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Almanacs &
Calendars
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Anthropology,
Myth & Folklore
- American
Folklife Center -- preserving the crafts, songs, recipes, figures of speech, beliefs and more of various American walks of life from one generation to the next
- American
Indian Resources -- literature,
culture, education, history and more
- Encyclopedia
Mythica --
an encyclopedia on mythology, folklore and legend
- Ethnologue --
research languages and cultures of the world
- Native American Ethnobotany -- a database of over 45,000 plant-based foods, drugs, dyes and fibers used by Native American people
- Primate
Info Net -- primatology site providing
original content and links to resources about nonhuman primates
in research, education & conservation
- Urban
Legends by Snopes.com -- comprehensive
source of contemporary popular legends and hoaxes. Lists
which are true, false, or unsolved
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Arts & Humanities
General
Anthropology,
Myth & Folklore
Art
& Art History
History
Language
& Literature
Movies & Film see Performing Arts, Music & Film
Music see Performing Arts, Music & Film
Performing Arts, Music & Film
Philosophy
Religion
Sociology & Social Sciences
Women's
& Gender Studies
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Automotive
- Automobile
Fuel Economy -- find out greenhouse
gas emissions and fuel economy for your car, tips on improving
gas mileage, gasoline prices and more
- Best
(& Worst) Gas Prices -- use
zip code to find best (& worst) gas prices for your
area. Also covers Canada
- Cars.com --
online classified car ads
- Crash Testing & Highway
Safety -- by the Insurance Institute
for Highway Safety and Highway Loss Data Institute. Find
vehicle crash test ratings & statistics on various highway
safety issues: air bags, children, cell phones, older people,
alcohol & more
- Edmunds.com --
new & used car pricing, reviews & advice
- Kelley
Blue Book -- find retail, private
party & trade-in Blue Book values on new & used
cars, including invoice and MSRP
- NADA
Appraisal Guides -- find new and
used pricing info, reviews & comparison reports for
cars. Motorcycles, SUV's, RV's & boats are also covered
- NHTSA
(National Highway Traffic Safety Administration) --
get vehicle crash test and rollover ratings, vehicle and
equipment recall data, state traffic safety data (crashes
and fatalities) & more
- Recalls.gov --
covering motor vehicles, boats, food, medicine, cosmetics,
environmental products & consumer products
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Biographies & Genealogy
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Books
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Business, Economy & Finance
General
- AnnualCreditReport.com -- government-mandated site to get your credit report for FREE. Managed by the big 3: Equifax, Experian and TransUnion
- Better Business
Bureau --
for consumer & business reviews, reports, ratings, complaints, etc.
- BigCharts --
stock charts, screeners, interactive charting and research tools. A service of MarketWatch
- Business
Case Studies & Marketing Theory by the Times 100 UK --
100 online case studies of well-known companies and free
educational resources
- Business
Ethics -- by IBET, International Business Ethics Institute
- Business
Plan Guide -- by the Navarro College Small Business Development Center. Find "how to" guides, tutorials, templates and numerous resources on creating your own business plans
- Business
Planet -- by the World Bank Group. Interactive mapping for research into the legal and market climate on doing business in other countries
- Country Data -- see Maps, Atlases & Travel
- Consumer
Price Index (CPI) --
monthly data on changes in the prices paid by urban consumers
for a representative basket of goods and services
- Cost of Living Calculators (Datamasters)
- Doing
Business -- database that provides
objective measures of business regulations and their enforcement
worldwide. By the World Bank Group
- ECorner -- Stanford's Entrepreneurship Corner provides a free collection of over 1600 videos and podcasts, featuring lectures by today's Entrepreneurial Thought Leaders
- E.H.
Net Encyclopedia -- of over 70
topics in econ. and business history, written by experts
- Executive PayWatch -- by the AFL-CIO. Research trends in CEO pay, case studies, pay disparity ratios and more
- Export.gov -- brings together resources from across the U.S. gov. to assist American businesses in international sales: marketing, finance & logistics; licenses & trade regs; trade data & analysis. Features Doing Business In [Country] "how to" commerce guides
- ExportNavigator -- access over 10,000 free market reports on the international trade community
- Inflation
(How to Calculate)
- Investopedia.com --
educating the world about finance. Provides succinct coverage of finance-related topics and news
- Platts --
providing commodity pricing and data on the energy industry - oil, natural gas, petrochemicals and more
- Recalls.gov --
covering motor vehicles, boats, food, medicine, cosmetics,
environmental products & consumer products
- SaferProducts.gov --
research the safety of consumer products or report unsafe products you have encountered
- Smartmoney.com --
excellent investment, savings and personal finance resource.
Features calculators for investing, mortgages, career
planning, autos and more. Some features require free registration
- Tariff
and Import Fee Information --
find detailed tariff schedules for foreign countries, from Export.gov
- Thinkers
50 -- ranks the top 50 most influential
business thinkers. Released every
2 years, starting in 2001. Includes podcasts and videos
- WomenBiz.gov -- tax, financing, research and organizational resources for women who own or want to start their own businesses
- World
Bank Group: Data and Statistics --
includes the latest World Development Indicators, Global
Development Finance report and more
- World
Economic Forum -- for the publications Global Competitiveness Reports, Global Risk Reports and more
- Writing Lab - Naveen Jindal School of Management -- writing lab located in and maintained by the UTD Naveen Jindal School of Management
Charities & Non-Profits
- Charity Navigator -- charity evaluator. Research and select charities based on allocation of expenses
- Foundation
Center -- track
corporations' charitable donations
- GuideStar -- national database of nonprofit organizations
- National Charity Reports Index -- brought to you by the Better Business
Bureau Wise Giving Alliance, this resource provides valuable info
on specially credited charities. Formerly Give.org
- Texas
State Charities -- by SECC (State
Employee Charitable Campaign); a comprehensive list of charities
in the state of Texas
Company & Industry
- Better Business
Bureau --
for consumer & business reviews, reports, ratings, complaints, etc.
- Canadian Company Capabilities -- directory of over 60k Canadian companies, including contact info, products, services, trade experience and technology
- Company Registration Around the World -- directory of international company registries
- Current
Industrial Reports (CIR) -- government
surveys measuring manufacturing activity in important commodity
areas
- Food Navigator -- research consumer and industry news on food ingredients, additives, recalls and more
- Forbes.com --
under "Jump" pull-down menu, access "Lists"
of best small, large & private companies
- Fortune 500 Lists -- annual lists of top 500 corporations, based on revenue
- Green Rankings -- Newsweek’s exclusive environmental rankings of the top 500 corporations in America
- Hoover's
Online Company Information
- Industrial Quick Search (IQS) Directory --
find leading manufacturers, suppliers and distributors by industry
- Industry
Research Desk --
learn about a specific industry or company
- Thomas Register -- directory of companies, their products & services
Economics
- Economic Census -- business data you can use. Detailed national, state and local industry data
- Economic Indicators -- provides economic information on prices, wages, production, business activity, purchasing power, credit, money & Federal finance. Search back to 1995 or browse by date back to 1998
- Encyclopedia
of Economic and Business History
- History
of Economic Thought
- IDEAS/RePEc:
Research Papers in Economics --
over 270,000 research items with 175,000 available for download
in full text
- Liber8 -- economic info portal for librarians and students. Find recent research, the latest economic indicators and useful links
Finance & Investment
- BigCharts --
includes stock quotes both recent and historical and market
news
- CI
(Competitive Intelligence) Strategies & Tools --
index to over 600 intel-related sites -- from macro-economic
data to stock quotes, annual reports and more
- EDGAR
(Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis & Retrieval) --
by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)
- Finance
Resources on the Web -- gen. finance
and economy, financial markets, company, fund & investment
research, corporate finance, risk management & more
- Market Info --
follow major market indices : NASDAQ, NYSE, OTC
- North
American Industry Classification System (NAICS) Codes
- QFinance -- one-stop guide for financial professionals and academics. Covers key aspects of finance including risk and cash-flow management, operations, macro issues, regulation, auditing and raising capital
- Standard
Industrial Classification (SIC) Codes
- StockMaster
- Yahoo
Finance
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Calculators
& Conversion Tools
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Chemistry &
MSDS
General
- Aldrich
Searchable Catalog for Chemicals
- Chemical Book -- for chemical and thermal properties, spectra, and more on a range of chemical compounds
- Chemical Synthesis Database -- contains substances with their synthesis references and physical properties such as melting point, boiling point and density
- ChemSpider -- all-in-one chemistry search engine and news blog
- ChemTutor -- basic chemistry help on numbers and math, units and measure, atomic structure, elements, compounds, reactions, mols, solutions and more. Plenty of examples and tutorials to help the mathematically challenged
- Elemental
Data Index -- by the National Institute
of Standards & Technology
- EMolecules --
open-access chemistry search engine. Draw a structure, search named chemicals, or browse by category
- General Chemistry Online -- common compound database, chemical construction kits, guides to 1st semester general chemistry, calculators, self-guided, interactive tutorials and more to help prepare new chemistry students
- MatWeb --
searchable database of material data sheets. Contains data
sheets for over 43,000 metals, plastics, ceramics, and composites
- Periodic Table on the Web -- by WebElements
- PubChem Project -- one-stop chemical research database. Research bio-activities of small molecules, substance info & compound structures. By NIH, NLM (Nat'l Library of Medicine) & PubMed
- Scirus--
an extensive database of scientific info from journals and
Web sites. For journals referenced by Scirus,
check the library's
catalog
- SDBS
Integrated Spectral Data Base System for Organic Compounds
- Selected
Classic Papers --
from the history of chemistry
- SpectraSchool -- by U. Leicester. Plot 1H and 13C NMR, IR, Mass and UV/Vis spectra for a range of compounds
- Thermodex --
index of selected thermodynamic and physical property resources
- ToxSeek -- gov. based metasearch engine for environmental health & toxicology
- WebElements
Periodic Table
MSDS
- Material Safety Data Sheets
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Citation & Style
Manuals
- APA Style & Citation Video Tutorials -- from Nova Southeastern University, Ft. Lauderdale, FL
- Chicago Manual of Style
- Citation Builder (North Carolina State U.) -- covering MLA, APA and CBE/CSE formats
- Citation Machine -- fill-in-the-blank forms automatically generate citations in MLA, Chicago, Turabian or APA format
- Citation Style for Research Papers (Long Island U.) --
advice on plagiarism and coverage of APA, Turabian, MLA,
Chicago and AMA styles
- Citing Government Information Resources Using MLA -- how to cite Congressional Hearings, Supreme Court Decisions, U.S. Code, Census Data, Code of Federal Regulations, Public Law and more in the MLA format
- Citing References in Your Paper -- by U. Wisconsin-Madison. Covers APSA, Chicago/Turabian, APA, CBE and MLA
- Citing
Sources (DUKE) -- and avoiding
plagiarism
- Citing
Sources (NW MO State U.) -- detailed guides to citing in APA, MLA, CSE (Scientific Style), and Turabian/Chicago formats
- Citing Your Sources (Wright State U.) -- APA, MLA, Turabian and more
- Copyright and Fair Use
- Electronic
Reference Formats Recommended by the American Psychological
Association
- Guide
for Writing Research Papers --
based on APA documentation
- Guide
for Writing Research Papers --
based on MLA documentation
- Guide
to Grammar and Writing -- improve
grammar, syntax, punctuation, sentence & paragraph structure
and more with instructional quizzes & tutorials
- IEEE Style Manual -- aka Author Digital Toolbox
- KnightCite Citation Service -- fill-in-the-blank citation generator for APA, MLA & Chicago formats
- National
Library of Medicine Recommended Formats for Bibliographic
Citation--Supplement: Internet Formats --
(PDF document)
- Noodle
Tools -- tools for research, citations
in MLA and APA formats, etc.
- Online Citation Wizards -- MLA, CSE and APA formats
- Online Writing Lab (OWL) of Purdue -- covering academic writing, grammar and mechanics, research and citations (MLA, APA, etc.) and more in very clear and simple language
- PrintWhatYouLike --
reformat any Web page to make it printer-friendly and save paper
- RefWorks -- citation management service available to UTD users only
- Research & Documentation Online -- by Diana Hacker. Covers MLA, APA, Chicago and CSE (Council of Science Editors) formats
- Son of Citation Machine -- citation generator for the latest versions of MLA, APA, Turabian & Chicago formats
- Sources:
Their Use and Acknowledgement
- Turabian Citation Guide -- 7th edition
- Writing Center - UTD Office of Student Success & Assessment -- on-campus writing lab, part of the GEMS Center
- Writing Lab - Naveen Jindal School of Management -- writing lab located in and maintained by the UTD Naveen Jindal School of Management
- Zotero – Citation Tool -- free, easy-to-use Firefox extension to help you collect, manage, and cite research resources
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Copyright & Patents
- Copyright
and Fair Use
- Copyright
Information: U.S. and International Laws
- Copyright Rules and Fair Use -- of the UT System
- Creative Commons -- a nonprofit organization that develops, supports, and stewards legal and technical infrastructure that maximizes digital creativity, sharing, and innovation. "Share, Remix, Reuse -- Legally"
- Digital Object Identifier System -- by the International DOI Foundation (IDF). Definition of DOI, documentation on standards for establishing DOIs, and DOI name lookup (find documents by DOI name/number)
- Free DOI Lookup -- find a document's DOI through a bibliographic metadata search (i.e., by author, journal/article/book title, ISSN/ISBN, etc.)
- Identity Archives Project -- keyword-searchable database of logos and brand identity designs from around the world
- Is It Protected By Copyright? -- interactive site to determine if a work published in the US is copyrighted
- Open Patent Services (OPS) -- by EPO (European Patent Office). Designed for automated queries, OPS delivers production-stable and high-quality raw patent data
- TOSBack: Terms-of-Service Tracker -- tracking over 50 company and website terms-of-service and customer policy changes in real-time, e.g., changes in Facebook's, Google's, Verizon's, Comcast's, & Twitter's terms-of-service customer agreements
- United
States Patent and Trademark Office
- World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) -- World IP Laws -- a database of international patent, trademark, copyright, trade secret and competition laws and regulations
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Dictionaries, Grammars & Thesauri
- Abbreviations.com --
decipher abbreviations and acronyms. Handy for finding full titles of journals
- Acronymfinder --
decipher those difficult acronyms and abbreviations
- Alternative Dictionaries --
focusing on slang, profanities, insults and vulgarisms from all over the world
- Bibliomania --
click
on RESEARCH
- Brewer's
Dictionary of Phrase and Fable
- Dictionaries
List from the Internet Public Library
- Dictionary
(ObjectGraph) --
start typing your word, and OG will anticipate your query
by automatically listing suggestions. Handy for when you
are unsure of a word's proper spelling
- English-Spanish
Dictionary
- Guide
to Grammar and Writing -- digital
handouts on grammar and English usage. From subject-verb
agreement and use of articles to exercises in parallel structures
and argumentative essays
- Lexicons
of Early Modern English -- searches
and displays word-entries from monolingual English dictionaries,
bilingual lexicons, technical vocabularies, and other encyclopedic-lexical
works, 1480-1702
- Literary
Encyclopedia & Literary Dictionary
- Merriam-Webster
Dictionary
- Merriam-Webster
Thesaurus
- Multilingual Dictionaries
- Net Lingo --
thousands of easy-to-understand definitions that explain
the Internet and online world of business, technology and
communication
- Nonverbal
Dictionary -- of gestures, signs
and body language cues. By the Center for Nonverbal Studies
- On-Line
English Grammar
- Oxford
English Dictionary Online -- UTD
users may access the full
version of OED Online
- Roget's
Thesaurus
- Skeptic's Dictionary -- combating pseudoscience and outrageous claims wherever they may be found
- Symbols.com -- encyclopedia of Western signs and ideograms. Search using either the graphic index or by words in the meaning
- Symbols.net -- directory of signs, glyphs and symbols
- Translation Dictionaries & Services
- Ultralingua.net --
language site for definitions and translations
- Urban
Dictionary --
over 250,000 popular culture definitions and slang; entries
submitted by users
- Visual Dictionary Online by Merriam-Webster
- Webopedia --
dictionary of computer and Internet terms
- Wordle --
word cloud generator to help visualize the terms that appear most prominently within a text or on a website
- Wordnik -- for definitions, examples in use, pronunciation, and etymology of words, as well as statistics on their usage
- Wordsmyth:
The Educational Dictionary-Thesaurus
- yourDictionary.com
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Education
- American
Universities
- Chronicle
of Higher Education --
includes job listings; UTD users may access the full
version
for free
- College
and University Rankings
- College
and University Search -- by Peterson's
- CollegeBoard.org
- Directory
of Colleges and Universities in the U.S. and Canada --
by U101 College Search: Links to Learning
- Doctoral Programs in America: 2010 Rankings -- from the Chronicle of Higher Education. UTD users only
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Dr. Mac's Amazing
Behavior Management Advice Site
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ED.gov -- U.S. Dept. of
Education Home Page
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Education
Resource Organizations Directory (EROD) --
directory intended to help you identify and contact orgs.
that provide info and assistance on a broad range of education-related
topics
- Financial Aid
- GradSchools.com
- Grants
- National
Center for Education Statistics
- OER Commons – Open Educational Resources -- portal of free-to-use, openly licensed educational resources, mainly for teachers and instructors. Materials categorized by subject, grade level (K-12 and college), and material type
- Peterson's
Education and Career Center
- STEM Career -- for those seeking and promoting careers in Science, Technology, Engineering & Math
- Study
Guide Zone -- directory of free
study guides for numerous undergraduate and graduate admissions
exams: GRE, GMAT, MCAT, PCAT and more
- TExES/ExCET
Home Page -- find registration
info, test dates, and online preparation manuals for the
TExES (Texas Examinations of Educator Standards) and ExCET
(Examination for the Certification of Educators in Texas)
tests
- Title
IV Institution Codes --
also known as the Federal School Code, the six-character
code for each college or university to which you are applying
in order to complete the FAFSA
- Udemy -- offering free- and fee-based open online educational courses
- U.S. College & University Directory -- by BrainTrack. Search or browse schools alphabetically and by state
- U.S.
News and World Report Graduate School Rankings
- UTD Course & Syllabus Search
- UTD Course Evaluation Site
- UTD
Strategic Plan -- "Creating
the Future"
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Employment,
Jobs & Career Information
- Academic
Careers Online
- Academic360 -- #1 Internet resource for jobs in higher ed.
- Career & Job News with Finding Tools -- by Wall Street Journal
- Career Development & Job Searching -- @ your library
- CareerBuilder
- CareerOneStop -- explore careers, salaries and benefits, education and training needed, resumes and interviewing and more on a national or state-by-state level
- CareerZone: Write Your Resume -- fill in the form with skills, job experience, etc. and automatically generate a resume in HTML, PDF, or Word format
- Chronicle of Higher Education : Jobs in Higher Education
- Cost
of Living Calculators (Datamasters)
- Cover Letter Maker -- fill out the form to automatically generate a cover letter
- Craigslist - Dallas/Fort Worth
- DFWJobs.com --
for jobs in the North Central Texas region
- GlassDoor.com -- peer into salaries, reviews & interviews of thousands of companies posted anonymously by employees
- HigherEdJobs.com
- Hound.com -- search jobs coming directly from employer career pages
- iHispano.com -- the professional Latino network
- Indeed.com -- search job sites, newspapers, associations & company career pages
- Jobs & Career Search Accelerator -- a career selection and job search tool, which includes resume and cover letter preparation; information for over 1,000 detailed Occupational Profiles, plus salary and job growth data; and access to a database of over 5 million current job and internship opportunities. Available only to UTD users.
- JobBank
USA
- JobCentral -- employer-owned job search engine
- JobServe.us -- search for jobs in the U.S.
- Jobster.com
- Juju -- job search engine
- LinkedIn.com -- social network for professionals
- Living Wage Calculator -- by Penn. State U.
- Monster.com
- NIEFS Cover Letter Generator
- Occupational
Information Network - O*NET OnLine --
find your career path based on the knowledge, skills and
abilities needed; and find salaries and job demand for geographic
areas
-
Occupational Outlook Handbook
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onTargetjobs -- searching niche industry job listings
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Oodle -- online job classifieds
- Salary.com:
Salary Wizard --
find salary range for a particular job and location, executive
compensation, a cost-of-living calculator and more
- Salary
Comparison Calculator --
compare the difference in salary made when moving from one
location to another within the U.S.
- Simplyhired.com
- Snagajob.com -- #1 source for hourly and part-time jobs
- STEM Career -- for those seeking and promoting careers in Science, Technology, Engineering & Math
- Texas
Job Search Page
- Trovix -- integrating personalized searching job maps via Google Maps
- TweetMyJobs -- utilizing social media for instantaneous job updates
- USAjobs.gov -- official job site of the U.S. Federal Government
- UT Dallas Career Center
- WetFeet -- helping job seekers make smarter career decisions through in-depth career search
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Encyclopedias & Quick Reference
- About.com --
topical directory that's excellent for current events, practical
advice, pop culture, and more
- Bartleby.com
- Best
Information on the Net -- excellent
topical directory for undergrads
- Better
World Links --
directory of over 30,000 links to English-language topics
- Encyclopedia
Britannica Online --
electronic version of the well respected resource in paper.
UTD users may access the full
version
- European
Library -- search the collections
of national libraries all across Europe: books, maps, posters
& images, children's lit., newspapers & more
- ipl2: Information You Can Trust -- offering live online ask-a-librarian help to the general public. All resources vetted by students and professionals of library and info science
- Martindale's
The Reference Desk
- National
Issues -- nonpartisan views on
national issues (includes education, social security, gun
control, etc.)
- Scholarpedia -- free peer-reviewed encyclopedia
- Subject Guides -- by McDermott Library. Don't know where to start research on a topic? Start here!
- Symbols.com -- encyclopedia of Western signs and ideograms. Search using either the graphic index or by words in the meaning
- Symbols.net -- directory of signs, glyphs and symbols
- UT
Austin's A-Z List of Useful Reference Sites
- Wikipedia --
free Internet encyclopedia
- WikiWax --
quick index to Wikipedia. Type in your term and it fills
in the rest of the blank with suggestions
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Entertainment
- A-Z
Lyrics Universe --
access more than 50,000 lyrics by over 1,500 artists
- Academy
Awards Database --
browse/search by year, film title, award category and more.
Covers the beginning of the AAs - 1927/28 - to present
- Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences -- access the Academy Film Archive, Academy Awards Database, Motion Picture Credits Database, AA Acceptance Speech Database and much more
- All-Rovi : Movie
Guide -- formerly Allmovie.com. List of new releases on DVD and in the theater; browse by genre or search by cast & crew or movie title; reviews and film awards
- All-Rovi : Music
Guide -- formerly Allmusic.com. Lists of top-selling albums; chart ratings for songs and albums; music reviews; browse and search for music by artist, song, or album
- Baseball
Almanac --
history, rosters, records, scores, jokes and more
- Big Cartoon Database
- Box Office Mojo -- features movies´ earnings, production cost, awards, news articles, discussion forums & more
- The Dallas Observer -- weekly newspaper of local events, nightlife & entertainment
- Guidelive --
guide to entertainment around Dallas/Ft. Worth: movies, music, performing arts, restaurants and more
- IMDB
: Internet Movie Database
- Metacritic --
compiles reviews from respected critics and publications
for film, video/dvd, books, music, TV and games
- Moviefone --
movies, show times, trailers, etc.
- MRQE --
the Movie Review Query Engine
- NBA.com
- QuickDFW -- by the Dallas Morning News. Area entertainment, nightlife, fashion, drink specials, music, lifestyle articles and more
- Radio-Locator --
links to over 10,000 radio station Web sites and 2,500 audio
streams from those stations worldwide. Search by format,
city, state or province, country, zip code, call letters
& more
- Rotten Tomatoes -- new movie and DVD reviews rated using the unique "tomato meter," which averages all available movie reviews from popular media
- TV
Guide
- UrbanSpoon -- restaurants reviewed by critics, food bloggers and friends
- Yelp -- for user-provided reviews of local restaurants, nightlife, shopping & other entertainment spots
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Geology & Earth Science
- Country Data -- see Maps, Atlases & Travel
- Deepwater Horizon Archive/BP Oil Spill: One Year Later -- by the NOAA
- Digital Library for Earth System Education -- links to educational resources and data sets on geology, environmental science, atmospheric science and space science
- Earth Science World -- by the American Geological Institute
- EarthSky Science Podcasts -- a clear voice for science
- Encyclopedia of Earth
- Geological Society of America
- Geology Dictionary
- Global Volcanism Program -- historical
and geological data on volcanoes
- Mineralogy Database -- contains over 4,400 individual mineral species descriptions with links and an image library
- Natural Hazards Center -- by University of Colorado at Boulder
- Natural History of North Central Texas (NHNCT) -- explore the flora, fauna, geology, weather, biodiversity and more of North Central Texas
- NOAA's National Ocean Service -- portal of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
- NOAA Office of Response and Restoration (OR&R) -- protecting coastal & marine resources and providing comprehensive solutions to envt'l hazards caused by oil, chemicals and marine debris
- Science and Policy of Global Environmental Change -- by MIT
- Science Research Portal -- by ScienceResearch.com.
Covers astronomy, biology, chemistry, earth science, engineering,
medicine and more
- US Geological Survey -- official portal of the USGS
- USGS Earthquake Guide -- covering present and historical earthquakes from all over the world with maps, news, and data
- World Database on Protected Areas (WDPA) -- incorporating the UN list of protected areas
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Government, Law & Politics
-
American Fact Finder -- portal by the U.S. Census Bureau for population, housing, economic, and geographic data
- American
Law Sources Online --
Mexico, Canada and the Americas
- Attorneys --
access Newlawyer's directory of lawyers arranged by legal category and location and get brief consultations for free
- beSpacific --
accurate, focused law and technology reviews. Award-winning news aggregator and feed source on topics ranging from e-commerce to intellectual property, digital rights to ID theft, the Patriot Act and more
- Center for Public Integrity -- govt. watchdogs dedicated to investigative journalism on significant issues to make institutional power more transparent and accountable
- Congress.org --
get info on federal, state, and local officials, as well
as issue guides and voting records
- Congress Votes Database --
documents every vote and member of the House and Senate since 1991
- Congressional
Research Service Reports,
Hosted by UNT Libraries -- strives
to give searchable access to full-text CRS reports from
1990 to present
- Cornell
Law School
- Country Data -- see Maps, Atlases & Travel
- CrimeSolutions.gov -- selective clearinghouse of evaluative info on 150 programs in criminal justice, crime victim services and juvenile justice
- C-SPAN Video Library --
video archive of U.S. congressional sessions & hearings dating from 1987 to present. Indexed by subject, speaker names, titles, affiliations, committees, categories, policy groups, keywords & location
- CyberCemetery --
provides permanent public access to Web sites of defunct
U.S. government agencies and commissions
- Diplomacy
Monitor -- the latest communiqués,
transcripts and
news releases from around the world
- Europa:
Gateway to the European Union
- Federal Register -- The Daily Journal of the U.S. Government. Contains rules, proposed rules, and notices of Federal agencies and organizations, as well as Executive orders and other Presidential documents
- FedStats --
gateway to statistics from over 100 U.S. federal gov. agencies
- FindLaw
- GLIN - Global Legal Information Network
- Gov.com --
making government user-friendly
- Government
Documents -- McDermott Library's
guide to national and state government resources
- Government Information Online (GIO) -- chat live with a government documents, information expert/librarian
- Guide
to Law Online --
branches of government, constitutions and legal sources
for U.S. and international points of origin
- Internal Revenue Service (IRS.gov)
- International Security and Relations Network (ISN)
- Internet
Legal Resource Guide
- Law Brain -- a wiki on law and legal affairs
- Law Firm -- directory from Martindale
- Lawyers.com -- search or browse lawyers by name, practice, or location; understand legal issues; find legal help and resources; and more
- Legal Services and Resources for Legal Professionals -- comprehensive directory of more than 50,000 experts, legal consultants and other legal service professionals
- MetaLib.gpo.gov [federated government search engine] -- by the GPO. Searches multiple U.S. Federal government databases, retrieving reports, articles and citations while providing direct links to selected resources available online
- Migration Policy Institute -- independent, nonpartisan, nonprofit think tank dedicated to the study of the movement of people worldwide
- Municipal Codes Online -- by American Legal Publishing Corporation
- Municipal Codes Online Library -- by Municode. Access city/county codes of ordinances from across the country
- National
Governors Association --
ultimate resource for info on U.S. governors
- OpenCongress --
a non-profit, non-partisan public resource dedicated to transparency in the actions of the House and the Senate
- Opensecrets.org --
your guide to money in U.S. politics
- OYEZ:
U.S. Supreme Court Multimedia --
listen to recordings of Supreme Court oral arguments dating
from 1995 onward
- Political
Science Resources for U.S. Politics --
very thorough list of online resources in politics, by U.
of Mich.
- Political
Resources on the Net -- includes
international and U.S. coverage
- Public Access to Court Electronic Records (PACER) --
allows users to obtain case and docket information from Federal appellate, district and bankruptcy courts, and the PACER Case Locator via the Internet
- Recalls.gov --
covering automobiles, boats, food, medicine, toys, cosmetics,
environmental products & various consumer products
- Stateline.org -- news and info on the policies and politics of the states
- Tax Statistics -- produced by the Statistics of Income Division and other areas of the IRS
- Texas Courts Online – Texas Judicial Council – Legislative Updates -- great source for keeping up with new legislation directly impacting the Texas court system, judges, clerks and other judicial actors
- Texas
Judiciary Online -- wealth of info.
on TX courts: trial courts, appellate courts, Court of Criminal
Appeals and TX Supreme Court. Many of these courts offer
a case search feature on their sites
- Texas Law Help --
guide to free and low-cost legal aid, assistance & services in Texas
- THOMAS --
browse or search for bills, public laws, the Congressional Record, committee reports, presidential nominations, treaties, roll call votes and more
- United Nations: Audiovisual Library of International Law --
view film footage, images & audio relating to the negotiation and adoption of legal instruments pertaining to criminal law, disarmament, human rights, environmental law, treaties & more
- USA.gov --
the U.S. Government's Official Web Portal - for federal,
state and local government info
- VirtualChase --
Web sites and research strategies for finding the law
- World
Policy Institute --
striving for informed, open education and debate of national
and international policy
Constitutions
Voting, Election Information, Polls
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Grants & Financial Aid
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History
- American
Civil War Home Page
- American
Memory --
a digital library of historical documents, photos, sound
files and film footage from the National Digital Library
- American
Presidency Project -- search over 85,000 documents such as speeches, official papers, executive orders, news conferences and press briefings, including audio & video, on every US president from 1789 to today
- American
Rhetoric -- over 5,000 public speeches,
sermons, legal proceedings, lectures, debates & more
(text, audio, and video)
- Chronicling America : Historic American Newspapers -- read newspaper pages from 1900-1910 and get info on newspapers from 1690-present
- Documenting the American
South -- primary sources for the
study of the history, literature & culture of the American
South. Includes text, images & audio
-
Documents
for the Study of American History --
primary sources in U.S. history from ca. 1000 to today
-
France in America /
France en Amérique -- explore the history of the French presence in North America from the first decades of the
16th C. to the end of the 19th C. Direct digital access to
complete books, maps, prints & other documents in English
and French
-
Historical
Text Archive
- Institute of Historical Research -- supporting the study of primarily British history
- Old Bailey (1674-1913), Proceedings of -- fully searchable edition of the largest body of texts detailing the lives of non-elite people ever published, containing 197,745 criminal trials held at London's central criminal court
- Papers of the War Department: 1784-1800 -- access early primary documents of the U.S. War Department
- Presidential Timeline of the Twentieth Century
- Primary
Sources on the Web -- a reputable
guide to primary sources in cyberspace
- Prints
& Photographs Reading Room --
for primary historical photographic documents
- Projects in History – The Institute for Advanced Technology in the Humanities – brought to you by the U. of Virginia
- Repositories
of Primary Sources-- over 5,000
Web sites describing holdings of manuscripts, archives,
rare books, historical photographs and primary sources
- TheHistoryNet
- Texas History -- see Texas category
- U.S.
Historical Documents
- Voice
of the Shuttle : Humanities-Related Sites
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Images
- Ad*Access --
image database of over 7,000 U.S. and Canadian advertisements covering five product categories - Beauty and Hygiene, Radio, Television, Transportation, and World War II propaganda - dated between 1911 and 1955
- American
Memory --
a digital library of historical documents, photos, sound
files and film footage from the National Digital Library
- Bing Images Search
- The Commons -- pilot project in partnership with the Library of Congress. Increasing access to publicly held photography collections
- Dogpile
Image Search
- Flickr.com --
member maintained photo sharing site
- Google
Image Search
- Heritage
Image Partnership (UK) -- search
the British Library, British Museum, Museum of London &
many other prestigious institutions
- Images
Canada
- NYPL
Digital Gallery -- access over
300,000 images digitized from primary sources and printed
rarities in the collections of The New York Public Library
- Photobucket --
video and image sharing service. Search by keyword or browse
by category
- Picsearch --
search engine for pictures and images
- Picture
Australia -- searching institutional
& cultural agencies' image collections in Australia
and abroad
- Prints
& Photographs Reading Room --
for primary historical photographic documents
- Reuters
News Service - Pictures
- Symbols.com -- encyclopedia of Western signs and ideograms. Search using either the graphic index or by words in the meaning
- Symbols.net -- directory of signs, glyphs and symbols
- Visual Dictionary Online by Merriam-Webster
- WorldArt
Web Kiosk -- database of over 35,500
images representing art, design and architecture from prehistorical
to modern periods. Images are for educational use only
- Yahoo!
News Photos
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Language
& Literature
- Books Online -- UTD-exclusive materials and public domain e-books
- Complete Shakespeare Reader -- downloadable electronic reader for all 38 of Shakespeare's plays, available for offline use and fully searchable
- Ethnologue -- resources on languages of the world
- First Line Index of Manuscript Poetry -- from the 13th through 19th centuries
- Galactic Central -- treasure trove for readers interested in tracking short fiction in magazines (what has been published where) – SF/fantasy/weird, mysteries, westerns, sports and love stories
- iLoveLanguages -- comprehensive catalog of online language-related resources: lessons, translating dictionaries, native literature, translation services, software, language schools and more
- Literary
Encyclopedia & Literary Dictionary
- Literature: Reviews & Criticism -- directory of book review sites from around the world
- LOCUS Online -- news, reviews, resources & perspectives of science fiction, fantasy, horror. Lists of major award winners (Hugo, Nebula, Bram Stoker, Philip K. Dick & more) are also available
- Lost Titles, Forgotten Rhymes -- how to find a novel, short story, or poem without knowing its title or author. By the Library of Congress
- Luminarium -- award-winning anthology of English literature from the Medieval, Renaissance, and 17th Century eras. Includes criticism, essays, images, timelines, and sound clips
- Nobel
Prize -- intn'l award given yearly since 1901 for achievements in physics, chemistry, medicine,
literature, economics and peace
- PAL: Perspectives in American Literature -- browse by time/literary period or search the site
- Perseus
Project -- full-text of ancient texts and more
- Poems, Plays, and Prose : A Guide to the Theory of Literary Genres
- Pulitzer
Prizes -- official site of U.S.-based award given yearly since 1917 for achievements in journalism,
letters, drama and music. Includes nominees
- Reading Women Writers and African Literatures -- provides an overview of African women writers writing in French, South of the Sahara. In French and English
- Representative Poetry Online -- includes poetry,
criticism, poem index, timeline, glossary and bibliography
- SF Site -- the best in science fiction and fantasy
- Victorian Women Writers Project -- complete and accurate transcriptions of texts – anthologies, novels, political pamphlets, religious tracts, children’s books, and volumes of poetry and verse drama – by 19th century British women writers
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Maps, Atlases & Travel
- Campus Map of UT Dallas
- CityTownInfo.com -- info on people, housing, transportation, mortgages/real estate, crime, commuting, jobs & more for thousands of towns and cities across the U.S.
- Color Landform Atlas of the United States
- Country Profiles - BBC News -- instant guides to countries' histories, politics, economic backgrounds, including their territories and key institutions. Includes audio and video clips from BBC archives
- Country Studies/Area Handbooks -- for country-by-country data on politics, economics, education, health, environment, and population
- ePodunk -- research info on cities, towns & communities. Find points of interest, city rankings & more
- Europa:
Gateway to the European Union
- Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) -- for the U.S. and its territories
- GEOnet Names Server (GNS) -- for foreign (non-U.S.) place-names
- Google Maps
- Gusto! -- travel planning with travel reviews, hotel reviews, hotel reservations, travel photos, travel blogs and travel guides
- Historic Aerials -- access historic and current aerial photographs of the US (1930-present)
- HousingMaps -- browse housing listings by city and price range, then view interactive maps of their locations. Combines Craigslist with Google Maps
- How
Far Is It?
- International Relations and Security Network (ISN)
- Island
Directory -- geographic, ecological and human impact data on nearly 2,000 islands of the world
- LonelyPlanet.com
- MapQuest
Interactive
- McDermott Library Maps
- National Geographic's Xpeditions
- Sperling's
Best Places -- demographics on 3,000 U.S. cities
- Texas
Digital Sanborn Maps -- 1867 to 1970 (UTD users only)
- Travlang -- translating dictionaries
- University
of Texas at Austin Map Collection
- U.S. Gazetteer
- World Factbook -- country maps, data, and profiles compiled by the CIA
- World Freedom Atlas -- interactive statistical atlas helping researchers understand the issues of freedom, democracy, human rights & good governance. Spans 1990 - 2006
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Medicine & Health
- American Hospital Directory -- free hospital look-up tool, links to hospital Web sites and basic statistics on hospitals
- Center for Nutrition Policy and Promotion -- includes dietary guidelines for Americans
- Child Welfare -- by the Dept. of Health & Human Services
- DestinationRX -- research prescription drugs and compare prices
- Dr.
Weil.com
- DrugWatch
- Environment and Breast Cancer : Science Review -- extensive research into environmental causes of breast cancer, by SSI : Silent Spring Institute
- FamilyDoctor.org -- health info for the entire family
- FDA.gov -- Food & Drug Administration. Find science and research, regulatory information, food & drug safety, public health focus and news & events
- Food Navigator -- research consumer and industry news on food ingredients, additives, recalls, science & nutrition and more
- Genetics Home Reference -- your guide to understanding genetic conditions
- Go
Ask Alice -- health and sexuality
topics
- Health & Environmental Research Online (HERO) -- key studies the EPA uses to develop envnmnt'l risk assessments for the public, such as the nature and magnitude of health risks to humans ecosystems from pollutants in the environment
- Healthfinder --
government source of health info
- HealthWorld
Online
- Herbal
Safety -- along with herbal fact
sheets
- Hospital.com
- Hospital Compare -- by the US HHS
- Integrated Risk Information System (IRIS) -- health assessment program that evaluates quantitative and qualitative risk information on effects that may result from exposure to envnmnt'l contaminants
- Intelihealth
- Medical Heritage Library -- digital collection of materials compiled by many of the world’s leading medical libraries. About 14,000 authoritative medical books are represented along with numerous illustrations
- MedicineNet
- Medpedia
- MedlinePlus -- free, reliable medical information from the Nat'l Library of Medicine
- Merck
Manual of Diagnosis and Therapy
- Merck
Manual of Medical Information
- National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine [NCCAM] -- by the National Institutes of Health (NIH)
- National
Center for Health Statistics --
statistics on births and deaths, diet and body weight, and
epidemiology in the U.S.
- National
Institutes of Health (NIH) -- quality
portal combining medical info and scientific advances of
NIH's 27 highly regarded institutes such as National Center
on Minority Health & Health Disparities and National
Human Genome Institution
- Nutrition.gov -- easy access to government info on food and human nutrition for consumers
- PDRHealth -- from the publishers of Physicians' Desk Reference. Research drugs & supplements, diseases & conditions, clinical trials, surgery, etc.
- Pillbox -- pill identification system from the Nat’l Library of Medicine (NLM)
- Quackwatch -- consumer protection site committed to combating health related frauds, myths, fads, fallacies and misconduct
- Quality Check of Hospitals and Other Health Care Organizations -- by the independent, not-for-profit Joint Commission, which is responsible for accreditation and certification of 19,000+ health care orgs in the US
- Rx
List -- info on prescription and
non-prescription drugs
- WebMD
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News & Media
- Access
Middle East -- breaking news on
Israel and the Middle East
- AJR --
American Journalism Review
- All Things Digital --
devoted to news, analysis & opinion on technology, the Internet & media
- AP -- Associated Press, the essential global news network
- Austin American Statesman
- BBC
News Online
- BoingBoing.net -- founded by a former editor of Wired, this site aggregates and reviews diverse topics for those interested in Internet culture
- CNN
- Chronicle
of Higher Education
- D Magazine -- Dallas guide to restaurants, nightlife, things to do, shopping, politics and culture
- DailySource -- gathering the latest print and video streams from leading US & international news outlets: CNN, MSNBC, ABC, CBS, BBC, Reuters & more
- Dallas
Morning News -- UTD users access Dallas Morning News
here
- The
Dallas Observer
- Digg -- read, rate & share the latest news, videos & podcasts
- FactCheck.org -- project of the Annenberg Public Policy Center of the U. of Penn. helping to dispel false claims, distorted facts and misinformation in today’s media environment
- FAIR - Fairness & Accuracy in Reporting -- challenging media bias and censorship since 1986
- Freedom Collection -- archive of news and video interviews with freedom activists from around the world
- Google Fast Flip -- combining qualities of print and the Web, Fast Flip allows users to flip through pages of online popular magazines as quickly as flipping through a real magazine
- LiveStation -- for instant, interactive, live TV on your desktop. Access high-quality transmissions from channels all over the world
- London
Times
- Los
Angeles Times
- Mercury, The UTD -- official student newspaper of UTD
- MSNBC
- NBCnews.com
- NPR
(National Public Radio) News
- New
York Times -- UTD users access New York Times here
- On the Media -- exploring the latest issues affecting media
- Online
Newspapers -- browse by geographic region or country
- ProPublica -- an independent, non-profit newsroom that produces investigative journalism in the public interest. 2010 Pulitzer prize winner for investigative reporting
- QuickDFW -- parent site of the free DFW weekly, Quick, by Dallas Morning News
- Reddit
- Slashdot -- "News for Nerds." Online news aggregator and interactive blog
- StumbleUpon.com -- socially networked, personalized news
- Texas Newspaper Page from UT-Austin
- Theory.org.uk -- The Media Theory Site. Social theory for fans of pop culture, and pop culture for fans of social theory
- USA
Today
- WikiLeaks
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Obituaries
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Performing Arts, Music & Film
- Academy
Awards Database --
browse/search by year, film title, award category and more.
Covers the beginning of the AAs - 1927/28 - to present
- Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences -- access the Academy Film Archive, Academy Awards Database, Motion Picture Credits Database, AA Acceptance Speech Database and much more
- All Movie Guide -- by Rovi
- All Music Guide -- by Rovi
- American Film Institute (AFI) -- official site of AFI featuring many "top X" lists
-
Big Cartoon Database --
info on over 70,000 film & TV cartoons and nearly 5,000
cartoon series. Access by studio, Academy Award-winning
classic, or keyword search. Includes over 4,000 reviews
- Box Office Mojo -- features movies´ earnings, production cost, awards, news articles, discussion forums & more
- Dramatists.com -- search plays by title, author, keyword or ISBN
- Film Literature Index -- indexing 150 film and television periodicals from 30 countries cover-to-cover and 200 other periodicals selectively for articles on film and television
-
IMDB: Internet Movie Database
- Internet
Broadway Database --
info on all areas of Broadway
- Moving Image Archive -- from Internet Archive. Access thousands of free movies, films & videos. Most are available for free download. Excellent site for primary source and historical videos
- MRQE --
the Movie Review Query Engine
- National Jukebox -- by the Library of Congress. Featuring 10,000+ songs from the Victor Talking Machine Co. released between 1901 and 1925
- Performing Arts Encyclopedia -- by the Library of Congress
- Public Domain Music Score Library
- Rotten Tomatoes -- new movie and DVD reviews rated using the unique "tomato meter," which averages all available movie reviews from popular media
- Samuel French - House of Plays and Musical Plays -- search plays by keyword, author, or title. Browse plays by category or no. of characters
- Shakespeare in Film, Television and Radio -- international in coverage
- WIMA : Werner Icking Music Archive
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Philosophy
- AskPhilosophers.org -- put the talents and knowledge of real-life philosophers to the test. Send a philosophy-related question, and they will respond!
- Basics of Philosophy --
a huge subject broken down into manageable chunks
- Edge.org --
promoting discussion of intellectual, philosophical, artistic & literary issues, as well working for the intellectual & social achievement of society
- Episteme
Links : Philosophy Resources on the Internet
- Ethics
Updates -- professional and popular literature on theoretical and applied ethics. Moral theory, relativism, pluralism, religion, egoism, utilitarianism & current topics in applied ethics (abortion, animal rights, bioethics, right to die/euthanasia & more)
- Everything Postmodern -- one of the most comprehensive guides to postmodern theory on the Web
- Fora.TV -- videos on the people, issues & ideas changing the planet
- Great Voyages : the History of Western Philosophy from 1492-1776 --
contains a timeline and reprints of major figures' works
- Guide to Philosophy on the Net --
topical guides, dictionaries, philosopher guides, journals,
associations and more. NOTE: Not updated since 2003, but
still has many working links
- Internet
Encyclopedia of Philosophy
- Marxists
Internet Archive -- Marxist writers,
reference, history & encyclopedia
- Philosophy Bites -- highly acclaimed website offering hundreds of podcasts of conversations with leading philosophers chiefly from the UK and the US
- Philosophy Pages
- Philosophy Talk -- download and listen to 1-hour broadcasts of philosophy talk radio. Brought to you by the Stanford Philosophy Dept.
- PhilWeb
: Philosophy Sources On- & Off-Line
- Society for Philosophical Inquiry
- Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
- TED (Technology, Entertainment, Design): Ideas Worth Spreading -- watch, listen, and discuss inspired talks by the world's greatest thinkers and doers
- TPM Online: The Philosopher’s Magazine
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Phone Numbers & Addresses
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Psychology & Brain Science
- Genes to Cognition Online -- portal to neuroscience, focusing on cognitive disorders, cognitive processes & research approaches. Use the dynamic network maps to explore its library of 750+ unique items
- Humanmetrics -- online tests for various personality traits
- Internet
Psychology Lab
- National
Institute of Mental Health
- Neuroscience Information Framework -- the NIF advances neuroscience research by enabling discovery and access to public research data and tools worldwide through an open source, networked environment
- Personality
Tests and Tools
- Psychcentral -- psychology and mental health resources: disorders and treatments, quizzes and tests, prescription guide, news articles and
more
- Psychcrawler -- a search engine for psychology by the American Psychological Association
- Tests
(Buros Institute)
- Tests,
Tests, Tests
- TherapyCounseling.com -- directory of psychologists, therapists, counselors and more
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Quotations
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Religion
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Science
- All Things Digital --
devoted to news, analysis & opinion on technology, the Internet & media
- ArXiv -- open access to hundreds of thousands of e-prints in physics, math, comp. sci., quantitative biology and statistics
- Automobile
Fuel Economy -- find out greenhouse gas emissions and fuel economy for your car, tips on improving
gas mileage, gasoline prices across the nation and more
- Biodiversity Heritage Library -- providing access to over 40k journals and books - legacy literature – on biodiversity: botany, zoology, natural history, evolution, classification, paleontology and more. Int'l in scope and historical in coverage (from 1450 to present)
- Charles Darwin’s Library -- digital edition and reconstruction of the surviving books owned by Darwin. Includes his notations and markings
- ChemTutor
- CiteSeer.IST - Scientific Literature Digital Library -- indexes over 750,000 scientific documents, many in full text: journal articles, proceedings, reports and pre-prints
- Complete Works of Charles Darwin -- from complete publications [Origin of Species, Voyage of the Beagle, Descent of Man], private papers and manuscripts, to reviews and responses, Darwin's specimens, obituaries and more
- Composite
Materials Handbook
- Conference Proceedings, Science -- directory of societies and their proceedings (ACM, ACS, IEEE, SPIE). For full-text access, check the library’s holdings for availability
- DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals -- free, full text, quality controlled scientific and scholarly journals, covering all subjects and many languages
-
EarthSky Science Podcasts -- a clear voice for science
- Einstein Light -- Einstein's theory of
relativity explained through animation and simple text
-
Energy in Brief -- by the EIA, Energy Information Administration. What everyone should know about energy. Fact sheets and articles that explain important energy topics in plain language for the layperson or non-specialist
-
EOL - Encyclopedia of Life -- an open-access, collaborative encyclopedia whose vision is “global access to knowledge about life on Earth.” A convenient, info-rich resource for researching everything about organisms
-
EPA--Window to My Environment
- ESI--Essential
Science Indicators: Special Topics -- analysis, interviews & essays on the latest high-interest
topics in science by expert scientists in their fields, covering 1997-2007
- Futurity.org -- news from leading research universities
- Geology & Earth Science
- Google Sky -- astronomy at a glance
- GrayLIT
Network : A Science Portal of Technical Reports -- over 500 databases and Web sites containing information and resources pertaining to science and technology of interest to the Department of Energy, with an emphasis on the physical sciences
- How Stuff Works -- from junk science to real science, find out how stuff works
- IFIC:
International Food Information Council Foundation --
food safety and nutrition
- Instruments for Science, 1800-1914 -- illustrated scientific trade catalogs, from the Smithsonian Institute
- Intute: Science, Engineering & Technology -- resources for research in the physical sciences, engineering, computing, geography, mathematics and environmental science
- Khan Academy -- nearly 2000 short videos of supplementary instruction and short lessons in mathematics, engineering and technology
- Linus Pauling Online -- research site dedicated to Nobel-winning American chemist
- The Naked Scientists -- science radio and the Naked Scientists podcasts
- NanoHUB -- simulation, education & community for nanotechnology
- National Academic Press -- over 4,000 PDF-format books in science, engineering and medicine
- National Human Genome Research Institute
- National Science Foundation (NSF)
- Nobel
Prize -- intn'l award given yearly since 1901 for achievements in physics, chemistry, medicine,
literature, economics and peace
- Office of Science & Technical Information -- US Dept. of Energy. Making research & development progress & results easily available to the agencies served as well as the public
- Physics for the 21st Century
- PhysOrg.com -- top news in science and technology: nanotechnology, physics, space & earth, electronics, chemistry, biology, medicine & health and more
- Science in Action -- by the BBC. “A magazine program pulling together the science issues of the week and delivering breaking science news from the just-released journals.”
- Science.gov -- gateway to over 50 million pages of authoritative selected science info provided by U.S. govt. agencies, including R & D results
- Science360: The Knowledge Network -- sponsored by the National Science Foundation. A hub to online videos and other multimedia from science and engineering professionals, academic institutions and other organizations
- ScienceBlogs.com -- access to more than 70 blogs by selected leading bloggers from a variety of scientific disciplines
- ScienceDaily -- latest news and articles in science, health, environment and technology
- ScienceNOW: The Latest News Headlines from the Scientific World -- from Science Magazine . UTD users may access subscription content via the library site
- Science Research Portal -- by ScienceResearch.com.
Covers astronomy, biology, chemistry, earth science, engineering,
medicine and more
- ScienceSeeker -- science news from science newsmakers
- ScienceWatch -- tracking trends & performance in scientific research. Continues where Essential Science Indicators leaves off (2007 onward)
- Scirus -- an extensive database of scientific information from journals and Web sites. For journals referenced by Scirus, check the library's
catalog
- Smithsonian
National Museum of Natural History: Research & Collections -- databases of holdings and illustrations
- STEM Career -- for those seeking and promoting careers in Science, Technology, Engineering & Math
- TestTube -- behind the scenes videos in the world of science
- Virtual Journals in Science & Technology
- WorldWideScience.org -- global science gateway to federated searching of national and international scientific databases and portals. Results provided in multiple languages
- Writing Guidelines for Engineering and Science Students
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Sociology & Social Sciences
-
Ageline Database -- abstracts of social gerontology and aging-related articles, books & reports.
By the AARP
-
Sociological
Tour Through Cyberspace -- guide to essential sociological resources on the Web
-
Sociology: Virtual Library -- info on associations,
university departments, newsgroups, e-journals and newsletters,
databases and more
-
SocioWeb --
independent guide to sociological resources on the Web.
Topical directory of articles and essays, surveys and statistics,
associations, “giants of sociology,” & more
- Theory.org.uk -- The Media Theory Site. Social theory for fans of pop culture, and pop culture for fans of social theory
- Also see Voting, Election Information, Polls for demography data
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Statistics
-
American Fact Finder -- portal by the U.S. Census Bureau for population, housing, economic, and geographic data
- Bureau
of Labor Statistics
- CrimeReports --
community policing & neighborhood crime statistics integrated with the Google Maps tool
- FastStats -- by the CDC, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, provides quick access to statistics on topics of public health importance and is organized alphabetically
- FedStats --
gateway to statistics from over 100 U.S. federal gov. agencies
- Gallup Poll
- Gary
Price's List of Lists -- collection of ranked listings of companies, people and resources from
freely available Internet sources
- MetaLib.gpo.gov [federated, government search engine] -- by the GPO. Searches multiple U.S. Federal government databases, retrieving reports, articles and citations while providing direct links to selected resources available online
- National
Center for Education Statistics
- National
Data Catalog -- open platform for gov't data sets and APIs. Find datasets by and about gov't, across all levels (federal, state, and local) and across all branches (executive, legislative, and judicial)
- Online Encyclopedia of Mass Violence -- online reference to genocide studies from scholars across the world
- Patchwork Nation -- examining communities over time via demographic, voting and cultural data
- Pew Internet & American Life Project -- polling reports and statistical trends in America
- PollingReport.com -- public opinion stats on federal/state elections and current political issues
- Population
Index on the Web -- database of over 46,000 abstracts of demographic literature
published in Population Index from 1986-2000
- Population
Reference Bureau -- find data and statistics on a variety of population trends
- aging, education, fertility & mortality, gender, marriage
& family, urbanization and more - for the U.S. and the
world
- Roper Center for Public Opinion Research
- Sourcebook of Criminal Justice Statistics -- by the U.S. Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Statistics
- Sperling's
Best Places -- demographics on 3,000 U.S. cities
- Statistical Resources on the Web
- STATS: Statistical
Assessment Service -- reputable source for polling and statistical data on a variety of
subjects
- Tax Statistics -- produced by the Statistics of Income Division and other areas of the IRS
- UNdata -- access 22 databases of statistical data with over 60 million records
- United States Historical Census Data, 1790-1960
- VassarStats : Statistical Computation Web Site -- explanations of statistical procedures with calculators
- Also see Voting, Election Information, Polls
- World
Bank Group: Data and Statistics -- includes the latest World Development Indicators, Global
Development Finance report and more
- Worldometers: Real-Time World Statistics -- up-to-the-second statistics on world population, economics and government, society and media, the environment and more
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Texas
General
- Handbook
of Texas Online
- Legislative Transcripts -- of the 82nd Legislative Session (2011). Brought to you by the Texas Tribune and the Open Society Institute
- North
Central Texas Council of Governments (NCTCOG) --
great demographic and government info on the North Central Texas
region
- Portal to Texas History -- by UNT Libraries
- Texas
Almanac
- Texas
Association of Regional Councils --
specialized regional development commissions in the state
of Texas
- Texas Beyond History -- virtual museum of Texas' cultural heritage, by UT's College of Liberal Arts
- Texas
Cities & Regions -- travel directory of cities & regions with excellent parks & recreation resources
- Texas City/County Municipal Codes -- by American Legal Publishing
- Texas City/County Municipal Codes -- by Municode
- Texas County Highway Maps
- Texas Department of Public Safety -- renew your Driver's License, manage vehicle inspection, look up state crime data and more
- Texas Digital Sanborn Maps --
1867 to 1970 (UTD users only)
- Texas
Government
- Texas Heritage Online -- provides unified online access to Texas' historical documents and images for use by teachers, students, historians, genealogists and other researchers
- The
Texas Lottery Results
- Texas
Parks and Wildlife
- Texas
Redistricting -- access legislative resources, publications, maps and reports, data and more
- Texas
State Library and Archives Commission
- TExES/ExCET
Home Page -- find registration information, test dates, and online preparation manuals for the
TExES (Texas Examinations of Educator Standards) and ExCET
(Examination for the Certification of Educators in Texas)
tests
Dallas/Forth Worth
Richardson
Plano
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Translation Services
- AlphaDictionary -- multilingual dictionaries and usage guides
- Alternative Dictionaries --
focusing on slang, profanities, insults and vulgarisms from all over the world
- Babelfish
Translation Service -- insert text (up to 150 words) and click to translate, or
insert Web page URL to translate
- BabelPort -- portal for those seeking and offering personal translation services. Includes translation resources
- Bilingual Dictionaries
- Chinese-English Dictionary -- includes learning aids such as flash cards, quizzes, text annotation, Chinese text input and more
- English-Spanish Dictionary
- Go Translators -- directory of translators and services, including dictionaries, lexicons, glossaries, vocabulary lists and mailing lists
- iLoveLanguages -- comprehensive catalog of online language-related resources: lessons, translating dictionaries, native literature, translation services, software, language schools and more
- Interactive Terminology for Europe -- by the European Commission. Find current, accurate translations of terms in up to 24 source languages
- Interglot -- free English, Spanish, French, German, Dutch & Swedish translating dictionary
- Language Links -- directory of glossaries, dictionaries and foreign language sites
- Latin Dictionary & Grammar Aid -- from U. Notre Dame
- Logos Dictionary -- multilingual dictionary for dozens of languages and dialects
- Multitran -- dictionary that offers alphabetic, morphologic and phrase searches for English-Russian and Russian-English
- Naked Translations -– a translator’s blog with sage advice for translators and links to many enlightening blogs on the art of translation
- ProZ.com -– extensive resource portal for translators and interpreters
- Spanish Translator Services
- Termium Plus -- treasure trove of translation resources for English, French and Spanish. Nearly 4 million terms and phrases are covered with thousands of updates made monthly
- Ultralingua.net -- language site for definitions and translations
- UTD
Center for Translation Studies
- Verbix -- great tool for conjugating verbs in many languages
- WordReference -- translation dictionaries with strength in Spanish, French, and Italian translation
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Video
- AOL Video -- formerly Singingfish.com
- Archive of American Television -- capturing television history through video archives & interviews
- Bing Videos Search -- results arranged in thumbnail previews
- Classic TV Ads -- browse, watch, and download classic TV ads
- Fora.TV -- videos on the people, issues & ideas changing the planet
- Google Video
- Hulu -- access clips of shows and movies from major broadcast and cable networks
- LiveStation -- for instant, interactive, live TV on your desktop. Access high-quality transmissions from channels all over the world
- Macaulay Library: Sound and Video Catalog -- containing the world´s largest archive of animal sounds and video
- McDermott Library eMovies & Audiobooks -- view and download exclusive video and audio content. Available to UTD users only
- Metacafe
- Moving Image Archive -- by Internet Archive. Access free movies, films & videos on a variety of topics: animation & cartoons, ephemera, arts & music, academics & culture, foreign language video, news and more
- MSN
Video -- search for video content across the Web
- Streaming Video Websites -- excellent directory of educational, news & entertainment streaming video sites. Brought to you by U. Wisc. Milwaukee
- TED (Technology, Entertainment, Design): Ideas Worth Spreading -- watch, listen, and discuss inspired talks by the world's greatest thinkers and doers
- TV Guide -- online video guide as well as TV shows and listings
- Veoh --
the first Internet television peercasting network
- YahooVideo
- YouTube
- YouTubeEDU -- YouTube channel for quality education videos
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Voting,
Election Information, Polls
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American
National Election Studies -- data on voting, public opinion, and political participation for social scientists, teachers, and students
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Congress Votes Database --
voting records of the U.S. Congress since 102nd Congress
(1991) : who missed votes, who voted in late-night sessions,
which bills passed by a narrow margin & more
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DemocracyNet -- online voter guide with state-specific info, developed by the nonpartisan group
- FactCheck.org:
Annenberg Political Fact Check -- "a nonpartisan, nonprofit, 'consumer advocate'
for voters that aims to reduce the level of deception and
confusion in U.S. politics"
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Federal Election Commission -- find campaign finance reports and data, finance law resources, and info on registering to vote, voter turnout statistics, and how elections are framed and administered
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Gallup Poll
- Global Election Guide -- by IFES (International Foundation for Election Systems). Find quick info on the govt. structure, electoral system, and brief country data of countries around the world
- League of Women Voters
- League of Women Voters of Texas -- nonpartisan political organization for informed and active
participation of citizens in government
- Patchwork Nation -- examining communities over time via demographic, voting and cultural data
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Pew Internet & American Life Project -- polling reports and statistical trends in America
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Politifact -- 2009 Pulitzer-prize winning service working to sort out the truth in politics
- PollingReport.com: Public Opinion Online -- election and political issues polling data. Covers nat'l and state elections
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Project
Vote Smart -- Find nat'l and state level info on your representatives. Explains
each candidate's views along with voting records.
Includes info on campaign reform
- Register to Vote
- Roper Center for Public Opinion Research
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Voter Information Center -- by the Harvard Institute of Politics
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Zogby International
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Weather
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Web Design
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Web Searching & Strategies
- About.com --
useful, practical, searchable subject directory
- Ask.com
- Best
Search Tools Chart --
by Infopeople
- Bing
- Blekko -- slashtag search engine. Empowers searchers by allowing easy ranking and filtering of results through the addition of "/" before terms. See demo video
- CyberCemetery -- provides permanent public access to Web sites of defunct
U.S. government agencies and commissions
- Choose
the Best Search Engine for Your Information Need --
by NoodleTools
- Clusty -- the clustering search engine
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Digital Librarian --
a librarian's choice of the best of the Web
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direct
search -- search Invisible Web
pages whose content is "hidden" from general search
tools
- Dogpile
- Exalead -- innovative, new search engine. Results show thumbnail preview of pages found and directory of related topics
- Finding Information on the Internet : A Tutorial
- Gigablast
- Google
- Google
Scholar
- How
to Choose a Search Tool -- recommends the best search tools based on the file types or kind of results desired, e.g., audio/music, images, languages, statistics, podcasts; search logic supported; search options, e.g., auto-term complete, exact phrase searching, private searching; and more
- InfoMine --
searchable directory of scholarly Internet resource collections
- Internet
Archive -- allows you to retrieve information from sites that are no longer available or published.
Includes the popular WayBackMachine
archive
- Internet Detective -- learn and discern the good, the bad, and the ugly for your online research
- Intute -- annotated subject directory of the Web with sites selected and evaluated by qualified subject specialists
- Metacrawler
- Microsoft Academic Search -- Microsoft's answer to Google Scholar
- NetLingo --
thousands of easy-to-understand definitions that explain
the Internet and online world of business, technology and
communication
- 100+ Alternative Search Engines -- a list of niche-specific search engines when Google returns results that are too general. Contains engines for searching PDFs, e-books, audio, music, etc.
- Open Directory Project (ODP) -- the largest human-edited directory of the Web
- Pandia --
how to search the Web more efficiently
- Primary
Sources on the Web -- what they
are, how to find & cite them
- Proteus Internet Search -- "Type Once, Search Everywhere"
- Public Domain Review -- by Open Knowledge Foundation, attempts to curate and organize a small portion of the millions of documents available in the public domain
- ResearchBuzz -- search engine newsletter
- ResourceShelf -- resources and news for information professionals
- Scroogle -- secure searching of Google
- Search
Engine Showdown -- compares features
of various search engines
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Search Engine Watch -- compares
features of search engines
- SurfWax -- metasearch engine featuring SiteSnaps, a unique analytical tool for previewing Web sites (abstract of contents, focus words from page, author's description, more)
- Yahoo!
Searching
the Invisible Web - Sources that search the
"Deep Web," or Web resources not typically retrieved
through ordinary search engines
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