| Acronyms and Abbreviations |
| The WorldWideWeb Acronym and Abbreviation Server |
College Information |
| Financial Aid |
| Student Loans (Kaplan Educational Centers) |
| Embark.com |
| Scholarship Search |
| Your Best College Buys Now |
Dates |
| CalendarZone |
Expert Help |
| Ask an Expert |
| Allexperts.com |
Federal Government |
| Weblink to federal information |
| Catalog of United States Government Publications |
| U.S. Census |
| Thomas Legislative Information on the Internet |
| Library of Congress |
| Library of Congress Primary source collection |
Internet Tutorial |
| University of Arizona Tutorials |
Languages |
| A web of online dictionaries |
| A web of online grammars |
| Translation with SYSTRAN |
Long Island |
| Long Island Business Directory & Shopping Guide |
| Long Island Libraries |
| Long Island: Our Story Home Page |
Medical Information |
| Medscape |
| Merck Manual of Diagnosis and Therapy 17th ed. 1999 |
| Merck Manual of Geriatrics 2nd ed. 1995 |
| Merck Manual of Medical Information, Home Edition 1997 |
Meta-Search Engines
(Online indexes that automatically submit your search to several search engines and display all the results.) |
| Starting Point |
| All-in-One Page |
Newpapers |
| The New York State Newspaper Project |
| Newsday |
| NY Times |
Quotations |
| Familiar Quotations: John Bartlett 1901 |
| Quotations (Bartleby Library, Great Books Online) |
| The Quotations Page |
Search Engines
(Online indexes that permit you to search for topics by keyword, phrases and combined terms.) |
| AltaVista |
Electric Library
An index to periodical articles and a source of the full-text. Electric Library charges $9.95 per month for delivery of the articles. |
| Hot Bot |
| InfoSeek |
Northern Light
An index to periodical articles and a source of the
full-text. Northern Light charges $1 to $4 per article for delivery. |
| Yahoo |
| Google |
Special Collections and Primary Sources |
Annenberg Rare Book & Manuscript Library of the University of Pennsylvania |
| EDSITEment: The Best of Humanities on the Web from the NEH |
| Library Research Using Primary Sources (UC Berkeley) |
Lilly Library, Indiana University's Rare Book and Manuscript Library |
| MIT Libraries: Institute Archives and Special Collections |
National Union Catalog of Manuscript Collections (NCMC)
Archival and Manuscript Repositories in the U.S. |
| Primary Sources on the Web (UC Berkeley) |
Publisher's Bindings Online (1815-1930): The Art of Books
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| Rare Book, Manuscript, and Special Collections Library, Duke University |
| Repository of Primary Sources, University of Idaho |
| Special Collections of the University of Virginia Library |
Yale University Library Research Education: Subject Guides and Tutorials
(Includes Strategies for locating Primary Sources at Yale and Using Manuscripts & Archives: A Tutorial (Yale) ) |
Virtual Reference Collections
(Websites linked to many online reference sources, e.g. online encyclopedias, directories, style manuals, etc) |
| The Virtual Reference Collection (Suffolk County, NY Libraries) |
| The Online Reference Shelf (Hofstra University) |
| The Virtual Reference Room (Port Washington Public Library) |
| My Virtual Reference Desk (Bob Drudge) |
| Links to Other Libraries (Dowling College) |
| Online Dictionaries, Glossaries and Encyclopedias (Texas A&M Dept of Oceanography) |
Who's Who? |
| Biography.com |
Yellow Pages |
| BigBook |
| Zip Codes |
| USPS Zip Code Lookup |