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Great
Websites... 
BOOKS:
Project Gutenberg:
www.gutenberg.org
The one that started it all; PG's goal is one million
free electronic titles by 2015.
Google Book Search:
www.books.google.com
BUSINESS:
Best
Information on the Internet (Business links) from St. Ambrose University: http://library.sau.edu/bestinfo/Majors/Business/busindex.htm
Big Charts: http://bigcharts.marketwatch.com/historical
Offers
historical stock prices from 1/2/1970 to present, and more.
Business Plans: http://www.bplans.com/sp/businessplans.cfm?DCMP=AFC-SCORE
California
Business Portal: http://www.ss.ca.gov/business/business.htm
Hoover's: http://www.hoovers.com/free/
Info
about companies and industries.
Small Business Administration: http://www.sba.gov/
Small Business Administration
Small Business Network Resource Library: http://smallbiz.infopeople.org/
Small business research center.
CALIFORNIA:
CA
links from California State University, Long Beach:
http://www.csulb.edu/library/subj/Paper%20Topics/hottopics/laorcapaptop.htm
CAREERS:
Career information from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, K-12
http://www.bls.gov/k12/
Occupational
Outlook Handbook, U.S. Department of Labor, (more detailed info than above)
from Bureau of Labor Statistics (also in print format) *** (best bet)
http://www.bls.gov/oco
Career Interests Game from University of Missouri “The
game is based on the RIASEC (Realistic, Investigative, Artistic, Social,
Enterprising, and Conventional) model of occupations and is designed to help
match user's interests and skills with similar careers. The game may help users
to begin thinking about how their personality will fit in with specific work
environments and careers.” (from University of Missouri)
http://career.missouri.edu/students/explore/thecareerinterestsgame.php
Good overall site, Jobstar.org
http://jobstar.org
America's Career InfoNet: 450 short videos on different careers (click
on Labor Market info on right-hand side to find fastest growing jobs)
http://www.acinet.org/acinet/
Career Voyages:
http://www.careervoyages.gov/
Click on “Career Videos” for videos of in-demand occupations
Day in the Work Life (from NPR, need to download free RealPlayer)
http://marketplacemoney.publicradio.org/collections/special/2004/day_in_the_work_life/
O*Net, (Occupational Information Network) http://online.onetcenter.org/
Dictionary of
Occupational Titles: http://www.occupationalinfo.org/
CALIFORNIA JOB INFORMATION:
Employment
Development Department, state of California
http://www.edd.ca.gov/
http://www.caljobs.ca.gov/
(CalJobs)
http://www.labormarketinfo.edd.ca.gov/
(California Labor Market info)
WEBSITES, SEARCHING FOR A JOB:
Job Hunter’s Bible
(the website from Richard Bolles, author of What Color is Your Parachute?)
www.jobhuntersbible.com
Monster.com http://www.monster.com/
America's Job Bank: http://www.ajb.org/
Riley Guide: http://www.rileyguide.com/
Yahoo: http://hotjobs.yahoo.com/
RESUMES AND COVER LETTERS:
http://www.rileyguide.com/letters.html (links to resume and cover letter guides) also http://jobstar.org and www.jobhuntersbible.com
FAFSA, Financial Aid: (please contact your counselor for help with financial aid forms)
http://www.fafsa.ed.gov/
FILM:
All
Movie Guide: http://www.allmovie.com/
Internet Movie Database: http://www.imdb.com
GOVERNMENT:
CIA
World Factbook: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/
Online
version of print edition includes country profiles.
Country Studies: http://lcweb2.loc.gov/frd/cs/cshome.html
Online version of the "Area Handbook" series of country
information, sponsored by the Department of the Army.
FirstGov: http://www.firstgov.gov/
One-stop access to United States Federal Government resources.
GPO Access: http://www.gpoaccess.gov/index.html
Directory to government sites.
Thomas: http://thomas.loc.gov/
Legislative information from the Library of Congress.
HEALTH:
CDC
Health Topics: http://www.cdc.gov/health/
Center
for Disease Control health topics.
Drugs - RxList: The Internet Drug Index: http://www.rxlist.com
Infomed: http://www.infomed.org/100drugs/
Mayo Clinic:
http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/drug-information/DrugHerbIndex
John Hopkins
Intelihealth: http://www.intelihealth.com/IH/ihtIH
Healthfinder: http://healthfinder.gov
Health website for consumer information from various government agencies.
Library of Congress selected sites: http://www.loc.gov/rr/scitech/selected-internet/medical.html
Medical Encyclopedia from Medline: http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/encyclopedia.htmleb.org/
Advanced health information.
MEDLINEPlus: http://www.medlineplus.gov/
Links to health-related resources.
Merck & Co: http://www.merck.com/
Free online access to many of the Merck manuals.
National Institutes of Health: http://health.nih.gov/
Health topics from NIH.
Nutrition.gov: http://www.nutrition.gov/
Portal to websites from the federal government.
Nutrition Source: http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/nutritionsource/
Department of Nutrition, Harvard School of Public Health
PubMed Central: http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/
Full-text articles from journals.
WebMD.com: www.webmd.com
A variety of resources including pill identification.
Nursing/Healthcare
Links
American Nurses Association: http://www.nursingworld.org/
Health Professional Students for Substance Abuse Training: www.hpssat.org
Career Exploration for healthcare careers from the NIH:
http://www.science.education.nih.gov/LifeWorks
HISTORY:
Ancient World Cultures: http://eawc.evansville.edu/
Best of history Web sites: http://www.besthistorysites.net/
Center for History and New Media: http://chnm.gmu.edu/
Interesting
website from George Mason University
History Guide: http://www.historyguide.de/
HyperHistory Online: http://www.hyperhistory.com/online_n2/History_n2/a.html
Recommended by the History Channel
ORB: Online Reference Book for Medieval Studies: http://the-orb.net
LAW:
FindLaw:
http://www.findlaw.com/
Internet
Legal Resources
Legal Information Institute: http://www.law.cornell.edu/
Case law, state and federal code, Surpreme Court decisions, etc. Updated
nightly.
MUSIC:
AMG all-music guide: http://www.allmusic.com/
NEWS:
NewsDirectory.com:
http://www.ecola.com
Newspapers
by country, magazines by subject, and more.
PHILOSOPHY:
Internet
Encyclopedia of Philosophy: http://www.utm.edu/research/iep/
Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy: http://plato.stanford.edu/
POLITICAL
SCIENCE:
Biographical
directory of the U.S. Congress: 1774-Present:
http://bioguide.congress.gov/biosearch/biosearch.asp
Congress.org: http://www.congress.org/congressorg/home/
Constitution of the United States: http://www.gpoaccess.gov/constitution/index.html
Department of State: http://www.state.gov/
House of Representatives: www.house.gov
Landmark Supreme Court Cases: http://www.landmarkcases.org/
Senate: www.senate.gov
THOMAS: Legislative information on the Internet: http://thomas.loc.gov/
Ultimate Political Science Links: http://upslinks.net
PSYCHOLOGY:
American
Psychological Association: http://www.apa.org/
The
major site for psychological resources on the Internet.
Encyclopedia of Psychology: http://www.psychology.org/
Over 2,000 links to topics of psychology.
National Institute of Mental Health: http://www.nimh.nih.gov/
Government site including mental health topics and disorders.
National Mental Health Information Center: http://www.mentalhealth.org/
Link to SAMSHA (Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration).
Personality Project: http://www.personality-project.org/
REFERENCE:
Bartleby.com:
http://www.bartleby.com
Bartleby
includes an online encyclopedia, dictionary, thesaurus as well as online books
and more.
Internet Public Library: http://www.ipl.org
Virtual Reference Shelf: http://www.loc.gov/rr/askalib/virtualref.html
Great all-around database organized and compiled by the Library of
Congress.
RELIGION:
Encyclopedia
Mythica: http://www.pantheon.org/
Mythology,
folklore, and religion.
Internet Sacred Text Archive: http://www.sacred-texts.com/index.htm
Religion-BBC World Service: http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/people/features/world_religions/
Great site covering seventeen religions.
SCIENCE:
Eric Weisstein's Treasure Troves of Science: http://www.treasure-troves.com
Astronomy, Biography, Chemistry, Math, you name it!
Science.gov: http://www.science.gov/
Science material from U.S. government agencies
SPEECH:
Speech
topics from Manhattan Community College:
http://lib1.bmcc.cuny.edu/help/speech/speechtopics.html
SPORTS AND PHYSICAL EDUCATION:
American
Soccer History Archives: http://www.sover.net/~spectrum/
NBA.com: http://www.nba.com/
SIRC: A World of Sport Information: http://www.sirc.ca/
STATISTICS:
Fedstats:
http://www.fedstats.gov/
Statistics
from over 100 Federal agencies
NationMaster: http://www.nationmaster.com
Compares nations using data from the CIA World Factbook
Statistical Abstract: http://www.census.gov/compendia/statab/
Statistical
Resources on the Web: http://www.lib.umich.edu/govdocs/stats.html
From
the University of Michigan
U.S. Census Bureau: http://www.census.gov/
From the U.S. Census Bureau