(Last updated August 5, 2012)
Biology
Classification of the living world http://www.abdn.ac.uk/~nhi708/classify/index.html
Books (online)
Akron-Summit County Public Library – eBooks
http://akronlibrary.lib.overdrive.com/1C56C993-772C-48C0-B1A3-
8D27EE1A03A2/10/419/en/default.htm
Audible, Inc. an Amazon.com Inc. subsidiary http://www.audible.com
Bartleby.com - ebooks http://www.bartleby.com
eReads.com - http://ereads.com
Google – ebooks
http://books.google.com/ebooks utm_source=HA&utm_medium=BKWS&utm_campaign=launch
Hypertexts - ebooks http://xroads.virginia.edu/~HYPER/hypertex.html
Internet Public Library – online texts http://www.ipl.org/IPLBrowse/GetSubject?
vid=13&cid=1&tid=7011&parent=7006
Net Library – eBooks, eJournals, audiobooks, reference. Access at a library or a college
http://www.netlibrary.com
Ohio Link – full–text resources page, access with password
http://www.ohiolink.edu/resources/dblist.php?by=format&search=fulltext
OnlineBooks.library.epenn.edu –banned books, online books
http://digital.library.upenn.edu/books/banned-books.html
Project Gutenberg http://www.promo.net/pg
Safari Books Online - computer science, information technology, and related fields,
access with a password http://proquest.safaribooksonline.com/?uicode=ohlink
University of Virginia special collections http://etext.lib.virginia.edu/speccol.html
Business
Business Environment (Economy, Social Responsibility, Global Market)
American Institute of Philanthropy – Charity Navigator
http://www.charitynavigator.org
Better Business Bureau – charities and donors
http://www.bbb.org/us/charity
CNNMoney.com – exchange rate and currencies of countries
http://money.cnn.com/data/currencies
Export.gov – export basics, regulations, exchange rates, country and
industry research http://www.export.gov/index.asp
Federal Reserve System – Economic Research and Data
http://www.federalreserve.gov/econresdata/default.htm
Foreign Trade Online – global business expansion information about
products and services to assist manufacturers, exporter, importers, B2B
trade portal http://www.foreign-trade.com/index.htm
GiveWell – charity review http://www.givewell.org
International Monetary Fund – foster global growth, economic stability
http://www.imf.org/external
Mineweb – industrial metals and minerals, precious metals
http://www.mineweb.com/mineweb/view/mineweb/en/page102055?
NAFTA - http://www.nafta-customs.org
Outsourcing Institute – networks of buyers and sellers
http://www.outsourcing.com
U.S. Department of Commerce - Bureau of Economic Analysis
http://www.bea.gov
U.S. Department of Commerce - Bureau of Economic Analysis – National
Economic Accounts http://www.bea.gov/national/nipaweb/Index.asp
U.S. Department of Commerce – International Trade Administration – national trade
data, state export data http://tse.export.gov/TSE/TSEhome.aspx
U.S. Department of Commerce - Trade Compliance Center – monitors
foreign compliance with trade agreements to benefit U.S. firms and workers
http://tcc.export.gov/Country_Market_Research/All_Research_Reports/index.asp
U.S. Department of Commerce - Trade Compliance Center – all trade
agreements http://tcc.export.gov/Trade_Agreements/Exporters_Guides/List_All_Guides/i
ndex.asp
U.S. Department of Labor – Bureau of Labor Statistics – Consumer Price Index
http://stat.bls.gov/cpi
U.S. Department of Labor – Bureau of Labor Statistics – Producer Price
Index http://www.bls.gov/ppi
U.S. Department of the Treasury – Bureau of the Public Debt – to the penny
http://www.treasurydirect.gov/NP/BPDLogin?application=np
Volunteer Match – organizations looking for volunteers
http://www.volunteermatch.org
White House – Economic Issues http://www.whitehouse.gov/issues/economy
White House – Office of Management and Budget
http://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/budget
World Trade Organization http://www.wto.org
XE – up-to-the-minute exchange rates http://www.xe.com/ucc
X-rates – exchange rates, past and present http://www.x-rates.com
Business: Finance
American Bankers Association – voice for the nation’s $13 trillion banking
industry and its 2 million employees http://www.aba.com/default.htm
CFO Magazine – challenges faced by today’s financial managers
http://www.cfo.com
Consumer Bankers Association – national trade association for today’s
leaders in retail banking with services towards consumers and small
businesses https://www.cbanet.org
Credit Union National Association – serves America’s credit unions
http://www.cuna.org,
eligibility to join a credit union http://www.creditunion.coop/cu_locator/quickfind.php
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) – each depositor insured to at
least $250,000 per insured bank http://www.fdic.gov
Federal Open Market Committee Meeting – minutes
http://www.federalreserve.gov/monetarypolicy/fomc.htm
Federal Reserve System – structures and functions
http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/misc/RS20826.pdf, video of how it works
http://www.stlouisfed.org/education_resources/inplainenglishvideo.cfm
Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco – American Currency Exhibit, history
of our money http://www.frbsf.org/currency
Federal Reserve Bank Services – services provided to financial institutions
http://www.frbservices.org
Federal Reserve’s - decisions and actions
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-
dyn/content/linkset/2006/07/18/LI2006071800618.html
Federal Reserve – quiz to test your knowledge
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/business/quizzes/fedquiz.htm
Independent Community Bankers of America – represents interests of the
community banking industry and customers they serve http://www.icba.org
Moody’s – latest news about bond rating upgrades and downgrades
http://v3.moodys.com/Pages/default.aspx
Motley Fool – education for the investor http://www.fool.com
NASDAQ Stock Market – investments http://www.nasdaq.com
New York Stock Exchange Euronext and American Stock Exchange–
investments http://www.nyse.com
Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association (SIFMA) – investing in
bonds http://www.investinginbonds.com
SmallBusinessLoans.com http://www.smallbusinessloans.com
Treasury & Risk – finance practices and tools derived from profiling leading
treasuries and finance departments across the nation
http://www.treasuryandrisk.com/Pages/default.aspx
U.S Department of the Treasury, Office of the Comptroller of the Currency –
regulations for financial institutions http://www.occ.treas.gov
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission – publications for investors and
access to Edgar database of financial reports filed by all public companies
http://www.sec.gov/investor/pubs_alpha.shtml#F
Business Management
About.com – characteristics of effective leaders
http://management.about.com/cs/leadership
About.com – general management issues
http://management.about.com/cs/generalmanagement
ACCEL-Team – motivation in the workplace http://www.accel-
team.com/motivation/index.html
American Association for Affirmative Action -
http://www.affirmativeaction.org/index.html
American Management Association – training and education programs
www.amanet.org
American Society for Training and Development http://www.astd.org
Automatic Date Processing – online services to streamline HR tasks
http://www.adp.com
Bloomberg Business Week – archives – stories about companies
http://www.businessweek.com
Business Publications Search - http://www.bpubs.com
Business Research Lab – how to keep employees and customers satisfied
http://www.busreslab.com/tips/tipses.htm
BuyerZone – HR outsourcing buyer’s guide, advantages, disadvantages
http://www.buyerzone.com/hr-personnel/hr-outsourcing/bg-hr-services-intro
Contingency Planning & Management
http://contingencyplanning.com/events/contingency-
planning-east-2010/home.aspx
Employee Empowerment
http://www.1000ventures.com/business_guide/crosscuttings/employee_empow
erment.html
Entrepreneur.com - search on the term – “corporate culture” – how
entrepreneurs develop corporate culture http://www.entrepreneur.com
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission http://www.eeoc.gov
Excite.com – search engine for information about technologies like robotics,
CAD/CAM systems, or ERP http://www.excite.com
Fastcompany.com - search on the term – “corporate culture” – how
entrepreneurs develop corporate culture http://www.fastcompany.com
Forbes - archives – stories about companies http://www.forbes.com
Fortune – archives – stories about companies http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune
Foundation for Enterprise Development – employee ownership and
entrepreneurism http://www.fed.org
Human Links – evaluate your leadership skills and other skills
http://humanlinks.ws/skilhome.htm
Inc. 500 & 5000 – America’s fastest growing private companies
http://www.inc.com/inc5000/2010/index.html
Inc. - search on the term – “corporate culture” – how entrepreneurs develop
corporate culture http://www.inc.com
Incentive Magazine – staff recognition http://www.incentivemag.com
Integrity Center – how to screen prospective employees http://www.integctr.com
International Organization for Standardization – ISO 9000 – international
consensus of good quality management practices
http://www.iso.org/iso/home.htm
Malcom Baldridge National Quality Award – demonstrating quality and
performance excellence http://asq.org/learn-about-quality/malcolm-
baldrige-award/overview/overview.html and http://www.nist.gov/baldrige
Manpower – recruiting employees: permanent, temporary, contract,
employee assessment, selection, training http://www.manpower.com
Microsoft – Bill Gate’s management style – biography, speeches, other info.
http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/exec/billg/default.aspx?
tab=biography for a different view visit http://www.zpub.com/un/bill
Mindtools – learn to build your own Gantt Chart
http://www.mindtools.com/pages/article/newPPM_03.htm
National Association of Manufacturers - http://www.nam.org
National Center for Employee Ownership - http://www.nceo.org
Nelson Motivation Inc. – ways to motivate and reward employees
http://www.nelson-motivation.com/resources.html
Peopleboard – effective ways for organizations to display their information
http://www.peopleboard.com/default.asp
Project Management Institute - http://www.pmi.org
Prosci Learning Centers – change management methodology http://www.prosci.com
Questia online library – leadership resources – preview books, journals,
other materials http://www.questia.com/app/direct/SM.qst
Recognition Professionals International – staff recognition http://www.recognition.org
Robotics – how they work http://science.howstuffworks.com/robot.htm
Site Selection - magazine for corporate real estate strategy and area
economic development http://www.siteselection.com/portal
Society for Human Resource Management – latest news in the HR field
http://www.shrm.org/Pages/default.aspx
Strategic Advantage – strategic business plans http://www.strategy4u.com
Team Building Inc. – programs and events for training and bonding
http://www.teambuildinginc.com
United Parcel Service – organizational efficiency http://www.ups.com
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services – organizational chart to
show how they are structured http://www.hhs.gov/about/orgchart
U.S. Office of Personnel Management – staff recognition
http://www.opm.gov/perform/reward.asp
Web-based Training Information Center http://www.webbasedtraining.com
Business Management Information Systems
Dropbox.com - online backup, sync, sharing http://www.dropbox.com/
Microsoft Dynamics CRM - http://crm.dynamics.com/en-us
PC Anywhere by Symantec - http://www.symantec.com
Pocket Cloud - http://www.wyse.com/index.asp
Salesforce.com - http://www.salesforce.com
Splashtop - http://www.splashtop.com
Business: Marketing
American Association of Home Based Business http://www.allbusiness.com/membership-
organizations/business-associations-business/4040939-1.html
Advertising Age magazine – latest in advertising, videos, ratings of new ads,
http://adage.com , top 100 advertising campaigns, top 10 jingles, top 10 slogans, top 10
ad icons http://adage.com/century/campaigns.html
American Customer Satisfaction Index http://www.theacsi.org
American Wholesale Marketers Association – distributors of convenience products in the
U.S. http://www.awmanet.org
Animation Library – free animation http://www.animationlibrary.com
Audit Bureau of Circulations – circulation for newspapers, magazines for media buying,
selling http://www.accessabc.com/aboutabc/index.htm
Big Charts Market Watch http://bigcharts.marketwatch.com
Bloomberg - http://www.bloomberg.com
BusinessFinder.com http://www.businessfinder.com
Bzz Agent – word of mouth (WOM) marketing http://www.bzzagent.com
Cause Marketing Forum http://www.causemarketingforum.com
ClickZ – interactive marketing news, advice, research http://www.clickz.com
CNBC http://www.cnbc.com
Cool Site of the Day - http://www.coolsiteoftheday.com
CRM – customer relationship management, latest in customer loyalty programs
http://searchcrm.techtarget.com
Databases: Businesses, Households, Physicians & Surgeons, Big Businesses,
Manufacturers, and Small Business Owners.
http://www.infousa.com/Home/Index/190000/S96011691328870
Direct Marketing Association – stop junk mail to your address http://www.the-
dma.org/index.php
ESRI – how typical is a town or population? http://www.esri.com
Federal Citizen Information Center – request Consumer Information Catalog to increase
your standard of living by spending wisely https://www.pueblo.gsa.gov
Freightworld.com – various modes of transportation, links to companies
http://www.freightworld.com
FTC Guide –use of the word free http://www.ftc.gov/bcp/guides/free.htm
Hoovers.com – companies and industries worldwide http://www.hoovers.com
InboundMarketing.com - training for internet marketing
professionals http://inboundmarketing.com
Industrialwhoswho.com http://www.industrialwhoswho.com
IndustryWeek – marketing research http://www.industryweek.com
Infomine – global mining industry intelligence and technology http://www.infomine.com
Institute for Health and Human Potential – leadership training, coaching,
http://www.ihhp.com/about_ihhp.htm
Investors.com http://www.investors.com
LexisNexis – publications reference http://www.lexisnexis.com
Marketing data http://www.usadata.com
Marketing Research http://www.bitpipe.com
Market Research http://www.marketresearch.com
Market Research http://www.profound.com
Marketing researchers - often used http://www.wiley.com/WileyCDA/Section/id-
350044.html http://library.lexisnexis.com/ws_display.asp?filter=Statistical%20Overview
(Limited access)
MyBestSegments.com – 66 demographically distinct neighborhoods
http://www.claritas.com/MyBestSegments/Default.jsp?ID=0&SubID=&pageName=Home
National Advertising Division of the Council of Better Business Bureaus – companies
currently the target of consumer complaints about advertising http://www.nadreview.org
National Do-Not-Call registry https://www.donotcall.gov/default.aspx
Nielsen’s Online Rating http://enus.nielsen.com/content/nielsen/en_us.html
North American Industry Classification System (NAICS)
http://www.census.gov/eos/www/naics
NUA Internet Surveys http://www.nua.ie/surveys
Office of Management and Budget - Links to over 70 federal agencies
http://www.fedstats.gov
100.com – 100 top radio sites http://www.100topradiosites.com
101PublicRelations.com – how to get publicity for your company
http://101publicrelations.com
Packaging Digest – latest trends in packaging http://www.packagingdigest.com
Pew Research Center – numbers, facts, trends shaping our world
http://pewresearch.org or http://www.pewinternet.org
Playhere.com - contests http://www.playhere.com/index.html
ProfitLogic Inc. – smart-pricing software to improve margins on products
http://www.oracle.com/profitlogic/index.html
ProQuest Databases – article summaries http://www.proquest.com/en-US
Quirks Marketing Research Review - http://www.quirks.com
SpringWise.com – trends and ideas monitored http://springwise.com
Strategic Business Insights – VALS survey to understand consumer behavior
SuperBowl-ads.com – 1998 to present http://superbowl-ads.com
The PRS Group – international country risk guide http://www.prsgroup.com
The Wall Street Journal http://online.wsj.com/home-page
ThomasNet - American manufacturers http://www.thomasnet.com
TVadvertising.com – storyboard examples http://www.commercialtelevision.com
U.S. Census Bureau – census data https://www.census.gov
U.S. Census Bureau – demographic overview - state and county quick facts
http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/00000.html
U.S. Census Bureau – work at home market https://www.census.gov
U.S. Patent and Trademark Office - http://www.uspto.gov
USA Trade Online – export and import data http://www.usatradeonline.gov
USA.gov – portal to all U.S. government websites http://www.usa.gov
Valpak Direct Marketing – coupons http://www.valpak.com/coupons/home
Whitehouse Briefing Room http://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room
World Gold Council – market development organization for the gold industry
http://www.gold.org
Worldwide Business Directory, Industrial codes http://www.naics.org/index.php
ZenithOptimedia Marketers Portal – online resource for marketers
http://www.zenithoptimedia.com/zenith/marketers-portal/
Zillow.com – establishing a home’s value http://www.zillow.com
Business: Marketing: Professional and Trade Associations
American Association of Advertising Agencies www.aaaa.org
American Advertising Federation www.aaf.org
American e-Commerce Association www.aeaus.com
American Marketing Association www.marketingpower.com
American Society of Transportation and Logistics www.astl.org
Association of Magazine Media - http://www.magazine.org
Business Marketing Association www.marketing.org
Council of Public Relations Firms http://www.prfirms.org
Direct Marketing Association www.the-dma.org
Direct Selling Association www.dsa.org
Environmental Defense: Corporate Partnerships www.enverionmentaldefense.org
Institute for Supply Management www.ism.ws
International Advertising Association www.iaaglobal.org
International Franchise Association www www.franchise.org
Marketing Research Association www.mra-net.org
Marketing Science Institute www.msi.org
National Association of Wholesale Distributors www.naw.org
National Mail Order Association www.nmoa.org
National Retail Federation www.nrf.com
Outdoor Advertising Association of America http://www.oaaa.org
Product Development and Management Association www.pdma.org
Promotion Marketing Association http://www.pmalink.org
Public Relations Society of America www.prsa.org
Radio Advertising Bureau http://www.rab.com
Sales and Marketing Executives International www.smei.org
Society for Marketing Professional Services www.smps.org
Trade Shows News Network http://www.tsnn.com
U.S. Internet Industry Association (USIIA) www.usiia.org
Business: Marketing: Selected Periodicals
Ad Week www.adweek.com
Advertising Age www.adage.com
Barons, Dow Jones & Co., Inc. www.barons.com
BrandWeek www.adweek.com
B to B Magazine for Marketing Strategists http://www.btobonline.com
Business 2.0 www.money.cnn.com
Business Horizons www.elsevier.com
BusinessWeek www.businessweek.com
Chain Store Age www.chainstoreage.com
eCommerce Times www.ecommercetimes.com
Fortune www.money.cnn.com
Forbes www.forbes.com
Harvard Business Review www.hbsp.harvard.edu
Industrial Marketing Management www.elsevier.com
International Journal of Electronic Commerce www.mesharpe.com
Journal of the Academy of Marketing Science www.sagepub.com
Journal of Advertising Research www.arfsite.org
Journal of Business and Industrial Marketing www.emeraldinsight.com
Journal of Consumer Marketing www.emeraldinsight.com
Journal of Consumer Research www.journals.uchicago.edu
Journal of Interactive Marketing www.the-dma.org
Journal of Marketing www.marketingpower.com
Journal of Marketing Education www.sagepub.com
Journal of Marketing Research www.marketingpower.com
Journal of Personal Selling and Sales Management www.mkt.cba.cmich.edu/jpssm
Journal of Public Policy and Marketing www.marketingpower.com
Journal of Retailing www.elsevier.com
Marketing Education Review www.marketingeducationreview.com
Marketing Health Services www.marketingpower.com
Marketing Management www.marketingpower.com
Marketing News www.marketingpower.com
Marketing Research www.marketingpower.com
Media Week www.mediaweek.co.uk
PROMO http://promomagazine.com
PR Week - http://www.prweekus.com
Sales & Marketing Management www.salesandmarketing.com
Stores www.nrf.com or www.stores.org
The Wall Street Journal Interactive www.wsj.com
Business Ownership
A Home-Based Business Online – business ideas, opportunities, strategies for the home-
based entrepreneur http://www.ahbbo.com
Association for Corporate Growth http://www.acg.org/global/default.aspx
BeTheBoss.com – franchise directory and franchise industry http://www.betheboss.com
Bizstats – free small business statistics and financial ratios http://www.bizstats.com
Bplans.com – sample business plans http://www.bplans.com
Business Opportunities http://www.franchiseexpo.com.au/
Buyusa.com – find qualified overseas companies to buy your products
http://www.buyusa.com
CNNMoney.com Fortune – details on largest U.S. companies
http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune500
Company Corporation – company formation and development
http://www.incorporate.com/homepage.html
Dun & Bradstreet – business survey summary report http://www.dnb.com
Edward Lowe Foundation – encourages and supports entrepreneurship
http://www.edwardlowe.org/index.elf
Entrepreneur - how-tos for startups http://www.entrepreneur.com/bizstartups/index.html
Entrepreneur – franchising http://www.entrepreneur.com/franchisezone
Entrepreneur – financing your business venture
http://www.entrepreneur.com/money/finance/index.html
Export.gov – helping U.S. companies export http://www.export.gov/index.asp
4Inc.com – compare 3 business structures http://www.4inc.com/compare.htm
Franchise.com http://www.franchise.com
Franchise Handbook – browse by industry, source of information
http://www.franchisehandbook.com
Franchise Solutions http://www.franchisesolutions.com
Franchising Opportunities http://www.franchiseexpo.com.au/
Guerilla Marketing - http://www.gmarketing.com
IndustryWeek – latest merger trends, connecting manufacturing leaders
http://www.industryweek.com/default.aspx
International Franchise Association http://www.franchise.org
National Cooperative Business Association – cooperative business development
http://www.ncba.coop/ncba/about-co-ops
SCORE – free small business advice and planning http://www.score.org/index.html
Starting a Business Resources - feasibility of your new business idea
http://www.bizmove.com/starting/m1b.htm
USA Corporate Services – company formation and management http://www.usa-
corporate.com
U.S. Department of Commerce – International Trade Administration – promotes fair trade
http://www.trade.gov/index.asp
U.S. Department of Commerce – Minority Business Development Agency
http://www.mbda.gov
U.S. Small Business Administration – business development
http://www.sba.gov/index.html
U.S. Small Business Administration – international trade, potential markets
http://www.sba.gov/aboutsba/sbaprograms/internationaltrade/index.html
U.S. Small Business Administration – small business training
http://www.sba.gov/training
U.S. Trade and Development Agency – export opportunities http://www.ustda.gov
Wall Street Journal – Business for Sale – valuing small companies, stimulates questions
to ask when buying a business http://online.wsj.com/public/page/news-small-business-
marketing.html
Womanowned.com – assists women working through all of the steps of starting and
owning a business http://www.womanowned.com
Business Reviews
Angie's List http://www.angieslist.com/angieslist/
Blog entries about services http://blogsearch.google.com –
Blog monitoring http://www.buzzlogic.com
Blog monitoring http://www.reputationdefender.com
Blog entries about services http://technorati.com
Yelp http://www.yelp.com/about
Business: Technology, Financial Information and Accounting
About.com – wireless and networking http://compnetworking.about.com
AccountingToday for the WebCPA – latest news in accounting industry
http://www.accountingtoday.com
AccountingWeb – latest news in the accounting industry, resources
http://www.accountingweb.com
Brint – intranets, extranets, portals http://www.brint.com/Intranets.htm
CERT – internet security vulnerabilities, networks http://www.cert.org
CIO – introduction to IT topics http://www.cio.com
CNetNews.com – current: tech news, enterprise computing, e-business, communications,
media, personal technology http://news.cnet.com
Computerworld – computer security
http://www.computerworld.com/securitytopics/security
Excelco – assistance to choose the best accounting applications http://www.excelco.com
Federal Trade Commission – identity theft http://www.ftc.gov/bcp/edu/microsites/idtheft
Financial Accounting Standards Board – governs preparation of financial reports by
nongovernmental entities, authorized by SEC http://www.fasb.org/home
Grid Computing Information Center – sharing computational resources
http://www.gridcomputing.com
IBM – guide to understanding financial statements
http://www.ibm.com/investor/help/guide/introduction.wss
Infor – business software http://www.infor.com
Intranet Journal http://www.intranetjournal.com
Oracle.com – business software http://www.oracle.com/index.html
SAP – business software http://www.sap.com/index.epx
Snopes.com – real or hoax http://www.snopes.com
Unified-Messaging.com – combining email, fax, voicemail, etc, into one interface
http://unified-messaging.com
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission – types of information companies must file
with SEC http://www.sec.gov/index.htm
Webopedia - definitions of computer terms http://www.webopedia.com
ZDNet – current tech news http://www.zdnet.com
Car Buying, Consumer Goods Price Comparison
Autobytel.com – best car prices shopping site http://www.autobytel.com
AutoTrader.com – best car prices shopping site http://www.autotrader.com
AutoWeb.com – best car prices shopping site http://www.autoweb.com
BlueFly – best bargains http://www.bluefly.com
Bottomdollar.com – compare brands, features, prices of products
http://www1.bottomdollar.com
Carfax – vehicle history reports, enter VIN # http://www.carfax.com
CNET – electronic products ratings http://reviews.cnet.com/?tag=hdr;brandnav
Consumer Reports Magazine – consumer product ratings
http://www.consumerreports.org/cro/index.htm
Edmunds.com – car-buying guide http://www.edmunds.com
E-loan – free quote for auto loan or lease http://www.eloan.com
Evalueville.com – best bargains http://cgi3.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?
ViewUserPage&userid=evalueville
Free Coupons online http://www.free-coupons-online.com
Kelly Blue Book – trade-in value of your car http://www.kbb.com
MySimon.com – compare brands, features, prices of products http://www.mysimon.com
Overstock.com – best bargains http://www.overstock.com
SmartBargains.com – best bargains http://www.smartbargains.com
ZDNet – electronic products ratings http://www.zdnet.com/?tag=header;header-pri
Careers and Job Search (books and links)
AccessSalesJobs.com http://www.accesssalesjobs.com/hc3.asp
Air Force Civilian Service http://www.afciviliancareers.com/index.php
American Marketing Association and Career Assistance
http://www.marketingpower.com/Careers/Pages/JobBoard.aspx or
http://www.marketingpower.com/Pages/default.aspx
ARTICLE: Experts give tips to college grads seeking first job, USA Today, 11-26-10
http://www.usatoday.com/money/perfi/tips/2010-11-25-job-serching-skills-
graduates_N.htm
CareerOneStop - sponsored by the U. S. Department of Labor http://www.jobbankinfo.org
CareerXRoads - E-staffing, recruiting, consulting http://www.careerxroads.com
Careers – career resources and job search http://www.careers.org
CareerBoard.com http://www.careerboard.com/
Career Builder – job search http://www.careerbuilder.com
Careers in Business http://www.careers-in-marketing.com
CareerNet.com http://www.careernet.com
CareerOneStop http://www.jobbankinfo.org
CareerSite.com http://www.careersite.com
CollegeGrad.com http://www.collegegrad.com
Coolworks.com – seasonal work http://www.coolworks.com
eMarketingSilo.com – 1 of 5 top job sites http://www.emarketingsilo.com
Employmentcrossing.com http://www.employmentcrossing.com
Environmental Career Center http://environmentalcareer.com
Environmental Career Opportunities http://www.ecojobs.com
ExecutNet.com http://www.execunet.com
FINS - Sales and Marketing careers http://www.fins.com
Fortune - 100 Best Companies to work for
http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/bestcompanies/2010
Great Places to Work for 25 Years http://greatplacetowork.com/best/100best-2009.php
Green Career Central http://www.greencareercentral.com
HomeFair.com – relocation crime lab, moving calculator, city snapshots,
http://www.homefair.com/index.asp?cc=1
Interviewing Principles and Practices, 12th ed. Chapter 8: The Employment Interview by
Charles J. Stewart and William B. Cash, McGraw-Hill, 2008.
Indeed.com - 1 of 5 top job sites http://www.indeed.com
International Career Fair http://www.internationalcareerfair.com/jsp/core/PlageHome.jsp
International Jobs Center http://www.internationaljobs.org
International Public Management Association for Human Resources – careers in human resources http://www.ipma-hr.org/public-sector-hr-community/students
Job Bank USA http://www.jobbankusa.com
Job.com http://www.job.com
JobHunt.com http://www.jobhunt.com
Job-hunt.org – links to 16,500 employers & job search resources http://www.job-hunt.org
JobWeb – career and job search http://www.jobweb.com
LinkedIn.com - 1 of 5 top job sites http://www.linkedin.com
MarketingJobs.com http://www.marketingjobs.com
Marketing Pilgrim - 1 of 5 top job sites http://www.marketingpilgrim.com
Marketing Sherpa’s Job Classifieds - 1 of 5 top job sites
http://www.marketingsherpa.com/content/?q=node/add/post-job
Minorities Job Bank http://www.minorities-jb.com
Monster College http://college.monster.com
Monster + Hot Jobs http://hotjobs.yahoo.com
Monster.com http://www.monster.com
MonsterTrack.com - http://www.monstertrack.
National Association of Colleges and Employers http://www.naceweb.org/home.aspx
National Career Fairs - http://www.nationalcareerfairs.com
National Human Genome Research Institute http://www.genome.gov
NationJob.com http://www.nationjob.com
Occupational Information Network http://ndparking.com/ontcenter.org
Occupational Outlook Handbook 2010-11 Edition http://www.bls.gov/oco/oco2003.htm
Ohio Department of Job and Family Services http://jfs.ohio.gov
OhioMeansJobs.com https://ohiomeansjobs.com/omj
Ohio Rehabiliation Services Commission http://www.rsc.ohio.gov/default.htm
One Stop Ohio http://www.onestopohio.org/Jobseekers.asp
PenguinLink https://ysu-csm.symplicity.com/employers
Predictive Index – Interviewing Survey http://www.rrvbc.org/wp-
content/uploads/2010/01/Predictive-Index-Organization-Survey-Checklist.pdf
Rileyguide.com – sources for women, minorities, and disabled http://www.rileyguide.com
SalesJobs.com - world’s largest sales employment site http://www.salesjobs.com
Salary.com http://www.salary.com
SocialService.com – social service job site http://www.socialservice.com
Student Central – entry-level jobs http://www.studentcentral.com
StudentJobs.com http://www.studentjobs.com
TargetedJobFairs.com http://www.targetedjobfairs.com/tjf
Teamworkonline.com http://www.teamworkonline.com/ - sports jobs
True Careers – job search and career advice http://www.truecareers.com
U.S. Department of Labor Bureau of Labor Statistics http://www.bls.gov
U.S. Office of Personnel Management - federal government work http://www.usajobs.gov
Vault.com http://www.vault.com/wps/portal/usa/home
Street Journal’s Career site – interview skills and job hunting
http://online.wsj.com/public/page/news-career-jobs.html
WetFeet.com http://www.wetfeet.com
Youngstown State University Career Services http://www.ysu.edu/career-services
College Learning Tools
Algebra learning tool http://www.purplemath.com
College – Save Time and Money
About.com - book reviews - http://contemporarylit.about.com/
Apple Computer – special prices
http://store.apple.com/us/browse/campaigns/education_pricing?afid=p219%
7CGOUS&cid=AOS-US-KWG-BTS10
Bigwords.com – new and used textbooks, books, dvds, music, games
http://www.bigwords.com
Bookrags.com - book summaries online – largest collection http://www.bookrags.com
CLEP exams http://www.collegeboard.com/student/testing/clep/about.html
Cliffnotes.com - summaries of books and stories http://cliffnotes.com
CollegePlus.com – colleges listing http://www.collegeplus.com
Delicious.com - social bookmarking http://www.delicious.com
Efollett – largest network to college textbooks (and grades K-12)
https://www.efollett.com/Home/10001-10051-1?demoKey=d
Expedia – travel and vacation http://www.expedia.com
Fastweb – resource for paying and preparing for college http://www.fastweb.com
Flash Notes – buy and sell class notes, study guides, book summaries
http://www.flashnotes.com
HowStuffWorks.com - http://www.howstuffworks.com
Journeyed.com – reduced prices on software to verified college students
http://www.journeyed.com/students
Sparknotes.com - summaries of books and stories http://www.sparknotes.com/sparknotes
Student Advantage – student discount program for purchases
http://www.studentadvantage.com/discountcard
Travelocity – travel and vacation http://www.travelocity.com
Varsitybooks.com – textbooks: buy, sell, rent, free http://www.varsitybook.com
Wiggio – working in groups tool http://wiggio.com
Communication (books and links)
Area Codes http://www.allareacodes.com/
Chicago Manual of Style
, 15th ed., by the University of Chicago Press, ed.
(University of Chicago Press, 2003)
Eats, Shoots & Leaves: The Zero Tolerance Approach to Punctuation, by Lynne Truss
(Gotham Books, 2004)
Google groups http://groups.google.com/?pli=1
In Our Own Words: Extraordinary Speeches of the American Century by Torricelli, R., &
Carroll, A. (Eds.). (1999).New York: Simon and Schuster, Inc.
Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy - fallacies - peer-reviewed academic resource
http://www.iep.utm.edu/f
Nizkor Project - fallacies http://www.nizkor.org/features/fallacies
On Writing, by Stephen King (Simon & Schuster, 2001)
Petitions (online) http://www.signon.org/create_start.html?add_id=1&id=41021-21898914-DMeZoQx
Purdue Owl Writing Lab
– APA, MLA, formatting, style, writing letters and resumes
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/560/01/
The Elements of Style, 4th ed., by William Strunk Jr. and E. B. White (Pearson Ed, 1999)
The Greatest Speeches of All-time [DVD] by Soundworks USA Inc. (Producer).
(no Director). (1998). (Available from Soundworks USA, Inc. P.O. Box 4608,
Rolling Bay, WA 98061-0608, www.soundworks.net).
The Speaker’s Guidebook: Text and Reference by O’Hair, D., Stewart, R., & Rubenstein,
H. (2004). (2nd ed.) Boston: Bedford/St. Martins.
The World’s Great Speeches (4th-enlarged ed.) by Copeland, L., Lamm,
L.W., & McKenna, S. J. (Eds). (1999). Mineola: Dover Publications, Inc.
WhitePages.com - phone # search http://www.whitepages.com
YellowPages.com – phone # search http://www.yellowpages.com
Zipcodes http://www.unitedstateszipcodes.org/
Zipcode look-up, Addresses http://zip4.usps.com/zip4/welcome.jsp
Computer Magazines
InfoWorld – magazine about business computing, applications for mainframes, servers
http://www.infoworld.com
MacLife – slightly more technical magazine http://www.maclife.com
Macworld – magazine about hardware, software, internet issues
http://www.macworld.com
PC Magazine – news and reviews http://www.pcmag.com
PC World – magazine about personal computers, archives past issues
http://www.pcworld.com/#new
Scientific American – magazine about science, technology
in http://www.scientificamerican.com
Technology Review – magazine http://www.technologyreview.com
Wired – magazine about business technology http://www.wired.com
Computer Security
Password Protection https://agilebits.com/onepassword
Crime History and Investigation
Family Watchdog – safety alerts and recalls
http://www.familywatchdog.us/safetyinfo/safetycategorylist.asp
Federal Bureau of Investigation http://www.fbi.gov
National Sex Offender Registry Sites http://www.nsopw.gov/Core/PublicRegistrySites.aspx
Dictionaries, Encyclopedias and Language Tools
Babblefish.com - language translation tool http://www.babblefish.com
Bartleby.com - fact book, dictionaries, thesaurus, e-books, quotations
http://www.bartleby.com
FreeTranslation.com - language translation tool http://www.freetranslation.com
Google Translate - http://translate.google.com
I-tools - specialized dictionaries http://www.itools.com/lang
Merriam Webster dictionary, thesaurus, medical - http://www.merriam-
webster.com/dictionary.htm
Visuwords.com – graphical dictionary http://www.visuwords.com/
WordReference.com - language translation tool http://wordreference.com
Yahoo – dictionaries http://education.yahoo.com/reference/dict_en_es/english/ice%
20cream;_ylt=Ap_rHtiSrax13YM1rn4t2p7_s8sF )
YourDictionary.com - specialized dictionaries http://www.yourdictionary.com
Directories
411.info – Nationwide residential and business directory http://www.411.info
Any Who AT&T - U.S. & international phone numbers, maps http://www.anywho.com
Central Intelligence Agency - world leaders - Chiefs of State and Cabinet Members of
Foreign governments https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/world-leaders-1/index.html
Infospace - Nationwide Yellow Pages, White Pages and Classifieds http://infospace.com
Switchboard - Nationwide residential and business directory http://www.switchboard.com
U.S. Department of State - State Department list of staff members of diplomatic
missions to the U.S. http://www.state.gov/s/cpr/rls/dpl
U.S. Department of State - State Department list of staff and locations of consular offices http://www.state.gov/s/cpr/rls/fco
U.S. Postal Service - zip code look-up, Addresses http://zip4.usps.com/zip4/welcome.jsp
Education (free)
Academic Earth http://www.academicearth.org
Fact Checking Sources
Media Matters for America http://mediamatters.org
Factcheck.org http://www.factcheck.org
LexisNexis http://www.lexisnexis.com (Limited access, requires affiliation, subscription)
File Sharing
Senduit.com - 30 minutes to 1 week storage time http://www.senduit.com
Turnitin.com – academic use http://www.turnitin.com/login_page.asp
Whalemail.com - 10 MB to 2 GB https://www.whalemail.com
Fundraising (books)
The Grass Roots Fundraising Book by Flanagan, J. (1982). Chicago, IL: Contemporary Books.
Successful Fundraising: A Complete Handbook for Volunteers and Professionals by Flanagan, J. (1991). Chicago, IL: Contemporary Books.
Successful Fundraising: A Handbook of Proven Strategies and Techniques by Grasty, W., & Sheinkopf, K. (1982). New York: Scribner.
Genealogy Resources and Software
Genopro – family tree software http://www.genopro.com
ScotClans http://www.scotclans.com
Health and Medical
Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology http://www.jacionline.org
Medline Plus http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus (Trusted health information)
History and World Civilization
Ancient China http://www.crystalinks.com/china.html
Ancient Roman Law http://www.crystalinks.com/romelaw.html
Avalon Project, Yale Law School – documents in law, history, and diplomacy
http://avalon.law.yale.edu
Black Death – Modern Nightmare? http://www.firstscience.com/site/articles/black-
death.asp
Columbiana County History http://www.firstohio.com
Death and the Samurai http://www.samurai-archives.com/death.html
Decline of the Ottoman Empire
http://www.hyperhistory.net/apwh/essays/cot/t1w26ottomandecline.htm
EuroDocs – online sources for European history
http://eudocs.lib.byu.edu/index.php/Main_Page
Film History http://www.filmsite.org/filmh.html
Greek Contributions to our World http://elton-atlantis.blogspot.com/2007/05/research-
greek-contributions-to-our.html
Internet History Sourcebooks Project – ancient, medieval, modern
http://www.fordham.edu/halsall
Kings (Pharaohs) of Ancient Egypt http://www.touregypt.net/featurestories/pharaohs.htm
Labyrinth – resources for Medieval Studies http://labyrinth.georgetown.edu
Leonardo da Vinci http://www.mos.org/leonardo/scientist.html
Magazine History http://www.well.com/user/art/maghist01.html
Magna Carta - http://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/magna_carta.htm
Making of America – American social history http://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/moagrp
Medieval Miracles of Healing – Medical Science
http://www.themiddleages.net/life/health.html
Mongol Empire http://www.wsu.edu/~dee/CHEMPIRE/YUAN.HTM
Newspapers History http://www.nyu.edu/classes/stephens/Collier's%20page.htm
Library Links
Academic Libraries
American Library Association http://www.ala.org
Carnegie Mellon University Libraries http://search.library.cmu.edu
Duke University – Guide to Library Research
http://library.duke.edu/services/instruction/libraryguide
Maag Library, Youngstown State University http://www.maag.ysu.edu/
OhioLink Home page http://www.ohiolink.edu
OhioLink Member Libraries http://www.ohiolink.edu/members-info
University of California, Berkeley – tutorials on research, resources
http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/Help/tutorials.php
University of California, UCLA – How-to Guides to use library systems
http://www.library.ucla.edu/libraries/college/11605.cfm
University of Pittsburgh Library System http://www.library.pitt.edu
Public Libraries
Columbiana & Mahoning County Libraries
http://www.libraryvisit.org/wick/libraries.htm#columbiana
Northeast Ohio Regional Library System http://www.nolanet.org
Ohio Public Libraries http://www.oplin.lib.oh.us/fal.php?msg=
Ohio Public Library Information Network http://www.oplin.lib.oh.us
Salem Public Library http://www.salem.lib.oh.us
Warren-Trumbull County Public Library http://www.wtcpl.lib.oh.us
Wick Avenue Information Bridge http://www.libraryvisit.org/Wick/home.htm
Youngstown Public Library http://www.libraryvisit.org
Other Library Resources and Research Tools
Google Scholar – scholarly literature http://scholar.google.com
HowStuffWorks.com http://www.howstuffworks.com
International Directory of Search Engines http://www.searchenginecolossus.com
Internet Archive – internet library http://www.archive.org
Internet Assigned Numbers Authority - protocols that drive the internet
http://www.iana.org
Internet Public Library – all, kids, teens, newspapers, magazines http://www.ipl.org
Internet Scout Project http://scout.wisc.edu/index.php
Library of Congress Homepage http://www.loc.gov/homepage/lchp.html and Library of
Congress, American Memory http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/index.html
Library Servers via the WWW http://lists.webjunction.org/libweb
Net Library – eBooks, eJournals, audiobooks, reference, Register at a library
http://www.netlibrary.com
ResearchNavigator.com – resource for college research assignments
http://www.researchnavigator.com/index.asp
Survey Monkey – web-based surveys
http://www.surveymonkey.com/MyAccount_Login.aspx
WWW Virtual Library http://vlib.org
WorldCat: Accessible through the Youngstown Public Library
http://www.oclc.org/default.htm
Yahoo directory http://dir.yahoo.com
Local and Regional Resources
Journal http://business-journal.com
Butler Institute of American Art http://www.butlerart.com
Cleveland Live http://www.cleveland.com
MahoningValley.info http://mahoningvalley.info
Mill Creek MetroParks http://www.millcreekmetroparks.com
Ohio Historical Society http://www.ohiohistory.org
Open Directory Project—Northeast Ohio
http://www.dmoz.org/Regional/North_America/United_States/Ohio/Regions/Northeast
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame http://rockhall.com
Salem High School Alumni Association, Ohio http://salemohioalumni.org
Salem Historical Society http://salemhistoricalsociety.org
The Covelli Center http://www.chevroletcentre.com
The Vindicator http://www.vindy.com
Tribune Chronicle http://www.tribtoday.com
Maps/ Atlases / Directions
About.com/Geography http://geography.about.com/od/findmaps/Maps.htm
City Map Sites http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/map_sites/cities_sites.html
Google Maps http://maps.google.com/maps
Maps.com World’s largest map store http://www.maps.com
The Map Guide - World Maps and Atlases http://www.stjernberg.com/maps/mapguide.htm
Map Quest – Driving Directions http://classic.mapquest.com
Maps On Us - Driving Directions http://www.mapsonus.com/mapsonus
National Geographic maps http://maps.nationalgeographic.com/maps
U.S. Government Map Resources http://www.usa.gov/Topics/Maps.shtml
WorldAtlas.com http://www.worldatlas.com/aatlas/world.htm
Movies and TV
Current – current TV http://current.com
Entertainment Network News, ENN - movie news links http://www.enn2.com/movies.htm
EpGuides.com – episode lists for TV shows http://epguides.com
FilmRatings.com http://www.filmratings.com
Hulu - movies and TV http://www.hulu.com
Internet Movie Database http://www.imdb.com
Movies.com – movie news, in theaters http://www.movies.com
Movieweb.com – movies and TV http://www.movieweb.com
Public Broadcasting Service, PBS http://www.pbs.org
Networking
Business Network International BNI – the world’s largest business networking
organization http://www.bni.com
Kiwanis International http://kiwanis.org
Mahoning Valley Positive People Network, P.O. Box 9022, Boardman, OH 44513
Mahoning Valley Professional 20/30 Club http://www.mvp2030club.org
Meetup.com - the world's largest network of local groups. http://www.meetup.com
Rotary International http://www.rotary.org
U.S. Chamber of Commerce http://www.uschamber.com
Youngstown/Warren Regional Chamber http://www.regionalchamber.com
News, Radio, Sports
British Broadcast Company http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio/
CataList – catalog of LISTSERV lists http://www.lsoft.com/catalist.html
Fora.tv – video programs on the people, issues, ideas changing the world http://fora.tv/
GlobalIncidentMap.com - global display of terrorism and other suspicious events
https://www.globalincidentmap.com/user.php
Kent State University - classical music and news http://www.wksu.org/listen/
Kidon Media Link – links to 19,740 newspapers and other news sources from almost
every country and territory in the world http://www.kidon.com/media-link/index.php
Mashable - news about social and digital media, technology, web culture
http://mashable.com/
National Public Radio http://www.npr.org/
NewsCentral – links to national newspapers http://www.all-links.com/newscentral
NewsLink – newspapers, magazines, radio, and TV networks of the world
http://www.newslink.org
Pacifica.org – Pacifica Radio http://pacifica.org
Pandora Internet Radio http://www.pandora.com
Popurls.com - latest web-buzz from the most popular sites on the internet
http://popurls.com/
Public Radio International http://www.pri.org/404.html?
url=http://www.pri.org/ways_listen.html
Tile.Net/Lists – reference guide to E-mail Newsletters & Discussion Lists
http://tile.net/lists
Web-Radio http://www.radio-directory.com/
WKSU – Kent State University radio http://www.wksu.org/listen/
WYSU – Youngstown State University radio http://wysu.org/ffmp3/listen.php
Newswires and Networks
ABC News http://abcnews.go.com
CBS News http://www.cbsnews.com
ESPN http://espn.go.com
Fox News http://www.foxnews.com
Fox Sports Online http://msn.foxsports.com
MSNBC News http://www.msnbc.msn.com
PBS Online http://www.pbs.org
Wired http://www.wired.com
Nursing Homes Research
Medicare.gov - The Official U.S. Government Site for Medicare http://www.medicare.gov
State of Ohio Long-term Care Consumer Nursing Guide http://www.ltcohio.org
Online Newspapers and Magazines
Craigslist.org – online classifieds http://www.craigslist.org
Financial Times http://www.ft.com/home/uk
Los Angeles Times http://www.latimes.com
New York Times http://www.nytimes.com
The Digital Journalist http://www.digitaljournalist.org/index.html
The Times (England) http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/news
The Washington Post http://www.washingtonpost.com
Time Magazine http://www.time.com/time/index.html
TraderOnline – online classifieds http://www.traderonline.com
USA Today http://www.usatoday.com
U.S. News and World Report http://www.usnews.com
Webreference.com – guide to webzines
http://www.webreference.com/internet/magazines
Opposing Viewpoints
Opposing Viewpoints Series by Greenhaven Press - controversial issues
http://www.informationaccess.com/servlet/BrowseSeriesServletcf=ps®ion=9&imprint=
070&titleCode=GOVPL&page=1
Procon.org - pros and cons of controversial issues http://www.procon.org
Taking Sides Series by McGraw-Hill – pros and cons of controversial issues
http://highered.mcgrawhill.com/sites/0076667771/student_view0/ index.html
Photos
Photosynth - converts photos to 3D http://photosynth.net/default.aspx
Walgreens -photo developinghttp://photo.walgreens.com/walgreens/selectalbumreprints
Psychology (book)
Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (4th ed. text revision), by American
Psychiatric Association, (2000). Arlington: American Psychiatric Association.
Recipes and Restaurant Finder
CooksIllustrated.com http://www.cooksillustrated.com
FoodNetwork.com http://www.foodnetwork.com
Restaurant.com http://www.restaurant.com/index.asp?gc=1&pgn=home
Search Engines and Subject Guides to the Internet
Favorite Search Engines
All the Web http://www.alltheweb.com
Excite http://www.excite.com
Google http://www.google.com
Google Scholar http://scholar.google.com
Hot Bot http://www.hotbot.com/?
&diktfc=EABD4A54DD8CCE5DE4A7B497C697B3B67E6901245D42
Teoma http://teoma.com
Web Crawler http://webcrawler.com
Wisenut http://en.wisenut.com
Yahoo http://www.yahoo.com
Yippy http://search.yippy.com
Meta-searchers for searching multiple search engines
Dogpile http://www.dogpile.com
Ixquick http://www.ixquick.com
Mamma http://www.mamma.com
Search http://www.search.com
Use a guide prepared by authorities in the subject field.
Eserver.org – accessible writing - 100s of writers, editors, scholars gather, publish
35,000 works free of charge http://eserver.org
Internet Public Library Reference Center http://www.ipl.org/div/special
Internet Scout Report http://scout.wisc.edu/Reports/ScoutReport/Current
Librarians’ Index to the Internet http://www.ipl.org
Political Information http://www.politicalinformation.com
Scholarly Internet Resource Collections http://infomine.ucr.edu
Virtual Reference Shelf - Library of Congress http://www.loc.gov/rr/askalib/virtualref.html
Voice of the Shuttle – humanities research http://vos.ucsb.edu
WWW Virtual Library Subject Catalogue http://vlib.org
Don’t know where to start? Try one of these guides:
Search Engine Watch http://searchenginewatch.com
Searching the Web http://libweb.uoregon.edu/guides/searchweb
Small business guide to search marketing http://www.searchengineguide.com
Smith Family Links
Thaddeus Smith – professional website http://thaddeussmith.info
Daniel E. Smith – knot tying hobby http://knotical-arts.com/tji2004.html
Software Links
Adobe http://www.adobe.com
Adobe Reader http://get.adobe.com/reader
Apple QuickTime http://www.apple.com/quicktime
Apple iTunes http://www.apple.com/itunes/download
Irfanview http://www.irfanview.com/index.htm (Very fast, graphic viewer)
Microsoft Windows Internet Explorer http://www.microsoft.com/windows/internet-
explorer/default.aspx
Microsoft Windows Media Player http://windows.microsoft.com/en-
US/windows/downloads/windows-media-player
Mozilla http://www.mozilla.org
Opera Browser http://www.opera.com
Real Player http://www.real.com/realplayer
Winamp Media Player http://www.winamp.com
Travel
CheapFlights.co.uk http://www.cheapflights.co.uk
Europe’s Discount Airlines: Ryanair http://www.ryanair.com/en Easy Jet
http://www.easyjet.com/asp/en/book/index.asp?lang=en
Orbitz – hotels, flights, cars, cruises, activities http://www.orbitz.com/
Transportation Security Administration - travel tips for airlines, rail, and subway
http://www.tsa.gov/travelers/airtravel/holiday.shtm
Travelocity – flights, hotels, cars, rail, cruises, http://www.travelocity.com/
U.S. Airways - http://www.usairways.com/default.aspx
United States Government
American Civil Liberties Union - http://www.aclu.org
Annenberg Public Policy Center – intersection of media, communication, public policy
http://www.annenbergpublicpolicycenter.org
Bloomberg – business, finance, government http://www.bloomberg.com
Capweb Political Blog – blog for the people and by the people http://capweb.net
Center for American Women and Politics, Rutgers – promote women’s participation in
politics and government http://www.cawp.rutgers.edu
Central Intelligence Agency https://www.cia.gov
Charters of Freedom: Declaration of Independence, Constitution of the United States, Bill
of Rights http://www.archives.gov/exhibits/charters
CNBC.com – business news http://www.cnbc.com
CNN Money http://money.cnn.com
CNN Politics http://www.cnn.com/POLITICS
Conservative Caucus - http://www.conservativeusa.org
Constitution of the United States
http://www.archives.gov/exhibits/charters/constitution.html
C-SPAN.org – House floor debates http://www.c-span.org
Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee http://www.dccc.org
Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee http://www.dscc.org
Democrats.org – The Democratic Party http://www.democrats.org
Democratic Socialists of America http://www.dsausa.org/dsa.html
Economagic.com – historical economic data http://www.economagic.com
FedStats – statistics from over 100 agencies http://www.fedstats.gov
FindLaw – largest legal directory, full-text of all federal and state court decisions
http://public.findlaw.com
Gallup – public opinion polls, daily news about political, economic, and social issues
http://www.gallup.com/home.aspx
Governing – intelligence and analysis on management, policy, politics
http://www.governing.com
Government Printing Office Access
Green Parties worldwide http://www.greens.org
Harris Poll online public opinion polls http://www.harrispollonline.com
Intute – locates useful social science resources http://www.intute.ac.uk/socialsciences
Journalism.org – Project for Excellence in Journalism http://www.journalism.org
Law Library of Congress http://www.loc.gov/law
Lawriter – Ohio laws and rules, Ohio Revised Code http://codes.ohio.gov
Legal Information Institute – Cornell University Law School – federal and state law
http://www.law.cornell.edu
Libertarian Party http://www.lp.org
Library of Congress – Bills, Resolutions, House,
Senate, http://thomas.loc.gov/home/bills_res.html
Library of Congress – Bills introduced in the 111th Congress
http://thomas.loc.gov/home/Browse.php?n=bills&c=111
Library of Congress – Bill summary & status 111th Congress
http://thomas.loc.gov/home/LegislativeData.php
National Archives – federal laws, policy & regulations http://www.archives.gov/records-
mgmt/laws
National Conference of State Legislatures http://www.ncsl.org
National Republican Congressional Committee http://www.nrcc.org
National Republican Senatorial Committee http://www.nrsc.org
Newseum – Washington, D.C.’s interactive museum of news http://www.newseum.org
OnTheIssues.org http://www.ontheissues.org/about.htm
OpenSecrets.org – nonpartisan guide to money’s influence on U.S. elections and public
policy http://www.opensecrets.org
Pew Research Center – opinion research about attitudes toward the press, politics, public
policy issues http://people-press.org
Political Information – search engine for politics, policy, political news
http://www.politicalinformation.com
Polling Report.com – nonpartisan trends in American public opinion
http://www.pollingreport.com
Project Vote Smart – backgrounds of political candidates
http://www.votesmart.org/index.htm
Public Agenda – understanding critical issues http://www.publicagenda.org
Reform Party National Committee http://reformparty.org
Republican National Committee - http://www.gop.com/index.php
Roll Call – the newspaper of Capitol Hill since 1955 http://www.rollcall.com
Slate – daily web magazine with commentary about politics, etc http://www.slate.com
Southeastern Legal Foundation http://www.southeasternlegal.org
The White House - http://www.whitehouse.gov
United Nations http://www.un.org/en
U.S. Census Bureau – information on reported voting and registration
http://www.census.gov/hhes/www/socdemo/voting/index.html
U.S. Commission on National Security/21st Century http://govinfo.library.unt.edu/nssg
U.S. Courts - http://www.uscourts.gov/Home.aspx
U.S. Department of Defense http://www.defense.gov
U.S. Department of Education http://www.ed.gov
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services http://www.hhs.gov
U. S. Department of Justice http://www.justice.gov
U.S. Department of State http://www.state.gov
U.S. Department of the Treasury, Bureau of the Public Debt
http://www.treasurydirect.gov/NP/BPDLogin?application=np
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency http://www.epa.gov
U. S. Geological Survey http://www.usgs.gov
U. S. Government - Information and Services http://www.usa.gov/About.shtml
U.S. Government Printing Office, GPO Access http://www.gpoaccess.gov/index.html
U. S. House of Representatives http://www.house.gov
U.S. National Archives and Records Administration http://www.archives.gov
U.S. Office of Personnel Management http://www.opm.gov
U. S. Senate http://www.senate.gov/index.htm
Urban Institute – social and economic issues http://www.urban.org/about
White House Historical Association http://www.whitehousehistory.org
Weather
CNN.com--Weather http://weather.cnn.com/weather/forecast.jsp
Intellicast.com http://www.intellicast.com
National Weather Service http://www.nws.noaa.gov
TV Weather http://www.tvweather.org
UM Weather http://cirrus.sprl.umich.edu/wxnet
The Weather Channel http://www.weather.com
Weather Underground http://www.wunderground.com
Yahoo Weather Forecast http://weather.yahoo.com