Academic Web Sites

Recommended sites for the disciplines listed below.

Click on a given discipline to see related sites. Note: Some web sites change addresses frequently; therefore, some sites may not connect.

• 50 States.com
• 2000 In Review - CNN reflects on the biggest stories
• American Fact Finder
• CIA World Factbook
• Home of the Old Farmer's Almanac
• Guinness Book of World Records in 8 categories
• Information Please Almanac
• Computer Almanac
• Baseball Almanac

Accounting

• Accounting Terminology Guide
• American Accounting Association
• Association of Government Accountants
• Glossary of Terms, Acronyms, and Abbreviations
• Marketing Information Resources

Advertising

• PR Newswire
• Plants National Database

American Sign Language

• Deaf Resource Lilbrary
• Handspeak: Online Sign Language Dictionary

Anthropology

Art

• Art Cyclopedia
• Art Institute of Chicago
• ArtLex
• Metropolitan Museum of Art
• Minneapolis Institute of Art
• MoMa: Current Exhibitions
• Smithsonian
• Walker Art Center
• World Wide Art Resource

Astronomy

• American Astronomical Society
• Ask a High-Energy Astronomer
• Ask a Solar Astronomer
• Ask an Astrobiologist
• Ask an Astronomer at Cornell University
• Ask the Space Scientist
• Astronomy Picture of the Day
• Center for Science Education at UC Berkeley Space Sciences Laboratory
• Scientific American: Ask the Experts
• Space Team Onliine
• Yahoo Astronomy

Atlases

• Atlapedia Online
• MapQuest
• National Atlas of the United States of America
• Odden's Bookmarks, The Fascinating World of Maps and Mapping
• OSSHE Historical Atlas Resource Library
• U.S. Census Bureau's Mapping and Cartographic Resources

Automotive

• Autobody Web
• AutoDigest Home Page
• Automotive Service Association
• Autopedia

Aviation

• Aerofiles
• Flights of Inspiration
• National Air and Space Museum
• Ninety Nines

Biography

• Author Webliography
• Authors on the Web
• Biographical Dictionary
• Biography
• Hyperhistory Online: People

Biology

• Ask an Astrobiologist
• Biology Project
• Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology
• Gentics databases
• Marine Biological Laboratory
• Marine Biology Learning Center
• National Biological Information Infrastructure
• Neuroscientist Network
• Oceanlink
• Scientific American: Ask the Experts
• UCMP Glossary
• United States Fish & Wildlife Service

Business

• Commerce Directory
• EDGAR
• Hoover's Online
• International Business Resources of the Web
• National Craft Association
• SBA: Hotlist
• Small Business Administration
• Small Office
• Thomas Register
• United States Department of Commerce
• United States Patent and Trademarks Office
• World Bank

Chemistry

• American Chemical Society
• Chemdex.org
• General Chemistry Online
• NIST Chemistry WebBook
• WWW Chemistry Resources

Child Development

• NCAST AVENUW
• Society for Research in Child Development

Computer Science

• Computer Dictionary
• Computer Science
• IEEE Computer Society
• National Parftnership for Advanced Computational Infrastructure (NPAC)

Criminal Justice

• Bureau of Justice Statistics
• Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)
• Federal Bureau of Prisons
• Justice Information Center (NCJRS)
• USA People Search
• National Archive of Criminal Justice
• Organized Crime
• Uniform Crime Reports
• United States Department of Justice

Dental

• American Dental Association
• American Dental Education Association
• Dental Resources
• The American Dental Hygienists Association

Dictionaries

• English to Spanish Dictionary
• Roget's Thesaurus

Diesel

• Caterpillar
• Detroit Diesel
• Diesel Techology Forum

Directories

• Unabridged U.S. Phone and Address Directory
• Yellow Pages

Earth Science

• Ask an Earth Scientist
• Ask a Geologist
• Bad Meteorology
• Consortium for International Earth Science information network
• Destination Earth
• Earth Science Resources
• Earth Science World
• Earthforce
• Earthquake Hazards Program
• Earthquake Information
• Geysers
• Glacier
• Intellicast: Weather for Active Lives
• Interactive Weather Information Network
• Lightning and Atmospheric Electricity
• National Climatic Data Center
• National Oceanographic Data Center
• National Weather Service
• Ocean Planet
• Online Guides to Meteorology
• Savage Earth, Restless Planet: Earthquakes
• Scientific American: Ask the Experts
• The Nature Conservancy
• Understanding Earthquakes
• United States Weather Pages
• Virtual Library - Earth Science
• Volcano World

Economics

• Economic Policies and Regulations

Education

• Education Index
• Education World
• FREE: Federal Resources for Educational Excellence
• United States Department of Education

Encyclopedias

• Britannica.com
• Columbia Encyclopedia
• Encyclopedia Smithsonian
• Encyclodedia.com

Engineering

• Cornell University Engineering Library
• Engineering
• Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers
• Invention Dimension: Inventor of the Week Archives

English

• American Verse Project
• Annina's Toni Morrison Page
• Bartleby.Com: Great Books Online
• Bibliomania
• Common Errors in English
• Dr. Maya Angelou
• Isabel Allende
• Roget's Thesaurus
• Shakespeare
• Voices from the Gaps: Women Writers of Color

Environmental Science

• Environmental Pollution Control Agency
• Environmental Science
• Environmental Sciences Division
• Green Map System (eco-friendly information)
• Upper Midwest Enviromental Sciences Center

Film

• Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences
• AFI
• Film
• Film Festivals
• Internet Movie Database
• Sundance Institute

French

Genealogy

• Ancestry
• Cyndi's List
• Family Search
• Family Tree Maker
• Genealogy Home Page

Gender

• Gender
• Gender Public Advocacy Coalition
• National Gay and Lesbian Task Force

Geography

• Atlapedia (atlas and encyclopedia)
• Green Map System (eco-friendly information)
• Library of Congress Maps,1544-1996
• National Atlas of the United States
• USGS Geography
• Yahoo Geography

Geology

• Earthquake Hazards Program
• Geology and Geophysics
• Geologic Time Scale
• Geological Society of America
• Geysers
• Mineral Database
• Understanding Earthquakes
• United States Geological Survey
• USGS Geology
• U.S. Geological Survey Learning Web
• Volcano World

German

• The New English-German Dictionary
• German Studies Web

Government

• American Conservative Union
• American Democratic Action
• Bureau of the Census
• C-SPAN News
• Money in Politics
• Thomas Library of Congress
• Democratic Party
• Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)
• Federal Courts, U.S.
• Federalist
• FirstGov
• Gallop Poll
• General Service Administration
• Government Information Locator Service (GILS)
• History Network
• Institute for Research in Social Science
• Justice Department, U.S.
• Minnesota State Legislature
• National Archives and Records
• National Civil Rights Museum
• State Department, U.S.
• United States House of Representatives
• United States Senate
• White House

Health

• Aids Action
• American Epilepsy Society
• Arthritis Society
• AVERT: Aids Education and Research Trust
• Department of Health and Human Services
• Doctor's Guide to ArthritisInformation
• Food and Drug Administration
• Go Ask Alice
• Hardin Meta Directory
• Healthfinder
• HealthWeb
• Heart: An Online Exploration
• HIV Insite
• HIVPositive
• Medscape
• Mental Help
• National Center for Disease Control
• New England Journal of Medicine
• Nutrition.Gov
• USDA Center for Nutrition Policy Promotion

History

• American History 102: 1865-Present
• American Memory from the Library of Congress
• American Studies Web
• Documenting the American South
• Expoloring Ancient World Cultures
• History Guy
• History Net
• History Place
• Internet Medieval Sourcebook
• Making of America
• POTUS
• Smithsonian
• United States Civil War Center

Horticulture

• American Horicultural Society
• American Society for Horticultural Science
• Jobs in Horticulture
• The Institute of Horticulture
• University of Minnesota Extension Service

Justice

• National Criminal Justice Reporting Service
• U.S. Dept. of Justice

Journalism

• Journalism.org
• Washington Post
• USC Annenberg Online Journalism Review

Libraries

• American Library Association
• Harvard Libraries
• Library of Congress
• LIBWEB Library Serivces via WWW
• National Network of Libraries of Medicine
• Oxford University Libraries
• U.S. National Library of Medicine
• PublicLibraries.com
• The WWW Virtual Library

Machine Tool

Management

• Academy of Management Online
• American Management Association

Marketing

• American Marketing Association
• ClickZ Network
• Markekting Research Association
• Marketing Terms.com

Mathematics

• American Mathematical Society
• Ask Dr. Math
• Biographies of Women Mathematicians
• Mathematical Atlas
• Mathematical Quotations
• Mathnerds
• Quandaries Queries
• Scientific American: Ask the Experts
• Teacher2Teacher
• Webmath
• Yahoo Mathematics

Mechanical Drafting

Medical Secretarial

Military

• United Kingdom, Ministry of Defense
• United States Air Force
• United States Army
• United States Marine Corp
• United States Navy

Music

• All About Jazz
• Down Beat Jazz
• Instrument Encyclopedia
• Jazz Online
• Music for the Nation: American Sheet Music
• Musicsearch.com
• Native American
• Native American Sites
• NativeTech

Native American

• Native Culture
• NativeTech

Natural Resources

• Minnesoat DNR
• Natural Resources Canada
• Natural Resources Conservation Service
• Nature and Wildlife Field Guides

Nursing

• Aids Education, Global Information system
• Alternative Medicine
• American Medical Association
• American Nurses Association
• Center for Disease Control and Prevention
• Children's Environmental Health Network
• Gay and Lesbian Medical Association
• Health Web
• Health World
• Healthfinder
• Heart: An Online Exploration
• Mayo Clinic
• Medscape
• Merck
• National Institute of Mental Health
• National Library of Medicine
• National State Board of Nursing (NCLEX)
• RxList
• Web MD
• World Health Organization

Philosophy

• A Dictionary of Philosophical Terms and Names
• Dctionary of Philosophy of Mind
• EpistemeLinks
• Guide to Philosophy on the Net
• Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy
• Philosophers: Alphabetical Index
• Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy

Physical Education

• American Alliances for Health, P.E., Recreation & Dance
• Physical Education

Physics

• American Institute of Physics
• American Physical Society
• Contributions of 20th Century Women to Physics
• Energy Quest
• HyperPhysics
• Institute of Physics
• Physics 2000
• Yahoo Physics

Political Science

• A White House History
• Abbreviations and Acronyms of the U.S. Government
• Biographical Dictionary of the United States Congress, 1774 to Present
• Chiefs of State and Cabinet Members of Foreign Governments
• CIA.gov
• Federal Information Center
• Fedstats
• FedWorld
• FirstGov
• Government Information Locator Service (GILS)
• GPO Access
• Library of Congress
• North Star—Minnesota State Government On-Line
• Politics U.S.A.
• The United States Government Manual
• Thomas: U.S. Congress on the Internet
• U. S. Department of State
• United States House of Representatives
• Washington Post

Psychology

• American Psychological Society
• Encyclopedia of Psychology
• Louisiana State University Psychology
• Mental Health
• Psychology Web
• Social Psychology Network

Publishers

Religion

• Adherents.com
• The Catholic Encyclopedia
• Internet Sacred Text Archive
• Librariian's Internet Index
• Virtual Religion Index

Robotics

• Invention Dimension: Inventor of the Week Archives
• National Inventor's Hall of Fame
• Robotics & Automation Society
• Robotics Resources

Science

• 4000 Years of Women in Science
• Ask Dr. Universe
• Science Whatzit
• MAD Scientist Network

Scholarships

• College Board Online
• CollegeNET
• Direct Loans
• FinAid
• GoCollege
• Sallie Mae
• Scholarship Resource Network Express

Sociology

• Sociologyonliine
• Statistical Resources on the Web
• WCSU List: Sociology Internet Resources
• Yahoo Sociology

Spanish

• Dictionary of Spanish
• English to Spanish Dictionary
• Spanish Resources

Speech

• American Rhetoric
• Speech Research

Statistics

• Census Bureau Home Page
• County and City Databooks
• Geospatial and Statistical Data Center
• International Data Base
• Uniform Crime Reports
• United States Census Bureau

Theatre

• Mr. William Shakespeare and the Internet
• Theatre History Sites on the WWW
• Google Directory: Theatre

Welding

• American Welding Society
• Wikipedia: Welding

Women's Studies

• 4000 Years of Women in Science
• Biographies of Women Mathematicians
• Celebrating Women's History
• Contributions of 20th Century Women to Physics
• Directory of Women's Organizations
• National Women's Studies Association
• Distinguished Women of Past and Present
• Voices from the Gaps: Women Writers of Color
• WIC: Women's Resources of the NET
• Women in Business
• Women's Studies / Women's Issues Resource Sites
• Working Woman
• WWWomen.com