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Almanacs

The AFRO-American Almanac ®
Infoplease.com
PolitInfo.com: International in scope, PolitInfo.com is "...an independent and non-partisan portal for political resources, news, and information."  Categories of links include political parties, documents, biographies, news, and research institutes.
World Fact Book  (available through the CIA)
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Atlases/Maps/Gazeteers

National Geographic MapMachine
University of Nevada Las Vegas Libraries Links
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Biography

4000 Years of Women in Science
Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1774 - Present
Biographies of the Founding Fathers
Biography.com: 25,000 personalities (mostly contemporary)
Distinguished Women of Past and Present
Forbes.com Lists: brief biographical information on some of the richest people in the world.
HyperHistory: Biographies of famous men and women throughout time.
Who's Who of the Vietnam War
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Business

Directories to Business Information:
The Argus Clearing House: a topical guide to internet business research.
Business Topics  (prepared by the Librarians' Index to the Internet)
CEO Express  (business links prepared by a CEO "move to middle of the page for business links")
VIBES, Virtual International Business & Economics Sources: a UNC Charlotte guide for domestic and international business research.

General Business Information:
Glossary of Trading Terms maintained by the Critical Trader website
washingtonpost.com Business Dictionary
SIC Standard Industrial Classification (a search engine provided by OSHA)
NAISC North American Industry Classification System (available through the U.S. Census Bureau)
1997 NAICS and 1987 SIC Correspondence Tables: Use this resource to match SIC and NAISC numbers.

Banking
The Federal Reserve Board Economic Research and Data
Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City
World Bank
World Bank Public Information Center
New York Times BanxQuote Banking Center: Find national statistics on banking services.
bankrate.com: find national and local averages for banking services.

Business Plans
Center for Business Planning
Sample Business Plans from bplans.com
The Business Plan - Roadmap to Success (online tutorial available through the U.S. Small Business Administration

Career Information
Career Development Resources (reference guide)
Occupational Outlook Handbook: from the U.S. Dept. of Labor (Bureau of Labor Statistics)
salary.com: Use this calculator to discover the average salary for various positions around the country.
Yahoo City Comparison: use this to compare how far your dollar will go from city to city.

Chambers of Commerce
World Chamber of Commerce Directory: search by country and city-state-province.
Internet Chamber of Commerce

Company Information
Hoover's Online (limited amount of free information available from your home computer; expanded information available from on-campus computers or through your DeVry student e-mail account)
Europages (the European business directory)
Thomas Register of American Manufactures
EDGAR electronic SEC filings

Currency
Universal Currency Converter
World Exchange Rates (available through Rubicon International)
Consumer Price Index Calculator Machine (available through the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis)
Hugh's Mortgage and Financial Calculators: See how long it will take to pay off loans and the interest you lender will earn.

Economic Statistics
Economic Statistics Briefing Room
Economic Report of the President
Bureau of Labor Statistics

Marketing Information
How to Prepare a Market Analysis (available through the Edward Lowe Peerspectives website)
EASI Quick Reports & Analysis available for area codes and TV markets, as well as the usual geographic divisions.
Marketing Virtual Library (available through KnowThis.com)

Small Business/Entrepreneurship
United States Small Business Administration
Small Business Advancement National Center
Online Women's Business Center (available through the Small Business Administration)
National Association for the Self-Employed
SCORE Service Corps of Retired Executives: Retired business executives available for consultation.
The Credit Process: A Guide for Small Business Owners (available through the Federal Reserve Bank of New York)

Stock and Investment Information
Hoover's Online (limited amount of free information available from your home computer; expanded information available from on-campus computers or through your DeVry student e-mail account)
American Stock Exchange
NASDAQ
NYSE Listed Companies: find stock price information on companies alphabetically, or by geographic location or industry.
Research: Includes S & P Research Reports, Company Profiles, Company fact sheets, Wall St. analysis & 52-week stock price charts.
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Computer Science

Computer Hope's Computer Dictionary: a free (donation-based) site with definitions of computer-related terms.  Words can be searched for via search box, alphabetically, or by subject.
DeVry Online Library
EELS--Engineering Electronic Library, Sweden (sponsored by The Swedish University of Technology Libraries): Directory of web sites; includes computer science, mathematics, general engineering
FOLDOC: Free On-Line Dictionary of Computing: searchable database of computing terms (United Kingdom). Also includes links to other FOLDOC servers/web sites throughout the world.
Internet Security Glossary: lengthy memo/document of computing terms (no search engine available for site); created by Robert Shirey, GTE/BBN Technologies
LivingInternet.com: Contains information on the history of the internet, including who invented it, when it was invented, and how it works.
NISO (National Information Standards Organization): International informational standards.
PC Webopaedia: Definitions of terms, with hot links to Web articles and related terms
Programmer's Heaven: Solid variety of IT information
Symantec AntiVirus Research Center:  Virus Encyclopedia: Encyclopedia of computer viruses
Visual Basic Web Directory: Information on the computer language Visual Basic
WhatIs.com: includes categories of definitions for computing fundamentals, PCs, and the Internet.
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Consumer Information

Better Business Bureau
Consumer World: non-commercial guide cataloging over 2000 of the most useful consumer resources.
Hugh's Mortgage and Financial Calculators: See how long it will take to pay off loans and the interest your lender will earn.
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Dictionaries

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary (at britannica.com site)
yourDictionary.com Links to all kinds of dictionaries, including foreign language, specialty, and thesauri
Language Dictionaries (also available through yourDictionary.com) This site has a dictionary for the most common languages.
American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language (available through bartleby.com)
Cambridge Dictionaries: includes the International Dictionary of English, the Dictionary of American English, the International Dictionary of Phrasal Verbs, and the International Dictionary of Idioms
Infoplease.com Dictionary
Webster's Unabridged Dictionary 1913 (available through Biblomania)
Roget's II: Thesaurus (available through bartleby.com)
Wordsmyth Educational Dictionary-Thesaurus
French-English Dictionary
Babel Fish 2000 (translates words from one language to another)
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Education

ERIC (Educational Resources Information Center): Citations and abstracts only for education journals and documents.
ERIC Digests (full text)
U.S. Department of Education
National Center for Education Statistics
Directory of Online Resources for Information Literacy
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Electronics

Electrical Engineering Circuits Archive (sponsored by the University of Washington): More than 100 circuit schematics.  Includes technical specifications of the chips and other components used.
EELS--Engineering Electronic Library, Sweden (sponsored by The Swedish University of Technology Libraries): Directory of web sites; includes computer science, mathematics, general engineering.
Intersil Lexicon: Dictionary of electronics terms.
DeVry Online Library
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Encyclopedias

britannica.com: Web-based, commercial version of Encyclopedia Britannica
Columbia Encyclopedia (available through bartleby.com)
Infoplease.com: articles from the Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th edition.
Encarta Encyclopedia: available through MSN
Catholic Encyclopedia
Encyclopedia Mythica: An encyclopedia of mythology, folklore, and legend (covering more than 15 different cultures).
Legal Encyclopedia (available through nolo.com)
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International Information

WorldSkip.com International news: Searchable by country name. Contains extensive info on business, government, economy, education, the arts, culture, and news for each country.
CIA World Factbook
Library of Congress Country Studies/Area Handbooks
Freedomhouse: A nonprofit, nonpartisan organization that has compiled reports evaluating levels of political rights and civil liberties
BBC News: International news and events
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Kansas Information

Information Network of Kansas
Blue Skyways of Kansas:  Community, Education, Government, and Library Information
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Literary

Literary Index: Use this source to identify which Gale reference books contain biographical or critical entries on the author or title you seek. Then check Area Libraries to see which libraries own those reference books.
Bartleby.com includes the following literature-related databases: Cambridge History of English and American Literature, American Heritage Book of English Usage, Elements of Style (by William Strunk, Jr.), Brewer's Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, Age of Fable or Beauties of Mythology (by Thomas Bulfinch), Bartlett's Quotations, and Simpson's Quotations.
Poetry Archives: Poets are listed alphabetically so you can jump directly to an author and view some of his or her poetry online.
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Mathematics

Internet Resources for the Mathematics Student (sponsored by Langara College): Math help for first- and second-year college students.  Covers precalculus, calculus, and some differential equations.
Mathematical Programming Glossary© (by Harvey J. Greenberg)
Glossary of Mathematical Terms
Eric Weisstein's World of Mathematics: Very extensive dictionary, indexed by subject on the left side of the page.
NOVA ROMA: Roman Numeral Converter
DeVry Online Library
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Medicine & Health

MEDLINE/PubMed: Sponsored by the National Library of Medicine.  Index to professional medical journals.
MEDLINEplus Health Information: Consumer health guide from the National Library of Medicine
U.S. National Library of Medicine
Healthfinder: Health topics for the general public
JoCoHealth.net: consumer health information site co-sponsored by the Johnson County (KS) Library, Saint Luke's Health System, the Johnson County (KS) Health Department, and the Community Health Assessment Process (CHAP).
Centers for Disease Control Health Topics
Cancer.gov: A service of the National Cancer Institute
Directory of Health Organizations: sponsored by the National Library of Medicine
National Center for Health Statistics
Health, United States: 2001 edition available online.
Healthy People 2000
Gray's Anatomy (1918 ed.) (available through bartleby.com)
AIDSearch (sign up for free subscription on your own): Free searchable online database covering articles, reports, other documents on AIDS. Sponsored by National Information Services Corp.
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Miscellaneous Reference Sites

LibrarySpot.com has links to some of the best free reference resources on the Web.
The Internet Scout Project has cataloged quality web resources with Library of Congress Subject Headings and Classification Numbers.
World Population: An interactive population calculator that compares the current world population to population estimates from 1970 to 2037.
DeVry Online Library
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Missouri Information

Missouri Official State Manual (Blue Book)*
Missouri State Government Home Page
Missouri State Archives
Missouri Spatial Data Information Service: Geographic info and census data
Missouri Code of State Regulations
Missouri Register
Missouri Revised Statutes
Missouri Constitution
Missouri House and Senate Joint Bill Tracking
Missouri Census Data Center
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Music

AMG All Music Guide: Covers many major music genres including rock, country, jazz, blues, folk, bluegrass, rap, easy listening, and new age.  Can be searched by artist, album, song, music style, and label.
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Political Science

Political Resources on the Net: contains various links to sources of political/government information for several countries.
PolitInfo.com: International in scope, PolitInfo.com is "...an independent and non-partisan portal for political resources, news, and information." Categories of links include political parties, documents, biographies, news, and research institutes.
United States Constitution (available through Cornell Law School)
Declaration of Independence of the Thirteen Colonies  (available through the Indiana University School of Law--Bloomington
American Historical Documents
DeVry Online Library
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Science

Science & Technology Resources on the World Wide Web (available through Regis University)
General Science Topics (available through Librarian's Index to the Internet)
DeVry Online Library
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Sociology

Child Abuse, Child Welfare & Adoption  (sign up for free subscription on your own): Free searchable online database covering articles, reports, other documents on these topics. Sponsored by National Information Services Corp.
Allyn & Bacon Sociology Links: A subject guide to sociological topics. Includes age inequality, deviance, juvenile delinquency, race inequality, socialization, and more.
Socioweb: An independent guide to sociology resources on the web
Argus Clearinghouse Guide to Sociology on the Internet
DeVry Online Library
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Speech

Great American Speeches: Published by PBS. Contains full text of speeches from the past 80 years.
Douglass Archives of American Public Address: Northwestern University collection of speeches from the history of the United States.
History Channel: Speeches: an archive of famous speeches, including texts and audio clips.
Gifts of Speech: Women's Speeches From Around the World (available through Sweet Briar College
"I Have A Dream" by Dr. Martin L. King, Jr. (available through the Afro-American Almanac website)
Speeches of John F. Kennedy
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Sports

The Sporting News
Baseball Almanac
NBA
ESPN.com
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Tax Forms

Federal Tax Forms and Publications
Kansas Tax Forms
Missouri Tax Forms
Tax Forms From All Fifty States
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Telecommunications

Geektools: Free tools for engineers, created by CenterGate Research Group. Includes domain/search registration, proxy, traceroute servers, spam, and calculator tools.
Federal Standard 1037C Glossary of Telecommunication Terms
HEI Glossary of Telecommunications Terms
Glossary of Telecommunications Terms (maintained by the Benton Foundation)
TechWeb: The Business Technology Network (searchable database of over 20,000 IT terms; maintained by the Computer Language Company)
WhatIs.com: Includes categories of definitions for telecommunications, networking, software, and hardware.
Newbie Network Terms: general terms for the "novice Internet user"; maintained by the University of Mississippi
ComputerUser.com High-Tech Dictionary: 7000+ high-tech terms (also available in a no-frames version)
DeVry Online Library
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U.S. Government Sources

FedStats: Links to statistics produced by U.S. government agencies
THOMAS: Library of Congress site; contains links to Federal legislative information
U.S. Department of Labor
U.S. Department of Education
National Center for Health Statistics
United States Legislative Branch
Official Federal Government Web Sites of the Executive Branch
Law Library of Congress Guide to Law Online
U.S. Code
GPO Access: includes links to the following sources of information: Federal Register, Congressional Record & Congressional Record Index, Code of Federal Regulations, Budget of the U.S. Government, Congressional Directory, Economic Indicators, Economic Report of the President, GAO Reports, U.S. Government Manual, Public Laws Online, Supreme Court Decisions (1937-1975), and other sites
FirstGov: Links to all 20,000 government sites, organized by "Interesting Topics"
National Security Archive (George Washington University): Provides access to declassified documents acquired through the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA)
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U.S. Statistical Information

Stateline: Provides comparative info on the public policies of all 50 states
50states.com
Council of State Governments
U.S. State Fact Sheets (from the Economic Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture)
State & Metropolitan Area Data Book: PDF file for the 5th Edition (1997-1998) *
Census State Data Centers
State and Local Governments
Statistical Abstract of the United States: 2001 and 2002 editions available online.*
U.S. Census Bureau
Statistics for Cities and Other Places (from the U.S. Census Bureau)
Access to U.S. Demographic Data
DeVry Online Library
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Writing Sources

The Blue Book of Grammar & Punctuation: a companion site for the book by Jane Strauss. The site includes exercises and tests for common grammar and punctuation errors.
Understanding Plagiarism (from the Prentice Hall Companion website)
MIT Online Writing and Communication Center
Writing Resources on the World Wide Web
Writing Tools page from Harvard Writing Center
English Central, the Prentice-Hall site
Columbia Guide to Online Style*
Research and Documentation Online: a comprehensive site by author Diana Hacker, based on her print booklet Research and Documentation in the Electronic Age (3rd ed.). Links are available for examples of in-text citations and various bibliographies & works cited lists for MLA, APA, Chicago, and CBE format styles.
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