Population, housing, economic and geographic data from the
United States Government. Includes access to online
versions of Statistical Abstract of the United States and
other statistical references. |
The Bureau of Labor Statistics is the principal fact-finding agency for
the Federal Government in the broad field of labor economics and statistics. |
A directory with links to an large number of reference web sites. |
Includes links to reference web sites, on-line books, magazines and newspapers. |
A web site for librarians and teachers. It has links to many useful
reference sources. |
A web site with links to a very broad range of resources in the humanities,
art and music and other subjects. |
This web site is maintained by university librarians for the use of students
and faculty. |
This reference work has detailed facts about every country and territory
in the world. It includes basic facts about geography, people, government,
economy, military, and more. |
Access to ERIC, a large collection of abstracts to
research on education. There is also an archive of over
2000 lesson plans and links to resource guides on subjects
in the field of education. |
Compares
190
countries to each other in more than 140 categories,
ranging from population size to electricity consumption
per person. Uses the previous year's CIA World Factbook
statistics, but formats them into comparison tables. |
Basic reference information
about many businesses, news stories about companies or industries. They charge for more in depth information. |
Lists heads of state and heads of government of all
countries and territories, going back to about 1700. Also included are the subdivisions of various countries,
as well as a selection of international and religious
organizations. |
Provides searching of a large
number of online reference sources such as dictionaries,
encyclopedias, thesauri, rhyming dictionaries, atlases,
quotations, artists, and acronyms. |
This is a commercial web site for artists, art buyers, and people interested
in art. It includes links to museums, galleries, and art news. |
Search many on-line dictionaries at the same time. Also has links
to many dictionaries and translators. |
Project Gutenberg provides internet access to many books in the public
domain. |
An Internet publisher of literature, reference and verse with unlimited
access to books and information on the web, free of charge. |
The mission of the ICDL is to select,
collect, digitize, and organize children's materials in
their original languages and to create appropriate
technologies for access and use by children 3-13 years
old. |