READY REFERENCES

ANTHROPOLOGY REFERENCES

What is Culture?---Review articles by Matthew Arnold, Raymond Williams, Clifford Geertz and John H. Bodley.
What is Anthropology?--Univ. of Louisville
UR List of Anthropological Web Resources---emphasizes visual media. It cross indexes approximately 200 anthropological sites by 22 categories. Now hosted by the Ethnograpy Laboratory at the Univ. of Southern California.
HADDON Film Archives---University of Oxford Online Catalogue of Archival Ethnographic Film Footage, 1895-1945.
CERD: Creation Evolution Reference Database by Thomas Moore.
Anthropology Review Database (ARD)--SUNY at Buffalo.
Human Relations Area Files
Archives of the Peabody Museum of Archaeology & Ethnology at Harvard Univ.---searchable database. See also the Archival Collection Holdings.
Search the Anthropology Collection of the Peabody Museum of Natural History at Yale Univ.
National Anthropological Archives--Smithsonian Institution
Smithsonian Expeditions: 150 Years of Smithsonian Research in Latin America---artifacts and collections of 150 years of the Smithsonian Institution, including archaeological materials from Mexico, the Carribean, Central and South America.
The Hudson Bay Company Digital Collection
Anthropology in the News---by Texas A & M. It collects current anthropological and archaeological news from online news sources such as ABC, CNN, USA Today.
Anthropological Resources on the Internet--This was one of the first premier anthropology metasites on the web. It was created originally by Allen Lutins, and is now maintained by Bernard-Olivier Clist.
Duke University Papyrus Archive--Electronic access to texts and images of 1,373 papyri of Ancient Egypt.
Kroeber, Alfred, Chapter 1 of the Handbook of the Indians of California: "The Ethnographic Representation of Yurok Indians in Northwest California," originally from Bulletin 78 of the Bureau of American Ethnology. Republished by the Phoebe Hearst Museum of Anthropology.
Electronic Publications of Smithsonian Institution Libraries, the Bureau of American Ethnology Series---this is an ambitious effort to republish some classic BAE bulletins electronically. Stay tuned!
ArchNet---These Archaeological resources were pioneered at the Univ. of Conn., but the site is now hosted by Arizona State University. ArchNet is the premiere internet site of North American archaeology.
LithicsNet: North American Aboriginal Projectile Points & Lithics---by Art Gumbus, presumably an "amateur" archaeologist and collector. A nice website allowing identification of lithic and projectile point types alphabetically by name and by morphology.
Chipped Stone Projectile Points of Western Wisconsin--by the Mississippi Valley Archaeological Center at UW-LaCrosse.
Southern Ontario Projectile Point Types--by the Ontario Archaeological Society, London Chapter.
SARC: Stone Age Reference Collection--developed by the Teaching Dept. of the Institute of Archaeology, Art History and Numismatics at the Univ. of Oslo, Norway. It is a database of typology, technology, raw materials and study methods of the stone age (i.e., "Lithics heaven").
National Archaeological Database
Native American Consultation Database--a NPS partnership with the U.S. Airforce to facilitate archaeologists contacts with each of 771 federally recognized Indian tribes, Alaskian Native Corporations and Native Hawaiian Corporations. You can search by name, tribe, reservation, state, country or military installation.
Laws, Regulations, Standards, and Conventions Related to Cultural Resources, compiled by the N.P.S.
ARGE: Archaeological Research Guide to Europe---now at the Univ. of Groningen.
WWW Virtual Library: Anthropology--sponsored by Anthro Tech, LLC.

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ATLASES & MAPS

AIDS World Wide Atlas--ABC News References. Select the option of "Interactive Resources."
Maps of the U.S. and the World--Univ. of Texas at Austin. A fantastic collection of digital maps.
World Atlas of Archaeology on the Web--by the Mining Company.
Global Atlas of Paleovegetation Since the Last Glacial Maximum
University of Georgia Map Collection
Historical Map Collections--Univ. of Texas.
Historical Map Collection Sites
Cultural Map of Wisconsin Project--Univ. of Wisconsin at Madison
Canada's Geographical Names--It combines with the Candian Geographic Names Database, and allows for queries by name or coordinates. It features over 500,000 Canadian place names, and gives a history of origins of many.
Australian Geographic Place Names (Gazetteer)
The U.S. Gazetteer--by the U.S. Census Bureau
Gazetteer for Scotland
USGS National Mapping Information--how to order USGS maps, satellite images and more.
Center for Global & Regional Environmental Research Maps and References--Univ. of Iowa.
Latitude: The Art and Science of 15th Century Navigation--by Patricia Reed of Rice Univ., this is a good explanation of the "latitude problem" in navigation and map making.
Maps by Yahoo!
Princeton University Library Map Library Catalog (GEOMAP)---Contemporary maps, but some geological topological maps of the mid-nineteenth century.
The ARL Electronic Atlas--edited by Bren Allison at John R. Borchert Map Library at the Univ. of Minn. It uses ArcView software to create electronic maps.
Digital Atlases from the Electronic Map Library---California State Univ. Northridge
Microsoft Terraserver----Aerial photographs available online through Microsoft and the USGS.

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BIOGRAPHY

Biography.com--20,000 plus names.
Biographical Dictionary of Science, Technology & Medicine---The Univ. of Melbourne, Australia.
Lives, The Biography Resource--Claims to be the most extensive link to biographical resources on the internet. Maintained by Kenneth Lanxner.
Alfred Kroeber and the Photographic Representation of the California Indians, by Ira Jacknis, reprinted from American Indian Culture and Research Journal, Vol. 20(3), 1996.
"Cyrus Thomas, 19th Century Synthesis and Antithesis," by Jon Muller, Dept. of Anthropology at Univ. of Southern Illinois. A paper presented in Gordon R. Willey Symposium at the Society for American Archaeology Symposium on History of Archaeology, 61st Annual Meeting of SAA, New Orleans, 1996.
James B. Griffin (1905-1997): In Memorial--Univ. of Michigan Museum of Anthropology. Dr. Griffin was widely respected in the profession as the "Dean of North American Archaeology."
MSU EMuseum's Anthropology Biographies---by Mankato State University. Recommended.
Three Generations of Women Anthropologists at Peabody Museum: Alice Fletcher; Harriet Cosgrove; Cora Dubois---Online exhibition of the Harvard Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology
Max Weber
Pioneers of Southeastern Archaeology: Gordon R. Willey--a special edition of the Peabody Museum.
Theory in Anthropology--by University of Indiana proseminar students of Sociocultural Anthropology. It features biographies of selected "famous" anthropologists, and reports about specific fields of "thought or study" in the field of anthropology.
Anthropological Theories: A Guide Prepared by Students for Students--Univ. of Alabama. It features articles by graduate students on such "schools of thought" as 19th century evolutionism; diffusionism and acculturation; historicism; functionalism; culture and personality; American materialism; cross-cultural analysis; structuralism; symbolic and interpretative anthropology; postmodernism, and more.
See the Sociology WEB HAWG for an extensive collection of sites dealing with the history, theory, philosophy and personalities in the field of Sociology.
Famous Sociologists---by SocioSite.

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GENERAL

The Internet Public Library Ready Reference Collection
The Electric Library
BUBL Link--an excellent subject collection of quality internet sites compiled by the Univ. of Bath, U.K. Browse by subject, alphabetically, or by Dewey Decimal System.
ESRC Research Guide to the Social Sciences---an annotated collection of links to sites sorted by subject matter, including bibliographies and data services. This is a joint project of the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) and the Joint Information Systems Commission (JISC) of the United Kingdom.
Academic Information: Your Gateway to Quality Internet Resources. Recommended.
Infomine Scholarly Resource Collection
Digital Librarian: Librarian's Choice of the Web---by Margaret Vail Anderson. Recommended!
Librarians Index to the Internet--an annotated directory of internet sites by subject from Univ. California at Berkeley.
Multnomah County Library Homework Center on Social Issues---an excellent collection of resources with competing views on vexing social issues.
Social Science Hub---a good collection of internet sites of the social sciences, especially sociology and anthropology.
UniGuide Academic Guide to the Internet, formerly known as the InterNic Academic Guide to the Internet.
Argus Clearinghouse Research Library: Topical Collection Guide
Information Please---a fact finder

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DICTIONARIES AND GLOSSARIES

Acronym Finder
Amos Web.com--Economic glossaries and other information.
Anthromorphemics: Anthropology Glossary---Univ. of Calif. at Santa Barbara.
Glossary of Cartographic Terms---from the Perry-Castaneda Library Map Collection at the Univ. of Texas at Austin.
Glossary of Ceramic Attributes--from ArchNet.
Definitions of Linguistic Terminology--by the Kickapoo High School in Springfield, MO. It is a very good collection of linguistic definitions..
Brewer's Dictionary of Phrase & Fable--by E. Cobham Brewer (1894). Searchable, but it may lock up your computer.
Free On-Line Dictionary of Computing (FOLDOC)
Plant Dictionary---an illustrated dictionary of 385 unique species of plants with 2,588 images and descriptions. Search by plant name, category, features or pest. A joint project of Ohio State Univ. and Virginia Tech. Web Garden is also accessible--a valuable resource for gardners.
Prisoner's Dictionary--Slang, or "argot" of prisoners.
The Red Feather Dictionary of Critical Social Science--key word glossary for theprogressive, radical, marxist, feminist, left-liberal, post modern. Edited by T.R. Young.
Sociology Dictionary--130 definitions
Synonym Dictionary--Vancouver web pages
Terms of Environment---by the EPA
Weather and Climate Glossary
Hypertext Webster Dictionary
The 'Lectric Law Lexicon--The Inter-Law 'Lectric Law Library
International Law Dictionary--Links to international legal materials.
Merriam Webster On-Line
On-Line Medical Dictionary--on Cancer Web
Multi-Lingual Glossary of Technical and Popular Medical Terms in Nine European Languages---compiled by the Heymans Institute of Pharmacology
Collection of On-Line Dictionaries and Thesauri (English, German, French, Spanish, etc.)--Purdue Univ. Library. This is a very good collection. Recommended.
Your Dictionary.com, f/k/a A Web of On-Line Dictionaries---by Dr. Robert Beard of Bucknell Univ. This is a remarkable collection from 800 on-line dictionaries in 150 languages. The languages I noted included everything from Afrikaans to Xhosa, Hmong, etc. There are even three fictional languages from the series, "Star Trek," and links to the artificial language, Esperanto, with an on-line language identifier. Recommended!
One-Look Dictionaries--Stonehenge Internet Communications. Over 2,854,270 words in 742 online dictionaires are indexed.
The Skeptic's Dictionary and Guide for the New Millennium--By Robert T. Carrol of Sacramento City College

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LANGUAGE & WRITING

I Love Languages!, f/k/a The Human Languages Page
Foreign Languages for Travelers--features over 70 languages, and sound files of pronunication.
Ethnologue---13th edition of the Summer Institute of Linguistics, Inc. A great database of 6,700 languages in 228 countries presented in an encyclopedic format. There is a language family index, too.
Quotes of Famous People by Gabriel Robins of the Univ. of Virginia.
The Fallacy Zoo--by Brian Yoder. A good introduction to logical thinking.
Applications Page for William J. Kilgore's: An Introduction to Logic---summarized by Luke Setzer.
The Elements of Style--William Strunk, Jr.---The classic text on writing style is now on-line.
Researchpaper.com---An online collection of topics, ideas, and assistance for school research projects, including a writing center, discussion area, and "research central."
Study Web--a collection of resources for student guidance in research paper preparation.
Jack Lynch's Grammar & Style Notes---Jack Lynch of Rutgers Univ.
Writer's Handbook: Academic Writing: Research Papers---the UW-Madison Writing Center.
Writing Tools for Anthropology Students--Univ. of Alabama.
Avoiding Plagiarism--Murphy Library at the UW-La Crosse.
Univ. of Victoria's Hypertext Writer's Guide---Created by the English Dept. of the Univ. of Victoria, it is a good source of "elements of style" in writing papers.
WWW Citation and Bibliography Formats--Univ. of Texas Library
Citing Data Files and Internet Sources--annotated links to various styles of citation, including the MLA, APA, Chicago, Turabian from the UW-Eau Claire Library.
Familiar Quotations, Passages, Phrases & Proverbs--by John Bartlett
The Bartleby Archives---a Columbia University Project to electronically publish selected literary works. Find inagural speeches of presidents of the U.S.; Bartleby the Scrivner; Common Sense; and much more.

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LIBRARIES

The UW Madison Electronic Library--Links to all the campus libraries and the "Big Ten" and world-wide college libraries too.
WebVoyage: UW Colleges On-Line Catalog
WISCAT--an Online catalog, bibliographic database for Wisconsin. It features 5.9 million records for 1,137 Wisconsin libraries.
Minnesota Libraries--Colleges, universities, government agencies, private colleges, public libraries, and specialized libraries. This is quite a gem.
Public Libraries on the Internet in U.S. and Europe--by the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh.
LIBDEX, Library Web-Based OPACS, f/k/a WebCATS--Links to Online WWW library cataloges. Great resource.
LibWeb: Library Servers via WWW, f/k/a Libraries on the Web--Univ. of California at Berkeley. Recommended.
National and International Libraries--by the Cargnegie Library of Pittsburgh
Minnesota State Law Library/Other State and Supreme Court Libraries-from the Minnesota State Law Library
Federal Library Depository Directory--from the GPO.
U.S. Library of Congress
National Library of Canada
National Library of Australia
British National Library
Gabriel: Gateway to Europe's National Libraries
WWW'ed Catalogs--Traditional library catalogs with "webbed" interfaces

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ENCYCLOPEDIAS

The Encyclopedia Britannica On-Line
Encyclopedia.com--from the concise Columbia Electronic Encyclopedia, 3rd edition.
Encarta Concise Encyclopedia--by Microsoft
The Catholic Encyclopedia, 1913.
The Farmers' Almanac
Free Internet Encyclopedia
The Encyclopedia Mythica---Folklore, magic and myth. Searchable.
The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Greek Mythology
De Imperatoribus Romanis: An Online Encyclopedia of Roman Emperors.
PC Webopedia---an encyclopedia of the internet.
Encyberpedia--Links together on-line encyclopedias and resource pages by topics (alphabetical). Recommended.
The Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy--- by Dr. James Fieser. It features classic philosophy texts on-line and a timeline of philosophy and philosophers. Recommended!
Stanford's Encyclopedia of Philosophy--constantly updated.
The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Mesoamerica
The Encyclopedia of the Orient---by Tore Kueilen, et al. Search alphabetically by topics about the Arabic world. Very high quality, and interesting.
Spartucus Encyclopedia of British History: 1700-1900, John Simkin, ed.---an interesting and ambitious project. There are good articles on such (sociological) topics as the history of child labor law in the U.K.
SYMBOLS.com--Encyclopedia of Western Signs and Ideograms. The contents are indexed by meaning and by graphic.
The Linguist's List---See especially the section on Language and Language Families.
The Library of Congress Country Studies/Area Handbooks---by the Federal Research Division of the Library of Congress under AHP developed by the U.S. Army. It features geography, culture and political systems of 85 countries.
Atlapedia On-Line---Country profiles; geography; climate; people and languages of the world.
The 2000 CIA World Factbook---an encyclopedia of countries of the world, their geography, political structure, maps, resources and much more.

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DATABASES AND BIBLIOGRAPHIES

DATABASES:

AFRICABIB.ORG---This site contains two databases indexing Africana periodic literature and materials on African Women as well as women travellers to Africa. The collection is housed at the University of Arkansas' Institute for Economic Advancement.
American Religious Data Archive (ARDA)--An interesting collection of databases about churches and church membership in the USA from 1900-present.
Annual Review of Population Law--A joint project of the Harvard Law School and the UN Population Fund. The database compiles summaries and excerpts of legislations, constitutions, court decisions and official government documents from nearly every country in the world relating to population services, reproductive health, and women's rights. It also includes sections on immigration, assisted reproduction, sexually transmitted diseases, AIDS/HIV, agrarian reform, and it pays particular attention to women's rights, and the status of women.
Anthropology Review Database--at SUNY-Buffalo
Anthropological Index of the Royal Anthropological Institute
Archaeology on the Net Books Database--Over 7,500 titles with 80 subject headings.
Arch Search Catalogue--by the Archaeological Data Service in the U.K., Arts and Humanities Data Service.
BadgerLink--a network of Wisconsin library resources. Courtesy of the Wisconsin Dept. of Public Instruction, Wisconsin citizens have free access to such data bases as EbscoHost and Wilson Web.
The Chemical Scorecard--Chemical Information Server of the Environmental Defense Fund. Find chemicals, rankings, point source information, and health information related to pollution.
CIESIN--Center for International Earth Science Information Network at Columbia Univ. It contains a number of databases, including a global population database.
Council of European Social Science Data Archives--Electronic data for social science education and research in Europe. The site allows broadcast search of up to eleven social data catalogs all over the world, but primarily in Europe.
Danish Data Archive--the National data bank of Danish State archives, emigration and demographic databases.
Data Archives of the UK--at the Univ. of Essex in the UK, this is the largest collection of accessible computer readable data in the social sciences and humanities in the UK. the BIRON Catalogue of Data Archives at the Univ. of Essex offers a search device.
Explorationsin Learning and Instruction: The Theory into Practice Database--features 50 major theories of learning and instruction.
InfoNation--a U.N. database of statistical data for member states of the United Nations.
Inter-American Human Rights Database--Center for Human Rights and Humanitarian Law, Washington College of Law, The American University.
IRSS Public Opinion Poll Question Database--by the Institute for Research in Social Science at Univ. N. Carolina at Chapel Hill. You can query keyword searches from a collection of public opinion polls dating from 1960's to the present. The full text of the question, and information about the study is also available.
The Mayan Epigraphic Database Project (MED)---at the Univ. of Virginia. This is an extraordinary collaborative effort to compile a database of Mayan hierglyphics to assist epigraphers in the decipherment of the Mayan language. Take a look, please!
Medline Plus Health Information-- National Library of Medicine with free access to "Medline" searches of medical literature.
National Criminal Justice Reference Service Abstracts Database---Summaries of over 140,000 criminal justice publications from federal, state and local government; research institutes; journals; and unpublished sources.
National Archaeological Database
Native American Consultation Database--a NPS partnership with the U.S. Airforce to facilitate archaeologists contacts with each of 771 federally recognized Indian tribes, Alaskian Native Corporations and Native Hawaiian Corporations. You can search by name, tribe, reservation, state, country or military installation.
National Data Archive on Child Abuse and Neglect---Family Life Development Center at Cornell University.
National Guide to Anthropological Records/Co-PAR---An ongoing database collection to document location, content and preservations status of existing collections. Sponsored by Arizona State Univ.
National Register Information System (NRIS)--80,000 properties of the National Register are searchable on this database, along with over 2 million terms. You can search by name, location, person or status. It is also available through telnet at telnet://165.83.212.245
NESSTAR--Network Social Science Tools and Resources. Funded by the European Commission, it is an infrastructure for the dissemination of European data on the internet.
NESTOR--Bibliography and Database of Aegean prehistory and related areas--Univ. of Cincinnati Dept. of Classics.
Norwegian Social Science Data Services (NSD)--Maintains data resources and access to Norwegian survey data, micro data, regional, political and historical data ..
Plant Use Multiple Database Search Engine--The Gatherer.
The Political Graveyard Database--a database of historic cemeteries.
Polluter Locator--Text based searches for Environmental Release Reports courtesy of the Environmental Defense Fund. Very interesting site, and useful if you are interested in environmental issues.
Population Index on the Web---a joint project of the Princeton Population Research Center and Population Index. It contains a database of 40,243 citations from 1986-1998 searchable by author, subject, geographic region, year or title.
POPIN Electronic Library--a bibliography and database of world wide resources from the UN Population Information Network.
Mass Behavior in Post-Communist Societies---by the Centre for Study of Public Policy at Univ. of Strathclyde in Glasgow (CSPP). It compiles an overview of 11 Russian regions from official government statistics and public opinion polls.
Social Science Data Archive---The Australian National University.
Sociological Data Archive---Institute of Sociology, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic.
The South African Data Archives---National Research Foundation.
SSDC Social Sciences Data Collection--Univ. of California at San Diego.
State of the Cities Data Systems (SOCDS)--It allows the extraction of customized datasets of U.S. cities from statistics gathered by the U.S. Dept. of Housing and Urban Development, Bureau of the Census and the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
State of the Cities Report, 1999---HUD
UNEP/GRID--United Nations Environmental Programme Global Resources Information Database
UNESBIB---the UNESCO Electronic Document Management Database--search the bibliography of UNESCO documents and publications, and the UNESCO library catalogue.
UNESCO Archives Portal: Online Photo Bank Image Database---10,000 images searchable by region or country, city or theme.
UW Online Data Archive and Program Library Service

BIBLIOGRAPHIES:

Archaeology on the Net--Bibliographies
Handbook of Latin American Studies---online through the Library of Congress.
Human Area Relations Files (HARF)
Anthropology Bibliographies and Research Documents--by the Dept. of Anthropology at the Univ. of Buffalo.
Bibliography for the Academic Study of Religion, v. 2--by the Method & Theory Bibliography Project at the Univ. of Toronto.
Bibliography for Archaeological Research--by Tennessee Archaeology Net. A subject oriented bibliography maintained by Kevin E. Smith of Middle Tennessee State Univ.
Bibliography Resources for Anthropological Study of Food Habits, by Robert Dirks at Illinois State Univ.
Bibliographies of Northern and Central California Indians---Univ. of California at Berkeley.
Bibliography of Indigenous Knowledge and Institutions--1,123 citations by C. Hess for the Workshop Research Library, December, 1998.
A Bibliography of Historic Archaeology in North America, North of Mexico--by John R. Cotter, 1998, by the Society for Historic Archaeology.
Submitted Bibliography of Historical Archaeology--by the Society for Historic Archaeology.
CSAC Anthropology Bibliography at the Centre for Social Anthropology and Computing--Univ. of Kent at Canterbury.
The Dung File--A bibliography of pollen, parasites, and plant remains in coprolites and latrine fills of North America. The file includes sources dealing with human coprolites, animal, or "other critters." This resource is compiled by Dr. A. Beaudoin of the Univ. of Alberta, Canada.
Environmental Racism Bibliography---by Irwin Weintraub.
Gender Issues in Contemporary Industrialisation: A Bibliography
The "Looting Question" Bibliography: Archaeological Politics of Private Collecting, Commerical Treasure Hunting, Looting and Professional Archaeology--by Hugh Jarvis at SUNY-Buffalo.
Prehistoric Food Production in Mid-Continental United States: A Bibliography--by David R. George, Univ. of Connecticut.
Witchcraft Bibliography Project--originally compiled by Jeffrey Merrick at the UW-Milwaukee, and enlarged by Richard Golden at the Univ. of North Texas.
Books in Print (and Out of Print)--Univ. of Virginia Library. Emphasis upon U.S., Europe, and Latin America.
Books in Print--Yale Univ. Library. Emphasis upon U.S. Europe, and Latin America.
AcqWeb's Directory of Publishers & Vendors---Vanderbilt University.
Association of American University Presses Combined Online Catalog---Bibliographic information on over 100,000 books published by over 100 scholarly presses.
IPL Online Texts and Electronic Texts---Internet Public Library.
The On-Line Books Page---now at the Univ. of Pennsylvannia.
Alex--A catalog of electronic texts on the internet. This particular site is in the process of moving. Also try Alex at Berkeley.

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GOVERNMENT RESOURCES

U.S. Government Documents Ready Reference Collection---from the Columbia Univ. Library. Although some of the resources are available only to Columbia Univ. students, many of the resources are HTML or PDF format, and therefore accessible through the internet. It is an impressive online collection of U.S. government documents.
Statistical Abstract of the United States--U.S. Census Bureau. This link has a table which allow comparisons between 1995-1999 data.
The City-County Book---U.S. Census Bureau
State and Metropolitan Area Data Book--U.S. Census Bureau
Population of the 100 Largest Cities and Other Places in the U.S.: 1790 to 1990---U.S. Census Working Paper 27.
The CIA World Factbook, 2000
2000-2001 Occupational Outlook Handbook
Correctional Population in the US, 1996--by the Bureau of Justice Statistics.

First Gov---U.S. Government portal web site
FedWeb Locator--A joint project of the Villanova Center for Information Law and Policy and the Illinois Institute of Technology's Chicago-Kent College of Law. This is a very essential site to expedite locating federal government sites and related federal agencies.
State Web Locator--A joint project of the Villanova Center for Information Law and Policy and the Illinois Institute of Technology's Chicago-Kent College of Law. This is a very essential site to expedite locating state government sites and related agencies.
Saint John Ward Chipman Library: Government Organizations---Canadian equivalent to the FedWeb Locator, with additional world-wide links.
Government of Canada Primary Internet Site---Guide to Government resources and agencies of Canada.
Statistics Canada!
Canadian Government Information on the Internet--by Anita Cannon and Government Services of Canada.
Australian Government Entry Point
FedStats--Guide to finding statistical information from Federal agencies.
InfoNation--a U.N. database of statistical data for member states of the United Nations.
THOMAS: The Library of Congress site for legislative information, including current bills under consideration in Congress and as signed by the President.
The Sourcebook of Criminal Justice Statistics Online--Bureau of Justice Statistics.
Stateline.org--by the Pew Center on the States.
State and Local Governments on the Net--Piper Resources Guide. A very good resource which includes multi-state commissions and key word search capability.
Internet Sites of the State Legislatures---by the National Conference of State Legislatures.
U.S. Congressional Directory
Uniform Crime Reports--available for 1995-2000 in .pdf format from the FBI site.
Capital Punishment 1998---Bureau of Justic Statistics profiles of demographic information about death row inmates.
State Archives and Historical Societies---compiled by the Ohio Historical Society.
Wisconsin State Government Portal, f/k/aBadger Page--Wisconsin's Official web page with lots of links to governmental services and agencies.
Official City Sites (or Near Official)---compiles web sites of many (maybe most) of U.S. cities, Counties, and Countries, including state libraries and state museums.

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HEALTH AND MEDICINE

Healthfinder--a compilation of links from the U.S. government
Dr. Finder AMA Physician Select---a service of the American Medical Association by which you can locate physician members of the Association by name or speciality. Very useful utility.
Hospital Web--a collection of web pages of hospital facilities online.
HMO Guide to Medicare/Managed Care---by the Penn. Dept. of Aging.
International Travelers Clinic--Medical College of Wisconsin
Pan American Health Organization County Health Profiles, 1999--an excellent online source of demographic and health statistics about each country of the Americas.
AIM/Administrators in Medicine--The Association of State Medical Board Executive Directors DocFinder.
AmericanChiropractic Association
Drug Database--from the Pharmaceutical Information Network Homepage. It has a database of drugs by name and manufacturer.
Merck's Manual---an online version of the standard in the medical profession. The online version is in the process of revision, but selected portions of other publications are available.
Medline Plus Health Information--National Library of Medicine with free access to "Medline" searches of medical literature.
Medline---National Library of Medicine free access to databases of medical literature.
National Health Information Center--Search a database of 1,110 U.S. organizations and governmental offices that provide health information upon request.
National Health Law Program, Inc. (NHELP)--valuable links to State and Federal resources.
AIDS World Wide Atlas--ABC News References "Interactive Resources."
Joint United Nations Program on AIDS/HIV
Toxicology and Environmental Health--National Library of Medicine.
Wheeless' Textbook of Orthopaedics--a detailed online resource for orthopaedists, including information about bones and soft tissue.

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PRACTICAL ITEMS

Kelley Blue Book Used Car Bluebook Values and New Car Pricing---very handy and easy to use.
HOW TO---by Lowe's Home Improvement, Inc. It features how-to projects for the home and garden and also has a plant guide.
Drug Database---PharmInfo. Search by generic and tradenames.
IRS TAX FORMS/STATE TAX FORMS--Are you in a lurch for tax information or forms? You can download copies through the L.S.U. Library and sleep easy tonight.

PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS

Links to Think Tanks and Other Policy Research Resources---National Institute for Research Advancement
World-wide Scholarly Societies Project: Sociology--Univ. of Waterloo
World-Wide Scholarly Societies Project: Anthropology--Univ. of Waterloo
World-Wide Scholarly Societies Project: Archaeology--Univ. of Waterloo
The Codes of Ethics Online Project--by the Illinois Institute of Technology. It collects over 850 codes of ethics of professional organizations and associations.
National Association of State Archaeologists
(ROPA) Register of Professional ArchaeologistsSociety of Professional Archeologists (SOPA) (f/k/a "SOPA": The Society of Professional Archaeologists.)
Council for Museum Anthropologists
FOSAP--the Federation of Small Anthropology Programs--a subsection of the AAA.
International Organizations Web Site--from the Yearbook of International Organizations.
Associations on the Net--over 2000 internet sites with information on professional and trade associations, cultural and art; political and advocacy groups and associations.

UTILITIES

CALCULATORS & CONVERTERS

Martindale's Reference Desk: Calculators On-Line---This is an unbelievable collection of 10,120 on-line calculators and converters ranging from Science, engineering, and finance, to casinos and calendars.
Common Weights & Measures--Univ. of Calif., Berkeley
Measure 4 Measure--Links to sites that estimate, calculate, evaluate, and translate. Features an affordability analyzer and a college cost projector.
Homebuyers Fair Relocation Salary Calculator--Calculate the equivalent salary you will need to move to a new location. This page also has other calculators to estimate moving expenses, etc.
College Costs Calculators--by Fin Aid.
Inflation Calculator--CPI from 1800 to 1997.
Savings Bond Redemptive Values---Supply the denomination of a U.S. Savings bond, series, date of issue, and compute its current value.
Unit Conversion Calculator--the Physics Dept. at Miss. State Univ.
The Universal Currency Converter--Manchester Business School
Roman Numeral Date Conversion Table
Calendar and Time Database

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GEOGRAPHIC TOOLS

How Far is It?--Uses the University of Michigan Geographic Name Server and a database to find the longitude and latitude of two places on earth and calculate the distance between them. It is pretty slick, but outside of the U.S, you need to stick to major cities to get results.
Astrodienst Atlas & Timezone Database--This data base is actually used by astrologers, but the timezone database works for everyone, regardless of your interests.
Time and Date Gateway Database
U.S. Naval Observatory Time & Date Clock
U.S. Naval Observatory Sun and Moon Data--This is really cool. You can get information about eclipses and equinoxes, and sun and moon phases, etc.

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MAIL & PARCELS

U.S.P.S. Address and Zip Code Directory/Lookup--Very useful service.
U.S.P.S. Express Mail Tracking--Easy and convenient to use.
Canada Post--the Canadian Postal Service.
Links to Post Office Pages of the World--by Graham Rhind
U.P.S. World-wide--Track your parcels, and estimate the cost of shipping to any point, world-wide.
FEDEX World-Wide---Track your parcels and documents world wide.

TELEPHONE & ADDRESS DIRECTORIES

WEDA E-Mail Directory of Anthropologists--SUNY at Buffalo
Southwestern Archaeology Network---Links to various professional associations.
Personal Pages Worldwide: College and University Collection--by the Univ. of Texas. It lists only one collection per university or college.
Switchboard Directory
PC-411 Telephone and Address Search--with reverse search capability
Info Space.Com---collection of telephone numbers and addresses worldwide (over 200 million).
The Home Page Center--f/k/a "Houser Net", it is a directory of personal homepages
Lycos Peoplefind---with reverse search capability, and the ability to locate neighbors.
555-1212.com---Yellow pages, white pages (global and local), and an e-mail directory which is noted below.
E-Mail Address Directories---Combines four of the most well-known e-mail directories.
Big Foot--a fairly up-to-date database for e-mail address and residential listings on the WWW.
National Public School and School District Locator, 1996-2001---by the National Center for Education Statistics.

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