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SEE ALSO English
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SEE ALSO History
Art & Architecture Thesaurus Online
Art
History Research Centre
Art History
Resources on the Web
Artcyclopedia
Artsource
General Resources
ARTstor
Contemporary Fashion, 2nd Edition
Encyclopedia of Popular Culture, 1st Edition
Gale Encyclopedia of Multicultural America,
2nd Edition
Internet for the Fine Arts
Intute:
Arts and Humanities
Mother of all
Art and Art History Links
Voice of the
Shuttle - Art and Art History
Voice of the Shuttle -
Humanities
Western Art, The Oxford Companion to
Worldwide
Internet Music Resources
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BOOKS |
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Addall.com -
shows prices from 30 online book stores
Amazon.com
Books in Print
(VIVA)
Full-text articles
available
BooksPrice.com -
compares book prices in 34 online bookstores
Chegg,com
- site where you can rent textbooks
CollegeBooksDirect.com
- prides itself on speedy delivery
of used textbooks.
Half.com -
both new and used books available
New York Times
Book Reviews (1980 - Current) Use brcclib for both the login and
password.
WorldCat
(VIVA-First Search)
BestBookBuys.com
- compares prices at 21 booksellers!
www.starvingscholars.com
Online Books
Arthur's Classic Novels
Audible.com
- listen to hundreds of audio books for a small monthly fee or
by the book
Bibliomania
Black Mask
Online
Classic Reader -
Over 600 books
and 900 short stories presented in
unabridged versions
Digital Book Index - most are free
Electronic
Books
Electronic
Text Library - free from
UVA
The E-Server
Google Book Search
- from the Google Book Library Project
Great Books and
Classics
International Children's Digital Library
The Internet
Classics Archive
The On-Line Books Page
Open
Library
Openinghooks.com -
collection of some of the book world's best opening paragraphs
PagebyPage
Project Gutenberg
Public Domain Reader
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| DICTIONARIES |
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General Dictionaries:
Merriam-Webster
Collegiate Dictionary -
red audio icons next to an entry word can be
clicked to hear the word pronounced by a real voice.
Wiktionary
- a sister to Wikipedia
Acronym Finder
American
Heritage Book of English Usage
Answers.com
Ask Oxford -
free online dictionary, games, etc.
Babel
Fish Translater - type in what you want
translated into French, German, Spanish, etc.
Bartleby
- includes books of quotations, thesaurus, world
facts, English usage, anatomy, mythology, religion, etiquette,
etc.
Dictionary.com
Dictionary of English Idioms & Idiomatic Expressions
English-to-American Dictionary
Freedictionary.com
- medical, legal, financial and computer
dictionaries, plus a thesaurus, acronyms and encyclopedias.
Google Translate
Merriam-Webster's
New Online Visual Dictionary -
Onelook Dictionaries
- indexes 736 online dictionaries
Online Etymology Dictionary
Oxford
English Dictionary
Rhyming
Dictionary
SDL
FreeTranslation.com
Urban Dictionary
- 250,000 popular culture definitions
Visual English Dictionary
Wordplays.com
- great for crosswords
Wordsmyth
- glossary maker, quiz builder, vocabulary,
anagram solver, crossword puzzle helper, etc.
Your Dictionary.com
Subject Dictionaries:
Acronym Finder
ArtLex -
art dictionary
English to Pig Latin Translator - just
because
Free
On-line Dictionary of Computing
Google Language
Tools - translate from English to Klingon or
Elmer Fudd! (and real languages, too)
Handbook of Chemistry and Physics
Ballantine's
Law Dictionary
Language
Dictionaries & Translators - over 130
different language dictionaries
lexicool.com: Directory of
Bilingual and Multilingual Dictionaries
Legal Dictionary
Medical Dictionary
Merck
Manual
NetLingo
- an
online dictionary explaining the technology and community of the
world wide web, email, chat, and newsgroups.
Roget's Thesaurus
Webopaedia: online
dictionary for computer and internet terms
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Ask
ERIC Virtual Library
Condition
of Education
Digest
Education Statistics
Education Statistics at a Glance
ERIC - Education Resources in Educations (OVID)
FAFSA -
free application for federal student aid
Financial Aid
Universities Worldwide
College
and University Rankings
Collegenet
- lists over 500 colleges and universities in the
US
Mymajor.com - short free survey that helps
you determine what your major should be
Study Guide and Strategies
U.S. News & World Report College Rankings |
| ENCYCLOPEDIAS
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General
Encyclopedias:
Bartleby -
includes books of quotations, thesaurus, world facts, English
usage, anatomy, mythology, religion, etiquette, etc.
Columbia Encyclopedia
Encarta
Encyclopedia Britannica
Encyclopedia.com
Infoplease
Information Please
Almanac
My Virtual
Encyclopedia
Nationmaster
Encyclopedia
Smithsonian
Institution Libraries - digital library
Wordiq
- includes encyclopedia, dictionary, full-text
e-books, translation tool, dream atlas and thesaurus
World Encyclopedia
Wikipedia
- anyone, not necessarily an expert, can be the author of
entries in this encyclopedia so it should not be cited in any
college assignments.
World Almanac
(VIVA-FirstSearch)
Subject Encyclopedias:
Artcyclopedia
Encyclopedia of Applied Psychology
Encyclopedia
of Information Systems
Encyclopedia
of International Media and Communications
Encyclopedia of Psychology
Encyclopedia of Psychotherapy
Encyclopedia of Social Measurement
Encyclopedia of the Human Brain
Free
On-line Dictionary of Computing
International Encyclopedia of the Social and Behavioral Sciences
TechEncyclopedia -
defines over 20,000 terms
Access
Science - (McGraw Hill Encyclopedia of
Science and Technology)
CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics
CRC ENGnetBase - collection of engineering
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African American Poetry Database
American Poetry Database
Barlett's Familiar
Quotations quotes from famous people
British
Poetry
Classic Reader -
Over 600 books
and 900 short stories presented in
unabridged versions
Contemporary Novelists, 7th Edition
Contemporary Poets, 7th Edition
Creative Proverbs
Electronic
Text Library - free from
UVA
English Poetry Database
English Verse Drama Database
Glossary
of Literary Terms and Handbook of Rhetorical Devices
Library of Southern Literature
Literary Encyclopedia - still being
completed, but pretty darn good already
Literary
Index
Literary
Resources on the Net
LitLinks:
Critical Theory
LitQuotes
Modern
English Collection -
from UVA's
Electronic Text Center
MLA
International Bibliography (VIVA)
 Full-text
articles available
Nonfiction Classics for Students
Notorious Confusables
- fun site that quickly clears up those
confusing English words
Online Books
Page
Online Literary
Criticism Collection
Poetry
Portal
Project Gutenberg
Quotations Page
Quote
World
Hot
Term Paper Topics
Rhyme Zone
Simpson's Contemporary
Quotations, quotations from 1950-1988
Ulrich's Periodical Directory (VIVA)
Full-text
articles available
Voice
of the Shuttle: English Literature
Wonderful World of Editing - easy to use grammar site
Style Guides
Citation
Style for Research Papers (includes APA, MLA, and AMA)
Citing
Sources from Duke University
Purdue University On-line Writing Lab
APA Guide from Purdue's On-line Writing Lab
MLA Guide from Purdue's On-line Writing Lab
Critical
Reading: A Guide
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Criminal Justice Collection
Lexis-Nexis -
includes CIS Index, publications, testimony, bills, laws,
regulations, members, committees, Inside Washington, hot
bills/topics and list of links.
Federal
Government
US
Government Manual
IRS Forms and Publications
GPO
Access
First Amendment Center
- how to get information out of the federal
government
FirstGov
(Your first click to the U.S.
Government)
Famous Trials - each trial contains
chronology, maps, images, accounts, key figures, biographies,
etc.
FreePatentsOnline - search US patents
Grants.gov
- one stop resource to look to apply for federal grants from
over 900 programs.
Federal Law
Code
of Federal Regulations
Congressional
Universe
Federal
Register
FindLaw
Constitutional Law Center
FreeAdvice.com
Internet Legal Research Group
Law Library of
Congress
Legal Information
Institute
Supreme
Court Decisions
Cornell Law School Legal
Information Institute
Thomas:
legislative information in the Internet
United States
Code
United States Supreme Court Decisions, The Oxford Guide to
Virginia
Augusta County Code
Central Shenandoah Planning
District Commission - great economic
overviews of the various counties and cities
Governing.com
- find current information by and about state
and local government
Rockingham County Code
Virginia General Assembly
Virginia
State Government Information
Who's
My Legislator?
Virginia Coalition for
Open Government - how to get information
from Virginia government
Virginia State Board of Elections
Virginia Law
Virginia
Administrative Code
The Code of
Virginia
Virginia
Legal Resources
International
Countries of the World, A-Z of
Nations of
the World
Politics of the World, The Oxford Companion to the
United Nations Documents
Search
World Flags
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HEALTH, MEDICINE & NURSING
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General Health and Medicine
Alternative Medicine Homepage
Atlas of
the Body - from the American Medical Association
American Medical Association
Centers for Disease Control
ClinicalTrials.gov
Drug
Interaction Checker - allows you to look up medications to
check possible interactions with each other or with foods or
supplements.
Drugs@FDA
Healthfinder
Martindale's "Virtual" Medical Center
MedHist:
The guide to history of medicine resources on the Internet
Medline Plus
Medline
Plus Tutorials -
Using animated
graphics each tutorial explains a procedure, condition, diagnostic
procedure, surgery and treatment in easy-to-read language. You can
also listen to the tutorial.
Medscape
Merck Manual of Diagnosis and Therapy, 17th edition
Merck Manual of Medicine,
Home Edition
National Library of Medicine
NOAH: New York Online Access to
Health - not just for New Yorkers.
Nutrition Analysis
Tool
Onelook
Medical Dictionaries
PubMed
Stanford Health Library
U.S. Preventive Services Task Force - experts'
consensus on tests and treatments for more than 80 potentially
preventable diseases and conditions.
Nursing
Nightingale from the University of Tennessee
NurseStat Online Services
RN Central
Student Nurse Information Center
Alternative
Natural Medicines
Comprehensive Database
Memorial
Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center - no-cost, unbiased
look at herbs, dietary supplements, and alternative cancer treatments
ConsumerLab.com
- free summaries on what's in your supplements
World
Ancient World Web
Best of history Web sites
Bulfinch's Mythology
Dynasties of the World
Greek Mythology
In the First Person
- search across all letters, diaries, oral histories,
memoirs, and autobiographies within scholarly materials on the web
Internet
History Sourcebooks Project
Local and Family History, The Oxford Dictionary of
Military History, The Oxford Companion to
Perseus Project
Repository of Primary Sources
The Labyrinth
Periodical Historical Atlas
U.S. Military, The Oxford Essential Dictionary of the
A Visual Compendium of Roman Emperors
Year
by Year 1900-2008
United States
American Civil War
Homepage
American Military History, The Oxford Companion to
Atlantic Slave Trade and Slave Life in the Americas: A Visual Record
Documenting the
American South - 1,235 books and manuscripts that
provide a cross-cultural overview of the South from the Colonial period
through the early 20th century
Early American Newspapers
- from 1690 - 1876.
The History Net / The National Historical Society.
Index of Civil War
Information on the Internet
The Library of Congress American Memory
Making
of America - full-text searching of books and
articles published between 1850-1877.
Virginia
Geography of Slavery in
Virginia
Valley of the Shadow: Two
Communities in the American Civil War-about Augusta
County, VA
Virtual Jamestown
Virginia Genealogy: A
Guide to Genealogical Resources at the University of Virginia -This
web site has several new sections, such as maps, selected web sites
devoted to genealogy and Help for Beginning Genealogists which includes
some basic instructional sites and resources.
National
Academe this Week (Chronicle of Higher
Education)
Chicago Sun-Times
Christian Science Monitor
Chronicling
America: Historic American Newspapers
- an ongoing project. free online database
where you can search 23,000 American newspapers from 1690 - present.
Minneapolis/St. Paul Star Tribune
New York Times
San Francisco Examiner
US Newspaper Links
USA Today
Washington Post
Washington Times
Virginia
click
here for a list of Virginia newspapers online
Chronicling
America: Historic American Newspapers
- an ongoing project. free online database
where you can search 23,000 American newspapers from 1690 - present,
including Richmond Times-Dispatch and its immediate predecessors,
the Times and the Richmond Dispatch.
International
Internet Public Library
Online Newspapers
News and Newspapers Online
- links to hundreds of newspapers around the world.
NewspaperLinks.com
Newspapers: USA and
Worldwide
The Times/Sunday Times - London
World-newspapers.com
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