APPENDIX:

A LIST OF IMPORTANT RESOURCES

Internet addresses listed here are regularly updated on McGraw-Hill’s Website: http://www.mhhe.com/writers

Every day, more resources are available online. Your local library may offer software and passwords so you can access major databases free from your home or office; your business organization may provide additional access. But even when a fee is required at a particular site, often it applies only to the ordering of a specific document. You may be able to get what you need by registering and checking the free pages.

The following list does not include printed resources. Although the publication of material is gradually changing from print to digital, there are still important reference materials that are only available in print. Ask a librarian if you don’t find what you need here.

There is an advantage to both electronic and print versions; you may prefer to download and print information from a CD-ROM or the Internet, work with it, and then return to the computer. Similarly, you may use both a digital index for rapid selection of material over several years and then consult printed annual indexes for browsing.

SUBJECT DIRECTORIES
These Web sites are organized indexes; you can enter a keyword or you can search by clicking on the topic, then subtopic, then sub-subtopic, and so forth. The advantage is that materials have been organized by human researchers, so most of the results will be relevant. For further explanation, see the chapter beginning on page 00.

Lycos Top 5% of the Web---------http://point.lycos.com

Magellan--------http://magellan.excite.com
(good subject search)

Open Directory Project------- http://www.dmoz.org
(a new and very comprehensive directory)

Scout Report Signpost-------http://www.signpost.org
(assembled by information specialists)

Subject Area Links-------http://webpages.marshall.edu:80/
(links provided by educators) ~jmullens/subj_areas.html

Yahoo------http://www.yahoo.com/
(very fast subject search of a huge database)

REFERENCE PAGES
These Web sites are lists of links to helpful Web sites, many of which are not found easily via search engines. Also check the Web sites of textbook publishing houses. For further explanation, see the chapter beginning on page 00.

General and Library Reference Pages
In addition to the Web sites listed here, check the homepages of search engines and click on "reference" or on the category for your topic.

The Argus Clearinghouse------------ http://www.clearinghouse.net

CMC Information Services(formerly December list, it lists search engines and provides links to a variety of helpful resources)------------- http://www/december.com/cmc/info

Electric Library(personal edition—free use for thirty days)-------------- http://www.elibrary.com/

Internet Public Library’s Ready Reference Collection ---------- http://www.ipl.org/ref/RR/

Librarian’s Guide to Best Information on the Web ------------- http://www.sau.edu/CWIS/Internet/Wild/index.htm

Library of Congress------------ http://lcweb.loc.gov/rr/tools.html

Research Tools

My Virtual Reference Desk---------- http://www.refdesk.com

Research-It----------- http://www.itools.com/research-it/research-it.html

UCB Internet Resources by Subject Collections------------ http://www.lib.berkeley.edu//acadtarg.html

The Webmaster’s-------- http://www.webreference.com/

Reference Library

WWW Virtual Library------------ http://conbio.rice.edu/vl/database

World Lecture Hall (faculty Web sites, organized by discipline)--------http://www.utexas.edu/world/lecture/

Subject-Oriented Reference Pages

Art

California Digital ImageFinding Aids----------- http://www.oac.cdlib.org:28008/dynaweb/ead/calher

Digital Images--------- http://sunsite.berkeley.edu/FindingAids/dynaweb/calher/arbor/figures/
I0025924A.jpg

The World Wide Web VirtualLibrary Museums----------- http://palimpsest.stanford.edu/icom/vlmp

Biology/Environment/Health Sciences

Biomedical Meta Websites----------- http://www.library.ucsf.edu/kr/meta.html

Environlink------------- http://envirolink.org

Environmental Organization Web Directory--------- http://www.webdirectory.com/

Business and Technology

Business and Technology Knowledgement Showcase--------- http://www.brint.com/brintbook/

Guide to Business on the Web--------- http://www.bizweb.com/

Education

Edlinks--------- http://webpages.marshall.edu/~jmullens/edlinks.html

Online Educational Resources----------- http://quest.arc.nasa.gov/OER/

Law

FindLaw--------- http://www.findlaw.com/

Law Facts-------- http://www.lawguru.com/

Government and History

Federal Information Network---------- http://www.fedworld.gov

Hyper History Timelines---------- http://www.hyperhistory.com

Politics1---------- http://politics1.com

Policy---------- http://www.policy.com

Public Agenda----------- http://www.publicagenda.org

Thomas—US Congress on the Internet---------- http://thomas.loc.gov/

Vote Smart---------- http://www.vote-smart.org

Humanities

Humanities Research---------- http://humanitas.ucsb.edu/

Literature

British and Irish Authors-------- http://lang.nagoya-u.ac.jp/~matsuoka/UK-authors.html

English Literature-------- http://lang.nagoya-u.ac.jp/~matsuoka/EngLit.html

The English Server at Carnegie Mellon University ---------- http://english-server.hss.cmu.edu/

Literary Locales---------- http://www.sjsu.edu/depts/english

Literary Resources on the Web---------- http://andromeda.rutgers.edu/~jlynch/Lit/

Pilot Search—A Literary Search Engine-------- http://www.pilot-search.com/

VOS English Literature Page---------- http://humanitas.ucsb.edu/shuttle/english.html

Wisdom—Author and Literature Search----------- http://www.thinkers.net/

Psychology

PsychCrawler--------- http://www.psychcrawler.com/

META-SEARCHERS, WHICH SIMULTANEOUSLY CHECK FOR YOUR TERMS AMONG SEVERAL SEARCH ENGINES

For an explanation of meta-searchers, see the chapter beginning on page 00.

For an explanation of search terms, see the chapter beginning on page 00.

If you have developed a good list of search terms, the most effective way to begin is with one of these metasearchers:

Dogpile (fun to use, it simultaneously searches 25 search engines)----------http://www.dogpile.com

Highway 61 (very fast, it searches the six most popular search engines and arranges the results by relevance)---------http://www.highway61.com

Inference Find (also very fast and concept oriented, it searches the six top search engines and organizes the results)--------- http://www.infind.com/

SavvySearch (fast and thorough)--------- http://savvysearch.com

SE IT! (A Unified Search Engine for Internet--in Italy, includes international sites)---------http://www.he.net/~kamus/useen.htm

LISTS OF SEARCH ENGINES
(including most of those listed individually on p. 000), with links to each

For an explanation of how to use search engines, see pages 00-00.

Internet browsers and library home pages provide lists with links to search engines (so you don’t have to type the addresses), but you may want to try the pages in the list here. Alternatively, you can type the URL address given below for individual search engines.

All in One Search Page--------- http://www.albany.net.allinone

Argus Clearinghouse-------- http://www.clearinghouse.net

Beaucoup!--------- http://beaucoup.com

c|net--------- http://www.search.com

POWERFUL SEARCH ENGINES

AltaVista (one of the most comprehensive, it also has a very good subject directoryand accepts questions. Use the advanced search for phrases.)--------http://altavista.com

Excite (large database; includes summaries, sorted by relevance to the topic; offers "more like this")----------http://www.excite.com

FastSearch (fastest)--------- http://www.alltheweb.com

Google--------- http://www.google.com/

HotBot (very large database; fast and comprehensive;excellent for multimedia topics)---------http://www.hotbot.com

Iatlas------ http://www.iatlas.com

InfoSeek (very fast; best for simple searches; also good for refining searches) ------------ http://www.infoseek.com

Lycos (oldest and still one of the best; good for searching for images and sound files)---------http://www.lycos.com

Search CNET------http://search.cnet.com/

Skworm Search (new; has a number of specialized sources in its database—such as TeenHoopla)-----------http://www.skworm.com

NorthernLight (currently the most thorough of the search engines; provides folders for organizing your search; also identifies the date of original posting—often not given on the Web site—and whether a site is a personal page, commercial, or non-profit; retrieves some documents for a fee)---------- http://www.northernlight.com

WebCrawler(one of the fastest)-------- http://www.webcrawler.com

WorldWideWorm (good for simple searches)----------http://www.goto.com

INDEXES AND OTHER DATABASES IN LIBRARIES

For an explanation of indexes and databases, see the chapter beginning on page 00.

Databases listed here may appear in a menu of choices on your library’s home page, or they may be installed in designated computers in the reference area. If connecting from home, you may need to enter a password to use certain databases—if your library subscribes.

Indexes

The Big Hub-------- http.//www.the bighub.com

CARL (Colorado Alliance of Research Libraries) Best for academic topics—You don’t have to register; the search is free, with copies of articles available for a fee.----------http://uncweb.carl.org

ERIC (Educational Resources)---------- http://ericir.syr.edu

Internet Oracle---------- http://www.searchgateway.com

Lycos Searchable Databases--------- http://dir.lycos.com/Reference/Searchable_Databases

Medline---------http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/PubMed/ ----- also-------http://www.healthgate.com

Statistical Sources

Bureau of Census Reports (Various reports, filled with all sorts of facts about American life. Based on census data collected every ten years. Some are on CD-ROM.).----------- http://www.census.gov

Statistical Resourceson the Web--------- http://www.lib.umich.edu/libhome/Documents.center/stats.html

CIA World Fact Book----------- http://www.odci.gov/cia/publications/factbook/index.html

CATALOGS FOR SELECTED LIBRARIES

Look at libraries besides your own to find books to order for Interlibrary loan.

For further explanation, see the chapter beginning on page 00.

Library of Congress-------- http://lcweb.loc.gov

New York Public Library--------- http://www.nypl.org

USA Academic Libraries on the Web---------- http://sunsite.berkeley.edu/Libweb/usa-acad.html

WWW Virtual Library-------- http://vlib.org/Overview.html

BOOKSELLERS AND BOOK REVIEWERS

To find publishers, use a search engine or try placing the name into a Web address (such as www.randomhouse.com).

Amazon.com-------- http://www.amazon.com

Barnes and Noble-------- http://www.barnesandnoble.com

Bookzone-------- http://www.bookzone.com/

Great Books-------- http://www.greatbooks.org

List of Best Books--------- http://www.tjm.org/books/index.htm

New York Times Book Reviews-------- http://www.nytimes.com/books

E-TEXTS (online copies of books, magazines, and newspapers)

For an explanation of electronic texts and full-text databases, see the chapter beginning on page 00.

Books Online and Catalogs of E-Texts

Alex Catalog of Electronic Texts---------- http://sunsite.berkeley.edu/alex/

Banned Books Online-------- http://www.cs.cmu.edu/People/spok/banned- books.html

Books Online--------- http://digital.library.upenn.edu/books

Carrie: Full-Text Library-------- http://www.ukans.edu/carrie/carrie_main.html

Cyberstacks--------- http://www.public.iastate.edu/~CYBERSTACKS

The English Server--------- http://english-www.hss.cmu.edu/books/

ElectricBook-------- http://www.electricbook.com

The Eris Project ----------gopher://gopher.vt.edu:10010/10/33

Fulltext Books---------- http://www.nap.edu/readingroom

Internet Public Library----------- http://ipl.org/reading

Internet Wiretap Connection ----------gopher://wiretap.spies.com/11/books

Omnivore----------- http://way.net/omnivore/index.html

Online Books Page---------- http://www.cs.cmu.edu/Web/books.html

Project Bartleby ----------http://www.cc.columbia.edu/acis/bartleby/index.html

Project Gutenberg----------- http://promo.net/pg/

Robert Stockton’s Home Page------------ http://www.cs.cmu.edu/afs/cs.cmu.edu/user/rgs/mosaic/rgs-home.html

SUNET’S Index of Classic Library Works---------- http://ftp.sunet.se/ftp/pub/etext/wiretap-classic-library/

Journals and Newspapers Online

Almost all print publications now have a web site, if only to advertise. If you can’t find the address listed here, use a search engine or directory, or try a brief form of the title—such as www.wsj.com, for the Wall Street Journal, available for a fee.

Note that most journals and newspapers post only part of the current issue—which may be just what you need if your topic is in this week’s news.

AJR Newslink------------- http://ajr.newslink.org/daym.html

Christian Science Monitor(complete issues since 1980)------------ http://www.csmonitor.com/

E & P Media Links---------- http://emedia1.mediainfo.com/emedia/

Electronic Journals---------- http://gateway.library.uiuc.edu/resource/elinks.asp

Lexis-Nexis (for a fee)----------- http://www.lexisnexis.com

Los Angeles Times---------- http://www.latimes.com

New York Times--------- http://www.nytimes.com

Newsday---------- http://www.newsday.com

Newspaper Archives----------- http://metalab.unc.edu/slanews/internet/archives.html

Newspapers Online (links to newspapers all over the world)---------- http://www.mediainfo.com/edpub/e-papers.home.page.html

News Resources--------- http://cybereditions.com/aldaily

Newsweek --------- http://www.newsweek.com

Online Magazines-------- http://www.pathfinder.com

Salon---------- http://www.salon.com

Selected Electronic Journals---------- http://www.library.uiuc.edu/edx/uiucejrn.htm

Slate-------- http://www.slate.com

Total News(links to local and national newspapers)--------- http://www.totalnews.com

University of Houston Library Scholarly (Journals Distributed Through the World Wide Web)--------- http://info.lib.uh.edu/wj/letters.htm

USNews Online(US News and World Report)-------- http://www.usnews.com/usnews/home.htm

Washington Post--------- http://www.washingtonpost.com

Wired-------- http://www.wired.com

SEARCH TOOLS FOR DISCUSSION GROUPS

For an explanation of discussion groups, see the chapter beginning on page 00.

This list includes routes to information about real-time (synchronous) typed conversations (IRC, chat rooms, MUDS, MOOs) as well as about mailing lists, bulletin boards, newsgroups, usenet, and other asynchronous discussion groups (where you can read and send messages at your convenience). See page 00 for further explanation.

To retrieve threads of conversation from previous discussions
(recommended for research purposes)

Deja------- http://www.deja.com

Altavista-------- http://www.altavista.com

To find Scholarly and Professional E-Conferences

The Directory of Scholarly and Professional E-Conferences-------------http://n2h2.com/KOVACS

To find ListServs or Newsgroups by subject

CataList: the Official Catalog of Listserv Lists--------- http://www.listserv.net/lists/listref.html

Liszt, the Mailing List Directory--------- http://www.liszt.com

OneList--------- http://onelist.com

Publicly Accessible Mailing Lists--------- http://www.neosoft.com/internet/paml

Tile.Net/Listserv---------- http://www.tile.net/lists

FAQs for Usenet Groups---------- http://www.cis.ohio-state.edu/hypertext/faq/usenet/top.html

Online Chat Resources---------- http://www.predawnia.org

ADDRESSES FOR QUERY BY E-MAIL

For an explanation of sending a query by e-mail, see the chapter beginning on page 00.

Note: Unlike phone directories, directories of Internet addresses can be very uneven: they do not include everyone who would like to be listed, and people who don’t want to be listed change their address as soon as it is posted. Although Lycos and Yahoo have very large databases, you may have to make a phone call or e-mail a friend to get the e-mail address of someone you want to query.

Lycos People Finder--------- http://www.whowhere.lycos.com

Yahoo People Search---------- http://www.yahoo.com/search/people

DIRECTORIES

Directories on the Web

BigBook. Yellow pages of the Internet---------- http://www.bigbook.com

BigFoot. Compendium of all the telephone directories in the US------------ http://www.bigfoot.com

Switchboard (white pages)--------- http://www.switchboard.com

Yellowwweb Pages-------- http://www.yellowwweb.com

Directories in the library, on CD-ROM
(or available to some library subscribers from home)

Dun’s Business Locator

Dun’s Small Business Sourcing File

Encyclopedia of Associations. Lists, with addresses, professional associations

Foundation Directory. Lists, withaddresses, philanthropic foundationsand foundations for specialized studies

Net Phone

Standard and Poor’s Corporations

ASK AN EXPERT
The addresses listed below are for sites where the experts are available for answering your question. In addition, check the archives for Talk of the Nation <www.npr.org>, National Public Radio’s talk show that includes world-renowned experts. On Talk of the Nation Science Friday <www.scifri.com>, the experts are all scientists; the roster has included a significant number of nobel laureates.

When you type a question into a query box, the answers are usually instantaneous but not personalized. When you send an e-mail, you should allow up to a week before you get a response, but it will usually be tailored to your question.

Ask an Expert Sources ----------http://www.cln.org/int_expert.html

Last-Word: Answers to Kids’ Questions----------- http://www.last-word.com

Scientific American Ask the Experts---------http://www.sciam.com/askexpert/index.html

GOPHER

Many Gopher sites are active but no longer updated. However they can still provide valuable information. For further explanation, see page 00.

Galaxy(links to a large number ofgopher sites)-------- http://www.einet.net

Gopher Directory---------gopher://gopher.ed.gov/1

Media Literacy Gopher Server at the University of Oregon—with good links to reference materials----------gopher://interact.uoregon.edu:70/1D-1%3a632%3aMedia%20Literacy

University of MinnesotaGopher---------gopher://gopher.tc.umn.edu

TELNET

Telnet sites are not easy to use, but some libraries and discussion groups are only accessible via Telnet. For further explanation, see page 00.

Clayton College and State University’s list of Telnet Addresses------------http://learningcenter.clayton.edu/lab/netsites/telnet.html

Galaxy(links to a large number of Telnet sites)---------- http://www.einet.net

Hytelnet at the University of Saskatchewan—List of Telnet Addresses-------Telnet: access.usask.ca (Log in: hytelnet)

Einet’s Telnet addresses--------- http://www.einet.net

OTHER HELPFUL SITES FOR RESEARCH

(ACLU)American Civil Liberties Union-------- http://www.aclu.org

Artcyclopedia--------- http://www.artcyclopedia.com/

Center for Responsive Politics-------- http://www.crp.org

Electronic Zoo--------- http://www.avma.org/ezoo/

Environment--------- http://www.earthwatch.org

FAIR (Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting)--------http://www.fair.org

High tech Urban Legend-------- http://kumite.com/myths

How Stuff Works------- http://www.howstuffworks.com/

Internet Movie Database-------- http://www.imdb.com/

JobWeb (job listings)---------- http://www.jobweb.com

Kim Komando (computer and Internet expert)--------- http://www.komando.com/

Library of Congress’s American Memory Site (mulitmedia archives)--------http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/amhome.html

Louvre Museum (in France)------- http://www.mistral.culture.fr/louvre

National Public Radio--------- http://www.npr.org

Public Broadcasting System--------- http://www.pbs.org

Science Friday(conversations with scientists on National Public Radio)--------- http://www.scifri.com

Smithsonian Institution--------- http://www.si.edu

WebMuseum--------- http://www.netspot.unisa.edu.au/wm/

The Online Archive of California--------- http://www.oac.cdlib.org/

Urban Legends--------- http://www.snopes.com/spoons/faxlore/mydek.htm

Women’s Heritage---------- http://www.womensheritage.org

FREE CLIPART

A+ Art ---------http://www.aplusart.com

Barry’s Clip Art Server--------- http://www.barrysclipart.com

Noetic Art---------- http://www.noeticart.com

HELP WITH STYLE, GRAMMAR, AND USAGE

Jack Lynch’s page: Grammar and Style Notes----------http://andromeda.rutgers.edu/~jlynch/writing

OWL Online Writing Lab at Purdue University--------- http://www.owl.trc.purdue.edu/prose.html

A Punctuation Miscellany----------http://www.fas.harvard.edu/~wricntr/comma.html

University of Maine’sLinks to other Writing Centers----------- http://www.ume.maine.edu/~wcenter/others.html

The Word Monger(Online newsletter addressing issues of writing professionally) -------http://www.alexcommunications.com/newsletter.htm#TOP

Writer’s Block (Online newsletter addressing issues of writing professionally)---------http://www.niva.com/originalwritblok/index.htm

HELP WITH DESIGNING ELECTRONIC DOCUMENTS

Bobby (a free servicethat checks websites for accessibility to people with disabilities)-------- http://www./cast.org/bobby

Lynch and Horton’s Web Style Guide-------- http://info.med.yale.edu/caim/manual/contents.html

Web Design---------- http://www.wdvl.com/

Virtual Library WWWConsortium-------- http://www.w3.org

HELP WITH DETAILS FOR PUBLISHING AND DOCUMENTING RESEARCH
Note: On their Web sites, only MLA and APA give information about how to document. However, at all the sites listed you will get information about the publications which will give the very specific requirements for the respective disciplines.

The Chicago Manual of Style. Provides guidelines for most professional publications. Follow this style if you are not bound by the requirements of a particular discipline. <http://www.press.uchicago.edu/Misc/Chicago/cmosfaq.html>.

MLA [Modern Language Association] Provides the details for format in papers for courses in English, film, literature, and the study of foreign languages <http://www.mla.org>.

HELP WITH FOREIGN LANGUAGES

Computerized translations remain problematical; usually checking with a native speaker afterwards is essential. Be aware that Web sites you find via searching for "English as a Second Language" are often class projects created by students, and they may not have been corrected by the teacher. Doublecheck with your textbook and your Writing Center. If you need to practice your language skills, a discussion group in that language is often an ideal place.

Babelfish allows you to request a translation of a phrase, a message, or contents of an entire Web site. --------- http://www.babelfish.altavista.digital.com

Travlang’s Translating Dictionaries -----------http://dictionaries.travlang.com

DICTIONARIES

Dictionary of American Regional English---------http://polyglot.lss.wisc.edu/dare/dare.html

Merriam-Webster Dictionary--------- http://www.m-w.com

Roget’s Thesaurus-------- http://www.thesaurus.com

A Web of Online Dictionaries-------- http://www.facstaf.bucknell.edu/rbeard/diction.html

ENCYCLOPEDIAS

Encyclopedia Britannica(The most definitive, comprehensive encyclopedia on CD-ROM, or online)-------http://www.eblast.com---or----http://www.britannica.com

Free Internet Encyclopedia ----------http://clever.net/cam/encyclopedia.html

QUOTATIONS ORGANIZED BY SUBJECT

Bartlett's Familiar Quotations-------- http://www.columbia.edu/acis/bartleby/bartlett

The Quotations Page-------- http://www.starlingtech.com/quotes

FREE E-MAIL ACCOUNTS
These accounts (paid for by advertising) have the advantage of being accessible from any computer with access to the Web. Although at times slow, they are a nice backup to accounts through your local library, college or business—especially when you are traveling.

Just click on the "free E-mail" button on the home page of most search engines listed on p. 00 or at one of these Web sites:

Eudora-------http://www.eudora.com

Hotmail--------http://www.hotmail.com

Juno--------http://www.juno.com