Consumer Information Center

An electronic link to the famous Consumer Information Center in Pueblo, Colorado. This Gopher site has hundreds of booklets and downloadable publications, including learning activities for children and sections on the environment, food & nutrition, drugs, mental health, and much more.

Arizona Academic Standards

A link to the current Arizona Academic Standards on the Arizona Department of Education web site.

Department of Health and Human Services

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Home Page. Articles, spotlights, hotlines, and consumer health information. Links to all the Health and Human Services Agencies, including: Administration for Children and Families (ACF); Administration on Aging (AOA); Agency for Health Care Policy and Research (AHCPR); Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR); Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC); Food and Drug Administration (FDA); Health Care Financing Administration (HCFA) (MEDICARE and MEDICAID); Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA); Indian Health Service (IHS); and, National Institutes of Health (NIH).

U.S. Food and Drug Administration

An electronic source of information about the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, including links to pages on foods, human drugs, biologics, medical devices/radiological health, animal drugs, cosmetics, imports, toxicology, children and tobacco, and more choices.

Guide for Educators

"Kathy Schrock's Guide for Educators is a classified list of sites on the Internet found to be useful for enhancing curriculum and teacher professional growth. It is updated daily to keep up with the tremendous number of new World Wide Web sites."

Healthfinder

"A gateway consumer health and human services information web site from the United States government."

National Institutes of Health Jump Page

Here you will find links to the many individual organizations that collectively make-up the National Institutes of Health. The links are to: National Cancer Institute (NCI); National Eye Institute (NEI); National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI); National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI); National Institute on Aging (NIA); National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA); National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID); National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (NIAMS); National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD); National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD); National Institute of Dental Research (NIDR); National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK); National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA); National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS); National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS); National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH); National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS); National Institute of Nursing Research (NINR); and, The National Library of Medicine (NLM).

Johnson & Johnson

The home page for Johnson & Johnson, the world's largest and most comprehensive manufacturer of health care products serving the consumer, pharmaceutical, diagnostics and professional markets. Includes sections on advances in medical research & technology and sponsored education programs, such as the National Safe Kids Campaign and the Drug-Free Resource Net.

The Internet Public Library

Books, reference collections, and links to searchable indexes and downloadable texts.

The Electronic Library

Text access to 1000's of newspapers, journals and reference books.

The Library of Congress

Find the books you are looking for in the nation's library.

Mapquest

From the home page: "Interactive Atlas allows you to find any place in the world. Just click on the postcards to begin your MapQuest! TripQuest provides city to city driving directions for the U.S., and parts of Canada and Mexico."

Occupational Safety and Health Administration

Home page for OSHA, with publications, programs and services, compliance assistance, statistics and data, FAQs, technical information, and more.

Roget's Thesaurus

Get your synonyms from Roget's online thesaurus.

Webster's English Dictionary

Defines words, just like a paper dictionary. Unlike a paper dictionary, it offers alternatives if you do not know the correct spelling.

Deja News

"Usenet is the global distribution system for newsgroups. Because newsgroups are a free and non-proprietary discussion forum, millions of people from all over the world talk about anything and everything, from astronomy to zymurgy (brewing beer). Deja News is the WWW interface to newsgroups, providing you with a way to search, read and participate." Has special instructions for new users.

Liszt

From the homepage: "Liszt is a really big directory of mailing lists. A mailing list is (usually) a group of people who exchange e-mail about a subject that interests them. Looking for an e-mail discussion group? Enter any word or phrase to search a really big directory of mailing lists-- 64,681 listserv and independently managed lists from 2132 sites."

enews -- The Electronic Newsstand

"The Electronic Newsstand is the Web's premiere magazine site. Founded in 1993, it was also one of the first content-based sites on the Internet. This site contains the largest and most diverse magazine-related resources anywhere on the Web." The Newsstand is home to more than 200 actual magazine sites with links to 2,000 magazine-related sites. It is easy to browse through these with a master magazine list.

The Why Files

Science Behind the Current News. The "Why Files" provide interesting information about science and technology in the news. A new feature package on a current topic in the news is posted every two weeks, and more.

      

      

    Search Engines

Alta Vista

Searches through what is claimed to be the largest Web index, covering 8 billion words filling 16 million pages. Search is conducted in a database that is built by a robot. Read the instructions on the use of quotes to prevent a separate search on each word submitted.

Excite

Searches through more than one million Web documents and usenet news. Search is conducted in a database that is built by a robot. Also provides reviews content quality and news updates.

InfoSeek

Comprehensive searches of web pages, newsgroups, and usenet FAQ's, but the actual search is conducted in a database that is built by a robot. Type a question or enter as words and phrases to start search.

Lycos

Search document titles and content for what you are trying to find. Search is conducted in a database that is built by a robot. The robot scans thousands of documents on the Web every day to expand the database.

Yahoo

One of the first comprehensive, searchable cross-discipline resource databases. Search is conducted in a database that is built by a robot with a filter to keep personal home pages and such from making it into the database.

The Federal Web Locator

A comprehensive guide to federal web pages from Villinova University.

WhoWhere?

A comprehensive search engine for locating people on the Internet.

Yahoo Email Search

A search engine for locating email addresses.