Almanacs

Fast Facts  An extensive listing of links for fast factual and statistical information.  

Information Please Almanac  Fast facts and statistics on history and government, biography, sports, entertainment, business and finance, society and culture, science and technology, weather and climate.       

Old Farmer’s Almanac  Astronomical events, weather conditions and forecasts, traditional wisdom, gardening tips, and recipes.  

World Almanac 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.  

Biographical Dictionary   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.

Biography   Official site of A&E and the Biography@ Channel.  Includes 25,000 biographies, with 15,000 entries from The Cambridge Biographical Encyclopedia.  

biography-center  A multi-lingual biographical directory.  Provides links to biographies available from other web sites.  

Busca Biografias   Spanish language biographies of famous people from all over the world, from the past to the present  

Celebrating Hispanic Heritage   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.  

Lives, the Biography Resource   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.  

People   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 Past Men of the Year    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.  

Rulers   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.           

Career Information

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.  

Career Journal   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.   

CollegeView Career Center    A wealth of information covering these broad categories: Career Planning, Assessing Yourself, Types of Career Training, Finding Job Opportunities, Internships, Cover Letters, Resumes, Interviewing.  

Job Hunters Bible   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.  

Job Options   The Career Zone section @ Job Options offers salary information, writing resumes, interviewing techniques and self-assessment surveys online.  

Monster Career Center   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.  

Occupational Outlook Handbook   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.  

The Princeton Review   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.  

Salary Expert    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.  

Colleges and Universities

American Universities An alphabetical directory to homepages for institutions of higher education granting bachelor or advanced degrees in the United States.   

TheCenter   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.  

College Board Online 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.   

College Navigator   This new website from offers information on colleges in an easy-to-use format. Information on nearly 7,000 postsecondary institutions in the United State. Search for schools by programs offered, retention and graduation rates, prices, aid available, & much more. Compare up to four institutions in one view, and maintain a list of favorite institutions from different searches.  

College News Links to about 400 student-run and campus newspapers.  

College View   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.  

CollegeXpress 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.  

Community College Web   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.  

Embark   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.  

Web U.S. Community Colleges University of Texas (Austin) web site for all regionally-accredited community colleges in the U.S. Colleges listed by state or alphabetical.  

Web U.S. Universities   UT’s web site contains a list of regionally accredited colleges and universities.  Arranged by state or alphabetically.          

Countries and Regions

50 States and Capitals   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.  

Background Notes   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.  

Countries of the World   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.  

Country Health Profiles 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.  

CountryWatch.com  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.  

E-Conflict World Encyclopedia   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.  

World Factbook   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 

CUNY Ready Reference

Chancellor’s and University Reports e-Chancellor’s reports from Jan 2005 to the present.

CUNY Intellectual Property Policy CUNY’s official policy and guidelines on intellectual property last updated in 2003.

Gramm-Leach-Bliley Information Security Program This Information Security Program establishes CUNY’s policy for the ongoing protection of Confidential Financial Information and serves as written evidence of an information security program in compliance with 16 CFR 314.3(a).

CUNY Data Books CUNY enrollment, retention, graduation, degrees, student profile data by year, subject and college.

Hostos Data Books Hostos enrollment, retention, graduation, program, and student profile data by year.

Dictionaries and Thesauri

American Heritage Dictionary  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.  

Acronym Finder 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.  

Free Translation.com FreeTranslation.com is an easy-to-use site for rapid translations where you can get the "gist" of foreign language text and web pages.  

LOGOS Dictionary 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 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.  

OneLook Dictionaries   The mother-of-all internet directories of dictionaries.  Searches 742 online general and subject specialty dictionaries in English, Spanish and many other languages.

Oxford English Dictionary   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.  

Roget's Thesauri   Bartleby.com presents Roget’s II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition, 1995 and Roget’s International Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases, 1922.    

Stands4.com   Search for acronyms and abbreviations alphabetically or by subject category.  

Thesaurus.com   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.

WordReference.com   A bilingual dictionary for English to Spanish, German, French, or Italian and vice versa.  

YourDictionary.com   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

Britannica.com   The complete Encyclopedia Britannica, as well as articles from top magazines like Newsweek and a selection of editorially reviewed web sites.    

Columbia Encyclopedia 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.  

Compton's Encyclopedia Online 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.  

Encarta Encyclopedia   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.  

Encyclopedia.com 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.

AnyWho  Residential, business, and, government directory.

Cellphone Directory   Directory for cellular and satellite phone numbers.

International Dialing Codes  International and national direct dialing prefixes and instructions.

International Telephone Dialing Codes   Country, area and city codes; international direct dialing prefixes.

Switchboard 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.

Zip Code Finder  

AMA Physician Select   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.  

American Hospital Directory   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 Center Watch   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.  

Complete Home Medical Guide   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.  

Consumer Health Information   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.  

Family Doctor   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.  

HealthAtoZ   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).  

healthfinder   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.  

Health.gov 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.  

HealthWeb   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.  

Lab Tests Online   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.”  

Mayo Clinic Health Oasis    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.  

Medical Library   Part of the Discovery Health web site, this section offers a medical dictionary, an injuries encyclopedia, a surgical procedures encyclopedia, a medical tests encyclopedia.  

Medlineplus   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.  

RxList   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).  

WebMD  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.  

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)   

Brooklyn Public Library   

Queens Borough Public Library   

The Library of Congress    

 

Medical Libraries  

Albert Einstein College of Medicine

Cornell University Medical College

Mt. Sinai Medical Center--Levy Library

National Library of Medicine

New York Academy of Medicine     

 

New York Metropolitan Area Libraries

METRO (Metropolitan New York Library Council)             

 

Atlapedia Online   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.  

Encarta Atlas   Search Microsoft’s maps by browsing alphabetically or links on a world map.  

Map Machine Tons and tons of maps brought to you by National Geographic (interactive, high resolution, trial maps, downloads, etc.).  

Maps.com   A wide variety of free online maps (physical, political, business travel, weather, marine, etc.) as well as various maps for sale.            

New York City  

Manhattan Address Locator   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.  

The New York City Council
 

Reports, finance & budget, newswires, scheduled hearings & meetings, local laws, links to borough offices and city council members.

New York City Data by Neighborhoods

Developed by the NYC Department of City Planning this site provides a wall map displaying the neighborhood names and community district boundaries along with informative statistics on the geographic, demographic and economic profile of New York City. Provides very detailed data for each of the 59 community districts. Very useful site!

NYC Neighborhood Statistics

Neighborhood Statistics lets New York City residents know how City agencies are performing in their neighborhood by viewing locally mapped performance statistics using a street address or intersection.

New York City Reference  

Information and links to find out anything at all about our beloved City.

New York City Roads  

“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. 

Who Represents Me?

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

USA Today

Wall Street Journal

World News