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The MVLS Reference Committee Explores the Web: Favorite Reference Sites


Biography & Genealogy

Cyndi's List of Genealogy Sites.

Index to genealogical resources on the Internet.

The USGenWeb Project.

Volunteers provide Internet websites for genealogical research in each U.S. state and county.

Books, Journals, & Newspapers

Non-English Books

Find non-English language books to borrow from the California State Library.

Amazon.com

Find your favorite books at Amazon.

BookFinder.com

Another favorite of ours to purchase books and periodicals.

JAKE

Find out where a journal is indexed or if the full-text is available. From the Yale University Library

Sacramento Bee

Read articles from today's local newspaper plus online updates.

Business

North American Industry Classification System (NAICS)

A classification system that replaces the SIC (U.S. Standard Industrial Classification).

Thomas Register of American Manufacturers.

Requires (free) registration.

Careers

JobStar.

Write a resume, consider different careers, find a job around Sacramento or beyond.

Occupational Outlook Handbook 2004/05.

Guide to qualifications, earnings, and working conditions for various occupations.

Entertainment

Internet Movie Database

For help with those movie questions.

Geography & Maps

TopoZone

Search by place name or latitude/longitude coordinates for US topographical maps.

Government & Law

The Nolo Press self-help law center

Info on wills, small business, landlords, immigration, and lots more.

Project Vote Smart.

What are the issues? How does your representative vote?

Sacramento Public Library Reference Services

The Sacramento County Public Law Library include 24/7 legal reference service via online chat.

Washburn University School of Law

This site has an extensive directory to legal information.

US Patent & Trademark Office patent databases

Offers full-text of all US patents issued since 1976 and full-page images of all US patents issued since 1790.

Health & Medicine

Healthfinder

An easy-to-use product of the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services.

MayoClinic

Health decision guides and information on disease or condition, drugs, and self care.

PubMed,

Advanced searching for MEDLINE citations and links to many sites with full text.

MEDLINEplus

The comprehensive health information resource from the National LIbrary of Medicine/National Institutes of Health.

International Links & Dictionaries

YourDictionary.com,

Multi-language dictionaries (over 280 languages!), a word-translator database, and an English dictionary that pronounces the words out loud.

The Internet

Free Email Providers Guide

A database helps you find the free email service that has all the features you want.

Do it yourself guides:

ColorMaker

A useful tool to find colors and html codes for background and links.

WebCom HTML Guide

Good resources to help you create your own Web page from scratch.

Learn the Net

How to join newsgroups, use E-mail, compress and decompress zipped files, etc.

Stumpers & Special Subjects

Project Wombat

For quotes, poems and recurring topics. Formerly known as Stumpers.

Internet Public Library

Features a rich collection of online pathfinders created by library-school students.   Questions posed to "Ask a Question" are answered by volunteers by e-mail.

Librarians' Internet Index

Sites selected and reviewed by librarians. Keyword searchable.

Library Spot

Well-constructed, well-reviewed.

refdesk.com

If lost, scroll down to the subject categories at the bottom.

Travel

The Currency Site.

Print a wallet-sized FXCheatSheet currency converter for your next trip out of the country.


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