power Library Resource) •
Ebsco
Host: Newspaper Source (PA Power Library Resource)
• New List • BNET Research Center
• E-zine
Locater
MetaGrid Magazine and Newspaper
Locator • Nineteenth
Century
Magazines (Database) • Project Muse Professional
Journals Locator |
| News
Services |
CNN TV News
• ECOLA News
Services
• LA
Times •
MSNBC
• NY
Times • Philadelphia Inquirer
and Daily News
•
Sporting News •
USA Today •
Washington Post •
World
Newspapers Directory |
| Quotations |
Bartleby
Quotations • Bartlett's
Familar Quotations 10th Ed. •
Brainy
Quote • Quotations
Page • Quote Land
• Quotation
Reference |
| Reference
Service |
Ask Questions
from the Internet Public Library
• Ask
Jeeves search engine |
| Statistics and
Quick Facts |
Census
• FedStats • Gallup
Organization Statistics.com • UN Statistics
•
U.N. Monthly Bulletin of
Statistics • US
Bureau of Labor Statistics •
U.S. Department of State
Background Notes |
| Style
Manuals |
APA Style
Online • Citation
Styles • Landmarks Citation Machine
MLA
Citation Style Tutorial • Stylesheets
from the Sonoma
Library |
| Telephone
Directories |
Switchboard
• Infobel
• AnyWho
• Yellow Pages
• Internet 800Directory
•
Verizon
Superpages |
| Union
Catalogs for ILL
|
Access PA
Online Catalog
OCLC Worldwide Library
Cooperative Open Catalog
Red
Light Green Resource Search Service --
Locate books and journals at other libraries.
|
| Virtual
Libraries |
Awesome
Library • Digital
Librarian • High School
Hub •
Internet Public
Library
Library
Spot • Questia Online
Library • The Reference
Desk
Virtual
Reference Center •
WWW Virtual
Library
|
| Web Portals
for Research Methods |
Infomine: University of
California Riverside Scholarly Internet Resource
Collection
Internet Scout
Toolkit •
Journalist's
Toolkit: resources for
journalists
U.S.
Government Information on the Web Subject Index
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