Lakeland College

Online Resources By Type

Sites listed alphabetically

Associations

Associations on the Net
    Collection of over a thousand associations' web sites.
ResearchGate 
     A social networking platform for researchers 

 

Atlases

National Atlas of the United States 
     Maps and demographics from the U.S. Geological Survey.  
Microsoft Research Maps  
     Satellite photos from around the world. 
 

Biographies

Bibliographies & Indexes

Early Americas Digital Archive
     A collection of electronic texts originally written in or about the Americas from 1492 to about 1820.
LexisNexis
     Database of business and legal resources
Networked Computer Science Technical Reference Library 
     Database of computer science research reports and papers.
ProQuest Dissertation Abstracts
         UMI's Dissertation Abstract Database.
PsycINFO Access Cambridge Scientific Abstracts
     Database of psychology articles.
PubMed
     Database of biomedical and life science articles.
PubMed Central 
     Archive of free biomedical and life science articles.
Scholarly Electronic Publishing Bibliography
     Subject bibliographies of scholarly works on the Internet. 
Criminal Justice Resources
     Criminal Justice resources compiled by Michigan State University Libraries

 

Business Information
   
EDGAR
    Database of forms submitted to the Securities and Exchange Commission. 
Thomas Register
    Resource for industrial information, products, and services.
 
 

Calculators

Calculators On-Line Center
     An exhaustive list of on-line calculators. 
 

Dictionaries

Oxford English Dictionary
Merriam-Webster Online 
     Web version of Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary. 
Wordsmyth English Dictionary - Thesaurus
     Provides information on the etymology of words. 
English/French Dictionary
English/German Dictionary
English/Japanese Dictionary (requires a special font, see instructions)
English/Spanish Dictionary
Medical Dictionary 
     Information on diseases, treatments, drugs and more. 
Rhymezone
     Find perfect rhymes, homophones and more. 
The Internet Acronym Server
     Defines acronyms.
 
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Electronic Journals

American Chemical Society 
     Electronic journals of the Society  
JSTOR
        Database of academic journals.  
ProQuest  Contains Criminal Justice Periodicals  Index
     Electronic periodical database and index.
Learning Express
 

Encyclopedias

Catholic Encyclopedia 
     Information on the church, ecclesiastical sciences and clergy. 
Encyclopedia Smithsonian
     Based on the Smithsonian Institution's collections. 
 

Graduate Schools

America's Best Graduate Schools
     US News ranking of graduate schools.
 

Internet Guides

Best Search Tools
     The Internet's best search engines. 
Internet Scout Project
     The best of the web. 
Librarians' Index to the Internet
     A subject guide to the Internet. 
 

Government Information

Census Bureau
     Census, business and geographical statistical information. 
GPO Access
     Full text of U.S. Code, Code of Federal Regulations and more. 
National Archives and Records Administration
       U.S. historical documents, many of which are online. 
Thomas
     Legislative information dating back to 1993. 
Wisconsin AIDS/HIV Program 
    The lead agency in Wisconsin government responsible for coordinating the state's public health response to the AIDS/HIV epidemic.

 

Libraries

Badgerlink
     Library and information resources for Wisconsin. Contains ATLA and MLA.
 Net Library 
     Library of online books. Now part of Badgerlink.
 

Literature Online

Great Books and Classics
Online Books Page
Project Gutenberg
     More than 50,000 electronic texts. 
Bible
Koran
Book of Mormon
     Searchable full texts of the above religious works. 
Book Page
 

Quotations

Bartleby Library
     Search the library's electronic book collection. 
Quotations Page
     Simultaneously search multiple quotation collections. 
Dictionary of Scientific Quotations
     Famous scientific quotations. 
 

Science & Technology

All About Birds
      Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology site on bird watching
Healthfinder
    Gateway to consumer health and human services information. 
JSTOR Plant Science
       Offers access to botanical resources.  
ZDNet
     Resource for computer news, reviews and resource collections.
 

Statistics

Bureau of Labor Statistics
     The principal Federal agency responsible for measuring labor market activity, working conditions, and price changes in the economy.
  FedStats
       Statistics and information produced by federal agencies. 
International Data Base 
     Socio-economic data for all countries of the world. 
Statistical Abstract of the U.S. 
     Statistics on population, education, crime, etc. 
Statistics at the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development     
     Data for OECD countries on various topics. 
 

Style Guides

American Psychological Association
     Examples of APA documentation style. 
Elements of Style
     The full text of this 1918 classic by William Strunk Jr. 
Modern Language Association
     Guidelines on MLA documentation style. 
University of Wisconsin Writing Center
     Guidelines for MLA and APA style.

Thesauri 

Thesaurus.com
     Searchable thesaurus.   

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