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Blogging & RSS Guidelines for Bloggers - MLA Task Force on Social Networking Software(http://sns.mlanet.org/blog/blog_guidelines.php) Guidelines for Bloggers - MLA Task Force on Social Networking Software: List of 8 good points to consider when working with blogs.
Children & HomeworkBen's Guide to U.S. Government for Kids(http://bensguide.gpo.gov/subject.html) Ben's Guide to U.S. Government for Kids: Animals, Business & Money, Computers & Internet, Government & Law, Health & Safety, Science...
California Missions
(http://missions.bgmm.com) California Missions: Information and pictures about the 21 missions along California's El Camino Real. The California Mission Site
(http://www.californiamissions.com) The California Mission Site: Another very good site about California's 21 missions that also includes "mission music." California Tribes
(http://www.kstrom.net/isk/maps/ca/california.html) California Tribes: Map and information about federally recognized California tribes. Cary Academy Library's Pathfinders for Social Studies ~ A FOCUSED PORTAL
(http://web1.caryacademy.org/library/pathfinders/default.htm) Cary Academy Library's Pathfinders for Social Studies: Links to ancient egypt, modern china, explorers, middle ages, renaissance, world religions...
Countries of the World
(http://www.countryreports.org) Countries of the World: Extensive data on over 260 countries. Fact Monster(http://www.factmonster.com/) Fact Monster: From Information Please, this site for children has many categories including World and news, U.S. (great timelines), People, Word Wise, Math, Science, Sports, Homework Center...
KidsClick!(http://sunsite.berkeley.edu/KidsClick!/) KidsClick!: Web search for kids by librarians, grouped by the Dewey Decimal Classification System.
Multnomah County Library's Homework Center
(http://www.multcolib.org/homework/) Multnomah County Library's Homework Center: This subject directory consists of Web links specific to K-12 homework-related subjects. PlanetArkive(http://www.planetarkive.org/) PlanetArkive: Dedicated to helping children aged 7-11 learn about the wonders of the natural world. Includes habitat zones, wild facts, fun games, quizzes and activities.
Recommended Literature, K-grade 12
(http://www.cde.ca.gov/ci/rl/ll/) Recommended Literature, K-grade 12: A collection of outstanding literature for children and adolescents produced by the California Department of Education. World Almanac For Kids(http://worldalmanacforkids.com/explore/index.html) World Almanac For Kids: Categories include Animals, Environment, Historical Birthdays, Inventions, Nations, Population, Presidents of the U.S., Religion, Space, Sports, States, & U.S. History Timeline.
ComputersComputer Science, MERLOT~ A FOCUSED PORTAL(http://www.merlot.org/artifact/BrowseArtifacts.po?catcode=198&browsecat=100) Computer Science, MERLOT: This category in Multimedia Education Resource for Learning and Online Teaching's portal provides 462 links to materials specific to computer science.
Google Desktop(http://desktop.google.com/) Google Desktop: Search your own computer. Find your email, files, media, web history and chats instantly. Search directly from your desktop with the deskbar. Free download.
Internet Tutorials(http://library.albany.edu/internet/) Internet Tutorials: Using and Searching the Web (Basic Internet, Research Guides, Search Engines/Subject Directories/The Deep Web), Browsers (Internet Explorer, Lynx), Software Training (How to Capture a Graphic, How to Use WS_FTP), Search Tool of the Month.
KeeBook Creator(http://www.keeboo.com/enu/index_c.php) KeeBook Creator: This software comes in 3 variations (education $51, business $324, home $64), and provides an electronic format that handles like a book. You create your own books that you file in your virtual library bookshelf or publish on your website.
Kim Komando Show(http://www.komando.com/) Kim Komando Show: Kim Komando, America's Digital Goddess, hosts a radio show where she gives insightful answers to questions about computers and the Internet. Her website includes Kim's Kool Site of the day, Kim's Tip of the day, newsletter archive...
Learnthat(http://www.learnthat.com/courses/computer/) Learnthat: Online computer tutorials, including web developing, windows, XHTML, Word, Dreamweaver.
Technology Skills, Florida Gulf Coast University(http://www.fgcu.edu/support/) Technology Skills, Florida Gulf Coast University: Popular computer programs are explained through tutorials, including email, Word, Excel, Power Point, Access, Front Page.
TutorViaComputer(http://www.baycongroup.com/tutorials.htm) TutorViaComputer: Online tutorials for Word, Excel, Paint Shop Pro, Flash 5.
Dictionaries & EncyclopediasAcronym Finder(http://www.acronymfinder.com/) Acronym Finder: Comprehensive dictionary of acronyms, abbreviations, and initialisms. Over 408,000 definitions.
Answers.com(http://www.answers.com/) Answers.com: Instant information on over 1 million topics (people, places, words, names, businesses...)
Bartleby.com(http://www.bartleby.com/) Bartleby.com: Search great books online (encyclopedia, dictionary, thesaurus and hundreds more). Select reference, verse, fiction, nonfiction. Search for quotations, terms...
Columbia Encyclopedia(http://www.bartleby.com/65/) Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th edition: Contains nearly 51,000 entries on a vast range of topics, with more than 80,000 hypertext cross-references.
Encyclopedia.com(http://www.encyclopedia.com/) Encyclopedia.com: Search the encyclopedia by keywords and "Today in History."
MediLexicon(http://www.medilexicon.com/) MediLexicon: Medical dictionary, pharmaceutical company search, hospitals, medical abbreviations, associations...
OneLook Dictionary Search
(http://www.onelook.com/) OneLook Dictionary Search: A search engine for words and phrases. More than 5 million words in over 500 online dictionaries. Translates. Comes up with many choices for misspelled words. Quotations Page(http://www.quotationspage.com/) Quotations Page: The oldest quotation site on the Web, established in 1994, with over 20,000 quotations online from over 2,500 authors.
Wikipedia(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page) Wikipedia: This free encyclopedia contains over 260,000 pages.
Education, Careers & EmploymentAssist(http://www.assist.org/web-assist/welcome.html) Assist: An online student-transfer information system that shows how course credits earned at one public California college or university can be applied when transferred to another. The official repository of articulation for California public colleges and universities.
California Community Colleges(http://www.cccco.edu/find/alphabetical.htm) California Community Colleges: Alphabetical College Listings with links to the colleges' websites.
California State University(http://www.calstate.edu/) California State University: Home page of the 23-campus California State University system headquarters.
FAFSA - Free Application for Federal Student Aid(http://www.fafsa.ed.gov/) FAFSA - Free Application for Federal Student Aid: Explains who is eligible to receive Federal Student Aid, how much financial aid you are eligible to receive, how to apply for aid, the application, and how to follow up to check the status of your application.
Financial Aid for Graduate School(http://www.gradview.com/finaid/index.html) Financial Aid for Graduate School: Information about graduate school financial aid including scholarships, fellowships, grants and loans.
Graduate Career Search(http://www.gradview.com/careers/index.html) Graduate Career Search: A lot of information on graduate degrees and your career, job hunting, cover letters, types of resumes, resume tips, getting an interview, changing careers, job interviews, interview formats, money matters, career management, and career boosters.
Occupational Outlook Handbook, 2006-07 Edition(http://www.bls.gov/oco/) Occupational Outlook Handbook, 2006-07 Edition: The Bureau of Labor Statistics revises this career handbook every 2 years. Describes what workers do on the job, working conditions, the training and education needed, earnings, and expected job prospects in a wide range of occupations.
Princeton Review(http://www.princetonreview.com/home.asp) Princeton Review: Explore schools & careers, improve your score & skills on entrance exams, find scholarship & aid...
Spark Notes(http://www.sparknotes.com/) Spark Notes: Free online study guides covering literature and many subject areas. Test prep for college entrance exams.
UC Merced(http://www.ucmerced.edu/) UC Merced: This newest UC, #10, will open in Fall 2005. Two initial research organizations are the Sierra Nevada Research Institute and the World Cultures Institute.
UCSF(http://www.ucsfhr.ucsf.edu/careers/) UCSF: Search openings of career opportunities at UCSF including Fresno campus.
University of California(http://www.universityofcalifornia.edu/) University of California: Get information about the UC System, its 10 campuses, admissions, programs...
PDAsEctopic Brain(http://pbrain.hypermart.net/) Ectopic Brain: "Palm OS handhelds in clinical practice." Basics of PDA use, medical applications and links, other applications and links...
Handango(http://www.handango.com/home.jsp?siteId=1) Handango: "The leading provider of mobile downloads for your phone and PDA."
Healthy Palm Pilot(http://www.healthypalmpilot.com/) Healthy Palm Pilot: Health care resource index includes links for diagnosis, health and fitness, interventions, investigations, record tracking, references, and research tools.
Medical Palm Info(http://eponyms.net/palm.htm) Medical Palm Info, Dr. Andrew Yee: Links to general Palm resources, general and medical Palm programs, document and database programs.
Mobile HSL - Health Sciences Library, University of Buffalo(http://ublib.buffalo.edu/hsl/mobile/mobile.html) Mobile HSL - Health Sciences Library, University of Buffalo: This academic library's website put in mobile format includes links to other references in mobile format.
Moses Cone Health System Medical Library's PDA web page(http://www.gahec.org/library/pubs.asp?item=14014) Moses Cone Health System Medical Library's PDA web page: Links to informative PDA websites.
NLM Mobile(http://www.nlm.nih.gov/mobile/) NLM Mobile: NLM Projects with mobile devices, including MD on Tap software, PubMed for handhelds Web site, Wireless System for Emergency Responders (WISER), and NCBI Bookshelf.
PalmDocs(http://palmdocs.org/) PalmDocs: "The physician's online palmtop resource." Online tutorials, medical Palm software, comparisons of hardware and software,...
PDA Healthcare Portal(http://frontpage.auburn.edu/pharmacy/pcs/pda/) PDA Healthcare Portal: PDA basics, research, software evaluations, resource center...
pdaMD.com
(http://www.pdamd.com) pdaMD.com: Although this is a commercial site, it contains informative articles on PDAs, a learning center with tutorials and how-to guides, and discussion boards.
PDA Street(http://www.pdastreet.com/) PDA Street: The PDA network for handheld computers, PDA software, news...
PortalsACRL's Internet Resources Index by Topic(http://www.acrl.org/ala/acrl/acrlpubs/crlnews/internetresources.htm) ACRL's Internet Resources Index by Topic: Links to past Internet Resources columns from College and Research Libraries News, listed by topic, January 1998 - current. Includes communication sciences and disorders, computational science, world religions, horticulture, photojournalism, criminal investigation and forensic science, nutrition and vegetarianism, knowledge management, gray literature...
AskA+ Locator(http://www.vrd.org/locator/subject.shtml) AskA+ Locator: List of sites on the Virtual Reference Desk organized by subject matter.
BUBL LINK(http://bubl.ac.uk/link/index.html) BUBL LINK: Selected Internet resources covering all academic subject areas, including health studies, life sciences, physical sciences, social sciences, mathematics and computing...
Complete Planet(http://aip.completeplanet.com) Complete Planet: "Discover over 70,000 searchable databases and specialty search engines. Includes links to family, games and hobbies, health, jobs and careers, living things, military, music, science...
Digital Librarian - Portal for a librarian's choice of the best of the Webhttp://www.digital-librarian.com/) Digital Librarian: A librarian's choice of the best of the Web including the invisible Web.
Educational Information Portal(http://www.bhsu.edu/education/edfaculty/lturner/edportal.htm) Educational Information Portal: Links by categories to a very large variety of free educational Internet sites, for teachers at every level and discipline. Also has links for helpful computer instructions and information.
Geniusfind(http://geniusfind.com/) Geniusfind: This portal categorizes thousands of topic-specific search engines and databases. Under Health there are sections for disabilities, fitness, nursing, nutrition, senior health, weight issues...
INFOMINE(http://infomine.ucr.edu) INFOMINE: Scholarly Internet resource collections developed by the University of California, Riverside.
Infoplease(http://www.infoplease.com/) Infoplease: Provides information in an entertaining format. Sections include World, United States, History & Government, Biography, Sports, Arts & Entertainment, Business, Society & Culture, Health & Science, Homework Center. Includes tools such as a perpetual calendar. Career Center. This Day in History. Facts Behind the News...
Internet Navication Tools(http://www.rice.edu/Internet/) Internet Navication Tools: Rice University's list of Internet Navigation Tools, including how to find resources by subject, keyword, location...
Internet Sleuth(http://www.isleuth.com/) Internet Sleuth: Most comprehensive of the direct search services, indexing over 3,000 searchable databases, covering a wide variety of topics.
Librarians' Index to the Internet
(http://lii.org/) Librarians' Index to the Internet: "A searchable, annotated subject directory of more than 11,000 Internet resources selected and evaluated by librarians for their usefulness to users of public libraries." LibrarySpot - Virtual Library Resource Center ~ A FOCUSED PORTAL(http://www.libraryspot.com/) LibrarySpot - Virtual Library Resource Center: Encyclopedias, maps, online libraries, quotations, dictionaries and more.
List of Lists(http://www.specialissues.com/lol/) List of Lists: The LOL is a database of ranked listings of companies, people, and resources freely available on the Internet.
MagPortal(http://magportal.com) MagPortal: Indexes and links to magazine articles free on the Web, over 120 magazines.
Martindale's "The Reference Desk"(http://www.martindalecenter.com/) Martindale's "The Reference Desk": Language center, computers, education, international, science tables, astronomy, bioscience, geoscience, physics...
MeL's "Best of the Internet"(http://mel.org/index.jsp) MeL's "Best of the Internet": Categories include government, politics, and law; health information resources; recreation and leisure; science and the environment; social issues and social services...
ODP - Open Directory Project(http://dmoz.org) ODP - Open Directory Project: Large directory of websites with 16 catagories including health, reference, computers...
Ready Reference - The Gelman Library(http://www.gwu.edu/gelman/ref/readyref/) Ready Reference - The Gelman Library: George Washington University's library's guide to general, multidisciplinary, and heavily-used reference sources. Includes associations, biographical sources, colleges, directories, grants, health, publishers, quotations, scientific data, statistics...
Ready Reference - Lakewood Public Library(http://lkwdpl.org/readyref/) Ready Reference - Lakewood Public Library: Ready references using a subject index based on the Dewey Decimal Classification.
Ready Reference - The Virginia Wing Library of the Winsor School(http://www.winsor.edu/pages/sitepage.cfm?id=426) Ready Reference - The Virginia Wing Library of the Winsor School: Full-text sources suitable for ready reference arranged alphabetically. A multitude of topics including aboriginal peoples, acid rain, adoption/international, bands/music, baseball, beekeeping, cloning, educational tests and measurements, folk songs, folklore...
Refdesk(http://www.refdesk.com/) Refdesk: This is the electronic equivalent to the ready reference shelf of resources that most librarians have quick access to behind their desk. Great for answering factual questions.
Research Methods & CalculatorsBill Trochim's The Web Center for Social Research Methods (http://www.socialresearchmethods.net/) Bill Trochim's The Web Center for Social Research Methods: A website for people involved in applied social research and evaluation. Categories include research methods tutorials, research center, selecting statistics, concept mapping, knowledge base...
Calculator for Confidence Intervals for odds radio unmatched case control study(http://www.hutchon.net/ConfidOR.htm) Calculator for Confidence Intervals for odds radio unmatched case control study: This site is good for calculating OR (Odds Radio) and its CI (confidence Interval).
Centre for Evidence-Based Medicine - Stats Calculator(http://www.cebm.utoronto.ca/practise/ca/statscal/) Centre for Evidence-Based Medicine - Stats Calculator: EBM calculators, including RR. Options for diagnostic test, prospective study, case-control study, and randomized control trial (RCT).
Developing a Thesis Research (Project) Proposal, SJSU, Dr. Liu(http://slisweb.sjsu.edu/courses/285.liu/proposal.html) Developing a Thesis Research (Project) Proposal, SJSU, Dr. Liu: Outline of a research/project proposal, content and editorial issues.
EBM and Decision Tools(http://araw.mede.uic.edu/~alansz/tools.html) EBM and Decision Tools: Good for getting the CI (Confidence Interval) for NNT (Number Needed to Treat), NNH (Number Needed to Harm), and Sensitivity and Specificity.
EBM Statistical Concepts(http://www.musc.edu/dc/icrebm/ebmconcepts.html) EBM Statistical Concepts: Medical University of South Carolina's brief explanation of 6 statistical concepts.
Electronic Statistics Textbook(http://www.statsoft.com/textbook/stathome.html) Electronic Statistics Textbook: Offers training in the understanding and application of statistics. Covers a wide variety of applications including laboratory research, social science statistics and survey research, data mining...
EPIQ (Effective Practice, Informatics & Quality Improvement)(http://www.health.auckland.ac.nz/population-health/epidemiology-biostats/epiq/) EPIQ (Effective Practice, Informatics & Quality Improvement): EPIQ was established in 2002 to support effective (evidence-based) practice, health informatics and quality improvement initiatives in the health and disability support sectors. Scroll down to "Episheet" to download an Excel-based calculator for epidemiological analyses and for calculating confidence intervals. "Graphpad" has an online calculator for calculating confidence intervals and p-values for continuous data.
Graph Pad Quick Calcs - Free Online Calculators for Scientists(http://www.graphpad.com/quickcalcs/index.cfm) Graph Pad Quick Calcs - Free Online Calculators for Scientists: This site is tood for getting the CI (Confidence Interval) for NNT (Number Needed to Treat) and calculating the CI for a proportion, which might be done for a prognosis study. Calculators include Categorical data (Chi square...), Continuous data (t test...), Statistical distributions and interpreting P values, Random numbers, and Chemical and radiochemical data.
Introduction to Benchmarking(http://www.smthacker.co.uk/introduction_to_benchmarking.htm) Introduction to Benchmarking: Provides a general introduction to benchmarking, including what it is, why we need it, types, and major steps involved in a benchmarking project.
MedCalc 3000(http://medcalc3000.com/) MedCalc 3000: This unique computerized medical reference and tool set costs $25.95 for the complete version, but quite a few calculators are free. Choose "Search by Specialty" and then "Statistics" and the freely available calculators have dark links.
Methods, Statistics, and the Research Paper(http://www.trinity.edu/mkearl/methods.html) Methods, Statistics, and the Research Paper: A Sociological Tour Through Cyberspace's page with links to many resources on research methods, survey constructs, statistics...
Overview of Basic Methods to Collect Information(http://www.mapnp.org/library/research/overview.htm) Overview of Basic Methods to Collect Information: A table reviewing the basic methods to collect data. Also includes related library links for decision making, ethics, marketing, performance management, planning, research methods...
Research Methods Resources on the WWW(http://www.slais.ubc.ca/resources/research_methods/index.htm) Research Methods Resources on the WWW: Links for action research, content analysis, general qualitative research, historical research, internet research, quantitative analysis, questionnaires, research ethics, sampling...
Research Methods in the Social Sciences(http://www.library.miami.edu/netguides/psymeth.html) Research Methods in the Social Sciences: An Internet resources list for tests and measures, quantitative research, qualitative research, research and writing.
Research Raven(http://www.researchraven.com/) Research Raven: "ResearchRaven is designed to advance health research, program development & scholarship by enabling users to efficiently find current information about funding opportunities, professional conferences, calls for papers and other research-related materials."
Researching Librarian(http://www.researchinglibrarian.com/index.html) Researching Librarian: This site gathers links to selected web resources useful for research, including freely searchable citation and full-text databases, funding information, relevant journals, statistics and statistical methods, useful research tools, current awareness sources, and conference papers and proceedings.
Statistical Terms - American College of Physicians(http://www.acponline.org/journals/ecp/primers.htm) Statistical Terms - American College of Physicians: An excellent series of brief articles/primers on statistical terms relevent to effective clinical practice.
Statistics, MERLOT~ A FOCUSED PORTAL(http://www.merlot.org/artifact/BrowseArtifacts.po?catcode=145&browsecat=118) Statistics, MERLOT: This category in Multimedia Education Resource for Learning and Online Teaching's portal provides 73 links to materials specific to statistics in the area of social sciences.
Survey Monkey(http://www.surveymonkey.com/) Survey Monkey: Enables anyone to create professional online surveys quickly and easily. Click on Pricing and select either the basic subscription which is totally free but is limited to a total of 10 questions and 100 responses per survey; or choose the professional subscription which is $19.95 per month and includes up to 1000 responses per month.
Two-way Contingency Table Analysis(http://members.aol.com/johnp71/ctab2x2.html) Two-way Contingency Table Analysis: Computes various statistics from a 2x2 table.
Search Engines & Text-Mining SystemsAccumo(http://www.accumo.com/) Accumo: Organizes its results into concept clusters. Results can be derived from a small number of directories and search engines, including Google. Concept clustering organizes results into subtopic folders related to the search, particularly useful when the topic is complex or unfamiliar.
Fagan Finder(http://www.faganfinder.com/) Fagan Finder: Offers many different options for finding information. Useful tools include translation wizard, URL info, bookmarklets... Informational pages include topic clustering, meta search engines, searching links...
Google
(http://www.google.com/) Google Search Engine: The first search engine of choice for many librarians. Great for simple searches. Google uses Page Rank Priorities. Simply type your research terms in the search field and it searches more than 8 billion URLs, matching close variations of the words entered. Also has categories for looking for images, groups, directory of subjects, and news. • To find a book or video in a library, QUERY: worldcat "name of book or video" ... then look for "Find in a Library:" • To perform a 2-stage search of the deep web, QUERY: database "term or phrase of interest" ... then select one of the databases and enter a more specific term in its search field • To get the definition of a word or phrase, QUERY: define:word or phrase • To search for government sites, URL: www.google.com/unclesam • To find out who links to a site, QUERY: link:siteURL • To find local businesses and services, URL: http://local.google.com/ • To find an online book to read or search, QUERY: book "your subject of interest" ... choices will appear next to a picture of books at the top • To find scholarly literature, URL: http://scholar.google.com/
How to Choose a Search Engine or Directory(http://library.albany.edu/internet/choose.html) How to Choose a Search Engine or Directory: An organized list of search engines grouped according to the searcher's wants: Fields & File Types, Search Logic, Search Options, Search Results, Specialty Searches.
IxQuick(http://ixquick.com/eng/aboutixquick/) IxQuick: IxQuick is a meta-search engine that offers a truly broad, comprehensive search, accessing 10 major search engines. It places a star next to the link for each search engine match, with the most relevant sites indicated by multiple stars.
KartOO(http://www.kartoo.com/) KartOO: This meta-search engine offers results in a graphical interface. It displays results in interactive maps based on the search terms. Each Kartoo map is made up of concepts and sites. It also offers a list of related topics.
Mooter(http://www.mooter.com/moot) Mooter: Graphical search engine, using categories to narrow search results.
Pandia(http://www.pandia.com/) Pandia: This search engine portal also has a search engine tutorial and Search Engine Weblog.
Proceedings First, OCLC(http://www.oclc.org/support/documentation/firstsearch/databases/dbdetails/details/Proceedings.htm) Proceedings First, OCLC: An OCLC index of worldwide conference proceedings. Covers every published congress, symposium, conference, exposition, workshop and meeting received by The British Library Document Supply Centre. Contains in each record a list of the papers presented at each conference.
Profusion(http://www.profusion.com/) Profusion: This meta-search engine searches the Web in addition to numerous databases on the deep Web organized by topic (accessed by using interfaces organized by database topic).
Search Engine Showdown(http://www.searchengineshowdown.com/) Search Engine Showdown: Greg Notess provides an in-depth analysis of the most popular search engines on the market today.
Search Engine Watch(http://searchenginewatch.com/) Search Engine Watch: Chris Sherman provides tips and information about searching the web and analysis of the search engine industry.
Teoma(http://www.teoma.com/) Teoma: Teoma adds a new dimension and level of authority to search results through its approach known as Subject-Specific Popularity, where it analyzes the Web in naturally-occurring communities that are related to the same subject. One search results in 3 responses: the "Refine" section allows further focus; the "Results" section ranks links according to relevance as determined by experts in the specific subject community; and the "Resources" section lists other authoritative sites.
Text Mining(http://www.scils.rutgers.edu/~msharp/text_mining.htm) Text Mining: This is a 22-page 2001 final term paper by Mark Sharp that explains the concept of text mining, its history, data mining, machine learning, natural language processing, template mining, theme finding, text categorization, clustering, filtering, biomedical applications...
Textpresso(http://www.textpresso.org/) Textpresso: An information retrieval and extraction system for biological literature. This text-mining search engine uses a catalog of types of objects and concepts called an ontology, currently comprised of 33 categories of terms (classes of biological concepts).
Thumbshots Ranking(http://ranking.thumbshots.com/) Thumbshots Ranking: A teaching tool where you can compare search results from 2 different search engines.
Vivisimo(http://vivisimo.com/) Vivisimo: Vivisimo is a meta-search engine that organizes search results in organized folders. Its clustering technology allows for neat and intelligent organization of resources.
Statistics & AlmanacsAlmanac - Information Please(http://www.infoplease.com/almanacs.html) Almanac - Information Please: Almanacs for information on the world, biography, business, United States, sports, society and culture, history and government, arts and entertainment, health and science...
Census Scope(http://www.censusscope.org/) Census Scope: Easy-to-use tool for investigating U.S. demographic trends. Census trend charts include language.
Counting California(http://countingcalifornia.cdlib.org/) Counting California: Agriculture, banking, business, crime, education, electrions, energy, health, housing, income, land...
Country Statistics, Demographic and Health Surveys(http://www.measuredhs.com/countries/start.cfm) Country Statistics, Demographic and Health Surveys: Assists developing countries worldwide in the collection and use of data to monitor and evaluate population, health, and nutrition programs.
County of San Diego's Community Health Statistics(http://www2.sdcounty.ca.gov/hhsa/ServiceDetails.asp?ServiceID=1063) County of San Diego's Community Health Statistics: County HHSA links and other resource links.
Data Web(http://www.thedataweb.org/) Data Web: This network of online data libraries provides data in the following areas: census, economic, health, income and unemployment, population, labor, cancer, crime and transportation, family dynamics, vital statistics...
Digital Librarian - Statistics ~ A FOCUSED PORTALhttp://www.digital-librarian.com/statistics.html) Digital Librarian - Statistics: A librarian's choice of the best of the Web for statistics.
FedStats
(http://www.fedstats.gov/) FedStats: "The gateway to statistics from over 100 U.S. Federal agencies." FirstGov's Data & Statistics(http://www.firstgov.gov/Topics/Reference_Shelf/Data.shtml) FirstGov's Data & Statistics: Links to many government statistical databases, including Economic Indicators, Geographic Data, Health Statistics, Labor Statistics...
HCUP, Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project(http://hcup.ahrq.gov/HCUPnet.asp) HCUP, Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project: This is a free, online query system based on HCUP data. It provides access to health statistics and information on hospital stays at the national, regional, and state levels. Create your own statistics.
Library Statistics and Measures(http://web.syr.edu/~jryan/infopro/stats.html) Library Statistics and Measures: Library statistics for information professionals, classified by library type, key organizations, regions and topics.
Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report(http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/distrnds.html) Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report: The CDC's MMWR provides data for nationally notifiable diseases reported by the 50 states, New York City, the District of Columbia, and the U.S. territories. The causes of death for 122 cities and metropolitan areas in the U.S. are also reported.
National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS), Health U.S. 2004(http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/hus.htm) National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS), Health U.S. 2004: An annual report on national trends in health statistics with 153 detailed data tables. FastStats A to Z includes statistics on allergies, Alzheimer's disease, doctor visits, exercise, inpatient surgery, mental health, nursing home care...
Social Sciences Data on the Internet(http://odwin.ucsd.edu/idata/) Social Sciences Data on the Internet: UCSD's "Data on the Net" offers searching or browsing of numeric social science statistical data, data libraries, social science gateways...
Statistical Abstract of the United States
(http://www.census.gov/prod/www/statistical-abstract-04.html) Statistical Abstract of the United States: The 2001, 2002, 2003, and 2004-05 editions are listed by sections (health & nutrition, education, geography & environment, labor force, employment & earnings...) Statistics & Probability, MERLOT~ A FOCUSED PORTAL(http://www.merlot.org/artifact/BrowseArtifacts.po?catcode=279&browsecat=223) Statistics & Probability, MERLOT: This category in Multimedia Education Resource for Learning and Online Teaching's portal provides 184 links to materials specific to statistics and probability.
_U.S. Census Bureau(http://www.census.gov/ U.S. Census Bureau: Major categories include Census 2000, people, business, geography, special topics...
U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics(http://www.bls.gov/ U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics: Main categories include Inflation & Consumer Spending; Wages, Earnings & Benefits; Safety & Health; International; Occupations; Demographics...
World Health Organization Statistical Information System (WHOSIS)(http://www3.who.int/whosis/menu.cfm) World Health Organization Statistical Information System (WHOSIS): Guide to health and health-related epidemiological and statistical information.
Web TechnologyAccessible Web Design(http://www.washington.edu/doit/Resources/web-design.html) Accessible Web Design: University of Washington's page of resources that can help in creating Web pages that are accessible to everyone, including those who have disabilities.
Blogger(http://www.blogger.com/start) Blogger: Find out what a blog is, them create a free one for yourself.
Blog Software Comparison Chart(http://www.asymptomatic.net/blogbreakdown.htm) Blog Software Comparison Chart: This chart displays attributes of different user-installed blog software packages side-by-side for comparison.
Design Fundamentals(http://www.pantos.org/atw/basics.html) Design Fundamentals: Web design rules, usability, structure, things to avoid...
Digital Design, Putting Streaming Audio and Music on the Web(http://www.colorado.edu/AmStudies/lewis/Design/feel.htm) Digital Design, Putting Streaming Audio and Music on the Web: Excellent tutorial on adding streaming audio and music to websites. [Be patient, this website takes awhile to load.]
Digital Librarian - Web Page Design ~ A FOCUSED PORTALhttp://www.digital-librarian.com/web.html) Digital Librarian - Web Page Design: A librarian's choice of the best of the Web for Web page design.
Evaluating Web Sites - Teacher Page
(http://mciu.org/~spjvweb/evalwebteach.html) Evaluating Web Sites - Teacher Page: Explains how teachers (and librarians) can help students understand how to evaluate Web resources for quality content. Last updated 12/01, but still highly valuable. HTML Primer(http://archive.ncsa.uiuc.edu/General/Internet/WWW/HTMLPrimerPrintable.html) HTML Primer: This guide is intended to be an introduction to using HTML and creating files for the Web.
HTML Tutorial(http://www.w3schools.com/html/) HTML Tutorial: HTML basics (elements, entities, links, frames, tables...), advanced (fonts, styles, meta, scripts...), examples, references (tag list, attributes, colors...), selected reading (web statistics, hosting, quality).
Information Architecture(http://builder.com.com/5100-31-5074224.html) Information Architecture: Builder.com (beyond the code) answers what is information architecture, basic components, personalization and customization of websites, standards, future...
Information Systems, MERLOT~ A FOCUSED PORTAL(http://www.merlot.org/artifact/BrowseArtifacts.po?catcode=40&browsecat=1) Information Systems, MERLOT: This category in Multimedia Education Resource for Learning and Online Teaching's portal provides 173 links to materials specific to information systems, including managing the digital enterprise, computer literacy, HTML tutorials, working with the Web...
Internet Beginner's Guides & Tutorials(http://www.refdesk.com/factbeg.html) Internet Beginner's Guides & Tutorials: Portal for learning about Email, the Internet, JavaScript, WWW, CGI-BIN, glossary of terms...
Library Listservs-n-More(http://librarysupportstaff.com/4blogs.html) Library Listservs-n-More: Library blogs to visit, articles on blogging, and resources on how/where to create your own blogs.
Library Web Managers' Reference Center(http://sunsite.berkeley.edu/Web4Lib/RefCenter/) Library Web Managers' Reference Center: Links to resources for library Web managers, including getting connected, Web page authoring and site management, library Web site and catalog directories, public access measures, organizing the internet, and knowledge sharing.
Listowner Manual(http://www.skally.net/listowner/provide.html) Listowner Manual: Free and inexpensive email discussion list providers.
Lower-Literacy Users(http://www.useit.com/alertbox/20050314.html) Lower-Literacy Users: Tips on how to make consumer communications understandable and actionable by a broad consumer audience (improving usability for lower-literacy users).
Matisse's Glossary of Internet Terms(http://www.matisse.net/files/glossary.html) Matisse's Glossary of Internet Terms: Glossary defines Internet terms and explains acronyms.
Review of Web Style Guides(http://archive.ncsa.uiuc.edu/edu/trg/styleguide/) Review of Web Style Guides: The National Center for Supercomputing Applications offers an interpretation of guidelines regarding hypermedia, site structure, page structure, overviews, contextual clues, navigational tools, performance for the audience, public/private matters, mainenance...
RSS, Sharing Your Site with RSS(http://webmonkey.wired.com/webmonkey/03/17/index3a.html?tw=authoring) RSS, Sharing Your Site with RSS: RSS (Really Simple Syndication) is an easy way for sites to share headlines and stories so that other sites can integrate them into their pages.
Seven Deadly Sins of Information Design(http://wp.netscape.com/computing/webbuilding/studio/feature19980729-1.html) Seven Deadly Sins of Information Design: Consider usability, flowchart, organization, navigation, colors, title tag, vision.
WDVL - The Virtual Library of WWW Development(http://wdvl.internet.com/Vlib/) WDVL - The Virtual Library of WWW Development: A comprehensive illustrated encyclopedia of Web technology. Includes tutorials, examples, and links to great resources.
Web Design Guidelines(http://www-3.ibm.com/ibm/easy/eou_ext.nsf/Publish/572) Web Design Guidelines: IBM's Ease of Use Group's guidelines for creating easy-to-use Web interfaces.
Weblogs Compendium(http://www.lights.com/weblogs/) Weblogs Compendium: Provides information about weblogs, hosting services, tools, directories, definitions...
Weblogs: Their Use and Application in Science and Technology Libraries(http://stlq.info/archives/blogstl.pdf) Weblogs: Their Use and Application in Science and Technology Libraries: This 2005 12-page article by Randy Reichardt was published by Science & Technology Libraries, Vol.25(3). It reviews the description, history, and usefulness of blogs, including blogging software.
Webmonkey(http://hotwired.lycos.com/webmonkey/) Webmonkey: "The Web developer's resource." Includes a how-to library (authoring, design...) and quick references (HTML cheatsheet, special characters, color codes...)
Web Page Design for Designers(http://www.wpdfd.com/index.htm) Web Page Design for Designers: News, feature articles, product reviews, tutorials, links...
Web Publishing Help(http://librarysupportstaff.com/webpubhelp.html) Web Publishing Help: Library Support Staff.com's information-packed site includes information on finding an ISP, HTML tutorials, your own domain, help for webmasters, copyright your pages, check for errors, content providers, graphics resources, free learning sites...
WebReference(http://webreference.com) WebReference: Web development site includes information on authoring, design, color codes, HTML characters, JavaScript, creating PDFs...
Web Style Guide(http://www.webstyleguide.com/index.html?/index.html) Web Style Guide: Provides a thorough and accessible guide to Web design for developers around the world. Full text version of the book.
Web Thang(http://www.webthang.co.uk/) Web Thang: This site has 167 tutorials (CSS, Database & SQL, Dreamweaver, JavaScript...), 55 code snippets, 85 quality resource links covering a wide range of web development needs.
Wiki Farms(http://c2.com/cgi/wiki?WikiFarms) Wiki Farms: Goal of this page is to help people find good places to host their new wiki idea.
World Wide Web Consortium (W3C)
(http://www.w3.org/) World Wide Web Consortium (W3C): "W3C develops interoperable technologies (specifications, guidelines, software, and tools) to lead the Web to its full potential." Includes links to information about many technologies (CSS, HTML, RDF, XML...)
Writing & PublishingAPA, MLA, Turabian, and Chicago Citation Styles
(http://www.liu.edu/cwis/cwp/library/workshop/citation.htm) APA, MLA, Turabian, and Chicago Citation Styles: Explains which subjects commonly use the APA, Turabian, MLA, Chicago, and AMA citation styles. Gives detailed examples of each. Provides information on plagiarism, anatomy of a citation, evaluating information, library vs. Web, evaluating Internet resources, ethics in the information age, and starting your research. Citation Machine(http://landmark-project.com/citation_machine/index.php) Citation Machine: An interactive Web tool that produces reference citations for crediting information from other people. Results in both APA and MLA formats.
Guide to Grammar and Writing(http://webster.commnet.edu/grammar/) Guide to Grammar and Writing: Search for terms at the word and sentence level, paragraph level, essay and research paper level...
Internet Resources for Writers(http://www.internet-resources.com/writers/) Internet Resources for Writers: Writing links and links for writers. Writers' resources on the Web and more.
Journal Coverage in the CINAHL Database(http://www.cinahl.com/library/journals.htm) Journal Coverage in the CINAHL Database: Journals in nursing, allied health, and other disciplines can be searched by categories/subsets (including computer/information science, consumer health, health promotion/education, 5 categories of review...), discipline/field, place of publication, and subject.
King County Editorial Style Manual(http://www.metrokc.gov/exec/styleguide/) King County Editorial Style Manual: This online manual answers questions about writing, including abbreviations, capitalization, grammar, numbers, punctuation, spelling and word usage.
Online! A Reference Guide to Using Internet Sources(http://www.bedfordstmartins.com/online/index.html) Online! A Reference Guide to Using Internet Sources: Includes detailed advice for citing online sources (including email, listserv...)
OWL - Online Writing Lab - Grammar, Punctuation and Spelling(http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/grammar/) OWL - Online Writing Lab - Grammar, Punctuation and Spelling: Handouts and exercises on grammar, spelling, and punctuation.
OWL - Online Writing Lab - Using APA Format(http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/research/r_apa.html) OWL - Online Writing Lab - Using APA Format: Examples of updated (to 5th edition) citation styles. Handouts covering general format, referring to the works of others in your text, your reference list, examples, notes, and additional resources.
Refereed Library Science Journals(http://www.lib.auburn.edu/tenure/refereedlibscijrls.htm) Refereed Library Science Journals: Auburn University Libraries provide this partial list of refereed journals in library science, and some advice on publishing.
Resources for Writers ~ A FOCUSED PORTAL(http://njref.camden.lib.nj.us/pathfinders/writersresources.htm) Resources for Writers: Camden County Library System's pathfinder with lists of print and online resources helpful to writers.
Schnell's Writing for the Web(http://bones.med.ohio-state.edu/eric/papers/primer/toc.html) Schnell's Writing for the Web: A primer for librarians, including copyright issues, HTML, URLs, graphics and images, multimedia, XML, CGI, Java, Web accessibility...
SJSU's APA Style Resources(http://witloof.sjsu.edu/resources/apa.htm) SJSU's APA Style Resources: Web sites that provide helpful highlights and summaries for writing college papers using APA.
Style Guides & Other Writing Aids(http://www.library.vanderbilt.edu/central/ref/rr_styleguides.shtml) Style Guides & Other Writing Aids: The library of Vanderbilt University created this comprehensive list of links to style guides for writing.
Writing and Presenting Your Thesis or Dissertation(http://www.learnerassociates.net/dissthes/) Writing and Presenting Your Thesis or Dissertation: Helps graduate students think through the many aspects of crafting, implementing and defending a thesis or dissertation. Breaks down the thinking about it stage, preparing the proposal, and writing the thesis or dissertation into sub-steps.
Young Adult ResourcesDavid Loertscher's Resources for Culture(http://www.davidvl.org/262WebFilesSpring04/w9culture.html) David Loertscher's Resources for Culture: Links to art, museums, music, film, language arts, and creative dramatics websites directed towards young adults.
David Loertscher's Resources for Science(http://www.davidvl.org/262WebFilesSpring04/w7science.html) David Loertscher's Resources for Science: Links to space science, biology and chemistry websites directed towards young adults.
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