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Abbreviations and Acronyms
Abbreviations.com
Acronymn Finder
The World Wide
Web Acronym and Abbreviation Server
Almanacs/Statistics/Factbooks
Census
2004 World Population Data Sheet
International
Data Base (IDB)
Statistics Canada
Statistical Abstract of the United States: 2007
Education
National Center for Education Statistics
College and University Rankings
Education
Report Card
General
Fast Facts
The Gallup Organization
GeoHive: Global Statistics
Geospatial and Statistical Data Center
Information Please Almanac
Old Farmers Almanac
OFFSTATS: Official Statistics on the Web
Polling
101
PollingReport.com
Statistical Resources
on the Web
VassarStats: statistical computation Web site
Yearbook of Immigration Statistics
Information on the Nations
The Canadian Encyclopedia
CIA
World Factbook
Countries of the
World
Countries of the
World
Country studies
CountryWatch.com
Country and City Databooks
Country Reports on Terrorism
Food and Agriculture Organization of United Nations (FAO)
InfoNation
Nations of the
World
Population Reference Bureau
UNICEF's Statistical
Profiles
United Nations Common Database (UNCDB)
States
50 States.com
Stat-USA
Associations
Associations on the Net
Awards/Prizes
Entertainment
The Academy Awards
The Clio Awards
The Dove Awards
The Eisner Awards
The Emmys
The Grammy Awards
The SAG Awards
The Tony Awards
The Webby Awards
Literature
Booker Prize for Fiction
Caldecott
Medal
Mystery
Writers of America Awards Page
Newbery
Medal
Nobel Prize for Literature
Pen/Faulkner
Award for Fiction
Pulitzer Prize
Science Fiction Writers of America
Nebula Awards
Biographies
Australian Dictionary of Biography: Online Edition
Biographical
Directory of the United States Congress, 1774-Present
Black
Members of the United States Congress, 1870-2005
HyperHistory
Online
Infoplease.com: Biography
Internet
Public Library Biographies
Poets and Writers Online
Union
List of Artist Names (ULAN)
Calculators/Converters
AAA
Fuel Cost Calculator
Body Fat Estimator
Budget
Calculator
Consumer
Price Index Calculator
Currency Converter
Martindale's
Calculators Online Center
Nutrition Calculators
Unit Converter
WebCalc Calculator Menu
Calendars
The
10,000 Year Calendar
dMarie Time Capsule
The Earth Calender
Career Information
America's Job Bank
Idealist.Org
LifeWorks:
Explore Health and Medical Science Careers
Monster.com
Occupational Outlook Handbook 2006-07
Edition
Quickstart
Resumes
Vocational Information Center
WVWC Academic
and Career Center
Census Data
American
FactFinder
CensusScope
United States Census Bureau
United States Historical
Data Browser
Citation Guides
General Citation Tools
Citation Machine for MLA and APA
Styles
Research
and Documentation Online (Includes MLA, APA, Chicago, and CSE)
ACS, 2nd edition, 1997
ACS
Style Guide (American Chemical Society)
AIP (American Institute of Physics), 4th Edition
AIP, 4th Edition
APA, 5th edition, 2001
APA Style.org (American Psychological
Association) Citing
Sources in APA Style
APA Formatting and Style Guide
Chicago Style, 15th edition, 2003
The
Chicago Manual of Style 15th edition
The Chicago
Manual of Style: Bibliographic Format for References
Chicago
Style for Citing from Online Periodical Indexes
MLA, 6th edition, 2003
Citation
Styles: MLA
MLA
Citation Style
MLA Style
WVWC Biology Department Citation
Guide
Dictionaries -- General
American
Heritage
Cambridge
Dictionaries Online
The Free Dictionary
Merriam
Webster Dictionary
One Look Dictionaries
YourDictionary.com
WordNet: A Lexical Database for the English Language
Dictionaries -- Subject
AllRefer Health
Brewer's Dictionary of Phrase
and Fable
Glossaries and Dictionaries on
All Subjects from Glossarist.com
MedicineNet
Medline
Plus Dictionary
Medterms
ODLIS: Online Dictionary for Library
and Information Science
Rhyming Dictionary
Encyclopedias -- General
Encyclopedia
Smithsonian
Wikipedia
Entertainment
Cinemark
Theatres -- Meadowbrook Mall
Coffee Break Arcade
Upshur Cinema 6
Elkins Cinema 7
Internet Broadway Database
Internet Movie Database
Movie Review Query Engine
Soduko Puzzles
TVGuide Online Listings
Gateways to Information
About.com
Awesome Library
Best Information on the
Net
BRB's Free Resource Center
Google.com
Directory
Ibiblio.org
INFOMINE: Scholarly Internet Resource
Collections
Intute: Arts & Humanitites
The Invisible Web Directory
Librarians Index to the Internet
LibrarySpot
Martindale's The Reference
Desk
MIT OpenCourseWare
Refdesk.Com
ResearchChannel
StartSpot Network
Virtual Reference
Shelf (Library of Congress)
Social Agencies
Charity Navigator
Genealogy
Cyndi's List of
Genealogy Sites on the Internet
Ellis Island: The American Family Immigration History Center
Kansas State Historical Society
The US GenWeb Census Project
Grant Writing
The Foundation Center
Grants.gov
National Institutes
of Health: Grant Writing Tips
Online searchable death indexes & records
Proposal
Writing Short Course
Health
Fast
Stats A to Z (National Center for Health Statistics)
HealthWeb
Medicaid Benefits:
Online Database
MyPyramid
National Institute of Mental Health
State Health Facts Online
Images
Google
Image Search
Prints and Photographs
Online Catalog (Library of Congress)
Time Magazine Cover
Search
Law
American Law Sources
Online
FindLaw.com
Internet Legal Research Guide
The Guide to Law
Online from the Law Library of Congress
Index to Law School Rankings
(a section of Internet Legal Research Guide)
Law Firms in Martindale directory
Law Library of Congress
Lawyers.com
Attorney directory from Martindale
Nations of the
World: (Nations and Associated Jurisdictions)
State Law
Library
Library
Catalogs
Maps
The Atlas of Canada
U.S.
Census Reference Maps
Google Maps (Beta Version)
Library
of Congress Map Collections: 1500-2003
MapQuest
Map collections: American memory
Maps and Geography
National
Geographic Map Machine
Nationalatlas.gov
Oddens Bookmarks: The
Fascinating World of Maps and Mapping
Perry-Castaneda
Library Map Collection
Quotations
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations
The Columbia World of
Quotations
The Quotations
Archive
The Quotations Page
Publishers and Booksellers
Amazon.com
Authors
on the Highway
Barnes & Noble
BookBrowser:
A Guide for Avid Readers
Publishers
from AcqWeb
Sports Information
Thesauri
Keyword
Thesaurus
Thesaurus.com
Translation
Babel Fish
WorldLingo
Travel
The Africa Guide
CIA
World Factbook
Currency Converter
ITA Office of Travel & Tourism Industries
U. S. Government Resources
Department
of Homeland Security
Bureau of Labor Statistics
DisabilityInfo.gov
Documents in
the News
Federal Citizen Information Center
Federal Judicial Center
geodata.gov: Geospatial One-Stop
GPO Access (Government Printing
Office)
Government Information on the Web
GovEngine (U.S. and State Governments)
IRS: Forms and Publications
Labor Force and Unemployment Rate:
US Department of Labor
LII: Legal Information Institute
NASA
National Institute on Aging
NTIS (National Technical Information Service)
Public STINET (Scientific and Technical Information Network)
Total Public
Debt
United States Army Center
for Health Promotion and Preventive Medicine
United States Census Bureau
United States Copyright Office
United States Fish and Wildlife Service
United States Geological Survey
United States Holocaust Museum
United States Patent and Trademark
Office
USA.gov
Writing
Advice on Academic
Writing (University of Toronto)
Assignment Calculator
(University of Minnesota)
Eserver.org: accessible writing
How
to Write a Term Paper
Online
Technical Writing Textbook
Online Writing Lab (Purdue
University)
The
Paper Process (WVWC Library)
Plagiarism
Technical
Writing Resources
Principles
of Composition
Virtual Writing Center
Writer's Center
Writers Guild of America
Writers'
Workshop
WritersNet
Writing for the
Web
Writing-World.Com
WVWC Writing Center
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