Category Listing

Almanac

• Information Please Almanac

Atlas

• Maps in the News - University of Minnesota
• NATO World Atlas
• Outline Maps - Houghton Mifflin
• More Outline Maps - Silver Burdett
• U.S. Geological Survey Maps - U.S National Atlas

Career and College

• Career Center - Shorewood High School
• Occupational Outlook Handbook - U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Publication
• BrainTrack University Links - Over 5300 Colleges and Universities

Dictionaries

• American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
• A Web of Online Dictionaries - Indexes 800 Online Dictionaries and Thesauri
• Cambridge Dictionaries Online

Encyclopedias

• Art Encyclopedias
• Artcyclopedia

  Biographical Encyclopedias

• Biographical Dictionary
• Biographical Lives
• Biographical Who's Alive and Who's Dead?

  General Encyclopedias

• Britannica.com
• General Columbia Encyclopedia

  Specialty Encyclopedias

• Encyclopedia of the 50 States

Espionage, Piracy and Intellegence 

• Strategic Intelligence Guide - Military, economic and strategic intelligence agencies (Loyola University)

Flags

• Flags of the World

Foreign Language and Travel

• Foreign Languages for Travelers - Translates languages and provides currency conversions.

Geography / Country Information

• Background Notes - U.S. State Department
• Country Studies - Library of Congress and U.S. Army
• CountryWatch.com
• World Factbook - CIA, includes maps

Government

• City and County
• Washington State
• United States
• International

Government - City and County

• City of Shoreline
• King County

Government - Washington State

• Access Washington - The virtual business center for interactive government services. Designed as a World Wide Web portal to Washington State, Access Washington provides a coordinated view of government information and services.
• Find Your Legislators
• Washington Administrative Code(WAC) The WAC is the full collection of regulations which have been by the various state agencies.
• Washington State Digital Library Resources The Washington Digital Portal provides links to digital image collections hosted by libraries and heritage organizations in Washington State.
• Washington State Legislative Home Page - Includes links to the Senate Homepage, the House Homepage, Legislative Agencies and information on bills.

Government - United States - General

• The White House
• The Senate
• The House of Representatives
• The Supreme Court
• FirstGov - All online U.S. Federal Government Resources, Portal To U.S. Departments



Health 

• Healthfinder
• Mayo Clinic
• Medscape
• Merck Medical Handbook
• MEDLINEplus - Health and medical information from National Library of medicine and National Institutes of Health.
• InteliHealth - Health and medical information from Harvard MedicalSschool.



Human Rights 

• Human Rights Library



History Timelines 

• 20th Centurt Year by Year
• Martell's Prime Sites: History



Law Resources

• Law.com
• Legal Dictionary



Literature

• Literary Criticism Collection
• Novelguide.com



Magazines

• Magazine Resources Page - Shorewood Library Magazine Page
• Magportal.com
• Online Magazine Index - Internet Public Library



Museums

• Experience Music Project
• MuseumStuff.com - Search for museums
• Seattle Art Museum
• Smithsonian Institution



Mythology

• The Book of Gods, Goddesses, Heroes and Other Characters of Mythology
• Brewer's Dictionary of Phrase and Fable




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Quotations

• Bartlett's Familiar Quotations
• Creative Quotations - Searchable Database of over 10,000 Quotations
• Quoteland.Com - Quotations by topic, literary quotations, humorous quotations
• Simpson's Contemporary Quotations - Author and subject indexes



Statistics

• Statistical Abstract of the United States
• Statistical Resources on the Web - University of Michigan Libraries



Thesaurus

• Lexical FreeNet
• Roget's II: The New Thesaurus



Other Reference Sites

• Homework Center - at Multnomah County Library, contains hundreds of excellent links listed by subject.
• RefDesk.com connects to a wealth of data, including an array of entertainment, consumer, and general-interest information.Three databases, available from links halfway down the right are most relevant to ready reference. You may also go to the site map for a list of all the links at this extensive site, including Area Codes, Atomic Time, Calendar, Currency Converter, Maps/Driving Directions, Old Farmer's Almanac, Roget's Thesaurus, and Webster's Dictionary and Thesaurus.
• Pinchbeck's Homework Helper From the site: My name is B.J. but my friends call me Beege. I am 12 years old and live in New Brighton, PA. My dad and I started this site in April 1996 and we have received more than 110 web awards. Our site has more than 570 terrific links to sites on the Internet that can help you find anything you need.
• Librarians' Index to the internet General refrence.




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Alphabetical Listing


A  B  C  D  E  F  G  H  I  J  K  L  M  N  O  P  Q  R  S  T  U  V  W  X  Y  Z 

 

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Access Washington

Administration for Children and Families

American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language

Artcyclopedia





     - B -

Background Notes - U.S. State Department

Bartlett's Familiar Quotations

Biographical Dictionary

Biographical Lives

Biographical Who's Alive and Who's Dead?

The Book of Gods, Goddesses, Heroes and Other Characters of Mythology

BrainTrack University Links - Over 5300 Colleges and Universities

Brewer's Dictionary of Phrase and Fable

Britannica.com





     - C -

Cambridge Dictionaries Online

CareerNet - Shorewood High School

Census Bureau

Center for Disease Control

Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)

Country Studies - Library of Congress and U.S. Army

CountryWatch.com

Creative Quotations - Searchable Database of over 10,000 Quotations





     - D -

Drug Enforcement Administration





     - E -

Electronic Research Collection - Archived electronic documents from the US State Department website and US Arms Control and Disarmament Agency

Encyclopedia of the 50 States

Environmental Protection Agency

Experience Music Project





     - F -

Federal Aviation Administration

Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)

Federal Communications Commission

Federal Courts

Federal Emergency Management Agency

Federal Offices of Inspectors General

Find Your Legislators

FirstGov - All online U.S. Federal Government Resources

Flags of the World

Food and Drug Administration

Foreign Languages for Travelers - Translates languages and provides currency conversions.





     - G -

General Accounting Office

General Columbia Encyclopedia

General Services Administration

GPO Access - Official Federal Government Information





     - H -

Health Care Financing Administration - Medicare/Medicaid

Healthfinder

Homework Center - At Multnomah County Library





      - I -

Information Please Almanac

IntelHealth - Health and medical information from Harvard MedicalSschool.





     - J - K - L -

Law.com

Legal Dictionary

Lexical FreeNet

Library of Congress

Literary Criticism Collection





     - M -

Magazine Resources Page - Shorewood Library Magazine Page

Magportal.com

Maps in the News

Mayo Clinic

MEDLINEplus - Health and medical information from National Library of medicine and National Institutes of Health.

Medscape

Merck Medical Handbook

More Outline Maps

MuseumStuff.com - Search for museums




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     - N -

National Aeronautics and Space Administration

National History Day

National Institute of Standards and Technology

National Institutes of Health

National Library of Medicine

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

National Science Foundation

NATO World Atlas

Novelguide.com

Nuclear Regulatory Commission





     - O -

Occupational Outlook Handbook - U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Publication

Office of Family Assistance - Formerly called Aid to Families with Dependent Children

Online Magazine Index - Internet Public Library

Outline Maps





     - P -

Pinchbeck's Homework Helper

Public Health Service





     - Q -

Quoteland.Com - Quotations by topic, literary quotations, humorous quotations





     - R -

RefDesk.com

Revised Code of Washington (RCW)

Roget's II: The New Thesaurus





     - S -

Search the Revised Code of Washington (RCW)

City of Shoreline

Seattle Art Museum

Simpson's Contemporary Quotations - Author and subject indexes

Social Security Administration

Southern Poverty Law Center

Statistical Abstract of the United States

Statistical Resources on the Web - University of Michigan Libraries

The Supreme Court





     - T -

Thomas - Federal Legislative Information on the Internet





     - U -

United Nations

United Nations Charter - Full text of this 1945 document establishing the United Nations.

U.S. Department of Agriculture

U.S. Department of Commerce

U.S. Department of Defense - need url

U.S. Department of Education

U.S. Department of Energy - need url

U.S. Department of Fish and Wildlife

U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development

U.S. Department of the Interior

U.S. Department of Justice

U.S. Department of Labor

U.S. Department of State

U.S. Department of Transportation

U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs

U.S. Geological Survey Maps

U.S. House of Representatives

U.S. Postal Service

U.S. Senate

U.S. Treasury





     - V - W -

Washington Administrative Code(WAC)

Washington State Digital Library Resources

Washington State Legislative Home Page

A Web of Online Dictionaries - Indexes 800 Online Dictionaries and Thesauri

The White House

World Factbook - CIA, includes maps





     - X - Y - Z-

Yahoo's list of Government Sites






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