Library
Resources: find articles, facts, information
Quick
dictionary/thesaurus search
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Dewey Decimal System:
a quick guide to how books are organized in many libraries.
Dewey Decimal
Summary (20 page pdf download
-- print and carry for ultimate library 'stack cred' )
Other reference tools: find facts etc.
The following two sites have links to electronic books, references tools such as dictionaries, almanacs & encyclopedias and much more:
My modification of Library Lookup bookmarklet -- lets you highlight an ISBN and click to look it up in the Kent Library OPAC
Internet Public Library
Librarian's
Index to the Internet
Selected web sites for finding journal/magazine/newspaper Articles and other info. (statistics, law, etc.)
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Free databases -- These sources can be accessed and searched for free. Some of them have free full text available (indicated by *) and some offer the option of purchasing full text content |
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| Database | Main Subject(s) | Description | Main type of information |
| 50states.com | Politics, Geography | Facts about the 50 states (state capitol, flower etc.) Includes maps. | Facts |
| Agricola | Agriculture | Indexes agriculture related journals. | Journal Articles |
| AmeriStat | Population Statistics | Instant graphic and text summaries of demographic characteristics of the U.S. population | Statistics |
| Anthropological Index Online | Anthropology | Indexes anthropology journals held by the British Museum. | Journal Articles |
| AskERIC | Education | Free version of the ERIC database -- best resource for educational research. | Journal Articles, Books |
| Astrophysics Data System* | Astronomy, Astrophysics | 25 journals in the listed subject fields, some have full text back the late 19th century | Journal Articles |
| ATSDR Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry | Toxic Substances & Diseases | Provides access to information on Superfund sites, emergency events, and on the effects of hazardous substances on the health of human populations. | Facts and statistics |
| Canada's Digital Collections | Canada, history & culture | Index to over 400 Web sites celebrating Canada's history, geography, science, technology and culture. | Web index |
| CARL Uncover (see Ingenta below) | General | Indexes over 18,000 magazines and journals. | Journal Articles |
| CIA world factbook* | Politics, Geography | Quick facts about every country in the world. | Facts |
| Department of Energy Reports* | Energy | Reports distributed by the Dept. of Energy, 1995-present. | Government Documents |
| Edgar | Business, Economics | SEC filings: Annual reports, 10K reports etc. | Financial data |
| E-print ArXive* | Physics | Physics papers, maintained by the Los Alamos National Laboratory. | Technical papers |
| Factfinder | Demographics | Friendly interface to finding census data | Census data |
| FindArticles* | General | Full text articles from 300 magazines covering a wide range of topics. | Journal & Magazine Articles |
| FindLaw | Law | Laws and cases - U.S. and foreign | Legal documents and info. |
| GPO access* | Government Documents | Access documents published by the Government Printing Office | Government Documents |
| Ingenta | General | Combination of CARL & Medline--indexes over 18,000 journals. | Journal Articles |
| Internet Library of Early Journals* | History, General | Journals from the 18th & 19th century | Journal Articles |
| National Library for the Environment* | Environmental Science | Environmentally related government reports and links to journals. | Journal Articles & Government Reports |
| National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) | Education Statistics | The primary federal entity for collecting and analyzing data related to education in the USand other nations. | Statistics |
| NCJRS | Criminal Justice | Abstracts of Criminal Justice related government reports, books, | Journal articles, reports, books |
| Occupational Outlook Handbook | Career outlook and training | Career information, designed to assist to individuals mak decisions about their future work lives. | Facts and statistics |
| Official Manual of the State of Missouri | Missouri Information | The manual provides comprehensive information on the agencies of the legislative, judicial, and executive branches, as well as cultural information. | Facts, Policies |
| PubMed | Medicine | Index to over 11 million citations in medical & health journals, produced by the National Library of Medicine. | Journal Articles |
| PubMed Central* | Medicine, Life Sciences | Subset of Medline, with some full text articles available | Journal Articles |
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PubScience Killed by greedy corporate pigs =( |
Physical Sciences |
Killed by greedy corporate pigs =( Index of 1000 journals topically related to activities of the Department of Energy. |
Journal Articles |
| State Symbols of Missouri | Missouri State Symbols | A list of Missouri's State song, fish, rock, flower, etc. | Missouri State Symbols |
| U.S. Federal Government Agencies Directory | Federal departments, agencies, commissions, etc. | A Searchable List of Federal Agencies on the Internet. | Government directory |
| United States Government Manual | United States Governmental Information | The official handbook of the Federal Government provides comprehensive information on the agencies of the legislative, judicial, and executive branches. | Facts, Policies |
| World Bank | Financial Information on Third World Countries | Details projects in 3rd world countries and provides country reports on the economies of the countries served by the bank. | Financial |
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