Humboldt State University Library
Virtual Reference Sources
Virtual Reference Sources are electronic and/or web-based sources
that will answer general/ready reference questions. For more specialized
reference sources, see HSU
Library Subject Guides .
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General email reference service is available to the students, faculty and
staff of Humboldt State University with valid HSU email accounts. As time
permits, we will answer inquiries from unaffiliated requesters about HSU
history, HSU Library services, or unique materials from our Humboldt County
Collection.
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Table
of Contents
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NOTE:
Access to reference resources preceded by
is restricted to campus users and authenticated HSU remote users. Context-sensitive
access help is available under each resource or collectively at Off Campus Access to
Databases.
Abbreviations
& Acronyms
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Acronym and Abbreviation
List - You may Search
for an acronym and see its expansion or Search
for a word in the expansions and see the resultant acronyms.
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Acronym Finder - 72,000 acronyms/abbreviations
& their meanings. A searchable database containing common acronyms
and abbreviations about all subjects, with a focus on computers, technology,
telecommunications, and the military. Reverse look-up is also available.
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Acronym Lookup - This is
the searchable list of acronyms and abbreviations in the Network Acronym
and Abbreviation Server.
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BioABACUS -
BioABACUS (Biotechnology ABbreviation & ACronym
Uncovering Service) is a searchable database of abbreviations
and acronyms in Biotechnology that contains terms in such categories as:
Biochemistry, Bioinformatics, Cell Biology, Computers and Internet, Diseases,
Grants, Journals, Laboratories, Medicine, Molecular Biology/Genetics, Neuroscience,
Other Organizations, Professional Societies and US Government. You
may search for biology-related journal names and abbreviations. A
link to the journal's home page is provided when available.
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Biomedical Journal Title
Search - This service searches over 8,000 titles, including 3,854 titles
currently indexed for MEDLINE. This service can assist in converting the
full title of a biomedical journal to an abbreviation or, from an abbreviation,
into the full title.
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EURODICAUTOM - You may search for
terms or abbreviations in Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, German,
Greek, Italian, Latin, Portuguese, Spanish, or Swedish. Terms may
be translated into another language if you wish. This site has journal
title abbreviations but there is no indication of how many there are or
where they come from.
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The Great Abbreviations
Hunt - 17,576 different three letter abbreviations are listed along
with the expansion of each.
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The Public Broadcasting Acronym
Directory - A guide to the alphabet-soup of often-obscure names for
organizations and technologies in public broadcasting and the electronic
media. Includes addresses and phone numbers as well as links
to web sites for organizations.
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U.S. Government Commonly
Used Abbreviations and Acronyms - Use the FIND command to locate the
acronym/abbreviation of interest.
Almanacs
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Almanac of Politics and Government
- Annual compilation of a wealth of information about United States and
World politics.
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Information Please
- Combining the contents of an encyclopedia, a dictionary, and several
up-to-the minute almanacs loaded with statistics, facts, and historical
records, Information Please claims to place the resources of an entire
reference information center at your fingertips.
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Old Farmer's Almanac - The Almanac
is North America's oldest continuously published periodical. This site
has customized 5-day and long-range weather forecasts for your area; the
dates and locations of solar and lunar eclipses for the year; the days
of the full moon for the next five years; Sun and Moon rise and set information;
planet rise and set information; "Today in history"; "Today in Weather
History"; seasonal recipes and advice; etc.
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World
Almanac - Includes World Almanac and Book of Facts, World Almanac of
the U.S.A., and the World Almanac of U.S. Politics
Atlases/Maps/Geography
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ABC Interactive
World Fact Book - An easy-to-use compendium of Flags,
Maps, Economy, Geography, Climate, Natural Resources, Current Issues, International
Agreements, Population, Social Statistics, Political System. Derived from
the 1996 edition of CIA World Factbook.
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Britannica
World - Flags, maps, articles, and statistics on individual countries.
From Encyclopedia
Britannica Online.
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Color Landform Atlas
of the United States - Each state link brings up a menu of links
to maps and other online information about the state.
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Commonwealth OnLine
- The Commonwealth is a voluntary association of over 50 member countries,
whose people span all continents and oceans and form a quarter of the world's
population. This site has demographic information and statistics
on all the members and includes the full text of The
Commonwealth Yearbook.
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Country Studies / Area
Handbook Series - From the Library of Congress's Federal Research Division,
this series presently contains studies of 85 countries.
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Geographic Nameserver - This
searchable database at MIT has information (placename, state, county, latitude/longitude,
elevation, population, zip code) on locations within the US.
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Governments on the WWW - Comprehensive
database of governmental institutions on the World Wide Web: parliaments,
ministries, offices, law courts, embassies, city councils, public broadcasting
corporations, central banks, multi-national organizations etc. Includes
political parties. Online since June 1995. Contains more than 11000 entries
from 218 countries and territories as of January 1999. Frequently updated.
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How far is it? - This service
uses data from the US Census and a supplementary list of cities around
the world to find the latitude and longitude of two places, and then calculates
the distance between them (as the crow flies). It
also provides a map showing the two places, using the Xerox PARC Map
Server.
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InfoNation
- Derived from information used to compile the Statistical Yearbook
and World Statistics Pocketbook, InfoNation is an easy-to-use,
two-step database that allows you to view and compare the most up-to-date
statistical data for the Member States of the United Nations.
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MapQuest! - Generate a map and retrieve
local information by searching a specific address. You can also get
driving directions and plan a trip at this site.
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Martindale's
'The Reference Desk: Information by Country - A nice list of
links to web pages of individual countries.
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National Atlas of the United States
of America - The U.S. Geological Survey and its partners began work
on The National Atlas of the United States of America in 1997. The
National Atlas is designed to promote greater geographic awareness through
the development and delivery of products that provide easy to use, map-like
views of our natural and socio-cultural landscapes. These web pages
include the earliest products of The National Atlas of the United States.
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Perry-Castaneda
Library Map Collection - This collection at the University of Texas
at Austin has over 2,000 map images available on the web.
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TerraServer Atlas -
A huge repository of aerial photographs and satellite images taken from
miles overhead that may be viewed online. Brought to you by the folks at
Microsoft.
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World
Factbook (1998 edition) - Prepared by the Central Intelligence
Agency for the use of US Government officials - the style, format,
coverage, and content are designed to meet their specific requirements.
It includes country profiles and world summary figures. It is especially
useful for data on small and obscure countries.
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More information may be found on HSU Library's Geospatial
Resources: Maps, Cartography, GIS, Imagery page.
Automobiles
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AutoConnect - Find
out all you need to know to buy your next car, especially if you are looking
for a used car. You can search for over 600,000 cars online and lisitngs
are updated daily. You can check out car reviews and ratings from
respected sources like Consumers Digest, Car and Driver,
Road & Track and car prices from the Kelley
Blue Book. You can even register to receive automatic notifications
of safety and recall information. Financial calculators allow you
to figure out loan payments.
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California Driver Handbooks
- From the California Department of Motor Vehicles, this site has the text
of the Driver Handbook as well as the Motorcycle
Handbook, Mature Drivers Handbook, and the Recreational Vehicles
and Trailers Handbook. Sample driver tests are available as well.
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CARS - Vehicle and Equipment Information
- From the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, this site has
databases of safety problems, recalls, defect investigations, manufacturers'
technical service bulletins, etc.
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Edmund's Automobile Buyer's Guides
- Edmund's was the first site on the Internet to provide automobile pricing
information at no cost. Edmund's also provides extensive automobile reviews,
consumer information, information about incentives and rebates, expert
analysis of late-breaking developments in the automotive world.
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Kelley Blue Book - New Car Pricing, Bluebook
Values - The information you need to make informed choices, whether
you are buying a new or used car; selling or trading in your own car.
Includes online finance quotes, insurance quotes and new car reviews.
For the US automotive market only.
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Model Year 1999 Fuel
Economy Guide - Published by the U.S. Department of Energy as an aid
to consumers considering the purchase of a new vehicle. The Guide lists
estimates of miles per gallon (mpg) for each vehicle available for the
new model year. These estimates are provided by the U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency in compliance with Federal Law.
Awards
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The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and
Sciences - You may search a database
of Academy Awards from 1927 to date. Also has the history
of the Oscar, the procedure for voting, etc. If you cannot find what
you want at this site, try here.
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Emmy Awards - This
site from the Academy of Television Arts and Science includes the Primetime
Emmy Award Nominee Database where you may search all the nominations
from the first Primetime Emmys in 1949 to last year's contest.
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GRAMMY Awards - The Flashback
section allows you to search a year from 1958-present and see a list of
the grammies given that year.
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The Nobel Foundation - Announcements
of the 1998 Nobel prizes as well as background information on the winners
and their research. Includes a searchable
database of past laureates and the history of the Nobel prize.
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The Pulitzer Prizes
- Columbia University has given the prestigious Pulitzer Prize since 1917
in journalism, letters, music and drama. This site has an interactive timeline
of all winners since 1917, an archive of the full-text of winning articles,
photos, editorial cartoons, and music clips for the last 3 years, and interactive
search capability.
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Tony Awards Online - The section on
History includes the voting procedures, a brief history of the Tony award
and a gallery covering awards from 1947-present. You may also search
the Tonys database which contains winners and nominees in all categories
awarded since 1947. You may search the database on any combination of the
following criteria: Year, Category, Artist and Show.
Biographical Information
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Biographical Dictionary -
This dictionary includes more than 25,000 notable men and women who have
shaped our world from ancient times to the present day. The dictionary
can be searched by names, birth years, death years, positions held, professions,
literary and artistic works, miscellaneous achievements, and other keywords.
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Biography.com - This
site from Arts & Entertainment network allows you to search for brief
biographical information on over 20,000 famous people.
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Congressional
Biographical Directory - Biographical information for all members
of the US Congress since 1774 may be searched here.
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Congresswomen's
Biographies - This page contains a brief biography of all women who
have served or are currently serving in the House of Representatives. Also
included are updated biographies of those who served before 1991 which
were first published during the Bicentennial of the Congress in Women in
Congress: 1917-1990 (H.Doc. 101-238).
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InSites: Biography
- Created by San Antonio Public Library, this is a very extensive list
of web sites which have biographical information. You will find biographies
of famous African Americans, mathematicians, aviators and governors.
You can find celebrity addresses and birthdays, photos of popular authors,
inventions created by women, and more.
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NameBase Book Index - Produced by Public
Information Research, Inc., this site has a collection of over 200,000
citations on famous individuals in politics, foreign policy, intelligence,
business and organized crime.
Book
Reviews/Publisher Information
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Amazon.com:
Books, Music & More! - More than just a store, Amazon.com offers
extensive book and music catalogs as well as a variety of other resources
including customer reviews, personal recommendations, and gift suggestions.
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Barnes and Noble - A favorite
bookstore is now online.
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Books
in Print - Select Books in Print from the list of databases.
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Books
Out of Print - Select Books Out of Print from the list of databases.
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Bookwire - Includes including Boston
Book Review, Hungry Mind Review, Quarterly Black Review, Computer Book
Review, and Publisher's Weekly
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Choice:
Current Reviews for College Libraries - Reviews of books and other
materials from 1988 to the present.
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Publishers,
Distributors & Wholesalers of the United States - Contains 80,000
records for publishers and distributors for a variety of print and non
print media. Choose Publishers, Distributors & Wholesalers of
the U.S. from the list of databases.
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Ulrich's
International Periodicals Directory - Worldwide directory of 210,000
periodicals, newspapers, annuals and irregularly published serials.
Choose Ulrich's from the list of databases.
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Worldcat
- Index of 39 million books, government documents, technical reports, media,
maps, sound recordings, and other monographic materials found in 17,000
libraries.
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More publisher links may be found on Humboldt
State University Library Acquisitions Dept. page.
Business/Consumer
Affairs
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Classic 164 Currency Converter
- View any exchange rates among the 164 currencies for any day since
1 January 1990 through today. The currency converter is updated daily at
8:00 p.m. EST.
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Consumer Information Center -
The Consumer Information Center is a service of the U.S. General Services
Administration. The purpose of the Consumer Information Center is to provide
federal publications, on a variety of topic areas, to consumers. The web
site contains the latest catalog with descriptions and full text versions
of over 300 consumer publications in many subjects.
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GTE Superpages - Consumer Guide
- This service features product information , ratings, reviews,and recommendations
for over 100 consumer product categories, including the complete 1998 Automotive
Buying Guide plus integrated links into the Yellow Pages and Classifieds
Ads.
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Mortgage Market Information Services,
Inc. - This site claims to be "the largest clearinghouse of mortgage
information on the web." An interactive
mortgage calculators page is available where you can determine monthly
payment, income requirements, deductions, etc.
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Red
Chip Review - Contains investment reports for 300 small cap companies.
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Rx for Your
Health: Consumer Health Information on the Web - A page produced by
HSU Library with links to health & medical information for the layperson..
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Tax Information from Quicken.com
- Includes state and federal tax forms, tax news, tax calendars, and tax
questions & answers.
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Thomas Register of American Manufacturers
- Thomas Register on the Internet includes both American and Canadian companies.
You may search by company name and brand name. Has links to companies'
web sites and online catalogs.
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The Universal Currency Converter(tm)
- Another currency converter with pull-down lists.
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More information may be found on HSU Library's Business
Resources on the Web page.
Colleges
& Universities Catalogs/Directories/Rankings
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California Virtual University
- California's institutions of higher education have designed this web
site to help you further your educational objectives by linking you to
online courses and other services offered by the Golden State's colleges
and universities.
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College and
University Home Pages - Links to the homepages of over 3,000 U.S. and
foreign schools. Contains alphabetical and geographical lists.
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College and University
Rankings - Online Sites and Controversy - You will find links to many
ranking services, along with cautionary notes and a discussion of the ongoing
controversy over rankings. From the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
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College Board Online - Includes
financial aid information in addition to test information (even a sample
test question).
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CollegeSource
Online - Contains cover-to-cover reproductions of college catalogs
from 1994 to the present. Using the required Adobe Acrobat reader one can
view and print specific pages. (Also available in the HSU Library are college
catalogs on microfiche from 1980/81 to 1997/98.) One can search for colleges
using criteria such as state, major, enrollment, tuition, etc., in addition
to name.
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College Search
- From a database of 3,200 two- and four-year colleges drawn from the College
Board's College Handbook; search by name or by other criteria (geographic
location, size, major, etc.). For each college includes 12 information
sections, including a link to the college's web site and electronic college
application if available.
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Peterson's Education Center - A
wealth of information on elementary and secondary schools, colleges and
universities, professional degree programs, study abroad and distance learning
opportunities, executive management programs, financial aid, internships,
summer programs, career guidance, and more. Peterson's brings together,
at one central address, consistently organized information about educational
opportunities at all levels, and gives individuals the ability to search
Peterson's databases as well as to request more information, apply, and
interact in other ways with faculty and administrators at educational institutions.
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Title IV Institution Codes
- Needed to complete FAFSA and other college application forms.
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US News &
World Report Graduate School Rankings - From U.S. News and World Report,
this site also provides the rankings as well as a host of other information
about selecting a graduate school.
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WorldWide Classroom - A compilation
of intercultural and educational programs around the world which welcome
international visitors. They include: University Study, Adult Enrichment,
Foreign Language Immersion, Teen Camps, Volunteerism, Internships, Cultural,
Craft and Heritage Programs. A great site for information on studying and/or
traveling abroad.
Copyright
Information
Dictionaries/Encyclopedias/Thesauri
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Encyclopedia
Britannica (includes Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary)
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EURODICAUTOM - You may search for
terms or abbreviations in Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, German,
Greek, Italian, Latin, Portuguese, Spanish, or Swedish. Terms may
be translated into another language if you wish.
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OneLook Dictionaries -
You can search hundreds of online dictionaries here!
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Roget's Thesaurus - The searchable
Internet Edition 1.2 was published in 1996 by Lexico LL.
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WWWebster Dictionary -
The WWWebster Dictionary is based on Merriam-Webster's Collegiate®
Dictionary, Tenth Edition. The online dictionary includes the main A-Z
listing of the Collegiate® Dictionary, as well as the Abbreviations,
Foreign Words and Phrases, Biographical Names, and Geographical Names sections.
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WWWebster Thesaurus - From
the folks at Merriam-Webster
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Virtual Reference Desk -
Dictionaries and Language Resources - An extensive list of online dictionaries
and search forms from Bob Drudge.
Directories
General
(Phone, Email, Zip Codes, etc.)
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AnyWho: Find Telephone Number, Email,
Home Page URL, FAX, Toll Free Number, and Address - From AT&T Labs.
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BigYellow: Your Yellow Pages on the
Web - Over 16 million US business listings from the Bell Atlantic group.
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GTE SuperPages®: Yellow Pages
and E-Commerce Shopping Directory - Derived from Yellow Pages listings
from all telephone companies -- a total of over 11 million business listings
nationwide, regardless of telephone service provider. You may search
by business name and get a map of the business's location and driving directions.
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InfoSpace.com- the Ultimate Directory
- Yellow pages, white pages, reverse look-up, public records (cost $),
etc.
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International Directories
- From Infobel.
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National Address Server
- Given a valid U.S. postal address, this server attempts to rewrite the
address in the proper format along with the ZIP+4 code. If it is successful,
you can retrieve a Postscript or a GIF file of the address for printing,
with a barcode. You can also view a street map of the address. You
can also search for zip codes by city.
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Searching for People and
Businesses - A useful listing of sources from the Goldray Consulting
Group.
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Telephone Directories on the Web, Phone
Books, White Pages, Yellow Pages - A very detailed index of online
phone books, with links to Yellow Pages, White Pages, Business Directories,
Email Addresses and Fax Listings from all around the world. Coverage varies
from country to country.
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Yahoo! People Search - Look up email
addresses and phone numbers here.
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Zip Code Lookup and Address Information
- From the United States Postal Service.
Specialized
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ABA Network Lawyer Locator
- Martindale-Hubbell and the American Bar Association have joined forces
to provide you with enhanced search capabilities of the extensive Martindale-Hubbell
Lawyer Locator database of over 900,000 listings of lawyers and law
firms.
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American School Directory - A guide to
all 106,000 K-12 schools in America, providing information for teachers,
students, parents, local communities and families planning a move.
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Congressional
Biographical Directory - Biographical information for all members
of the US Congress since 1774 may be searched here.
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Congressional
Directory - The Congressional Directory databases contain the directories
for the 104th (1995-96) and 105th (1997-98) Congresses, as well as the
Interim Congressional Directory for the 105th Congress, which is an online-only
revision of the directory for that Congress. Updated irregularly.
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Government
Guide - This guide from local TV channel KVIQ has directory information
for federal, state, and county governments as well as government officials
and embassies.
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NASW
(National Association of Social Workers) Clinical Register -
Choose NASW from list of databases. A searchable directory of registered
social workers.
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Research
Centers and Services Directories - Contains detailed descriptions of
some 26,500 U.S., Canadian, and international university-related and other
nonprofit research organizations established on a permanent basis and carrying
out continuing research programs in a comprehensive range of studies.
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Thomas Register of American
Manufacturers - Thomas Register on the Internet includes both American
and Canadian companies. You may search by company name and brand
name. Has links to companies' web sites and online catalogs.
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West Legal Directory - West Legal Directory
is a free service provided by West Group for consumers, small businesses
and attorneys. West Legal Directory provides profiles of more than 800,000
lawyers and law firms, in addition to profiles of international counsel,
corporate counsel, and US government attorneys.
Environment
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Endangered Species Home
Page - From the US Fish & Wildlife Service, this site has information
on endangered and threatened species of animals and plants.
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Environmental Organization WebDirectory
- Claims to be the largest exclusively environmental organization directory
on the Web and includes sites from over 100 countries.
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Environmental
Routenet - Environmental information service which includes daily and
archived environmental news, legislation, regulations, indexes to published
research, grant and funding sources, site-specific information, reports,
and links to other environmental information sites.
Grants/Funding
Sources
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Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance
- You may search the Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance which
is a government-wide compendium of Federal programs, projects, services,
and activities which provide assistance or benefits to the American public.
It contains financial and nonfinancial assistance programs administered
by departments and establishments of the Federal government.
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FinAid: The Financial Aid Information
Page - Claims to be a "a free, comprehensive, independent, and objective
guide to student financial aid" It was created by Mark Kantrowitz,
author of The Prentice Hall Guide to Scholarships and Fellowships for
Math and Science Students.
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Foundation Center Online -The Foundation
Center is an independent nonprofit information clearinghouse which collects,
organizes, analyzes, and disseminates information on foundations, corporate
giving, and related subjects.
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GrantsWeb - From
the Society of Research Administrators, this site has links to regional,
national and international funding sources. Includes links to application
forms.
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SPIN
- Sponsored Programs Information Network - Contains information from
governmental, private, and international sources on funding opportunities
in all subject areas. Types of funding available include research and development,
international projects, collaborate projects, fellowships, travel, exchange
programs, equipment, and more. Searching can be done by subject keywords,
sponsors, geographic restriction, deadline dates, and more. Updated daily.
Provided to the HSU community by the Office for Research and Graduate Studies.
Law
General
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ABA Network Lawyer Locator
- Martindale-Hubbell and the American Bar Association have joined forces
to provide you with enhanced search capabilities of the extensive Martindale-Hubbell
Lawyer Locator database of over 900,000 listings of lawyers and law
firms.
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FindLaw: Internet Legal Resources
- A really well-organized legal reference site with links to federal and
state codes, court decisions, law school information, legal forms, etc.
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West Legal Directory - West Legal Directory
is a free service provided by West Group for consumers, small businesses
and attorneys. West Legal Directory provides profiles of more than 800,000
lawyers and law firms, in addition to profiles of international counsel,
corporate counsel, and US government attorneys. Also has a link to Oran's
Dictionary of the Law.
Federal
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Code of Federal
Regulations - The Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) is a codification
of the general and permanent rules published in the Federal
Register by the Executive departments and agencies of the Federal Government.
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Congressional
Directory - The Congressional Directory databases contain the directories
for the 104th (1995-96) and 105th (1997-98) Congresses, as well as the
Interim Congressional Directory for the 105th Congress, which is an online-only
revision of the directory for that Congress. Updated irregularly.
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Supreme Court Decisions
- FindLaw's searchable database of the Supreme Court decisions since 1893
(U.S. Supreme Court Decisions: US Reports 150-, 1893-). Browsable
by year and US Reports volume number and searchable by citation, case title
and full text. This is a free service that will remain free.
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THOMAS -- U.S. Congress
on the Internet - Legislation being considered by Congress is accessible
from this site. Information includes Bill Text, Congressional Record Text,
Bill Summary & Status, Hot Bills (now covered under the headings "Congress
Now" and "Major Legislation"), the Congressional Record Index, and the
Constitution (now found, along with other historical Congressional documents,
under the "Historical Documents" category on the THOMAS home page).
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United States
Code - The United States Code is prepared and published by the Office
of the Law Revision Counsel, U.S. House of Representatives. This
database contains the general and permanent laws of the United States.
California
& Other States
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Administrative Codes &
Registers (ACR) Internet Access to Administrative Rules - This site
by the Administrative Codes and Registers (ACR) Section of the National
Association of Secretaries of State (NASS) has links to the home page,
code, register, and/or manual for all 50 states.
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Bills in the
California Legislature - You may search by bill number or bill text
at this site from the California State Senate, Rules Committee.
Covers the current and prior session.
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California Code - Search
by code and/or keywords for California laws currently in effect.
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California Statutes
- California Statutes are the Chaptered Bills. A bill is "chaptered" by
the Secretary of State after it has passed through both houses of the Legislature
and has been signed by the Governor or becomes law without the Governor's
signature. Statutes are available starting from 1993.
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Municipal Codes Online
- In an effort to make municipal codes throughout the nation more accessible
to the public, Seattle Public Library staff have prepared this list of
links to city and county codes available for unrestricted searching on
the World Wide Web.
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Your Legislature -
Type in your zip code and find the California legislators and their home
pages for that district.
Literary
Criticism
Movie
Reviews
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All-Movie Guide - Search for movies
by title, person's name, plot line, or keyword. Movie synopsis and
review links to actors' biographies and filmographies.
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Cinemachine: The Movie Review Search
Engine - Cinemachine, The Movie Review Search Engine, will provide
you with listings of movie reviews for films of all genres, including new
releases, classic films, Hollywood Blockbusters, and independent features.
Cinemachine saves you time by gathering hundreds of movie reviews in one
convenient listing. And because our Search Engine combs the Web every day
for new movie reviews, the information you find on Cinemachine is always
fresh!
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Greatest Films - A unique website
containing plot summaries (with actual film dialogue), review commentary
with emphasis on story content and historical background, and hundreds
of colorful, vintage film posters for some of the best Hollywood and American
classic films in the last century.
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Internet Movie Database - Covers everything
you could ever possibly want to know about movies. It's fully hyperlinked
both within the database and to thousands of external sites and is updated
continuously.
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Movie Review Query Engine - Claims
to be a a central gateway to many of the movie reviews available on the
World Wide Web.
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Roger Ebert on Movies
- This searchable database of Ebert's reviews comes from the Chicago Sun-Times.
Music
Lyrics/Reviews
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All-Music
Guide - An amazing site with reviews of albums, biographical information,
music essays, etc. You may search by artist, album, song, style,
or label. You may also find all the albums with a particular song.
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Billboard Spotlight
Reviews - More than 30,000 original Billboard album reviews
from 1970 to present.
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Den's Oldies Lyrics Page -
This site includes lyrics from the songs of the 50's, 60's and 70's.
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International Lyrics Server - Find your
favorite song lyrics! - Provides over 100,000 lyrics of all music styles
such as Rock, Pop, Oldies, Folk and many more.
This site has been partly shut down
as of 1/99 due to legal battles over copyright. You can search for
lyrics but you cannot display them at this time.
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Lyrics World
- This index contains links to all of the lyrics available at Lyrics World
including all the songs found in "Top 40 Hits of 1930-1999", "#1 Songs
of 1930-1999", "Top Singles by Decade" and "Artist Collections", plus many
songs that aren't listed anywhere else in this site. You can browse through
the songs by title or by artist (group name or surname of artist).
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The Music of the Fifties:
Lyrics and MIDI Music - A site devoted to the lyrics of the great old
songs of the fifties with MIDI music in the background.
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Worldwide
Internet Music Resources : Music Reviews - From William and Gayle Cook
Music Library, Indiana University School of Music.
Poems
& Poetry
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American Verse Project
- The American Verse Project is a collaborative project between the University
of Michigan Humanities Text Initiative (HTI) and the University of Michigan
Press. The project is assembling an electronic archive of volumes of American
poetry prior to 1920.
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An Index
of Poem Titles in Representative Poetry On-line - This anthology gives
you individual poems in English that critics, teachers, and students have
thought unusually good. The editors of this collection, which have
included Marshall McLuhan and Northrop Frye, are selective. Includes bibliographic
sources for all poems. Version 2.04 has over 2,000 poems by 310 poets.
May be searched by title, poet, first line, or keyword. Does not
include famous modern poets whose works are still copyrighted. For
those poets, you could try searching Bartlett's
Familiar Quotations.
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Semantic Rhyming
Dictionary - Type in a word and get a list of words which rhyme with
it!
Quotations
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Bartlett's
Familiar Quotations - A collection of passages, phrases, and proverbs
traced to their sources in ancient and modern literature. By John Bartlett,
9th ed., 1901.
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Mathematical Quotation
Server - From Furman University, this page points to a collection of
mathematical quotations culled from many sources.
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The Quotations Page -
This page was originally developed as a catalog of Quotation resources
on the Internet; it
has since evolved into a large-scale Quotation site with many original
resources.
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Quotez - Over 13,500
quotes on 500 subjects - arranged by author as well as by subject.
Statistics
Worldwide
Statistics
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Commonwealth OnLine
- The Commonwealth is a voluntary association of over 50 member countries,
whose people span all continents and oceans and form a quarter of the world's
population. This site has demographic information and statistics
on all the members and includes the full text of The
Commonwealth Yearbook.
-
InfoNation
- Derived from information used to compile the Statistical Yearbook
and World Statistics Pocketbook, InfoNation is an easy-to-use,
two-step database that allows you to view and compare the most up-to-date
statistical data for the Member States of the United Nations.
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International Data
Base (IDB) - From the US Census Bureau, the International Data Base
(IDB) is a computerized data bank containing statistical tables of demographic,
and socio-economic data for 227 countries and areas of the world.
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World
Factbook - 1998 edition - Prepared by the Central
Intelligence Agency for the use of US Government officials. The style,
format, coverage, and content are designed to meet their specific requirements.
It includes country profiles and world summary figures. It is especially
useful for data on small and obscure countries.
Federal
Statistics
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Fedstats: One Stop Shopping
for Federal Statistics - More than 70 agencies in the United States
Federal Government produce statistics of interest to the public. The Federal
Interagency Council on Statistical Policy maintains this site to provide
easy access to the full range of statistics and information produced by
these agencies for public use.
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Historical United States
Census Data Browser - You can retrieve and format data from every federal
census from 1790 to 1970, down to the county level.
-
Stat
USA - Contains business, trade and economic reports, and statistical
series. Includes information from the National Trade Data Bank, Economic
Bulletin Board, Commerce Business Daily, Trade Opportunity Program, and
Bureau of Economic Analysis.
-
Statistical
Abstract of the United States - This site has the
1998, 1997, 1996, and 1995 editions. Annual compilation of statistics
gathered by federal agencies and other ngo's.
State
& County Statistics
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California
Statistical Abstract - This is the 39th edition (released December
1998) of the California Statistical Abstract, a compilation of data
on social, economic and physical aspects of the State.
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Guide to State
Statistical Abstracts - This bibliography includes the most recent
statistical abstracts for states published since 1987 plus those that will
be issued in late 1998. For some states, a near equivalent has been listed
in substitution for, or in addition to, a statistical abstract. All sources
contain statistical tables on a variety of subjects for the state as a
whole, its component parts, or both.
-
State and Metropolitan
Area Data Book - The 1997/98 Data Book contains a collection
of statistics on social and economic conditions in the United States at
the State and metropolitan area levels. Selected data for component counties
and central cities of metropolitan areas are also included.
-
USA Counties
1996 - USA Counties, from the Census Bureau, compiles useful
demographic, economic, and governmental information spanning several years
and sources for county comparisons and profiles. Made available by
the Government Information Sharing Project of Oregon State University.
Style
Manuals
-
Bibliographic Formats for
Citing Electronic Information - Based on Li and Crane's Electronic
styles: A Handbook for Citing Electronic Information (1996), both
MLA and APA citation styles are presented.
-
Citing
Electronic Resources - From Binghamton University.
-
Documentation Guide
- Turabian - This guide from Concordia University is based on the 6th
edition of Kate Turabian's A Manual for Writers of Term Papers, Theses,
and Dissertations (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1996).
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How to Cite Information
From the World Wide Web - From the American Psychological Association
(APA).
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Information
Ethics: Citing Sources and Fair Use - A module of HSU Library's Information
Literacy: Achieving Basic Competency web-based tutorial.
-
MLA Style - These guidelines
on MLA documentation style are the only ones available on the Internet
that are authorized by the Modern Language Association of America. You
will find information on Documenting
Sources from the World Wide Web here.
-
ONLINE!
Citation Styles: Index - This web site for the 1998 edition of Online!
A Reference Guide to Using Internet Sources by Andrew Harnack and Eugene
Kleppinger has chapters 5-8 online which cover MLA style, APA style, Chicago
style, and CBE style.
-
Sources: Their Use and Acknowledgement
- from Dartmouth College. Gives examples of citations in 4 styles:
APA, MLA, Science (AAAS), and Note Style of the MLA.
-
The Columbia
Guide to Online Style - Includes Citation of Electronic Sources in
Humanities Styles, Citation of Electronic Sources in Science Styles, and
Parenthetic (In-Text) Citations in Humanities Styles. By Janice R.
Walker, Department of English, University of South Florida.
Tide
Tables, Time, Calendars, & Ephemeris
-
Calendar Conversions
- This WWW page allows you to convert dates among various calendar systems.
Each date entered will be converted to: Julian day number, Day of week,
Gregorian calendar, Julian calendar, Jewish calendar, and French republican
calendar.
-
Sun
and Moon Data for One Day - You can obtain the times of sunrise,
sunset, moonrise, moonset, transits of the Sun and Moon, and the beginning
and end of civil twilight, along with information on the Moon's phase by
specifying the date and location.
-
Tide/Current
Predictor - From the University of South Carolina, this site gives
the results of a search on Humboldt Bay tides for 4 days. You may search
other sites and time periods and create tables & graphs of results.
-
Tides & Tide
Prediction - From Scripps Institute of Oceanography, this site has
links to several tide predictors and calculators for coastal areas in the
US as well as around the world.
-
Time Service Department
-"Official Source of Time Used in the United States" from the country's
official timekeeper, the Department of the Navy's Master Clock facility.
-
Virtual Reality Moon Phase
Pictures - the phase of the Moon can be viewed for any date and time
[1800-2199 A.D].
-
World Clock (standard
version) - In addition to having information on time in any part of
the world, this site has the Calendar
for any year and a Countdown
to the year 2000.
-
World Wide Holiday and Festival
Page - Information about national holidays and religious holidays with
dates for future years.
-
Worldwide Local Time, Sunrise,
Sunset Information - You can generate a customized sunrise & sunset
calendar.
Travel
-
Arthur Frommer's Budget Travel Online
- "A totally comprehensive treatment of several thousands of pages on every
major topic, problem and opportunity in travel."
-
Centers for Disease Control
Travel Information - Includes reference materials, information on disease
outbreaks, geographic health recommendations, etc.
-
CERES:
Weather and Road Conditions for Humboldt County This page is maintained
by the California Resources Agency and includes weather reports & forecasts,
satellite weather images, road information from the CA Dept. of Transportation,
and river & weather sensor data from DWR.
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Recreation.Gov - This
site is subtitled Recreational Opportunities on Federal Lands.
You may search by state, recreational activities & amenities, agecy
name, and site name. Information includes address, phone number &
email address, brief description of park, and links to the park's home
page, map, and weather forecast.
-
Travel Page - Practical travel
information - Updated daily.
-
US State Department
- Services - Travel Warnings & Consular Information Sheets - A
browsable listing by country.
-
WorldWide Classroom - A compilation
of intercultural and educational programs around the world which welcome
international visitors. They include: University Study, Adult Enrichment,
Foreign Language Immersion, Teen Camps, Volunteerism, Internships, Cultural,
Craft and Heritage Programs. A great site for information on studying and/or
traveling abroad.
Weather/Climate
-
Anthony's Weather Page This
page is maintained by Anthony Watts, meteorologist for KHSL-TV. Covers
the weather of Northern California, including Chico, Redding, Eureka, and
Marysville.
-
California Regional Weather Server
Maintained by the San Francisco State University Meteorology Program, this
site contains links to regional weather maps as well as overviews of North
America and the Eastern Pacific.
-
CERES:
Weather and Road Conditions for Humboldt County This page is maintained
by the California Resources Agency and includes weather reports & forecasts,
satellite weather images, road information from the CA Dept. of Transportation,
and river & weather sensor data from DWR.
-
Historical
Weather Data - This site from the Washington
Post allows you to search through almost 1,000 cities worldwide
in more than 200 countries and territories to find monthly historical weather
data. Data is based on 1961-1990 reports of the National Weather
Service.
-
National Climatic Data Center (NCDC)
- Contains selected climatic datasets of limited time periods.
-
National Weather Service - Eureka
- In addition to instant forecasts for our area, this site has an interactive
forecast map.
-
National Weather Service -
San Francisco Bay Area
-
National Weather Service
- Portland OR
-
Northern
California Weather Information This page is maintained by the HSU Geology
Dept. and has links to weather forecast, climatological data, weather maps,
and satellite photos for our local area.
-
Weather Net Sponsored
by the Weather Underground at the University of Michigan. May be searched
by weather station.
Weights
& Measurement
-
Calendar Conversions
- This WWW page allows you to convert dates among various calendar systems.
Each date entered will be converted to: Julian day number, Day of week,
Gregorian calendar, Julian calendar, Jewish calendar, and French republican
calendar.
-
MegaConverter -
An ever-growing set of weights, measures and units conversion/calculation
modules.
-
Physics Unit Conversion
Page - A units conversion calculator suitable for undergraduate students
in their first or second year of physics.
-
Unit Conversions
- This site from Digital Generation gives the conversion factor for units
you select from pull-down lists.
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