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The mission of the Khan Academy is to provide a world-class education, for free, to anyone in the world. It consists of 1700+ (and growing) videos on YouTube covering everything from basic arithmetic to advanced calculus, chemistry and biology, along with a series of exercises that allow students to practice and assess their knowledge at their own pace.
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General Resources
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Top stories of the decade and 'Best of 2009' selections from a variety of Internet web sites and resources. |
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A free picture search service. |
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Up-to-date US economic statistical information. |
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A compilation of various types of calendars, timelines, and other information. |
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A cooking encyclopedia that covers thousands of ingredients and kitchen tools. |
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Judicial decisions, regulations, legislation related to Copyright and Fair Use. |
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A reference site maintained by the New Jersey State Library. |
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Information to help make informed purchases of automobiles. |
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Link to the US Securities and Exchange Comission. |
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Excerpts from 600 speeches at the History Channel. |
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Navigate the world map to explore countries, towns, communities, and cities. |
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A browsable list, by country, to find the dates of local holidays celebrated throughout the world. |
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A useful site to find photographs from exotic locations to nations of the world. |
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Obituaries and death record information on more than 55 million individuals. |
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Numerous web portals to national and international newspapers. |
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A database of NGO websites offing research guidance and sources. |
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Occupational forecasts published by the US Department of Labor/Bureau of Labor Statistics. |
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Useful calendar from the New York Times. |
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Accesibility to the sources for the study of the humanities. |
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An extremely large research site with vast great links and information. |
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Covers and excerpts from a wide variety of subjects |
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This is one of those sites that will answer questions you haven't even thought of yet. |
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Research guide to current social issues from multiple perspectives. |
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Interactives, available in a variety of subjects: Geography, History, Language, Literature, Movies, Music, Religion, Science, and others.Sporcle tests memorized knowledge against a timer. |
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Pathfinders prepared by the staff of the Camden County Library Reference Department. |
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Links to digital libraries and collections of text and images using a Boolean search function. |
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Searchable wide range of biographies. |
Citation Guides
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Style guide for paper and electronic citations. |
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Style Guides (MLA, APA, Chicago, Turabian, CGOS, CBE, Harvard), and Worlds of Knowledge. |
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By providing information about your sources, this site formats, alphabetizes, and prints your citation list. |
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A reference for using MLA documentation. |
College Information
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Lists and descriptions. |
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More lists and descriptions. |
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A source of virtual college tours. |
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And more lists and descriptions. |
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Colleges in the US and Canada categorized by subject and location. |
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Internet admission services to help in the college search and admission process, including over 1500 customized Internet admissions applications for college and university programs. |
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The site provides brief sketches of thousands of colleges and universities, along with materials on the cost of each school, financial aid opportunities, and campus life. Information on the site is organized in several different ways, with the most helpful being the interactive map that users can click on to find a complete list of college and universities in any selected state. |
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Directory of college, university, and community college websites in the US and Canada. Lists over 3,000 schools by state or province. |
Dictionaries and Encyclopedias
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Articles in all areas of topics including Earth and Environment, History, Literature and Arts, Health and Medicine, People, Philosophy and Religion, Places, Plants and Animals, Science and Technology, Social Science, Law, Sports, Everyday Life and more. Includes Country Studies and North America Gazetter. |
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Taken from the 1898 edition, many of the phrases and fables we encounter today will appear in this classic resource. |
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Search nearly 51,000 entries. This encyclopedia consists of six and one-half million words on a vast range of topics, and with more than 80,000 hypertext cross-references. |
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Slang and colloquialisms used in the United Kingdom. |
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Browsable and searchable online encyclopedia featuring 57.000+ articles. |
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An encyclopedia of mythology, folklore, and legends containing over 6,100 definitions. |
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Sponsored by the Museum of Broadcast Communiocations, this examines specific programs and people; historic moments and trends; histories of major television networks and broadcasting systems throughout the world; and special topics. |
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A-Z guide with answers to frequently asked questions about the Smithsonian and its resources. Covers topics from art to science with subject guides, reading lists, pictures, and web links. |
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Astronomical data, gardening information, and cooking and household hints. |
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Access to information about products produced by the Federal Government. |
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Plain English articles on legal topics. |
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Search for relationships between words, concepts, and people in this combination thesaurus, rhyming dictionary, pun generator, and concept navigator. |
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Look up words in Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary or Thesaurus. |
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Provides a collection and analysis of data related to education in the US and other nations. |
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This specialized dictionary contains internet technology terms, including very useful definitions for chat acronyms and other popular technology abbreviations. |
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The 6,900 entries in this resource cover topics such as religion, arts, history, politics, geography, business, science, and technology. Includes proverbs, idioms, and concepts from the Bible and from mythology. |
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Search over 800 dictionary Web sites for definitions and translations, |
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Online dictionary links to specialized dictionary sources. Legal, Scientific, Medical, Religious, Mathematical, Biological, Botanical, Language, Translation, Philosophical and Rhyming dictionaries available. |
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The world's largest online encyclopedia of graphic symbols containing more than 2,500 Western signs, arranged into 54 groups according to their graphic characteristics. In 1,600 articles their histories, uses, and meanings are thoroughly discussed. The signs range from ideograms carved in mammoth teeth by Cro-Magnon men, to hobo signs and subway graffiti. |
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A comprehensive and authoritative language resource covering more than 200 languages. |
Medical Resources
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A dictionary for searching medical terms. |
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Government source of all-purpose free medical and health information for the general public. |
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Comprehensive multilingual listing of online medical dictionaries & medical glossaries on the Internet. |
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Search by word to learn about medical terms. |
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Another source to search medical terms with ability to search in Spanish. |
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Provides reliable answers to important health questions. Use this site to learn about detecting, preventing, and treating a variety of medical conditions. |
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The Kaiser Family Foundation presents State Health Facts Online, a resource for free, up-to-date, and easy-to-use health data on all 50 states |
Political Cartoons
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Huge database of political cartoons. |
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Over 70,000 cartoons, pictures, and illustrations from newspapers and magazines. |
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Links to cartoons from the New York Times. |
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Links to cartoons from Time Magazine. |
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Links to cartoons from USA Today. |
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Links to editorial cartoons and comic strips. |
Statistical Information
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Information in several different tables: charts, maps, and rankings. The charts tabs include charts for population growth (from1960-2000), population by race (1980, 1990, and 2000), and age distribution. |
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Country statistics and rankings based on the CIA World Factbook data. More than 140 categories and more than 190 countries. |
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Comprehensive alpha index, also grouped by category, of statistical sources for a myriad of subjects. |
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Complete US Census data listed in a variety of ways. |
Other Libraries
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