Charles J. Meder Library : Finger Lakes

Useful Web Sites

ANTHROPOLOGY

ArchNet - WWW virtual library for Archaeology
Center for World Indigenous Studies
Digital Egypt
Ethnographic Studies Resources
Index of Native American Resources - Has list of Iroquois sites under "Culture"
National Archeological Database
Native American Document Project - maintained at California State University-San Marcos
Net Guide Website of the Six Nations - Includes Iroquois history, treaties
Public Anthropology

ART/ARCHITECTURE

Artcyclopedia - "a list of every artist represented at hundreds of museum sites, image archives, and other online sources" - Status Line
Art History Resources on the Web
Art & Architecture Thesaurus Online
Architecture Internet Resources (UNLV)
Great Buildings Online
Museums Around the World
World Wide Arts Resources

BUSINESS

Company Information:

AnnualReports.com - "Leading provider of online annual reports"
Lycos Small Business
Hoover's Online - Company profiles
U.S. Securities & Exchange Commission - EDGAR Database, filings and company information

General Information and Statistics:

Stock Quotes:

Daily Stocks - Over 200 financial links, company information
Morningstar.com
Quote.com

CAREERS/JOB LISTINGS

Careers (some job listings also included):

Career One Stop - (CHOICE - Outstanding Academic Title, 2009)
Career Resource Center
Careers and Jobs - Large list of career, job, and resume links
Chronicle Guidance Occupational Briefs - Contains information on more than 2,500 occupational titles, ranging from those that require a high school diploma or less, through professional careers. (Login required from off-campus)
College Majors 101 - "A valuable resource for anyone researching college majors and career paths." (CHOICE, December 2010)
FLCC Career Services Homepage - A gateway to many useful resources
New York State Department of Labor - Projections - Employment projections can be limited to specific region in New York State
Occupational Outlook Handbook - Web version of the print reference book
Occupational Outlook Quarterly - Provides occupational and employment information; includes labor force, industry and occupational projections
Quintessential Careers - Contains a career toolkit, comprehensive A-Z index, and other career, educational and job resource information (CHOICE, May 2009)
Riley Guide - Employment Opportunities and Job Resources on the Internet
What Can I Do With a Major In ...? - Great site that explores careers by college major
What Can I Do With this Major? - Updated by The University of Tennessee. Areas and websites are representative of typical career paths. Explore multiple majors to learn about a wide range of career opportunities.





Job Listings:

Careerbuilder - Job ads from major U.S. newspapers, including Rochester Democrat and Chronicle
Cool Works - Jobs in National Parks, Cruise Jobs, Camp Jobs, etc.
Environmental Careers Organization - Both jobs and internships
Federal Jobs
HealthCareerWeb - Both jobs and career info in the health fields
LifeWorks - Explore health and medical science careers
NationJob Network
PlusJobs America - "Search a variety of job engines and also post your job and resume"

COMPUTERS

CNET: The Computer Network
GameDev.net - Provides resources on all aspects of gaming (programming, design, visual art, sound and music, jobs, industry and product reviews) (CHOICE, January 2011)
History of the Internet
HTML Code Tutorial
Macworld AppGuide - Searchable applications guide for Apple's handheld computers (CHOICE, January 2011)
Online Dictionary of Computers
PC Webopaedia - Computer definitions and links to related articles
Techweb - Basic definitions, company information, product reviews
Virus Encyclopedia - The Virus Encyclopedia contains resources on worms, viruses, trojans and other malware.
Web Developer's Virtual Library
W3 Schools - Information on Web development

COPYRIGHT

CRIMINAL JUSTICE

Amnesty International
BJS: Bureau of Justice Statistics
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Federal Bureau of Prisons - An Agency of the U.S. Department of Justice
Justice Information Center
National Archive of Criminal Justice Data
The Police Officer's Internet Directory
State Laws and Published Ordinances - Firearms
Sourcebook of Criminal Justice Statistics
Uniform Crime Reporting Statistics -Manipulate national and state crime statistics using the table-building tool

EDUCATION

Schools:

College and University Rankings
CollegeSource Online - fulltext collection of nationwide college catalogs
Community College Web
Embark.com - "Your guide for learning and achieving"
Peterson's - College Center and Grad School Center contain resources to help guide the education selection process

Grants and Scholarships:

Columbia Education Center
Gateway to Educational Materials - sponsored by the U.S. Dept. of Education
Education Index - annotated guide to education-related sites, sorted by subject and lifestage
National Center for Education Statistics - includes Condition of Education, Digest of Education Statistics, and Projections of Education Statistics

ENVIRONMENT

General Information

American rivers - Sponsored by a nonprofit organization of US river activists
Center for Environmental Information, Inc. - Based in Rochester
ECONET - "The grandparent of environmental information on the Internet" - CHOICE
Envirolink - "The largest online environmental information resource on the planet"
Environment of the Great Lakes Region
Environment WebDirectory - "Earth's biggest environment search engine"
Environmental News Network - Aims to "provide a global perspective on environmental issues, and to promote thought, discussion, and awareness among our readers". (CHOICE - Highly recommended, 10/2010)
Great Lakes United - Water quality watchdog group based at Buffalo State College
New York State Department of Conservation - exists to "conserve, improve, and protect New York State's natural resources and environment..."
RochesterEnvironment.com - Provides Rochester-area environmental information
Union of Concerned Scientists - Working for a Healthy Environment and a Safe World
Water Resources of the United States
Wind Energy Resource Atlas of the United States











Government Sites

Endangered Species Bulletin - maintained by the United States Fish and Wildlife Service
National Agricultural Statistics Service - maintained by the United States Department of Agriculture
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

Plants and Animals

All about birds - run by the Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology
Amphibia Web - goal is to establish a "home page for every species of amphibian in the world"
Animal Diversity Web - maintained by the University of Michigan's Museum of Zoology Aquamedia - maintained by the Federation of European Aquaculture Producers (FEAP)
AquaNIC - Aquaculture Network Information Center
Constructed Wetlands Bibliography
DUCKDATA - A bibliographic database of North American waterfowl and their wetland habitats
eNature.com: Fieldguides - National Wildlife Federation field guides
FIGIS - The FAO Fisheries Global Information System; Includes statistics, maps, glossary and more The
Fish Site - A gateway to information on various species of fish
FishBase - Developed at the WorldFish Center, in conjunction with the Food Agricuture Organization of the UN and others
Flora of North America
Integrated Taxonomic Information System - Taxonomy for plants and animals
Internet Bird Collection - Sponsored by Handbook of the Birds of the World and IBC
North American Mammals - "Searchable database of all living mammals in North America" maintained by the Smithsonian Institution
PLANTS Database - "The PLANTS Database provides standardized information about the vascular plants, mosses, liverworts, hornworts, and lichens of the U.S. and its territories." - maintained by the USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service
Tree of Life - Taxonomy for animals
USDA Plant Gallery - Includes photos, scientific names, distribution, and bibliographies
Waterfowl Management Handbook
Weeds Gone Wild - Alien Plant Invaders of Natural Areas

Soils

National Soil Survey Handbook
New York State Standards and Specifications for Erosion Control and Sediment Controls - provides standards and specifications for selection, design and implementation of erosion and sediment control practices
NRCS Soils Website - Soils is part of the National Cooperative Soil Survey, an effort of Federal and State agencies, universities, and professional societies to deliver science-based soil information
On-line Soil Survey Information - Compiled by D.G. Rossiter for the Soil Science Division of ITC Soil Use (Soil Interpretations)

GOVERNMENT/LAW

General

American Civil Liberties Union
Congress.org - The Internet Guide to the U.S. Congress
FindLaw - Online legal resources
GPO Access - Government Printing Office
Legal Information Institute - Run by Cornell Law School
New York State Register - Published by The Department of State. The Department of State (DOS) is the State agency with responsibility for administration of the regulatory or ruling making process in New York State.
New York State Unified Court System - Easy to read information on topics such as divorce, domestic violence, paternity and representing yourself; includes some forms and rules
New York State's home page
Nolo Press Self-Help Law Center
Project Vote Smart - includes representative locator by zip code
Thomas - Federal legislative information
United States Courts - Maintained by the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts on behalf of the Federal Judiciary.
The Whitehouse

HEALTH/MEDICINE/NURSING

Association and Organization Sites

American Holistic Nurses Association - promotes the education of nurses, other healthcare professionals, and the public in all aspects of holistic caring and healing.
American Nurses Association
International Center for Alcohol Policies
National Center for Cultural Competence - The NCCC is a component of the Georgetown University Center for Child and Human Development (GUCCHD), and supports leaders to promote and sustain cultural and linguistic competency.

Consumer Health

AIDSinfo - Information on HIV/AIDS Treatment, Prevention and Research. A Service of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
American Hospital Directory - Contains data and statistics for more than 6,000 hospitals (CHOICE, December 2010)
Drug Information Portal - A service of the U.S. National Library of Medicine and the National Institutes of Health
eMedExpert - Health and medicine informational web site utilizing reviews and articles published in medical literature and by the US FDA.
Harvard World Health News
Mayo Clinic - Medical Information and Tools for Healthy Living
Travel Health Online

New York State/Local

CLIC-on-Health - A web portal with health information specific to the Rochester area.
March of Dimes PeriStats - Perinatal Data Center providing maternal & infant health data; can limit to New York State
The New York State Cancer Surveillance Improvement Initiative (CSII) - tables and maps of cancer incidence in New York State
NOAH- New York Online Access to Health
NYS Massage Therapy- New York State Education Department Office of the Professionals
NYS Nursing - RNs, LPNs, NPs- New York State Education Department Office of the Professionals
NYSSHSC - New York Statewide School Health Services Center
State Health Facts Online - Includes information on topics such as health coverage, costs, managed care, minority and women's health and HIV/AIDS.

Nursing, Medical and Allied Health

The Auscultation Assistant
Grey Literature Report - Created by New York Academy of Medicine Librarians, the online serial assists researchers by providing links to grey literature (not published by commerical publishers) (CHOICE - December, 2010)
Health Statistics: Finding and Using Them
Lab Tests Online
Martindale's Health Science Guide
Medscape - Medscape is a part of WebMD Health Professional Network that includes theHeart.org and eMedicine.com.
Nursing on the Net: Health Care Resources You Can Use - Sampler of resources maintained by the National Network of Libraries of Medicine
Pharmacology Math - A Tutorial for Nursing Students
RxList: The Internet Drug Index
Travel Nursing, An Online Guide - Interested in learning more about travel nursing? This site provides links specific to travel nursing
WebPath - The Internet Pathology Laboratory for Medical Education

U.S Government

Anabolic Steroid Abuse - is part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Anatomy Videos - Nearly 80 videos, ranging from 15 seconds to 3 minutes, include anatomy and physiology, pathophysiology and clinical topics (CHOICE - Recommended, 11/2010)
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention - The Nation's Prevention Agency
ClinicalTrials.gov - Registry of federally and provately supported clinical trials conducted in the United States and around the world.
FDA - U.S. Food and Drug Administration
HealthCare.gov - Provides information on finding insurance options, prevention, comparing care quality and understanding the new health law; Managed by the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services.
Healthfinder
LifeWorks - Explore health and medical science careers
Medline Plus Health - A service of the U.S. National Library of Medicine and the National Institutes of Health
National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine
National Center for Health Statistics
National Guideline Clearing House - This public resource for evidence-based clinical practice guidelines is maintained by NGC, an initiative of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) - Education resources and materials for drugs of abuse and related topics
National Library of Medicine (NLM)
Office of Dietary Supplements - Contains vitamin, mineral and other dietary supplement fact sheets for Heathcare Professionals, Consumers and QuickFacts
Public Health Image Library (PHIL) - Photographs, Illustrations and Multimedia Files from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Tox Town - Environmental health concerns and toxic chemicals where you live, work and play

HISTORY/POLITICAL SCIENCE

AMDOCS: Documents for the study of American history
American Memory - Library of Congress's Digital Image Historical Collection
ANYDAY in History
Avalon Project - Primary sources in American History, maintained by Yale University
Best of History Web Sites
Biography.com - Produced by A&E, searchable database of over 20,000 short entries
Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers - Provides searchable and viewable newspaper pages from 1860-1922 and information about American newspapers published between 1690-present
The Constitution of the United States - U.S. Supreme Court decisions related to the Constitution
Gateway to African American History
Internet History Sourcebooks Project - run by Fordham University
Making of America - books and articles published between 1850 and 1877
Middle East Studies Internet Resources - created and maintained by Columbia Universities Libraries
National Archives and Records Administration (NARA)
Political Science Resources - Managed by the University of Michigan Documents Center
Terrorism: Questions and Answers - sponsored by the Council on Foreign Relations
UNESCO World Heritage Centre

New York State

New York Heritage Digital Collections - Contains hundreds of freely accessible digital collections about New York State's people, places, and institutions

HOSPITALITY/TOURISM

General

50states.com - comprehensive searchable site, includes travel information
Internet Hospitality Index
Official City Sites - for cities around the world
Travel Health Online
Universal Currency Converter





Maps

LITERATURE

Academy of American Poets
Baldwin Library of Children's Literature - This digital collection contains volumes published in Great Britain and the United States from the early 1700s through the current year.
Children's Literature Web guide
Classical Myth: the Ancient Sources - deals with the 15 major deities of the Olympian Greek pantheon
Classical Mythology - covers Greek and Roman mythology, hosted by Temple University
Great Writers and Poets
Greek Mythology link
International Children's Digital Library - Digitized children's books from around the world
Irish Literature, Mythology, Folklore and Drama
Literature for Children - Based on the Baldwin Library of Historical Children's Literature
Online Literary Criticism Collection - maintained by the Internet Public Library

MATH AND SCIENCE

Biology (see also ENVIRONMENT)

Animal Diversity Web- maintained by the University of Michigan's Museum of Zoology
Biotech - life sciences resources and reference tools
Genetics Education Center - hosted by the University of Kansas Medical Center
Integrated Taxonomic Information System - Taxonomy for plants and animals
Tree of Life - Taxonomy for animals

General

Cornell's Digital Earth
Cornell University's Math and Science Gateway
EurekAlert! - American Association for the Advancement of Science
Globalchange.gov
NASA homepage

Math

Physics

American Institute of Physics
PhysLINK - "The ultimate physics resource"

MEDIA/COMMUNICATIONS

All Movie Guide
AMC Filmsite.org - Contains "interpretive and descriptive plot outlines" for over 300 films. (CHOICE, February 2011)
DOUGLASS - Archives of American Public Address
FedFlix - A subset of the Internet Archive; Features "the best movies of the United States Government, from training films to history, from our national parks to the U.S. Fire Academy and the Postal Inspectors" (CHOICE, December 2010)
Internet Movie Database
Movie Review Query Engine - "More than 25,000 movies are covered in over 185,000 reviews culled from newspapers, entertainment publications, and newsgroups"
Moving Image Archive: Internet Archive - An internet library that contains movies, films and videos. The goal of the Internet Archive is to provide easy access to a rich and fascinating core collection of archival films.
Public Information Films - Maintained by the National Archives of the United Kingdom; you can view complete public information films from 1945 -2006

MUSIC

All-Music Guide - "Covers over 307,000 recordings ..., with 45,000 biographies and over 107,000 reviews"
Audio Archive - Subset of the Internet Archive; "Contains over two hundred thousand free digital recordings ranging from alternative news programming, to Grateful Dead concerts, to Old Time Radio shows, to book and poetry readings, to original music"
Ethnomusicology, Folk Music, and World Music
National Jukebox - Historical sound recordings made available free of charge by the Library of Congress
Worldwide Internet Music Resources - Maintained by William and Gayle Cook Music Library, Indiana University School of Music

PSYCHOLOGY/SOCIOLOGY

Addiction Search - A good place to start research on addictive behaviors and conditions
Classics in the History of Psychology - Significant public domain documents from the scholarly literature
Ethics Updates - Updates on current literature, both popular and professional, that relates to ethics
Gay and Lesbian politics - WWW and Internet resources
Minority Links - The latest data on racial and ethnic populations in the United States , from the US Census
National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism
Poverty Related Resources - Compiled and maintained by the Institute for Research on Poverty
Research Resources for the Social Sciences

REFERENCE SOURCES

Almanacs & Countries of the World

Background Notes (Countries of the World) - Government Printing Office (GPO) publication
CountryWatch - "Website to the World"
Flags of the World
InfoNation - Contains geographical, economic, demographic, and social indicators data for all 185 UN members
World Factbook - Produced by the CIA

Dictionaries

American Heritage dictionary of the English language
Chamber's 21st Dictionary (Login Required)
Online Dictionary

Encyclopedias

Encyclopedia Britannica Online
Encyclopedia Smithsonian
Gale Virtual Reference Library - Researchers can access full-text books online in subjects such as medicine, social science and business. (Login required from off-campus)
Microsoft's Encarta Online

Famous People

Biography.com - A&E's searchable web site containing over 20,000 brief biographies
The HistoryMakers - Dedicated to preserving African American history
National Women's History Museum Biographies - Biographical information for some of the world's most influential women
NNDB: Tracking the Entire World - Tracks the lives of people determined to be noteworthy; Contains a visual mapper that can be used to link people contained within NNDB (CHOICE, December 2010)
The Nobel Prize Internet Archive - Both current and historical information about the Nobel Prize and the prize winners
PBS Biographies - Multimedia Biographies
Pulitzer Prize Winners - Past winners and finalists by category

General Reference

Acronym and Abbreviation Server
Best Information on the Net
Calendar & Clock Page - Historical and current timekeeping from all over the world
Infomine - Created and maintained by the University of California, Riverside, Infomine is a virtual library that features well organized access to important university level research and educational tools on the Internet.
ipl2 Reference Center - ipl2 is the result of a merger of the Internet Public Library (IPL) and the Librarians' Internet Index (LII).
Martindale's "The Reference Desk" - "Covers areas as diverse as astrology and housing, immigration and dinosaurs, chromosome maps and postal information" from Choice Magazine
Research-It - language tools: dictionary, thesaurus, translator, acronyms
Symbols.com - the world's largest online encyclopedia of graphic symbols

Quotations

Research Paper Help

Blue Book of Grammar and Punctuation
Citing sources guide from Duke University - includes APA, MLA, Turabian
Guide to Grammar and Writing - sponsored by Capital Community-Technical College, Hartford, CT
International Writing Centers Association
Plagiarism - Annotated webliography of links to information about plagiarism
Purdue University's Writing Lab
APA Style of Citation
MLA Style of Citation
Thesaurus.com
Writing Center Handouts

Statistics

Statistical Abstract of the United States - Sources of data include the Census Bureau, Bureau of Labor Statistics, Bureau of Economic Analysis, and many other Federal agencies and private organizations.
Statistical Resource on the Web - Maintained by University of Michigan library
Statistics Canada

Telephone Directories

Anywho.com Online Directory - From AT&T, find people and businesses; Has reverse lookup option.
Telephone Directories on the Web

Weather

CNN Weather
National Weather Service - Home Page for the National Weather Service, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration - National map for weather watches, warning and advisories.
Weather Channel

TAX RESOURCES

Finger Lakes Community College Library is not responsible for the accuracy of external web sites. The Library staff cannot answer specific tax questions and such questions should be discussed with tax professionals.

New York State Tax Information

New York State Department of Taxation and Finance - Homepage for the NYS Department of Taxation and Finance provides links to forms, refund status and more
NYS Income Tax Forms - Current year forms, past year forms, tax changes and instructions
Contact NYS Department of Taxation - Dispute bill, report fraud, submit FOIL request and other contact information
NYS Tax Refund Status - Check refund status
NYS E-file Information - File and pay income tax and other taxes, make payments and audit information

Federal Tax Information

Internal Revenue Service (IRS) - Homepage for the IRS provides links to forms, refund status and more
IRS Tax Forms - Current year forms, past year forms, form corrections and instructions
Contact the IRS - Locate a local Taxpayer Assistance Center (TAC)
IRS Tax Refund Status - Use the Where's my Refund Online tool to check the status of your refund
IRS E-file Information - File federal income tax

Tax Calculators

2010 Tax Calculator - The Free 2010 Tax Calculator from H&R Block can estimate your refund or how much you will owe
efile 2010 Tax Calculator - Includes calculators for 2010-2007
IRS Withholding Calculator - Avoid having too much or too little Federal income tax withheld
TaxCaster 2010 - Use the TaxCaster 2010: Free Tax Calculator from TurboTax to estimate your 2010 tax refund

Tax Tips and Additional Resources

IRS Tax Topic Index - Contains general individual and business tax information
NOLO Taxes Center - Business Tax, Personal Income Tax, Deductions and Audi Information
Small Business and Self-employed Tax Center - Federal IRS forms and publications; includes A-Z index
Yahoo Finance: Taxes - Tax calculators, how-to guides and current tax related news

THEATER

The History of Costume
McCoy's Guide to Theater and Performance Studies - Brief guide to internet references, created and maintained by Ken McCoy, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Communication Studies and Theatre Arts, Stetson University
Motley Collection of Theatre & Costume Design - Documents the history of theatre and comprises over 5000 items from more than 150 productions in England and the United States. (Choice 2/10)

WOMEN

Center for Women & Information Technology
National Women's History Project
Women and Social Movements in the United States, 1600-2000
WWWomen - "Premier search directory for women online"

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