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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