ACADEMIC AND RESEARCH LINKS

 

 


SEARCH TOOLS

GENERAL SEARCH TOOLS: Excite; Go.com; HotBot; Lycos; Webcrawler; AltaVista; AskJeeves
(Best when starting an Internet search; simple and advanced keyword search capability as well as broad subject categories)

SEARCH TOOLS IN VIRTUAL LIBRARIES ORGANIZED BY SUBJECT TREES
Yahoo; Galaxy Virtual Library; Argus Internet Research Library; Searchopolis

MEGA SEARCH TOOLS: Metacrawler; The BigHub.com; CNET Search.com; Dogpile
(Ideal for refining a very specific, narrow search request; results come from several general search tools at once)

MULTIMEDIA: Lycos Multimedia (Links to TV/Radio Stations; keyword searching for Music, Graphics, Sound files)

BUSINESSES: BigBook (Commercial listings from the "Yellow Pages" & a Shopping Guide)

NEWSGROUPS: DejaNews (Listings of all Newsgroups, breaking them up by type category)

MAILING LISTS: Liszt (Information on over 90,000 Mailing Lists by subject category)

PEOPLE LOCATORS: WhoWhere YahooPeople
(Lookups of people by email address or telephone number; WhoWhere also provides search capability for celebrities by category as well as giving links to government agencies, universities, non-profit organizations, foreign languages, etc.)

SELECTED GLOBAL INTERNET SITES BY SUBJECT

ENGLISH LANGUAGE & LITERATURE

Literature Links by Period & Genre--comprehensive list maintained by Rutgers student
Worldwide Directory of Electronic Texts--university E-texts of drama, poetry, short stories, more

SOCIAL STUDIES & GOVERNMENT

American & British History Resources--E-texts & links from Rutgers' Center for Electronic Texts
Gateway to World History--links to multitudes of history resources
The White House--history, tour, press releases, radio addresses, latest statistics
U.S. House of Representatives--legislators, bills, full text documents
U.S. Senate--senators, committee system, bills, virtual tour of U.S. Capitol
Department of State--national & global issues, international broadcasting, foreign press information
FedWorld--Supreme Court, U.S. Customs, U.S. Treasury, Internal Revenue Service, federal documents
U.S. Department of Justice--FBI, Drug Enforcement, Immigration, Bureau of Prisons, cases, legal resources
Library of Congress--Presidential papers, historic photos, special exhibitions, copyright office
United Nations--committees, programs, resolutions, charter, tour in English, French, Spanish, other languages

SCIENCE & MATHEMATICS

U.S. Geological Survey--earth & atmospheric sciences, environmental, climate, oceanography, physics
SciEd: Science & Mathematics Education Resources--all areas of science and math
Chemistry Teaching Resources--multiple links to chemistry references worldwide
PhysicsWeb--data & tables, institutions, exhibitions, physics companies
National Aeronautics & Space Administration (NASA)--astronomy, space flight & stations, launches
National Institutes of Health--research projects, health information & publications
Visible Human Project--CT, MRI, cryosection images of human body from National Library of Medicine
Math Tables & Formulas--notation, algebra, trigonometry, geometry, calculus, vectors, constants
Mathematics Resources Worldwide--links by topic from actuarial mathematics to Fermat's Last Theorum to wavelets

FOREIGN LANGUAGES & CULTURE

World Language Pages--Italian, French, German, Spanish and other language learning in subject areas
Foreign Language on the Internet--links for many foreign languages from University of North Carolina
FranceNet--France's own links to its museums, culture, tours, sports, all in French
German Language Learning Resources--German newspapers, magazines, maps, dictionaries, culture, radio, searches
Greek & Latin Language Resources--links to grammar & study guides, literature, wordlists

THE ARTS

Worldwide Internet Music Resources--musicians, instruments, music forms, research from Indiana U.
Famous Painting Exhibition--images of paintings by period & artist
Photography Resources--instructional information, exhibitions, archives, magazines
Drama Resources--Drama texts, costumes, acting, sound & lighting, theatre guides from University of Virginia
World Wide Arts Resources--museums, visual & performing arts including drama, architecture, more


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Updated August 24, 2002