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Abbreviations and Acronyms of the U. S. Government (Full Text) (Electronic)
GovSpeak is a current list of acronyms and abbreviations of American government, created by Kelly L. Smith, former IUPUI Government Documents Librarian.
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ABYZ News Links (Full Text) (Electronic)
This is a portal site which offers links to a variety of media resources on the Internet. Organized by geography, links are to pages for countries or regions of the world. Good access to newspapers and other news services.
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Academic Universe (Lexis Nexis) (Full Text) (Electronic)
Provides access to a wide range of news, business, legal, and reference information.
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AccessScience 2.0 (Full Text) (Electronic)
The online McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Science & Technology provides fast, easy and accurate access to authoritative articles in all major areas of science and technology.
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Acronym Finder (Full Text) 
The largest, most sophisticated and reliable acronym dictionary on the web. Includes information technology, military, government, slang and chat acronyms.
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Alex Catalogue of Electronic Texts (Full Text) (Electronic)
A collection of public domain documents from American and English literature as well as Western philosophy.
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Alternative Fuels Data Center (Full Text)
The Alternative Fuels Data Center (AFDC)is a vast collection of information on alternative fuels and the vehicles that use them. Sponsored by the U.S. Department of Energy, the AFDC provides information on the research and development, production, and benefits of various alternative fuels including biodiesel and ethanol.
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Alternative Press Index (Electronic)
Indexes nearly 300 alternative, radical and left periodicals, newspapers and magazines covering cultural, economic, political & social change. Coverage 1991-present.
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Alternative Press Index Archive (Electronic)
Index to alternative, radical and left periodicals, newspapers, and magazines covering issues in culture, economics, politics and society. Coverage 1969 - 1990.
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America's Top Jobs for College Graduates
Provides detailed information on 127 jobs for people with 4-year and higher degrees.
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AmeriStat (Population Reference Buraeu) (Electronic)
Now adiministered by the Population Reference Bureau, this is a one-stop source for U.S. population data. This web site gives you instant summaries in graphics and text of the demographic characteristics of U.S. population, i.e. 2000 Census, Children, Education, Labor/Employment, and more.
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Ancestry Library Edition (Full Text) (Electronic)
Contains genealogical information from 1.2 billion records in 3,000 databases. U.S. Federal Census from 1790, American Genealogical Biographical Index, Passenger and Immigration Lists Index are included.
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Army Field Manuals (Full Text) (Electronic)
Army field manuals are current. Full text is offered in PDF format.
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Article First (Electronic)
Includes items listed on the table of contents pages of journals. Describes one article, news story, letter, or other item from a journal in each record. Coverage 1990-present.
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Associates Programs Source (Full Text) (Electronic)
Designed specifically for junior & community colleges with a primary focus on disciplines of study within associate degrees and certification programs. Coverage includes: accounting, agriculture, graphic arts, journalism, etc.
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Associations Unlimited (Full Text) (Electronic)
Information for approximately 460,000 international and U.S. associations and organizations.
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ASTM Standards (Full Text) (Electronic)
Full-text of the ASTM Standards published by the American Society for Testing and Materials. The standards cover active, redline, and historical standards. They are in PDF format.
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AT&T Directories (Electronic)
Find a person, business, reverse lookup telephone, toll-free number, web site, and additional information about AT&T services.
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Bartleby Library: Great Books Online (Full Text) (Electronic)
Includes full-text materials in the public domain "made available free to the public for educational purposes." The poems, plays, speeches, etc. have been carefully edited to ensure accuracy of data entry.
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Bartlett's Familiar Quotations (Full Text) (Electronic)
Online access to the famous print source. Includes famous quotes by people of all nations from ancient times to the present.
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BBC News: Country Profiles (Electronic)
This resource provides concise information on countries, territories and select international organizations.
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Bible Gateway (Electronic)
Search the Bible in nine languages and multiple Bible versions.
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Biography and Genealogy Master Index (Electronic)
An index to biographical information on major and minor public figures in reference materials published from 1980-present.
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Biography Index
An index of biographical information printed in books and magazine articles. Coverage 1946-1996.
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Book Review Digest
Citations and excerpts of reviews of fiction and nonfiction books. Coverage 1906-present.
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Book Review Index
Use this index to find book reviews in magazines and journals.
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Books in Print with Book Reviews (Full Text) (Electronic)
A comprehensive database of books in and out of print in the English speaking world. Book reviews are from such sources as Library Journal, Booklist, Kirkus Reviews, and Publisher's Weekly.
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Britannica Book of the Year
A concise volume summarizing key events of the year.
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Calculators On-Line Center (Electronic)
Links to thousands of different types of online calculators.
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Cambridge University Press (Full Text) (Electronic)
This publisher provides full text for over 100 journals in the sciences, social sciences, and humanities. You can conduct searches, view tables of contents, and view abstracts for all journals on the site.
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Car and Driver (Full Text) (Electronic)
Companion web site to the popular print magazine "Car and Driver." Offers its Buyers Guide, comparison tests, reviews on new cars, costs of used cars, photos and profiles of cars unveiled at shows.
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Catalog, Preston Library (Electronic)
An index to the contents of Preston Library. You can search by author, title, subject or keyword, see what new materials have arrived (Featured Lists) and customize your information needs (MyLibrary).
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Catholic Encyclopedia (Full Text) (Electronic)
Over 11,000 authoritative articles on all aspects of Catholicism. Also useful for questions relating to literature, history, philosophy, and art.
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Center for Systemic Peace (Full Text)
Developed at the Center for Global Policy (George Mason University), this site supports scientific research and quantitative analysis in many issue areas related to the fundamental problems of violence in both human relations and societal development.
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Chase's Calendar of Events
Comprehensive yearbook identifies special events, holidays, federal and state observances, religious celebrations, historical anniversaries, celebrity birthdays, and more.
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Chronicle of Higher Education (Full Text) (Electronic)
Access the current issue of this weekly newspaper. Also see employment ads in all areas of higher education.
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CIA World Factbook (Full Text) (Electronic)
Basic facts about all countries in the world. Includes maps,
statistics, and much more.
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City Town Information (Electronic)
Find statistics and indexes on thousands of cities, towns and villages across the United States.
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CNET Shareware (Electronic)
The Computer Network provides this powerful tool for searching for and downloading freeware and shareware on the Internet. Good for getting an overview of what's considered the best and what's most popular - on all platforms. More than 250,000 files.
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CNN Interactive (Electronic)
Read the news from Cable News Network (CNN) web site.
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Code of Virginia (Full Text) (Electronic)
An online resource containing all existing Virginia state laws.
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Code of Virginia
A multi-volume set containing all existing Virginia state laws.
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College & University Home Pages (Electronic)
An alphabetical listing of links to more than 3,000 colleges and universities worldwide.
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College and University Rankings (Electronic)
The purpose of this University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign web site is only to draw together and provide context to various ranking services regarding colleges and universities.
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Color Landform Atlas of the United States (Full Text) (Electronic)
There are links to each of the 50 states, to US maps, to background information about the maps, to an elevation key for relief maps, to other web sites that use this web site.
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Columbia Granger's Index to Poetry
An excellent way to find poems that are printed in collections and anthologies.
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Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer of the World
An tool for finding the specific locations of places, regions, geographical features, and much more.
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Communication & Mass Media Complete (Full Text) (Electronic)
Provides the most robust, quality research solution in areas related to communication and mass media.
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Compendex (Electronic)
The most comprehensive bibliographic database of engineering research literature, containing references to over 5000 engineering journals and conferences. Online version of "Engineering Index." Coverage 1884-present.
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Constitution Finder (Full Text)
Provides a listing of constitutions, charters, amendments, and related documents for 211 governmental entities worldwide. Maintained by the Richmond School of Law, University of Richmond.
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Consumer Index (Electronic)
An index to magazine articles providing consumer information. Coverage: 1986-2006
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Contemporary Authors (Full Text) (Electronic)
This biographical and bibliographical guide to current writers is integrated in the database, "Literature Resource Center" produced by Thomson Gale.
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Country Studies/Area Handbooks (Full Text) (Electronic)
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.
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County Road Map Atlas, Commonwealth of Virginia
This oversized atlas provides excellent coverage of county roads throughout Virginia.
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CQ Researcher (Full Text) (Electronic)
Explores a single "hot" issue in the news in-depth and nonbiased. Topics range from social and teen issues to environment, economics, politics, science and technology. Library covers 1967-1996 in print and 1991 to date online.
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CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics (Full Text) (Electronic)
Now corresponding to the 85th edition in content, this new version enables quick and easy access to everything the "Handbook" has to offer a student.
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C-SPAN (Full Text) (Electronic)
The C-SPAN networks are committed to televising the U.S. House of Representatives and the U.S. Senate when they are in session. It covers congressional hearings, White House press briefings, speeches, and other important public affairs events.
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Current Time (Electronic)
U.S. Naval Observatory Master Time.
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Dictionary of Computer and Internet Words
An essential reference for computer and Internet users that contains precise definitions for core vocabulary of today's technology.
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Dictionary of Philosophical Terms and Names (Full Text) (Electronic)
Created by Garth Kemerling for undergraduates studying philosophy. Definitions are clear and concise. Biographical entries may include portraits.
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Digital Book Index (Full Text) (Electronic)
Digital Book Index provides access to more than 65,000 titles records. It is the sole index that gathers both commercial and non-commercial eBooks from more than 1800 publishers and private publishing organizations.
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Directory of Military Bases in the U.S.
A comprehensive directory with basic information on the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marines, Coast Guard, National Guard, Reserve and Joint Service Installations, and more.
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EDGAR Database (Full Text) (Electronic)
Financial information disclosed by U.S. corporations to the Securities and Exchange Commission.
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Edmund's True Market Value (Full Text) (Electronic)
"The best consumer automotive content on the Web." Free pricing information on new and used cars. Editorial reviews of every new car that hits the market. And consumer ratings and reviews on new and used vehicles.
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Electronic Journal Miner (Electronic)
An online resource for searching over eight thousand electronic journals that provide free full text content. Search by keyword, title, or subject.
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Electronic Text Center Collection (UVA) (Full Text) (Electronic)
Includes approximately 70,000 on- and off-line humanities texts in thirteen languages, with more than 350,000 related images (book illustrations, covers, manuscripts, newspaper pages, etc.)
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Encyclopaedia Britannica (Full Text) (Electronic)
An online version of one of the most popular general encyclopedias.
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Encyclopaedia Britannica (New)
An authoritative general encyclopedia covering a wide variety of topics. A good starting place for researchers.
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Encyclopedia of the American Constitution
Expert descriptions of the impact and significance of hundreds of key constitutional court cases.
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ENGnetBASE (Full Text) (Electronic)
CRC Press created this database which provides access to its handbooks. An excellent resource for engineers and scientists.
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Europa World Year Book
Concise, up-to-date descriptions of countries throughout the world, including recent history, governments, economic affairs, education, defense, demographics, populations and much more.
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European Library (Electronic)
The European Library webservice is a portal which offers access to the combined resources (books, magazines, journals, etc., both digital and non-digital) of 45 national libraries of Europe. It offers free searching and delivers digital objects - some free, some priced.
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Eurostat (Electronic)
A searchable collection of statistics from the European Union that includes Economy and Finance; Population & Social Conditions; Industry, Trade & Services; Agriculture & Fisheries; External Trade; Environment & Energy; and Science & Technology.
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Factiva (Full Text) (Electronic)
A Web-based news and business information service. For the first time, the universally indexed, combined content sets from both Dow Jones Interactive and Reuters Business Briefing are available.
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Facts on File (Full Text) (Electronic)
The Web format of "Facts on File Yearbook" answers questions about events, issues, statistics and people of the last 20 years. It delivers special features including maps, photographs, historic documents, and overviews of key issues since 1980.
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Facts on File Encyclopedia of Science
This 2-volume encyclopedia offers broad coverage of science-related topics. Alongside the alphabetical entries, there are links to web sites to facilitate further research; brief biographies and quotes from scientists; chronologies, tables, diagrams, etc.
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Facts on File Yearbook
Key events in world news compiled from news sources. Coverage 1941-2001. Online edition covers 1941 to present.
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Familydoctor.org (Electronic)
All of the information has been written and reviewed by physicians and patient education professionals at the American Academy of Family Physicians. Covers general information about health, personal health care and treatment of an illness.
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Fast Facts (Full Text) (Electronic)
Web page author, Gary Price created a guide to find fast facts that you would find in an almanac or statistical abstract.
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Fedforms (Full Text) (Electronic)
Forms from federal agencies are often hard to track down. This site provides easy access to forms of 500 most popular government services. Fedforms is searchable by title, agency, form number, or keyword. Includes IRS, social security, military, etc.
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FindLaw (Full Text) (Electronic)
One of the best starting points on the Web for legal research. Full text searchable database of all law reviews and journals on the Internet. Updated daily.
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FindLaw Constitutional Law Center (Full Text) (Electronic)
A leading legal Web site dedicated to the U.S. Constitution and U.S. Supreme Court.
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FindNews (Full Text) (Electronic)
A searchable "news information resource helping you find the news on the topics of today's world." There is a categorized directory of links to news sites,mainstream sources, newspapers, world and local news, business and finance, political, etc.
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FirstGov (Electronic)
This is the Web portal for the United States Federal Government. It serves as the "first resource to find any government information on the Internet, with topics ranging from business and economy to money and benefits to science and technology."
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FirstSearch Databases (Electronic)
A group of databases covering a variety of academic disciplines, including "WorldCat," a listing of library holdings of all libraries participating in OCLC.
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Forced Migration Online (FMO) (Full Text)
FMO provides instant access to online sources (textual and pictorial) about people displaced by either conflicts or natural disasters.
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Foreign Exchange Rates (Electronic)
The Interactive Currency Table allows you to create cross-rate tables based in the currency of your choice, using current or historical rates.
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Gale Virtual Reference Library (Full Text) (Electronic)
Gale Virtual Reference Library is a database of encyclopedias and specialized reference sources for multidisciplinary research. The fifteen reference works include: St. James Encyclopedia of Popular Culture, Contemporary Novelists, and The Gale Encyclopedias of U.S. Economic History, Medicine, and Psychology.
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Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) (Electronic)
U.S. Geological Survey is responsible for this web site. You can find up-to-date information on locations in the United States and its territories.
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Geographic Nameserver (Electronic)
Provides basic information on locations in the United States.
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Government Information Online (GIO)
GIO is a virtual reference desk for government information administered by GPO. There are 30 depository libraries working together on this pilot project (2005) to answer your questions.
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GPO Access (Electronic)
Official Web site for this service of the U.S. Government Printing Office (GPO) that provides free electronic access to important information products produced by the Federal Government. Links to the "Congressional Record" and "Federal Register."
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Guide to the Law Online (Full Text) (Electronic)
Provides useful and reliable publicly accessible online sites of law and government information. Arranged by U.S., Nations, International and Multinational, and Subjects.
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HeritageQuest (Full Text)
The database for census data, family records, and local histories. This collection assembles every extant U.S. federal census, family genealogies, local histories, tax lists, city directories, land and probate records, birth, marriage and death records, genealogical and local history serials, and more.
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Historic Documents (Full Text) (Electronic)
This full-text database provides access to primary sources about significant events of the year. These documents range from presidential speeches, international agreements, and Supreme Court decisions to U.S. governmental reports, scientific findings, and cultural discussions. Coverage begins with 1972.
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Historical Atlas of the Twentieth Century (Full Text) (Electronic)
Find links arranged chronologically and topically. Map topics include colonial empires, wars, and battle sites. 20th-Century major concerns cover government, population and cities. Last updated 2003.
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Historical Statistics of the United States (Full Text) (Electronic)
This Millennial Edition Online (updates 1975 paper edition) is a compendium of statistics from over 1000 sources expanded to include over 37,000 data series and dozens of new topics,i.e. slavery, American Indians, and poverty.
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Hoover's Online (Electronic)
A source of free company information and breaking financial news, though some areas of this site are fee-based.
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HowStuffWorks (Electronic)
An excellent starting place for finding information about unfamiliar technologies.
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Humanities: A Selective Guide to Information Sources
A comprehensive guide to humanities information resources, which includes "access chapters" describing important collections, research centers and organizations. Contains author/title and subject/keyword indexes.
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IDEAL (Full Text) (Electronic)
Full-text science and social science journal articles from 179 Academic Press journals. Coverage: 1996-2002. Each title is accessible via the library's online catalog. This link lists available titles.
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In the First Person
The index to English language personal narratives, including letters, diaries, memoirs, autobiographies, and oral histories. From archives, repositories, publishers, and individuals, there are indexed first person narratives that are publicly available on the Web.
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INCORE Internet Country Guides (Full Text) (Electronic)
INCORE (Initiative on Conflict Resolution and Ethnicity) created these guides to provide scholarly information on conflict and ethnicity, specific to particular countries and regions.
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Infoplease.com (Full Text) (Electronic)
Facts, figures, maps, definitions and current events information are available at this web site, which combines a dictionary, encyclopedia, almanacs and more. From the publishers of the Information Please Almanac.
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Internal Revenue Service (IRS) (Electronic)
The Digital Daily features all sorts of tax links of the IRS: tax statistics, tax information for you, forms and publications, and more.
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Internet Movie Database (Electronic)
Find information about motion pictures and TV movies from this web site. Search by title,cast/crew name, character name, keyword and other options.
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Internet Public Library (Full Text) (Electronic)
First public library of and for the Internet community. The public can locate, evaluate, select, organize, describe, and create quality information resources that are on the Internet.
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Investment FAQ (Electronic)
Answers frequently asked questions about basic
investing.
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JSTOR (Full Text) (Electronic)
Searchable backfiles of core journals in the humanities, social sciences and sciences. Coverage varies but begins with vol. 1, issue 1 and runs up to the most recent few years.
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LawCrawler (Electronic)
A search engine specifically for finding legal information.
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Lexington Telephone Directory (Full Text) (Electronic)
White and yellow page phone directory of Lexington, Buena Vista, Brownsburg, Glasgow, and Natural Bridge.
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LexisNexis Academic (Full Text) (Electronic)
This database provides full-text documents from over 5,900 news, business, legal, medical, and reference publications with a variety of flexible search options.
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LexisNexis Congressional (Full Text) (Electronic)
Comprehensive U.S. legislative information from Congressional Information Service (CIS).
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LexisNexis Statistical (Full Text) (Electronic)
An index with abstracts for statistical information from over 100,000 U.S. government publications, state and private sources, and international organizations.
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Librarians' Index to the Internet (LII) (Electronic)
The Librarians' Index to the Internet (lii.org) is a searchable, annotated subject directory of more than 10,000 Internet resources selected and evaluated by librarians for their usefulness to library users.
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Library Catalog, Preston Library (Electronic)
An index to the contents of Preston Library. Search by author, title, subject or keyword.
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Library of Congress (Electronic)
The LC Web provides access to the library's collection, government resources, and research tools.
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Literature Resource Center (Full Text) (Electronic)
This literary database gives student researchers access to more than 120,000 literary figures from all time periods and all literary genres. Online access to "Contemporary Authors," "Dictionary of Literary Biography," and other criticism sets.
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Living Internet (Electronic)
A comprehensive Internet resource, which offers hundreds of intrasite links and thousands of external links woven into its narrative. A text-based site with many nuggets of history about the Internet.
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Local Times Around the World (Electronic)
Lists standard local times all over the world.
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Map Collection (U. Texas at Austin) (Electronic)
More than 230,000 maps (.jpg and .gif) covering all areas of the world.
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Mapping Census 2000: Geography of U.S. Diversity (Full Text) (Electronic)
"Census 2000 data in this report are based on the U.S. Census Bureau Redistricting (PL 94-171) Summary File...Use of this source limits the report themes to total population, race and ethnicity, and population under age 18..."
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MapQuest (Electronic)
Need directions to a location in the U.S.? This is a great source. Sometimes the "recommended" route of travel is not the most efficient, however.
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Maps - Blank and Outline (Full Text) (Electronic)
Blank & Outline Maps - This collection includes printable outline maps of the world, continents, regions, countries, the states of the U.S., and the provinces of Canada. Maps are free "for educational or personal use at home or in the classroom."
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MasterFILE Premier (Full Text) (Electronic)
Multidisciplinary database providing full text general reference publications dating as far back as 1975. Covering virtually every subject area of general interest. Also includes nearly full text reference books, biographies, primary source documents, and an Image Collection of photos, maps and flags.
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Measure 4 Measure (Electronic)
A collection of interactive Web sites that estimate, evaluate, and translate, convert, or calculate information.
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Medical Dictionary (Full Text) (Electronic)
MedTerms.com Medical Dictionary is a premier resource for health and medical terms. 100% doctor-produced by MedicineNet.com. A quick and easy-access, reliable reference for anyone interested in health issues.
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Merck Manual Home Edition (Full Text) (Electronic)
A free, consumer friendly edition of the Merck Manual.
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Merriam-Webster Online (Full Text) (Electronic)
Based on the Webster 10th Collegiate edition, 1993. Over 160,000 entries. Each word is accompanied by definition, pronunciation, usage, grammatical function, and a brief etymology. Includes a thesaurus.
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Merriam-Webster Visual Dictionary Online (Full Text) (Electronic)
The visual diction is an interactive dictionary with an innovative approach. From the image to the word and its definition, the visual diction is an all-in-one reference.
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Meta-Subject Index to Government Information (Electronic)
This web site provides access to government publications by subject. It indexes over 50 library web sites that provide subject headings for government information.
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Middle English Compendium (Electronic)
The Middle English Compendium is designed to offer easy access to and interconnectivity between three major Middle English electronic resources: an electronic version of the Middle English Dictionary, a HyperBibliography of Middle English prose and verse, and a Corpus of Middle English Prose and Verse.
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Monthly Catalog of United States Government Publications (Electronic)
Provides bibliographic records of U.S. Government information resources. Use it to link to Federal agency online resources or identify materials distributed to Federal Depository Libraries. Coverage 1994 - present.
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Morningstar Library Edition (Full Text)
Provides up to date investment information. Access is restricted to ONE user at a time.
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My Virginia (Electronic)
This is the official home page of the Commonwealth of Virginia.
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National Atlas of the United States of America (Full Text) (Electronic)
This updated National Atlas is designed to provide a reliable summary of national-scale geographical information. It includes both electronic and paper map products and it exploits information presentation, access,and delivery technologies.
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National Public Radio (NPR) Online (Electronic)
Access NPR's programs from its web site.
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Naval Historical Center (Full Text)
Official military Web site for US naval history. This site connects users electronically to resources available at the Naval Historical Center located at the Washington Navy Yard.
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New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians
This comprehensive dictionary of music provides major biographies, new topics such as deconstructionism, postmodernism, gender and more, popular instruments, new 20th-century composers and performers.
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New York Review of Books (Electronic)
Online edition of this premier literary magazine which provides excerpts of book reviews from 1963 to the current issue.
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New York Times (1851 - 2004) (Full Text) (Electronic)
Full-text articles of The New York Times covering the period of Sept. 18, 1851 to Dec. 31, 2004.
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New York Times (1980 - current date) (Full Text) (Electronic)
Full-text articles of the national newspaper, The New York Times, covering the period of 1980 to the current date.
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New York Times Index
A comprehensive index to articles appearing in the New York Times from 1851-1992.
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Newspaper Abstracts (Electronic)
We are directing you to Factiva (formerly Dow Jones Interactive) for the information that you seek.
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NewsVoyager (Full Text) (Electronic)
The ultimate "newspaper portal," a comprehensive gateway to newspaper Web Sites around the world. It provides access to local information online, including news, classifieds, arts, entertainment guides, community information, sports, and much more.
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NSSN Standards (Electronic)
Information for more than 300,000 approved standards from the ANSI-sponsored National Standards System Network (NSSN).
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NTC's American Idioms Dictionary
This is a dictionary of form and meaning to be used by lifelong speakers of English as well as the new-to-Englisher learner. Use the Phrase-Finder Index that identifies any expression from a single keyword.
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NYPL Digital Gallery (Electronic)
New York Public Library provides access to over 300,000 images digitized from primary sources and printed rarities in its collections.
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On This Day: Today's Highlights in History (Full Text) (Electronic)
Presents news and events from the day in history, with links to articles, obituaries, and cartoons. Includes current and historical birthdays, and browsable archive. From The New York Times Learning Network.
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Oxford English Dictionary
Printed version of the Oxford English Dictionary, second edition. Contains definitions for words English language words and information on word origins and histories.
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Oxford English Dictionary (Full Text) (Electronic)
The online version of the Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd edition, contains definitions for English language words and information on word origins and histories. Updated quarterly.
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Oxford Reference Online (Full Text) (Electronic)
Oxford Reference Online brings together over 100 fully searchable reference works. Frequently updated, all disciplines will find this resource useful.
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Oxford Text Archive (Full Text) (Electronic)
The Oxford Text Archive hosts Literature, Languages and Linguistics and collects, catalogs, and preserves high-quality electronic texts for research and teaching. The OTA currently distributes more than 2000 resources in over 20 different languages, and is actively working to extend its catalog of holdings.
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Oxford University Press (Full Text) (Electronic)
Online access to over 184 periodical titles in the humanities, social sciences, and the sciences. Full text of these online journals is available for the past several years.
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PAIR: Portal to Asian Internet Resources (Full Text) (Electronic)
PAIR brings together a scholarly group of Internet materials. Well organized and easy to use, this Portal will provide English and foreign language links covering Asia from Turkey to Japan.
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PBS Video Collection (Streaming Videos) (Electronic)
PBS video collection 498 videos. Each video has a low and a high bandwidth link. Low bandwidth recommended for off Post viewing and high for on Post. Requires Quicktime Player. Log on to the VMI Network required. Videos are also accessible through the Libary's online catalog. Keyword search on "pbs video viva".
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PC Webopaedia (Full Text) (Electronic)
The only online dictionary and search engine you need for computer and Internet technology.
Definitions include hot links to related terms and current Web articles.
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Population Reference Bureau (Full Text)
This is a one-stop source for U.S. population data. This web site gives you instant summaries in graphics and text of the demographic characteristics of U.S. population, i.e. 2000 Census, Children, Education, Labor/Employment, and more.
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Quote DB--The Quotations Database (Full Text)
Searchable quotation database of thousands of quotes from hundreds of authors. The database contains numerous subjects, speeches, and groups.
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RAND Reports (Full Text) (Electronic)
RAND Organization's Web site offers information for the improvement of policy and decisionmaking through research and analysis. Recently published reports/journals are available in full-text.
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Readers' Guide to Periodical Literature
Indexes articles from a core list of popular magazines held by most college and public libraries. Coverage 1900-present.
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RefWorks (Electronic)
This is a bibliographic management program that you can use to create your own personal database of references. Later you can format your references in any style including APA, MLA, Chicago and more.
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Register of Former Cadets
A directory of all students to matriculate (enroll) at VMI from 1842 to 2000. Provides brief information about cadets.
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Revolution Health
Virginia employees and their families can use this online health and wellness resource. Find online tools like a BMI calculator, health assessments and a Symptom Checker. Set up and maintain a secure, personal online health record.
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Roget's Thesaurus (Electronic)
Synonyms and antonyms to English-language words from the 1911 edition of this popular thesaurus.
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Safari Books (Full Text) (Electronic)
Online reference library for IT professionals. Contains the full-text for hundreds of programming and business e-books.
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Salary Calculator (Electronic)
Use this calculator to compare the cost of living in
hundreds of U.S. and international cities.
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