Internet Resource Guide
The Internet has become a convenient tool for finding information on just about anything. These days it's hard to find a company or organization that doesn't have its own homepage. Because sifting through search engine returns can be more time-consuming than a trek to the library, we've compiled a list of websites that we've found to be especially useful and informative.
Arts and Literature
- Library of Congress: www.loc.gov
- The Louvre: www.louvre.fr/louvrea.htm
- National Endowment for the Arts: www.arts.endow.gov
- Smithsonian American Art Museum: www.nmaa.si.edu
- World Wide Arts Resources: www.wwar.com
Business and Investing
- Better Business Bureau: www.bbb.org
- Commodity Futures Trading Commission: www.cftc.gov
- E*TRADE: www.etrade.com
- Nasdaq: www.nasdaq.com
- New York Stock Exchange: www.nyse.com
- Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC): www.sec.gov
- Small Business Administration (SBA): www.sba.gov
- Standard & Poor's: www.standardpoor.com
Computers and the Internet
- CNET: www.cnet.com
- CNET Shareware.com: www.shareware.com
- WIRED News: www.wired.com
- World Wide Web Consortium: www.w3.org
- ZDNet: www.zdnet.com
Education
- College Board Online: www.collegeboard.com
- FamilyEducation.com: www.familyeducation.com
- FinAid: www.finaid.org
- Family Education Network: www.fen.com
- Peterson's: www.petersons.com
- Princeton Review: www.princetonreview.com
- TeacherVision: www.teachervision.com
- U.S. News Online Education Page: www.usnews.com/usnews/edu/eduhome.htm
Entertainment
- All Music Guide: www.allmusic.com
- Entertainment Weekly Online: www.ew.com/ew/
- IndieWIRE: www.indiewire.com
- Hollywood.com: www.hollywood.com
- Internet Movie Database: www.imdb.com
- Moviefone: movies.channel.aol.com
- MTV: www.mtv.com
- SonicNet: www.sonicnet.com
- Zap2It.com: http://www.zap2it.com/index
U.S. Government
- White House: www.whitehouse.gov
- Senate: www.senate.gov
- House of Representatives: www.house.gov
- Supreme Court Collection: supct.law.cornell.edu/supct/
- Department of Agriculture: www.usda.gov
- Department of Commerce: www.commerce.gov
- Department of Defense: www.defenselink.mil
- Department of Education: www.ed.gov
- Department of Energy: www.energy.gov
- Department of Health and Human Services: www.dhhs.gov
- Department of Housing and Urban Development: www.hud.gov
- Department of the Interior: www.doi.gov
- Department of Justice: www.usdoj.gov
- Department of Labor: www.dol.gov
- Department of State: www.state.gov
- Department of Transportation: www.dot.gov
- Department of the Treasury: www.ustreas.gov
- Department of Veterans' Affairs: www.va.gov
- Search gov: www.searchgov.com
Other Government Resources
- Census Bureau: www.census.gov
- Central Intelligence Agency (CIA): www.cia.gov
- Consumer Product Safety Commission: www.cpsc.gov
- Environmental Protection Agency (EPA): www.epa.gov
- Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC): www.eeoc.gov
- Federal Bureau of Investigation: www.fbi.gov
- Federal Communications Commission: www.fcc.gov
- Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC): www.fdic.gov
- Federal Election Commission (FEC): www.fec.gov
- Federal Emergency Management Agency: www.fema.gov
- Federal Housing Finance Board: www.fhfb.gov
- Federal Reserve System (FRS), Board of Governors of (the Federal Reserve Board): www.federalreserve.gov
- Federal Trade Commission (FTC): www.ftc.gov
- Internal Revenue Service: www.irs.gov
- National Transportation Safety Board: www.ntsb.gov
- Postal Rate Commission: www.prc.gov
- Social Security Administration: www.ssa.gov
- U.S. Commission on Civil Rights: www.usccr.gov
- U.S. International Trade Commission: www.usitc.gov
- U.S. Postal Service: www.usps.com/
Health and Fitness
- American Academy of Pediatrics: www.aap.org
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: www.cdc.gov
- Fitness Online: www.fitnessonline.com
- MedExplorer: www.medexplorer.com
- National Institutes of Health: www.nih.gov
- New England Journal of Medicine: www.nejm.org
- President's Council on Physical Fitness and Sports: www.fitness.gov
- ReutersHealth: www.reutershealth.com
- World Health Organization: www.who.int/
Jobs
- careerbuilder.com: www.careerbuilder.com
- Hot Jobs: hotjobs.yahoo.com
- Monster: www.monster.com
Kids
- Fact Monster: www.factmonster.com
- Funbrain: www.funbrain.com
- FEkids: www.fekids.com
- Scholastic: www.scholastic.com
- Sports Illustrated Kids: www.sikids.com
- TIME for Kids: www.timeforkids.com/TFK
- Yahooligans!: www.yahooligans.com
Labor
- Federal Labor Relations Authority: www.flra.gov
- National Labor Relations Board (NLRB): www.nlrb.gov
- Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission: www.oshrc.gov
Magazines
- Consumer Reports Online: www.consumerreports.org
- Fortune: www.fortune.com/fortune
- People: people.aol.com/people
- Rolling Stone: www.rollingstone.com
- Salon: www.salon.com
- TIME: www.time.com/time
- U.S. News & World Report: www.usnews.com/usnews/home.htm
Military
- U.S. Marine Corps: www.usmc.mil
- Selective Service System: www.sss.gov
- U.S. Air Force: www.af.mil
- U.S. Army: www.army.mil
- U.S. Coast Guard: www.uscg.mil
- U.S. Navy: www.navy.mil
News/Media
- Associated Press: http://customwire.ap.org/specials/bluepage.html
- BBC Online: www.bbc.co.uk
- CNN Interactive: www.cnn.com
- Google News: news.google.com
- Los Angeles Times: www.latimes.com
- MSNBC: www.msnbc.com
- National Public Radio Online: www.npr.org
- Newspapers Online: www.newspapers.com
- New York Times: www.nytimes.com
- Reuters: www.reuters.com
- USA Today: www.usatoday.com
- Wall Street Journal: www.wsj.com
- Washington Post: www.washingtonpost.com
- Yahoo News: dailynews.yahoo.com
Public Service
- Corporation for National and Community Service: www.cns.gov
- Habitat for Humanity: www.habitat.org
- Peace Corps: www.peacecorps.gov
Reference
- CIA World Factbook: www.odci.gov/cia/publications/factbook
- eHow: www.ehow.com
- FedStats (gov't. statistics): www.fedstats.gov
- Information Please: www.infoplease.com
- Internet Public Library: www.ipl.org
- MapQuest: www.mapquest.com
- Refdesk: www.refdesk.com
Science
- National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA): www.nasa.gov
- National Science Foundation (NSF): www.nsf.gov
- Science Magazine: www.sciencemag.org
- Scientific American Magazine: www.scientificamerican.com
Search Engines
- AltaVista: www.altavista.com
- Excite: www.excite.com
- Google: www.google.com
- Lycos: www.lycos.com
- Metacrawler: www.metacrawler.com
- Yahoo!: www.yahoo.com
Shopping
- Amazon.com: www.amazon.com
- Bookfinder.com: www.bookfinder.com
- CDNow: www.cdnow.com
- eBay: www.ebay.com
- Florists' Transworld Delivery, Inc.: www.ftd.com
- Powell's Books: www.powells.com
Sports
- ESPN: espn.go.com
- International Olympic Committee: www.olympic.org
- Major League Baseball: www.mlb.com
- Major League Soccer: www.mlsnet.com
- National Basketball Association: www.nba.com
- National Football League: www.nfl.com
- National Hockey League: www.nhl.com
- Women's National Basketball Association: www.wnba.com
Travel
- Centers for Disease Control Home Travel Information Page: www.cdc.gov/travel/
- CheapTickets: www.cheaptickets.com
- Expedia: www.expedia.com
- Fodor's: www.fodors.com
- Frommer's BudgetTravel Online: www.frommers.com
- Hostelling International: www.hihostels.com
- Lonely Planet Online: www.lonelyplanet.com
- National Park Service: www.nps.gov
- Priceline.com: www.priceline.com
- Rough Guides to Travel: ln.travel.roughguides.com/
- Travelocity.com: www.travelocity.com
Weather
- AccuWeather: www.accuweather.com
- Environment Canada: www.weather.ec.gc.ca
- Farmer's Almanac: www.almanac.com
- IntelliCast: www.intellicast.com
- National Weather Service: www.nws.noaa.gov
- The Weather Channel: www.weather.com