Internet
Subject Links Pathfinders
(Subject Guides)
These categories of READY REFERENCE LINKS are meant to provide you with remote reference assistance through the internet. This list is by no means exhaustive. Rather use the web sites listed below as launching points from which to begin your research. See our Research Databases page for more in-depth coverage of specific subjects.
Almanacs
An
extensive listing of links for fast factual and statistical information.
Fast
facts and statistics on history and government, biography, sports,
entertainment, business and finance, society and culture, science and
technology, weather and climate.
Astronomical
events, weather conditions and forecasts, traditional wisdom, gardening tips,
and recipes.
The
City University of New York Office of Library Services offers you the World
Almanac and Book of Facts through Lexis Nexis.
If you are searching from your home or office computer off campus, you
will need to type your 14 digit library barcode in the password box provided in
order to gain access to the World Almanac.
African American Faces of Science
Biographical
information on "African American men and women who have contributed to the
advancement of science and engineering." Search by name and profession.
This web site includes a detailed bibliography and sources for pictures
when available.
More
than 28,000 notable men and women spanning the world from ancient times to the
present day. Search by birth years, death years, positions held, professions,
and other keywords.
Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1774 - present
Biographical
information on members of Congress from 1774 to the present.
Official
site of A&E and the Biography@ Channel.
Includes 25,000 biographies, with 15,000 entries from The Cambridge
Biographical Encyclopedia.
A
multi-lingual biographical directory. Provides
links to biographies available from other web sites.
Spanish
language biographies of famous people from all over the world, from the past to
the present
50
biographies of notable
Hispanic American women and men.
Distinguished Women of Past and Present
Biographies
of women who “contributed to our culture in many different ways.”
Includes writers, educators, scientists, heads of state, politicians,
civil rights crusaders, and artists.
Famous Hispanics in the World and History
This
web site, “still under construction, [is] dedicated to celebrate Hispanic
Heritage in the United States and elsewhere in the world.
Search for biographical information on famous Hispanics alphabetically or
by subject category.
Directory
of internet sites. Includes
thousands of web sites covering biographies, autobiographies, memoirs, diaries,
letters, narratives, and oral histories of “the famous, the infamous, and the
not so famous. “ Includes
biographical criticism, and special collections for African-Americans, Women,
and Latin Americans, Hispanics, and
Latinos.
The Nobel Prize Internet Archive
Biographical
information on all past Nobel Laureates, organized by prize and year.
Entries include brief biographical information plus links to related
Internet sites.
Biographical
information from the almanacs, dictionary, and encyclopedia of the Infoplease
web site. Includes historical and contemporary individuals, some biographies
lengthier than others. Search by
name or subject category
The
last 70 years of Time magazine’s “Man
of the Year,” “the single person (man, woman, or even idea) who, for better
or worse, has most influenced events in the preceding year.” The
full text of the original article is presented along with pictures of the
magazine cover from 1927. Browse by
decade.
This
site contains lists of heads of state and heads of government of all countries
and territories, most back to 1700. Includes
subdivisions of various countries and a selection of international
organizations.
Voices from the Gaps: Women Writers of Color
University
of Minnesota’s web site on the lives and works of North American women writers
of color. Biographical and critical
information including images and quotes of the writers. Search by name, birthday
or birthplace, and ethnic/racial identity.
Internet Employment Links from Hostos Career Services Office
This webpage created by Hostos Career Services is an excellent source of information regarding the online job search.
From
The Wall Street Journal. Articles
and links to salary and hiring information (including a salary calculator), job
hunting advice, managing your career, international careers, and tons more.
A
wealth of information covering these broad categories: Career Planning,
Assessing Yourself, Types of Career Training, Finding Job Opportunities,
Internships, Cover Letters, Resumes, Interviewing.
Advice
from Richard Bolles, author of What Color Is Your Parachute.
Meant to be a practical manual to the internet for job hunters and
career-changers, this web site includes an interactive career assessment test,
how to create and post your resume, how to create contacts, and finding career,
salary and company information.
The
Career Zone section @ Job Options offers salary information, writing resumes,
interviewing techniques and self-assessment surveys online.
The
Career Center @ Monster.com includes resources such as discover your perfect
career, resume center, interview center, salary center and customized
information on a number of professions.
Published
biennially by the federal government this handbook is one of the most important
sources about careers. Covers information on employment
outlook, educational requirements, salary expectations and professional
associations for most occupations.
Career
assessment quiz, career profile, advice from experts in the field, matching your
major with a career, finding an internship, and much much more.
The Riley Guide: Employment Opportunities and Job Resources on the Internet
A
comprehensive career and employment site. Presents
how to prepare for a job search, resumes and cover letters, networking,
interviewing and negotiating a job offer.
This
web site determines the mean salary, total compensation, and an area's
salary level in relation to its cost-of-living level for
chosen job titles in chosen zip code or metro area.
An
alphabetical directory to homepages for institutions of higher education
granting bachelor or advanced degrees in the United States.
TheCenter
is a research enterprise whose efforts focus on measuring the performance and
ranking of top research universities. Their
publication entitled Top
100 Universities is available online.
Center For All Collegiate Information
A
web directory with hundreds of links to college and university sites.
Organized by college and university homepages, departments, graduate
programs, admissions offices, international study, collegiate sports, and much
more.
College and University Rankings
This
website, compiled by the University of Illinois, Education and Social Science
Library, aims to “draw
together and provide context to various ranking services.”
They provide links to
undergraduate, graduate, law, business, and international ranking of colleges
and universities. The caution and
controversy section of this website is extremely informative—a must for those
seeking ranking information.
The
College Board’s mission
to prepare, inspire, and connect students to college and opportunity is evident
in their web site. Everything you
need to know from planning to go to college (test taking), finding and getting
into (writing a winning essay) the right college for you, to paying for that
education.
Links
to about 400 student-run and campus newspapers.
Hobson’s
College View is an exhaustive site offering everything from a college search,
scholarship search, and financial aid office, to electronic applications and
virtual tours of selected colleges.
A
comprehensive site for investigating colleges and universities. Information on
colleges, admissions (list of those schools with applications online), financial
aid, student center, sports source, parents corner.
All
you ever needed to know about community colleges including links to over 1200
college web sites, the American Association of Community Colleges, community
college statistics, and approximately 200 other related resource sites with
information on community colleges.
Online
resources for students. Everything
you need to “research, plan, apply, finance, and get ready for higher
education.” A comprehensive site with elaborate online tools and surveys.
National Center for College Selection
NCCS
web site with comprehensive information and important links relating to choosing
the right college for you. Includes
useful ranking information.
Peterson's Education and Career Center
Maintained
by the same company that publishes the print versions of Peterson's college
directories. Provides information about colleges and universities, graduate
programs, adult/distance learning programs, private schools, career and
educational guidance, studying abroad, and financial aid.
U.S. News and World Report/College
Another
comprehensive internet source for college information with articles, U.S. News
annual RANKINGS, interactive tools, and various guides.
U.S. News and World Report/Community College
An
important web site for Community College information.
Offers articles, community college facts, a search engine, interactive
tools and informational guides.
University
of Texas (Austin) web site for all regionally-accredited community colleges in
the U.S. Colleges listed by state or alphabetical.
UT’s
web site contains a list of regionally accredited colleges and universities.
Arranged by state or alphabetically.
A
wealth of information on the 50 United States.
Everything from profiles of each state (including narrative or links to
data such as state flag, state flower, border states, constitution, county
profiles, court system, traffic rules, and live web cams) to state songs,
current events and maps.
Full
text of the U.S. Department of State’s Background Notes updated
periodically (with date of publication clearly posted) on the web.
Profiles are organized by region and country or international
organization. Statistical and
narrative information included in each profile: people, history, government,
political conditions, economy, foreign relations, us relations, travel and
business.
From
the Information
Please
web site. Provides country facts,
geographic and population data as well as government, economic and travel
information. Country profiles cover
basic information on all countries of the world:
map, flag, official name, current ruler, capital, monetary unit,
languages, ethnicity/race, religions, economy, government, and history.
Data collected from questionnaires,
C.I.A. World Factbook, and Center for International Research, Bureau of
the Census.
The
Pan American Health Organization, an
international public health agency working to improve the health and living
standards of the people of the Americas, has posted 1999 summaries of their
Country Health Profile reports. Statistical health indicators offered for the countries of
the Americas.
Country Studies/Area Handbooks
The
online version of 101 previously published Country Studies/Area Handbooks.
Description and analysis of historical setting, and social, economic,
political, and national security systems and institutions of countries
throughout the world. Photographs,
maps, and charts included when available. Search
all country studies simultaneously (by keyword) or browse countries
alphabetically.
This
site provides brief statistical and some fairly extensive information on 191
countries. Population,
people, history, economy, agriculture, energy, metals, and environment included.
Also provided is current news wire stories, a currency calculator and a
variety of maps. Some information
and maps available only through subscription.
Although
repackaged information
from several other sources, this site has a clear and easy presentation.
Country profiles includes a map, flag, and national anthem (MIDI sound
file and lyrics when available), and information on the economy, defense,
geography, government, and people. Current weather conditions, news wires are
related links included.
Political Database of the Americas
This
Georgetown University site is available in English, Spanish, French and
Portuguese. Most valuable for full
text of Constitutions (in native language) and electoral systems information and
elections data of the Americas.
Alphabetical
listing of the Central Intelligence Agency’s country profiles.
The profiles are published annually and offer an updated quality reference work
for basic statistical data on the countries of the world.
Copsrus-
Anthems & Flags of the Nations of the world
Dictionaries
and Thesauri
The
American Heritage Dictionary, fourth edition brought to you by Bartleby.com.
Over 90,000 entries, 10,000 new
words and senses, 70,000 audio word pronunciations, 900 full-page color
illustrations, language notes and word-root appendixes.
More
than 202,000
abbreviations and acronyms related to computers, technology, telecommunications,
and the military.
The
Acronym Finder is not a glossary of terms, web search engine, dictionary, or a
thesaurus -- it is only designed to search for and expand acronyms and
abbreviations.
Acronyms and Initialisms for Health Information Resources
Acronyms
for global information and data resources in health, medical, and veterinary
sciences.
Discovery School’s Dictionary Plus
A
Dictionary-Thesaurus and more. A
lot of information given in a very clear and user friendly format.
Look up related expressions, crossword dictionary and anagram solver as
well.
Multilingual
directory of online dictionaries. Some
categories of dictionaries are available in some 91 different languages.
Some interesting features: a children’s dictionary with image and
sound, and a multilingual crossword dictionary.
Hear the pronunciation online.
Merriam-Webster’s
Collegiate Dictionary and Thesaurus online.
Other features include Word of the Day, Word Games, Word
for the Wise (transcripts of public radio’s popular program) word origins and
hear pronunciations online.
The
mother-of-all internet directories of dictionaries. Searches 742 online general and subject specialty
dictionaries in English, Spanish and many other languages.
Prepared
by the Electronic
Text Center at the University of Virginia Library. Contains the entire
text of the 22-volume Oxford English Dictionary, second edition (merging the
original OED with supplements). Contains definitions for most of the words in
the English language, their pronunciation,
word origins, and usage history.
Bartleby.com
presents Roget’s
II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition, 1995 and
Roget’s
International Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases, 1922.
Search
for acronyms and abbreviations alphabetically or by subject category.
Enter
keyword or browse alphabetically or by Roget’s broad categories to find
synonyms. Includes an antonym
search and dictionary as well.
TravLang Translating Dictionaries
Online
translation dictionaries. A
multitude of combinations for English, German, Dutch, French, Spanish, Italian,
Danish, Portuguese, Finnish, Hungarian, Czech, Afrikaans, Latin, Esperanto.
A
bilingual dictionary for English to Spanish, German, French, or Italian and vice
versa.
A
directory of
internet dictionaries, more than 1800
dictionaries in 230 different
languages. Categories include: Languages, Multilingual, Translations, Language
Identifiers, Grammars, Specialized and 'nyms & More (Thesauri, Rhyming,
Phrase, Punctuation, Acronym, Synonym, Homophone, Antonym, and Spelling).
Articles and word games, too.
Encyclopedias
The
complete Encyclopedia Britannica, as well as articles from top magazines
like Newsweek and a selection of editorially reviewed web sites.
Bartleby.com
brings you this well-known one volume desk encyclopedia.
Offers brief articles (nearly 51,000 entries) on a vast range of topics
with more than 80,000 hypertext cross-references. Search headings or full text
or browse headings.
Search
Compton’s more than 40,000 articles, plus 16,000 pictures, flags, maps,
charts, sound, and web sites. Offers
multimedia content (plug-ins required). Articles are brief.
Year in Review, Current Events, Web Directory, and Teacher’s Guide
included.
Fairly
lengthy articles from the free Microsoft encyclopedia with 17,000
articles and more than 2,200 photos, illustrations, maps, charts, and tables.
There
is a fee-based encyclopedia and other reference tools offered as well.
Newly
updated and expanded with more than 50,000 brief articles plus links with access
to millions of articles and pictures.
Composed of articles from the Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition.
Search or browse alphabetically.
Residential,
business, and, government directory.
Directory
for cellular and
satellite phone numbers.
International
and national direct dialing prefixes and instructions.
International Telephone Dialing Codes
Country,
area and city codes; international direct dialing prefixes.
Residential
and business listings.
Telephone Directories on the Web
White
and Yellow Page directories on the internet.
Yellow Pages, White Pages and Business Directories on Web
Directory
of directories from over 150 countries of the world.
WhoWhere
Interactive
name and address search.
Information
on virtually every licensed physician in the United States--more than 690,000
doctors of medicine (MD) and doctors of osteopathy or osteopathic medicine (DO).
Search by physician name or
specialty.
Provides
data for over 6,000 hospitals from Medicare claims data, cost reports, and other
public use files obtained from the federal Health Care Financing Administration.
Also includes AHA Annual Survey Data.
CDC (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
Includes
data and statistics, health topics A-Z, and Travelers' health.
CDC Information (and links to other health sites) also available in
Spanish CDC En Español
Find
a wealth of information on clinical trials (more than 41,000 industry- and
government-sponsored clinical trials) and new drug therapies recently approved
by the FDA. Designed to be a
resource for patients interested in participating in clinical trials and for
research professionals.
The
3rd edition (1995) from the Columbia University College of Physicians and
Surgeons. Search or browse chapters
in six major sections: using our health care system, wellness, symptoms &
diagnosis, first aid & safety, treatment & prevention, and drugs and
their use.
From
the National Institutes of Health. The
full text of the most requested NIH publications.
Browse by subject or browse by Institute.
Links available to homepages of the 27
separate Institutes and Centers of the NIH.
American
Academy of Family Practice web site. AAFP
handouts and health facts brochures, drug information, herbal and alternative
remedies, and self care flow charts. Presented
well in easy-to-understand format in English and Spanish (when available).
Search by keyword or browse conditions, age group, or bodily system.
Offers
a wide variety of information and links to health information.
Broad topical areas include Your Family (information on women, children,
seniors, etc.), Condition Forums (cancer, foot problems, etc.), Wellness Centers
(alternative medicine, smokeout center, etc.), Healthy Lifestyles (home, eating,
travel, etc.), and Resources (including tests
and procedures , information on what
the test is, what results may tell you, and risks and precautions associated
with test).
Developed
by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. A health library
consisting of selected online publications, search alphabetically or by age,
gender, race, ethnic origin, or healthcare role.
Information on health care providers, ratings of hospitals and nursing
homes, guides to health insurance, how to report fraud or make a complaint, and
privacy issues. And a directory of
health web sites from government agencies, clearinghouses, nonprofits, and
universities.
is
a portal to the Web sites of a number of multi-agency health initiatives and
activities of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and other Federal
departments and agencies.
A
project of Ohio State University’s
Prior Health Sciences Library
and the health sciences libraries of the National Network of the Libraries of
Medicine, Greater Midwest’s Region.
A directory of online health resource sites.
Links to associations, clinical sources, dictionaries, directories,
statistics, government information, and more.
Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations
Online
guides for
how to select quality service and evaluative reports for a variety of different
types of healthcare organizations such as hospitals,
networks, home care, long term care, behavioral health care, laboratory and
ambulatory care services. Includes
information on how to protect personal healthcare information.
Providing
“peer reviewed, non-commercial and patient centered” information on lab
tests. This
site attempts to open previously closed-doors to provide “a link between the
patient's presentation of symptoms and the doctor's diagnosis of and prescribed
treatment for a particular condition or disease.”
Consumer
health information from “the experience and
knowledge of the more than 2,000 physicians and scientists of the Mayo
Clinic.” Diseases
& Conditions A – Z, Condition Centers, Healthy Living Centers, Drug
Information, First-Aid and Self-Care Guide, and Answers from Mayo Specialists,
and numerous personal healthcare interactive tools.
Part
of the Discovery Health web site, this section offers a medical dictionary, an
injuries encyclopedia, a surgical procedures encyclopedia, a medical tests
encyclopedia.
Up-to-date,
quality health care information from the world’s largest medical library, the
National Library of Medicine at the National Institutes of Health.
Access to extensive information about specific diseases and conditions as
well as links to consumer health information from the National Institutes of
Health, dictionaries, lists of hospitals and physicians, health information in
Spanish and other languages, and clinical trials.
The Merck Manual of Diagnosis and Therapy
The
17th edition of The
Merck Manual
available online free of charge. “Covers
all the subjects expected in a textbook of internal medicine as well as detailed
information on pediatrics, psychiatry, obstetrics, gynecology, dermatology,
pharmacology, ophthalmology, otolaryngology, and a number of special
subjects.”
The Merck Manual--Home Edition
Full-text,
searchable consumer edition of the Merck Manual of Diagnosis and Therapy
written for non-professionals. Available in text version or interactive version
enhanced with photos, videos, illustrations, animations, and pronunciations.
National Center for Health Statistics
Web
site for the Federal Government's
principal vital and health statistics agency.
NOAH: New York Online Access to Health
Project
of The City University of New York, The Metropolitan New York Library Council,
The New York Academy of Medicine and The New York Public. Created as authoritative bilingual health information site,
English and Spanish.
Links
and information on prescription and over-the-counter drugs, and herbal
and homeopathic medicines. Search
for information on more than 4,500 popular drugs written in English and more
than 3,000 in Spanish.
Transcultural and Multicultural Health Links
Links
to health information on the internet for minority populations for general
resources, and classified by ethnic groups, religious groups, special
populations (women and gay, lesbian and bisexual).
A
consumer-focused healthcare information
Web site. Their stated mission is “to provide the most objective, credible and
trusted healthcare information and to help people play an active role in
managing their own health.” Offers health news, articles, research reports,
condition-specific centers, and interactive tools.
Libraries
Public
Libraries
The
New York Public Library
(Manhattan, Bronx and Staten
Island)
CATNYP
(online catalog for The Research Libraries)
LEO
(online catalog for The Branch Libraries)
Medical
Libraries
Albert
Einstein College of Medicine
Cornell
University Medical College
Mt.
Sinai Medical Center--Levy Library
New
York Metropolitan Area Libraries
METRO
(Metropolitan New York Library Council)
Full
color physical and political maps for regions of the world.
Also provides key facts and statistics on countries of the world and a
school Resource section for teachers and students.
Search
Microsoft’s maps by browsing alphabetically or links on a world map.
Tons
and tons of maps brought to you by National Geographic (interactive, high
resolution, trial maps, downloads, etc.).
A
wide variety of free online maps (physical, political, business travel, weather,
marine, etc.) as well as various maps for sale.
The Gotham Center for New York City History
A
group project housed at The City University of New York Graduate Center.
This site’s aim is to “boost
the visibility - for citizens, tourists and students - of New York's badly
under-appreciated and under-developed historical assets.”
Includes a roster of resources,
calendar of events, resources for educators, and discussion groups.
Find
cross streets for Manhattan addresses.
Metropolitan Transportation Authority
Travel
information for NYC Transit, LIRR, Long Island Bus, Metro-North Railroad, and
Bridges and Tunnels. Includes maps
and schedules.
NYC.gov:
The Official Website of New York City
Mayor’s
Office, City Agencies, Services, News & Features, and City Life.
Links to all things NYC.
Reports,
finance & budget, newswires, scheduled hearings & meetings, local laws,
links to borough offices and city council members.
Information
and links to find out anything at all about our beloved City.
“Complete
guide to roads, crossings, and exits in New York, New Jersey and Connecticut.”
Historical information, rare photographs, maps, and narratives about the history
of transportation in NYC, Long Island, Westchester, and New Jersey.
New York City Subway Resources
The
unofficial site on everything about the NYC subway system.
From
NYPIRG’s Community Mapping Assistance Project.
Interactive maps displaying district representatives at every level. Includes a number of useful interactive maps for finding
information on travel, education, community gardens and much more.
NYC
Borough Offices
Official
Brooklyn website
Bronx
Borough President site
Manhattan
Borough President site
Official
Queens website
Official
Staten Island Website
News
Statistics
Census
data.
Economic
data from the BEA.
Crime
and justice system statistics from a variety of sources: federal, state, local
and international.
Labor
statistics and economic data.
A
gateway to statistics from over 100 U.S. Federal agencies.
Search by topic or agency.
Handbook of International Economic Statistics
Basic
international economic statistics.
Statistical
tables of demographic and socio-economic data for 227 countries and areas of the
world.
International statistics links
U.S.
Census Bureau provides links to international agency’s statistics.
Listed alphabetically by country.
Library of Congress Country Studies
Basic
statistical data from 101 countries and regions of the world.
Quick
links to latest data on racial and ethnic populations in the United States from
the U.S. Census Bureau.
National Center for Education Statistics
National
and international education statistics from preschool to life long learning.
National Center for Health Statistics
Health
statistics from NCHS.
Sourcebook Of Criminal Justice Statistics
Data
from more than 100 sources covering all aspects of criminal justice in the
United States, displayed in over 600 tables.
State and Metropolitan Area Data Book
Statistics
on social and economic conditions in the United States, at state and
metropolitan area levels.
Statistics
on social and economic conditions in the United States. Includes some
international data as well.
U.S.
Census 2000 data provided with narrative, charts and maps.
Includes links to a variety of other statistical sites.
Basic
statistical data on the countries of the world.
Style
Manuals
APA
Style: The Social Sciences
(Research and Documentation Online
by Diana Hacker)
APA
Style Bibliographic Form
(John Jay
College of Criminal Justice)
APA
Style Citation Examples (James
Madison University)
Bibliography
Styles Handbook
(APA
and MLA
from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign)
Chicago
Style: History
(Research
and Documentation Online by Diana Hacker)
Chicago
(and Turabian) Style Citation Examples (James
Madison University)
Electronic
References
(The American Psychological Association, APAStyle.org)
MLA
Examples
(Dallas
County Community College)
MLA
Style: English and other Humanities
(Research and Documentation Online by Diana Hacker)
MLA
Style Citation Examples (James
Madison University)
Resources
for Documenting Electronic Sources
(links from Purdue University Online
Writing Lab)
Using
American Psychological Association (APA) Format
(Purdue
University Online Writing Lab)
Using
Modern Language Association (MLA) Format
(Purdue
University Online Writing Lab)
Federal
Tax Forms and Publications
Telephone & Zip Code directories
Switchboard.com Telephone directory
Teldir.com 's Telephone directory
Time
and Calendars
Converts
dates between the Julian, Gregorian, Hebrew, French and Julian calendars.
U.S.
Naval Observatory Master Clock
Worldwide Holiday and Festival Site
Dates
for the fixed and moveable public holidays for countries of the world.
Language
switch for many different languages offered.