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Journal Indexes / Tables of Contentsingenta - Extensive index of journal articles, along with lists of tables of contents from thousands of journals from all subject areas. A good supplement to the list of indexes and databases the library subscribes to, especially if you want to browse tables of contents. You can set up your own account to purchase copies of articles if you want, or you can make an interlibrary loan request for articles from journals that are not in the CTW Online Catalog and the library will get a copy of the articles at no cost to you. If you are interested in subscribing to these powerful alerting tools to help you keep up-to-date with the very latest research in your field, please contact EunJoo Lee at x3454 or send email to elee01@wesleyan.edu.
Directories - addresses, phone numbers, e-mail, zip codes, etc.Anywho - Phone numbers of individuals and businesses, toll free numbers, and "reverse look-up" (enter phone number to find name and address) National Address Server - An area/city/country zip code lookup service. Switchboard - Nationwide residential and business telephone directory. Telephone directories on the Web - worldwide set of links. West's Legal Directory World pages - U.S. and international: phone numbers, maps, web and e-mail addresses. Yahoo! People Search - Look up email addresses & telephone numbers. ZIP code directory - from tthe US Postal Service.
Encyclopedias, dictionaries, thesauri, etc.A Web of On-line Dictionaries - English and other languages. American Heritage Book of English Usage - grammar, style, diction, word formation, gender, social groups, and scientific forms. American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language - 4th edition (2000). Bartlett's Familiar Quotations - 9th. edition, 1901 (From Columbia University). Columbia Encyclopedia - The complete 6th edition (2000). Encyclopedia.com - from the Concise Columbia Electronic Encyclopedia. Information Please Almanac lexicool.com - Large database of bilingual and multilingual dictionaries. Dictionaries are retrievable by languages, subjects, or keywords. Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Thesaurus Roget’s New Thesaurus - 3rd edition (1995); 35,000 synonyms. Semantic Rhyming Dictionary SYMBOLS.com - encyclopedia of graphic symbols. travlang's Translating Dictionaries - a list of English/OtherLanguage dictionaries. WorldWideWeb Acronym and Abbreviation Server Dictionaries, thesauri, and acronyms - Purdue's index.
BiographyBiographical Dictionary - "more than 28,000 notable men and women who have shaped our world from ancient times to the present day." biography-center - Index of biographies available on the web. Note that this is only an index: biography-center does not host biographical content, and does not guarantee the reliability of the content of the sites linked to. Biography.com - Offical site of A&E's Biography television series; 25,000 names from the past and present. Internet Public Library - extensive list of online biographical information sources . Lives, the Biography Resource - An index to Web sites with biographies and biographical information about famous and semi-famous dead people (no one living is listed here). Women's International Center - biography index.
Handbooks, tables, conversions, etc.megaConverter - "The Web's best place to figure what equals what." Converts between scales of measurements of all types. Periodic Table of Elements Weights and Measures - to help with units and equivalencies.
Maps, atlasesGoogle Maps CyberMaps - atlases, directions, itinerary, driving times and custom route maps. Map made to order - put in an address and get a street map, courtesy of Yahoo. MapBlast - Detailed, Interactive U.S. Street Maps. MapQuest - Interactive World Atlas and more. Maps of the U.S. and the world - from the Perry-Castañeda Library Map Collection at University of Texas.
Geography - politics and populations.50 states and capitals - Almanac of information about the states and territories of the US. CIA World Fact Book - Latest edition of the CIA's summary of other countries - includes information on geography, people, governments, economics, communications, transportation, and defense. Flags of all countries Politics1 - Information on candidates for federal and state elections. Project Vote Smart - Information on candidates for federal and state elections. U.S. Gazetteer - search for cities and counties (includes maps, census data). World Population Clock
Educational InstitutionsCollege and University Rankings - Index of online rankings of colleges and graduate schools. College Opportunities On-Line - From the National Center for Education Statistics, this site presents data on tuition and other costs, financial aid, enrollment, and type of programs offered at over 9,000 colleges and universities in the United States. CollegeSource Online - Full text of college catalogs (including graduate and professional schools). IIE Passport - from the Institute of International Education, a site "to guide you quickly and easily to the information on US education abroad most needed to plan your learning experience." Libraries on the Web - Web access to libraries and library catalogs around the world Petersons.com - "the education supersite" - Schools (from elementary to graduate), education resources and services, etc. Scholarly societies - an international collection of links.
Grants, scholarships, etc.EPA Grant-Writing Tutorial - A guide to applying for grants. fastweb.com - Financial Aid Search Through the Web - An extensive searchable index of over 400,000 scholarships, fellowships, grants, internships, and loans available in the U.S. and Canada. Register (free) for a profile and mailbox to receive scholarship information which fits your profile. FinAid - the Financial Aid Information Page - Information on loans, scholarships, and other forms of financial aid for students, along with an annotated index of links for finding financial aid sources on the web. Financial Aid - section of Yahoo - Extensive index of web sites for grants, scholarships, and loans. Foundation Center - "Your gateway to philanthropy on the World Wide Web." Information on charitable organizations and foundations, the granters of grants. Fresch! - free scholarship information service - Index of scholarships for undergraduate and graduate students, along with advice on how to apply for scholarships. The Student Financial Assistance Programs - site from the U.S. Department of Education.
Publishers / publicationsDirectory of Publishers - Lits of publishers, with links to their web sites. Media Finder - Subscription, advertising, and mailing list rates and info for journals, magazines, catalogs, newsletters, newspapers, directories, mailing lists, and other publications. PubList - Publication information for over 150,000 international print and electronic publications including magazines, journals, e-journals, newsletters, and monographs.
E-talk - listservs, newsgroups, discussion groups, e-conferences, etc.Directory of Scholarly and Professional E-Conferences Google Groups Archive - search archives to selected Usenet Newsgroups. PAML - Publicly Accessible Mailing Lists - A collection of information about electronic mailing lists. Tile.Net - is a reference to all the LISTSERV and Usenet discussion groups, computer product vendors and anonymous FTP sites on the Internet.
Consumer / business / economic informationCurrency Conversion - from Yahoo Finance. Flight Tracker - Real-time updates on the status and location of flights from any airline. Healthnet - Connecticut Consumer Health Information Network. Kelley BlueBook - (value of new and used cars) Publishers' catalogs Recipes of the world - available at the Global Gastronomer. Tax forms and publications - (links to federal and state publications, courtesy of Louisiana State Univ. Government Documents Library). The International Salary Calculator - relocation, cost of living, real estate. US Patent and Trademark Office - full text and graphics of patents.
Citing web, paper, and other sourceAmerican Psychological Association - (APA)- Bibliography style handbook for paper, online, and other sources. Citation Style and Grammatical Guides - Index of web sites on citation styles and guides to grammar. Citing Electronic Resources - Index of web sites on citing Internet sites and other computer-based information sources. Citing Sites on the Internet - (from "Beyond the MLA Handbook: Documenting Sources on the Internet"). Copyright and Fair Use - Consult the Copyright and Fair Use site at Stanford, or take a crash course in copyright from a copyright lawyer at University of Texas if you have questions concerning copyright laws and guidelines. Modern Language Association - (MLA) - Bibliography style handbook for paper, online, and other sources. Sources: Their Use and Acknowledgement - A citation handbook, with a guide to creating citations and many examples of citations in MLA, APA, and the journal Science citation styles, plus links to online sites for other styles. Turabian - Citation styles for social sciences based on Turabian's Manual for Writers of Term Papers, Theses, and Dissertations.
Other Internet reference collectionsRefdesk.com - An extensive list of sites of all types for finding information on a wide range of topics. Bartleby.com Reference - online versions of contemporary and classic reference sources. Internet Public Library - Ready Reference Collection (developed by the Univ. of Michigan's School of Information and Library Studies) KnowPlay - Integrated interface to a variety of online dictionaries, encyclopedias, atlases, and other reference sources. LibrarySpot - Links to online reference sources, library web sites, and other information sources on the web. Quick Reference - from the University of Texas at Austin. Virtual reference desk - from Purdue University. xrefer - Encyclopedias, dictionaries, thesauri, books of quotations and other works from many publishers (including Bloomsbury, Macmillan, Market House Books, Oxford University Press, and Penguin) covering a wide variety of topics, and all cross referenced so you can find a list of relevant entries with one search or find related entries from any article. Yahoo's index of reference tools Internet Archive - IA's Wayback Machine is an archive of Web pages from 1996 to the present which allows you to access previous versions of altered or deleted Web pages.