Internet Reference

 

 

General Reference

Description

OED Dictionary

The Oxford English Dictionary online

AlphaDictionary

Dictionaries for over 100 languages

Merriam-Webster Dictionary

Dictionary, thesaurus, Spanish-English, and Medical terms

Online Books

Over 25,000 free online books; maintained by University of Pennsylvania

Yahoo's Reference Links

Phone numbers, dictionaries, directories and more

Wikipedia

Free encyclopedia that anyone can edit

 

Government Information

Description

White House

Website of United States White House
The U.S. Senate Website of United States Senate
The U.S. House of Representatives Website of United States House of Representatives
Missouri State Governement Website of Missouri State Government
State Representative/Senator Who is your Representative or Senator? (Missouri)
Thomas Legislative information including current and historical documents
FindLaw for Legal Professionals Legal website with historical documents, biographies and Supreme Court decisions
GPO Access U.S. Code, Federal Register and more
Governments on the WWW Links to other worldwide governments

 

Newspapers

Description

ECC's Cornerstone

East Central College's Newspaper
Washington Missourian Washington Missouri and surrounding area
St. Louis Post-Dispatch Online version of St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Kansas City Star Online version of Kansas City Star
USA TODAY Online version of national newspaper
The New York Times Online version of national newspaper
Yahoo's Newspaper Index Links to newspapers nation and worldwide
Newsbank Missouri newspapers
NewsLink Links to newspapers worldwide

 

Education

Description

ERIC
(Educational Resources Information Center)

Abstracts of documents and journal articles on education research and practice from 1976 to the present. Many documents are full-text.

 

Health/Medical

Description

PubMed

Over 17 million citations in MEDLINE, PreMEDLINE and other related databases, with links to participating online journals; by the U.S. National Library of Medicine
MEDLINEplus Quality health care information for health care professionals and consumers; by the U.S. National Library of Medicine
IteliHealth Partnered with Harvard Medical School
Healthfinder By the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services
MayoClinic By the Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research
WebMD Health information
American Medical Association Website for the AMA

 

History

Description

AmDocs:Documents for the Study of American History

Chronologically organized site of documents important to American history such as speeches, treaties, legislative documents, etc.

 

Statistics

Description

U.S. Census Bureau

Provides U.S. social, demographic and economic statistics
Bureau of Justice Statistics Statistics on crime and criminal offerers, victims and drugs
Bureau of Labor Statistics Includes a keyword search of the Occupational Outlook Handbook (regional labor statisitcs)
National Center for Education Statistics Department of Education's major statistical agency
National Center for Health Statistics Statistical information on diseases, births, deaths and infant and child health
Missouri Monthly Vital Statistics Index Index of the "Focus" articles with topics such as prenatal care, causes of death, hospital utilization, firearm deaths and injuries, and many more
International Statistical Agencies Links to statistics for over 50 countries

 

Internet Search Engines & Directories

Yahoo!

 
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Last Update: January 4, 2008