Reference
Resources
Contents last updated December 28, 2006
Federal Government and Legal Resources
Encyclopedias, Dictionaries, Phone Directories
Books, Bookstores and Book Reviews
Consumer Resources
Writer's Resources
Art, Crafts, Photography
Libraries
E-zines
Medical & Health Resources
Education, College Links
Newspapers and Newsmagazines Online
Business and Investing
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Alaska Links page for Alaska-specific topics
Some of the hyperlinks found below refer to PDF (Portable Document Format) files, which are special Adobe Acrobat files, that will present the material in publication-quality format. You will need Adobe Acrobat Reader installed on your computer to view PDF files.
Acrobat Reader is
available for free from this Adobe
Systems page. The reader is a fairly large file, about 5 MB, so
it will take a while, perhaps 10-15 minutes, to download it over a standard
telephone line.
Once you obtain the complete file, locate it on your hard drive using Windows Explorer and double-click its filename to begin the installation process.
General Reference
- Charity Reports from Give.org
- The BBB Wise Giving Alliance collects and distributes information on
hundreds of nonprofit organizations that solicit nationally or have national
or international program services. It routinely asks such organizations
for information about their programs, governance, fund raising practices,
and finances when the charities have been the subject of inquiries.
The BBB Wise Giving Alliance never recommends one charity over another, and selects charities for evaluation based on the volume of donor inquiries about individual organizations. These policies allow the Alliance to serve donors' information needs and also help donors to make their own decisions regarding charitable giving. - Conversion Factors
- This is a very comprehensive site containing all types of conversion factors. It sports a calculator-style interface that allows you to plug in a quantity along with the original and desired units of measurement. Press the Calculate button and read the results of the conversion.
- Mail2Web
- Check your email from anywhere in the world. You must know your user name and password in order to access your server.
- Maptech Map Server
- From the homepage: "The largest online mapping resource for topographic maps and charts for land, sea, and air. Browse, view, print, and email the maps for free." You can enter a town or city and state, or merely a zipcode, to see topographic maps of the area at several scales, but you may also enter latitude and longitude directly, if you prefer.
- Home Town Locater Gazeteer
- Search for physical and cultural
features by place name; search for Census
information by city, county, or ZIP code. Also includes a ZIP code lookup feature and links to maps and aerial photos. - Postal Rate Calculator
- Trying to determine how much postage will be needed to deliver a package by mail? This site allows you to select whether you're sending a letter, a parcel, etc., the then asks for the sending and receiving zip codes, and calculates the postage required for several shipping methods.
- Symbols.com
- Symbols.com contains more than 2,500 Western signs, arranged into 54 groups according to their graphic characteristics. In 1,600 articles their histories, uses, and meanings are thoroughly discussed. The signs range from ideograms carved in mammoth teeth by Cro-Magnon men, to hobo signs and subway graffiti. Use the Graphic Index to search for the meaning or history of a sign. If you want to see an ideogram with a certain meaning, use the Word Index.
- Vital Records Information
- Visit this site for information about where to obtain vital records (such as birth, death, marriage certificates & divorce decrees) from each state, territory and county of the United States for your genealogical research. Request forms for various documents from all 50 states are online mostly as PDF files. Names and addresses of Vital Records departments nationwide are included as are the rates charged for the documents.
- World Time Server
- World Time Server provides the most accurate current local times of any world clock on the Internet. It makes real time adjustments for Daylight Saving Time. No matter what time zone a country or city is located in, this site provides your best resource for determining any time, anywhere.
- Zip Code + 4 Lookup
- Find Zip Codes for anywhere in the U.S. Enter an address, the standardized address and ZIP+4 Code will be returned. Enter a Zip Code, the city or area included are returned.
- Google's Uncle Sam
- Google searches of US federal, state and local government-maintained [.gov & .mil] web pages.
- FedWorld Home Page
- Federal Job announcements. Search for Government Research & Development Publications, Locate Key Government Science and Technology Web Resource Sites, & more.
- IRS
- Downloadable tax forms and other tax info—you will need Acrobat Reader to view and print them. See the link above to get Acrobat.
- Bureau of Labor Statistics
- This site,
which is part of the U.S. Dept. of Labor, contains a wealth of information
pertaining to labor and the economy. In particular, there are statistics
concerning Consumers, Wages, Productivity, Occupations, Employment and
Unemployment, etc.
The Library has subscribed to one of their monthly print publications for many years, the Consumer Price Index for Pacific Cities. This link allows you to view data sheets for the curent month as well as the monthly sheets going back about 4 years.
Also on this site is the Occupational Outlook Handbook, another publication which is also available in hard copy at the library. The old Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) system, which was replaced by the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) is also here. - FirstGov
- A great new, free U.S. Government information portal. Find a federal job, reserve a campsite, get a college loan. Search by keyword, by topic, or government agency. Access 27 million government webpages.
- U.S. Government Manual
- The US National Archives and Record Administration has made available the new edition of the US Government Manual. It is in effect a hot-linked directory of the primary offices of the three branches of the US government. Pages are retrievable in .txt or in PDF format.
- National Archives
- A fascinating site. Contains many historical documents and pictures.
- Statistical Abstract of the United States
- This is the "standard summary of statistics on the social, political, and economic organization of the United States." This presentation includes data up to 1999. Compiled by the US Census Bureau. (Requires Adobe Acrobat Reader)
- Library of Congress
- The mother of all libraries.
- U.S. Copyright Office
- The homepage for the US Copyright Office. Contains downloadable application forms and a wealth of copyright information and links.
- Supreme Court of the United States
- Current decisions and public information.
- Open Secrets
- This site was recently called The Center for Responsive Politics but is now called OpenSecrets.Org. It is a non-partisan, non-profit research group based in Washington, D.C. that specializes in the study of Congress and particularly the role that money plays in its elections and actions. They conduct computer-based research on campaign finance issues for the news media, academics, activists, and other interested observers of Congress. Their work is aimed at creating a more involved citizenry and a more responsive Congress.
- THOMAS - Legislative Information
- One of the best sources of Legislative Info on the Web
- Budget of the United States Government for Fiscal Year 2004
- The 2004 budget was transmitted to Congress on February 3, 2003, and covers the fiscal year beginning October 1, 2003.
- Code of Federal Regulations (CFR)
- This database is keyword searchable. That is, you can specify a word or words and find all portions of a CFR Title and or Section containing those words. Unfortunately, due to the way the results are displayed, it is difficult to determine the relevancy of the search results without viewing each item. Also, if you need to look at (or wish to download for study offline) an entire CFR Title, it is very difficult to do that from this site in its present incarnation.
- ADA homepage
- Site with information about the Americans With Disabilities Act. You can download a PDF version of the ADA Standards for Accessible Design (28 CFR part 36) here.
- US Code -- Law pages
- The United States Code contains the text of current public laws enacted by Congress. This site is at Cornell University and is easy to use and well laid out.
- Congressional Email Directory
- An E-mail directory for members of congress. Maintained by volunteer Jeffrey Hoffman.
- Acronym Database
- his is the original World Wide Web Acronym Database, which started in 1991 as an email service with an interactive interface on BITNET, and migrated to the Web in 1992
- Acronym Finder
- Advertises itself as "The web's most comprehensive database of acronyms, abbreviations, and initialisms. 253,000+ definitions." It is good, but you can judge for yourself by clicking on the link.
- The Encyclopedia Britannica
- The Encyclopedia
Britannica Online. It was once completely free but now requires a subscription
to see full article content. Britannica's search engine provides three
varieties of results; the first is a list of abstracts or lead-ins for
articles available only through the subscription service; the second
is a list Web resources (free), the third is a list magazine articles
(also free). Sometimes there is enough information in just the abstracts
to make a visit worthwhile, sometimes not. But, the other resources
are good, and the page has links to:
• The Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary and Collegiate Thesaurus (free). - American Heritage Dictionary
- The American
Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language Fourth Edition. Contains:
• Over 90,000 entries feature 10,000 new words and senses,
• 70,000 audible word pronunciations,
• 900 full-page color illustrations, language notes and word-root appendixes.
Like the Britannica above, this is what the Internet is designed for--delivering multi-media information, in this case, actual pronunciations of 78% of the words it contains. Part of the Bartleby Reference Library.Awesome! - TopoZone.com Maps
- The TopoZone is the Web's center for recreational and professional topographic map users. They've worked with the USGS to create the Web's first interactive topo map of the entire United States. A wonderful site!
- Information Please? Almanac
- This is a searchable, full edition of the current Almanac. You may also search the Columbia Encyclopedia and a dictionary. This is a full featured information resource.
- AnyWho
- Brought
to you by AT&T Labs' Internet Directory Group, this site lets you
search for people, businesses, do reverse
lookups (sometimes called cris-cross lookups; you enter a phone
number and the subscriber's name is returned), maps, Web sites. You
may even add your own listing.
• Requires you to select a state before searching. - Superpages.com
- Replaces
Bigbook and Big Yellow - includes
maps of located businesses.
• Requires you to select a state before searching. - Infobel.com
- White, yellow and business pages for more than 184 countries.
- Internet 800 Directory
- Enter a Product or Service, a Company Name or Toll Free Number and click on Search. You may limit your search to a single state if you wish.
- Switchboard
- 90 million
names, 11 million businesses
- • Allows you to search nationwide without specifying a state.
- World Pages
- Incorporates
112 million U.S. and Canadian white and yellow page listings, 9 million
email addresses, and links to 200 directories worldwide. Has a mapping
feature as well.
• Requires you to select a state before searching. - Dial 411
- A good
nationwide phonebook and email directory originally from Four11.com,
but now owned and administered by Yahoo.com.
• Allows you to search nationwide without specifying a state. - Thomas Register Online
- This is the well-known Thomas Register of American Manufacturing companies, available online. You will need to register before accessing the Register, but it is free and only takes a few moments. Once accepted, write down your username and password for future reference.
- Internet Movie Database
- Look up movies, stars, plots for most movies. Get ratings, and cast your votes. This is the best movie review site on the Internet.
- AddALL
- Search and compare prices for used and out of print books.
- ALA Booklist
- American Library Assn. book reviews. A great source of current reviews
- AllBookstores.com
- Compare prices on new and used books at multiple online bookstores.
- Amazon.com Bookstore
- One million books in stock! Easily searchable with plenty of reviews on tap.
- Banned Books On-line
- These
are books previously declared unfit for use in libraries and schools.
You'll be surprised at some of the titles found here.
Contains links to other banned books sites. - Barnes and Noble Bookstore
- Another superstore for books. Also easily searchable, with reviews available.
- The Bartleby Library at Columbia University
- An awesome collection of important English language sources, including Bartlett's Familiar Quotations and the complete works of Shakespeare, Shelly, Emily Dickinson, Keats and others. The homepage link above contains links to the other resources detailed below, or you can jump directly to them from here:
- Reference
Library
Includes the links we've listed below as well as the World Fact Book, Strunk's Elements of Style, the Bible, and many other reference works. - American Heritage Dictionary (With 90,000 entries, 70,000 pronunciations)
- Columbia Encyclopedia (With over 50,000 article entries, 40,000 bibliographic citations. 2000 ed.)
- Roget's Thesaurus (1995 ed.)
- Bibliofind
- A large source for rare, used, and out-of-print books. This is a referral site for books held by smaller bookstores throughout the country but offered for sale through Bibliofind's Internet presence.
- Booker Prize
- Referred to colloquially as the Booker Prize, this literary prize is sponsored by Booker McConnell Ltd and administered by the National Book League in the United Kingdom. It is awarded to the best full-length novel written in English by a citizen of the UK, the Commonwealth, Eire, Pakistan or South Africa. Publishers are invited to submit entries with scheduled publication dates between January and November of the award year.
- BookFinder.com
- Search in English, French, German, or Italian for new, used, and out of print books.
- Booklist Center
- This site reportedly has the largest selection of book lists on the web - as of August, 2002, it contains 268 lists in 63 categories - fiction and nonfiction, scholarly and popular - and no advertising. Includes lists prepared by authorities in dozens of fields as well as comprehensive listings of award-winning books complete from the first year of the award to the present.
- Books OnLine
- A HUGE collection of links to books available in full-text online.
- Caldecott Medal Winners
- The Caldecott Medal was named in honor of nineteenth-century English illustrator Randolph Caldecott. It is awarded annually by the Association for Library Service to Children, a division of the American Library Association, to the artist of the most distinguished American picture book for children.
- Modern Library - 100 Best Fiction and Nonfiction
- Results of the 1999 reader's poll for the best fiction and best nonfiction published in the English language since 1900
- National Book Critics Circle Award
- The National Book Critics Circle, founded in 1974, consists of nearly 700 active book reviewers, interested in communicating with one another about common concerns. The centerpiece of NBCC activities is the annual awards for the best book in five categories: fiction, general nonfiction, biography/autobiography, poetry, and criticism.
- The National Book Award
- The National Book Foundation website.
- Newbery Medal Winners
- The Newbery Medal was named for eighteenth-century British bookseller John Newbery. It is awarded annually by the Association for Library Service to Children, a division of the American Library Association, to the author of the most distinguished contribution to American literature for children.
- The Pulitzer Prize
- The official
site for Pulitzer Prize information. More than 2,000 entries are submitted
each year in the Pulitzer Prize competitions, and only 21 awards are
normally made. The awards are the culmination of a year-long process
that begins early in the year with the appointment of 102 distinguished
judges who serve on 20 separate juries and are asked to make three nominations
in each of the 21 categories.
Most people are aware of only the book awards we read about every year, those for best fiction, biography, and the like, but there are many prizes given in the field of journalism, one for drama, poetry as well as music. - Read Print
- Full text classics online. These books are in the public domain and were published before the 1920's. Search by author or see recently added titles.
- The Shakespeare Archive
- The complete works of Shakespeare are available online at one of MIT's many websites. It's also keyword searchable for your favorite quote or phrase from the Bard.
- Citing Electronic Information
- Many people want to know how to cite information that they find on the Internet in school papers, theses, reports, etc. There is no definitive answer, but many people have made suggestions. Here are some places to go for recommended electronic information citation guides.
- Copyright Crash Course
- The University of Texas created this tutorial for its faculty on what they can and can't do, on campus and in distance education: what is fair use, how do you find out who owns what, what licensing resources are available, and more.
- Copyright Office
- This is the forms page of the U.S. Copyright Office. Depending on what you're copyrighting select the form you need (Adobe's Acrobat Reader is required to see and print the forms), then download and print it.
- The FPLC Intellectual Property Mall
- From the Franklin Pierce Law Center (FPLC). This site concentrates on the issues of copyrights, patents, trademarks, and trade secrets. If Intellectual Property is among your interests, this site is a goldmine.
- Online Citation Styles
- A chapter from the book Online! A Reference Guide to Using Internet Sources by Andrew Harnack and Eugene Kleppinger (Bedford/St.Martins). Separate pages devoted to MLA, APA, Chicago, CBE styles for many different electronic sources.
- Poets and Writers Homepage
- Lots of links and resources for writers.
- PubList
- Publist uses sources such as R.R. Bowker's Ulrich's International Periodicals Directory to provide bibliographic data for more than 150,000 publications and hyperlinks to publishers. From the homepage users can browse categories such as Publisher, Title, and Subject, or search all fields by keyword.
- Roget's Thesaurus
- There are many ways to use the Thesaurus. Enter a word into the Search box, browse the thesaurus through the six broad categories into which Mr. Roget classified the entire vocabulary of the English language: -abstract relations -space -matter -intellect -volition -affection, or browse through the alphabetical index of headwords.
- Bank Rate Monitor
- A site where you can find banks giving the lowest interest rates on credit cards, auto loans, etc. A worthwhile place to visit before doing any borrowing.
- Car Prices on the 'Net
- Select the car, model and year then read market value, even print a For Sale sign if desired.
- ConsumerSearch.com
- A great
site where you can find comprehensive reviews of many products. The
reviews are done by the many groups that do consumer evaluations—this
site links directly to those reviews. Some of the organizations doing
evaluations are Consumer Reports, PC Magazine, Which? Online, the British
equivalent to our Consumer's Union, newspapers, and other sources.
Note that many reviews from magazines such as Consumer Reports, which authors some of the most comprehensive product reviews, are not available at this site but are available through the Full Text Articles for Alaskans site. When searching for an article on the Full Text Articles for Alaskans site, fill in the Magazine Name box, a portion of the article title in the Find What box, and read the desired reviews in full text. - Eplans.com
- Your online source for more than10,000 home plans. Constantly updated
with new plans and resources to help you achieve your dreams, this
site is the most comprehensive,
easy to use source for home plans on the Web.
On ePlans, you can customize your search options to find precisely the home you are looking for, or browse our plans if you’re not exactly sure what you want. Save the designs and searches you like to My ePlans, and you can come back later to see the plans again, or share them with friends and family. - Edmunds Car Prices
- A really excellent site for evaluating your automobile and truck purchasing decisions. Lots of other, related links.
- Kelly Blue Book
- This car price guide is the namesake of all car price guides. Select year, model, accessories, location and obtain a Blue Book value for the car you're buying or selling.
- Taunton Press
- Taunton Press publishes several magazines in heavy use here at the Homer Public Library. This homepage has links to all their fine publications, or you can go directly to Fine Homebuilding or Fine Woodworking. All the magazines have searchable indexes. Look at the navigation links on the left hand side of the homepages of the individual publications. Clicking on the Index link takes you to a page with an alphabetical list of Subjects. You may also use the Keyword Search for more specific searches.
- Artlex : Dictionary of Visual Art
- ArtLex is a brows-eable collection of terms and definitions, often accompanied by images, graphics and links to museum sites. For example, the definition of papyrus is accompanied by an image of a fragment of the Egyptian Book of the Dead. Clicking on its caption takes you to the Michael Carlos Museum at Emory University, where you can view more ancient Egyptian art if you wish. Use the indexin the frame at left to jump to an area of the dictionary, or scroll that frame down ro see a lsit of the entries needing longer descriptions.
- American Memory Project
- Check out this great site from the Library of Congress
- UCR/California Museum of Photography
- Freedom to Read
- Civil liberties and the USA Patriot Act
- Library of Congress
- The mother of all libraries
- Index to State Libraries on the WWW
- This page brings together links to state libraries, state library agencies, state library networks, or state library commissions across the United States. Compiled by the staff of the Library of Congress and the American Library Association.
- Anchorage Municipal Library
- Visit Anchorage's Loussac library on the Web
- Career Explorer
- Includes a wide range of career descriptions. Several of those are within the business and medical professions. They also have information about the trucking industry. In addition, they offer salary information and a continuing education school search.
- US College Search
- Resource for high school students, parents and anyone looking to go back to college. We maintain a database of 9734 4-year universities, 2-year colleges, junior colleges, vocational schools, job training programs and technical certification programs.
- Students.gov
- Student Gateway to the U.S. Government. This site is maintained by the U.S. Department of Education to provide "one-stop" access to information about education planning, financial aid, career development and a wide variety of other topics.
- IPEDS College Opportunities Online
- IPEDS
College Opportunities On-Line (COOL) is your direct link to over
9,000 colleges and universities in the United States. If you are thinking
about a large university, a small liberal arts college, a specialized
college, a community college, a career or technical college or a trade
school, you can find them all here. Using a search form, you can query
the database by location, type of institution, size, and academic program.
You can then read a summary of each qualifying institution, including
tuition and living costs, and click through to the school's own Web
site.
This site is hosted by the National Center for Education Statistics of the U.S. Department of Education. - Embark.com
- This is
a full service portal that offers the convenience of letting
you find courses, register for classes and even, in some cases, obtain
student loans online. There are sections for first-time students, grad
students, online distance learners and international students. You can
use its Matchmaker Wizard to help you find schools you're interested
in, or its Recruiting tool to enter personal information and let interested
schools come to you.
The downside is that a portal's listings may be restricted to schools that are willing to pay referral or advertising fees. - ERIC database
- This is an official ERIC database provided by Syracuse University which has FREE access for citations. Unfortunately, full-text availability is by subscription only. Needed articles can be requested via Interlibrary Loan from your local library, or the Homer Public Library, for a small or zero fee.
- Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA)
- An official site maintained by the U.S Department of Education. FAFSA opens the door to the federal aid process. Every step you can take gets you closer to achieving your education goals. Find out what you can expect from beginning to end.
- Testing & Education Reference Center
- This site
provides online practice tests to help you prepare for the GED, GRE,
ACT, SAT, EMT, ESL, ASVAB, AP tests, as well as assorted Civil Service,
Law Enforcement, Firefighter and other exams.
The site requires you to register before accessing the practice tests but the registration is free and takes only a moment to complete. Once started, tests can be continued at a later time. A great resource for Alaskans, paid for and brought to you by the Alaska State Library. - U 101 College Search
- Directory
of college, university, and community college websites in the US
and Canada. Lists over 3000 schools by state or
province. The links usually go to the school's home page. From there
you can find information on admissions, courses, degree programs,
online education and more.
- Salon
- From the About Salon page: "A one-of-a-kind gathering for the intellectually curious. Salon.com means opinion that doesn't talk down. Humor that doesn't let up. Interviews that don't hold back. Criticism that doesn't back off. And, for millions of highly literate readers who are urged to give as good as they get, it's stimulating company that never turns a deaf ear. Frequently updated throughout the day, Salon.com exploits the medium with topical, informative, entertaining and thought-provoking content that ignites an impassioned interplay among devoted readers."
- Slate
- Another "hip" e-zine, this one is a "daily." It's part of the Microsoft Network (MSN) and has about the same content and design as the better known Salon site described above. Frequently updated with current events and opinion. An entire week's worth of articles are available from the homepage. The articles are well written and cover a wide spectrum of interests.
- Feed
- A hybrid of old-fashioned magazine and BBS community, it devotes each monthly issue to a central theme—food, books, art, inventions—and supplements that with daily columns and essays. Feed is similar to Salon, but with harder-hitting, more left-leaning content. Many articles are linked to "straight" news sites like FOX and CNN.
- HotWired
- This site, created by the folks at Wired Magazine, is more oriented to the geek crowd. It uses plenty of "Flash" technology and is graphically intensive. It features sections on Web Design, animations, MP3 information, that sort of thing. Definitely worth a visit.
- Medicare Drug Benefit Calculator
- Estimate costs for prescription drugs under the Medicare proposal under consideration by Congress.
- PubMed
- Medline access from the National Library of Medicine. PubMed has perhaps the best interface available for searching the huge Medline database of over 11 million article references published in more than 4300 biomedical journals and magazines. Medline is the most comprehensive medical database available. It is a bibliographic database and as such doesn't include any full-text articles. However, a large percentage of the citations have abstracts to help you evaluate the article's content. You will need to order any needed reprints from the library through an Interlibrary Loan.
- MEDLINEplus
- MEDLINEplus
will direct you to information to help answer health questions. MEDLINEplus
brings together, by health topic, authoritative information from NLM,
the National Institutes of Health (NIH), other government, non-profit
and other health-related organizations. Contains pages of carefully
selected links to Web resources with authoritative health information,
including dictionaries, directories, organizations, news sources and
400 health topics. Preformulated MEDLINE searches are included in MEDLINEplus
and give easy access to the medical research literature. It also provides
you with a database of full-text drug information and an illustrated
medical encyclopedia.
MEDLINEplus is not a substitute for a full MEDLINE search but is very easy to use and a good source of medical information. - HealthWeb
- A one-stop
Internet entry point providing accessible health information.
This award-winning site provides access to evaluated non-commercial health related resources organized by subjects.
From the Healthweb homepage, click on Subjects for a complete list of topics covered. - Medscape
- Another
comprehensive Internet medical resource. Advisories, free Medline access,
and more...
You will need to register in order to read articles, but registration is free and only takes a moment. - Drug Checker
- Maintained
by drkoop.com, this handy tool allows you to look up medications to
check possible interactions with each other or with food or supplements.
You can enter two or more prescription or non-prescription drugs to
find out if there are any documented interactions between them.
Clearly written information on each medication includes pronunciation, brand name, what it is, what it does, who shouldn't take it, how to take it, what to do if a dose is missed, what to do if there's an overdose, possible side effects, etc. Information on some dietary supplements is also available. - Links to Medical Resource Lists
- This is
a very comprehensive and easy to use list of links to subject pages
in every area of medicine. Very usable by the lay person. Organized
into alphabetically arranged sections.
You should wait until the full page loads before clicking on a link. - National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
- This division of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) is concerned with improving the nation's cardiovascular health through education about diseases of the heart, blood vessels and lungs. Presented in language a layperson can understand, many of the Institute's publications are available at this site.
- MentalHelp.Net
- A well thought out site offering lots of links in the mental health area. Good source for locating online support groups.
- Healthfinder
- Fantastic resource! Just about everything to be found on the Internet to do with health is here. It is a gateway to consumer health information from the U.S. government and includes links to selected online publications, databases, web sites, and support and self-help groups, as well as the government agencies and on-profit organizations that produce reliable health informationfor the public. Check out the answers to the frequently asked questions on 20 major health topics.
- Homeopathy Home Page
- A starting point for homepathic treatment. An alternative approach that works well for many people.
- AIDS HIV AEGIS
- This is advertised as the largest source of AIDS information on the Internet, provided by ÆGIS & the Sisters of Saint Elizabeth of Hungary. It is updated hourly and contains links to newspaper articles, decisions by the U.S. Supreme and Appellate Courts, and much more. Here are the wire services represented: Associated Press, Businesswire, InterPress News, PR Newswire, Reuters, NewMedia and UPI -- this database appeers to have all stories about AIDS that appeared in these wire services; in the single case of the Associated Press the datelines range from 1983 to the present hour.
- ABC News.com
- Good online coverage of major events and news from ABC. This is a well organized site containing very substantial amounts of high quality content. It also includes information for major ABC news features such as 20/20, Prime Time and Nightline.
- Alaska Newspapers
- See our listing of Alaska online newspapers on our Alaska Links page.
- Boston Globe Online
- This is the newspaper of record for the New England region.
- The Chicago Tribune
- The midwest's newspaper of record
- Christian Science Monitor
- CNN Online
- CNN.com is among the world's leaders in online news and information delivery. Staffed 24 hours, seven days a week by a dedicated staff in its headquarters in Atlanta, Georgia, and in bureaus worldwide, CNN.com relies heavily on CNN's global newsgathering team of almost 4,000 news professionals and features the latest multimedia technologies, from live video streaming to audio packages to searchable archives of news features and background information. The site is updated continuously throughout the day.
- Fast News Search
- A good source of both local and international sources. Archive is searchable by subject with both language and date limiters available on the Advanced Search page. All stories are time and date stamped.
- MSNBC.com
- A very high quality site featuring articles about almost everything and many links to related resources. NBC produces news items and Microsoft adds its content bith news-related and otherwise.
- Newsweek
- Newsweek Magazine Online. Contains searchable archive of all issues from January, 1997 to the present.
- The New Republic
- Online edition of this popular magazine
- The New York Times
- The Times,
complete with the NYT Review of Books, the Magazine, and all other features
First time visitors will need to subscribe but it's free and only takes a moment. - Russian Newspapers and Magazines
- A source page full of Russian-focused news and magazines. Some are in Russian only, some are in English. Not all browsers will be able to read the Cyrillic alphabet with which some of these are displayed unless they are set up to do so.
- Scientific American
- Respected science monthly. Great content, great illustrations. Searchable archive. Free.
- Seattle Times
- The main news source for the northwestern U.S.
- Time Magazine
- Time magazine Online. Contains archives of all issues from 1994 to the present.
- U.S. Newspapers Online Links
- Courtesy of the Library of Congress
- USA Today
- Use the Index to today's news to aid you.
- Znet.com
- An alternative
news source featuring articles and views from "a community of people
committed to social change." This site carries the content of Z
Magazine and has archives containing many of its articles and essays.
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