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  • A Brief Guide to Internet Resources in Theatre and Performance Studies - Use the clickable table of contents to find the right section of this site.

  • A Catalog of Mathematics Resources on WWW and the Internet - This catalog, compiled by Dr. M. Maheswaran from the University of Wisconsin, contains a wide variety of links to many mathematical servers in and outside the USA.

  • A Celebration of Women Writers - "The Celebration of Women Writers recognizes the contributions of women writers throughout history. Women have written almost every imaginable type of work: novels, poems, letters, biographies, travel books, religious commentaries, histories, economic and scientific works. Our goal is to promote awareness of the breadth and variety of women's writing." Search by name, date, country, or ethnicity to find a text.

  • A Century of Physics - A timeline (1896-1995) of significant events in the development of physics. Also listed alphabetically, indexed by category (Cosmic, Human, Atomic, Living World, Technology, and Art) and searchable by keyword.

  • A Guide for Writing Research Papers - Prepared by the Humanities Department and the Arthur C. Banks, Jr., Library at Capital Community Technical College in Hartford, Connecticut, this guide is based on the Modern Language Association (MLA) documentation. There is a clickable button that leads to another, much shorter one based on the recommendations of the American Psychological Association (APA). Please note that while these guides are useful for answering common questions, they are not substitutes for the MLA and APA style manuals.

  • A Guide to Queer Resources in the Social Science - a guide to queer sources in anthropology, education, history, law, psychology, sociology, and social work.

  • A Manual of California Vegetation - "The following website describes a classification of vegetation developed by the California Native Plant Society (CNPS). It is a digital version of the book A Manual of California Vegetation published through the Society."

  • A Passion for Jazz! Music History and Education - Brief introduction to jazz history and performance.

  • A Sociological Tour Through Cyberspace - This site provides comprehensive coverage of sociological ideas, theory construction, and research methods in an interesting format.

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  • ABC-Lit: An Index to Children's Literature Scholarship - A index of criticism on children's literature. No full-text; citations and abstracts only. Produced by CSUSB Librarian Lisa Bartle.

  • ABU Bibliotheque : French Classics in Literature and Philosophy - French public domain texts prepared by the Association des Bibliophiles Universels (ABU). Numerous authors (mostly French) from all time periods.

  • Academic Info: English Studies - Brief selection of resources relating to the English language, ESL, British literature, and American literature.

  • Academic Info: Film Studies - Directory of film sites with a scholarly focus; focus is European. Includes sections on world film, women and film, film history, and academic departments.

  • Academic Info: Sociology - This site is a directory of college and research level Internet resources in Sociology. Updated often, it provides links to data archives, organizations, and a "digital library," which includes many links to online scholarly publications.

  • Academic Marketing Journals - Offers links to marketing and marketing-related journals.

  • Academy of American Poets - Poetry news, teaching ideas, poetry awards and publishers, plus information pages with poets' biographies and links to other information. Includes sound files of poets reading from their work.

  • Academy of Television Arts and Sciences - Mostly the Emmys, but it also includes information on academy membership and activities.

  • Access Excellence at the National Health Museum - The site for health and bioscience teachers and learners.

  • Access to Earthquake Data - National and world seismicity information.

  • Accounting Associations - AICPA page links to accounting associations worldwide.

  • Accounting Resources - Page created and maintained by Louisiana State University.

  • AcqWeb's Directory of Book Reviews on the Web - A very comprehensive list of book review resources.

  • Activities for ESL Students - ESL study materials including crossword puzzles and interactive quizzes.

  • Ad Access - Free access to more than 7,000 magazine and newspaper ads from the years 1911-1955. Search by keyword or browse categories.

  • Ad Council - The Ad Council produces "public service announcements" or PSA's. Clips of some current TV PSA's are available free at the site, along with some well-known historical PSA's.

  • adam.com Encyclopedia Disease Reference - Basic information on many diseases. Also available are sections on injury, nutrition, poison, surgery, symptoms, and tests. Part of MEDLINE Plus.

  • Adflip - Archive of notable ads which appeared in print magazines. Some items are free, but requires a fee for access to the complete archive.

  • Administration of Justice Research Guide - This guide from George Mason University provides links to criminal justice-related indexes, topical guides, statistics, legal resources, law enforcement, organizations, and more.

  • Adult Education ESL Teacher's Guide - A module for training beginning ESL teachers. Includes beginning and intermediate activities and how to implement them in the classroom.

  • Advertising Age - The free portion of this well-known magazine's web site offers occasional clips of current TV ads, as well as opinion and analysis. (Not all material at the site is free.)

  • AdWeek "Best Spots" - AdWeek's best spots offers one or two free videos of current notable TV ads. Descriptions and one screen capture are provided for all older spots. (Copies can be ordered for a fee.)

  • Africa Research Central - Africa Research Central is your gateway to the archives, libraries, and museums with important collections of African primary sources. The focus is on repositories in Africa, but there are also links to the web sites of institutions in both Europe and North America.

  • African American Women Writers of the 19th Century - A collection of texts from the Schomburg Library. Includes poetry, essays, fiction, and autobiography. No background information about the authors or their works is provided.

  • African-American Writers: E-texts - Collection of links to online versions of works by famous African American authors, plus links to other kinds of web sites relating to each author.

  • AfriGeneas - Contains resources for African-American genealogy.

  • Afro-Louisiana History and Genealogy 1719-1820 - Searchable database of over 100,000 slave records for Louisiana, covering 1719-1820.

  • After Sept. 11: Perspectives from the Social Sciences - Essays from noted scholars consider such topics as terrorism and democracy, globalization, fundamentalism, and the aftermath of Sept. 11. Designed as a resource for college instructors.

  • AgEcon Search: Research in Agricultural and Applied Economics - Research in Agricultural and Applied Economics is a World Wide Web site developed and maintained at the University of Minnesota by Magrath Library and the Department of Applied Economics.AgEcon Search collects, indexes, and electronically distributes full text copies of scholarly research in the broadly defined field of agricultural economics including sub disciplines such as agribusiness, food supply, natural resource economics, environmental economics, policy issues, agricultural trade, and economic development.

  • Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry - Extensive, searchable, resource for toxic substances and hazardous wastes.

  • AgNIC: Agriculture Network Information Center - "AgNIC is a guide to quality agricultural information on the Internet as selected by the National Agricultural Library, Land-Grant Universities, and other institutions." from the Web site. Topic coverage is quite broad and includes food and human nutrition, entomology, sociology, engineering, and environmental science among others.

  • AGRICOLA (AGRICultural OnLine Access) - Catalog and index to the collections of the National Agricultural Library, as well as a primary public source for world-wide access to agricultural information. The database covers materials in all formats and periods, including printed works from as far back as the 15th century.

  • AGRIS - "AGRIS, the international information system for the agricultural sciences and technology, was created by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) in 1974. The system collects bibliographic references (to date, about 3 million) to either conventional (journal articles, books) or non-conventional materials (sometimes called "grey literature" e.g. theses, reports, etc.), not available through ordinary commercial channels. From the main page, choose "Databases."

  • Ain't It Cool News - Insider news, gossip, and highly opinionated commentary about movies, television, and more.

  • Air University Library Bibliographies - Excellent bibliographies on defense, security, and military topics, covering both online and print resources.

  • Airsite - Atmospheric Chemistry International Research Site for Information and Technology Exchange. At this site you can find the addresses for researchers and agency sponsors for atmospheric chemistry research related to ozone formation in urban and regional ...

  • Alaska Geospatial and Geographic Data Clearinghouse - Build geographic information partnerships among government institutions.

  • ALEX Catalog of Electronic Texts - Searchable collection of full-text works including English and American literature and Western philosophy. Items can be viewed in plain text or downloaded as pdf files.

  • Alex Catalogue of Electronic Texts - This site specializes in English Literature, American Literature, and Western Philosophy. Search by keyword or browse by author, title, or file name.

  • All Music Guide - Search by artist, album, song, style, or label to find information on popular music and musicians.

  • All That JAS: Journal Abbreviation Sources - Not sure what the full title of the journal in your citation is? Check this site. Unfortunately, there are multiple lists to check, but they are organized by subject and database/index name.

  • All the Virology on the WWW - "All the Virology on the WWW seeks to be the best single site for Virology information on the Internet. We have collected all the virology related Web sites that might be of interest to our fellow virologists, and others interested in learning more about viruses."--from the Web site. Done by Dr. David Sander of the Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, Louisiana, this site provides convenient access to recommended Web sites and information on virology. Keywords: microbiology, virology, directory.

  • Alley Cat Allies - "Alley Cat Allies, is a national nonprofit clearinghouse for information on feral and stray cats. For more than a decade Alley Cat Allies has advocated trap-neuter-return (TNR) - the most humane and effective method to reduce feral cat populations."

  • AlltheWeb - Excellent. Alltheweb also offers video and audio searches.

  • Allyn & Bacon Public Speaking Web Site - Created as a companion for a public speaking textbook, this site offers guidance and resources for students preparing speeches.

  • AltaVista - An Internet veteran, still useful. Includes multimedia search options.

  • AltaVista Image Search - AltaVista also offers video and audio searches.

  • America Becomes Urban - An electronic resource of: University of California Press.

  • American Association of Poison Control Centers - Directory of the poison control centers in the United States listed by state and alphabetically. The alphabetical directory also includes centers for Australia, Canada, New Zealand, and Puerto Rico. The site also includes an annotated list of links to related sites, the Annual Reports of the Toxic Exposure Surveillance System (TESS) in PDF format, educational materials on poisons, and tips for poison prevention.

  • American Collection: Educator's Site - The educator's Web site for Exxon Mobil Masterpiece Theatre's American collection.

  • American Communication Association - Home page of the professional organization for communication studies. Features articles from the "American Communication Journal," membership information, and links to other sites on communication studies and communication law.

  • American Communication Journal - Scholarly, peer-reviewed journal includes full-text articles.

  • American Dietetics Association -

  • American Family Immigration History Center (Ellis Island) - Contains a searchable database of passenger lists, or 'ship manifests' at Ellis Island from 1892 to 1924 as well as other genealogical resources.

  • American Gound Water Trust - Information on: Protect ground water;promote public awareness of the environmental and economic importance of ground water, and provide accurate information to assist public participation in water resources decisions and management.

  • American Heritage Dictionary: Fourth Edition - "Over 90,000 entries feature 10,000 new words and senses, 70,000 audio word pronunciations, 900 full-page color illustrations, language notes and word-root appendixes."

  • American Institute of Hydrology - The AIH is the only nationwide organization that offers certification to qualified professionals in all fields of the hydrological sciences. The AIH certification process involves peer-review and testing.

  • American Journalism Review - AJR offers news and analysis of journalism and media issues. Published by the College of Journalism at the University of Maryland.

  • American Leaders Speak - From the Library of Congress, recordings of speeches from World War I and the 1920 Presidential election. Uses RealPlayer. Text transcriptions also provided.

  • American Philosophical Association - Homepage for this professional organization, includes information about membership and conferences.

  • American Psychological Association - The official web site of the American Psychological Association provides information on professional membership, conferences, and ethics, as well as on APA publications and APA style. To get tables of contents and many full-text articles from APA journals: at the introductory page, click on "Psychologists" and then click on the "Journals" link in the far right column. Journals can be searched by topic and by title.

  • American Religion Data Archive - Database of membership numbers for American churches.

  • American Religious Experience - Includes papers and studies by scholars on religion in America.

  • American Rhetoric - Includes a searchable "SpeechBank" of famous speeches, sound clips demonstrating use of rhetorical figures, 100 Great American Speeches, and a special section on the rhetoric of 9/11.

  • American Society for Engineering Education - Founded in 1893, the American Society for Engineering Education is a nonprofit organization of individuals and institutions committed to furthering education in engineering and engineering technology.

  • American Stock Exchange - Includes annual statistical and financial highlights for the past 3 years, listing guidelines for domestic and international issues, and market summaries. Listed AMEX companies may be accessed by stock symbol, company name, and company homepage. Latest issue of AMEX Facts may be downloaded as a PDF file.

  • American Verse Project - "The American Verse Project is a collaborative project between the University of Michigan Humanities Text Initiative (HTI) and the University of Michigan Press. The project is assembling an electronic archive of volumes of American poetry prior to 1920." Find what you need via three different approaches to searching (simple, Boolean, and proximity) or browse the collection. The "Book Bag" feature allows you to choose the books your search will examine.

  • Amiens Cathedral Project - In 1995, the GSAP's Digital Design Lab (DDL) partnered with Dr. Stephen Murray of Columbia University's Art History Department in producing the award-winning 13-minute video production

  • Amusement Park Physics - This site provides simple explanations for the physics that make amusement park rides possible.

  • Andanzas al Web Latino - Annotated directory of Web sites relating to the US-Mexico Border and Latinos in the United States. Maintained by Molly Molloy, Librarian at New Mexico State University

  • Animal Diversity Web - "An online database of animal natural history, distribution, classification, and conservation biology at the University of Michigan."

  • Annotated Bibliographies - A resource on how to construct an annotated bibliography (Purdue University).

  • Annual Reviews Inc. - Systematic, periodic examinations of scholarly advances in a number of fields of science.

  • Anthropology Resources on the Internet - Done by the American Anthropological Association.

  • APA Citation Guide - A quick guide to the basic APA citation style done by one of the Pfau Library librarians.

  • APA Style, Electronic Reference Formats - A guide to citing electronic resources in APA style by the American Psychological Association.

  • APSA Homepage -

  • ArcExplorer from ESRI - Environmental Systems Research Institute, Inc., a Geographic Information Systems company, provides a free downloadable map viewer, ArcExplorer. Use ArcExplorer to display maps from ArcView shape files.

  • Archaeology - University of Arkansas, Center for Advanced Spatial Technologies--CAST-- National GIS Database, archaeology layer.

  • Archiseek Architecture Directory - This searchable site includes links to past masters, styles, and electronic journals, as well as to organizations, discussion lists, and awards and exhibits in the field.

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  • Argus Clearinghouse - Business and Employment - Created and Maintained by personnel at Argus Associates. Webliographies in many business subjects.

  • Argus Clearinghouse : Education - A selective collection of topical guides. The education category includes sub-categories adult and special education, educational institutions, higher education, instructional technology and tools, primary and secondary school, and teaching and pedagogy.The Clearinghouse is no longer being actively maintained as of 2002. guides on topics pertaining to the development of knowledge, skill, ability or character by systematic instruction, schooling, training or guidance, in preparation for work and life.

  • Argus Clearinghouse: Sociology - The Argus Clearinghouse puts together topical guides to Internet sites and rates each site on a five-check scale. Criteria under consideration include resource description, design, and organization of site. You'll find links to quality sites on such topics as demographics, ethnic relations, gender studies, and more. Check out the Digital Librarian's Award from the Main Page for a list of exceptional resources.

  • ARL GIS Literacy Project - Site includes historical documents and updates on the project, roster of participants, etc.

  • ARMA International: The Association for Information Management - ARMA International is a not-for-profit professional association and the authority on managing records and information – paper and electronic.

  • Art History Resources - Maintained by Dr.Christopher L.C.E. Witcombe, professor of Art History at Sweet Briar College in Virginia, this extensive site groups resources by time period and geographic area.

  • Artcyclopedia - "Our mission is to become the definitive and most effective guide to museum-quality fine art on the Internet..." Search the database of links by artist's name, artwork title, and many other well-chosen possibilities.

  • ARTFL : Project for American and French Research on the Treasury of the French Language - A research tool for scholars and students in all areas of French Studies containing numerous texts from the 13th-20th Centuries. The Project for American and French Research on the Treasury of the French Language (ARTFL) is a cooperative enterprise of Analyse et Traitement Informatique de la Langue Française (ATILF) of the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), the Division of the Humanities, the Division of the Social Sciences, and Electronic Text Services (ETS) of the University of Chicago.

  • ARTFL Project: French-English Dictionary Form - Look up words in a simple French English Dictionary containing about 75,000 terms.

  • ARTFL Project: ROGET'S Thesaurus Search Form - Search the headwords or full text of Roget's Thesaurus, 1911, version 1.02 (supplemented: July 1991) released to the public domain by MICRA, Inc. and the Gutenberg Project. Internal cross references are represented as clickable hyper-text links.

  • ArtScene: The Guide to Art Galleries and Museums in Southern California - "In addition to articles about selected current exhibitions and viewable works of art, the ArtScene site houses a complete Listings of fine art gallery and museum sites and pages (over 400 of them)."

  • Artslynx International: Dance Resources - An extensive site providing access to carefully selected Web sites relating to dance.

  • ASA Style Guide - The American Sociological Association Style Guide is intended for authors who are preparing manuscripts for publication in ASA journals. This handout is intended for students who are instructed to use "ASA style" when writing research papers

  • ASHA: American Speech-Language-Hearing Association - ASHA is the professional, scientific, and credentialing association for speech-language pathologists, audiologists, and speech, language, and hearing scientists in the United States and internationally. This site provides information on certification, continuing education, and jobs in the field, as well as advocacy opportunities, science and research, and treatment outcomes.

  • Asian Film Connection - From USC, this site features information on Chinese, Japanese, and Indian films. Currently few films are covered and information is incomplete, but future additions are promised. Some educational material, such as class syllabi, is included.

  • Ask the Dietitian - A large FAW from dietitian Joanne Larson. An alphabetical list of common topics guides the user to a series of questions and answers on that topic.

  • Ask.com - Formerly Ask Jeeves and Teoma, this lesser-known search engine offers helpful answers to common research queries.

  • Aslib Current Awareness Abstracts : A review of Information Management Literature - "This is a quick awareness service for information management professionals covering the core 300 English langauage library, information science and information management periodicals? Each volume contains about 200 abstracts."

  • Association des bibliothèques françaises - Une gestion partagée des liens dans le domaine de la bibliothéconomie et des sciences de l'information .

  • Astronomical Data Center (ADC) for Students & Educators - "

  • Athenus : The Engineering and Science Search Engine - "The Athenus search engine indexes hundreds of thousands of subject-specific web sites, publications, news and other resources." Search functions provided for all three categories of resources, with a browse index and a subject guide.

  • Atlapedia - Simple political and physical maps by country, with some basic country information.

  • Audio Online: UC Berkeley Speech Archives - A selection of audio files of speeches delivered by notable people at UC Berkeley. Requires RealPlayer or StreamWorks plug-ins, for which links are provided.

  • Australasian Journal of Logic - Free, refereed journal covering all areas of research in logic.

  • Australian Journal of Chinese Affairs [via JSTOR] - Fee-based electronic journal accessible to the UC community (subscription via CDL). Consult your reference librarians for access infomation. Coverage: Issues 1-28 (1979-1992)

  • Avalon Project: September 11 - Large list of official government statements, press conference, orders, etc. Ignore large menu at top and scroll down to see actual documents.

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