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Art
Baltimore Books Business & Finance Citing Electronic Sources Countries |
Education
General/Miscellaneous Government Health Law Literary Criticism Maryland |
Newspapers
Organizations Religion Science Search Engines/Directories Statistics Travel |
ART
- American Visionary Art Museum
(www.avam.org/)
Art produced by self-taught individuals whose works arise from an innate personal vision - Baltimore Museum of Art
(www.artbma.org/)
Maryland's largest art museum, the BMA's collection includes 85,000 works ranging from ancient mosaics to contemporary art - The Walters Art Museum
(www.thewalters.org/)
One of only a few museums that present a comprehensive history of art from the third millennium B.C. to the early 20th century - Maryland Art Source
(www.marylandartsource.org/)
Information on Maryland art collections, artists, and institutions
BALTIMORE
- Baltimore (www.ci.baltimore.md.us/)
Official city site - SunSpot.net (www.sunspot.net)
Online service of the Baltimore Sun - Baltimore Metropolitan Council
(www.baltometro.org)
Regional data & services
BOOKS
- Project Gutenberg
(sailor.gutenberg.org/)
Full-text of many classic books and documents - Net Library (LNDL only)
Searchable collection of eBooks. Must register with user name and password in order to read books online - The Online Books Page
(digital.library.upenn.edu/books/)
More than 16,000 English works in various formats (e.g. Word, PDF, HTML). Sponsored by the University of Pennsylvania
BUSINESS & FINANCE
- Accounting
Glossary (www.uacpa.org/public/glossary/accounting_terms_a-z/)
Accounting terms plus an acronym listing - Big Charts (www.bigcharts.com)
Charts, quotes, & stock reports. Includes daily price data since January 2, 1985. - Yahoo Finance (finance.yahoo.com)
Stocks, mutual funds, company research, portfolio tracking
CITING ELECTRONIC SOURCES
- American Psychological Association (www.apastyle.org/)
- Modern Language Association (www.mla.org/)
COUNTRIES
- Country Studies
(lcweb2.loc.gov/frd/cs/cshome.html)
Library of Congress site providing description & analysis of 101 lesser-known countries - Background
Notes (www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/bgn/)
Information on geographic entities & international organizations from the U.S. State Department - CIA World
Factbook (www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook)
Maps, geography & chiefs of state - Map Collection
(www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/united_states.html)
From the University of Texas at Austin Library. U.S. and world maps mostly produced by the U.S. government
EDUCATION
- Local Education Agencies, MD State Department of Education (http://www.msde.state.md.us/lealinks.html)
- National Education Association (NEA) (www.nea.org)
- U.S. Department of Education (http://www.ed.gov/index.jsp) - Research and statistics, including NCES
- AskERIC (Education Information Site including Lesson Planning) (www.askeric.org)
- Test Locator (ERIC/AE Test Locator) (www.ericae.net/testcol.htm)
- The Gateway to Educational Materials (GEM) (www.thegateway.org) - Lesson Plans, curriculum units, and education resources on the web
- Kathy Schrock's Guide for Educators (school.discovery.com/schrockguide/) - Directory of Web sites to aid teachers in curriculum planning and professional growth.
- Map Collection
(www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/united_states.html)
From the University of Texas at Austin Library. U.S. and world maps mostly produced by the U.S. government - AmeriStat (www.ameristat.org/)
Facts, figures, & analysis of key overall demographic trends affecting the U.S. population - Associations
Unlimited (LND only)
Information on U.S. & international nonprofit organizations - Bartleby.com (bartleby.com)
Access to the full-text of selected reference sources and literature, including Bartlett's Familiar Quotations (1919), Strunk's Elements of Style (1918), the King James Bible, and various thesauri and dictionaries - Biography
& Genealogy Master Index (LND only)
Comprehensive index covering contemporary & historical figures throughout the world - Encyclopedia Britannica
(www.britannica.com/)
Complete encyclopedia with related Internet sites - Fast Facts
(gwu.edu/~gprice/handbook.htm)
Links to information from almanacs, factbooks, statistical reports, & related reference tools. - GrantsWeb
(www.srainternational.org/newweb/grantsweb/index.cfm)
Public & private research funding sources - Oxford English Dictionary
(LND only--Click on "Local Login")
Newly revised Oxford English Dictionary with definitions & etymology. - Zip Code Finder (www.usps.gov/ncsc/lookups/lookup_zip+4.html)
GOVERNMENT
- FirstGov (www.firstgov.gov)
Offical site for U.S. government information - Thomas (thomas.loc.gov/)
Legislative information from the U.S. Congress - GPO Access
(www.access.gpo.gov/su_docs/)
Official information from all three branches of the Federal Government - Maryland Manual On-Line: A Guide to Maryland Government (www.mdarchives.state.md.us/msa/mdmanual/html/mmtoc.html)
- White House (www.whitehouse.gov)
- United States Congress: Senate (www.senate.gov) & House of Representatives (www.house.gov)
- Maryland Electronic Capital
(www.mec.state.md.us)
State web site with links to all state government agencies and services.
HEALTH
- National Library of
Medicine (www.nlm.nih.gov/hinfo.html)
Health information including consumer & professional resources - Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
(www.cdc.gov/)
Current health topics, data, statistics, reports, & - RxList (www.rxlist.com/)
Prescription information - National Center for Health Statistics
(www.cdc.gov/nchs/)
Birth, death, marriage, and divorce rates, state health data, and other health, nutrition, and lifestyle statistics.
LAW
- Legal Information Institute
(www.law.cornell.edu/)
Primary legal materials & links to US & international legal reference websites - FindLaw (www.findlaw.com)
Court cases, legislation, & many other resources - Maryland State Law Library
(www.lawlib.state.md.us)
Maryland legal links including the Maryland Code & Court Opinions - The Virtual Chase: Legal Research on the
Internet (www.virtualchase.com/)
Guides to doing legal research, links to l egal and company information, and other helpful resources - Martindale-Hubble
Lawyer Locator (www.martindale.com)
Find a lawyer by name, by location/area of practice, by firm, or search for lawyers in corporations, agencies of the US government, or law school faculty
LITERARY CRITICISM
- A Glossary of Rhetorical Terms with Examples (www.uky.edu/AS/Classics/rhetoric.html)
- UC Irvine Critical Theory Resource (sun3.lib.uci.edu/indiv/scctr/online.html)
- Guide to Philosophy on the Internet (www.earlham.edu/~peters/philinks.htm)
- Johns Hopkins Guide to Literary Theory & Criticism (www.press.jhu.edu/books/hopkins_guide_to_literary_theory/)
- Words of Art
(www.arts.ouc.bc.ca/fiar/glossary/gloshome.html)
This is a glossary of art criticism terms which can be applied to literary criticism as well. -
Literary Resources--Theory (andromeda.rutgers.edu/~jlynch/Lit/theory.html)
Links to Web sites on literary theory and theorists.
MARYLAND
- Archives of Maryland Online (www.mdarchives.state.md.us/megafile/msa/speccol/sc2900/sc2908/html/index.html)
- Maryland Electronic Capital
(www.mec.state.md.us)
State web site with links to all state government agencies and services. - Maryland State Data Center
(www.op.state.md.us/MSDC/)
Maryland state demographic & economic census data - SAILOR (www.sailor.lib.md.us/)
Maryland's public information network
NEWSPAPERS
- Baltimore Sun (www.sunspot.net)
- New York Times (www.nytimes.com)
You must register to access the New York Times, but it is free. - NewsDirectory (www.ecola.com/)
Newspapers & magazines by subject & by region - Online Newspapers
(www.onlinenewspapers.com)
Online newspapers from around the world - U.S.
News Archives on the Web (www.ibiblio.org/slanews/internet/archives.html)
Newspapers by state
ORGANIZATIONS
- Associations
Unlimited (LND only)
Information on U.S. & international nonprofit organizations - GrantsWeb
(www.srainternational.org/newweb/grantsweb/index.cfm)
Public & private research funding sources - GuideStar
(www.guidestar.org)
The national database of nonprofit organizations
RELIGION
-
Finding God in Cyberspace
(http://facultyweb.fontbonne.edu/~jgresham/fgic/)
A directory of print, digital, and other resources in the major world religions. - Religions of the World
(http://emuseum.mankato.msus.edu/cultural/religion/)
A good starting point for basic information about six major religions. - Buddhist Information and Education Network (http://www.buddhanet.net)
- Resources for the Study of Buddhism (http://online.sfsu.edu/~rone/Buddhism/Buddhism.htm)
- Catholic Encyclopedia [1918] (www.newadvent.org/cathen/)
- United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (www.nccbuscc.org)
- Gateway Access to Catholic Resources
on the Internet (library.shu.edu/gwcatrec.htm)
A resource guide from Seton Hall University Libraries - Catholic Information & Resources (www.catholic-forum.com/members/ccfjeff)
- The Religion of Islam (www.iad.org/)
Information provided by the Royal Embassy of Saudi Arabia in Washington, D.C. - Judaism and Jewish Resources
(www.shamash.org/trb/judaism.html)
A vast collection of links to resources in many areas related to Judaism. - The Religious Movements Homepage (religiousmovements.lib.virginia.edu/)
- PubSCIENCE (pubsci.osti.gov)
Search across a large group of peer-reviewed journal literature with a focus on the physical sciences - NASA (www.nasa.gov)
Planetary science. Full-length articles of interest to amateur astronomers, educators & general readers
SEARCH ENGINES & DIRECTORIES
- AltaVista (www.altavista.com)
- Google (www.google.com)
- Jake (jake-db.org)
Jake (The Jointly Administered Knowledge Environment) can help you determine which online databases index and/or include the full-text of periodicals and what dates are covered. Because Jake relies on voluntary input from publishers, the information provided is sometimes incomplete. - Lycos (www.lycos.com)
- Northern Light (www.northernlight.com)
- Teoma (www.teoma.com)
- Yahoo (www.yahoo.com)
- Librarians' Index to the Internet
(www.lii.org)
Searchable subject guide to over 8,000 Internet sites - KnowPlay
(www.kplay.cc/reference.html)
Search directories for encyclopedias, dictionaries, factbooks, and more. Also searches sites related to finance, media, computers and the Internet, and consumer products.
STATISTICS
- AmeriStat (www.ameristat.org/)
Facts, figures, & analysis of key overall demographic trends affecting the U.S. population - United States Census Bureau
(www.census.gov)
Census, demographic & other statistical information. Includes links to the American FactFinder & the Statistical Abstract of the United States - Bureau of Labor Statistics
(www.bls.gov/)
Federal data on labor & the U.S. economy - Center for Educational Statistics
(nces.ed.gov)
Data on education in the United States & other nations - FedStats (www.fedstats.gov/)
Statistics from over 100 U.S. Federal agencies - National Center for Health Statistics
(www.cdc.gov/nchs/)
Birth, death, marriage, and divorce rates, state health data, and other health, nutrition, and lifestyle statistics.
TRAVEL
- Concierge (www.concierge.com)
- The Travel Channel (travel.discovery.com)
- Fodors (www.fodors.com)
- Frommers (www.frommers.com)
- Lonely Planet (www.lonelyplanet.com)
- Tourism Offices Worldwide Directory (www.towd.com)
- International Home Exchange Network
(www.homeexchange.com)
Find people who live where you want to go and who are offering their home in exchange for a vacation at your home. - Away.com (away.com): Search for information about specific places or outdoor activities, or view featured articles and photographs for "inspiration."
- GORP: Great Outdoors Recreation Page
(www.gorp.com)
Extensive information on outdoor activities and travel destinations.
UPDATED: February 2003