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      San Antonio Public Library
      The Franklin D. Roosevelt Library and Museum
      The George Bush Presidential Library
      The Hoover Presidential Library
      John F. Kennedy Library Home Page
      The LBJ Library
      Library of Congress
      National Library of Medicine
      The Reagan Presidential Library
      Documenting library research: A library timesaver

       
      Academe This Week


      Allyn and Bacon Sociology Links

        funstuffPlay Sociology Jeopardy at Allyn & Bacon.
      Annie E. Casey Foundation build better futures for disadvantaged children in the U.S.; Kids Count databook -- lots of stats on poverty, education, family, etc.

      Applied Ethics Home Page

      Center for Civil Society International [CCSI] articles and publications

      Civic Practices Network public problem-solving essays and theories

      ConflictNet

      Conflict Gopher

      Coombsweb -- ANU Social Sciences Server Networked research facility built around ftp, WAIS, e-mail and WWW technologies

      COPAC [Consortium of University Research Libraries National OPAC]

      The Eisenhower Center

      FedWorld Information Network links to federal web sites

      Galaxy Sociology Directory search engine directory

      Harvard's Research Engine for Social Scientists

      Humanities Hub search: selected resources for the social sciences and humanities; wonderful links with descriptions of the site before you go

      National Archives and Records Administration

      National Coalition for the Homeless policy issues; publications for a fee

      fun stuff99 Ways to Open a Beer Bottle Without a Bottle Opener actually an advertisement, but you get ten free techniques

      Nordic Youth Research Information [NYRI] full-text papers and newsletter

      Ozline: Australian Information Online Australian information relating to the social sciences and humanity

      PeaceNet

      The Prevention Yellow Pages A worldwide directory of programs, research, references and resources dedicated to the prevention of youth problems and the promotion of nurturing children

      Princeton University Survey Reseach Center

      Progressive Sociology Network WWW Page

      Research Resources for the Social Sciences

      SBER Sociology Program  "This NSF site has sociology grant information and submission forms. NSF's Sociology Program supports research on problems of human social organization, demography, and processes of individual and institutional change.

      Science Center Berlin auf Deutsch       Science Center Berlin in English

      SEMA: U. of Toronto Semiotics Forum

      Social Sciences Internet Resources anthropology, economics, geography, political science, sociology, interdisciplinary social sciences and education

      SocInfo: CTI Centre for Sociology and the Policy Sciences now with SocInfo Journal online

      The Sociology Corner Postmodern Theory; sociology links

      The Sociology Server sociology links and sociological humor

      Sociology Web Sources in Norway

      SOCIOLOGY  What can I do with this degree? Career Fields

      SocioSite: Going Dutch Sociology U. of Amsterdam

      SocLinks: Resources for Social Researches

      Stanford University's Guides to Social Science Resources

      Transtrak's Cyberguide To Sociology  This site is a user-friendly Cyber guide to
      1.) sociological resources and 2) interactive communication technologies for sociologists, students, and the general public.

      UNESCO-A good guide of sociological sites

      The U.S. Government Printing Office Web Site

      Virtual Library: Sociology

      WCSU List: Sociology Internet Resources  "The links are collected and maintained by the Western Connecticut State University Department of Social Sciences. The main category resources headings include culture and society, ethnic, women, family criminology, social theory, and social research.

      WEBsociologyin English and Norwegian

      Yahoo: Social Sciences: Sociology


      General Resources
      Search Acronym Dictionary constantly updated; users can add new acronyms.
      Search an Acronym Dictionary a dictionary of nearly 6000 acronyms compiled by Dave Sill of 'Martin Marietta Energy Systems'.
      Bartlett's Familiar Quotations
      Dictionary of Roadie Slang (287 words as of Aug 19 1997) [index = rod]


      Elements of Style intended for use in English courses in which the practice of composition is combined with the study of literature. It aims to give in brief space the principal requirements of plain English style. 1st Edition, 1918.

      Foreign Languages for Travelers - look up basic lingo and pronunciation guides


      French-English Dictionary look up words in a simple French-English Dictionary containing about 75,000 terms.

      German-English Dictionary from Darmstadt, Germany

      The Hacker's Dictionary/Jargon File from Austria; searchable

      The Internet University I only got to spend a little time here, but looks like a good trip; something for everyone, including homework help, resume help, discussion groups, shopping, etc.
       

      The LOGOS Dictionary translates user-input words and phrases to numerous languages. For the multimedia-enabled, some phrases have .wav samples! (Link may be slow)
      Merriam-Webster's Dictionary online dictionary accessible through a search engine, returning definitions for the input word


      The Old Farmer's Almanac

      One Look Dictionary includes one search engine for all of the following:

        • Acronym And Abbreviation List
        • ACRONYM LIST (military)
        • AGI GIS Dictionary
        • AIDS 101 GLOSSARY
        • CPCRA Glossary of AIDS Specific and Clinical Trials Terminology
        • Dictionary of Philosophical Terms and Names
        • DOD Dictionary of Military Terms
        • English dictionary of medical terms
        • Free On-line Dictionary of Computing
        • Infomedical Medical Dictionary
        • Mathematical Programming Glossary
        • On-line Mathematics Dictionary
        • PC Webopædia Dictionary
        • Political Dictionary
      Free On-Line Dictionary of Computing FOLDOC is a searchable dictionary of acronyms, jargon, programming languages, tools, architecture, operating systems, networking, theory, conventions, standards, mathematics, telecomms, electronics, institutions, companies, projects, products, history, in fact anything to do with computing.

      The Quotation Pages - from Michael Moncur

      Roget's Thesaurus of English words and phrases

      The Samuel Adams Beer Term Dictionary (120 words as of Aug 12 1997)

      Search an updated 1911 Roget's Thesaurus simple gopher index search for a Thesaurus
       

      Search Webster's Dictionary type in a word, it retrieves a definition; words in the resulting definition are hypertext linked back into the dictionary, allowing you to use your mouse to access the definition of those related (and unrelated) words.


      Some of these links come from http://thorplus.lib.purdue.edu/


      Electronic Text Centers
    • Cornell University
    • Columbia University
    • Emory University
    • Gutenberg Text Center    ftp://viemeister.com/pub/gutenberg/ (Dallas)
    • Internet Classics
    • Library of Congress American Memory Collections: African American Perspectives: Pamphlets from the Daniel A. P. Murray Collection, 1818-1907; American Life Histories: Manuscripts from the Federal Writers' Project, 1936-1940; Voices from the Dust Bowl: The Charles L. Todd and Robert Sonkin Migrant Worker Collection; Votes for Women Suffrage Pictures, 1850-1920; Votes for Women: Selections from the National American Woman Suffrage Association Collection, 1848-1921
    • The Online Books Page links to full electronic texts of thousands of books
    • U. of Michigan: Making of America
    • U. of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
    • U. of Virginia Directory of Electronic Theses and Dissertations
    • Yale University
      • DIGITAL LIBRARY PROJECTS
      sponsored by the National Science Foundation (NSF), the Department of Defense's Advanced Research Projects Agency (ARPA), and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), as part of the inter-agency Digital Library Initiative (DLI):
      Alexandria Digital Library, U. of CA
      Bartleby Archive
      Illinois Digital Library Project

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