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| Associations
(Professional, Scholarly, Trade) |
• A Google search
is often fast and effective
• Gateway
to Associations Online
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| Biography |
• Biographical
Dictionary
• Biographical Directory
of the U.S. Congress | From 1774 on
• Biography.com (A&E Media)
• Britannica
Online
• Contemporary
Authors | CSU Chico users only
• National Inventors
Hall of Fame
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| Calculators,
Currency Converters |
• Calculators from ifigure.com
• Inflation Calculator
| Based on U.S. Consumer Price Index
• Measure 4 Measure
| sites that estimate, calculate, evaluate, translate, etc.
• OnlineConversion
• Relocation information
| Salaries, lifestyles, rental and moving costs
• Universal Currency Converter
• Martindale's
Calculators-On-Line-Center | Over 18,000 "calculators"
for performing functions in fields from Agriculture to Weather
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| Cities, States,
Countries |
Chico/
Butte County
Cities / States (U.S.)
• CityTownInfo.com | Profiles of
U.S. cities & towns
• Ersys
| Basic data for US cities displayed in charts and maps
• Fifty States and Capitals
• Munisource | Official
City Web Pages
• Rand
California | Statistics and reports, by state and city/community
• NACO
About Counties| National Association of Counties
Countries
• al-bab.com:
An open door to the Arab World | News, culture, documents,
current events
• Country Briefings
| Economist
• Country/International
Information | U.S. Government Sources, compiled by G. Hylton
• Country
Reports | International Monetary Fund Staff
• Country Studies:
Area Handbook Series | Library of Congress
• Country
Watch
• Encyclopedias | Oxford Reference Online
• Infonation
| Comparative country data; create your own charts
• Nations
of the World | Constitutions, government, laws & legal
information
• OFFSTATS
| Official statistics for countries, regions and topics
• Population
Reference Bureau | Search worldwide population
and health data
• World
Factbook | Central Intelligence Agency
Regional
• Yahoo Regional
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| Colleges &
Universities |
• The California State University
• The
California State University Libraries
• University
of California
• University
of California eScholarship Repository | Full text papers,
seminars, online journal articles
• California
Colleges & Universities | Publicly funded, academic &
vocational
• California Community Colleges
• Accredited
Senior U.S. Colleges & Universities | InfoPlease Almanac
• Campus Security
Statistics | U.S. Office of Postsecondary Education
• College
& University Rankings Guide
• CollegeNet
| Links to about 600 schools. Search by size, tuition, major,
state or region.
• College Opportunities
On-Line | From U.S. Government
• CollegeSource
| U.S. college catalogs, majors, programs. CSU Chico users only
• Petersons.com | Schools,
Majors, Internships, etc.
•
Scholarships, Fellowships, Grants, Loans - Books
• Scholarships,
Fellowships, Grants, Loans - Websites
top |
| Current
Events |
• Almanac of Policy
Issues
• Alternative
viewpoints on current issues | Oneworld.net
• CQ
Researcher
• CQ
Weekly
• Find
your legislators (California)
•
Hot Paper Topics
• Hot Topics
Supersites | SDSU
• Legal Information Institute
• Pro
Con Information Sources | A Meriam Library Guide
• Project Vote Smart
• Public Agenda
Online
• Public
Opinion Polls | Resources compiled by Binghamton University
Libraries
• Vmyths.com |
Information about virus myths & hoaxes
|
| Dictionaries & Thesauri |
• Bartleby.com | Full text
dictionaries, thesauri, quotations, fiction, nonfiction, poetry
. . .
• Bilingual
Dictionaries | Oxford Reference online
• The
Dictionary of Phrase and Fable | E. Cobham Brewer
• GROVEart
• GROVEmusic
• Language
Dictionaries | from Your Dictionary.com
• Merriam Webster Collegiate Dictionary
| from Britannica Online
•
Oxford English Dictionary
•
OED
- Oxford English Dictionary | compact edition from AskOxford.com
• The Phrase Finder
• Quotations (Bartlett's)
• Quotations
(Oxford Reference Online)
• Quotations (Simpson's Contemporary)
• Subject Dictionaries
| Specialized topics index
• Thesaurus: Roget's II
• Urban Dictionary |
A slang dictionary. . . anyone can contribute |
| E-Books |
| |
| Encyclopedias |
• Britannica
Online
• Gale
Virtual Reference Library
• GROVEart
• GROVEmusic
• Oxford Reference
Online | Encyclopedias
• Wikipedia | "The free encyclopedia anyone can edit"
|
| Facts & Statistics |
• Statistics
on the Web | Government sources compiled by G. Hylton
• California
Statistical Abstract
• Counting California
• CSU Chico Quick Facts
• Earthtrends:
The Environmental Information Portal | Data from leading statistical
agencies plus smaps, tables,charts
and analysis from World Resources Institute
• How Stuff Works
• Information
and Communication Technologies (ICT) Free Statistics | by
country & region
• Kids Count | Statistics
on children in the U.S.
• Merck Manual | Medical
information
• OFFSTATS
| Official statistics for countries, regions, topics
• RAND California
Statistics
• State
Health Facts | Kaiser Family Foundation
• Timeline Archive
• U.S.
Statistical Abstract
• United Nations Population Information
Network
• Weather, California: California
Weather Data (UC IPM)
• Weather, U.S.: Accuweather
• Weather, U.S.: The
Weather Channel
• Weather, Climate, historical | Western Regional Climate Center
top |
| Genealogy |
| Grammar,
Spelling, Writing |
• American
Heritage Book of English Usage
• Citation
Formats
• Elements of Style |
Strunk
• Online Writing Lab |
Purdue
• Oxford
Reference Online | English Language Reference
• University Writing Center |
CSU, Chico
• Foreign Grammars and Language Courses (from yourdictionary.com)
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| Graphics
Sources |
| Image
Collections |
•CSU
Chico Campus Digital Collections | Campus logos, art
slides, historic photos and maps
•The Dorothy
Morehead Hill Collection | California Native American
Legacy and Tradition
Multi-subject sites
• American Memory
| Library of Congress text, image and sound collections
• AP
(Associated Press) Photo Archive | CSU Chico only
• Berkeley
Digital Library Photo collections | California scenes
in color
• Free
Images on the Web | General and U.S. Government sites
(TLP)
• Library
and Archival Exhibitions on the Web | Links to exhibits
at libraries, archives and historical societies.
• NYPL
Picture Collection Online | Subjects include African Americans,
Native Americans, fashion, clothing, textiles, design, animals,
birds, reptiles, NYC scenes. Most images created before 1923.
• Online Archive of
California | historical manuscripts, photographs, fine
art in California institutions
• Oxford
Reference Online | maps and illustrations
Single subject sites
• Ad*Access
| Over 7000 ads (images and text) from 1911 to 1955
• Art Museums | Artcyclopedia
• Art Museums | fineArt
Forum Resource Directory
• WorldArt Kiosk
| Over 35,000 arts related images from many eras and many regions.
Users can create their own collections. WorldArt is produced
by California State University faculty, staff and students
• ARKive, images
of life on earth | film, photos and audio of endangered
and protected species
• Historic
Photograph Collection | Northeastern California
Search Enginess
• Google
Image Search
|
| Jobs
& Careers |
• America's Career
InfoNet
• CSU, Chico
Career Planning & Placement Office
• CSU, Chico Student Employment
Office
• Higher Education Jobs
| full and part time faculty, staff, administrative & library
positions available.
• Jobs,
Graduate School & Careers | Compiled by Wendy Diamond
• Occupational Outlook Handbook
| U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
• U. S.
Job and Career Information | Compiled by G. Hylton |
| Libraries |
• Butte County Library
• Butte
College Library
• California State Library (includes directory of California libraries)
• California
State University Libraries
• CSU
multi-campus catalog search (PHAROS) |
• Melvyl, the catalog
of the University of California Libraries
• North State Cooperative Library System
• Library of Congress
• LibWeb: Library Servers
via WWW
top |
| Maps
& Gazetteers |
| Phone,
Email, Zip Codes |
Please note: the Butte County Library,
Chico
Branch has a complete set of California telephone directories
including commercial (yellow) and residential (white) pages.
Individuals, Businesses, and Government | Mainly U.S.
and Canada
• AnyWho | AT&T's
business and people finder page
• A T & T's finder page for 800 numbers
• State of California Online Directories
• SuperPages.com | Formerly
Big Book
International
• International Yellow Pages
• Telephone Directories
on the Web
Zip Codes
• U.S. Postal Service Zip Code
and Address Information
|
| Speeches
and Transcripts |
• American Rhetoric
• CSPAN Videos
• Gifts of Speech | Women's
speeches from around the world.
• Great Speeches
(Audio only) | The History Channel
• Inaugural Addresses
of the Presidents of the United States | Part of the Bartleby.com
archive
• Washington
File | U.S. Dept. of State transcripts
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|
Weather |
California
• California
Weather Data | Includes historical data back to 1950's
• U.S. Government Documents: Climate
United States
• The Weather Channel
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