Useful Web Sites

• ArchNet - WWW virtual library for Archaeology
• Center for World Indigenous Studies
• Digital Egypt
• Ethnographic Studies Resources
• Index of Native American Resources - Has list of Iroquois sites under "Culture"
• National Archeological Database
• Native American Document Project - maintained at California State University-San Marcos
• Net Guide Website of the Six Nations - Includes Iroquois history, treaties
• Public Anthropology

• Artcyclopedia - "a list of every artist represented at hundreds of museum sites, image archives, and other online sources" - Status Line
• Art History Resources on the Web
• Art & Architecture Thesaurus Online
• Architecture Internet Resources (UNLV)
• Ditto.com - searches the web for pictures
• Great Buildings Online
• Museums Around the World
• World Wide Arts Resources

Company Information:

• AnnualReports.com - "Leading provider of online annual reports"
• Lycos Small Business
• Hoover's Online - Company profiles
• U.S. Securities & Exchange Commission - EDGAR Database, filings and company information

 

General Information and Statistics:

• Investor Words - Investing glossary
• PR Newswire - United Business Media
• U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
• Wall Street Research Net

Stock Quotes:

• Daily Stocks - Over 200 financial links, company information
• Morningstar.com
• Quote.com

Careers (some job listings also included):

• Career One Stop
• Career Resource Center
• Careers and Jobs - Large list of career, job, and resume links
• FLCC Career Services Homepage - A gateway to many useful resources
• Occupational Outlook Handbook - Web version of the print reference book
• Riley Guide - Employment Opportunities and Job Resources on the Internet
• What Can I Do With a Major In ...? - Great site that explores careers by college major

Job Listings:

• Careerbuilder - Job ads from major U.S. newspapers, including Rochester Democrat and Chronicle
• Cool Works - Jobs in National Parks, Cruise Jobs, Camp Jobs, etc.
• Environmental Careers Organization - Both jobs and internships
• Federal Jobs
• HealthCareerWeb - Both jobs and career info in the health fields
• LifeWorks - Explore health and medical science careers
• NationJob Network
• PlusJobs America - "Search a variety of job engines and also post your job and resume"

• CNET: The Computer Network
• History of the Internet
• HTML Code Tutorial
• Online Dictionary of Computers
• PC Webopaedia - Computer definitions and links to related articles
• Techweb - Basic definitions, company information, product reviews
• Virus Encyclopedia - The Virus Encyclopedia contains resources on worms, viruses, trojans and other malware.
• Web Developer's Virtual Library
• W3 Schools - Information on Web development

• Amnesty International
• Federal Bureau of Investigation
• Federal Bureau of Prisons
• Justice Information Center
• The Police Officer's Internet Directory
• State Laws and Published Ordinances - Firearms

Schools:

• College and University Rankings
• CollegeSource Online - fulltext collection of nationwide college catalogs - click here for off-campus access
• Community College Web
• Embark.com - "Your guide for learning and achieving"
• Peterson's Undergraduate Study

Grants and Scholarships:

• FastWeb: Scholarships, Financial Aid and Colleges
• The Foundation Center Online

 

General:

• Columbia Education Center
• Gateway to Educational Materials - sponsored by the U.S. Dept. of Education
• Education Index  - annotated guide to education-related sites, sorted by subject and lifestage
• National Center for Education Statistics - includes Condition of Education, Digest of Education Statistics, and Projections of Education Statistics

General Information

• American rivers - Sponsored by a nonprofit organization of US river activists
• Center for Environmental Information, Inc. - Based in Rochester
• ECONET - "The grandparent of environmental information on the Internet" - Choice
• Envirolink - "The largest online environmental information resource on the planet"
• Environment of the Great Lakes Region
• Environment WebDirectory - "Earth's biggest environment search engine"
• Environmental News Network
• Great Lakes United - Water quality watchdog group based at Buffalo State College
• New York State Department of Conservation - exists to "conserve, improve, and protect New York State's natural resources and environment..."
• RochesterEnvironment.com - Provides Rochester-area environmental information
• Union of Concerned Scientists - Working for a Healthy Environment and a Safe World
• Water Resources of the United States
• Wind Energy Resource Atlas of the United States

Government Sites

• Endangered Species Bulletin - maintained by the United States Fish and Wildlife Service
• National Agricultural Statistics Service - maintained by the United States Department of Agriculture
• U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

Plants and Animals

• All about birds - run by the Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology
• Amphibia Web - goal is to establish a "home page for every species of amphibian in the world"
• Animal Diversity Web - maintained by the University of Michigan's Museum of Zoology Aquamedia - maintained by the Federation of European Aquaculture Producers (FEAP)
• AquaNIC - Aquaculture Network Information Center
• Constructed Wetlands Bibliography
• DUCKDATA - A bibliographic database of North American waterfowl and their wetland habitats
• eNature.com: Fieldguides - National Wildlife Federation field guides
• FIGIS - The FAO Fisheries Global Information System; Includes statistics, maps, glossary and more The
• Fish Site - A gateway to information on various species of fish
• FishBase - Developed at the WorldFish Center, in conjunction with the Food Agricuture Organization of the UN and others
• Flora of North America
• Integrated Taxonomic Information System - Taxonomy for plants and animals
• Internet Bird Collection - Sponsored by Handbook of the Birds of the World and IBC
• North American Mammals - "Searchable database of all living mammals in North America" maintained by the Smithsonian Institution
• PLANTS Database - "The PLANTS Database provides standardized information about the vascular plants, mosses, liverworts, hornworts, and lichens of the U.S. and its territories." - maintained by the USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service
• Tree of Life - Taxonomy for animals
• USDA Plant Gallery - Includes photos, scientific names, distribution, and bibliographies
• Waterfowl Management Handbook
• Weeds Gone Wild - Alien Plant Invaders of Natural Areas

Soils

• National Soil Survey Handbook
• New York State Standards and Specifications for Erosion Control and Sediment Controls - provides standards and specifications for selection, design and implementation of erosion and sediment control practices
• NRCS Soils Website - Soils is part of the National Cooperative Soil Survey, an effort of Federal and State agencies, universities, and professional societies to deliver science-based soil information
• On-line Soil Survey Information - Compiled by D.G. Rossiter for the Soil Science Division of ITC Soil Use (Soil Interpretations)

General

• American Civil Liberties Union Congress.org - The Internet Guide to the U.S. Congress
• FindLaw - Online legal resources
• GPO Access - Government Printing Office
• Legal Information Institute - Run by Cornell Law School
• New York State's home page Nolo Press Self-Help Law Center Project Vote Smart - includes representative locator by zip code
• Thomas - Federal legislative information
• The Whitehouse

Copyright

• Copyright and Intellectual Property Policy
• Stanford Copyright & Fair Use Center

HEALTH

• American Nurses Association
• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention - The Nation's Prevention Agency
• CLIC-on-Health - A web portal with health information specific to the Rochester area.
• FDA - U.S. Food and Drug Administration
• Healthfinder
• Health Touch
• InteliHealth
• International Center for Alcohol Policies
• LifeWorks - Explore health and medical science careers
• National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine
• National Center for Cultural Competence - The NCCC is a component of the Georgetown University Center for Child and Human Development (GUCCHD), and supports leaders to promote and sustain cultural and linguistic competency.
• National Center for Health Statistics
• National Guideline Clearing House - This public resource for evidence-based clinical practice guidelines is maintained by NGC, an initiative of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
• National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) - Education resources and materials for drugs of abuse and related topics
• National Library of Medicine (NLM)
• The New York State Cancer Surveillance Improvement Initiative (CSII) - tables and maps of cancer incidence in New York State
• Nursing on the Net: Health Care Resources You Can Use - Sampler of resources maintained by the National Network of Libraries of Medicine
• Public Health Image Library (PHIL) - Photographs, Illustrations and Multimedia Files from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
• State Health Facts Online - Includes information on topics such as health coverage, costs, managed care, minority and women's health and HIV/AIDS.
• Travel Health Online

• AMDOCS: Documents for the study of American history
• American Memory - Library of Congress's Digital Image Historical Collection
• ANYDAY in History
• Avalon Project - Primary sources in American History, maintained by Yale University
• Best of History Web Sites
• Biography.com - Produced by A&E, searchable database of over 20,000 short entries
• The Constitution of the United States - U.S. Supreme Court decisions related to the Constitution
• Gateway to African American History
• Internet History Sourcebooks Project - run by Fordham University
• Making of America - books and articles published between 1850 and 1877
• Middle East Studies Internet Resources - created and maintained by Columbia Universities Libraries
• National Archives and Records Administration (NARA)
• Political Science Resources - Managed by the University of Michigan Documents Center
• Terrorism: Questions and Answers - sponsored by the Council on Foreign Relations
• UNESCO World Heritage Centre

General

• 50states.com - comprehensive searchable site, includes travel information Internet Hospitality Index Official City Sites - for cities around the world Travel Health Online
• Universal Currency Converter

Maps

• Maps On Us
• Mapquest

• Academy of American Poets
• Baldwin Library of Children's Literature - This digital collection contains volumes published in Great Britain and the United States from the early 1700s through the current year.
• Children's Literature Web guide
• Classical Myth: the Ancient Sources - deals with the 15 major deities of the Olympian Greek pantheon
• Classical Mythology - covers Greek and Roman mythology, hosted by Temple University
• Great Writers and Poets
• Greek Mythology link
• International Children's Digital Library - Digitized children's books from around the world
• Irish Literature, Mythology, Folklore and Drama
• Literature for Children - Based on the Baldwin Library of Historical Children's Literature
• Online Literary Criticism Collection - maintained by the Internet Public Library

Biology (see also ENVIRONMENT)

• Animal Diversity Web- maintained by the University of Michigan's Museum of Zoology Biotech - life sciences resources and reference tools Genetics Education Center - hosted by the University of Kansas Medical Center Integrated Taxonomic Information System - Taxonomy for plants and animals
• Tree of Life - Taxonomy for animals

• Cornell's Digital Earth Cornell University's Math and Science Gateway EurekAlert! - American Association for the Advancement of Science Globalchange.gov
• NASA homepage

Math

• Math Conversions
• The Math Forum

Physics

• American Institute of Physics
• PhysLINK - "The ultimate physics resource"

• All Movie Guide
• DOUGLASS: Archives of American Public Address
• Internet Movie Database
• Movie Review Query Engine - "More than 25,000 movies are covered in over 185,000 reviews culled from newspapers, entertainment publications, and newsgroups"
• Public Information Films - Maintained by the National Archives of the United Kingdom; you can view complete public information films from 1945 -2006

• All-Music Guide - "Covers over 307,000 recordings ..., with 45,000 biographies and over 107,000 reviews"
• Ethnomusicology, Folk Music, and World Music
• Worldwide Internet Music Resources - Maintained by William and Gayle Cook Music Library, Indiana University School of Music

• Addiction Search - A good place to start research on addictive behaviors and conditions
• Classics in the History of Psychology - Significant public domain documents from the scholarly literature
• Ethics Updates - Updates on current literature, both popular and professional, that relates to ethics
• Minority Links - The latest data on racial and ethnic populations in the United States , from the US Census
• National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism
• Poverty Related Resources - Compiled and maintained by the Institute for Research on Poverty
• Research Resources for the Social Sciences

• The History of Costume
• McCoy's Guide to Theater and Performance Studies - Brief guide to internet references, created and maintained by Ken McCoy, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Communication Studies and Theatre Arts, Stetson University
  

• Center for Women & Information Technology
• National Women's History Project
• Women and Social Movements in the United States, 1600-2000
• WWWomen - "Premier search directory for women online"