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BOOKS, Bestseller Lists:    (Back to top of page)

 Yahoo Directory of Bestseller Lists including NY Times, USA Today, Barnes & Noble, Chronicle of Higher
Education and more: http://dir.yahoo.com/arts/humanities/literature/bestseller_lists

BOOKS, Online:

Bartleby.com: http://www.bartleby.com/
Great Books Online

Internet Classics Archive: http://classics.mit.edu
Over 400 works of classical literature

Internet Public Library Reading Room: http://www.ipl.org/reading/books
Wonderful compilation of all sorts of online book websites. Not to be missed!  (click on reading room, then 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  

BOOKS, Out-of-Print:

Addall.com: http://www.addall.com
Alibris.com: http://www.alibris.com
Bookfinder.com: http://www.bookfinder.com

All of the above sites will search a number of other sites

BOOKS, Prices:

 Booksprice.com: www.booksprice.com/
"Find the best price for new & used books and college textbooks at the major online Stores."

Direct Textbook.com: http://www.directtextbook.com/
Compare prices for over 30 online stores in the U.S. for textbooks


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.gov: http://www.business.gov
"U.S. Government's official website for small business," partnership among 22 Federal agencies.
Business Plans: http://www.bplans.com/sp/businessplans.cfm?DCMP=AFC-SCORE California Business Portal: http://www.ss.ca.gov/business/business.htm

                         www.referenceforbusiness.com  (click on a business, scroll past the ads at the top)  and   http://www.answers.com/topic/business-plans

                         http://www.carnegielibrary.org/research/business/bplansindex.html   - VERY GOOD!

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:    (Back to top of page)

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/majors-careers/skills-interests/career-interest-game/

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:    (Back to top of page)

 All Movie Guide: http://www.allmovie.com/

Internet Movie Database: http://www.imdb.com

FINANCE, PERSONAL:

CNN Money: http://money.cnn.com (Click on the "Personal Finance" tab)

Intuit online money manager: www.mint.com

Kiplinger Personal Finance: www.kiplinger.com 

MSN Money: http://moneycentral.msn.com  (Click on "Personal Finance")

U.S. Financial Literacy and Education Commission:  www.mymoney.gov

 

Yahoo! Finance:  http://finance.yahoo.com  (Click on "Personal Finance")


 

GEOGRAPHY:
 

Association of American Geographers: http://www.aag.org
Information about the profession and education

 Census Bureau Geography: http://www.census.gov/geo/www/index.html
U.S. Census Bureau - mapping and other resources available

CIA World Factbook: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/
Country information compiled by the Central Intelligence Agency
 

Country Studies: http://www.country-studies.com/   Government published; beware of date, last published in 1998

National Climatic Data Center: http://lwf.ncdc.noaa.gov/oa/ncdc.html
Federal government site - "World's largest archive of weather data"

National Geographic Online: http://www.nationalgeographic.com

Maps and mapping tools

Refdesk.com: http://www.refdesk.com/geo.html  (Compilation of geography links)

University of Texas-Austin online access to map collection: www.lib.utexas.edu/maps
 

U.S. Geological Survey: http://www.usgs.gov


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:   (Back to top of page)

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.

Stedman's.com: http://www.stedmans.com/
Free online medical dictionary

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/

 

History Matters: http://historymatters.gmu.edu/

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

Organization of American Historians: http://www.oah.org/announce/links.html


LAW:   (Back to top of page)

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.

Refdesk.com: http://www.refdesk.com/paper3.html

Links to the editorial/opinon pages of major newspapers

 PHILOSOPHY:    (Back to top of page)
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:   (Back to top of page)

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:   (Back to top of page)

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

WorldWideScience.org: http://www.worldwidescience.org
Science content sponsored by governments from 50 countries and 40 international portals

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