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Internet Public Library
A general Web portal that includes an excellent Reference Center, a
great section of pathfinders to research on specific topics, and a
place to ask a reference question via e-mail. Other highlights are
their Teen and Youth sections and an Exhibits area with current and
archived collections. Search and browse
Library Spot
Pennsylvania's POWER Library
Encyclopedias, books, images, a whole library
on your computer.
Health and Medicine:
Center for Disease Control:
The main site of the
CDC, the United States' "lead federal agency for protecting the health and
safety of people," an agency of the Department of Health and Human Services.
Information includes a directory of the CDC's component centers, institutes,
and offices; training programs; publications and statistics; conferences and
health campaigns; and sections on many health topics.
Healthfinder®
is an award-winning Federal Web site for consumers, developed by the U.S.
Department of Health and Human Services together with other Federal
agencies.
MedlinePlus:
National Library of Medicine:
This directory site is designed to lead the user to resources containing
information that will help with researching their health questions. It
includes information from MEDLINE, links to self-help groups, the United
States Pharmacopeia (USP) drug database, medical dictionaries, directories
of doctors and hospitals, access to National Institute of Health
consumer-related organizations, clearinghouses, health-related
organizations, and a search databases section with dozens of databases on
topics such as clinical trials, nutrition, AIDS, cancer, etc.
NOAH: New York Online Access to Health:
This searchable
directory provides access to "full-text health information for consumers
that is accurate, timely, relevant and unbiased." Sites are selected by
librarians and health professionals.
WebMD
Health®
is the leading consumer-focused healthcare information Web Consumers can
access health and wellness news, support communities, interactive
health management tools and more.
Geography:
National Geographic Society:
Library of Congress Geography and Map Reading Room:
CIA World Factbook:
Literature and language:
Bartleby: encyclopedias, dictionaries, thesaurus
online:
www.bartleby.com
Dictionary.com,
links to foreign language dictionaries, word games, online translator
Internet Public Library,
The IPL Literary Criticism Collection contains critical and biographical
websites about authors and their works that can be browsed by author, by
title, or by nationality and literary period.
Government and Law:
FedStats: One
Stop Shopping - Federal Statistics
Statistical information
from more than 100 government agencies organized in a subject-based A-Z
Index. There's a search engine that currently covers 70 agencies. Also
organized by Agencies, Programs, and Regional Statistics (federal agencies
that provide state, county and local area data).
FirstGov, The United States Government’s Official Web
PortalPA Power Port, the Pennsylvania’s official web
portal
America
Factfinder Census information:
U.S. Census Bureau --
Browse, search, and map data from many Census Bureau sources. Includes
extensive help,
glossary, and
tutorial sections
Tax Forms:
History:
Explore Pennsylvania History:
American Memory, historical collections for the
National Digital Library:
Our documents: 100 documents of American History:
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