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Reference Collection Online
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These links take you to the types of resources you'll find
in the reference area of the library; for more subject-specific
sites, try Find Resources by Subject.
Helpful Handouts are also available
for you.
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- aneki.com
Country information, regional and world rankings in categories
such as "most populous," "most polluted," etc.
- Background
Notes ...publications include facts about the land,
people, history, government, political conditions, economy,
and foreign relations of independent states, some dependencies,
and areas of special sovereignty. The Notes are updated/revised
by the Office of Electronic Information and Publications
of the Bureau of Public Affairs as they are received from
the Department's regional bureaus and are added to the database
of the Department of State...
- BBC
News Country Profiles
- CIA
World Factbook 2005
- Earthtrends: the
Environmental Information Portal
- Global
Road Warrior helpful information for travelers
- Inter-Source
Organized into three sections: Country Insights, Intercultures
Magazine, and The Library
- Library
of Congress Country Studies
- Lonely
Planet
- Portals
of the World
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- Wikipedia
web-based encyclopedia edited by its readers. NOTE: there
is a potential for mis-information - doublecheck your source!
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- the
Citizen's Almanac U.S. Citizen & Immigration Services
- Congress.org U.S.
membership directory, with various ways of searching for
info
- Constitutions,
Statutes, and Codes for all states
- Library of Congress
- Open Congress
brings together official government data with news and blog
coverage to give you the real story behind each bill.
- Project Vote Smart
Information on candidates and issues
- State and Local
Governments on the Net
- States and Capitals
- Thomas: Legislative Information
on the Internet
- USA.gov
One-stop access to all online U.S. Federal Government resources.
Topics include Agriculture, Arts, Economy, Environment and
Energy, Grants, Health, and Science
- U.S.
Government Documents a selection of full-text materials
in topics including Environment, Crime and Justice, Agriculture,
Education, Energy, and more
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- Berkeley
Digital Library Photo Collection People, plants, places,
plus links to photographers, and copyright info
- Images
The University of Arizona compiles a selection of image
links; copyright information is included
- Image
collections from BUBL
- NYPL
Digital Gallery provides access to over 275,000 images
digitized from primary sources and printed rarities in the
collections of The New York Public Library, including illuminated
manuscripts, historical maps, vintage posters, rare prints
and photographs, illustrated books, printed ephemera, and
more
- NOAA
Photo Library
From the National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
an incredible collection of images, including storms, space,
underwater, marine mammals, coastlines, etc.
- The
Online Archive of California categories include History,
Nature, People, Places, Society, & Technology. Copyright
information provided
- The Picture Collection
from The New York Public Library, 30,000+ images, mostly
created before 1923
- Prints
and Photographs from the Library of Congress. Copyright
information provided
- Smithsonian Institution
Online Collections Images from the collections—natural
history, etc.
- Visible Earth
A Catalog of NASA Images and Animations of Our Home Planet
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- Google Book Search
finds ...any kind of book you can imagine: fiction, non-fiction,
reference, scholarly, textbooks, children's books, scientific,
medical, professional, educational, and other books of all
kinds; you'll only be able to see a limited portion –
in some cases only a few sentences – of books ...under
copyright. If the book is not under copyright, then you
can browse the entire book. In general, Google Book Search
aims to help you discover books, not read them from start
to finish
- Library of Congress
Online Catalog
- Library of Congress
- All Collections - U.S. historical and cultural collections
(American Memory), Library of Congress Online Catalog, Prints
& Photographs Online Catalog, Library of Congress Web
site
- World Cat 1.3 billion
items in 18,000 libraries worldwide - find titles you want,
see what library has this item
- Archives
and Manuscripts Collections ...a selective guide to
finding archives and manuscript collections. It includes
...national catalogs and databases. It also includes a list
of national archives and libraries, college and university
collections, and historical society archives
- Internet
Library for Librarians links to librarian's tools
- The Internet Public
Library an extensive collection of reference resources
- LibDex Find a library
by name or country; other links
- LIBWEB
find academic, public, state libraries and more, listed
by location, library type, or name
- National Library
for the Environment
- National Park Service
Libraries
- Open Access
Text Archives Access to collections from Open Source,
Project Gutenberg, etc.
- Public Libraries
in the United States
- Repositories
of Primary Sources A listing of over 5000 websites describing
holdings of manuscripts, archives, rare books, historical
photographs, and other primary sources for the research
scholar
- Smithsonian Institution
Choices include Libraries, Archives, Bibliographies, & Chronology
- Virtual
Reference Shelf resources from the Library of Congress
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- Campbell Map Collection
donated to the Library by Dan Campbell of The Nature Conservancy,
who is also a member of our Board of Directors. Maps are
available to students and faculty; inquire at the Circulation
Desk.
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- American
FactFinder
- CensusScope
data, charts, trends in U.S. demographics
- EconData.Net
links to socioeconomic data sources
- GenderNet
statistics, resources and research from the World Bank
- Harpers
Index
- International
Data Base
- Kids Count
2005 detailed information by state or U.S.
- nationmaster.com
categories include crime, economy, education,
energy, government, health
- Statistical
Resources on the Web from the University of Michigan.
Links to Agriculture, Business, Consumer topics, Cost of
Living, International, Government, Health, Housing, and
more
- Stats researches
current issues and the reliability of the statistics behind
the reports on those issues
- World's
Women 2000: Trends and Statistics (with 2005 update)
United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs
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