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A standard up-to-date resource for facts, data, and worlwide information. Go to the Carson Library Home Page, Search for Periodicals and Magazines (ON or OFF campus), and select World Almanac.
The National Atlas of the United States® is intended to provide a comprehensive, map-like view into the enormous wealth of data collected by the Federal Government. It includes scientific, societal, and historical information with links to current and real-time events, as well as to other Federal producers of geospatial information.
Provides access to Census Bureau data tables, resource links for print maps, boundary files for GIS thematic maps, quick facts, and the TIGER Map Server.
ANB is the premier biographical work on people from all eras who have influenced and shaped American history and culture. View over 18,000 profiles with cross-references and links to more information on the Web. Go to the Carson Library Home Page, Search for Periodicals and Magazines (ON or OFF campus), and select American National Biography.
Another of the nation's leading online bookstores, with in print, forthcoming, used, and out of print book, video/DVD, and audio titles across all disciplines.
Books in Print Online provides access to millions of book, video, and audio titles for children and adults; an extensive database of publishers, links to author biographies, bestsellers, award winners, and published reviews. Go to the Carson Library Home Page, Search for Periodicals and Magazines (ON or OFF campus), and select Books in Print Online.
The Library of Congress Online Catalog contains approximately 12 million records representing books, serials, computer files, manuscripts, cartographic materials, music, sound recordings, and visual materials.
WorldCat is a worldwide union catalog created and maintained collectively by more than 9,000 member institutions, currently offering over search access to over 52 million records for books, videos, audio, and other library resources. At the Montana Library Network, click on "Go," the click on WorldCat to search.
A one-stop shop for all types of calendars: "Comprehensive categorized calendar catalog currently containing countless correlating connections & calzone recipes!"
"The Occupational Outlook Handbook is a nationally recognized source of career information, designed to provide valuable assistance to individuals making decisions about their future work lives." Published by the U.S. Department of Labor.
Provides job advertisments from dozens of the country's leading newspapers, including the Great Fall Tribune. Search by keyword, state, job category, company, industry, and U.S., Canadian, or International listings.
Sponsored by the United States Office of Personnel Mangement, this is "the Federal Government's official one-stop source for Federal jobs and employment information."
"Created by Edgar Dworsky, a consumer advocate/educator and an attorney," Consumer World gives consumers product information and links to resources for consumers.
Sponsored by the Natl. Center for Infectious Diseases and the Center for Disease Control and Prevention, this site gives travelers up-to-date information on health conditions throughout the world. Find out about your destination, outbreaks, vaccinations needed, travel medicine clinics, and how to prevent illness for adults and children when traveling abroad.
CIA World Factbook http://www.odci.gov/cia/publications/factbook/index.html
The World Factbook provides national-level information on countries, territories, and dependencies. Each country profile summarizes geography, people, government, economy, communications, transportation, military, and transnational issues. Statistics. maps. amd flags are included, and the online version is updated weekly.
This website contains the on-line versions of books previously published in hard copy by the Federal Research Division of the Library of Congress under the Country Studies/Area Handbook Program sponsored by the U.S. Department of Army. Published from 1988-1998, these handbooks cover 102 lesser-known countries and are an excellent resource for historical information, including maps and statistics.
Sponsored by the International Constitutional Law Project, this site provides access to the constitutions of over 80 countries, the United States excluded. Links to the constitutions and gives commentary and recent news.
"NativeWeb is an international, nonprofit, educational organization dedicated to using telecommunications including computer technology and the Internet to disseminate information from and about indigenous nations, peoples, and organizations around the world; to foster communication between native and non-native peoples; to conduct research involving indigenous peoples' usage of technology and the Internet; and to provide resources, mentoring, and services to facilitate indigenous peoples' use of this technology."
"Travelocity is the seventh largest travel agency in the United States. It has been recognized worldwide for its leadership in the online travel space, and it operates or powers Web sites in five languages across four continents."
The United Nations was established on 24 October 1945 by 51 countries committed to preserving peace through international cooperation and collective security. Today, nearly every nation in the world belongs to the UN: membership totals 191 countries*.
Free access to images of flags of the world. See their copyright notice for reproducing flag images. Also provides inks to flags and national anthems for sale.
Countries: United States of America & Native America
Quick facts and links to information on each of the fifty states. Includes links to state flags, song (audio and lyrics), and links to "over 3,300" U.S. newspapers.
The United States Department of the Interior agency responsible for the "administration and management of 55.7 million acres of land held in trust by the United States for American Indians, Indian tribes, and Alaska Natives." http://www.doi.gov/bureau-indian-affairs.html
"Authoritative resource for foreign audiences seeking information about American society, political processes, official U.S. policies and culture" sponsored by the United States Department of State.
Dictionary.com is a multi-source dictionary search service produced by Lexico Publishing Group, LLC, a leading provider of language reference products and services on the Internet.
Sponsored by the European Commission Host Organization (ECHO), this online foreign language dictionary finds the translation and definition for words from language to language. Includes as source and target languages: Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Italian, Latin, Portuguese, Spanish, and Swedish.
This commericial site links to a large list of online general and specialized dictionaries. OneLook's reverse dictionary lets you describe a concept and get back a list of words and phrases related to that concept.
Writer Evan Morris delves into the meaning and origin of words on this searchable web site. Read the current issue of his monthly column (published approximately 10 times/year), view back issues, search words in the alphabetical index, or submit your own word questions.
Access Science is the online encyclopedia of science and technology from McGraw Hill publishers. It includes science topics, a student support center, science in the news, and new articles. From the Carson Library Home Page, go to Search for Periodicals and Magazines, Select from On-Campus or Off-Campus, and open Access Science from the database list.
This online version of the substantial Grove Dictionary of Art is the most comprehensive online reference resource for all aspects of the visual arts worldwide from prehistory to the present day.
Visit Montana's official state web site to locate state, city, county, tribal, and federal government information. Provides access to Montana state laws and the state constitution.
HomeworkSpot.com is "a free homework information portal that features the very best K-12 homework-related sites together with engaging editorial in one high-utility, educational spot." Provides additional links to libraries, museums, and current events.
Multnomah County (Oregon) Library has established a homework center that is considered to be the best of its kind. Find links to web sites for homework topics A-Z.
Visit Montana's official state web site to locate state, city, county, tribal, and federal government information. Provides access to Montana state laws and the state constitution.
The "ultimate directory" claiming over 100 million listings in the U.S. and Europe. Includes personal and business phone numbers, yellow pages, 800 numbers, reverse directory, e-mail search, and more.
A highly rated writing lab with online handouts for improving student academic and professional writing, use of English grammar, spelling, and punctuation, and citing research using MLA and APA style.
The Writing Center at the University of Wisconsin-Madison provides links to information and guidance on the writing process, grammar and punctuation, improving student writing, and citing references using MLA, APA, and CBE.
Mixed in with information specific to Dartmouth is a great deal of guidance on the research and writing process, common grammatical errors, and using sources. Their Sources module compares four different citation styles according to various examples and provides links to other sites that guide writers in using style for specific subjects.
This list of links to worldwide ZIP and postal codes is sponsored by EscapeArtist.com, which specializes in helping people relocate throughout the world.
The CAA provides a list of links to web sites for artists and includes museums, funding sites, businesses, free software, and preservation information.
"Entrez is the text-based search and retrieval system used at NCBI for the major databases, including PubMed, Nucleotide and Protein Sequences, Protein Structures, Complete Genomes, Taxonomy, and others."
"SGDTM is a scientific database of the molecular biology and genetics of the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae, which is commonly known as baker's or budding yeast." (M. Morrow, 2/04)
Teachers' Domain provides free access to multimedia, informational text, and lesson plans for teachers on K-12 Science topics. Topic areas are engineering, life science, and physical science for grades K-2, 3-5, 6-8, and 9-12. Sponsored by the WGBH Educational Foundation. Registration required.
"Academic Info tries to add between 250 and 500 new resources each month. The primary focus of the site must be academic, with its intended audience at the upper high school level or above. A priority is adding digital collections from libraries, museums, and academic organizations and sites offering unique online content. Will add annotated subject directories but not sites with only a "list of links.""
"Making of America (MOA) represents a major collaborative endeavor to preserve and make accessible through digital technology a significant body of primary sources related to development of the U.S. infrastructure."
World History is a private site developed by historian Frank Smitha and is updated to the present. Text is written by Smitha and includes primary source material on the Ancient World and century categories: 6th-15th, 16th-19th, and 20th century.
Sponsored by the National Association for Music Education, this site contains conference information, music education resources, job information, and links to other music web sites.
"The mission of the Organization of American Kodály Educators is to enrich the quality of life of the people of the U.S.A. through music education by promoting the philosophy of Zoltán Kodály." Site contains contact information, training sites and events, and conference programs.
