REFERENCE LINKS

Recommended Reference Links From A to Z:

Alphabetical Index of Topics

A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, J, K, L, M, N, O, P, Q, R, S, T, U, V, W, X, Y, Z

Art

• Archives of American Art, from the Smithsonian
• Have a question about American art? Ask Joan of Art, another service of the Smithsonian
• Artcyclopedia, the guide to great art online

Astronomy and Space

• NASA; NASA kids iste
• Also from NASA, updates on the International Space Station
• NGC Images

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Biospace

• Biospace is a leading provider of information on life sciences linking science, business, and consumers

Books and Libraries

• Project Gutenberg, the Internet's oldest provider of free electronic books
• Bartleby.com, great books online. Includes quality reference works and many classics
• Internet Public Library
• Library of Congress
• Library of Virginia
• The Argonauts Library Resource page

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Community Internet Networks

• Electronic Village of  Abingdon 
• Blacksburg Electronic Village
• Prairienet
• Seattle Community Network

Computers

Software and Downloads

• Tucows
• Tech Soup, the technology place for nonprofits. Offers free downloads and discounts on some software.

Technobabble

• Computing Dictionary

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Demographics (Abingdon/Washington County/Tri-Cities MSA)

• Overview of Washington County provided by STATS Indiana;
• Tri-Cities MSA (including Washington County); provided by the the Virginia Economic Development Partnership;
• Washington County demographics, provided by Factfinder, a service of the US Census Bureau

Directories and "People Finders"

• The Ultimates, search 5 different directories on one site. Reverse look-up, e-mail, businesses. It's the Ultimate!
  
• YAHOO! People Search
  
• AnyWho AT&T Online Directory
  
• USPS ZipCode Lookup

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Earth Sciences and the environment

• EnviroLink, The Online Environmental Community
• NPR's Living on Earth, hosted by Steve Curwood
• U.S. Geological Survey
• Environmental Protection Agency
  
• Worldwatch Institute
  
• Sierra Club

Economics

• JobBank USA
• NationJob Network 
• National Charities Information Bureau
• SEC Filings Edgar Online (may require subscription to access certain records)
• Search the SEC's EDGAR Database for company filings.
• Virginia Resource Online On Management

Education

• The Educator's Reference Desk from Syracuse Univ.
• National Center for Educational Statistics
• No Child Left Behind "Overview of Programs and Changes Included in the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001"
• Financial Aid Information
• Home School Resources

Ethics

• Science Ethics Resources
• The Ethicist, NPR's Randy Cohen answers listener's ethical dilemmas (archives)

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Farming and Gardening

• Virginia Cooperative Extension Service
• Sustainable Agriculture Network
  
• Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
  
• Virginia Master Gardener Association
  
• GardenWeb

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Government

• U.S. CongressThomas, Legislative Information
  
• U.S. House of Representatives
  
• U.S. Senate
  
• Supreme Court
  
• Library of Congress
  
• Social Security Online
  
• Code of Federal Regulations
  
• GPO AccessLaws, Regulations, Documents and Publications, including the Federal Register
  
• Federal Bureau of Investigation
  
• State of Virginia Homepage
  
• Governor Mark Warner
  
• Virginia's Lieutenant Governor Tim Kaine
  
• Attorney General Jerry Kilgore
  
• United Nations. Did you know? U.N Day is Oct 24.
  
• Air Force
  
• Army
  
• Navy Online
  
• Marine Corps
  
• U. S. Coast Guard

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INTERNET

Search Tools and Directories

Subject Directories

Subject directories order the web into manageable pieces. Instead of one huge haystack, there are any number of smaller haystacks to look through. In some cases this is done by individuals (At one time Yahoo! relied on real life indexers.) Librarians such as Gary Price have also attempted to tame the wild web by indexing. Below are some examples:

• The Clearinghouse of Subject-oriented Internet
• Open Directory Project, "the human-edited directory of the web."
• Gary Price "Fast Facts", probably the most comprehensive web index ever assembled.
• Librarian's Index to the Internet

Search Engines and Meta Search Engines

• New from Amazon:A9
• Metacrawler, performs your search across multiple search engines, bringing back ranked results (may include "paid placement" results, meaning Webcrawler, like Dogpile and Mamma Metasearch, accepts payment to give certain results higher placement)
• Alltheweb "Find it all."
• Vivissimo, what Search Engines will probably look like in the future.

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Language and Learning

• AltaVista Babel Fish Translation
• Glossary of Internet Terms
• LOGOS Dictionary
• Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia

Libraries and Library Associations

• HAL
• Internet Public Library
• Library of Congress
• Library of Virginia
• The Vatican's Secret Archives! Explore the place where Dan Brown dug up the dirt for his book, The Da Vinci Code
• The British Library
  
• Library History Page, sponsored by The Argonauts
• Search the Catalog
  
• The American Library Association
• The Virginia Library Association

Literature

• The Children's Literature Web Guide
  
• Shakespeare, online
  
• Project Bartleby Great Books Online
  
• Online Medieval and Classical Library

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Mathematics

MegaMathematics

Medical Sciences

• NOAH: New York Online Access to Health
  
• OncoLink
• Ask Alice, Columbia University's Health Question and Answer Internet Service

Museums

• Smithsonian Museums
  
• Museum of Modern Art
  
• The Louvre
  
• The Prado
  
• The British Museum
  
• The Museum of the Confederacy
  
• William King Regional Arts Center

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News Media, Journalism, Publishing

• WCYB 5 Online
• Bristol Herald Courier Web
• CNN Interactive
• MSNBC
• Huffington Post
• The Drudge Report
• NewsLink
• The Drudge Report
• Daypop

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Politics and Political Activism

• Project Vote Smart find out who represents you... and who wants the job
  
• The Polling Report
  
• Washington County, Va. Voter Registration FAQ's
  
• Republican Party of Virginia
  
• Democratic Party of Virginia
  
• Libertarian Party of Virginia
  
• 2004 Presidential Weblogs

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Religion

• Ecunet
• Catholic Encyclopedia
• World Religions
• Dead Sea Scrolls

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Small Business Management

• Small Business Administration
  
• Radford University Government and Nonprofit Assistance Center
  
• Virginia Small Business Development Centers
• Virginia Department of Business Assistance, your "one-stop" gateway for answers to your questions about how to obtain assistance and action from state agencies

Social Services

• Untangling the web Disability links from WVU
  
• US Gov Disability Info

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Zoology

• NetVet

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