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| Biographies | Lots of links to other sites with biographical information. 30-sep-2001 | |
| The Digital Dilemma: Intellectual Property in the Information Age | This online edition of a book published by the National Academy of Sciences is an example of its subject matter as it explores the issue of intellectual property in a digital age. The book examines the question of what happens to copyright issues when innumerable numbers of people can download a book (or a song, e.g., through Napster) from one copy on the Web? (Apparently, the National Academy of Sciences is less concerned about this issue than is the book's author.) Chapter titles include "The Origin Of The Digital Dilemma," "Music: Intellectual Property's Canary In The Digital Coal Mine," "Public Access To The Intellectual, Cultural, And Social Record," and "Individual Behavior, Private Use And Fair Use, And The System For Copyright." The text also considers issues in the emerging field of digital copyright and offers conclusions and recommendations vis-a-vis these issues (from the Scout Report) | |
| Epinions.com | A site for gathering opinions and opinions of other peoples opinions | |
| Two Geometry Metasites | The Computational Geometry Pages Geometry in Action |
The first metasite, authored by Dr. Jeff Erickson of the University of Illinois's Computer Science Department, provides links to Internet and print resources dealing with computational geometry. At this site, users can find links to research groups (e.g., the Algorithms of Motion Project, University of Minnesota Geometry Center). The second site listed "collects various areas in which ideas from discrete and computational geometry meet some real world applications. (from the Scout Report) |
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| Reference - Bookmarks and Favorites Lists | ||
| How Stuff Works | General reference for some common items | |
| Internet Scout Project | Notification of topical web sites and mailing lists | |
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| Reference - Design Guides | ||
| Bad Human Factors Designs | One mans opinion of bad design examples | |
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| Reference - Directories | ||
| BigBook the U.S. Yellow Pages Superpages.com |
BigBook is now Superpages, branded Verizon. 29-Dec-2001 | |
| InfoSpace | Yet another Ultimate directory | |
| McLeod USA alternate phone directory | This is the one with the big Star | |
| PeopleSpot | PeopleSpot is an attempt to help the user quickly and easily connect with others, reunite with friends and family, find people with common interests, learn about notable individuals, discover ways to help others and more. 11-Oct-2000 | |
| SalesLeadsUSA | InfoUSA sales oriented site | |
| WorldPages_ Find the World Here PhoneBookUSA.com |
Another phone directory | |
| What does your phone number spell | ||
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| Reference - Formulae | ||
| Calculators on Line | Martindales The Reference Desk Calculators. | |
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| Reference - Frequently Asked Questions | ||
| www.faqs.org | International FAQ Consortium - indexed contents of Internet usenet newsgroup FAQs and RFCs (timed out 29-Dec-2001) | |
| Social Security Number FAQ | Everything you ever wanted to know about your Social Security Number | |
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| Reference - How-to | ||
| How to Find Info on the Net | Good tutorial by the library staff at UC Berkely. 23-Dec-2000 | |
| Sci.Electronics.Repair FAQ Home Page | How to Repair all types of electronic equip and other useful info. | |
| This to That (Glue Advice) | How to glue anything to anything | |
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| Reference - Language and Style | ||
| Columbia Guide to Online Style | ||
| Common Writing Errors | from Washington State University. 31-Oct-2000 | |
| Lexical Freenet - connected thesaurus | find connections between words, rhymes, etc. (timed out 19-Feb-2001) | |
| Nuts and Bolts of College Writing | From Washington College 16-Jun-2001 | |
| THE SLOT A Spot for Copy Editors | ||
| Write101 | Over 200 pages of articles on writing and is designed to help everyone improve their writing and editing skills. Lots of info and activities. There's even an on-line writing course. 19-Feb-2001 | |
| Writers Digest | ||
| Writers Write | The Write Resource - One stop resource for information about books, writing, and publishing. | |
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| Reference - Libraries | ||
| Archive.org | The Internet Archive is building a digital library of Internet sites and other cultural artifacts in digital form. 20-Apr-2002 | Elibrary.com now Highbeam research | Great online research site. Now a pay site, expanded content with the new ownership 24-Apr-2004 |
| Ibiblio | A public library and digital archive. This site is a collaboration of the Center for the Public Domain and University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. 20-Apr-2002 | |
| The Internet Public Library | Organized like a real library | |
| Library of Congress | ||
| LibrarySpot | LibrarySpot is an information portal attempting to simplify the Search for the Best Library and Reference Resources on the Web 11-Oct-2000 | |
| Making of America | Making of America (MOA) is a digital library of primary source documents in American social history from the ante-bellum period through reconstruction. The collection is particularly strong in the subject areas of education, psychology, American history, sociology, religion, and science and technology. | |
| NetLibrary | Provider of eBooks (this could just as well be in the shopping section) | |
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| Reference - Lotteries | ||
| Powerball Main Page | ||
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| Reference - Maps | ||
| David Rumseys historical map collection | This is an incredible site. This collection includes thousands of examples of rare 18th and 19th century North and South America cartographic history materials. Historic maps of the World, Europe, Asia and Africa are also represented. The collection categories include old and antique atlas, globe, school geography, maritime chart, state, county, city, pocket, wall, children and manuscript maps. Genealogy and family history can be studied on the maps. This online version of the collection is an expanding cross section of digital images designed to highlight the depth of the collection. There are special viewers compare current and historical maps and many other features. 02-Mar-2002 | |
| MapTech | Maps for sale | |
| MapQuest! Welcome! | Maps and Driving Directions | |
| Panoramic Maps Collection | Indexed map collection from the library of congress | |
| Visible Earth | NASA's satellite photos available to the public. A searchable directory of images, visualizations and animations. 14-Apr-2001 | |
| TerraServer | Satellite Map database from Microsoft | |
| Yahoos Driving Directions | ||
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| Reference - Reference Shelf | ||
| Almanac | ||
| Ask Oxford | Launched in conjunction with the revised edition of the Concise Oxford Dictionary, this site offers resources to help visitors make the best use of the English language. Users may also e-mail queries to the Oxford Word and Language Service. 30-sep-2001 | |
| Bartleby.com | Bartleby.com - online books, full text, mostly reference, some literature. | |
| Britannica.com | The worlds most famous ency. becomes an Internet portal | |
| CIA's factbook | This is the ODCI/CIA site. The factbook contains a lot of country, map and reference info | |
| Dictionary and Thesaurus | Merriam-Webster | |
| Dictionaries - specialty and other - YourDictionary.com | Lots of specialty and general dictionaries. 02-Mar-2002 | |
| Encarta | Microsoft's entry into the online ency market. | |
| The Glossarist | A searchable directory of glossaries and topical dictionaries. 30-sep-2001 (times out 29-Dec-2001) | |
| Guinness Book of World Records | Search by category, and watch the daily animated story about of a selected world record. 19-Feb-2001 | |
| The Journalists Toolbox | The Journalist's Toolbox offers more than 3,700 Web sites helpful to the media and anyone else doing research. 30-sep-2001 | |
| MSDS Material Safety Data Sheets | Cross reference to sources of MSDS and Chemical data compiled by the University of Nebraska Medical Center | |
| MEGASOURCES | Lots of references and information on finding stuff | |
| Hand Speak - Sign Language Reference | ||
| Spell Online | Online Spelling reference - 14-Apr-2001 | |
| StartSpot | StartSpot is the home page leading to a number of topic specific information portals. Sites in the StartSpot Network have received several awards. You can jump to any of the sites from here, specific spot pages are also listed in the appropriate categories. 11-Oct-2000 | |
| Thesaurus - Visual | Plumb Designs Interactive Visual Thesaurus - follow the words as you go timed out 30-sep-2001 | |
| *** best pick *** | My Virtual Reference Desk | A One-Stop Site for reference information |
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| Reference - Search Engines | ||
| About.coms WebSearch Forum | Another place to learn about and discuss searching on the web. 11-Oct-2000 | |
| Absolute Trivia search engine | Claims to be the largest body of useless knowledge on the web | |
| All the Web, All the Time | Very Fast Search Engine | |
| AltaVista | ||
| America OnLine's Main Page | AOLs Netfind search engine | |
| Ask Jeeves Ask.com |
One of the more popular "English language" search engines. Either of these links works | |
| BoardReader | BoardReader was launched by the U of Michigan to "address the shortcomings of current search engine technology to accurately find and display information contained on the Web's forums and message boards." Users can search 732,456 forums & message boards from the Web, information that most search engines do not retrieve. 30-Sep-2001 | |
| Copernic Search Software | Copernic is not a search engine. It is software installed on the PC to assist in searching multiple engines. Boolean search terms are automatically formatted. Results are ranked by relevance, checked for broken links, and presented in a clickable summary format. Besides the Web, you can search Newsgroups, e-mail addresses, and information on a variety of topics including business, finance, music, cars, and books. Free version and more functional pay version available. 11-Oct-2000 | |
| Direct Hit... now Teoma | ||
| Dogpile | Multiple Engine Search | |
| FINDSPOT | Multiple Engine Search | |
| Google! | search engine - based on reference from other sites. Recently added info from open directory project | |
| HotBot | search engine | |
| Librarians Index to the Internet | An annotated subject directory of more than 6,500 Internet resources selected and evaluated by librarians for their usefulness to users of public libraries. 11-Oct-2000 | |
| ProFusion | An engine that attempts to search the invisible web. 19-Feb-2001 | |
| Lycos | Search engine and portal | |
| Metacrawler | Multiple engine - search engine | |
| Open Directory Project | A directory indexed by humans. ODP relies on an army of volunteers. People edit and review sites in their area of expertise. The editors contributions are rated by other users in forum discussions. Expired links are automatically scratched. This directory information is used by Yahoo, Excite, Google and others. 11-Oct-2000 | |
| SEARCH.COM | CNet's search page | |
| Search Engine Watch | Reference site about search engines. 30-sep-2001 | |
| *** Search Engine Users Guide *** | The Spider's Apprentice--Tips on Searching the Web | Not a search engine, but a guide to their use |
| Yahoo | Search engine indexed by people | |
| WebCrawler | ||
| Xrefer - reference search engine | Encyclopedias, dictionaries, thesauri & books of quotations from the world's leading publishers. All cross-referenced, all reliable, all in one place. No longer free. 24-Apr-2004 | |
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| Reference - Standards | ||
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| Reference - Study | ||
| SOS math | A free resource for math review material from algebra to differential equations. 17-Feb-2001 | |
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| Reference - Time | ||
| Atomic Clock Synch Utility - Free NIST Time Synch Utility |
Download one of these programs and synch your PC clock to a standard time source via the Internet. 14-Apr-2001 | |
| Not really a time reference, but a research foundation named after Stewart Brand's book, "Clock of the Long Now". Encourages decision making based on very long term effects. Has several links to other time references. 31-Oct-2000 | ||
| The Human Clock | Time keeping with pencil and paper. 20-Sep-2002 | |
| Go Global | International calendar information | |
| The official U.S. time | ||
| TimeAndDate.com | Accurate time, and a guide to time zones and calendars. 30-sep-2001 | |
| TimeTicker.com | An interesting time display with time zones. 20-Sep-2002 | |
| USNO Master Clock Time | Accurate time | |
| World Time Server | Accurate time. 30-sep-2001 | |
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