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Reference and Subject Links
Key Portals to subject information on the Internet |
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Reference Shelf
Style Manuals, Quick
Facts, News, Electronic Books & Journals, Quotations, Dictionaries and
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College Catalogs
IPEDS College Opportunities On-Line provides a Direct link to over
9,000 colleges and universities in the United States. Developed
and maintained by the National Center for Education Statistics in the
U.S. Department of Education.
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Agriculture |
Farmland Information Library
A project of the American Farmland Trust Center, is the "one stop"
shop for information on farmland protection and land use resources.
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Anthropology |
Anthropology Sites on the Web
A service of the University of Arizona Library, this site provides
links to 8 major areas in Anthropology. It also includes a link to
their “American Indian Sites on the Web” page.
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Art |
Virtual
Resources Space
Developed and maintained by Vassar College Art Library.
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Astronomy |
AstroWeb
Maintained by the AstroWeb Consortium of 9 individuals and 7
institutions. A collection of pointers to astronomy-related
information available on the Internet.
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Biology |
NBII
(National Biological Information Infrastructure) provides access to
more than 5,000 web resources in the biological sciences.
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Botany |
Botanical Society of America
Through its homepage, this site serves as a gateway to botanical
information on the web.
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Business & Economics |
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Business
Library - Selected Internet Resources
Links to Websites in 26 subject areas of business, selected by library staff of the Business &
Economics Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
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Chemistry |
Chemdex
A searchable and reviewed database of chemistry resources
on the web.
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Children's Literature |
Open Directory Project: Children's Literature
Directory of sites relating to Children's Literature. Sites include
information about authors, awards and book reviews.
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Communications |
Library Resources for Communication Studies
Detailed lists of print and electronic resources for Communications.
Developed and maintained by librarians who are members of the
Education and Behavioral Sciences Section of the Association of
College and Research Libraries.
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Computer Science |
Webopedia
Online dictionary and search engine for computer and Internet
technology. Produced by Internet.com
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Education |
The Gateway to
Educational Materials (GEM)
An educational web site sponsored by the U.S. Department of
Education and a special project of the ERIC Clearinghouse on
Information Technology. The site provides searchable access to high
quality educational materials found on various federal, state,
university, non-profit, and commercial Internet sites.
Links include access to thousands lesson plans, curriculum
units and other education resources on the Internet.
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Geology |
American Geological Institute
The American Geological Institute is a nonprofit federation of 34
geoscientific and professional associations that represent more than
100,000 geologists, geophysicists, and other earth scientists.
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History |
www-vl History Central
Catalogue
As part of the WWW Virtual Library (founded by Tim Berners-Lee, the
creator of html and the Web), this page provides links to History
sites around the world. The current site is coordinated by the
European University Institute in Florence, Italy. The mirror
site in the U.S. is provided by the University of Indiana.
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Law |
Prof Gene Straughan’s Professional Page
A comprehensive catalog of Web sites related to the Law, developed
by LCSC’s own Prof. Gene Straughan. One
of the links off the main page – The Virtual Law Library – leads to
Web-based databases, links on more than 20 popular topics in the
law, and links to important legal organizations. Other topical
links from the main page lead to Web sites on American National
Government; Public Law, Justice and the Courts; and Criminal Justice
in America.
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Library Science |
Other LIS Links
of Interest
Developed and maintained by the Library & Information Science
Library at the University of
Illinois-Urbana-Champaign
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Literature/Language |
Literary
Resources on the Net
Links to lots of Websites covering literature through history and
around the world. Maintained by (English) Prof. Jack Lynch of
Rutgers University.
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Mathematics |
Mathematical Atlas
A clickable index map of mathematics. This site used the
Mathematics Subject Classification scheme, designed by the American
Mathematical Society and Zentralblatt fur Mathematik, to direct
users to recent resources in mathematics and related fields.
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Music |
Worldwide
Internet Music Resources
Developed and maintained by the William and Gayle Cook Music Library
of Indiana University.
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Nursing |
Healthweb
A collaborative project of the health sciences libraries of the
Greater Midwest Region (GMR), the National Network of Libraries of
Medicine (NN/LM) and the Committee for the Institutional
Cooperation. The site provides organized access to evaluated
non-commercial, health-related, Internet-accessible resources.
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Physical Education/Recreation |
NCAA
National Collegiate Athletic Association is the organization through
which the nation's colleges and universities speak and act on
athletics matters at the national level. It is a voluntary
association of more than 1,200 institutions, conferences,
organizations and individuals devoted to the sound administration of
intercollegiate athletics.
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Political Science |
The Ultimate
Political Science Links Page
This page is operated by P.S.
Ruckman, Jr. who is an Associate Professor of Political Science at
Rock Valley College, Rockford, Illinois. This site more than lives
up to its name as the “ultimate” site. It provides virtually
unlimited access to the world of political science linking the user
to everything from the U.S. Congress to African Studies and all that
is in-between.
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Psychology |
Psych Web
A solid, if un-fancy, source of psychology-related information for
students and teachers on the Internet.
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Religion |
Religion
Religions Religious Studies
This site covers the entire spectrum of
worldwide religion and religious experience. It is arranged in broad
subject areas and includes extensive links to other religion and
philosophy sites. The site is maintained by Dr. Gene Thusrby,
Department of Religion, University of Florida.
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Science |
FIRSTGov for Science
This is the gateway to
authoritative selected science information
provided by U.S. Government agencies, including research and
development results.
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Sociology |
The SocioSite Project
Provides access to international resources related to sociology
via 24 categories. The faculty of the Social Sciences at the
University of Amsterdam compiles material for inclusion. The site is
designed to get provide access to information and resources which
are relevant for sociologists and other social scientists. The
SocioSite is a member of the International Consortium for the
Advancement of Academic Publications (ICAAP).
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Theater |
Theater and Performance Studies Resources
Developed and maintained by the Bobst
Library of New York University.
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Zoology |
BIOSIS Internet Resource Guide for Zoology
A guide to finding quality zoological information on the Internet. |
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