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FEDSTATS Federal Statistics

http://www.fedstats.gov/

Fedstats.gov provides statistics from more than 100 government agencies available to citizens.

Find Law

http://www.findlaw.com/

FindLaw is one of the most popular sites for free legal information on the Internet. FindLaw's law firm marketing solutions also dominate with award-winning Web sites, online video, online attorney profiles, search engine marketing and Internet advertising

Find law Legal Dictionary

http://dictionary.lp.findlaw.com/ FindLaw is an online legal information and internet marketing solution for law firms.

Four Nets for Better Searching

http://webquest.sdsu.edu/searchi A webquest that highlights four techniques ng/fournets.htm for more effective online information searching.

Free Management Library

http://www.managementhelp.or The Library provides easy-to-access, g/ clutter-free, comprehensive resources regarding the leadership and management of yourself, other individuals, groups and organizations.

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Free On-line Dictionary of Computing

http://foldoc.org/Free+Online+Dictionary

Free On-line Dictionary of Computing is a searchable dictionary of acronyms, jargon, programming languages, tools, architecture, operating systems, networking, theory, conventions, standards, mathematics, telecoms, electronics, institutions, companies, projects, products, history, and almost anything else to do with computing.

General Law Reviews, listed http://law.usc.edu/library/resour USC General Law Reviews gives a list of by USC Gould School of Law ces/journals/general.cfm reviews about laws from universities across the United States.

Getty Thesaurus of Geographical Names

http://www.getty.edu/research/c The Getty vocabulary databases contain onducting_research/vocabularies terms, names, and other information /tgn/index.html about people, places, things, and concepts relating to art, architecture, and material culture.

Guide for Writing Research http://www.ccc.commnet.edu/ap This guide is based on recommendations of Papers Based on Styles a/ the fifth edition of the Publication Manual Recommended by APA from of the American Psychological Association the Capital Community published by the American Psychological College Association in 2001.

Hieros Gamos-Legal Research Center

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http://www.hg.org/

HG.org objective is to make law, government and related professional information easily accessible to the legal profession, businesses and consumers.

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How to Choose a Search Engine or Directory

http://www.internettutorials.net/ Serves as an introduction to the Internet, choose.asp especially the World Wide Web; what it is, how to search it, and how to use it as a research tool. Tutorials and further sources assist users with the web overview, search tools, search techniques, and finding content.

Academic Info Digital Library http://www.academicinfo.net/dig With designs to guide both aspiring ital.html students on the advantages and avenues to researching and searching for educational tinged information, Academic Info was created.

Acronym Finder

http://www.acronymfinder.com/ Over 750,000 human-edited definitions of acronyms, abbreviations.

Afro-American Almanac

http://www.toptags.com/aama/

Age Discrimination

http://www.eeoc.gov/facts/age.h The Age Discrimination in Employment Act tml of 1967 (ADEA) protects individuals who are 40 years of age or older from employment discrimination based on age. The ADEA’s protections apply to both employees and job applicants.

American Civil Liberties Union

http://www.aclu.org/

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Toptags.com is a website with links to other search engines pertaining to African American values.

The ACLU is our nation's guardian of liberty, working daily in courts, legislatures and communities to defend and preserve the individual rights and liberties that the Constitution and laws of the United States guarantee everyone in this country.

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American Law Sources Online

http://www.lawsource.com/also/ ALSO provides a comprehensive, uniform, and useful compilation of links to freely accessible on-line sources of law for the United States, Canada, and Mexico. In addition, this site contains additional links to sources of commentary and practice aids that are available without charge (or available at a reasonable charge from governmental and nonprofit providers).

Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)

http://www.ada.gov/

APA and Electronic Resources FAQs from Northcentral University

http://mentors.ncu.edu/writingpr This is North central University's website ogram/public/writing_program.as where they offer over 100 handouts on px critical reading, prewriting, and revising for an academic audience.

APA Citation Tutorial from University of Maryland University College

http://www.umuc.edu/library/tut This website is a tutorial where the user orials/citation/html/ will learn when It is necessary to cite and how to use correct APA format in their paper and reference list.

APA Formatting and Style Guide from Purdue University

http://owl.english.purdue.edu/o wl/resource/560/01/

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Ada.gov provides information and technical assistance on the Americans with Disabilities Act.

This website outlines the rules for formatting a document in APA style and give samples of APA papers.

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Art Dictionary

http://www.artlex.com/

ArtLex.com provides definitions for more than 3,600 terms used in discussing art / visual culture, along with thousands of supporting images, pronunciations notes, quotations and cross-references.

Ask A Reference Librarian 24/7

http://www.questionpoint.org/cr s/servlet/org.oclc.home.TFSRedir ect?SS_COMMAND=CUST_SUP&C ategory=BR

Question Point is an online service which allows the user to ask a question and get a response via e-mail from a reference librarian.

Australian News Online

http://www.abc.net.au/news/

Australian news online offers news from Australia and around the world. This site include topics such as Business, Sports, Entertainment, Weather, Opinions, Blogs and archiving. These topics are created and are accessible using the latest technologies. These include video, audio, photos, podcast, RSS, and email

Avoiding Plagiarism from Purdue's OWL

http://owl.english.purdue.edu/o wl/resource/589/01/

Avoiding plagiarism from Purdue's OWL resource is designed to help students and instructors develop strategies for knowing how to avoid accidental plagiarism.

BBC News

http://news.bbc.co.uk/

The BBC News site is available both internationally and the UK. This site discusses topics such as Business, Technology, Health, Science and Environment, and entertainment. The information is delivered to the user via the latest technologies.

Biographical Dictionary

http://www.s9.com/

The Biographical Dictionary provides a search engine to a vast selection of biographies.

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Biology-Online Editable Wiki Dictionary

http://www.biologyBiology Online aims to educate and online.org/dictionary/Main_Page promote awareness of all things biology, offering free and easy access to information in the biological sciences.

Bizjournals - Business Ezine

http://www.bizjournals.com/lates Bizjournals is the online media division of tnews.html American City Business Journals. The site also features online commercial real estate listings, a special focus on business women, local networking and business events, local online business directories, downloadable sales leads and strategic partnership opportunities.

Bizwomen - Women in Business Ezine

http://networking.bizjournals.co m/Groups/bizwomen

Black Collegian

http://www.black-collegian.com/ The Black Collegian is a career and self development magazine targeted to AfricanAmerican students and other students of color seeking information on careers, job opportunities, graduate/professional school, internships/co-ops, study abroad programs.

Black Enterprise

http://www.blackenterprise.com/ Black Enterprise is a guide to financial empowerment, investing, and wealthbuilding resource for African Americans.

Boston Review: A Political and Literary Forum

http://bostonreview.net/

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Bizwomen is a growing and emerging online community for women business executives and entrepreneurs to connect, support, learn and grow.

Boston Review is a nonpartisan magazine of ideas: animated by hope, committed to equality and reason, convinced that the imagination eludes political categories.

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Brookings Institute

http://www.brookings.edu/press/ The Brookings Institution is a nonprofit review/rev_des.htm public policy organization based in Washington, DC. The goals of Brookings are to strengthen the American Democracy; foster the economic and social welfare and opportunities of all Americans and secure a more open, safe and prosperous international system.

Calculators.Com

http://www.calculator.com/index calculator.com offers a variety of .html calculators. This site, updated daily, offers standard, fractions, scientific, percent, and currency. In addition, novel calculators such as the love calculator is also available.

Campaign Against Age Discrimination in Employment: CAADE

http://www.caade.net/

Catalaw

http://www.catalaw.com/catalaw CataLaw is the catalog of catalogs of .shtml worldwide law on the Internet. It aids legal research by arranging all indexes of law and government into a uniform, universal and unique meta index.

CBC News Online

http://www.cbc.ca/news/

Center for Academic Honesty

http://www.academicintegrity.or The center for academic integrity serves g/ higher and secondary educational institutions. The center's objective is to address issues affecting academic integrity. One issue is academic integrity and emerging technologies

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CAADE is a website dedicated to fighting against age discrimination in the workplace.

This site contains information about the range of services to Canadians in English, French and eight aboriginal languages. In addition, the user will find news and information about the people, partnerships, and activities that within this cultural institution

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Citing Images from the University of Cincinnati

http://www.libraries.uc.edu/libra This website gives a list of the relevant ries/daap/resources/visualresour information a writer will need when citing ces/how_to/cite_image.html a source and the correct format for MLA, APA, Turabian, and Chicago Manual of Style.

Code of Federal Regulations http://www.access.gpo.gov/nara/ The Code of Federal Regulation is the (CFR) cfr/cfr-table-search.html codification of the general and permanent rules published in the Federal Register by the executive departments and agencies of the Federal Government.

Columbia Encyclopedia

http://www.bartleby.com/65/

Containing nearly 51,000 entries on a broad range, with more than 80,000 hypertext cross-references,

Cook's Thesaurus & Cooking http://www.foodsubs.com/ Encyclopedia

The Cook's Thesaurus is a cooking encyclopedia that covers thousands of ingredients and kitchen tools. Entries include pictures, descriptions, synonyms, pronunciations, and suggested substitutions.

Courts.net

http://www.courts.net/

Courts.net is a free site that serves as a gateway to access links regarding an individual’s background through Public Criminal Records, Criminal Background Checks, Free Credit report, People Search Finders, Public Investigators, Foreclosure, Legal Forms, State Courts, Please note that these links may or may not include fees.

Critical Inquiry

http://criticalinquiry.uchicago.ed Critical Inquiry allows users to access u/main.shtml journals written by other users and gives links to other relevant sites.

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Democratic Party

http://www.democrats.org/

The Democratic Party is committed to keeping our nation safe and expanding opportunity for every American. That commitment is reflected in an agenda that emphasizes the strong economic growth, affordable health care for all Americans, retirement security, open, honest and accountable government, and securing our nation while protecting our civil rights and liberties.

Dictionary.Com

http://dictionary.reference.com/

Dictionary.com is a multi-source dictionary search service

Digital Millennium Copyright Act

http://www.gseis.ucla.edu/iclp/d The DMCA is designed to implement the mca1.htm treaties signed in December 1996 at the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) Geneva conference, but also contains additional provisions addressing related matters. For specific areas of the act please go to http://www.gseis.ucla.edu/iclp/dmca1.htm

Directory of Open Access Journals

http://www.doaj.org/

Electronic Sources - APA Style from The Write Source

http://www.thewritesource.com/ This website shows samples of proper APA apa/ cites gathered from various sources.

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The Dictionary of Open Access Journals covers free, full text, quality controlled scientific and scholarly journals.

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Encyclopadia.com

http://encyclopedia.com

Encylopedia.com provides access to 200,000 reference entries to cite from, plus 50,000 topic summaries from videos, pictures, and magazines around the world

Encyclopedia Britannica Online

http://search.eb.com/failedlogin? Encyclopedia Britannica contains hundreds target=/ of thousands of articles, biographies, videos, images, and web sites.

Encyclopedia of the History of Economic Thought

http://homepage.newschool.edu/ Hosted by the Department of Economics of het/ the New School for Social Research, it reflects the personal opinions and interests of Gonfalon L. Fonseca. It's primary purpose is to act as repository of collected links and information on the history of economic thought, from the ancient times until the modern day. Designed for students and the general public interested in learning about economics from a historical perspective.

Encyclopedia of World History

http://www.bartleby.com/67/

Entrepreneur Online

http://www.entrepreneur.com/in Entrepreneru.com is a website where terstitial/default.html business people can get information on starting a business and can find trends on what businesses succeed or fail.

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A comprehensive chronology of more than 20,000 entries that span the millennia from prehistoric times to the year 2000 compiled by Peter N. Stearns and thirty other prominent historians.

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Etymology Dictionary

http://www.etymonline.com/

Etymologies are not definitions; they're explanations of what our words meant and how they sounded 600 or 2,000 years ago.

Federal Citizen Information Center

http://www.pueblo.gsa.gov/

The FCIC manages a national contact center with specially trained staff to answer questions in English and Spanish about all aspects of the Federal government.

IBM Journal of Research Development

http://www.research.ibm.com/jo The IBM Journals allow users to read and urnal/rd/ download papers to get the inside track on emerging trends in science, technology, and business and how they are shaping the future. *Only available for a fee*

Infoplease

http://www.infoplease.com/

Information Please provides authoritative answers to all kinds of factual questions.

InfoWorld

http://www.infoworld.com/

InfoWorld is the Web destination of choice for IT decision makers seeking to modernize their operations using the latest technologies, architectures, and strategies.

Intellectual Property Law Server

http://www.intelproplaw.com/

The Intellectual Property Law Server provides information about intellectual property law including patent, trademark and copyright. Resources include comprehensive links, general information, space for professionals to publish articles and forums for discussing related issues

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Internet Beginner's Guides & Tutorials

http://www.refdesk.com/factbeg. A series of 25 guides and tutorials to help html the novice online user become more knowledgeable and comfortable using the internet.

Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy

http://www.utm.edu/research/ie The Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy is p/ a non-profit organization run by the editors. Most of the articles are original contributions by specialized philosophers around the Internet; these are identifiable by the author's name at the foot of the article.

Internet Legal Resource Guide (Public Legal)

http://www.ilrg.com/

Jenda: A Journal of Culture http://www.jendajournal.com/ and African Women Studies

Journal of Criminal Justice and Popular Culture

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The Internet Legal Resource Guide is a categorized index of more than 4000 select web sites in 238 nations, islands, and territories, as well as thousands of locally stored web pages, legal forms, and downloadable files. This website serves as a comprehensive resource of the information available on the Internet concerning law and the legal profession, with an emphasis on the United States of America. Designed for everyone, lay persons and legal scholars alike, it is quality controlled to include only the most substantive legal resources online.

Jenda Journal is a history of culture and African Woman studies.

http://www.albany.edu/scj/jcjpc/i The Journal of Criminal Justice and Popular ndex.html Culture allows users to read scholarly journals about current events in New York State, and the reviews of other scholars' opinions about the articles.

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Journal of Gender, Social Policy & the Law

http://www.wcl.american.edu/jo The Journal of Gender, Social Policy & the urnal/genderlaw/ Law provides a forum for those interested in gender issues and feminist legal studies.

Journal of Interdisciplinary History

http://www.mitpressjournals.org/ The Journal of Interdisciplinary History loi/jinh?cookieSet=1 features substantive articles, research notes, review essays, and book reviews relating historical research and work in applied fields-such as economics and demographics.

Jurist: The Legal Education Network

http://jurist.law.pitt.edu/

JURIST is produced as a public service for the continuing legal education of its readers and law student staffers, and uses the latest Internet technology to track important legal news stories and materials and present them rapidly, objectively and intelligibly in an accessible, ad-free format.

Law Crawler

http://lawcrawler.findlaw.com/

LawCrawler is a full-text Web search engine powered by Google and geared specifically for legal research.

Law Library of Congress

http://www.loc.gov/law/index.ph The Law Library of Congress was p established in 1832, recognizing its need for ready access to reliable legal materials. The Law Library has grown over the years to become the world’s largest law library, with a collection of over three million volumes spanning the ages and covering virtually every jurisdiction in the world.

Law Library Resource Exchange

http://www.llrx.com/

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LLRX.com is a free, independent, one person produced Web journal dedicated to providing legal, library, IT/IS, marketing and administrative professionals with the most up-to-date information on a wide range of Internet research and technologyrelated issues, applications, resources and tools. Page 13 of 26

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Law Runner

http://www.ilrg.com/

Law Runner is part of Internet Legal Resource Guide (Public Legal). This tool is an intelligent agent based search engine interface for Google.com and its 3+ billion indexed web pages. Advantage: limit your search results only to those web pages within a particular jurisdiction for more effective legal research.

Lectric Law Library Rotunda

http://www.lectlaw.com/rotu.ht ml

Lectric Law Library Rotunda serves as a gateway to various extensive resources, attractions & oddities. These resources include Business Law, Information for the legal professional, and Information for the layperson.

Legal Ethics.Com

http://www.legalethics.com/

LegalEthics.com is a web site focused on the ethical issues associated with the use of technology by legal professionals. All posts are coded by one or more topics. Select a topic to the right to read relevant posts. Select the “States” topic to see an expanded view of individual topics devoted to each state.

Legal Information Institute

http://www.law.cornell.edu/

The LII is known internationally as a leading “law-not-com” provider of public legal information. This is published and maintained by Cornell Law Library. This site offers all opinions of the United States Supreme Court handed down since 1992, together with over 600 earlier decisions selected for their historic importance, over a decade of opinions of the New York Court of Appeals, and the full United States Code. Cornell Law Library also publish important secondary sources: libraries in two important areas (legal ethics and social security) and a series of “topical” pages that serve as concise explanatory guides and Internet resource listings for roughly 100 areas of law.

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LII: Federal Rules of Civil Procedure

http://www.law.cornell.edu/rules LII: Federal Rules of Civil Procedure is a /frcp/ subdivision of the Legal Information Institute. This site focuses on Civil Procedure Law and presents information in an outline style. In addition, subdivisions are included to assist the user with specific areas of the law relating to civil procedure. . The areas of civil procedure law include: Scope, Action, process, pleading, motion, orders, parties, depositions, discovery, trials, judgment, provisional & final remedies, special proceedings, district courts and clerks, general provisions, appendix of forms, and admiralty & maritime claims.

Marketing Dictionary

http://www.marketingpower.com MarketingPower.com, supplies site /_layouts/Dictionary.aspx registrants and AMA members with the information, products and services required to succeed in their careers.

MCF Grant Resources for Diversity

http://www.mcf.org/mcf/resourc Minnesota Council on Foundations, a e/diversity.htm community of grant makers, works actively to strengthen and expand philanthropy and improve the vitality and health of our communities.

Medicine Net Medical Dictionary

http://www.medicinenet.com/dis MedicineNet.com is an online, healthcare eases_and_conditions/article.htm media publishing company. It provides easy-to-read, in-depth, authoritative medical information for consumers.

Merriam-Webster Online

http://www.merriamwebster.com/

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Merriam-Webster is a publisher of language-related reference works and a diverse array of print and electronic products.

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Meta-Index for U.S. Legal Research

http://gsulaw.gsu.edu/metaindex The Meta-Index for U.S. Legal Research / site was created and is maintained by Georgia State University (GSU) and illustrates the use of searchable legal indexes on the World Wide Web. Only specifically legal indexes in the U.S. are included. Please note that many of the search tools here have additional search options available and that to derive full benefit from them you should visit the original sites directly. To access the most current version of Meta-Index for U.S. Legal Research, go to http://gsulaw.gsu.edu/metaindex/.

MSN Encarta

http://encarta.msn.com/artcente MSN Encarta contains dictionaries, r_/browse.html atlases, K-12 success, college & grad information, degrees & training, quizzes. Also, MSN articles, guides, activities, and homework status.

National Association of Asian American Professionals

http://www.naaap.org/

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The National Association of Asian American Professionals is a non-profit organization that cultivates, supports, and promotes Asian American leaders. NAAAP offers professional development opportunities on the local and national level, engages its membership in community service, and organizes professional networking events.

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National Center for State Courts

http://www.ncsconline.org/

NCSC’s objective is to improve the administration of justice through leadership and service to state courts, and courts around the world. Through original research, consulting services, publications, and national educational programs, NCSC offers solutions that enhance court operations with the latest technology; collects and interprets the latest data on court operations nationwide; and provides information on proven "best practices" for improving court operations. NCSC is an independent, nonprofit organization in accordance with Section 501(c)(3). NCSC disseminates information to state court leaders on key national policy issues, and helps advocate their policies with Congress as well as supporting several prestigious national organizations

New York State Supreme Court-Library at Buffalo

http://www.courts.state.ny.us/8j The NYS Supreme Court Library at Buffalo d/NYSSCLawLib/NYSSCBuff.htm serves the legal community of the Eighth Judicial District of New York. Their objectives are as follows: to serve the legal reference needs of the district judiciary, to serve as a free, public library, pursuant to state statute, for area residents, particularly for members of the local bar and their employees and, to serve pro se litigants, students, and private citizens researching the law and legal issues.

Nolo's Legal Encyclopedia

http://www.nolo.com/index.cfm

Articles, podcasts, blogs, downloadable legal forms, do-it-yourself legal kits, directories, products and services, newsletters, and related legal links and resources are accessible through Nolo. Learn about all areas in the legal field, hot topics in law, and domestic and international legal.

Old Farmer's Almanac

http://www.almanac.com/

The Old Farmer's Almanac publishes useful information for people in all walks of life: tide tables for those who live near the ocean; sunrise tables and planting charts for those who live on the farm; recipes for those who live in the kitchen; and forecasts for those who don't like the question of weather left up in the air.

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Pakistan News Service

http://www.paktribune.com/inde Pakistan news service provides news x.shtml stories, and services relating to events in Pakistan

Pew Internet and American Life Project

http://www.pewinternet.org/

A nonpartisan, nonprofit "fact tank" that provides information on the issues, attitudes and trends shaping America and the world. The Project produces reports exploring the impact of the internet on families, communities, work and home, daily life, education, health care, and civic and political life.

Plagiarism.Org

http://www.plagiarism.org/

Plagiarism.org's objective is to prevent plagiarism and restore integrity to written work. The website accomplishes this goal through posting articles relating to plagiarism. Some other resources include turnitin and authenticate to assist in detecting and preventing plagiarism

Plagiarism: How to http://www.indiana.edu/~wts/pa Writing tutorial services site, from Indiana Recognize and Avoid It from mphlets/plagiarism.shtml University, explains how to avoid Indiana University plagiarism. Additional services include Student & Faculty FAQ's, pamphlets, policies, and course specific tutoring

Practical Technology Today

http://practical-tech.com/

Practical Technology covers the technology and business of technology focusing on operating systems, networks, Linux and open source.

Pravda

http://english.pravda.ru/

The newspaper Pravda analyzes events from the point of view of the Party's interests, whereas PRAVDA On-line takes a pro-Russian approach to forming its policy.

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Quotations Page

http://www.quotationspage.com/ Quotationspage.com is a search engine focused on book reviews and quotationrelated topics.

Red Herring Online Business http://www.redherring.com/ Journal

Red Herring, Inc., is a media company whose mission is to cover innovation, technology, financing and entrepreneurial activity.

RefDesk Dot Com

http://www.refdesk.com/

Reddest is a free and family-friendly web site that indexes and reviews quality, credible, and current web-based resources.

Republican Party.Org

http://www.republicans.org/

The Republican Party publishes the opinions of the American people, as it relates to the Republican Party. They are not affiliated to the National Republican Committee.

Rominger Legal Research

http://www.romingerlegal.com/

Rominger’s Legal Research serves as a gateway to a multitude of legal links for the researcher. These include legal news, legal sponsored links, legal resources, professional directories, federal links, legal organizations, non-legal resources, state legal resources, legal books, and practice areas.

Salary Calculator

http://www.homefair.com/real- salary calculator measures a job estate/salary-calculator.asp?cc=1 compensation by entering a job title, zip code and state location

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Searcher

http://www.infotoday.com/searc Information Today, Inc. provides users and her/default.asp producers of information, knowledge and content management products and services with the information they need to do their jobs as effectively as possible.

Smithsonian Institute

http://www.si.edu/

Specialty Dictionaries

http://www.yourdictionary.com/ YourDictionary.com has a database of over diction4.html 2,500 dictionaries and grammars in over 300 languages, dictionary, glossary and reference articles, games that build language skills.

Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy

http://plato.stanford.edu/

Supreme Court of the U.S. Opinions 1893 – Present

http://www.findlaw.com/casecod The Supreme Court of the US Opinions is e/supreme.html maintained by Find Law and offers the Supreme Court decisions since 1893 (U.S. Supreme Court Decisions: U.S. Reports 150, 1893- ). Can be browsed by year and U.S. Reports volume number, and searchable by citation, case title and full text. We also maintain an archive of Opinion Summaries from September 2000to the Present.

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The Smithsonian Institute site serves as a gateway to the world's largest museum complex and research organization composed of 19 museums, 9 research centers, and the National Zoo.

A scholarly dynamic reference work, each philosophically related entry is maintained and kept up to date by an expert or group of experts in the field. Articles are frequently added and updated based upon new academic findings and theories.

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Supreme Court of the U.S. Opinions 1999 – Present

http://www.supremecourtus.gov/ The Supreme Court of the US Opinions is opinions/opinions.html maintained by Find Law and offers the Supreme Court decisions since 1999 (U.S. Supreme Court Decisions: U.S. Reports 150, 1893- ). Can be browsed by year and U.S. Reports volume number, and searchable by citation, case title and full text. We also maintain an archive of Opinion Summaries from September 2000to the Present.

The Internet Acronym Server http://acronyms.silmaril.ie/cgibin/uncgi/acronyms

The Internet Acronym Server is a search engine in which the user types an acronym and all known definitions are displayed.

Thesaurus.Com

http://thesaurus.reference.com/

To use the thesaurus, simply type a word in the gold search box and click the 'Search' button. A list of synonyms and antonyms will be returned.

THOMAS Legislative Information

http://thomas.loc.gov/

The library's mission is to make its resources available and useful to the Congress and the American people and to sustain and preserve a universal collection of knowledge and creativity for future generations.

Thomas Public Laws

http://thomas.loc.gov/

THOMAS was launched in January of 1995, at the inception of the 104th Congress. The leadership of the 104th Congress directed the Library of Congress to make federal legislative information freely available to the public. Since that time THOMAS has expanded the scope of its offerings to include the following: Bills, Resolutions, Activity in Congress, Congressional Record, Schedules, Calendars, Committee Information, Presidential Nominations, Treaties, Government Resources, For Teachers, Help and Contact.

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U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis

http://www.bea.gov/

The Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) promotes a better understanding of the U.S. economy by providing timely, relevant, and accurate economic accounts data in an objective and cost-effective manner.

U.S. Business Advisor

http://www.business.gov/

Business.gov helps small businesses understand their legal requirements, and locate government services supporting the nation’s small business community.

U.S. Census Bureau Homepage

http://www.census.gov/

The Census Bureau serves as the leading source of quality data about the nation's people and economy.

U.S. Code

http://www.gpoaccess.gov/uscod The United States Code is the codification e/browse.html by subject matter of the general and permanent laws of the United States based on what is printed in the Statutes at Large.

U.S. Code of Federal Regulations

http://cfr.law.cornell.edu/cfr/

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This front-end to the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) is generated from and links to the most recent version of the CFR placed on the Internet by the Government Printing Office. It contains the federal regulations in force as of specific revision dates which vary from title to title. That for each title is shown on its table of contents. For more information on a particular regulation has since been amended, click on the updated link.

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U.S. Consumer Information

http://www.consumer.gov/

Consumer.gov is a link to a broad range of federal information resources available online.

U.S. Copyright Office

http://www.copyright.gov/

The Copyright Office of promotes progress of the arts and protection for the works of authors. The goal is to make major improvements in our public services and a key part of this initiative is providing the opportunity to register your works online via the website.

U.S. Department of Commerce

http://www.commerce.gov/

Commerce.gov provides links to economic analysis domestic and abroad.

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

http://www.epa.gov/

EPA leads the nation's environmental science, research, education and assessment efforts. The mission of the Environmental Protection Agency is to protect human health and the environment.

U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)

http://www.fda.gov/

The FDA is responsible for protecting the public health by assuring the safety, efficacy, and security of human and veterinary drugs, biological products, medical devices, our nation’s food supply, cosmetics, and products that emit radiation.

U.S. General Accounting Office

http://www.gao.gov/

The U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) is an independent, nonpartisan agency that works for Congress. The GAO investigates how the federal government spends taxpayer dollars.

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U.S. Geological Survey

http://www.usgs.gov/

The USGS serves the Nation by providing reliable scientific information to describe and understand the Earth; minimize loss of life and property from natural disasters; manage water, biological, energy, and mineral resources; and enhance and protect our quality of life.

U.S. Government Budget for http://www.whitehouse.gov/omb Website goes into detail about the budget the Next Fiscal Year /budget/ plan and how it will affect each state.

U.S. Government Printing Office (GPO)

http://www.gpoaccess.gov/index. GPO Access is a service of the U.S. html Government Printing Office that provides free electronic access to a wealth of important information products produced by the Federal Government.

U.S. House of Representatives

http://www.house.gov/

The US House of Representatives site includes the offices & resources of the United States House of Representatives. The offices include Representatives, Committees, Leadership & House organizations.

U.S. Internal Revenue Service (IRS)

http://www.irs.gov/

Irs.gov is able to Provide America's taxpayers top quality service by helping them understand and meet their tax responsibilities and by applying the tax law with integrity and fairness to all.

U.S. Internet Industry Association

http://www.usiia.org/

The US Internet Industry Association advocates effective public policy for the Internet and provides its members with essential business news, information, support and services.

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U.S. Patent and Trademark Office

http://www.uspto.gov/

The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office promotes the progress of science and the useful arts by securing for limited times to inventors the exclusive right to their respective discoveries.

U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission

http://www.sec.gov/

The SEC protects investors, maintains fair, orderly, and efficient markets, and facilitates capital formation.

U.S. Senate

http://www.house.gov/

The US senate site offers a myriad of topics for the legal research as it relates to the United States Senate. These areas include Senators, Committees, Legislation & Records, Art & History, Visitors, and links to resources.

U.S. Small Business Administration

http://www.sbaonline.sba.gov/

The U.S. Small Business Administration is an independent agency of the federal government to aid, counsel, assist and protect the interests of small business concerns, to preserve free competitive enterprise and to maintain and strengthen the overall economy of our nation.

Universal Currency Converter

http://www.xe.com/ucc/

The Universal Currency Converter contains the top 85 currencies sorted by country name currencies first. Special units

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Using the Internet & WWW for Research Purposes

http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/Tea Offered by the Teaching Library at the chingLib/Guides/Internet/FindInf University of California at Berkeley, this o.html tutorial helps users learn how to search the web ranging from primary sources, specialized directories and databases, statistical information, and educational sites. Further information is provided on citations, information evaluation, and a glossary of internet terms.

Virtual Chase (A virtual site for legal professionals)

http://www.virtualchase.com/ind The Virtual Chase informs about Web sites ex.shtml and research strategies for finding the law. Some topics include Internet Research, Database of Sources, and Virtual Chase news.

Wash Law

http://www.washlaw.edu/

WashLaw Web provides users with links to law-related materials on the Internet. The information is arranged alphabetically, by subject, and by geographic location. All links on WashLaw Web are maintained by staff members of the Washburn University School of Law Library.

White House

http://www.whitehouse.gov/

The White House is the official residence of the President of the United States, recognized worldwide as a symbol of the prestige of the presidency. Built between 1792 and 1800, the sprawling 132-room mansion has been used as a home by every President since John Adams. To learn more, check out such areas as the briefing room, Issues, The Administration, About the White House, and Our Government.

Yale documents in Law, History, and Diplomacy

http://www.yale.edu/lawweb/av The Yale documents in law, history, and alon/avalon.htm diplomacy site is part of the Avalon project and contains the following documents: Ancient Documents 4000bce – 399, Medieval Documents, 400 – 1399, 15th Century Documents 1400 – 1499, 16th Century Documents 1500 – 1599, 17th Century Documents 1600 – 1699, 18th Century Documents 1700 – 1799, 19th Century Documents 1800 – 1899, 20th Century Documents 1900 – 1999, 21st Century Documents.

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