General Reference

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Bibliographic Database

Book

Library of Congress download filter | example 
Search the world's largest library online. The Library of Congress collections include over 110 million items in a variety of formats and languages.

Z39.50 Gateway to 200+ Library Catalogs download filter | example
Using the Z39.50 information retrieval protocol, the Library now provides easy-to-use Web fill-in form search access to over 220 library online catalogs, both inside and outside the United States.

News

DrudgeReport
This guy has more traffic than several major news media combined.

Federal News Service
From government leaders in US, Russia, etc. Free searching and free reading of headlines. The full text is fee based.

Elibrary

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A large collection of articles published in magazines, newspapers, books, reports, as well as radio and TV transcripts. A 30 day evaluation offer is available.

Academia and Libraries

U.S. Universities & Community Colleges
Links to the web sites of over 1,200 universities and colleges in the U.S, as well as more than 800 U.S. community colleges. Listed both alphabetically and by state.

International College and University Home Pages
Links to web pages of over 3,000 universities and colleges worldwide. Last updated July 1996, but still useful.

Libweb
Libraries on the Web Links to over 2,700 libraries in more than 70 countries.

Archives and Manuscript Collections on the Internet
Links to several hundred archives and manuscript collections around the world.

Repositories of Primary Sources
A listing of over 3100 web sites describing holdings of manuscripts, archives, rare books, historical photographs, and other primary sources for the research scholar.

Library Reference Center
The Library Reference Center (LRC) is a collection of professional resources for librarians. These include a searchable database of periodicals and materials to aide librarians.

College and University

College Rankings
Ranked by U.S. News & World Report every year.

U 101 College Search
Directory of college, university, and community college websites in the US and Canada. Lists over 3000 schools by state or province.

Graduate School Rankings
Ranked by U.S. News & World Report of top graduate schools in business, education, engineering, law, medicine, library science, journalism, etc.

Critical Comparisons of American Colleges and Universities
Presents data comparing each institution to its peers with respect to cost, scholarly reputation, student services, etc.

CollegeXpress
Profiles of over 250 private colleges and universities, including some financial aid information.

CollegeView
Search for colleges, universities, scholarships, financial aid, and more.

Collegiate
Another comprehensive site for all kinds of information regarding colleges and universities in US.

Peterson's Education & Career Center
A searchable database of information on colleges and universities, covering both undergraduate study and graduate study.

Kaplan
GRE, GMAT, CSAT, MCAT, and SAT test-preparation information.

Encyclopedia

Encarta
The premium Internet multimedia encyclopedia from Microsoft. With 42,000 articles, atlas, Web links, and more. 

BRITANNICA online
One of the best encyclopedia on the web, with 72,000 articles and growing.

HomeworkCentral
As the name suggested, you can find all background information related to your homework.

Desktop Reference

WWWebster Dictionary and WWWebster Thesaurus
An excellent online version of the Merriam-Webster collegiate dictionary and others.

Information Please
Based on the popular Information Please series of almanacs, this one-stop resource get everything from sports results to first-aid lessons.

Roget's thesaurus
Based on the print version and much more efficient to use.

Acronym Finder
A database of more than 68,000 acronyms and growing.

Library of Congress Thesauri
Access Web versions of Library of Congress Thesauri including the Thesaurus for Graphic Materials, Subject Terms, etc.

Country Studies
A continuing series of books prepared by the Federal Research Division of the Library of Congress under the Country Studies/Area Handbook Program sponsored by the Department of the Army. This online series presently contains studies of 91 countries.

U.S. Copyright Office Records
U.S. Copyright Office records dating from 1978 to the present including registration information and recorded documents are available via LOCIS (Library of Congress Information System).

Research Funding

GrantsWeb
Sponsored by Society of Research Administrators. A comprehensive list of all public and private funding opportunities.

The Community of Science Funding Opportunities Database
One of the most comprehensive source of funding information available on the Web, with more than 15,500 awards from around the world.

Federal Information Exchange
Information on federal funding opportunities of benefit to educators and researchers. Covers the Departments of Energy, Transportation, Defense, Agriculture, etc. as well as NASA, the National Institutes of Health, and more.

Federally Funded Research and Development Centers (FFRDC)
FFRDC database provides access to full text documents received by DTIC since 1995. The content covers a wide range of federally funded projects.

National Science Foundation Grants and Awards
The NSF funds research and education in science and engineering, through grants, contracts, and cooperative agreements. The Foundation accounts for about 20 percent of federal support to academic institutions for basic research.

NIH Office of Extramural Research
Information about NIH ongoing grant programs and special initiatives is available at this site. Included are application instructions and forms, guidelines for various grant programs.

The Foundation Center
Excellent collection of resources for those seeking grants or information about foundation money.

Financial Aid

FinAid
This page provides a free, comprehensive, independent, and objective guide to student financial aid. Very useful.

fastWEB
fastWEB is a searchable database of more than 400,000 private sector scholarships, fellowships, grants, and loans from more than 10,000 sources worth more than $1 billion.

Publisher

National Academy Press
Publishers for National Academy of Sciences, National Academy of Engineering, Institute of Medicine, National Research Council. With more than 1000 books online.

WILEY InterScience
A major scientific journal and book publisher. With a free guest account, you can access hundreds of journals online for free.

Conference

Gordon Research Conferences
The Gordon Research Conferences provides an international forum for the presentation and discussion of frontier research in biological, chemical, physical sciences, and their related technologies.

Keystone Symposia on Molecular and Cellular Biology
Keystone Symposia is an independent nonprofit educational organization directed and managed by the scientific community.

Association

The Scholarly Societies Project
Links to over 1,100 academic and scholarly organizations in many subject areas.

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