DEE'S WEB PICKS: August 2006

Thursday, August 10, 2006

BOOKS - CATALOGS, COMMERCIAL, ON-LINE

Library Catalogs

PALS (QuadLinc, HAL and NIC): http://www.palsnet.info/

Library of Congress Online Catalog: http://catalog.loc.gov/

Chicago Public Library: http://www.chipublib.org/

World Cat (public access): http://worldcat.org/

Finding Aids

Dewey Decimal System: http://www.tnrdlib.bc.ca/dewey.html#500

Books in Series ("What's Next?") http://www.kdl.org/libcat/WhatsNextNEW.asp

Fiction Lists (MGPL): http://www.webrary.org/rs/Flbklistmenu.html

Genre Fiction: http://www.genreflecting.com/

Book Lovers Page: http://www.wblib.org/READ.php (West Bloomfield Township Public Libary)

Flossmoor Public Library book page:
http://www.flossmoorlibrary.org/Adults/reader_services.htm

Commercial Sites

Barnes and Noble Bookbrowser: http://www.barnesandnoble.com/bookbrowser/Welcome.asp?

Dover Publications: http://store.doverpublications.com/index.html

Powell's Used Books: http://www.powells.com/

Online, full-text books
(also see "Books Online" at the bottom of this site)

Google Book Search: http://www.books.google.com/

Google Book Search Help: http://books.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?answer=47576&ctx=sibling

Fantastic Library Webpage

Kankakee, Illinois: http://www.kankakee.lib.il.us/index.html

Wednesday, August 09, 2006

READY REFERENCE

Almanacs, Facts & Quotations

Online Illinois Reference Service: http://www.askawayillinois.info/

About: http://www.about.com/

Almanac (Information Please ): http://www.infoplease.com/

Demographics: http://www.zipskinny.com/

Bartlett’s Familiar Quotations: http://www.bartleby.com/100/

Fast Facts: http://www.freepint.com/gary/handbook.htm

Guinness Book of World Records: http://www.guinessworldrecords.com/

Conversion, Translation, Statistics

Conversion Guide: http://www.onlineconversion.com/

Babel Fish Language Translation: http://world.altavista.com/

Statistics Online: http://www.library.auckland.ac.nz/subjects/stats/offstats/

Census: http://factfinder.census.gov/

Dictionaries & Encyclopedias

Dictionary of the History of Ideas http://etext.lib.virginia.edu/DicHist/dict.html

Encarta (MSN): http://encarta.msn.com/encnet/refpages/artcenter.aspx

Encyclopedia.com http://www.encyclopedia.com/

Dictionary (with pronounciation): http://howjsay.com/

OneLook Dictionary: http://www.onelook.com/

Oxford Online: http://www.askoxford.com/ (English dictionary; quotations dictionary; games)

Directories (Contacts)

800 Directory http://www.inter800.com/

Telephone Directories on the WEB: http://www.infobel.com/teldir/teldir.asp?page=/eng/namc/us/bn

Consumer Phone Numbers: http://www.consumeraction.gov/corpormain.shtml

City Directory: http://www.citydirectory.com/

College locator: http://www.petersons.com/ugchannel/code/searches/srchCrit1.asp?sponsor=13

Free People Search: http://www.freeprf.com/

InfoLink: http://www3.irissoft.com/iowa/

Local School Contacts: http://www.localschooldirectory.com/google.php?g_general_search&gclid=COm-vO64oYgCFQ23WAodSGsKaQ

MacRAE'S Directory (millions of businesses): http://www.nexport.com/index.cfm

Public School Locator: http://nces.ed.gov/ccd/schoolsearch/

Quad Cities homepages: www.quadcities.org/links

Quad Cities Computer Society: http://www.qcs.org/

Employment Resources

Regional Jobs: http://regionalhelpwanted.com/home/329.htm?SN=329&&

Iowa Jobs: http://www.iowajobs.org/

Iowa Work Force: http://www.iowaworkforce.org/newjobs.htm

Occupational Outlook Handbook: http://www.bls.gov/oco/

Illinois Department of Employment Security: http://www.ides.state.il.us/

Illinois Job Bank: http://www.jobsearch.org/IL

Simply Hired: http://www.simplyhired.com/

Classifieds search engine: http://www.oodle.com/

Job Search Directory http://www.uncoverthenet.com/dir/22/1.php

Uncover: http://www.uncoverthenet.com/dir/22/1.php

Government - City, State & County

Davenport, City of: http://www.cityofdavenportiowa.com/

Iowa, State of: http://www.iowa.gov/state/main/index.html

Iowa Publications: http://publications.iowa.gov/

Iowa 1040: http://www.state.ia.us/tax/forms/0641080.pdf

Scott County, Iowa: http://www.scottcountyiowa.com/

Scott County Precinct Finder: http://www.scottcountyiowa.com/auditor/precinct_finder.php

Find it Illinois: http://findit.sos.state.il.us/

50 States Blue Book: http://web.acsalaska.net/~dcornwall/NLA2005/BlueBookList.html

Government - Federal

Census Bureau: http://www.census.gov/

Congress: http://www.congress.gov/

Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics: http://stats.bls.gov/

Federal Government Statistics: http://www.fedstats.gov/

First Search.gov: http://firstgovsearch.gov/

GPO Public Access: http://www.gpoaccess.gov/index.html

IRS: http://www.irs.gov/

Quick Google search for IRS form (example): 8880 site:irs.gov

Post Office: http://www.usps.com/

Thomas: http://thomas.loc.gov/

White House (including presidential bios): http://www.whitehouse.gov/

Legal

Lawchek: http://www.lawcheck.net/cedar-rapids/index.html

Case search: Iowa Courts: http://www.iowacourts.state.ia.us/ESAWebApp/DefaultFrame

Case search: Rock Island County: http://www.judici.com/courts/cases/index.jsp?court=IL081025J

Directory of Internet Sites (LAW): http://www.accesstolaw.com/site/default.asp?s=43

Iowa Code: http://www.legis.state.ia.us/IowaLaw.html

Iowa Legal Aid: http://www.iowalegalaid.org/

Illinois Legal Aid: http://www.illinoislegalaid.org/

Lawyer Locator: http://www.martindale.com/

Legal Encyclopedia http://www.law.cornell.edu/wex/index.php/Main_Page

Weather

http://forecast.weather.gov/MapClick.php?zoneid=ILZ015
(click on link, far right, at end of page of data & records)

Saturday, August 05, 2006

WEB RESOURCES BY SUBJECT

ART

Looking for Good Art: http://www.infotoday.com/searcher/sep04/mattison.shtml (Excellent overview of art on the Web.)

Chris Witcombe’s Art History Resources on the Web http://witcombe.sbc.edu/ARTHLinks4.html#image

Mother of All Art and Art History Links Page http://www.art-design.umich.edu/mother/ (U. of Michigan)

Web Gallery of Art http://www.wga.hu/index.html A virtual museum and searchable database of European painting and sculpture.

ArtCyclopedia: http://www.artcyclopedia.com/ Search 8,000 artists

Incredible @rt Department: http://www.princetonol.com/groups/iad/

World Wide Arts Resourceshttp://wwar.com/

BIOGRAPHY

Academy of Achievement: http://www.achievement.org/

Biographical Dictionary: http://www.s9.com/

Biography.com: http://www.biography.com/

BUSINESS

ALA’s Best Business Resources http://www.ala.org/brassmainTemplate.cfm?Section=BRASS

Business and Economics Resources: BEOnline Plus (country info) http://www.loc.gov/rr/business/beonline/beosubj.html

Business Glossary: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/business/specials/glossary/index.html

Charity Evaluator Websites: http://plsinfo.org/getanswers/webliographies/charity.htm

Company Information Free on the Internet: http://www.anderson.ucla.edu/resources/library/riordan.htm

Consumer Reports: http://www.consumerreports.org/

EDGAR (SEC): www.sec.gov/edgarhp.htm

COUNTRIES - INTERNATIONAL STUDIES

Alaska (USA): http://www.alaskool.org/projects/traditionalife/MonumentsInCedar/MIC_three.htm

Library of Congress Country Studies Series: http://lcweb2.loc.gov/frd/cs/cshome.html

CIA World Factbook: http://www.odci.gov/cia/publications/factbook/index.html

Portals to the World: http://www.loc.gov/rr/international/portals.html

EDUCATION - Resources for Students and Teachers

Directory of Education Resources: http://education.yahoo.com/

Ben's Guide to Government for Children: http://bensguide.gpo.gov/

Eduscapes: a site for lifelong learners of all ages: http://eduscapes.com/

Gateway to Educational Materials: http://www.geminfo.org/

MERLOT: http://www.merlot.org/merlot/index.htm

Read Write Think: http://readwritethink.org/resources/index.asp

SchoolZone: http://www.schoolzone.co.uk/ (Includes a directory of 50,000 web-based resources)

GENEALOGY

Genealogy Directories

Cyndy's list: http://www.cyndislist.com/

Directory: http://dir.genealogytoday.com/usa/index.html

Genealogy.Com: http://genealogy.com/index_a.html

Genealogy: http://www.crlibrary.org/services/heritagequestonline.php

Genealogy Websites

Ancestry.com: http://www.ancestry.com/

Bureau of Land Management records: http://www.glorecords.blm.gov/PatentSearch/

Census Finder: http://www.censusfinder.com/

Family History: http://www.blogger.com/www.familyhistory.com

Family Tree: http://www.familytreemagazine.com/

Gen Forum: http://genforum.genealogy.com/

Genealogy Today: http://www.genealogytoday.com/

Getting Started: http://www.genuki.org.uk:8080/gs/

Progenealogists: http://www.progenealogists.com/

Heritage Quest: http://heritagequestonline.com/

Kindred Konnections:http://www.kindredkonnections.com/

Latter Day Saints: http://www.familysearch.org/

National Archives: http://www.archives.gov/genealogy/index.html

Olive Tree: http://olivetreegenealogy.com/freegenealogy.shtml

Random Acts of Geneaological Kindness: http://www.raogk.com/

RootsWeb: http://www.rootsweb.com/

Surname: http://www.surnameweb.org/

United States Internet Genealogical Society: http://www.usigs.org/

U.S. GenWeb Project: http://www.usgenweb.org/

Vital Records: http://vitalrec.com/index.html

Genealogy Illinois

llinois Databases: http://www.cyberdriveillinois.com/departments/archives/databases.html

Illinois web: http://ilgenweb.rootsweb.com/

Illinois Trails: http://iltrails.org/

Genealogy Trails: http://genealogytrails.com/

Genealogy - State Societies (contact info)

Resource list: http://www.byubroadcasting.org/ancestors/resourceguide/

Genealogy - U.K.

Society of Genealogists: http://www.sog.org.uk/

British Archives: http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/default.htm

UK Family Records: http://www.familyrecords.gov.uk/

University of York Archives and Links: http://www.york.ac.uk/inst/bihr/

GENUKI: http://www.genuki.org.uk/

Genealogy - Books

http://www.higginsonbooks.com/

GRANT-WRITING RESOURCES (for not-for-profits)

Association of Fundraising Professionals: http://www.afpnet.org/

Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance:http://www.gsa.gov/fdac/queryfdac.htm

Donor's Forum of Chicago: http://www.donorsforum.org/resource/gstoolbox1.html

Foundation Center: http://foundationcenter.org/

Foundation Center Directory Online: http://ripl.lib.il.us/ref.htm (access through the RIPL website)

Foundations.Org: http://www.foundations.org/page2.html

Grantsmart: http://www.grantsmart.org/

Government Grant Info: http://www.grants.gov/

Yahoo Grants Directory: http://dir.yahoo.com/Education/financial_aid/grants/

Web Directory of Grant Resources: http://www.library.ucsb.edu/subjects/rfps.html

Funding Sources for Individuals: http://grants.library.wisc.edu/individuals/individuals.html

Grants/Benefits for Individuals: http://www.govbenefits.gov/govbenefits_en.portal

HEALTH and MEDICINE

Health Search Engine: http://www.healthline.com/

Centers for Disease Control: http://www.blogger.com/0&sgPhrase=

Clinical trials: http://www.clinicaltrials.gov/

Mayo Clinic: http://www.mayoclinic.com/

Merck Manual: http://www.merck.com/mmhe/index.html

Healthfinder: http://www.healthfinder.gov/ (portal to health information)

MedlinePlus: http://medlineplus.gov/

National Library of Medicine: http://www.nlm.nih.gov/

National Institutes of Health: http://www.nih.gov/

USEPA IRIS: http://www.epa.gov/iris

Web MD: http://www.webmd.com/

World Health Organization: http://www.who.int/en

HEALTH AND MEDICINE - OPEN ACCESS JOURNALS

JAMA: http://jama.ama-assn.org/ (Journal of the American Medical Association)

PubMed: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?DB=pubmed

Medical Journal Collection: http://www.freemedicaljournals.com/

Biomed Central: http://www.biomedcentral.com/browse/journals/

HISTORY

Academic Info – American History Sites: http://www.academicinfo.net/histus.html

Documents for the Study of American History: http://www.ku.edu/carrie/docs/amdocs_index.html

Google Historical Archives Search: http://news.google.com/archivesearch/

History Channel: http://www.historychannel.com/

Library of Congress American Memory: http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/index.html

National Archives: http://www.archives.gov/

MAPS AND GIS

All the World's Maps: http://www.embassyworld.com/maps/maps.html '

Getty Thesaurus of Geographical Names: http://www.getty.edu/research/conducting_research/vocabularies/tgn/

Google Earth: A 3D Interface to the Planet: http://earth.google.com/

Mapquest: http://www.mapquest.com/

National Geographic Map Machine: http://plasma.nationalgeographic.com/mapmachine/index.html

University of Texas Collection: http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/index.html

U.S. Gazetteer (U.S. Census): http://www.census.gov/cgi-bin/gazetteer

Yahoo Maps: http://maps.yahoo.com/

MATH

Math Goodies: http://www.mathgoodies.com/ (interactive math lessons)

MUSIC

U. Wisconsin Mills Music Library: http://music.library.wisc.edu/resources/scores.htm

Free Sheet Music: http://www.8notes.com/

PSYCHOLOGY

American Psychological Association Homepage: http://www.apa.org/

Internet Mental Health: http://www.mentalhealth.com/

PsychCrawler: http://www.psychcrawler.com/ (Quick access to quality content in the field of psychology)

Psychological Resources on the Internet: http://psych.hanover.edu/research/exponnet.html

RELIGION & PHILOSOPHY

Anglican/Episcopalian: http://www.oremus.org/

Catholic Encyclopedia: http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/index.html

Biblical Studies on the Web: http://www.bsw.org/index?l=70 T

Theology and Religion: http://www.wabashcenter.wabash.edu/Internet/front.htm

Theological Links: http://www.trinity.utoronto.ca/Library/Theology/links.html

King James Bible: http://etext.lib.virginia.edu/kjv.browse.html

Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy: http://www.utm.edu/research/iep/

SCIENCE

Science Search Engine: Scirus: http://www.scirus.com/srsapp/

Authoritative science from U.S. government agencies: http://science.gov/

National Library for the Environment: http://www.cnie.org/nle/

National Sciences Digital Library http://www.nsdl.org/

electronic Environmental Resources Library: http://www.eerl.org/

Biodiversity Digital Library: http://www.academicinfo.net/biodivlibrary.html

National Geographic: http://www.nationalgeographic.com/

Plants database: http://herb.umd.umich.edu/

United States Department of Agriculture: http://www.usda.gov/

United States Department of the Interior: http://www.doi.gov/

United States Geological Survey: http://www.usgs.gov/

TESTS - Online

http://www.learnatest.com/LearningExpressLibrary/Home.cfm?CFID=x&CFTOKEN=x&Refresh=1&HR=http://www.flossmoorlibrary.org/Reference/databases.htm

Theatre - Quad Cities
Quad City Theatre Web: http://qctheatreweb.com/

Circa 21: http://www.circa21.com/

Clinton Showboat: http://www.clintonshowboat.org/

Genesius Guild: http://www.genesius.org/

Music Guild: http://www.qcmusicguild.com/

Playcrafters: http://www.playcrafters.com/

New Ground Theatre: http://www.newgroundtheatre.org/

Prenzie Players: http://www.prenzieplayers.com

Richmond Hill Players: http://www.rhplayers.com/

Riverside Theatre: http://www.riversidetheatre.org/

St. Ambrose U: http://web.sau.edu/theatre/currentseason.htm

Timberlake Playhouse: http://www.timberlakeplayhouse.org/

Riverbend Theatre Collective: http://riverbendtheatrecollective.com/

Curtainbox Theatre

OPEN ACCESS and OAISTER: Publications on the Web

A Very Brief Introduction to Open Access: http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/brief.htm

Changing Face of the Scholarly Web: http://www.mmischools.com/Articles/ReadArticle.aspx?ArticleID=11534

OAISTER: http://oaister.umdl.umich.edu/o/oaister/

BOOKS ON THE WEB

Bartleby: http://bartleby.com/

Digital Book Index: http://www.digitalbookindex.org/

Electronic Text Center: http://etext.lib.virginia.edu/collections/languages/

English and humanities: http://vos.ucsb.edu/

Full text literature: http://lii.org/pub/subtopic/1970

Humanities Text Initiative: http://www.hti.umich.edu/ (University of Michigan)

Internet Sacred Text Archive (Literary and Religious Texts): http://www.sacred-texts.com/index.htm

Literary Resources on the Net: http://andromeda.rutgers.edu/~jlynch/Lit/

The Online Books Page: http://onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu/

Poetry Archive: http://www.poetryarchive.org/poetryarchive/home.do

Project Gutenberg: http://www.promo.net/pg/

Shakespeare in full text: http://www.sacred-texts.com/sks/index.htm

NEWSPAPERS, MAGAZINES & JOURNALS ON THE WEB

Illinois Newspapers: http://www.library.uiuc.edu/inp/

Newspapers

Newspaper Links: http://www.newspaperlinks.com/home.cfm

American Journalism Review: http://www.ajr.org/newspapers.asp?mediatype=1

Headline Spot: http://www.headlinespot.com/ NewsLink: http://newslink.org/ (includes access to campus publications)

New York Times: http://www.nyt.com/

Washington Post: http://www.washingtonpost.com/

World Newspapers: http://www.world-newspapers.com/

Magazines

Business Magazines and Media: http://industryclick.com/icmagazines.asp

Find Articles: http://www.findarticles.com/

Headline Spot: http://www.headlinespot.com/

Magatopia: http://www.magatopia.com/

Magazine Directory: http://magazine-directory.com/

MagPortal: http://www.magportal.com/

Journals Published on the Web

Electronic Journals (published on the web): http://gort.ucsd.edu/newjour/index.html

All Academic: http://www.allacademic.com/

Directory of Open Access Journals: http://www.doaj.org/

FindArticles (10,000,000 articles free) http://findarticles.com/

Free Full Text: http://www.freefulltext.com/ (over 7,000 scholarly periodicals)

HighWire Press: http://highwire.stanford.edu/ (Stanford University)

Infomine (Academic resources): http://infomine.ucr.edu/

Jan Szczepanski’s list (over 4,000 – very scholarly): http://www.his.se/templates/vanligwebbsida1.aspx?id=20709

LookSmart http://findarticles.com/p/articles/tn_ref

myLITsearch: http://www.mylitsearch.org/about/ (scholarly publications, including periodicals)

Resources for Research: http://home.earthlink.net/~ellengarvey/rsapresource1.html

Scholarly Journals via the World Wide Web: http://info.lib.uh.edu/wj/webjour.html

Search Google for the phrase “academic journal search engine” for more full-text resources

DEE'S INTERESTS

Chicago Theatre Resources

Act One: http://actone.com/

Performink: http://www.performink.com/

League of Chicago Theatres: http://www.chicagoplays.com/

Chicago Traveler Theatre Guide: http://www.chicagotraveler.com/theater.htm

Online Theatre Resources

The Digital Librarian Performing Arts Links: http://www.digital-librarian.com/performing.html

Illinois Theatre Directory: http://www.nicoth.com/

WWW Virtual Library: Theatre and Drama: http://vl-theatre.com/

Electronic Texts Archives and Plays Online: http://vl-theatre.com/list4.shtml

Dramatists Play Service: http://www.dramatists.com/

BUBL Theatre links: http://bubl.ac.uk/link/t/theatrestudies.h

Writing and Playwriting

Great Writing Blog: http://annemini.com/

Midwest Writing Center: http://www.midwestwritingcenter.org/

Iowa Summer Writer's Workshop: http://www.continuetolearn.uiowa.edu/

Poets & Writers: http://www.pw.org/

Author Link: http://www.authorlink.com/news/item/1136

Writer's Digest http://www.writersdigest.com/101sites/2006_index.asp

Gary Garrison's Newsletter: http://www.garygarrison.com/loo.htm

American Association of Community Theatre: http://www.aact.org/cgi-bin/webdata_contests.pl?cgifunction=Search http://www.heniford.net/1234/links.htm#playwriting_resources

Playwriting Seminar: http://www.vcu.edu/arts/playwriting/

National New Play Network: http://www.nnpn.org/indexf.html

Travel

Dee's Alaska Blog: http://www.deecanfield.blogspot.com/

Sitka Streets: http://www.untraveledroad.com/USA/Alaska/Sitka/Sitka.htm

Sitka Police Blotter: http://www.travelsitka.com/caputoland/police.html

Newest Camino: http://www.backpack45.com/camino2p2.html

Good Camino Links: http://groups.msn.com/ElCaminoSantiago

American Pilgrims: http://www.americanpilgrims.com/

Camino: http://www.caminosantiagocompostela.com/

Camino de Santiago: http://www.santiago-compostela.net/

More Camino: http://www.caminodesantiago.me.uk/

And more Camino: http://caminosantiago.com/

more: http://www.geocities.com/friends_usa_santiago/

Americans in Paris http://www.americansinfrance.net/

France Magazine Links: http://www.francemagazine.org/sites.asp

Rampant Scotland: http://www.rampantscotland.com/letter.htm

Transitions Abroad: http://www.transitionsabroad.com/

Volunteer Abroad: http://www.volunteerabroad.com/

Living Abroad: http://www.escapeartist.com/

Travel search engine: http://www.kosmix.com/

Apartments Abroad: http://www.apartmentsabroad.co.uk/index.aspx

Scots Gaelic Language: http://www.intute.ac.uk/artsandhumanities/cgi-bin/browse.pl?id=200732

Gardening

Ann's gardening blog: http://www.cottageflowers.blogspot.com/

Plant Conservation Alliance: http://www.nps.gov/plants/

University of Illinois: http://web.extension.uiuc.edu/state/

Rain Gardens: http://www.prairierivers.org/Projects/VolunteerOpportunities/ eNewz/RainGardenBasics.html

DigPlantGrow: http://digplantgrow.com/

Other

Ken Wilber Home: http://www.kenwilber.com/home/landing/index.html

Integral Institute: http://www.integralinstitute.org/public/static/default.html

Wilber at Shambhala: http://wilber.shambhala.com/

Andrew Cohen: http://www.andrewcohen.org/andrew/post-metaphysics.asp

Chaucer Metapage: http://www.unc.edu/depts/chaucer/

Meadville: http://www.meadville.edu/

The Straight Dope: http://www.straightdope.com/

Blogger: http://www.blogger.com/start

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