Selected Internet Sites
The following web sites were chosen by library staff to provide useful and reliable information. Inclusion of a site does not imply endorsement, only that the site was found to have useful information.
- Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Artcyclopedia: the Fine Art Search Engine
- Artlex - Art dictionary.
- SkyscraperPage
- Timeline of Art History
- Vincent Van Gogh Gallery
- AnnualReports.com
- Better Business Bureau - US and Canadian Better Business Bureaus.
- Big Charts - Industry events, news, and profiles.
- Center for International Business Education and Research
- Current Industrial Reports - Compiled by the U.S.Census Bureau.
- Federal Reserve System
- Hoover's - Limited company information.
- Industry Research Desk - Online tools including step-by-step guides to finding specific industry or company information.
- Marketing Power - The American Marketing Association.
- Occupational Outlook Handbook - From the U.S. Dept. of Labor.
- SCORE - Nonprofit association dedicated to small business success.
- The A B C Ds of Evaluating Internet Resources
- Citation Help
- Columbia College Writing Center's Essay Help - Citation help and more.
- Evaluating Internet Resources
- Net.TUTOR - Tutorials, tools, techniques.
- NoodleTools: Smart Tools for Smart Research
- Research and Documentation Online - Resources for researching, writing and citing materials.
- Sources: Their Use and Acknowledgement
- Boone County
- Columbia, City of
- Mid-Missouri Community Information
- Missouri Dept. of Conservation
- Missouri Dept. of Natural Resources
- Missouri, State of
- American Communication Association (ACA)
- American Rhetoric - Full text, audio and video of speeches, sermons, legal proceedings, lectures, debates, interviews and other recorded media events.
- researchresources.net
- Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)
- Bell Labs
- C++ IDE - Bloodshed
- The C++ Resources Network
- Computation, Computers, Information and Mathematics
- Constants and Equations
- Download.com - Software downloads, reviews and rankings by CNET.
- Free Online Dictionary of Computing
- Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
- Internet Security Threat Report - Symantec's analysis and discussion of threat activity over a six-month period. Internet attacks, vulnerabilities, malicious code, Phishing, spam and security risks as well as future trends.
- Java Resources for Programmers
- Microsoft Visual Studio
- Open Source Software
- Pew Internet & American Life - Research on the impact of the Internet on children, families, communities, the work place, schools, health care and civic/political life.
- Python Programming
- TechEncyclopedia
- Webopedia - Dictionary of Computer and Internet Technology
- Copyright Information
- Guide to Understanding Copyright& Educational Fair Use
- Music Publishers Association's Copyright Search Center
- U.S. Copyright Office - Copyright Law and Policy.
- Plagiarism.org
- The Avalon Project at Yale Law School - Relations Between the U.S. and Native Americans.
- Code of Federal Regulations
- Federal Courts Finder - Directory of Federal Courts from Emory Law Library.
- Findlaw - Search for case law, codes and legal news.
- PublicLegal - Links to legal forms and other resources.
- Military Legal Resources - Primary source materials and publications in military law.
- National Alliance of Gang Investigators' Association (NAGIA)
- National Criminal Justice Reference Service (NCJRS)
- Nations of the World - Laws and jurisdictions of countries world-wide.
- Sourcebook of Criminal Justice Statistics
- Supreme Court Collection - Cornell Law School Legal Information Institute.
- Vera Institute of Justice
- The American Folklife Center
- Encyclopedia Smithsonian: Native American Resources
- glbtq: An Encyclopedia of Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer Culture
- Jewish Woman's archive
- Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage
- One Look Dictionaries - Over 746 online dictionaries indexed.
- Your Dictionary.com - Dictionary and thesaurus.
- Canada's Digital Collections
- Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ) - Open-access scientific and scholarly journals.
- Documenting the American South
- OAIster - A search portal for digital collections of electronic books, online journals, audio and image files, and movies.
- Virtually Missouri - Digital collections and exhibits created by cultural and scientific institutions of Missouri.
- International Children's Digital Library
- The On-Line Books Page
- Project Gutenberg - The largest collection of free electronic books online.
- BioED Online - Biology Teacher Resources.
- Database of Award Winning Children's Literature
- Gateway to 21st Century Skills
- International Children's Digital Library
- Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education
- Missouri Department of Higher Education
- National Center for Education Statistics (NCES)
- National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
- The New York Times Learning Network
- U.S. Department of Education
- Earthtrends: the Environmental Information Portal
- National Council for Science and the Environment - Laws and treaties, reports, directories and online journals.
- United Nations Environment Programme
- U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
- U.S. Geological Survey
- Copyright Information
- Copyright Law and Policy, U.S. Copyright Office
- Guide to Understanding Copyright & Educational Fair Use
- Plagiarism.org
- University of Missouri Academic Support Center (ASC) - ASC Media Library's rental video catalog.
- Map Collection - More than 5,000 online maps from the University of Texas at Austin's Perry-Castañeda Library.
- Background Notes - The land, people, history, government, political conditions, economy, and foreign relations of independent states from the U. S. Department of State.
- Country Studies/Area Handbooks - eBooks on over 100 countries.
- ERsys - Covers 2600 U.S. cities, including demographics, environmental factors, economic indicators, housing statistics, schools, and transportation.
- Geography World
- Language Map - Maps and tables tracking speakers of thirty-seven languages spoken in the U.S.
- Library of Congress Country Studies
- National Atlas - United States Department of the Interior.
- The World FactBook (CIA)
- NationMaster.com - A vast compilation of data from such sources as the CIA World Factbook, United Nations, World Health Organization, World Bank, World Resources Institute, UNESCO, UNICEF and OECD
- Boone County
- Columbia, City of
- FedStats - Federal statistics.
- Gallup - View poll results.
- Guide to US House and Senate Members
- KIDS COUNT - Statistical data on American children.
- Missouri, State of
- Opensecrets.org - Tracks money in politics, and its effect on elections and public policy.
- Statistical Abstract of the United States
- Statistical Resources on the Web - University of Michigan Documents Center.
- THOMAS - Legislative information from the Library of Congress.
- U. S. National Archives
- USA.gov - U.S. Government's Official Web Portal.
- AMDOCS - Documents for the study of American History.
- American Memory - Digital images, audio and media clips of American history and culture.
- American Women's History: A Research Guide
- Ancient Architects of the Mississippi - Mississippi river area societies from 800C.E. to European contact.
- Center for Democracy and Technology
- Constitution Finder - Constitutions, charters, amendments, and other related documents from over 200 countries.
- Digital History
- Forced Migration Online - Tracking of forced migrants worldwide an discussion of human displacement issues.
- The History Cooperative - A nonprofit co-op history resource.
- History in the News: The Middle East
- Making of America - Primary source documents in American history.
- Missouri State Archives Research Room - Missouri civil and military history, legal documents, and more.
- Virtual History Central Catalogue - An integrated and international network of indexes of history-related sites.
- Association of Social Work Boards
- Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services
- Social Work Access Network (SWAN)
- Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) - Alcohol and Drug Information.
- Daniel Boone Regional Library - Columbia MO public library.
- The Internet Public Library - A public service organization and learning/teaching environment maintained by a consortium of colleges and universities with programs in information science.
- Library of Congress
- Missouri State Library
- Wolfner Library for the Blind and Physically Handicapped
- WWW Virtual Library - the oldest catalogue of the Web, started by Tim Berners-Lee, creator of HTML and the Web itself. A high-quality guide to the Web.
- Asimov home page
- Dibaajimowinan idash Aadizookaanag - Native American stories and myths.
- Encyclopedia Mythica - Mythology, folklore, legends.
- Online Etymology Dictionary - Word origins.
- Online Literary Criticism Collection - From the Internet Public Library.
- The Pulitzer Prizes
- BBC News
- Columbia Daily Tribune
- Columbia Missourian
- National Public Radio
- News Voyager - Newspaper Association of America.
- NewsLink - Newspapers, magazines, radio, and TV.
- World News Network
- AIDSInfo
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
- Health A to Z - Meta site of health links.
- Health on the Net Foundation - Links to support groups, hospitals, medical information.
- Mayo Clinic
- MedlinePlus - Consumer health information from the National Library of Medicine.
- MentalHelp.net - Consumer mental health information.
- Merck Manuals Online Medical Library
- National Center for Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
- The National Human Genome Research Institute
- Nutrition.gov - Nutritional information from numerous government databases.
- American Psychological Association (APA) - Research, career, and funding information.
- National Institute of Mental Health
- Psychology Web Pages Around the World
- Academic Info - Internet sources tailored to a college audience with annotated listings in many subject areas.
- AF: Acronym Finder - Acronyms, abbreviations, and initialisms.
- Bartlett's Quotations - Famous quotes.
- Federal Citizen Information Center - Answers to questions about consumer problems and U.S. government services.
- Information Please Almanacs - Quick facts.
- InfoSpace - Comprehensive telephone directory.
- Internet Public Library Ready Reference Collection - Searchable reference collection.
- LibrarySpot - General reference site supported by Westlaw.
- Refdesk.com - Single source for facts.
- Voice of the Shuttle - Web site for humanities research.
- Islam and Islamic Studies Resources
- Papal Encyclicals Online
- Unbound Bible - Search for specific passages or use online study guides and reference works.
- Virtual Religion Index
- American Chemical Society
- Constants and Equations
- Discover Magazine
- GrayLit Network - Technical reports from federally funded research and development projects.
- HighWire - Stanford's online science journal.
- Links for Chemists
- Missouri Botanical Garden plant science.
- NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database - Astronomy, astrophysics, and extraterrestrial object information.
- National Institute of Standards & Technology
- National Science Foundation
- New Scientist - Special reports on key topics in science and technology.
- Science and Technology Review
- Science.gov - Science information from U.S. government agencies.
- Scientific American
- U.S. Naval Observatory
- American Public Human Services Association (APHSA)
- Association of Social Work Boards
- The Disability Rights and Independent Living Movement
- Research Resources for the Social Sciences - McGraw-Hill Ryerson and Carleton University.