Information on over 8,000 companies searchable by name, ticker symbol or geographic location. Includes market data, links to web homepages and weekly business news.
Lists of information including businesses, industries, rankings, demographic information. Although primarily business related, also includes some education, politics, and science.
Includes indicators for retail and wholesale trade and for new construction, consumer and producer price indices, unemployment rates, the index of leading indicators and the gross domestic product. Coverage is from 1948 to present.
Search by acronym or word producing either an alphabetical listing of acronyms or listings of acronyms containing a particular word. Acronyms not appearing can be submitted for inclusion.
Provides access to a growing collection of over 300 topical guides to Internet resources, many created by librarians or library studies students. Each guide includes a last revision date.
Search toll free numbers by category to retrieve alphabetical listings of products and services, or search by name to retrieve an alphabetical listing of entries.
Over 960 policy making organizations listed by country. Information provided includes officers, history/scope, geographical focus, research areas and more.
Provides zip codes for addresses entered, full addresses for companies when name and city/state data are entered. Entering a zip code will result in the corresponding city and state.
For additional resources check the Reference Collection in the library.
Includes a glossary of financial aid terms as well as information about grants, loans and scholarships from both government and nongovernment sources. Also provides links to related sites.
Online versions of the printed guides. Guides to undergraduate, graduate and vocational-technical schools. Searchable by name or location. Includes a section on postgraduate education for executives.
For additional resources check the Reference Collection in the library.
Includes maps of the Americas, primarily from the CIA. U.S. maps include historical and census maps with metropolitan area and county outline maps for each state.
Links to city and state web sites providing primarily tourist oriented information. Descriptions of locations of interest, historic sites, museums, lodging and restaurants. some sites also include information about local governments and organizations.
For additional resources check the Reference Collection in the library.
Links to information on government benefits, student loans, applying for a passport, finding jobs, purchasing surplus government merchandise. Includes services for businesses and governments.
Information on bills and resolutions, directories for individuals and committees, weekly floor schedules, member voting data and visitor information are included.
"An Interactive Citizen's Handbook" containing messages from the President and Vice President, virtual White House tours, press releases, policy briefings, speeches and executive orders. Visual images and sound are included.
An online edition of the print version. Provides alphabetical listings of countries. For each lists information in the following categories: geography, people, government, economy, communications and defense sources.
Sponsored by the Department of the Army, 71 countries are included providing a wide range of information including history, geography, economy, transportation, people and more.
Provides address, phone, and fax numbers for embassies of many nations throughout the world. Country telephone area codes are included, as well as links to home pages for some individual nations.
For additional resources check the Reference Collection in the library.
Includes statements, communiques, speeches, press releases, defense expenditures, fact sheets, handbooks and newsletters. Includes many items of historical interest beginning with the inception of NATO in 1949.
Contains the U.N, Charter, the Statute of the International Court of Justice and links to U.N. offices and agencies. Offers full text searching of General Assembly, ECOSOC and Security Council documents. Addtional links to other international sites also provided.
A collection of dictionaries, tutorials, newspapers and other materials in many languages. Links provided to online books and texts, linguistic labs, institutions and commercial resources.
Information related to fitness, food, nutrition and other health resources. This site also includes news information about the topics included as well.
Information, by medical specialty, with links to organizations, publications, practice guidelines, various resources, and additional information available via the web.
Sources of health information including Cancernet and AIDS related information. Also provides information about the NIH and research and grant projects in the health sciences.
Menu consists of listings of prominent categories in the Academy Awards (i.e. best picture, actor, actress, director). Includes winners and nominations in a given year, limited biographical information on people, photographs and complete filmographies. Movies listings include release dates, cast lists, reviews, press kits and promotional materials. Entire database searchable by name or film title.
Nonpartisan information about congressional office holders including voting records and performance evaluations from special interest groups. Additional information about presidential candidates, campaign finance and individual political issues.
Offers full text of recent and current bills from Congress. Searchable by bill number or by key word(s). Current bills also searchable by subject and popular title.
A searchable database for terms related to operating systems, programming languages, companies, projects, jargon and more. Provides definitions and links to related terms. Over 3,000 terms, acronyms and concepts defined.
Includes a wide variety of information about patents including patent classes and subclasses, patent process, the manual of classification and various documents from the Patent and Trademark Office. Searchable by keyword and classification.
Statistics and information from more the 70 U.S. government agencies that collect statistics. Search also for statistical information from state resources.
Selections from this reference source including official statistics for all U.S. counties, 1,078 cities, and 11,097 places with populations of 2,500 or more.
For additional resources check the Reference Collection in the library.
