Federal Reserve Board of Governors Statistics:  Releases and Historical Data
Includes interest rates, foreign exchange rates, reserves,commercial paper rates, reserves, commercial paper rates, money stocks and debt measures.  (www.federalreserve.gov/releases/)

FISonline (Moody's)
Online version of the weekly Moody's News Reports offer updated coverage on mergers, rating changes, name changes, interim earnings, and more.  (www.fisonline.com)

Hoover's Online
Free information includes company description, annual and quarterly financials, current stock quotes, list of key people, and links to news headlines, company web pages, annual reports, and SEC filings.  (www.hoovers.com)

Interest Rates
H.15 Releases from the Federal Reserve Board.  (www.federalreserve.gov/releases/H15)

North American Industry Classification System (NAICS)
NAIS is the replacement for the Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) code.  (www.census.gov/epcd/www/naics.html)

Salary Calculator
Compare the cost of living in hundreds of US and international cities.  (www.homefair.com/homefair/cmr/salcalc.html)

SEC Mutual Fund Cost Calculator
Estimate and compare the costs of owning mutual funds.  Need prospectus or profile for the funds you want to evaluate.  (www.sec.gov/investor/tools/mfcc/mfcc-int.htm)

Standard Industrial Classification Manual
Searchable 1987 SIC Manual. [Replaced by NAICS]  (www.osha.gov/oshstats/sicser.html)

Universal Currency Converter
Perform interactive foreign exchange rate conversions; "full" version contains 180 currencies.  (www.xe.net/ucc)

Braintrack University Index
More than 5,300 links to higher education sites in 161 countries; browse by continent or by country  (www.braintrack.com)

CollegeNet
Search for colleges and universities by geography, tuition cost, major, etc.  (www.collegenet.com)

College and University Rankings
Links to lists that rank higher education institutions.  Divided into five sections: undergraduate, graduate, business, law and international.  Site also offers cautionary in formation about the validity and reliability of college ranking systems. (www.library.uiuc.edu/edx/rankings.htm)

FinAid:  The Financial Aid Information Page
Comprehensive financial aid information; also provides access to fastWEB, a searchable database of private-sector scholarships, fellowships, grants, and loans.  (www.finaid.com)

GreekPages
Provides useful information to fraternity and sorority members, alumni, pledges, and prospective members.  Search by school, fraternity or sorority name.  (www.greekpages.com\index2.cfm)

Peterson's Education Center
Search for undergraduate, graduate and vocational-technical schools by name, geography, major, or religious affiliation.  (www.petersons.com)

Princeton Review
Features include searching for colleges, applying online, guides to SAT, ACT and PSAT. Log-in and take sample test, i.e. GRE, GMAT, LSAT.  (www.review.com/index.cfm)

Study Abroad Programs
Listings for thousands of programs in more than 100 countries.  (www.studyabroad.com)

VCU Career Center's List of Links  (www.students.vcu.edu/careers/links.html)

Web U.S. Higher Education
Links to Web servers at universities and community colleges.  (www.utexas.edu/world/univ)

Peterson's Test Success
Test include GMAT, GRE, LSAT, MCAT, and TOEFL.  Sample questions and other information.  Download free software to take more extensive sample exams.  (www.petersons.com/testprep/)

Princeton Review Tester Online
Log in and take sample timed or  full-length tests, including GMAT, GRE, LSAT, and MCAT.  (tester.review.com)

TOEFL
Official Web site for TOEFL programs and services.  Includes tutorials and practice questions.  (www.toefl.org)

Complete Home Medical Guide
From Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons.  Online version of the 3rd revised edition.  (cpmcnet.columbia.edu/texts/guide)

Mayo Clinic Drug Information
A guide to more than 8,000 prescription and over-the-counter medications from the U.S. Pharmacopeia Drug Guide.  (http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/drug-information/DrugHerbIndex)

Atlapedia Online
Key information on every country in the world.  Each profile provides facts and data on geography, climate, people, religion, language, history and economy.  Includes regional physical and political maps.  (www.atlapedia.com)

CIA World Factbook  (www.odci.gov/cia/publications/factbook/index.html)

The Commonwealth
Website of the Commonwealth, an association of 54 member nations, and of the Commonwealth Secretariat.  For information about each member country and a link to its Web site, scroll to the "member countries" link  (www.thecommonwealth.org)

The Electronic Embassy
Includes a listing of all of the Embassies in Washington, DC  (www.embassy.org)

Flags of all Countries  (www.wave.net/upg/immigration/flags.html)

InfoNation from the U.N.
Current geographic, social, demographic, and economic statistical data for all 185 member states of the United Nations.  (www.un.org/Pubs/CyberSchoolBus/infonation/e_infonation.htm)

International Data Base from the U.S. Census
The IDB contains statistical tables of demographic, and socio-economic data for all countries of he world.  Users can specify the data element, country and time period they want to search.  (www.census.gov/ftp/pub/ipc/www/idbnew.html)

U.S. Department of State
Country background notes, country commercial guides, travel warnings and consular information sheets.  (www.state.gov)

Washington Post International Page
Scroll down to Search the World and select the desired country.  Contains recent Washington Post and Associated Press stories related to the country as well as weather, exchange rate, and stock market information.  Includes links to online publications from the country and Web sites  about the country.  (www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/world/)

Yahoo's List of Countries (dir.yahoo.com/regional/countries)

American Sign Language Dictionary Online
ASL and foreign sign languages. From Deaf World Web.  (dww.deafworldweb.org/asl)

Eurodicautom
Multilingual terminology database of the European Commission's Translation Service.   Database contains technical terms, abbreviations, acronyms and phraseology in twelve languages.  (eurodic.ip.lu/cgi-bin/edicbin/EuroDicWWW.pl?page=expert)

Human Languages Page
Includes links to many dictionaries as well as other language-learning materials.  (www.ilovelanguages.com)

Japanese/English Dictionary Gateway  (enterprise.dsi.crc.ca/cgi-bin/j-e)

Language Dictionaries and Translators
Gateway to dictionary and translation services for over 100 languages.  (www.word2word.com/dictionary.html)

Merriam-Webster Online
Easy to search dictionary and thesaurus.  Web version of 10th edition of Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary.  (www.m-w.com)

OneLook Dictionaries:  The Fast Finder
Search all types of dictionaries at once or search a specific type of dictionary.  (www.onelook.com)

Roget's Thesaurus  (humanities.uchicago.edu/forms_unrest/ROGET.html)

Thesaurus.com  (www.thesaurus.com)

Web of Online Dictionaries
Links to more than 500 dictionaries of over 140 different languages.  (www.yourdictionary.com/index.html)

Wordsmyth Educational Dictionary-Thesaurus
Meshes functions of a dictionary and a thesaurus.  (www.wordsmyth.net)

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International Directory of Art Libraries
Directory of nearly 3,000 libraries and library departments with specialized holdings in art, architecture and archaeology throughout the world.  (iberia.vassar.edu/ifla-idal/)

International Organization Web Sites
From the Union of International Associations.  Metasite of pointers to over 5,000 inter-governmental organizations and non-governmental organizations, organized alphabetically, by subject and by region.  (www.uia.org/website.htm)

Worldwide Books Online:   Exhibition Catalogues and other Books of Art
Searches more than 35,000 titles on art, architecture and photography.  Includes international museum and gallery catalogues published from the 1960's to the present; American trade and university press art books published Since 1992.  (www.worldwide.com)

Grolier Online encyclopedias:

In-library access to the menu of Grolier encyclopedias.  (go.grolier.com/discus.html)

InfoTrac Web:

	In-library access to the menu of all InfoTrac databases in the InfoTrac Web interface.  (infotrac.galegroup.com/itweb/ahjregional)
	Home access to the menu of all InfoTrac databases in the InfoTrac Web Interface.  (infotrac.galegroup.com/itweb/discweb)   requires password

InfoTrac K-12

	In-library access to the menu for Custom Newspapers, Kids Edition, Junior Edition and Student Edition in the InfoTrac K-12 interface designed for younger users.   (infotrac.galegroup.com/itk12/discus12)
	Home access is via the same URL but requires a password when accessed from home.  (infotrac.galegroup.com/itk12/discus12)

SIRS

	In-library access to SIRS Knowledge Source.  (sks.sirs.com)
	In-library access to SIRS Discoverer.  (discoverer.sirs.com)
	Home access to SIRS Knowledge Source.  (sks.sirs.com)   requires username & password
	Home access to SIRS Discoverer.  (discoverer.sirs.com)  requires username & password

Acronym and Abbreviation Server  (www.ucc.ie/info/net/acronyms/index.html)

Ask Jeeves
Finds Web sites that answer your questions.  (www.aj.com)

Assorted Encyclopedias on the Web
Links to general and subject specific encyclopedias in more that 15 categories.  (edis.win.tue.nl/encyclop.html)

Bartleby.com
Combines the best of both contemporary and classic quotation collections into a searchable database of over 20,000 entries.  (www.bartleby.com/quotations)

Edmunds.com
Automotive information including reviews, pricing, and road tests.  (www.edmunds.com)

Encyclopedia Britannica Online  (search.britannica.com/search?adv&csid=eb)

Encyclopedia Smithsonian
FAQs and guide to Smithsonian resources.   (www.si.edu/resource/faq/start.htm)

Foundation Center Online
Directory of grantmaker web sites, covering private foundations, corporate grantmakers, grantmaking public charities, and community foundations; lists o top U.S. funders, and access to Philanthropy News Digest.  (fdncenter.org)

Historic Events & Birth Dates
Select any date or month.  (www.scopesys.com\today)

Information Please
Information Please's general, entertainment and sports almanacs; Columbia Encyclopedia, 5th edition (1993); and a dictionary.  (www.informationplease.com)

Institute for Research in Social Science Public Opinion Poll Question Database
Conduct keyword searches on questions derived from a collection of public opinion polls, dating from the 1960's to the present.  Results display the full text of the applicable poll question, survey results and all questions asked in that poll.  (www.irss.unc.edu/data_archive/pollsearch.html)

JobStar:  California Job Search
Includes advice on selecting a career, links to career guides, sample resumes, salary surveys, and job ads.  (jobsmart.org/index.htm)

Kelley Blue Book
Used car bluebook values and new car pricing.  (www.kbb.com)

Polling Report
Publishes the results of the latest surveys by polling organizations like Gallup, Harris, Yankelovich, and Princeton Survey Research Associates on health care, taxation, welfare, education, environmental policy and other major issues of the day.  (www.pollingreport.com)

Postal Service (USPS)
Includes postal rates, official abbreviations and Zip+4 database.  (www.usps.gov)

Symbols.com
Use the graphic Index to search for the meaning of history of a sign.  If you want to see an ideogram with a certain meaning use the Word Search.  (www.symbols.com/index.html)

World Wide Holiday and Festival Page
Search by holiday, religion or country.  (www.holidayfestival.com)

50states.com
Facts, maps, and other information about each state.  (www.50states.com)

Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1774 to Present  (bioguide.congress.gov/biosearch/biosearch.asp)

Chiefs of State and Cabinet Members of Foreign Governments  (www.odci.gov/cia/publications/chiefs)

Congressional Research Service Reports
Browse selected CRS reports by name, number or subject, or search by keyword.  (www.senate.gov/~dpc/crs/index.html)

Federal Court Locator
Provides access to information related to federal courts:  Supreme Court, Courts of Appeals, District Courts, and others; from Villanova University of Law.  (vls.law.vill.edu/Locator/fedcourt.html)

Federal Web Locator
One stop shopping point for federal government in formation.  (www.infoctr.edu/fwl/)

Firstgov.gov
What do finding a job, getting better health care, contacting Congressional Representatives, reserving a campsite, getting a college loan, and buying a home all have in common?  They are all things you can do on this new, free U.S. government portal.   (www.firstgov.gov)

Governments on the WWW
Database of governmental institutions, including parliaments, ministries, courts, embassies, multi-national organizations, and political parties.  Contains more than 13,000 entries from 220 countries and territories.  (www.gksoft.com/govt)

GPO Access Database List
Search the Federal Register, Congressional Record, Congressional bills, U.S. Government Manual, U.S. Supreme Court cases, the federal budget, and other federal government information.  (www.access.gpo.gov/su_docs/db2.html)

Law Dictionary from Nolo Press (www.nolo.com/dictionary/wordindex.cfm)

Lawyers.com
Free service from Martindale-Hubbell designed specifically for individuals and small businesses.  Based on The Martindale-Hubbell Law Directory of lawyers and law firms.  (www.lawyers.com)

National Constitutions
Constitutions from around the world; most are in English.  (www.constitution.org/cons/natlcons.htm)

Policy.com
A leading public policy reference site and guide to organizations and individuals shaping public policy.  Get a quick start on your research at the Issue of the Week Archives, where you can browse a list of hot issues and link to an introduction to the issue, position statements, speeches, legislation, reports, new articles and more.  (www.speakout.com/activism/policy)

State Court Locator
Provides links to state court systems home pages and opinions by state judiciaries;   from Villanova University School of Law.  (vls.law.vill.edu/locator/statecourt/index.htm)

State Web Locator
Links to official state Web sites.  (www.infoctr.edu/swl)

Thomas - Legislative Information on the Internet
Major areas include Legislation, Congressional Record, and Committee Information.   Most information is from 101st Congress to present; some from 93rd Congress to present.  (thomas.loc.gov/home/thomas2.html)

U.S. Blue Pages
Find primary telephone numbers for federal agencies as well as the numbers for those closest to your area.  Also includes web addresses for some agencies.  (www.usbluepages.gov/)

U.S. Government Manual
The official handbook of the federal government.  Provides comprehensive information on agencies of the legislative, judicial, and executive branches and on quasi-official agencies.  (www.access.gpo.gov/nara/#gm)

U.S. Supreme Court
The official Web site of the Court.  Slip opinions posted on the same day the opinion is announced.  (www.supremecourtus.gov)

U.S. Supreme Court Cases
1990 to the present and selected historic cases.  (supct.law.cornell.edu/supct)

Washington Post Politics
Daily coverage of politics, plus an archive of Washington Post archives, special reports on topical issues, a directory of government officials, and a compendium of opinion columns.  (www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/politics)

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Aileena World Media Index
Links to over 5,500 newspapers, radio stations, and television stations in over 170 countries.  (www.aileena.ch)

AJR NewsLink
Links to virtually every news source on the Web; from American Journalism Review and NewsLink Associates.  (ajr.newslink.org)

Christian Science Monitor
Most recent week's issues available.  Free searching of archive from January 1980 to present.  (www.csmonitor.com)

CNN
Cable News Network online.  (www.cnn.com)

News and Newspapers Online
Links to hundreds of news sites around the world, focusing on free sites that provide current, general interest, full text news.  (library.uncg.edu/news)

NewsBot
Recent news stories, organized by category and topic, from 20 of the Web's top news sites, including ABC News, CBS News, Fox News, MSNBC, New York Times, USA Today and Wired News.   (www.lycos.com/news)

News Archives on the Web
Links to US and international news archives available on the Web; includes beginning date and cost information.  (www.ibiblio.org/slanews/internet/archives.html)

Bible Browser
Search nine versions of the Bible by passage of word.  (www.stg.brown.edu/webs/bible_browser/pbeasy.shtml)

Bible Gateway
Search multiple versions of the Bible, including the King James, the Revised Standard, and the New American Standard in a variety of languages, including English, French, Latin and Spanish.  (bible.gospelcom.net/bible?)

Book of Mormon
Searchable/browseable electronic text.  (www.hti.umich.edu/m/mormon)

The Koran
Electronically scanned version of M.H. Shakir's translation of the Holy Qur'an.  (etext.virginia.edu/koran.html)

Astronomical Applications - Data Services
A variety of astronomical data from the U.S. Naval Observatory including sun and moon rise and set times, phases of the moon, eclipses, the solar system, and dates such as equinoxes and Easter.  More astronomical, time, and calendar information is available at FAQ's.   (aa.usno.navy.mil/data)

BioTech Life Science Dictionary
More than 8,000 terms dealing with biochemistry, biotechnology, botany, cell biology, and genetics.  Some terms relating to ecology. limnology, pharmacology, toxicology, and medicine.  No common or exotic animals included.  (biotech.icmb.utexas.edu/search/dict-search.html)

Chemcyclopedia
ACS manual of commercially available chemicals.  Information for each includes CAS Registry Number, available grades and forms, packaging and containers, applications and end uses, and special handling requirements.  (www.chemcyclopedia.ims.ca/search/default.asp?nb=nb)

Jane's Defence Glossary   (www.janes.com/defence/glossary/)

Mineralogy Database
Browse more than 4,000 individual mineral species data descriptions by crystallography, chemical composition, physical and optical properties, classification, and alphabetical listings.  (webmineral.com)

National Inventors Hall of Fame
Indexed by inventor, date of induction into Hall of Fame and invention.  (www.invent.org/book/index.html)

NIST Reference on Constants, Units, and Uncertainty
Provides essential information and background information on three topics: fundamental physical constants; the International System of Units (SI), the modern metric system; and expressing the uncertainty of measurement results.  (physics.nist.gov/cuu/Reference/contents.html)

Tech Encyclopedia
More than 20,000 definitions of information technology terms.  Source is The Computer Desktop Encyclopedia.  (www.techweb.com/encyclopedia)

Unit Conversion Table
Tables for length, mass, volume, energy, pressure, and temperature.  (www.shodor.org/ucalc/unit_conv_tab.html)

WebElements - Periodic Table on the WWW
Data for each element is divided into categories, including chemical, crystallographic, nuclear, physical, electronic, biological, and geographical.  (www.webelements.com)

Webopedia
Dictionary and search engine for computer and Internet technology.  (www.pcwebopedia.com)

APA Style
APA's authorized guidelines for citing electronic sources.  (www.apa.org/journals/webref.html)

MLA Style
MLA's guide to citing WWW sources.  (www.mla.org)

Introduction to Basic Legal Citation -Based on the 16th edition of the Blue Book (www2.law.cornell.edu/cgi-bin/foliocgi.exe/Citation?)

Using American Psychological Association (APA) Format
Purdue University Writing Lab guide to citing a variety of print sources.  (owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/research/r_apa.html)

Using Modern Language Association (MLA) Format
Purdue University Writing Lab guide to citing a variety of print sources.  (owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/research/r_mla.html)

Elements of Style
The classic William Strunk, Jr. guide to writing well; 1st edition, 1918.  (www.bartleby.com/141/index.html)

CBE Style Manual
Online version of the Council of Biology Editors (CBE) Style of Documentation in Science and Mathematics, hosted by Monroe Community College.  (www.monroecc.edu/depts/library/cbe.htm)

Calendar Zone
Celestial, cultural, religious, holiday and historical calendars.  (www.calendarzone.com)

Local Times Around the World   (www.hilink.com.au/times)

Virtual Perpetual Calendars   (www.vpcalendar.net)

Amtrak
Schedules, travel planner and Amtrak news.  (www.amtrak.com)

Excite Travel
Make travel plans and gather information about cities worldwide.  (www.excite.com/travel)

How Far Is It?
Calculates the distance