Style Sheets Online

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In general

The Nuts and Bolts of College Writing
From Michael Harvey — http://www.nutsandboltsguide.com/
Citing Electronic Sources
How to cite electronic resources in MLA-style and Turabian-style, from the Library of Congress — http://memory.loc.gov/learn/resources/cite/
Assembling a List of Works Cited within Your Paper
All style sheets covered by the Duke University Libraries — http://www.lib.duke.edu/libguide/cite/works_cited.htm
Citation Styles online!
A good online source for all documentation styles from Bedford/St.Martin's — http://www.bedfordstmartins.com/online/citex.html

APA

Documentation Style: APA
From the Nuts and Bolts of College Writing — http://nutsandbolts.washcoll.edu/apa.html
APA Style Resources
A list of online resources for APA style, from a Georgia Southern University professor of psychology — http://www.psychwww.com/resource/apacrib.htm
APA Documentation
Brief guide to APA documentation, from the University of Wisconsin-Madison Writing Center — http://www.wisc.edu/writing/Handbook/DocAPA.html
LEO: APA Documentation
Another APA style sheet online, from the Write Place, St. Cloud State University, St. Cloud, MN — http://leo.stcloudstate.edu/research/apadocument.html
Electronic References
How to handle online references from APAStyle.org — http://www.apastyle.org/elecref.html
APA Style Guide
How to format an APA paper properfly, with sample pages; from Brigham Young U — http://english.byu.edu/writingcenter/apa.htm

CSE(choose either citation-sequence or name-year method)

Documentation Style: CSE
From the Nuts and Bolts of College Writing — http://nutsandbolts.washcoll.edu/science.html
CSE Documentation (both citation-sequence & name-year)
Brief guide to CSE documentation, from the University of Wisconsin-Madison Writing Center — http://www.wisc.edu/writing/Handbook/DocCBE.html
CSE Citation Guide (name-year)
From The Ohio State University Libraries — http://library.osu.edu/sites/guides/cbegd.php
CSE/CBE Style: Print Resources (name-year)
From Univeristy of North Carolina-Chapel Hill — http://www.lib.unc.edu/instruct/citations/cse/print.html
Sciences: Documentating Sources CSE Number System (citation-sequence)
Bedford/St. Martin site to accompany Hacker handbook — http://www.dianahacker.com/resdoc/p04_c11_s1.html
CSE/CBE Style: Online Resources (citing online material)
Examples of online citation techniques, from UNC — http://www.lib.unc.edu/instruct/citations/cse/online.html
Citation Styles online!: CSE (citing online material)
From Bedford-St.Martin's — http://www.bedfordstmartins.com/online/cite8.html
Citing the Internet: Formats for Bibliographic Citation (citing online material)
The latest formatting information from the Council of Scientific Editors (formerly CBE) — http://www.councilscienceeditors.org/publications/citing_internet.cfm
Writing in Science
Excellent introduction to scientific writing style from Writing@CSU: Writing Guides — http://writing.colostate.edu/guides/processes/science/
Sample Student Paper in CSE (citation-sequence format)
From Diane Hacker's web site for A Writer's Reference — http://dianahacker.com/writersref/pdf/REF5-Martin.pdf (PDF)
Sample Student Paper in CSE (name & year format)
Annotated sample paper in the CSEName & Year system , from The Little, Brown Handbook — http://wps.ablongman.com/wps/media/objects/803/822612/CSECyr.pdf (PDF)

MLA

LibGuide—MLA
A guide to MLA documentation (2009 update) created by Hinckley Library, Northwest College (WY) — http://libguides.northwestcollege.edu/MLA2009
MLA Formatting and Style Guide
From OWL, Purdue Online Writing Lab — http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/747/01/
Hacker Handbooks Supplement
PDF of documenting sources in MLA style (2009 update) — http://bit.ly/zCq64
 
MLA Tutorial
From the Libraries of The University of Southern Mississippi — http://www.lib.usm.edu/legacy/tutorials/mlatutorial/tutorialindex.php

Turabian | Chicago Manual of Style

Turabian and Chicago Styles Citations (PDF)
From University of California Berkeley Library — http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/TeachingLib/Guides/Chicago-Turabianstyle.pdf
Turabian Citation and Format Style Guide (PDF)
From Bucknell Information Services & Resources — http://www.bucknell.edu/Documents/ISR/turabian.pdf
Turabian Citation Style Guide
University of Georgia Libraries — http://www.libs.uga.edu/ref/turabian.html
APA Citation Style Guide
From The Ohio State University Libraries — http://library.osu.edu/sites/guides/turabiangd.php
Documentation Style: Chicago
From the Nuts and Bolts of College Writing — http://nutsandbolts.washcoll.edu/chicago.html
Chicago/Turabian Documentation
Brief guide to Chicago/Turabian documentation, from the University of Wisconsin-Madison Writing Center — http://www.wisc.edu/writing/Handbook/DocChicago.html
History of Department Referencing Guidelines
from the University of Colorado at Boulder — http://www.colorado.edu/history/guidelines/referencing.html
Citing Electronic Information in History Papers
by Maurice Crouse Department of History, The University of Memphis — http://cas.memphis.edu/~mcrouse/elcite.html
Sample Student Paper (PDF)
Annotated sample paper in the Chicago format, from The Little, Brown Handbook — http://wps.ablongman.com/wps/media/objects/803/822612/ChicagoDeGrandpre.pdf

Online Citation Generators

gold heart iconNoodleTools
Online tools that allow one to generate, edit, and publish MLA and APA-style source lists (NoodleBib Express is free; full subscription service costs $4/3 mos.) — http://www.noodletools.com/
gold heart iconSourceAid
Builds bibliographies in your choice of APA, CSE, CMS, or MLA (SourceAid is free; Citation Builder Pro costs $11.95/3mos)— http://www.sourceaid.com/
gold heart iconBedford Bibliographer
Free online citation builder for MLA, APA, Chicago, & CSE, from Bedford Publishers; requires free registration — http://bcs.bedfordstmartins.com/bbibliographer/default.asp
Landmarks Citation Machine
A free online tool to create MLA, APA, Chicago, & Turabian style bibliographic entries — http://citationmachine.net/
Bibme
Free online tool that covers MLA, APA, Chicago, & Turabian — http://www.bibme.org/
Easybib.com
Free online tool for creating MLA bibliographies (APA style available for $5/year) — http://www.easybib.com/
APA Wizard
Step-by-step online guide for creating APA bibliographic citations
The Citation Builder
An online citation machine for APA, MLA, and CSE from LOBO (Library Online Basic Orientation@NC State)— http://www.lib.ncsu.edu/lobo2/citationbuilder/citationbuilder.php
KnightCite
Citation creator for MLA, APA, and Chicago, from Calvin College's Hekman Library — http://webapps.calvin.edu/knightcite/index.php
Bibliography Builder
For CSE and IEEE styles from the Engineering Communication Centre @ The University of Toronto; helps create Name-Year style bibliographies — http://www.ecf.utoronto.ca/~writing/bb.html
Harvard Bibliography Creator
Citation builder for the Harvard System from Neil's Toolbox http://www.neilstoolbox.com/bibliography-creator/index.htm

Good Writing Style

The Elements of Style
The 1918 edition of Strunk's book on writing style, still good advice — http://www.bartleby.com/141/index.html
George Orwell's "Politics and the English Language"
The best advice on clear thinking/clear writing, from EServer, hosted by the University of Washington — http://eserver.org/langs/politics-english-language.txt
Evan Jenkins's Language Corner
The Columbia Journalism Review's straight forward list of language rules— http://www.cjr.org/tools/lc/
The BBC News Styleguide
A new, free styleguide full of good advice on writing — http://www.bbctraining.com/styleguide.asp

Search Engines

how to search | engine guides | general search | meta search | specialized search

How to Search the Internet

Goalgetter Search Tutorial
Pandia.com's tutorial offers basic competency in less than an hour — http://www.pandia.com/goalgetter/index.html
Internet Tutorial
Online tutorial on searching the Internet, from UC Berkeley — http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/TeachingLib/Guides/Internet/FindInfo.html
Search Engine Math
How to use search engines efficiently, from Search Engine Watch — http://searchenginewatch.com/showPage.html?page=2156021
The Skill of the Hunt
An article on effective research strategies for finding information on the web, from the Virtual Chase — http://www.virtualchase.com/articles/skill.html

Evaluations of Search Engines

Tools for Searching the Internet
Page on search engines from Dr. Rob Koelling, Northwest College (Powell, WY) — http://www.northwestcollege.edu/id/koellinr/searchtools.htm
Search Engine Watch
Collection of evaluations, comparisons, news, tips, and advice for search engine users and web site managers — http://searchenginewatch.com/
Search Engine Showdown
Compares and evaluates Internet search engines from the searcher's perspective — http://searchengineshowdown.com/

General Search Engines

Google
The best search engine on the planet and has 50% of the search engine market. Includes special features such as news and image searching — http://www.google.com/
Yahoo!
A search engine separate from Yahoo!'s directory service (28% of search engine market) — http://search.yahoo.com/
MSN Search Windows Live
Pandia ranks MSN Search highly (13% of engine of search market) — http://search.msn.com/
Ask.com
Previously Ask Jeeves and Teoma; provides results as well as suggestions to refine your search — http://search.ask.com/
Gigablast
A search engine which Pandia ranks as an important "runner-up" among the search engines — http://www.gigablast.com/
Factbites
Searches topic areas instead of words and describes each result with sentences from the webpage(s) itself — http://www.factbites.com/index.html
Exalead
European search engine whose results include thumbnail screen shots; also provides easy ways to focus your search. Advanced search includes truncation, proximity search, stemming, phonetic search, and language field search — http://www.exalead.com/search
Snap
Visual results provide "speed surfing" by giving you text on the left and web site previews on the right — http://www.snap.com/

Meta Search Engines

Clusty
Searches a number of free search engines and directories (not Google or Yahoo). Results listed in subdivisions according to major themes; can narrow results by searching within within results for each theme — http://clusty.com/
Dogpile
Searches all the most popular search engines, blending the top-ranking sponsored and non-sponsored results — http://www.dogpile.com/
Pandia Metasearch
Comprehensive metasearch created by trustworthy search engine guru Pandia — http://www.pandia.com/metasearch/index.html
IxQuick
Searches 10 major search engines at the same time and compiles the results into a single list that represents relevance and source; listed as the top metasearch engine of 2004 by Pandia.com — http://ixquick.com/eng/

Specialized Search Engines

Pandia Kids & Teens
All-in-one list of search engines and directories for children and teenagers — http://www.pandia.com/kids/
PODZINGER
Among podcast search engines, has the advantage of searching the text of a podcast — http://www.podzinger.com/
Ujiko
A visually interesting, new search engine that allows you to rank results, sort them into folders, and email yourself a list of links — http://www.ujiko.com/flash.php (requires free Flash Player)
A9
A search engine from Amazon.com that includes the company's powerful "search within the text" function — http://a9.com/
Google News
The best search engine to access news stories — http://news.google.com/
Topix.net
A news search service which features 150,000 news categories (compare to Google's seven categories) and every category has a RSS version to which you can subscribe — http://www.topix.net/
Google Scholar
A search engine that limits itself to "scholarly literature, including peer-reviewed papers, theses, books, preprints, abstracts and technical reports." Some question exists about how Google defines "scholarly literature." A good starting place for Internet searches but doesn't replace library databases as a source of scholarly research — http://scholar.google.com/
Feedster
Searches syndicated web feeds (weblogs); advanced search supports Boolean logic; excellent Help pages — http://www.feedster.com/index.php
Nelson Search
The search tool for journalists from Poynter.org — http://www.nelsonsearch.org/
Intute
With a database of over 113,000 records, Intute is a free search service for the best web sites in education and research. UK based; web sites evaluated by subject specialists — http://www.intute.ac.uk/
INFOMINE
Scholarly Internet resource Collections — http://infomine.ucr.edu/
Edgar Online
Considered by many business publications as the best search for SEC filings — http://www.edgar-online.com/
SearchGov.com
Search engine of federal, state, and local government web sites — http://www.searchgov.com/
Singingfish
Searches for audio and media files on the Internet — http://www.singingfish.com/
LivePlasma
An interesting visual interface that shows the connections among bands, movies, and directors — http://www.liveplasma.com/
Scirus
For scientific information only (both open web and proprietary documents) — http://www.scirus.com/
PNAS
The Publications of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America has a wonderfully sophisticated search engine which provides you with an Instant Index of results and cross references an article to other articles which cite it — http://www.pnas.org/
SMEALSearch
". . . a niche search engine that searches the web and catalogs academic articles as well as commercially produced articles and reports that address any branch of Business." — http://smealsearch2.psu.edu/index.html/
LookSmart's FindArticles
A database of articles from 500+ periodicals — http://www.findarticles.com/?tb=art
HURISEARCH
HUman RIghts SEARCH engine, which specializes in documentation from non-governmental organizations — http://www.hurisearch.org/
FindSounds
Search the internet for "sound effects and musical instrument samples" — http://www.findsounds.com/

Search Directories

Yahoo!
Highly popular — one of the first directories; started by Stanford students and turned into a business — http://www.yahoo.com/
dmoz
The Open Directory Project — created as an alternative to Yahoo!; well maintained; numerous editors may result in uneven quality among the various indexes — http://www.dmoz.org/
LookSmart
A good directory that provides results to many others (MSN Search, iWon, Alta Vista, Excite); once owned by Reader's Digest, now independent — http://search.looksmart.com/
Pandia Plus
My personal favorite among the directories — http://www.pandia.com/plus/
About.com
Formerly Mining Company. A directory with a difference: it includes in-depth site reviews, articles written by specialists (called guides), and excellent links — http://www.about.com/

Searching the Invisible Web

direct search
Gary Price's (MLIS) collection of "links to the search interfaces of resources that contain data not easily or entirely searchable/accessible from general search tools" — http://www.freepint.com/gary/direct.htm
Complete Planet: The Deep Web Directory
Directory web site developed by the Bright Planet experts on the deep web — http://aip.completeplanet.com/
lii.org
The Librarians' Internet Index, one of my favorite deep searching tools because it's maintained by librarians — http://lii.org/
Resource Discovery Network
A UK directory organized by subject headings, highly praised by About.com — http://www.rdn.ac.uk/
INFOMINE
A database of scholarly Internet resource collections — http://infomine.ucr.edu/
Deep Web Research
A subject tracer blog by Marcus P. Zillman to gather the best, recent online resources for searching the invisible web — http://www.deepwebresearch.info/
The GREAT SCOUTS! Web Page
Links to accompany web searching book of the same name — http://www.infotoday.com/greatscouts!/
Internet Resources Index (by topic)
The Association of College & Research Libraries produces periodic reports on Internet Resources in topical areas — http://www.ala.org/ala/acrl/acrlpubs/crlnews/internetresources.htm
Gray Literature: Resources for Locating Unpublished Research
Gray literature includes "documentary material that is not commercially published and is typically composed of technical reports, working papers, business documents, and conference proceedings." A list of indexes from the Association of College & Research Libraries— http://www.ala.org/ala/acrl/acrlpubs/crlnews/backissues2004/march04/graylit.htm

Reference Materials and Fast Facts

Fast Facts
Complied by Gary Price, MLIS, George Washington University — http://www.freepint.com/gary/handbook.htm
Facts for Features
The U.S. Census Bureau puts together feature-oriented fact sheets for reporters on holidays or special observances — http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/factsheets.html
Finding Data on the Internet
Designed for reporters, this page helps users find statistics quickly, by professional journalist Robert Niles — http://www.robertniles.com/data/
Library Spot
Links to reference sources in categories, as well as business, medical, legal, and government sites, a Forbes.com favorite — http://www.libraryspot.com/
Librarians' Index to the Internet
A searchable, annotated subject directory of more than 10,000 Internet resources selected and evaluated by librarians for their usefulness to users of public libraries — http://lii.org/
RefDesk
A compilation of useful reference information links, enormous and searchable — http://www.refdesk.com/
Reference
From the Internet Public Library — http://www.ipl.org/div/subject/browse/ref00.00.00
Quick Reference
A virtual reference desk from Purdue University, highly rated — http://www.lib.purdue.edu/eresources/readyref/index.html
Wikipedia
A free, open content encyclopedia; a good starting place for general information but use caution: since Wikipedia is built by volunteer contributors, the articles are not always reliable — http://en.wikipedia.org/
Criminal Justice Journalists: Information Center
Links to all kinds of crime statistics, including a wonderful guide on guns — http://www.reporters.net/cjj/info.html
HowStuffWorks
Marshall Brain's source for articles on how just about everything works — http://www.howstuffworks.com/index.htm
WorldHistory.com
A useful site for general information, especially timelines (sometimes of recent events, such as Bin Laden) — http://www.worldhistory.com/

Government Statistics

fed stats | gov agencies | Wyo stats

Federal Portals, Statistics, and Search Engines

Statistical Abstract of the United States
National data book on social and economic issues in the U.S. and select international stats; 2003 and earlier editions (1995-2002) available — http://www.census.gov/statab/www/
American FactFinder
Quick access to U.S. Census Bureau facts on population, housing, economic, and geographic data — http://factfinder.census.gov/home/saff/main.html?_lang=en
ZIPskinny
A cool little online tool--enter a zip code and see an array of demographic information for that ZIP as well as a comparison to surrounding ZIPs — http://zipskinny.com/
FedStats
Gateway to statistics from over 100 federal agencies — http://www.fedstats.gov/
MapStats
Direct access to state profiles and data sets; excellent, easy-to-use source — http://www.fedstats.gov/qf/
SearchGov.com
Search engine to federal, state, and local agencies; includes links to specialized search engines (e.g., SearchMil.com) — http://www.searchgov.com/
FirstGov
Portal to U.S. government websites — http://www.firstgov.gov/index.shtml
Links to Electronic Resources
The National Council for Research on Women has compiled a list of links to find information about women and girls — http://www.ncrw.org/resources/links.htm

Individual Federal Agencies

National Center for Statistics & Analysis (U.S. Department of Transportation)
National Highway Traffic Safety Administrations site — http://www-nrd.nhtsa.dot.gov/departments/nrd-30/ncsa//
Department of Transportation
All U. S. transportation organizations, including the Bureau of Transportation Statistics — http://www.dot.gov/
U. S. Census Bureau
Information on people, business, and geography — http://www.census.gov/
National Center for Education Statistics
Primary federal agency for collecting and analyzing data that are related to education in the United States and other countries — http://nces.ed.gov/
National Archives
Database for all federal records, including historic documents — http://www.archives.gov/index.html
Government Printing Office
Free electronic access to information products produced by the federal government — http://www.access.gpo.gov/su_docs/index.html
Bureau of Justice Statistics
National statistics about crime, offenders, victims, and the justice system — http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/
FBI Uniform Crime Reports
Stats on crime in the U.S. — http://www.fbi.gov/ucr/ucr.htm
Bureau of Labor Statistics
National statistics about employment, unemployment, and the economy — http://stats.bls.gov/
Occupational Outlook Handbook, 2004-05
Information on specific careers from the Bureau of Labor Statistics — http://www.bls.gov/oco/
ChildStats.com
Federal and state statistics on children and families, including population and family characteristics, economic security, health, behavior and social environment, education — http://www.childstats.gov/
National Agriculture Statistics Service
Statistical information from the USDA, including Quick Stats — http://www.usda.gov/nass/
Energy Information Administration
Offical energy statistics from the U.S. government — http://www.eia.doe.gov/index.html
FDIC
Data about individual financial institutions and the banking industry — http://www.fdic.gov/bank/index.html

Wyoming Facts and Statistics

Just the Facts!
Wyoming 2004 facts [Note: PDF file format--requires free Adobe Reader to open] — http://eadiv.state.wy.us/Wy_facts/facts04.pdf
Wyoming MapStats
From FedStats, an excellent compendium of U. S. Census facts on Wyoming, with links to data sets — http://www.fedstats.gov/qf/states/56000.html
Equality State Almanac
Demography, county profiles, employment information, and more — http://eadiv.state.wy.us/almanac/almanac.asp
Demographic Profiles
U.S. Census stats for Wyoming and Wyoming counties — http://eadiv.state.wy.us/Demog_data/pop2000/ProfilePDFsWY/C2K-Profiles.html
Economic Analysis Division
Wyoming economic, demographic and statistical information — http://eadiv.state.wy.us/
Wyoming Labor Market Information
Wyoming employment and wages statistics — http://doe.state.wy.us/lmi/

Medical / Health / Safety

Gateway
U.S. government's portal to the various search mechanisms of the National Library of Medicine, including MEDLINE and PubMed — http://gateway.nlm.nih.gov/gw/Cmd
Martindale's Health Science Guide ~ 2010
Acclaimed online health reference tool — http://www.martindalecenter.com/HSGuide.html
Merck Medicus
A medical site that is searchable and written in non-health professional language; includes access to the Merck Manual and other reference books — http://www.merckmedicus.com/
www.health.gov
Portal to U.S. health agencies — http://www.health.gov/
National Center for Health Statistics
Data and information on health status, lifestyle and exposure to unhealthy influences, the onset and diagnosis of illness and disability, and the use of health care — http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/default.htm
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Lead federal agency for the health and safety of Americans — http://www.cdc.gov/
National Institutes for Health
National source on medical research — http://www.nih.gov/
i-medicine.info
A portal to Diseases Database, "a cross-referenced index of human disease, medications, symptoms, signs, abnormal investigation findings, etc." — http://www.diseasesdatabase.com/content.asp
National Safety Council
Education and statistics on national health and safety issues — http://www.nsc.org/
World Health Organization
United Nations' specialized agency for health, providing information on world health issues — http://www.who.int/en/
Aetna InteliHealth
Comprehensive health site from Johns Hopkins; includes cool InteliTools and Health Library — http://www.intelihealth.com/IH/ihtIH/WSIHW000/408/408.html
WebMD
Source of reliable lay medical information — http://www.webmd.com/
eMedicine
Requires free registration to access articles — http://www.emedicine.com/
familydoctor.org
Health web site from the American Academy of Family Physicians — http://familydoctor.org/
HealthCentral
Health information and education — http://www.healthcentral.com/
MayoClinic.com
Online health information and education from Mayo Clinic — http://www.mayoclinic.com/
Quackwatch
Guide to health fraud, quackery, and intelligent health decision-making — http://www.quackwatch.org/
Consumer Health Education Center
List of Medical Web Sites: general, children's, men's, and women's, from U of Mississippi Medical Center — http://chec.library.umc.edu/medical_websites.html

Libraries/Bios

John Taggart Hinckley Library
Northwest College's library; click on "Reference and Research Services" to access collections — http://www.northwestcollege.edu/library/
The Library of Congress
The nation's library — http://www.loc.gov/index.html
Biographies
Links to biographical resources, from LibrarySpot.com — http://www.libraryspot.com/biographies/
Biographies
Links to biographical resources, from the Internet Public Library— http://www.ipl.org/div/subject/browse/ref15.00.00/
NNDB
An "intelligence aggregator that tracks the activities of people we have determined to be noteworthy, both living and dead" (over 18,500 profiles) — http://www.nndb.com/
Read Print
A free online library that is advertisement free and searchable — http://www.readprint.com/
OAIster
A University of Michigan project to help researchers find "freely available, difficult-to-access, academically-oriented digital resources" — http://oaister.umdl.umich.edu/o/oaister/

Dictionaries/Quotations

yourDictionary
Includes foreign language dictionaries, specialized dictionaries, thesauri, etc. — http://www.yourdictionary.com/
WWWebster Dictionary
Merriam-Webster online — http://www.m-w.com/
Acronym Finder
Source for acronyms, abbreviations, and initialisms; links to the Acronym Attic— http://www.acronymfinder.com/
Scientific and Technical Acronyms, Symbols, and Abbreviations
From Wiley InterScience — http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/stasa/search.html
FreeTranslation
Online machine translation service — http://www.freetranslation.com/
GO Translator (Systran)
Machine translation of text or webpage — http://www.systransoft.com/index.html
Quotations
From about.com, comprehensive page that includes search tools — http://quotations.about.com/
Bartlett's
The ninth edition of Bartlett's Familiar Quotations (1901) — http://www.bartleby.com/100/
QuoteDB
Over 4000 quotations by 632 authors in 121 categories— http://www.quotedb.com/

Maps

info on countries | world maps | US maps | Wyo maps

Quick Information about Countries

BBC News Country Profiles
Overview, facts, chronologies, information about leaders, and medai clips — http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/country_profiles/default.stm
worldinformation.com
Key facts, profile, weather, visitor's guide, and more — http://www.worldinformation.com/woi/
Economist.com Country Briefings
News, profiles, forecasts, statistics, and more — http://www.economist.com/countries/
CIA World Fact Book
Basic intelligence (fundamental and factual reference material) on a countries — https://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/index.html
Intute: Science, Engineering and Technology: World Guide
Guides to over 270 countries and territories; tools include interactive maps, satellite images, and coutry comparison tools — http://www.intute.ac.uk/sciences/worldguide/

World Maps

Maps and Geography
Search for maps, get printer-friendly maps, or use the MapMachine, from National Geographic — http://www.nationalgeographic.com/maps/index.html
MSN Maps
Maps & directions that look good on the monitor and printed out — http://maps.msn.com/(rdolk25533tqabnehwhssg45)/Home.aspx
Rand McNally
Get a map or get directions — http://www.randmcnally.com/
GlobeXplorer
Cool earth images via the Internet--you can zoom in on any neighborhood in the world using the free Image Viewer — http://www.globeexplorer.com/

U.S. Maps

Color Landform Atlas of the United States
Various maps for all 50 states from John Hopkins University — http://fermi.jhuapl.edu/states/
50states.com
All kinds of information about each of the states — http://www.50states.com/fileindx.htm
National Atlas of the United States
Maps from the U. S. Geological Survey, including Make Maps tool — http://www-atlas.usgs.gov/index.html
How far is it?
Using data from the US Census and a supplementary list of cities around the world, this service calculates the distance between cities (as the crow flies), then will provide maps and driving directions — http://www.indo.com/distance/
Map24
Winner of Webby Award and People's Choice Award 2004; includes limited selection of international maps, too — http://www.us.map24.com/

Wyoming Maps

Wyoming Maps
A collection of Wyoming maps from the Perry-Casteñeda Library Collection (U of Texas at Austin) — http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/wyoming.html
Wyoming Spatial Data Clearinghouse
Standard series USGS paper maps scanned into DRG image files (free viewer available for download) — http://wgiac2.state.wy.us/html/wsdc_index.asp
Wyoming Internet Map Server
Map resource for the state of Wyoming, sponsored by the University of Wyoming — http://www.wims.uwyo.edu/
Wyoming
A virtual tour from the state of Wyoming — http://wyoming.gov/state/virtual_map/wyoming_map.asp
Northwest College Area Map
An interactive tour of the Big Horn Basin, from Dr. Rob Koelling, Northwest College (Powell, WY) — http://www.northwestcollege.edu/information/maps/area/index.htmvv

Miscellany

truly miscellaneous | movies | conversion | salary comparisons

Truly Miscellaneous

IdiomSite
Provides definition and history of common American idioms — http://www.idiomsite.com/
King James Bible
A search engine for quotations from the King James version of the Bible — http://www.hti.umich.edu/k/kjv/

Movie Reviews

The Internet Movie Database
IMDb catalogs over 800,000 movie & TV titles and over 2 million people (actors and actresses, directors, etc.). Identified by Roger Ebert as the "best movie site on the Web." — http://imdb.com/
Rotten Tomatoes
A whimsically named but sound source of movie reviews and previews — http://www.rottentomatoes.com/
Kids-in-Mind
Entertainment reviews for parents — http://kids-in-mind.com/

Money & Units of Measure Conversion Tools

Megaconverter2
Convert units of measure . . . including obscure and ancient methods of measurement — http://www.megaconverter.com/mega2/
FXConverter: 164 Currency Converter
Convert into and from any world currency — http://www.oanda.com/convert/classic
EH Resources
Economic History Service provides information on the purchasing power of currencies back to 1665 — http://eh.net/hmit/
Current Value of Old Money
Links to sites that will convert value of historical currency into today's worth — http://www.ex.ac.uk/~RDavies/arian/current/howmuch.html

Economics of Salary and Relocation

Salary.com
Calculates the low/median/high salaries for job categories in different parts of the country — http://www.salary.com/home/layoutscripts/homl_display.asp
Salary Calculator
Find out your equivalent salary in another city; from Homefair.com — http://www.homefair.com/homefair/calc/salcalc.html
PaycheckCity
An online collection of tools to help you calculate take home pay for every state, and more — http://www.paycheckcity.com/

Study Skills

topics | skills | research | writing handouts | OWLs | plagiarism

Topics

Hot Paper Topics
Topic ideas with links to resources, from Best Information on the Net — http://library.sau.edu/bestinfo/Hot/hotindex.htm
Power Reporting
A huge list of free research tools for journalists, produced in cooperation with Columbia Journalism Review — http://www.powerreporting.com/
Hot Topic Supersites
Multiple links to excellent paper topic sources, from San Diego State University — http://infodome.sdsu.edu/research/guides/hot/supersites.shtml
The Issues
Topic ideas with links to sources, from Public Agenda Online — http://www.publicagenda.org/index.htm
Virtual Public Library™
A list of Subject Tracer™ information blogs, from A to T (Agriculture Resources to Theology Resources) — http://www.virtualprivatelibrary.com/

General Study Skills

Study Skills
A wonderful page of study helps from the University of St. Thomas (St. Paul, MN) — http://www.stthomas.edu/academicsupport/new_page_5.htm
The Learning Center
Study skills for reading and writing from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill — http://tutor2.oit.unc.edu/Campus/LC/weblinks.nsf/Category2

Research Papers & College Essays

The Nuts and Bolts of College Writing
Professor Michael Harvey's (Washington College, MD) excellent guide to college writing — http://nutsandbolts.washcoll.edu/
Seven Steps to Effective Library Research
A hypertext guide from Cornell University Library — http://www.library.cornell.edu/olinuris/ref/research/tutorial.html
StudentResearch.info
A Subject Tracer™ information blog created by Marcus P. Zillman to monitor the latest and best resources for students conducting web research — http://www.StudentResearch.info

Writing Center Handouts

Writing Resources
Handouts from the Writing Center at Princeton University — http://web.princeton.edu/sites/writing/Writing_Center/WCWritingRes.htm
Writer's Handbook
Writing handouts from the University of Wisconsin-Madison Writing Center — http://www.wisc.edu/writing/Handbook/index.html
The Writing Center Hand-outs
Handouts on the writing process from Harvard's Writing Center — http://www.fas.harvard.edu/~wricntr/resources.html
Guide to Writing a Basic Essay
A former English teacher's advice — http://members.tripod.com/~lklivingston/essay/
The Nuts and Bolts of College Writing
From Michael Harvey, an online companion to a handbook from Hackett — http://www.nutsandboltsguide.com/
Guide to Grammar and Writing
From the English faculty at Capital Community College, Hartford, CN — http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/index.htm
Grammar Hotline
Link to grammar hotline from Tidewater Community College — http://www.tcc.edu/students/resources/writcent/GH/index.htm

Online Writing Labs

Paradigm
Paradigm Online Writing Assistant — http://www.powa.org/
OWL (WSU)
Online Writing Lab (OWL) from Washington State University — http://www.wsu.edu/~english/WritingLab.html
OWL (Purdue)
Online Writing Lab (OWL) from Purdue University — http://owl.english.purdue.edu/

Avoiding Plagiarism

Using Sources (PDF)
How to use sources correctly, from the Hamilton College Writing Center — https://my.hamilton.edu/academics/resource/wc/Using_Sources.PDF
What Is Plagiarism?
Thorough discussion with examples from the Georgetown University Honor Council — http://gervaseprograms.georgetown.edu/hc/plagiarism.html
How to Avoid Plagiarism
A learning module from the University of Maryland University College — http://www.umuc.edu/prog/ugp/ewp_writingcenter/modules/plagiarism/start.html (requires free Flash Player)
Copyright Crash Course
A crash course in Fair Use and Copyright law, from the University of Texas — http://www.utsystem.edu/ogc/intellectualproperty/cprtindx.htm
Fair Use
Fair Use and Copyright, from Stanford University — http://fairuse.stanford.edu/

How to Evaluate Web Pages

Teaching Undergrads WEB Evaluation
The American Library Association's guide to teaching students how to evaluate the quality of web pages
Evaluating Primary Source Web Sites
From the ALA's Reference and User Services Association
Getting It Right: Verifying Sources on the Web
From Sabrina I. Pacifici writing for the Law Library Resource Xchange, wonderfully thorough
Evaluating Web Resources
Shockwave tutorials to help one learn how to evaluate different kinds of web pages, Widener University
Web Page Evaluation
From UC Berkeley's libraries
Evaluation Criteria
from The Good, The Bad & The Ugly: or, Why It's a Good Idea to Evaluate Web Sources, New Mexico State University Library
Evaluating Websites
McIntyre Library, U of Wisconsin-Eau Claire; download the "Ten Cs" document
Evaluation of Web Sites
A tutorial from Ohio State's net.TUTOR
Selection Criteria: How to Tell if You Are Looking at a Great Web Site
An American Library Association site oriented toward helping parents evaluate the content of web sites for children