Library Resources

Reference and Research Tools

Serials Solutions

Use Serials Solutions to help you determine the best database to search for a subject or to see if the library has full text access to a particular electronic journal.

Almanacs

Information Please Almanac

Biographies

Biographical Dictionary
Biography.com Database

Careers

Career Guide to Industries
Occupational Outlook Handbook

Citing Sources

APA Citation Guide
MLA Citation Guide
Knight Cite

Converters and Conversion Tables

Universal Currency Converter

Copyright Guidelines

Association of Research Libraries

Countries

World Fact Book

Dictionaries and Thesauri

American Heritage Dictionary/Thesaurus
Dictionary.com
YourDictionary.com

Encyclopedias

Encyclopedia.com
Wikipedia.org
Citizendium.org

Government Information

U.S. Senate
United States House of Representatives
Nebraska Legislature

Health Information

MEDLINEplus
Center for Disease Control and Prevention
US Food and Drug Administration
Clinical Trials
Mayo Clinic
PubMed
MedLine

Libraries

Library of Congress

Maps

Lycos Road Maps
Mapquest

Photographs and Images

Fotogenika
Free Digital Photos
Free Media Goo
From Old Books
Geek Philosopher
Image After
Mayangs Free Textures

Postal Information

United States Postal Service

Quotations

The Quotations Page
Quotations Search

Reference

Librarians' Index to the Internet

Statistics

Census Bureau

Telephone Directories

SuperPages
Switchboard
WhoWhere?
Yahoo! People Search

Television

Links to networks, stations, and schedules

Weather

Rain or Shine.com
The Weather Channel
Weather Underground


Recommended Websites

Below is a listing of librarian/instructor evaluated web sites in major areas of study.

Administrative Assistant
Microsoft Office Online http://office.microsoft.com/home/default.aspx
The Blue Book of Grammar and Punctuationhttp://www.grammarbook.com
 

Agricultural Studies
State of Nebraska –
Contains a link to information on agriculture in Nebraska		 http://www.nebraska.gov
USDA –
United States Department of Agriculture		 http://www.usda.gov
Midwest AGNethttp://www.midwestagnet.com
National Agricultural Statistics Service http://www.nass.usda.gov
National Agricultural Library http://www.nal.usda.gov
Nebraska Department of Natural Resources http://www.dnr.state.ne.us
UNL School of Natural Resources http://snr.unl.edu
 

Animal Sciences/Vet. Tech.
The Merck Veterinary Manual http://www.merckvetmanual.com/mvm/index.jsp
AVMA – The American Veterinary Medical Association http://www.avma.org
NetVet http://netvet.wustl.edu
FDA Center for Veterinary Medicine http://www.fda.gov/cvm/default.html
Veterinary Professionalshttp://vetlearn.com
 

Art
The Art History Research Center http://art-history.concordia.ca/
Art History Resources http://witcombe.sbc.edu/ARTHLinks.html
The Getty Center http://www.getty.edu/art/
Metropolitan Museum of Art http://www.metmuseum.org
Museum of Contemporary Arthttp://www.mcachicago.org
Museum of Modern Art (NYC)http://www.moma.org
National Gallery of Arthttp://www.nga.gov
National Portrait Galleryhttp://www.npg.si.edu
Smart Historyhttp://smarthistory.org/
Smithsonianhttp://www.si.edu/research/online-collections-datasets.htm
Web Gallery of Arthttp://www.wga.hu
 

Audio Recording/Broadcasting
Federal Communications Commissionhttp://www.fcc.gov
National Association of Broadcastershttp://www.nab.org
Nebraska Broadcasters Association http://www.ne-ba.org
 

Automotive
ALLDATA –
Automotive Diagnostic and Research Information Database (password required)		 http://library.alldatapro.com
National Institute for Automotive Service Excellence http://www.asecert.org/
 

Business
GlobalEdge:
International Business Resources on the www.		 http://globaledge.msu.edu/
The Wall Street Journal Interactive Edition http://online.wsj.com/public/us
U.S. Business Advisor http://www.business.gov
World Fact Book
(U.S. Central Intelligence Agency)		 https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/index.html
Business Week Magazine
 http://www.businessweek.com
U.S. Department of Labor http://www.dol.gov
New York Stock Exchange Fact Book Online http://www.nysedata.com/factbook/main.asp
CEO Express http://www.ceoexpress.com
Hoovershttp://www.hoovers.com/free
Securities and Exchange Commissionhttp://www.sec.gov
 

Construction Trades
Energy Star Programs http://www.energystar.gov
Environmental Building News http://www.ebuild.com
Free Greenhttp://www.freegreen.com
State of Nebraska –
Links to information on licensing in the state of Nebraska.		 http://www.nebraska.gov
The Healthy Home Institute http://www.hhinst.com/index.html
The Lighting Research Center http://lighting.lrc.rpi.edu
 

Criminal Justice
Officer.com http://officer.com
The National Criminal Justice Reference Service http://ncjrs.gov/
State of Nebraska http://www.nebraska.gov
 

Early Childhood Education
A to Z Kids Stuff http://www.atozkidsstuff.com/
Art Through Creative Recycling http://www.kid-at-art.com
Baby Center http://www.babycenter.com
Babysitting http://www.urbanext.uiuc.edu/babysitting
Preschool http://www.preschoolrainbow.org/
Certificate Creator http://www.CertificateCreator.com
ChildFun Family Website http://childfun.com/
Children’s Television Workshop (Sesame Street) http://ctw.org
Crafts for Kids http://www.enchantedlearning.com/crafts
Education Child Developmenthttp://www.education.com
Everything Preschool http://www.everythingpreschool.com/
Family Fun http://www.familyfun.com
Gardening http://aggie-horticulture.tamu.edu/kinder/sgardens.html
Kinder Korner http://kinderkorner.com/
Mother Goose Pages http://www-personal.umich.edu/~pfa/dreamhouse/nursery/rhymesABC.html
Picture Dictionary & Activities http://www.EnchantedLearning.com/Dictionary.html
Preschool Education http://www.preschooleducation.com/
Preschool Express http://preschoolexpress.com/
Preschool Printables http://www.preschoolprintables.com/
Recipes 4 Learning http://www.recipes4learning.com
Science for Families http://eduplace.com/parents/hmsc
Switcheroo Zoo http://www.switcheroozoo.com/default.htm
Teacher-created materials http://www.teachercreated.com/free/
 

Education
National Geographic’s Education Pages http://www.nationalgeographic.com/education/
State of Nebraska - Links to information on education in the state of Nebraska http://www.nebraska.gov
U.S. Department of Education http://www.ed.gov/
Mailbox Magazine http://www.themailbox.com
 

Environment
US Environment Protection Agencyhttp://www.epa.gov
Earth 911http://www.earth911.org
Encyclopedia of Earthhttp://www.eoearth.org
Toxic Chemical Maphttp://www.toxmap.nlm.nih.gov
Household Productshttp://hpd.nlm.nih.gov
American Wind Energy Associationhttp://www.awea.org/
Renewable Fuels Associationhttp://www.ethanolrfa.org/
 

Government and Political Science
FirstGov: Your first click to the U.S. Government http://www.firstgov.gov
National Journal http://nationaljournal.com/
National Political Index http://www.politicalindex.com
State of Nebraska http://www.nebraska.gov
THOMAS:
Legislative Information of the Internet		 http://thomas.loc.gov/home/thomas.html
 

Health and Physical Education
AAHPERD –
American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance		 http://www.aahperd.org/
MedLine Plushttp://medlineplus.gov/
PubMed http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed
MedLine http://www.nlm.nih.gov/bsd/pmresources.html
 

History and Culture
History Matters http://historymatters.gmu.edu/browse/wwwhistory
Internet Modern History Sourcebook http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/modsbook.html
Schmoop http://www.shmoop.com
Best of History Web Sites http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/modsbook.html
Smithsonianhttp://si.edu
 

Information Technology/Computers
NIST –
National Institute of Standards of Technology		 http://www.nist.gov/
 

Languages
Dictionary of Spanish http://www.spanishdict.com
Word Reference.com http://www.wordreference.com
 

Literature
The Academy of American Poets http://www.poets.org
A Celebration of Women Writers http://digital.library.upenn.edu/women/
The Literature Network http://www.online-literature.com
Literary Resources on the Net http://www.andromeda.rutgers.edu/~jlynch/Lit/
 

Medicine/Nursing
Association for Healthcare Documentation Integrityhttp://www.ahdionline.org
ChemID Plushttp://www.chem.sis.nlm.nih.gov/chemidplus
Geneticshttp://www.ghr.nlm.nih.gov
Human Anatomy Online http://www.innerbody.com/
HyperDoc: U.S. National Library of Medicine http://www.nlm.nih.gov
Nebraska Center of Nursing – for LPN and ADN http://www.center4nursing.org
Nursing Times – Nursing News http://www.nursingtimes.net/nursingtimes/pages/Home
Portal to Health Siteshttp://www.health.gov
Physicians' Desk Referencehttp://www.pdr.net
State of Nebraska –
Links to information on licensing in the state of Nebraska.		 http://www.nebraska.gov
Toxicology Data Networkhttp://www.toxnet.nlm.nih.gov
US National Library of Medicine and National Institute of Healthhttp://www.pubmed.gov
PubMed http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed
MedLine http://www.nlm.nih.gov/bsd/pmresources.html
 

Medicine/Physical Therapy
Human Anatomy Online http://www.innerbody.com/
State of Nebraska –
Links to information on licensing in the state of Nebraska		 http://www.nebraska.gov
The National Library of Medicine's Visible Human Project http://www.nlm.nih.gov/research/visible/visible_human.html
PubMed http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed
MedLine http://www.nlm.nih.gov/bsd/pmresources.html
 

Music
Billboard Online http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/index.jsp
 

Psychology
American Psychological Association http://www.apa.org
School Psychology Resources Online http://www.schoolpsychology.net/p_01.html
 

Sciences/General
Animal Diversity Web http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/index.html
Kimball’s Biology Pages http://users.rcn.com/jkimball.ma.ultranet/BiologyPages/
NIST Chemistry Web Book http://webbook.nist.gov/chemistry/
WebElements http://www.webelements.com/
HyperPhysics http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hphys.html
Sciencehttp://www.science.gov
 

Truck Driving
American Trucking Associations http://www.truckline.com
Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration http://www.fmcsa.dot.gov