Biographies--

Biography Center--Multi-lingual biographical directory.

Lives, the Biography Resource--Links to thousands of biographies, autobiographies, memoirs, diaries, letters, narratives, oral histories and more.

LibrarySpot Biography Links--Links to several databases of biographies.

Encyclopedia Links--

Experiment with each of these encyclopedias and see which works the best for you.

• Columbia Encyclopedia--Easy to use. Good links within the text.
• Encarta's Encyclopedia--Sponsered by msnbc. Good information though it takes a number of clicks to get to your exact query. Not for a slow computer.
• Encyclopedia Britannica--Good information though it takes a number of clicks to get to your exact query.

General Reference--

Bartlett's Quotations--Search for quotes by keyword.

Homework Center--Excellent collection of links from the Multnomah Library in Oregon. Covers a great variety of subject matter.

The Library Spot--Great links to reference sites, general knowledge, etc.

Refdesk.com--Index of internet sites.

National Archives and Records Administration--An independent Federal agency that helps preserve our nation's history by overseeing the management of all Federal records.

Quote World--Search by person, keyword or exact words.

HeadlineSpot.com--Need to find a newspaper article? Go to this site for recent and archived articles from twenty different newspapers.

Miscellaneous--

BANNED BOOKS ON-LINE-- Brief history of banned books from Ulysses to Little Red Riding Hood.

Challenged and Banned Books--Why are Books Challenged? Who Challenges Books? Notable First Amendment Cases. What's the Difference Between a Challenge and a Banning? The Most Frequently Challenged Books of 1999.

Guinness World Records--

Health Central--Easy to use medical site.

Medical Resources Online--A selected listing of Web resources providing health information for the consumer. These resources are starting points for the general public searching for health-related information.

Search Engines--

Dogpile--A user-friendly metasearch engine that hunts for your terms on at least fourteen other search engines and provides links to relevant sites.

Searchability!--An online guide to many academic and specific search sites and services on the World Wide Web.

Statistics--

Statistical Resources on the Web--From the University of Michigan Documents Center, a collection of statistical data relating to catagories like education, transportation, demographics, etc.

Statistics--Links to statistics sites including Health Statistics, FedStats, and Bureau of Labor Statistics.

U.S. Department of Justice Bureau of Justice Statistics--Comprehensive collection of statistics about US crime, victims, criminals, courts, police, jails, and prisons.

General Resources:

Buscar en Espanol--Muchos tipos de busquedas del Internet se encuentran aqui.

Library Research Tips-
Ideas for making your research more effective.

USA Libraries on the Web--Up to date listing of hundreds of U.S. libraries on the Web listed by region and by state.

World Fact Book Online--