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• Anthropology
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• Architecture 
• Drama 
• Music 
• Visual Art 
•  Biography
•  Business & Economics
•  Careers
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•  Computers & the Internet
•  Countries of the World
•  Criminal Justice
•  Education
•  Electronic texts
•  Environment
•  General Reference
•  Geography & Maps
•  Government & Law
•  History 
•  Hot Topics
•  Languages
•  Literature
•  Magazines, Newspapers, & Journals
•  Philosophy & Ethics
•  Psychology
•  Religion & Mythology
•  Science & Technology 
• Astronomy 
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• Chemistry 
• Earth Science 
• Engineering 
• History of Science 
• Mathematics 
• Medicine & Dentistry 
•  Speech
•  Statistics
•  Virtual Libraries
•  Writing 

• Description:A list of links to useful sources for the study of Native Americans, categorized by type of site or by general subject matter.
• Appropriate to course or program:
• [Reviewed by: Library Staff]

• Description: The Anthropology section of the WWW Virtual Library. Includes links to resources in various areas of anthropology.
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• [Reviewed by: Library Staff]

Cultural Orientation - http://www.cal.org/co/

• Description: The Center for Applied Linguistics provides this site with information about recently-arrived refugee groups in the United States. "Culture Profiles" contains online books describing the cultures of a number of peoples; click on the publications list to view them.
• Appropriate to course or program: ATH103, HS213
• [Reviewed by: Library Staff]

Cultural Profiles - http://www.cp-pc.ca/english/index.html

• Description: The Canadian government provides these brief cultural profiles of people from various countries to assist Canadian citizens in understanding and welcoming immigrants.
• Appropriate to course or program: ATH103, HS213
• Reviewed by: Choice, Dec. 2005

Ethnomed - http://ethnomed.org/

• Description: Ethnomed is a site from Harborview Medical Center in Seattle. It focuses on ethnic groups in the Seattle area, giving cultural and community profiles of the following groups: Amharic; Cambodian; Chinese; Eritrean; Ethiopian; Mexican; Oromo; Somali; Tigrean; Vietnamese; Arab; Lao; Mien; Samoan; South Asian; Soviet Jewish; Ukrainian. Although the site is written with health care workers in mind, there is valuable general information on culture and customs, with bibliographies.
• Appropriate to course or program: ATH103, HS213
• [Reviewed by: Library Staff]

• Description: Guide to etiquette and business culture for 42 countries. Click on the country name to find advice on general conversation, gift-giving, dress, public bevaior, entertaining, and business negotiations.
• Appropriate to course or program: ATH103, HS213
• [Reviewed by: Staff, 2004]

• Description: A hypertext history of the Northwest coast exploration and interaction of Europeans and Native Americans, from the 18th century to 20th. Features Haida, Tlingit, Tsimshian, and Kwakuitl groups.
• Appropriate to course or program:
• [Reviewed by: Library Staff]

• Description: A comprehensive meta-site, with links on art, history, education, health, and many other aspects of Native American life and culture.
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• Description: Has links to resources on Mexican archaeology with both general sites and sites relating to the Aztec, the Maya, and other groups. Chiefly in English.
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• [Reviewed by: Library Staff]

• Description: The Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act is a federal law that provides a way for museums and federal agencies to return Native American cultural materials to affiliated descendants or cultural groups. In addition to the pertinent laws and regulations, the site includes maps, databases, and other materials. Under "Special Topics" the user will find information on international repatriation and on Kennewick Man.
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• [Reviewed by: Library Staff]

• Description: A searchable site with links to information about indigenous peoples around the world. Includes many Native American sites.
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Architecture

• Description: Site which "documents hundreds of buildings and leading architects with 3D models, photographic images ... commentaries, bibliographies, and web links, for famous designers and structures of all kinds. " Searchable by building name, architect, location, and building type.
• Appropriate to course or program:
• [Reviewed by: Library Staff]

Drama

For electronic texts of plays see also Electronic Texts: Drama

Inter-Play: an on-line index to plays in collections, anthologies and periodicals© - http://www.lib.pdx.edu/systems/interplay/

• Description: This site from Portland State University is an index to plays appearing in collections. It is intended as a supplement to standard indexes of plays such as Play Index and Ottemiller's Index to Plays in Collections. You can search by author or title keyword. The call numbers given in the resulting list are numbers at PSU. You must then search in the CCRLS catalog to find out whether the book or magazine that contains the play is available at Chemeketa or at public libraries in the area.
• Appropriate to course or program: ENG105; Theater Arts courses
• [Reviewed by: Choice, Aug.1998]

Music

• Description: A guide to music in a wide variety of genres, with historical background, outlines of important composers or performers, definitions of terms, biographies, discographies, links to Internet sites, etc.
• Appropriate to course or program:
• [Reviewed by: Choice, Aug.1998]

• Description: An Indiana University School of Music Metasite with links to Internet resources in music.
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• [Reviewed by: Choice, Aug.1998]

Visual Art

• Description: Browse or search more than 7,000 advertisements that appeared in U.S. and Canadian newspapers and magazines from 1911 through 1955. The Timeline feature provides historical context for advertisements.
• Appropriate to course or program:
• [Reviewed by: Library Staff ]

• Description: A great guide to art sites on the Web. You can search or browse by movement, medium, subject, nation, artist name, or women artists.
• Appropriate to course or program:ART101, ART204, ART205, ART206
• [Reviewed by: Library Staff]

• Description: Online dictionary of visual art terms.
• Appropriate to course or program: Art and Visual Communication courses
• [Reviewed by: Choice, Aug.1998]

• Description: Search or browse by category more than 9,000 advertisements. The Timeline feature provides historical context for ads.
• Appropriate to course or program: Art and Visual Communication courses
• [Reviewed by: Library Staff]

• Description: Biographical information, images of paintings, bibliography of Kahlo.
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• Description: La biografía y las obras de la pintora Frida Kahlo.
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• Description: Links to sites related to the study of art history. Coordinated with the chapters from Gardner's Art through the Ages (10th ed., 1996)
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• [Reviewed by: Choice, Jan., 1998, p. 808)]

• Description: Includes biographical and factual information on O'Keeffe, 16 color paintings.
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• [Reviewed by: Choice, Mar. 1998, p. 1181]

• Description: Provides a tour of the National Gallery including images. Searchable by artist or title. Guías sobre arte de la Galería Nacional de los Estados Unidos.
• Appropriate to course or program:
• [Reviewed by: Choice, Supplement 36, p. 74]

• Description: The collection of the Smithsonian American Art Museum can be searched by a variety of criteria. Search results produce a small review image with accompanying identification (title, artist, size, medium, and collection information). Larger, high-resolution images can be called from the review images. Only a portion of the museum's holdings are available online. The site also includes databases and e-mail reference help on American art.
• Appropriate to course or program:
• [Reviewed by: Choice, Dec., 1997, p.627]

• Description: "The largest gateway to the arts in the world."
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• Description: Search up to six biographical sources at once. "These are edited, collective, searchable and substantial biography collections in the genres needed the most often by most users. "
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• [Reviewed by: Library Staff]

• Description: The site for the TV program, "Biography." Has short biographical entries on thousands of persons.
• Appropriate to course or program:
• [Reviewed by: Library Staff]

• Description: Answers the question, "Has [famous person] died?" Has dates of birth and death, and sometimes links to other biographical material.
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• Description: Offers biographies of many women throughout history, along with links to biographies on other Web sites.
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See also Voices from the Gaps (women artists and writers of color)

123 Jump - http://123jump.com/

• Description: Database searchable by corporation name for stock and fund ticker symbols from global stock exchanges. Generates stock charts on demand and can also provide historical price quotes.
• Appropriate to course or program:
• [Reviewed by: Staff]

Beige Book - http://www.federalreserve.gov/FOMC/BeigeBook/2006/

• Description: A report published by the Federal Reserve Board eight times each year, the Beige Book reports on economic trends in each of the twelve Federal Reserve districts. A link at the foot of the page leads to other monetary policy tools and documents.
• Appropriate to course or program: Economics
• [Reviewed by: Staff]

• Description: Sample business and marketing plans.
• Appropriate to course or program: BA066, BA223
• [Reviewed by: Library Staff]

• Description: Economic information about the United States. Contains data on Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in the form of news releases and the latest issue of the Bureau's publication, Survey of Current Business.
• Appropriate to course or program: EC202
• [Reviewed by: Library Staff]

• Description: List of recent economic data for the US economy, state of California, other countries.
• Appropriate to course or program:
• [Reviewed by: Choice, Mar. 1998, p. ]

• Description: Electronic filings by corporations to the US Securites and Exchange Commission. The actual annual report to shareholders (except in the case of investment companies) need not be submitted on EDGAR, although some companies do so voluntarily. The annual report on Form 10-K or 10-KSB, however, which contains much of the same information, is required to be filed on EDGAR.
• Appropriate to course or program: BA101
• [Reviewed by: College & Research Libraries News, Jan. 1997]

• Description: Online version of directory of business information. Click on Companies & Industries. Type a company name in the search space, or use the Build Company List function below. Some portions of the database are for members only, but there is much free information in capsule form. Links to over 500 employers that offer recruiting pages on the web.
• Appropriate to course or program: BA101, FE220
• [Reviewed by: Library Journal, Sept. 15, 1996]

• Description: Wharton School of Business site with articles based on Wharton research; contains information on subjects including business ethics, leadership, and health economics, among others. Requires free registration.
• Appropriate to course or program:
• [Reviewed by: Choice, Dec. 1999]

Liber8 - http://liber8.stlouisfed.org/

• Description: An "economic information portal for librarians and students." Includes links to international, national, and regional resources and the International Economic Statistics Database."
• Appropriate to course or program:
• [Reviewed by: Choice, Dec. 2006]

• Description: European patent applications and issued patents in their original language, Japanese patent first pages in English (1976-present), patents issued by the World Intellectual Property Organization, in their original language (1990-present).
• Appropriate to course or program:
• [Reviewed by: Library Staff]

• Description: Free access to patent database which is complete back to 1976.Searchable by Boolean keywords or by patent number. The full text of the patent is available in HTML. Images may be viewed by clicking on a button, but require a browser plugin which can interpret a TIFF G4 image. Pre-1976 patents are searchable by patent number and viewable only as a TIFF file
• Appropriate to course or program:
• [Reviewed by: Library Staff]

• Description: An outstanding tutorial that will teach the user how to find information about companies by using the World Wide Web. All sources covered are free of charge.
• Appropriate to course or program: BA066, BA101, BA214, FE220
• [Reviewed by: Staff per liBREF-L, Oct. 1998]

• Description: Packed with helpful information about small business, this site includes a business plan tutorial. La Agencia Federal para el Desarrollo de la Pequeña Empresa. Incluye "Cómo Iniciar su Negocio" y "El Plan de Negocios."
• Appropriate to course or program: BA066
• [Reviewed by: Staff, 1997]

• Description: Online version of directory of business information. You can look up a particular kind of manufactured goods, e.g., Zoo Equipment, and find out who manufactures it. Some manufacturer's catalogs can be viewed here. Free, but you must register to use it the first time.
• Appropriate to course or program:
• [Reviewed by: Library Journal, Sept. 15, 1996]

• Description: Free access to U.S. trademark information, from the Patents and Trademarks Office. Click "Search Trademarks" to use the Trademark Electronic Search System. The basic search will let you search for words or phrases in trademarks. Clicking on "Boolean" will let you search all the fields in the database and combine terms.
• Appropriate to course or program:
• [Reviewed by: Reference Staff, Dec. 1998, Nov. 2000]

• Description: Sponsored by the US Department of Labor and state employment service agencies, this includes a nationwide job bank and links to individual state job banks. Click on "Job Seekers." "Career InfoNet" includes data on occupational trends and other useful information.
• Appropriate to course or program: FE220
• [Reviewed by: Library Journal, Sept. 15, 1996]

• Description:Click "Learn More about the ASVAB" under "Step 3" to find information about the Defense's Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery (ASVAB), with sample test questions you can answer online for practice.
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• [Reviewed by: Library staff]

• Description: Recruiting site that contains job listings, resume databases, employer information, and more.
• Appropriate to course or program: FE220
• [Reviewed by: Library Staff]

• Description: Links to hundreds of resources and links for the job seeker to use in searching the internet for employment information.
• Appropriate to course or program: FE220
• [Reviewed by: Library Journal, Sept. 15, 1996]

LifeWorks - http://www.science.education.nih.gov/LifeWorks.nsf/feature/index.htm

• Description: Produced by the National Institutes of Health Office of Science Education. Browse health and medical science careers alphabetically or by education requirement, salary or interest area. Career info includes job descriptions and links to other resources.
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• [Reviewed by: Choice, Nov. 2004]

• Description: Recruiting site that contains job listings, resume databases, employer information, and more.
• Appropriate to course or program: FE220
• [Reviewed by: Library Journal, Sept. 15, 1996]

• Description: Access to job listings posted at the career centers of hundreds of colleges.
• Appropriate to course or program: FE220
• [Reviewed by: Library Journal, Sept. 15, 1996]

• Description: Full text of the popular print title Occupational Outlook Handbook. Provides up- to date information such as working conditions, training, job outlook, and earnings on a broad spectrum of careers.
• Appropriate to course or program: FE220
• [Reviewed by: Staff: Sept. 24, 1999]

• Description: A searchable database of jobs offered through the Oregon Employment Department. Also includes links to Oregon state jobs, child care, and labor market information, including career descriptions and outlook. El Departamento de Empleo de Oregon ofrece un base de datos de trabajos y información económica de Oregon.
• Appropriate to course or program: FE220
• [Reviewed by: Staff: Sept. 24, 1999]

• Description: Includes a salary calculator to compute the cost-of-living differences among hundreds of U.S. and international cities; a moving calculator to compute the cost of shipping household goods; a "Relocation Wizard" for creating a custom timeline to plan your move; current mortgage rates plus powerful calculators and helpful articles.
• Appropriate to course or program: FE220
• [Reviewed by: Library Staff]

• Description: Links to hundreds of resources and links for the job seeker to use in searching the internet for employment information.
• Appropriate to course or program: FE220
• [Reviewed by: Library Journal, Sept. 15, 1996]

• Description: The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign offers this site with links to sites which provide ranking of various colleges and universities. The site also includes a bibliography of printed works on college rankings, and words of caution about the methods used to arrive at rankings.
• Appropriate to course or program:
• [Reviewed by: Library Staff]

• Description: A site packed with useful information. College Search allows a user to search by college name or, using the advanced search, to match a college to personal preferences. Click "For Students" to see a listing of available topics. Under "Pay for College" find financial aid calculators and advice, and a Scholarship Search which lets you submit information about yourself to find out what scholarships you are qualified for. The site also includes a guide to the application process and information on preparing for college and on entrance exams. College Board ofrece una selección de recursos en español para asesores, estudiantes y padres, además de información acerca de los programas y servicios de College Board en Puerto Rico y en América Latina.
• Appropriate to course or program:
• [Reviewed by: Kiplinger's Personal Finance Magazine, Dec. 1996]

College Navigator - http://collegenavigator.ed.gov/

• Description: College Navigator lets you search for a college by location, program, or other criteria: programs offered, degrees offered, institution type, price, selectivity, distance from home, school size, institutional mission (historically black colleges and universities, single-sex), extended learning opportunities for adults (weekend and evening degree programs), and intercollegiate athletics programs offered. A U.S. government site operated by the National Center For Education Statistics.

CollegeZone en español - http://www.collegezone.com/spanishzone/5678.htm

• Description: Preguntas frecuentes (y más) sobre buscar una universidad, postular a la admisión y obtener ayuda financiera.
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• Reviewed by: [Library staff]

• Description: Use the study programs directory to find colleges and universities in countries other than the U.S.A., by country and/or major or field of study. Scholarship and work abroad information is also available. Provided by the University of Minnesota.
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• [Reviewed by: Library Staff]

• Description: The official State of Oregon Web site. Includes valuable information for students and their families in Oregon. Users may submit electronic or paper applications for state-administered funds.
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• Description: University of Oregon page which has some useful information about financial aid and Oregon scholarships.
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• Description: Major guide to financial aid sites with links for special classes of students and links to scholarship databases.
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• Description: Free data base of scholarship funds sources.
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• [Reviewed by: Kiplinger's Personal Finance Magazine, Dec. 1996]

• Description: Native American Studies programs, a free general studies program for Native Americans, a list of Native American student organizations, and financial aid sources.
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• [Reviewed by: Library Staff]

• Description: Defines a wide selection of computing and communications terms.
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• Description: Excellent self-guided tutorial from U.C. Berkeley. Includes comparisons of different search engines.
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• [Reviewed by: Library Staff]

• Description: Covers the history of computers, the Web, e-mail, and search engines.
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• [Reviewed by: Choice October 2003 ]

• Description: "A free online dictionary for words, phrases and abbreviations that are related to computer and Internet technology." Uses accessible language to describe computer-related terminology.
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• [Reviewed by: Library Staff]

• Description: Country profiles based on information gathered by the National Intellegence Service. Topics include geography, people, government, economy, communications, transportation, military and transnational issues.
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• [Reviewed by: Library Staff]

• Description: Deals with North Africa, the Middle East, and their cultures. Has definitions of religious terms from Islam, Zoroastrianism, Babism, and the Mandean religion.
• Appropriate to course or program: HST157
• [Reviewed by: College and Research Libraries News, p. 812]

• Description: A treasurehouse of documents from foreign governments and international agencies, full of statistics on individual foreign countries and of international statistics generally.
• Appropriate to course or program:
• [Reviewed by: Staff, Oct. 1998]

• Description: Provides scholarly and news information on ethnic conflicts in Algeria, Angola, Burundi, Côte d'Ivoire, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Liberia, Nigeria, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Democratic Republic of Congo, Northern Ireland, Albania, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Croatia, Kosovo, Macedonia, Serbia-Montenegro, Russia, Chechnya, Israel/Palestine, Iraq, Turkey, Kurdistan, Afghanistan, Tajikistan, India, Pakistan, Kashmir, Sindh, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Indonesia, East Timor, Myanmar (Burma), Colombia. (Others may be added.) Each country's guide includes an annotated list leading to virtual libraries, topical Web sites and reports, news sources, maps, and relevant research articles.
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• [Reviewed by: Choice, April, 1998, p. 1352]

• Description: Online version of books in the Country Studies series; area handbooks for 85 countries of the world. Information on culture, history, politics, etc.
• Appropriate to course or program:
• [Reviewed by: Choice, April, 1998, p. 1450]

• Description: A beautifully-organized and comprehensive site with info on culture, archeology, history, geography, and more.
• Appropriate to course or program:
• [Reviewed by: Choice, November, 1999]

• Description: Information about OAS as well as its member states. Topics include: development; democracy; human rights; trade; environment; education; drugs; corruption; poverty; land mines. Accessible in both English and Spanish (con conexión a la página principal de la Organización de los Estados Americanos en Español. Temas incluyen desarrollo integral; democracía; derechos humanos; comercio; medio ambiente; educacíon; drogas; corrupción; pobreza; desminado).
• Appropriate to course or program:
• [Reviewed by: Choice, April, 1998, p. 1450]

• Description: A comprehensive resource of current primary source documents and political information about Western Hemisphere politics. Base de Datos Políticos de las Americas, con una conexión a una página principal en Español. Una recopilación de información documental y estadística sobre los 35 países del continente.
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• [Reviewed by: Choice, Feb. 1998, p. 978]

• Description: "Portals to the World contains selective links providing authoritative, in-depth information about the nations and other areas of the world. They are arranged by country or area with the links for each sorted into a wide range of broad categories. The links were selected by Area Specialists and other Library staff using Library of Congress selection criteria.."
• Appropriate to course or program:
• [Reviewed by: Library staff

• Description: Contains search engine for UN press releases, General Assembly documents, Security Council Resolutions, etc. Database subjects include treaties, relief, land mines, statistics & indicators, etc. To find agencies of the UN, most with their own search engines, click on "UN Around the World." Con conexión a la página principal de la Organización de las Naciones Unidas (ONU) en español.
• Appropriate to course or program:
• [Reviewed by: Library Staff]

• Description: Florida State University School of Criminology and Criminal Justice maintains this page. Links to pages related to drugs and alcohol, crime and crime prevention (includes Criminal Violence; Guns; Crime Prevention and Victims Organizations; Unsolved Crimes, Fugitives and Criminal Records Checks; Militias, Cults, Bombers, & Arsonists; Government and Political Crime; Organized Crime; Property, White-Collar and Computer Crimes; Copyright Issues; Satanic Crime; Vice Crimes; and Abnormal Behavior), juvenile delinquency
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• Description: Extensive sources of information on criminal and juvenile justice. NCJRS is a collection of clearinghouses supporting all bureaus of the U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Justice Programs: the National Institute of Justice, the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, the Bureau of Justice Statistics, the Bureau of Justice Assistance, the Office for Victims of Crime, and the OJP Program Offices. It also supports the Office of National Drug Control Policy.
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• [Reviewed by: Library Staff]

• Description: Includes summaries of gang related news searchable by state, gang related legislation by state and subject, statistical information and links to related reports.
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• [Reviewed by: Library Staff]

• Description: Founded as the research division of the National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges. The Publications and FAQs pages include downloadable items, many of them free. Most require Adobe Acrobat Reader.
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• [Reviewed by: Library Staff]

• Description: KlaasKids Foundation site with state-by-state info on sex offender reporting laws. Also has victims' rights information, state-by-state, and information on the Amber Alert system. Some pages may not display correctly in all browsers.
• Appropriate to course or program:
• [Reviewed by: NetFirst]

• Description: Extensive list of criminal justice-related sites; maintained by Vera Institute, a private, non-profit organization devoted to encouraging just practices in public services.
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• [Reviewed by: Library Staff]

• Description: Web version of the annual publication. Currently contains the 29th edition of Sourcebook of Criminal Justice Statistics, published in 2001. Contains tables of statistics on all sorts of criminal-justice-related topics. Includes a section on public opinion as well as statistics collected by law enforcement, judicial, and corrections agencies.
• Appropriate to course or program: Criminal Justice
• [Reviewed by: Staff]

• Description: Directory of investigative resources including: sex offender notification; information on cults, gangs, terrorists, and hate groups.
• Appropriate to course or program:
• [Reviewed by: NetFirst]

• Description: Links to national and state standards for K-12 education, and to related sites.
• Appropriate to course or program: Education
• [Reviewed by: Library Staff]

• Description: This site provided by Steck-Vaughn, a publishing company, allows you to familiarize yourself with the General Educational Development (GED) test by answering questions similar to those on the actual test. The site is free, although you must register to use it. Click on the "GEDpractice.com" link to start.
• Appropriate to course or program: GED
• [Reviewed by: Library Staff]

• Description: Allows access to lesson plans, instructional materials and other educational resources. Grade levels covered are pre-K to higher ed. Users can browse by exact grade level, subject, keyword, material type, or other categories, and refine by clicking additional categories at right. Most resources are free.
• Appropriate to course or program: Education
• [Reviewed by: Library Staff]

• Description: Created by undergraduate education students, this page includes information on people, publications and movements that have had an influence on education in America. It includes European influences and periods such as "Colonial Period," "Common School Period" and others.
• Appropriate to course or program: Education
• [Reviewed by: Library Staff]

• Description: Web site of the early childhood education organization. Users can preview the tables of contents of Young Children. The Public Policy Issues section of the site has much useful material including policy statements, links to the full text of legislation affecting ECE, online resources for violence prevention, and links to other valuable sources of information.
• Appropriate to course or program: Education
• [Reviewed by: Library Staff]

Description: Libro de texto electóico
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• Description: Links to homepages of Earth Island Institute projects. Includes Earth Island Journal, a quarterly environmental news magazine that also reports on Institute projects. "Earth Island Institute develops and supports projects that counteract threats to the biological diversity and cultural diversity that sustain the environment."
• Appropriate to course or program: BA101
• [Reviewed by: Choice, Dec., 1997, p. 654]

• Description: Produced by the Atmosphere, Climate, & Environment Information Programme (U.K.). Has information on issues such as air quality, acid rain, global warming, and ozone depletion
• Appropriate to course or program:
• [Reviewed by: Library Staff, Nov., 2000]

• Description: Relates energy-saving practices to home design, automobile design, automobile operation and maintenance and providing comfortable conditions for humans.
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• [Reviewed by: Choice, Jan. 1998, p. ]

• Description: The Publications link (in "Popular Resources") includes a large collection of electronic documents. The Databases link includes the Envirofacts Warehouse and other tools; Envirofacts is a single access point for government information on environmental topics. The EPA site also has links to laws and regulations, EPA programs, EPA news, and other information sources. La Agencia Federal para la Protección Ambiental de EE. UU. ofrece recursos en español.
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• [Reviewed by: Choice, April, 1998, p. 1391]

• Description: Provides links to environmental sites including on-line journals, agencies and individuals. Topics include economic, political, scientific, and social aspects of environmental science.
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• [Reviewed by: Choice, Dec., 1997, p.654]

• Description: Information on environmental and natural resources issues.
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• [Reviewed by: NetFirst]

• Description: Find thousands of acronyms, abbreviations, and initialisms; you can also search for words and find related acronyms.
• Appropriate to course or program:
• [Reviewed by: Reference Staff]

• Description: Search for an acronym and see its expansion or search for a word in the expansions and view related acronyms.
• Appropriate to course or program:
• [Reviewed by: Choice, April, 1998, p. 1344]

• Description: Free, electronic, online version of the Information Please Almanac.
• Appropriate to course or program:
• [Reviewed by: Choice, Aug.1998]

• Description: Searchable online dictionary and thesaurus
• Appropriate to course or program:
• [Reviewed by: Choice, April, 1998, p. 1343]

• Description: Meta-dictionary site searches for words in over 350 dictionaries, including dictionaries of specialized vocabularies.
• Appropriate to course or program:
• [Reviewed by: Staff]

• Description: A meta-list of lists on the Net. Includes all types of lists, including many published annually by magazines, such as the Fortune 500, the U.S. News and World Report College Rankings, or the Business Week Best Business Schools.
• Appropriate to course or program:
• [Reviewed by: Library Staff]

• Description: Despite the name, this site includes panoramic aerial images of all the Pacific coastal states of the U.S. Click on "The Electronic Map Library" to access these atlases as well as other maps.
• Appropriate to course or program:
• Reviewed by: [Library staff]

• Description: Site of U.S. Geological Survey's (USGS) Earth Resources Observation Systems (EROS) Data Center, otherwise known as the EDC. Look under "Features" for: Map Finder (search for USGS 7.5-minute series maps to order maps online); a Photo Finder site for the National Aerial Photography Program; educational materials; and Earthshots, a "a collection of Landsat images and text, designed to show environmental changes and to introduce remote sensing."
• Appropriate to course or program:
• [Reviewed by: Choice, Aug.1998]

Geographic Names Information System - http://geonames.usgs.gov/

• Description: A service of the U.S. Geological Survey, the GNIS gives information on United States geographic names of all kinds. Results give coordinates, elevation, and other info, along with links to topographic map servers. The page also includes a link to the GEOnet Names Server for geographic names outside the United States.
• Appropriate to course or program:
• Reviewed by: Reference staff checked 12/5/2005

• Description: Enter a latitude and longitude to see a map of that location. Zoom, view metadata, and feature information. A product of the U.S. National Geospatial Intelligence Agency.
• Appropriate to course or program:
• Reviewed by: Reference staff 4/27/2004

• Description: Super-duper distance engine. Enter the names of two places, and the computer will respond with the distance between them in miles, kilometers, & nautical miles, the course and heading, and the latitude and longitude of each place. Linked to the Xerox PARC map server, too.
• Appropriate to course or program: MTH020
• [Reviewed by: Library Staff]

• Description: Includes an atlas with descriptive information on countries; View from Above presents maps from satellite information.
• Appropriate to course or program:
• [Reviewed by: Library Staff]

• Description: University of Texas site with many maps in electronic form, including historical maps. There are links to other map collections
• Appropriate to course or program:
• [Reviewed by: Library Staff]

• Description: Information on every state, including state symbols, flags, and songs.
• Appropriate to course or program:
• [Reviewed by: Library Staff]

For electronic texts in government, see also Electronic Texts: Political Science

Copyright & fair use - http://fairuse.stanford.edu

• Description: Tries to clarify the term "fair use"; copyright law in the United States, and internationally.
• Appropriate to course or program:
• [Reviewed by: College & Research Libraries News, Jan. 1997]

• Description: FindLaw is the most popular Web site for legal reference. The "Legal Professionals Channel" is classified by type of legal practice area and is a good place to start searching for resources.
• Appropriate to course or program:
• [Reviewed by: Library Staff]

• Description: Includes links to all kinds of government departments and to loads of government documents - slip laws, CFR, Federal Register, U.S. Code .... Maintained by the U.S. Government Printing Office.
• Appropriate to course or program:
• [Reviewed by: Library Staff]

• Description: Guía para la Naturalización, la guía oficial del Servicio de Inmigración y Naturalización de los Estados Unidos. Incluye ejemplos de preguntas del examen de ciudadanía. Archivo grande de Adobe Acrobat Reader.
• Appropriate to course or program:
• [Reviewed by: ]

• Description:
• Appropriate to course or program:
• [Reviewed by: ]

• Description: Presented by a nonprofit research organization, this site includes historical and current information on national, state, and local initiatives and referenda (I&R), and informative guides to the I&R and the recall process.
• Appropriate to course or program:
• [Reviewed by: Library Staff]

• Description: Originally developed and maintained courtesy of the United States House of Representatives Office of the Law Revision Counsel. The House no longer maintains this site, but has given the content to various other hosts to administer and make available to the public. Includes the unexpected - foreign laws, U.S. treaties; laws of states and territories, law school libraries & catalogs, legal directories, more!
• Appropriate to course or program:
• [Reviewed by: ]

• Description: Covers 10 major topics in the area of criminal justice and law enforcement: corrections, courts, crime prevention, criminal justice statistics, drugs & crime, international, juvenile justice, law enforcement, research & evaluation, and victims. Searchable.
• Appropriate to course or program:
• [Reviewed by: Choice, Feb. 1998, p. 978]

• Description: Search for bills that are being introduced in the Oregon State Legislature. La Asamblea Legislativa de Oregon. Incluye Como una idea se hace ley.
• Appropriate to course or program:
• [Reviewed by: ]

• Description: Information on all state departments and web pages; a search engine is avaiable. To find election-related information, click on Elected Officials, then Secretary of State.
• Appropriate to course or program: SP112
• [Reviewed by: ]

• Description: Ordinances of the city of Salem, Oregon.
• Appropriate to course or program: SP112
• [Reviewed by: ]

• Description: Resources on civil rights and civil liberties. Topics include Legal actions in progress, Center information, Klanwatch (including militia organizations and other "hate groups"), and Teaching tolerance.
• Appropriate to course or program:
• [Reviewed by: Choice, April, 1998, p. 1438

• Description: Searchable list of links to official state and local government information services on the internet.
• Appropriate to course or program: BA101
• [Reviewed by: Library Journal, Sept. 15, 1996]

• Description: Guide to U.S. government Web sites, with a search engine. Gobierno USA.gov es el portal oficial del gobierno de los Estados Unidos. Incluye un motor de búsqueda a nivel federal o a nivel estatal.
• Appropriate to course or program:
• [Reviewed by: Library Staff]

• Description: The official U.S. Government page with information on becoming a citizen. Includes examination questions, a practice citzenship test, and history and government guides for the exam.
• Appropriate to course or program:
• [Reviewed by: ]

U.S. Constitution on Findlaw - http://www.findlaw.com/casecode/constitution/

• Description: Text of the U.S. Constitution. The text of each article and each amendment is accompanied by notes and commentary on its legal history and significance.
• Appropriate to course or program:
• Reviewed by: Library staff

• Description:
• Appropriate to course or program:
• [Reviewed by: ]

For electronic texts of historical documents and books, see also Electronic Texts: History

The History guide - http://www.historyguide.org/

• Description: "The History Guide has been created for the high school and undergraduate student who is either taking classes in history, or who intends to major in history in college. The purpose of The History Guide is to better prepare yourself for your history classes and to make your time in class more enjoyable and proficient.
        The History Guide contains the complete content of three undergraduate courses in European history which will certainly be of use to those of you studying such topics at the college level or in A.P. European history classes. Upon its completion, The History Guide will contain more than seventy lectures in European history from ancient Sumer to the fall of Soviet-style communism in 1989."
• Appropriate to course or program:HST
• [Reviewed by: The Scout Report, October 15, 1999]

• Description: This textbook publisher maintains free, full-text hypertext "encyclopedias" : the Medieval World; Encyclopedia of British History, 1700-1900; First World War Encyclopedia; Investigating the Vietnam War; Emancipation Of Women: 1860-1920. Scroll down to see all the offerings.
• Appropriate to course or program:
• [Reviewed by:Reference Staff, Sept. 1999 ]

• Description: Gives a summary of a historical event for today's date; a link to other events for the same day is available. A pulldown menu allows you to search for events which happened on any day in the year.
• Appropriate to course or program:
• [Reviewed by: ]

Sites with information on controversial or newsworthy issues.

• Description: Last updated in early 2004. Excellent site with a bibliography and links to articles, web sites, Supreme Court decisions, and more. There are also links (through Growth House, "the Yahoo of death and dying,") to sites on HIV/AIDS, hospice care, elder care, funeral planning, suicide, grief, palliative care, and similar topics.
• Appropriate to course or program:
• [Reviewed by: ]

• Description: U. Mich site which offers documents relating to newsworthy topics, arranged by year and topic. Government and U.N. documents predominate, but there are some from other sources as well.
• Appropriate to course or program:
• [Reviewed by: ]

• Description: Includes sections on top stories from the day's Associated Press wire, and links to materials for journalists, including (under "Top Issues") summaries of recent decisions by the US Supreme Court, disasters, and global climate changes. "Reporting Tools," includes more useful information. The site requires registration, but is free.
• Appropriate to course or program:
• [Reviewed by: Choice, Mar. 1998, p. 1185]

• Description: Links internet sites which have resources on many controversial topics of current interest.
• Appropriate to course or program:
• [Reviewed by: ]

• Description: The online version of the PBS show, Newshour with Jim Lehrer, has background information and an archive of interviews on many newsworthy subjects the show has reported. Indexed by broad topics.
• Appropriate to course or program:
• [Reviewed by: ]

• Description:Full-text, searchable database of public opinion polls on a wide variety of subjects. "PollingReport.com is a service of THE POLliNG REPORT, an independent, nonpartisan resource on American public opinion, published in Washington, D.C." It "... publishes the results of the latest surveys (by respected polling organizations like Gallup, Harris, Yankelovich, and Princeton Survey Research Associates) on health care, taxation, welfare, education, environmental policy, and the other major issues of the day."
• Appropriate to course or program:
• [Reviewed by: Library Staff]

• Description: Offers briefing on issues connected to public policy. Well organized, easy-to-use, and fast. Searchable. Has digests of recent notable news as well as analysis. Major issues include as a feature "Framing the debate." which offers three perspectives on each issue, in summary and in more depth, with arguments for and against each approach. "Public Agenda is a nonpartisan, nonprofit public opinion research and citizen education organization ... founded in 1975 by social scientist and author Daniel Yankelovich and former Secretary of State Cyrus Vance."
• Appropriate to course or program:
• [Reviewed by: Library Staff]

• Description:A bibliography of sources on the legal aspects of same-sex marriage, compiled by Paul-Axel Lute at the Rutgers School of Law. Has lists of articles in favor and opposed to gay marriage. Also has links to legislation, legal opinions, and other material.
• Appropriate to course or program:
• [Reviewed by: Library Staff]

• Description: Video of thousands of ASL signs. Requires Quicktime browser plugin.
• Appropriate to course or program:
• [Reviewed by: Library Staff]

• Description: A page produced by the Center For Applied Linguistics, offering a variety of information on Ebonics (African American Vernacular English).
• Appropriate to course or program:
• [Reviewed by: Library Staff]

• Description: A friendly site where students of English as a second language can find discussion with other learners, answers to questions, advice about difficult points of English and English slang, and other useful information.
• Appropriate to course or program:ESL-3
• [Reviewed by: ESL & Library Staff]

EnglishClub - http://www.englishclub.com/

• Description: Great website for ESL learners and instructors. Provides learning aids for grammar, vocabulary and pronunciation skills.
• Appropriate to course or program: ESL
• [Reviewed by: Choice, Dec. 2004]

• Description: A catalog of 6,700+ languages, with information for each language about where it is spoken, how many speakers there are, relationships to other languages, etc. Languages include creoles and sign languages. There is also a listing of the top 100 languages (by population) of the world and information on the geographic distribution of languages. Charts language families.
• Appropriate to course or program: ANTH180
• [Reviewed by: Choice, Aug.1998]

• Description: Links to pages dealing with other languages and cultures; under the "Spanish" link you will find information on the history and culture of Latin America, Spain, and Hispanics in the US. La conexión "Spanish" tiene muchos sitios de cultura Latinoamericana y Hispanica.
• Appropriate to course or program: Alternative High School
• [Reviewed by: Choice, Mar. 1998, p. 1197]

• Description: Links to multilingual, online dictionaries.
• Appropriate to course or program:
• [Reviewed by: Library Staff]

• Description: Formerly the Web of On-Line Dictionaries and the Web of On-Line Grammars. Has links to over 400 dictionaries in 130 languages, as well as links with on-line grammars of as many languages as can be found on the Web. The site includes all types of grammars: reference grammars, learning grammars, and historical grammars. .
• Appropriate to course or program: Alternative High School
• [Reviewed by: Library Staff]

For electronic texts of literature see also Electronic Texts: Literature, Electronic Texts: Poetry, and Electronic Texts: Drama

Academy of American poets - http://www.poets.org/

• Description: Information on modern American poetry.
• Appropriate to course or program:
• [Reviewed by: Choice, Feb. 1998, p. ]

• Description: Electronic version of a multivolume encyclopedia, with coverage to the early 20th century.
• Appropriate to course or program:
• Reviewed by: [Staff, 2/2206]

• Description: An index to authors and titles covered in literary reference books published by the Gale Company. This is only an index; to read the articles you must look for the book in Chemeketa's library or another library. Chemeketa has the following books covered by this index: Contemporary Authors; Contemporary Authors New Revision Series; Contemporary Authors Permanent Series; Contemporary Literary Criticism; Dictionary of Literary Biography; Dictionary of Literary Biography Documentary Series; Dictionary of Literary Biography Yearbook; Short Story Criticism; Twentieth Century Literary Criticism; World Literature Criticism. Please note that Chemeketa's library also has reference books published by other companies, which are not covered by this index. The books represented in this index, however, are some of the most important and most comprehensive works on literature.
• Appropriate to course or program: ENG104; other literature and drama courses.
• [Reviewed by: Library Staff]

• Description: Selected critical and biographical websites about authors and their works; can be browsed by author, by title, or by literary period. The site also contains a list of other literary criticism sites and a guide to finding criticism on the Internet.
• Appropriate to course or program:
• [Reviewed by: Library Staff]

• Description: Includes complete list of winners by category for any year since 1917. More detail for winners in the last 3 years.
• Appropriate to course or program:
• [Reviewed by: Choice, Mar. 1998, p. 1164]

• Description: Covers American and Canadian female authors of color, with biographical information, criticism, bibliographies, and links. Searchable. Maintained by the American Studies Department and English Department at the University of Minnesota.
• Appropriate to course or program:
• Reviewed by:[Staff, 2/2006]

• Description: Links to periodical indexes, including EBSCOhost, Oregon Index and ERIC; click "New Look" for a tutorial on EBSCOhost.
• Appropriate to course or program: ALL
• [Reviewed by: ]

• Description: List of all periodicals held in paper copies in Chemeketa Community College Library. Electronic periodicals are not included on this list.
• Appropriate to course or program: ALL
• [Reviewed by: ]

• Description: News, classifieds and other articles from the past week's Register Guard.
• Appropriate to course or program: FE220
• [Reviewed by: ]

• Description: Edición en Internet del periódico Jornada del México, D.F.
• Appropriate to course or program: ANTH299
• [Reviewed by: Instructor]

• Description: Has hotlinks to newspapers with online editions
• Appropriate to course or program:
• [Reviewed by: ]

• Description: Selective index to multiple Oregon newspapers and Oregon-related articles in other publications. Includes Oregonian before 1991, Salem Statesman-Journal (1987-2002) and Eugene Register Guard.
• Appropriate to course or program:
• [Provided by: Letter to Libraries Online: Electronic Newsletter of the Oregon State Library, Feb., 1997]

• Description: News, classifieds and other articles from the past week's Oregonian.
• Appropriate to course or program: FE220
• [Reviewed by: ]

• Description: Has hotlinks to Oregon daily newpapers with online editions (usually the current week).
• Appropriate to course or program: FE220
• [Reviewed by: ]

• Description: Enlaces con periódicos diarios en México, en España, y en todos las paises de latinoamérica.
• Appropriate to course or program:
• Reviewed by: [Library Staff]

• Description: Edición en Internet del periódico Reforma.
• Appropriate to course or program: ANTH299
• [Reviewed by: Instructor]

• Description: Archives include April 1, 1987 to current date. Download articles at $3.95 each; daily and monthly passes are available.
• Appropriate to course or program:
• [Reviewed by: Statesman Journal, June 24, 1996, p. 10]

• Description: Provides links to Web versions of 62 US newspapers from 29 states and their full-text, online back files. For most newspapers, searching is free. Downloading of articles is available for $1 per article charged to a credit card.
• Appropriate to course or program:
• [Reviewed by: ]

For electronic texts in philosophy, see also Electronic Texts: Philosophy

Codes of ethics online - http://ethics.iit.edu/codes/

• Description: Codes of Ethics Online, maintained by the Illinois Institute of Technology, has online codes of ethics arranged by discipline, including some codes of individual companies. Searchable. Also has supporting material relating to professional ethics, such as guides on authoring and using codes of ethics. Includes links to other, similar sites.
• Appropriate to course or program:
• [Reviewed by: Library Staff, Nov., 2000]

• Description: This page is maintained by a philosophy professor at the University of San Diego. It contains numerous ethics links, including hot topics in applied ethics.
• Appropriate to course or program:
• [Reviewed by: ]

Philosophy Pages - http://www.philosophypages.com/index.htm

• Description: An introduction to Western philosophy including logic, a dictionary of philosophy terms and names, biographies, and historical information. 
• Appropriate to course or program:
• [Reviewed by: Choice, 2005 Supplement]

For electronic texts in psychology, see also Electronic Texts: Psychology

APA PsychCrawler search engine - http://www.psychcrawler.com/

• Description: "PsychCrawler is a product of the American Psychological Association created to provide quick access to quality content in the field of psychology." Sites indexed include: American Psychological Association; APA Public Information site; National Institute of Mental Health [NIMH; The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration [SAMHSA];U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Center for Mental Health Services [CMHS].
• Appropriate to course or program:
• [Reviewed by: Library Staff]

• Description: Includes information on psychological disorders (including American and European descriptions), diagnosis, drug treatment, research abstracts. There are links to other mental health sites.
• Appropriate to course or program:
• [Reviewed by: Choice, Supp, 1997, p.]

• Description: Sponsored by CMHC Systems, a company which provides information services to health agencies. Access to "over 7,000 individual sources," by category or via a search engine. Descriptions and ratings of other sites include the CMHC rating and a rating by members of the public.
• Appropriate to course or program:
• [Reviewed by: ]

• Description: Psychology-related information for students and teachers of psychology. A large, well-organized site.
• Appropriate to course or program:
• [Reviewed by: Library Staff]

• Description: A large list of Web sources in psychology, organized into categories. Includes search engine. The site author is an instructor at Tulsa Community College.
• Appropriate to course or program:
• [Reviewed by: Library Staff]

For electronic texts in religion, see also Electronic Texts: Philosophy & Religion

Academic info religion - http://www.academicinfo.net/religindex.html

• Description: "An Annotated Directory of Internet Resources for the Academic Study of Religion." A large, well-organized site.
• Appropriate to course or program:
• [Reviewed by: Choice, Aug.1998]

• Description:
The text of Bullfinch's Mythology, with modern annotations,selections of relevant poetry, and links to related documents on the Web. In three parts: "The Age Of Fable," which covers Greek and Roman mythology; "The Age Of Chivalry," which covers legends of King Arthur; and "Legends of Charlemagne."
• Appropriate to course or program: ENG250
• [Reviewed by: Internet Scout Report, 2/9/2000]

• Description: The Encyclopedia Mythica, founded in 1995, is an online source for information about "mythology, folklore, legends, and more. It contains over 6100 definitions of gods and goddesses, supernatural beings and legendary creatures and monsters from all over the world."
• Appropriate to course or program:
• [Reviewed by: Choice, Aug.1998]

• Description: "THE HINDU UNIVERSE is the website for GHEN (Global Hindu Electronic Networks) ... one of the many projects undertaken by HSC (Hindu Students Council)." A large, comprehensive site, which includes a pictures of deities, information on customs, religion, languages, and more.
• Appropriate to course or program:
• [Reviewed by: Choice, Aug.1998]

• Description: This site summarizes some of the basic problems of theology and positions on them, for example, a straightforward summary of the arguments for and against the existence of God. It is the work of Tim Holt, a doctoral student in theology with degrees in theology from the Universities of Sheffield and Oxford.
• Appropriate to course or program:
• [Reviewed by: Choice, Jun. 2004]

• Description: A meta-site for information on religion, maintained by the Rutgers University Religion Department.
• Appropriate to course or program:
• [Reviewed by: Choice, Aug.1998]

For electronic texts in science and medicine, see also Electronic Texts: Science & Medicine

Constants and equations pages - http://www.scenta.co.uk/tcaep/

• Description: "Constants and Equations Pages is an award winning, on-going project to list together as many different constants and equations as possible, although it has now grown beyond this and now consists of much, much more than just constants and equations." Need a periodic table, the value of e, the mass of Jupiter? This is the place to look. Also includes a facility for doing automatic conversions of weights and measures.
• Appropriate to course or program:
• [Reviewed by: Choice, Aug.1998]

• Description: EurekAlert! is devoted to reporting advances and new developments in science and technology, and is produced by the American Association for the Advancement of Science. The site contains a set of press releases for the current week, and searchable archives of previous releases. The news releases, which come from news agencies and scientific organizations, are reviewed for inclusion by AAAS staff. There are also postings for recent books, grants, and awards. A small number of entries are restricted to use by registered journalistic users, but most are open to all visitors.
• Appropriate to course or program:
• [Reviewed by: Choice, Aug.1998]

• Description: Scirus is "the most comprehensive science-specific search engine available on the Internet." Searches can be limited to web sites and/ or journal sources. The "Advanced Search" option lets you further limit your search by field of science such as "Computer Science," "Environmental Sciences," "Social and Behavioral Sciences," and more.
• Appropriate to course or program:
• [Reviewed by: Library Staff]

Biology

• Description: Great site for information on viruses. "The Big Picture Book of Viruses is intended to serve as both a catalog of virus pictures on the Internet and as an educational resource to those seeking more information about viruses. To this end, it is intimately linked to All the Virology on the WWW, and our collection of Virology Courses and Tutorials." There are various ways to search: by name, virus family, disease, etc.
• Appropriate to course or program: BI234
• Reviewed by: [Library Staff]

• Description: Major links to all sorts of government biology information. Searchable.
• Appropriate to course or program:
• [Reviewed by: Library Staff]

• Description: An "interactive online resource for learning biology developed at The University of Arizona." Includes problem sets and tutorials in various areas of basic biology. There are many illustrations. A Guided Tour is available. El Proyecto Biológico incluye problemas y guías sobre la genética y la biología celular.
• Appropriate to course or program: BI101, BI102, BI103
• [Reviewed by: Choice, Aug.1998]

• Description: More than 8300 terms deal with biochemistry, biotechnology, botany, cell biology and genetics; there are also some terms relating to ecology, pharmacology, toxicology and medicine.
• Appropriate to course or program:
• [Reviewed by: Library Staff]

• Description: "The Internet Directory of Botany is an index to botanical information available on the Internet, compiled by Anthony R. Brach (Harvard University Herbarium, Cambridge / Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, USA, www page), Raino Lampinen (Botanical Museum, Finnish Museum of Natural History, University of Helsinki, Finland; www page), Shunguo Liu (G.F Ledingham Herbarium, University of Regina, Canada; www page) and Keith McCree (Oakridge, Oregon; www page). It consists of two parts, an alphabetical directory and a categorical directory." Indexes and categorizes a huge number of sites relating to plants.
• Appropriate to course or program:
• [Reviewed by: Choice, Aug.1998]

• Description: Reference manual for introductory biology students. Alphabetical list of terms with brief definitions and some links to more information.
• Appropriate to course or program: BI101
• [Reviewed by: Choice, Nov. 1997]

• Description: Contains a glossary of marine biology, bibliographies ("Marine Biology Reference") of selected materials on topics in marine biology, and links to related sites.
• Appropriate to course or program:
• [Reviewed by: Choice, Aug.1998]

• Description: An up-to-date biology textbook in hypertext on the World Wide Web. Developed by the Experimental Study Group at MIT.
• Appropriate to course or program: BI101, BI102, BI103
• [Reviewed by: Choice, Aug.1998]

• Description: NatureServe Explorer [is] a source for authoritative conservation information on more than 50,000 plants, animals, and ecological communities of the United States and Canada. NatureServe Explorer provides in-depth information on rare and endangered species, but includes common plants and animals too. NatureServe Explorer is a product of NatureServe and its network of natural heritage programs."
• Appropriate to course or program:
• [Reviewed by: Choice, Mar. 1998, p. 1215]

• Description: A horticultural/agronomy search engine linked to over 40 databases. Also includes image files and videos. A project of Ohio State University.
• Appropriate to course or program:
• [Reviewed by: Choice, Mar. 1998, p. 1215]

• Description: Large collection of botanically related links.
• Appropriate to course or program:
• [Reviewed by: Choice, Mar. 1998, p. 1214]

• Description: "The Tree of Life is a project containing information about the diversity of organisms on Earth, their history, and characteristics. The information is linked together in the form of the evolutionary tree that connects all organisms to each other." Illustrations, distinguishing characteristics, reproduction, and other information about lifeforms is included, along with suggestions on where to find further information.
• Appropriate to course or program:
• [Reviewed by: Choice, Aug.1998]

Chemistry

• Description: An excellent and well-organized site which provides links to other Internet sites ("SIRCh"), with a search engine and index; a searchable index of descriptions of chemistry reference sources ("CRSD"); a chemical acronyms database ("CAD"); and other sources.
• Appropriate to course or program: All chemistry courses.
• [Reviewed by: Choice, Aug.1998]

Emergency Response Guidebook - http://hazmat.dot.gov/pubs/erg/gydebook.htm

• Description: "The Emergency Response Guidebook ... was developed jointly by the US Department of Transportation, Transport Canada, and the Secretariat of Communications and Transportation of Mexico (SCT) for use by firefighters, police, and other emergency services personnel who may be the first to arrive at the scene of a transportation incident involving a hazardous material. It is primarily a guide to aid first responders in (1) quickly identifying the specific or generic classification of the material(s) involved in the incident, and (2) protecting themselves and the general public during this initial response phase of the incident. The ERG is updated every three to four years to accommodate new products and technology." Guia de Respuesta en Caso de Emergencia, un guia para los que responden primero en la fase inicial de un incidente ocasionado por materiales peligrosos.
• Appropriate to course or program: Emergency services courses.
• [Reviewed by: Choice, Aug.1998]

• Description: EXTOXNET - "EXTOXNET) is an effort of University of California, Davis, Oregon State University, Michigan State University, Cornell University, and the University of Idaho. ... Various types of pesticide toxicology and environmental chemistry information are available from the WWW server at Oregon State University. These include: discussions of toxicological issues of concern (TICs); toxicology newsletters; other resources for toxicology information; toxicology fact sheets; Pesticide Information Profiles (PIPs); and Toxicology Information Briefs (TIBs)."
• Appropriate to course or program:
• [Reviewed by: Choice, Aug.1998]

• Description: Search by chemical name for Materials Safety Data Sheets (MSDS).
• Appropriate to course or program:
• [Reviewed by: Staff, October 1998]

• Description: "Provides users with easy access to chemical and physical property data for chemical species through the internet. The data provided in the site are from collections maintained by the NIST [National Institute of Standards and Technology] Standard Reference Data Program and outside contributors. Data in the WebBook system are organized by chemical species."
• Appropriate to course or program:
• [Reviewed by: Choice, Aug.1998]

• Description: Gives you not only the periodic table of elements, but information about each element, including chemical and physical properties, pictures of the crystal structure (may require plug-ins for some graphics), and history.
• Appropriate to course or program: All chemistry courses.
• [Reviewed by: Choice, Aug.1998]

• Description: This site gives you links to at least sixty different places on the Internet where you can access Material Safety Data Sheets (MSDS)without cost.
• Appropriate to course or program:
• [Reviewed by: Staff, October 1998]