The American Civil War Homepage - http://sunsite.utk.edu/civil-war/
The American Civil War Homepage seeks to provide a comprehensive directory of hypertext links about the Civil War period (1861-1865).
American Women’s History: A Research Guide - http://www.mtsu.edu/~kmiddlet/history/women.html
American Women's History provides citations to print and Internet reference sources, as well as selected large primary source collections.
Ancestry
Plus - to access this site, user must be in a WVLS library.
AskOxford.com - http://www.askoxford.com/
In addition to including searchable access to the Compact Oxford English Dictionary, this site features many other helpful resources for writers and students.
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System - http://federalreserve.gov/
Maintained by the governing body of the Federal Reserve, this site provides an excellent gateway for the Federal Reserve System as a whole. Both banking professionals and those with a general interest in the economy will find useful features on this site.
Earthtrends: the Environmental Information Portal - http://earthtrends.wri.org/
Earthtrends is a free online database that focuses on issues of sustainable development and the environment.
Eric Weisstein’s World of Science: A Wolfram Web Resource - http://scienceworld.wolfram.com/
Weisstein’s site features biographies and explanations of topics in mathematics, physics, astronomy, and chemistry. The information content is appropriate for advanced high school or undergraduate college course work.
ERsys.com - http://www.ersys.com Using maps, charts, reports, and relevant links, ERsys covers over 2600 U.S. cities with detailed information on demographics, environmental factors, economic indicators, housing statistics, media ?schools, transportation, [and] local contacts.?
FindLaw Forms for Legal
Professionals - http://forms.findlaw.com/
Access over 8,000 forms from United States federal and state courts for
free
Contemporary Authors -
to access this site, user must be in a WVLS library. Provides complete biographical
information and references for more than 120,000 authors in the U.S. and
around the world.
What Do I Read Next? -
to access this site, user must be in a WVLS library. Features more than 96,000 recommended
titles. Includes contemporary fiction, classic fiction and popular
non-fiction.
History Matters: The U.S. Survey Course on the Web - http://historymatters.gmu.edu
Designed for teachers and students at the high school and college levels, History Matters is a gateway site to web-based materials about U.S. History.
Math Forum - http://mathforum.org The Math Forum at Drexel University is a comprehensive resource for Math education assistance. The site contains hands-on web learning tools, lesson plans, and activities for pre-kindergarten through college courses.
Music Research Guide -
http://osulibrary.oregonstate.edu/research/srg/mus2.html Oregon State
University Libraries listing of websites useful for music research by anyone
from new students to professional music educators, composers, and
performers.
NATIONALGEOGRAPHIC.COM - http://www.nationalgeographic.com/
The official web site of the National Geographic Society, is designed for educators and students.
Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations Union Catalog
- http://www.ndltd.org/browse.en.html
The Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations Union Catalog is dedicated to “improving graduate education by developing accessible digital libraries of theses and dissertations.
NIST Chemistry WebBook - http://webbook.nist.gov/chemistry/
The NIST Chemistry WebBook contains thermochemical data for over 7000 organic and small inorganic compounds, reaction thermochemistry data for over 8000 reactions, IR spectra for over 16,000 compounds, mass spectra for over 15,000 compounds, UV/Vis spectra for over 1600 compounds, electronic and vibrational spectra for over 4500 compounds, constants of diatomic molecules (spectroscopic data) for over 600 compounds, ion energetics data for over 16,000 compounds and thermophysical property data for 34 fluids.
The NYPL Picture Collection Online - http://digital.nypl.org/mmpco/
The digital collection of images presented here (30,000 digitized images from books, magazines and newspapers as well as original photographs, prints and postcards, mostly created before
1923) is taken from the in-print collection of images that NYPL has been collecting since 1915.
Picture History - http://www.picturehistory.com/
A digital library of high quality images and footage illustrating more than 200 years of American
history, this site has indexed still images of maps, postcards, photographs, cartoons, stereo cards, periodicals, and more, in addition to video and audio clips.
Public Domain Music -
http://www.pdinfo.com/ A reference site to help identify public domain
songs and public domain music . . . royalty free music you can use anywhere
and any way you choose . . . performance, sing-along, film, video,
advertising, business, or personal.
ScienceDaily - http://www.sciencedaily.com/
This site will serve you well whether you are a high school student assigned to report on a current science topic or are just interested in information on recent scientific developments. The home page provides headlines and links to the day’s top science news stories, as well as links to major subject areas in science, health, and computing.
Small Business
Administration - http://www.sbaonline.sba.gov excellent resource for
starting and maintaining a business
Sparknotes - http://www.sparknotes.com/
Sparknotes provides free access to online study guides in the areas of literature, the arts and sciences.
The Straight Dope - http://www.straightdope.com/
Once referred to as “possibly the world's greatest reference librarian
(American Libraries, February 1995, page146), Cecil Adams has been answering questions via his alternative newspaper column, “The Straight
Dope", since 1973. This online archive includes most of the questions and answers from the past quarter century.
ThomasNet -
http://www.thomasnet.com/
ThomasNet, a searchable database of North American manufacturing companies and products, contains entries for more than 173,000 U.S. and Canadian companies, over 152,000 brand names, as well as links to over 8,000 online supplier catalogs and Web sites.
University of Michigan Library Documents Center - http://www.lib.umich.edu/govdocs
The Documents Center, the Statistical Resources 1) section of which was featured in the 2001 MarsBest list 2), is one of the best gateways for government information on the web today. Geared to students and the general public, the Documents Center has a search engine and topical links to connect users with a wide array of government information from federal, state, local, and international sources.
U.S. Copyright Office - http://www.copyright.gov/
This site provides one-stop shopping for copyright information complete with all the forms and processing instructions for obtaining copyright protection. Information regarding copyright law and practices is provided in clear detail, including the complete text of the Copyright Office’s Circulars, Brochures, and Factsheets.
What's Next? http://www.kdl.org/libcat/whatsnext.asp
Kent District Library, Michigan's "What's Next" helps you search adult fiction in series. A "series" is two or more books linked by character(s), settings, or other common traits.
Where to find MSDS [Materials Safety Data Sheets] on the Internet - http://www.ilpi.com/msds/index.html
Material Safety Data Sheets (MSDS) are an essential resource for those working with hazardous chemicals and include physical and chemical characteristics, hazards, safe handling, emergency and first aid procedures and more.
Wisconsin State Law Library - http://wsll.state.wi.us
Access statutory, administrative and case law for federal, state and tribal
jurisdictions as well as secondary resources such as legal forms.
