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Community College  P.O. Box 804, Spindale NC 28160 (828) 286-4636 fax (828) 286-8208 Charles P. Wiggins, Director of Library Services |
Internet Links
Grouped by General Topic
Disclaimer: These links are provided for your convenience. However, the resources to which they link are maintained by other entities and do not represent Isothermal Community College.Agriculture
Putting Meat on the Table: Industrial Farm Animal Production in America a report of the Pew Commission on Industrial Farm Animal ProductionArts & Humanities
AIGA
Art for the Nation: Collecting for a New Century "14 in-depth studies of works by various artists represented in the National Gallery of Art"
Art Museum Network
Artcyclopedia "Explore 125,000 Great Works of Art"
Cary Collection: Graphic Arts Library and Digital Image Database "one of the country's premier libraries on the history and practice of printing"
Graphic Artists Guild
Graphic Arts Online
Global Campus: Fine Arts
A History of Photography
Jerome Lawrence and Robert E. Lee Theater Research Institute
Languages BBC offers free 12-week beginner's courses in various languages
Librarian's Internet Index: Arts and Humanities
Life of the People: Realist Prints & Drawings... 1912-1948
MRQE: Movie Review Query Engine "the largest online database of movie reviews' --Library Journal
Music History Timeline
MutualArt.com "the web's largest information source for art news and events, customized to match your personal preferences"
National Endowment for the Arts
North Carolina ECHO "... doorway to the special collections of North Carolina's libraries, archives, and museums."
North Carolina Jazz Musicians
NYFA (New York Foundation for the Arts) promotes the freedom of individual artists to develop and create and provides the public with opportunities to experience and understand their work
Performing Arts Reading Room The Library of Congress
Printing Industries of America
Prints & Photographs Reading Room The Library of Congress
Rare Books and Special Collections Reading Room The Library of Congress
Recorded Sound Reference Center The Library of Congress
Smarthistory.org "a free multi-media web-book designed as a dynamic enhancement (or even substitute) for the traditional art history textbook."
Smithsonian
Visual Communication Quarterly
Vocational Information Center: Graphic Design and Printing Career Guide
Voice of the Shuttle web page for humanities research
WannaLearn.com: ... Computer Art and Graphic Design
Web Gallery of Art "contains over 11,600 digital reproductions of European paintings and sculptures created between the years 1150 and 1800"
WebMuseum, Paris
Wikipedia: Commercial Art
Wizard of OZ "explores the publishing history, stage & film adaptations, & famous artifacts..."
World Wide Arts Resources "access to artists, museums, galleries, art history, arts education, performing arts, classified ads, resume postings, arts forums, news and more" around the world
Business & Economics
AEA: American Economic Association
AllPages.com "Online Yellow Pages and Business Directory"
Autotropolis excellent tool for searching for new and used cars
BioNetwork "leading network of specialized education and workforce training for the pharmaceutical and biomanufacturing industry"
Brill's Mutual Funds Interactive
Business Reference Services The Library of Congress
Capital Flow Analysis free information provided "to teach and promote the use of national flow of funds accounts as a method of explaining supply and demand in capital markets"
CNNmoney CNN financial network
Consumer Price Index U.S. Department of Labor - Bureau of Labor Statistics
Council for Economic Education
Digital Librarian: Business & Finance
Economic Indicators U.S. Census Bureau: where they get those economic indicators you always hear about...
Economics About.com's website on the subject
EH.net provides "a wide range of internet-based services to economic historians, historians of economics, economists, historians, related social scientists and the public."
Findlaw: Law and Economics
Free Management Library free resource library "to provide leaders and managers (especially those with very limited resources) basic and practical information about personal, professional and organizational development."
Global Campus: Business
Google Finance
Hoover's Online information on more than 28 million public and private companies
Information Economy "Economics of the Internet, Information Goods, Intellectual Property and Related Issues"
IPL2: Business & Economics
Peterson Institute for International Economics
Jim Garven's Blog "a blog exploring the intersection of risk management, insurance and finance" managed by James R. Garven, Ph.D.
Library of Economics and Liberty
Measuring Worth: Five Ways to Compute the Relative Value of a US Dollar, 1744-present
NASDAQ investment information, stock quotes (will only load in Internet Explorer)
NYSE Euronext: New York Stock Exchange
New York Times Business News
Quote.com investment information and stock quotes
Realtor.com Official Site of the National Association of REALTORS®
Reference for Business
SuperPages.com "connecting buyers and sellers"
Thomas Net "the most comprehensive resource for industrial information."
U.S. Census: Business & Industry: Bureau Economic Programs economic programs of the US Census
US National Debt Clock
ValueLine.com
WebEc World Wide Web Resources in Economics
WWW Virtual Library: Business and Economics
Non-Profit Business -- Financing
Foundation Center
Small Business
Reference for Business "small business owners can browse over the 600 articles that detail information about financial planning, market analysis, sales, business plans, tax planning, human resource issues and more"
Useful Links Small Business Center Network, Isothermal Community College
ZoomInfo excellent search engine for people, companies, and jobs!Careers/Jobs
Career Preparation
CareerOneStop "Tools to help job seekers, students, businesses, and career professionals. Sponsored by the U.S. Department of Labor"
County Salaries in North Carolina (current year) UNC School of Government
Occupational Outlook Handbook searchable info on qualifications, earnings, job outlook, etc. for specific jobs and careers
Vocational & Technical Education Center "Research top trade schools or online school listings and search by colleges,
degree programs, state or zip code."
Job Search Engines
Careerjet "an employment search engine"
CareerBuilder job hunter; post your resume online
Find Your Spot "find great jobs in the best places"
Monster.com "helps you explore the possibilities and find the opportunities that are right for you."
Indeed "Search job sites, newspapers, associations and company career pages" (Hint: search for "any" jobs in a city to get entire list)
NationJob.com "Job search engine, careers, employment, and resume services for job seekers"
Net-Temps "the leading job board for temporary, temp-to-perm and full time employment through the staffing industry"
SnagAJob.com "largest part-time job site in the U.S."
Yahoo Hotjobs
ZoomInfo put your profile on the web for potential employers
Jobs Outside the Country
jobs.ac.uk "The UK's leading academic job site"
Local, State and National Resources
Employment Security Commission of North Carolina
South Carolina JobLink provided by SC Job Service
South Carolina State E-Recruitment System
US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
Special Occupations
Absolutely Health Care resume database, nationwide employer links, and job postings in 100 categories of health care
ArtJobOnline search for jobs in the arts
BioNetwork "leading network of specialized education and workforce training for the pharmaceutical and biomanufacturing industry"
Constructionjobs.com construction employment
EngineeringJobs.com post your resume, look for jobs, with links to engineering tools and references & societies and organizations
Environmental Jobs and Careers employment for the environment
Guru.com "The world's largest online marketplace for freelance talent."
Masters in Nursing guide to institutions offering Masters degrees in Nursing
NCPublicSchools.org teaching jobs in North Carolina
Nursing Jobs search jobs at allnurses.com
Teacher Jobs "largest teacher placement service...accredited by Nat. Assoc. of Teacher Agencies"
Tips & Help for Jobseeking, Resumes, Cover letters, Interviews, etc.
Job Search Toolkit State Library of North Carolina site with "Resources libraries can use to help their community get back to work"
JobStar Central free help on resumes and cover letters
NationJob.com "Job search engine, careers, employment, and resume services for job seekers"
Webpages with Multiple Links
Best of the Web: Careers links to many helpful Internet sites
Digital Librarian: Employment
Consumer Affairs & People
Consumer Information
Better Business Bureau
Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance list of direct government loans to the public
Federal Citizen Information Center Pueblo, CO
Home Energy Saver "The first do-it-yourself energy audit tool"
Identity Theft Resource Center
Local Census "Local Census is a completely free website: Providing a plethora of statistical information about the United States of America"
MemberoftheFamily.net "Get the nursing home care your loved one deserves"
N.A.D.A. Official Used Car Guide Company
National Do Not Call Registry register at this site to prevent telemarketing calls to your phone number
RoofHelper "roofing advice and and contractor service"
U.S. Census -- Population and Household Economic Topics population and household economic topics
US Consumer Product Safety Commission
Social Invention (inventing ideas to solve social problems)
Global Ideas BankEducation
American Association of Community Colleges
EDUCAUSE "Transforming Education Through Information Technologies"
Back to College information for returning students on financial aid, online degrees and much more
BioNetwork "leading network of specialized education and workforce training for the pharmaceutical and biomanufacturing industry"
Campus Technology technology for higher education (was Syllabus)
ChristianConnecter.com a comprehensive list of Christian colleges in the US by region
Chronicle of Higher Education
College Scholarships, Colleges and Online Degrees search for scholarships and financial aid, get tips for ACT and SAT test prep, view lists of colleges and universities in the US and online degrees and distance education
Colleges with Programs for Learning Disabled Students
Collegeboard.com prepare for the new SAT; get SAT test scores; use College QuickFinder & MatchMaker
CollegeNET schools, colleges, scholarships, financial aid
Community College Review: Isothermal Community College
Community College Week
Digital Librarian: College & University
Digital Librarian: Education
Distance Education Clearinghouse articles, programs, technologies
Diverse Online formerly Black Issues in Higher Education
ED.gov: US Department of Education
Educational Software Directory.net "your guide to learning software resources on the net"
Educations.com "find your education abroad"
eLearners.com 2669 online college degrees
Find Online College Courses "the most comprehensive and up-to-date collection of free online college classes available
Get Recruited by Colleges & Universities "Let colleges and universities find you"
Global Campus instructional materials, resource sharing for educators
goENC.com mathematics and science education
IPL2: Education
Isothermal Community College's Instructional Resources assessment, copyright and plagiarism, learning strategies, and other sites
Languages BBC offers free 12-week beginner's courses in various languages
Learning Communities: National Communities Directory provides information about institutions across the United States that offer learning community program"
Masters in Nursing guide to institutions offering Masters degrees in Nursing
MERLOT "MERLOT is a free and open resource designed primarily for faculty and students of higher education. Links to online learning materials are collected here along with annotations such as peer reviews and assignments."
MIT OpenCourseware "a free and open educational resource (OER) for educators, students, and self-learners around the world"
National Education Association (NEA)
National Institute for Staff and Organizational Development (NISOD)
North Carolina Community College System Distance Learning
North Carolina Community College System
NEA: National Education Association
Online-Colleges-and-Degrees.com ranks the top twenty online colleges and online degrees
Online Degrees, Financial Aid and Scholarships "You will find that associates degrees, bachelors degrees, masters degrees, doctoral degrees, and certificate and certification programs are available in more than 100 fields of study."
Peters Online Typing Course "a set of free online typing lessons and typing exercises for beginning typists"
Petersons.com Peterson's Guide online
PremierStudentLoan.com "provides information about financial aid, scholarships, grants, college loans and the student loan consolidation process"
SearchEdu.com "over 20 million university & education pages indexed & ranked in order of popularity"
School of Government at University of NC at Chapel Hill
Sheppard Software free educational games in math, science, geography, chemistry, vocabulary, animals and trivia
Women's Colleges in the United States of America sorted by state and by type
World Lecture Hall class materials created and shared by faculty worldwide
Financial Assistance
College Foundation of North Carolina scholarships, low-interest loans & tax-advantaged savings programs
eStudentLoan.com learn about financial aid--compare student loans--search for scholarships
FastAid Free Scholarship Search
FastWeb "Find the most scholarship money and learn how to get it"
FREE (Federal Resources for Educational Excellence) "hundreds of education resources supported by agencies across the U.S. Federal government"
Guaranteed Scholarships "scholarships listed on this page are all guaranteed"
Literacy -- Childhood
National Children's Literacy Website ideas for promoting literacy in child care and home settings
Reading is Fundamental parents' involvement in their children's reading is critical
BookPop Internet books and storiesEngineering & Technology
American Society for Engineering Education
American Society of Mechanical Engineers
Audio Engineering Society
C&EN: Chemical and Engineering News American Chemical Society's "newsmagazine of the chemical world"
Chemical Engineering University of Florida
Chemistry Games Sheppard Software's free games
Energy Information Administration (EIA) U.S. Department of Energy. "We provide policy-independent data, forecasts, and analyses to promote sound policy making, efficient markets, and public understanding regarding energy and its interaction with the economy and the environment."
Engineering Information Elsevier website
EngineeringJobs.com with links to engineering tools and references & societies and organizations
enr.com McGraw-Hill Construction's Engineering News-Record
Global Campus: Engineering
Greatest Engineering Achievements of the 20th Century National Academy of Engineering
Intute: Best of the Web: Science, Engineering and Technology "...free online service providing you with access to the very best Web resources for education and research...
IPL2: Computers & Internet
IPL2: Engineering
Mechanical Engineering Magazine Online
National Academy of Engineering
Netlingo Internet and technology dictionary
North Carolina Office of State Fire Marshal (Commissioner of Insurance): Engineering and Codes state building codes, electrical codes, etc.
Science Reference Services The Library of Congress
TechWeb's TechEncyclopedia
Yahoo Search Directory: Engineering
Television/Radio/Cable
A&E television networks
ABC American Broadcasting Corporation
ABC News
ABC Australian Broadcasting Corporation
BBC British Broadcasting Corporation
BBC World News
B&C Broadcasting & Cable
CNN.com Cable News Network
CBC.ca Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
CBN.com Christian Broadcasting Network
CBS.com Columbia Broadcasting System
CPB: Corporation for Public Broadcasting funds over 1000 public radio stations nationwide and supports development of new public programming
C-SPAN.org Cable Satellite Public Affairs Network
Discovery.com
Fox TV
IPL2: Broadcasting
Library of American Broadcasting
MTV.com
NBC National Broadcasting Corporation
NPR National Public Radio
NewsLink American Journalism Review index and rating of radio, TV and broadcasting
PBS Public Broadcasting System
SC ETV
Trinity Broadcasting Network (TBN)
Turner Broadcasting System (TBS)
WLOS TV ABC News 13
WNCW (88.7 fm)
Zap2ItGenealogy
Ancestry.com 14-day free trial, then subscribe to services
Digital Librarian: Genealogy Resources
EllisIsland.org search passenger arrival records
FamilySearch.org search the records of the Church of Latter-Day Saints
Genealogical Society of Old Tryon County, NC
Genealogy Home Page
JewishGen: The Home of Jewish Genealogy
Local History and Genealogy Reading Room The Library of Congress
North Carolina ECHO North Carolina's cultural heritage
General Reference
Biography
Biography.com biographical information on demand
Shmoop: Biography
General Research & Information
About.com "a trusted information source"
Academic Info "Your Gateway to Quality Educational Resources" --user-supported nonprofit organization
Best Information on the Net O'Keefe Library, St. Ambrose University --wonderful resources for writing a paper; choose Resources by Major, Hot Paper Topics, or Alphabetical Index
Biblica "search the Bible by word or phrase"
Dan Markstein's Toonopedia "A Vast Repository of Toonological Knowledge"
Digital Librarian: Directories
Digital Librarian: Reference
encyclopedia.com "free encyclopedia... provides users with more than 57,000 frequently updated articles from the Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition"
Global Gateway The Library of Congress. "World Culture and Resources"
HighBeam Research "search more than 80 million articles from the archives of over 6,500 newspapers, magazines, journals, and other publications"
ibiblio "a conservancy of freely available information, including software, music, literature, art, history, science, politics, and cultural studies"
INFOMINE "Search 20,000+ Academically Valuable Resources"
InfoPlease online almanac
Ingenta "comprehensive collection of academic and professional publications"
Internet Movie Database
IPL2 Internet Public Library
Kidsmart "a guide to early learning and technology for home and school"
Library of Congress Wise Guide "designed to introduce you to the many fascinating, educational and useful resources available from the nation's library and one of the most popular Web sites of the federal government."
Main Reading Room The Library of Congress
Open Directory Project the largest, most comprehensive human-edited directory of the Web"
SearcheBooks.com searches full text of books in electronic format on the net
Start Squad "the very best place to start" for kids to find information
Timeline Index indexes timelines of various categories ("who, what, when, where, which")
U.S. Census Bureau
Who Owns What Columbia Journalism Review's "online guide to what major media companies own... [plus] a selected list of articles... about media ownership"
World Clock -- Time Zones
Zip Code Lookup US Postal Service
ZoomInfo excellent search engine for people, companies, and jobs!
Geography
Chamber of Commerce International Directory
Chamber of Commerce.com
CityTownInfo.com "the easy way to find info on thousands of US cities and towns"
Country Studies (Library of Congress) "contains the on-line versions of books previously published in hard copy" (Area Handbook Program)
US Census -- Geography
USA Games Sheppard Software's games for learning states, capitals & US geographical features
World Digital Library "makes available on the Internet, free of charge and in multilingual format, significant primary materials from countries and cultures around the world."
World Factbook country profiles, maps, history, geography, people, government, economy, military
Language
American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language (via Yahoo.com)
Babel Fish AltaVista's translation tool
Bartleby.com great books online: dictionaries, thesauri, familiar quotations, etiquette, the Bible...
Dictionary.com dictionary & thesaurus, translation tools and subject dictionaries
Free Translation "an easy-to-use site for rapid translations"
Languages BBC offers free 12-week beginner's courses in various languages
Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary and Collegiate Thesaurus
Online Etymology Dictionary
TechWeb'sTechEncyclopedia lists acronyms related to computers and the Internet
The Free Dictionary
Transparent Language "The Internet Language Community"
Wordsmyth dictionary and thesaurus
yourDictionary.com a web of online dictionaries: language, grammars, translations, specialty dictionaries, "'nyms" and more
Libraries, Catalogs and Other Resources
Amazon Book Search
CMC Library Consortium home page
CMC Library Consortium Member Libraries:
Mooneyham Public Library
Polk County Public Library
Rutherford County Library
Libdex ...a worldwide directory of library homepages, web-based library catalogs, Friends of the Library pages and library e-commerce links
Library of Congress
Library of Congress Classification Outline
New York Public Library
North Carolina Public Libraries on the Web
State Library of North Carolina
WorldCat find items in libraries near you
Measurement
MeasuringWorth.com "six ways to compute the relative value of a U.S. dollar amount, 1790-2005"
Metric-U.S. Measurement Conversions
Search Engines/Indexes/Guides
About.com "practical advice and solutions to everyday life" from expert Guides
Alltheweb.com "largest, freshest, and most comprehensive search engine"
Ask.com
Brarydog.net "use this site to create a personalized web page with access to dozens of...resources (encyclopedias, newspaper and magazine databases, etc.) and links to your favorite search tools"
BUBL Link "Catalogue of Internet resources"
Free Internet Encyclopedia organizes internet information into easily searched categories
Google Blog Search
Google Book Search
Google Directory "the web organized by topic into categories"
Google Finance
Google News
Google Scholar
HiBeam Research "brings you the best research sites on the Web"
Infomine "Scholarly Internet Research Collections"
Internet Archive "a digital library of Internet sites and other cultural artifacts in digital form"
Intute "Helping you find the best websites for study and research"
IPL2 "information you can trust"
IPL2 for Kids
Lycos People Search find people, companies, business & investing information, other services
KartOO.com a highly "graphic" search engine
Learn the Net.com "Internet Owner's Manual"
LSU Libraries Subject Guides
Metacrawler
Netiquette "the do's and don'ts of online communication"
RefDesk "Fact Checker for the Internet"
Search.com
Search Engine Showdown compares search features and scope of search engines and finding aids
SearchEngineWatch.com behind the scenes look at how and how well they work, reviews, tutorials
Successful Internet Searching Strategies INFOsphere
Science
National Science Foundation
TryScience "your gateway to experience the excitement of contemporary science and technology"
Statistics
2007 Statistical Abstract: The National Data Book for the United States
Infoplease: United States Statistics
Infoplease: World Statistics
State and Metropolitan Data Book, 2006
Statistics.com "the site to go when you need to find statistical data"
Telephone
AT&T Country and City Codes telephone codes for calling around the world
International Dialing Codes
Trivia
Cool Quiz a great trivia resourceLife Sciences (sciences that deal with living organisms and life processes, incl. biology, botany, zoology, etc.)
ASU Center for the Bioenergy and Photosynthesis educational resources by Arizona State University
eNature.com Field Guides for identifying more than 5,500 plant and animal species
Evolution
Complete Works of Charles Darwin Online
Stem Cell Information
The National Institutes of Health resource for stem cell research
Literature
Books
Bartleby.com "The preeminent Internet publisher of literature, reference and verse providing students, researchers and the intellectually curious with unlimited access to books and information on the web, free of charge."
Bulfinch's The Age of Fable, or Beauties of Mythology (1913, via Bartleby.com)
Bulfinch's Mythology: The Age of Fable or Stories of Gods and Heroes (1855)
Cliffs Notes
Complete Works of William Shakespeare
Digital Book Index provides listings of both free and for-pay e-books
eserver.org accessible online publishing on a wide variety of topics of interest
Google Book Search
Online Books Page "facilitates access to books that are freely readable over the Internet"
Project Gutenberg
Questia "the world's largest online library" of full-text humanities and social sciences books and articles
Reading Poetry Univ. of Wisconsin - Madison's Writing Center
Renascence Editions "An Online Repository of Works Printed in English Between the Years 1477 and 1799"
Shmoop: Bestsellers
Treasures in Full: Caxton's Chaucer "William Caxton’s two editions of Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales, probably printed in 1476 and 1483" from the British Library
Universal Digital Library "million book collection"
Magazines/Journals
Campus Technology technology magazine for higher education (was Syllabus)
Digital Librarian: Magazines & Journals
NewsLink American Journalism Review index & rating of magazines & journals
Newspaper and Current Periodical Reading Room The Library of Congress
North Carolina Periodicals Index
Open J-Gate "Open J-Gate is an electronic gateway to global journal literature in open access domain"
Project MUSE scholarly journals in humanities, social sciences and mathematics available by online subscription
Questia "the world's largest online library" of full-text humanities and social sciences books and articles
U.S. News & World Report
Video Librarian Online
Quotations
Bartleby.com Quotations
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations
Creative Quotations
Mathematical Quotations Server Furman University
Quotations Archive quotations on love and marriage
Quotations Home Page
Quotations Page
Quoteland
Thinkexist.com
Research
Bedford/St. Martin's LitLinks resources in literature
Digital Librarian: Literature
Global Campus: Literature
Edgar Allan Poe Society of Baltimore
English Literature on the Web another good site containing a large number of links to resources
Feminist Literary Criticism and Theory Center for Digital Discourse and Culture at Virginia Tech University
IPL2: Literature
Literary Gothic "a Web guide to all things concerned with literary Gothicism, which includes ghost stories, "classic" Gothic novels and Gothic fiction"
Literature, Arts & Medicine Database "annotated bibliography of prose, poetry, film, video and art..."
Manuscript Reading Room The Library of Congress
Poetry The Library of Congress
Poetry Foundation "exists to discover and celebrate the best poetry and to place it before the largest possible audience"
Romantic Circles scholarly info on Shelley, Byron, Keats, etc.
Shmoop.com: Literature an excellent collection of information on various aspects of many often-studied books, plays and short stories, named "Best of the Internet" in PC Magazine
Shmoop.com: Poetry a useful collection of information on aspects of often-studied poems named "Best of the Internet" in PC Magazine
Victorian Web (Authors) excellent information on authors and their backgrounds
--Flannery O'Connor Sites
Flannery O'Connor article from A Celebration of Women Writers
Flannery O'Connor from Internet Public Library's Online Literary Criticism Collection
O'Connor, Flannery Literature, Arts & Medicine Database: click on annotated works
--Metaphysical Poets and John Donne sites
Questia: John Donne Links to online books and articles
--Shakespeare Sites
Complete Plays of Shakespeare Google Book Search
Complete Works of William Shakespeare total text of Shakespeare's works, created by Jeremy Hylton
Mr. William Shakespeare and the Internet
Shakespeare Online
Shakespeare Resource Center
Shakespeare's Sonnets "All the sonnets are provided here, with descriptive commentary attached to each one, giving explanations of difficult and unfamiliar words and phrases, and with a full analysis of any special problems of interpretation which arise."
William Shakespeare, King Lear (1604-5?) webpage for a class at Goucher College
Local Information
Bostic Lincoln Center "Our mission is to collect, document, preserve and research the generational lore of our location in Western North Carolina" [particularly the story of Abraham Lincoln's being born in the Bostic area]
CMC Library Consortium home page
CMC Library Consortium Member Libraries' websites :
Mooneyham Public Library
Polk County Public Library
Rutherford County Library
Digital Courier the Daily Courier online
Fireside Bookstore Forest City, NC
Hickory Nut Gorge Chamber of Commerce
Hickory Nut Gorge News information on the history of the Hickory Nut Gorge area
Lake Lure and the Blue Ridge Foothills Rutherford County Tourism
Local Census "Local Census is a completely free website: Providing a plethora of statistical information about the United States of America"
MAIN: Mountain Area Information Network
Mountain Xpress independent news, arts & entertainment for Asheville & western NC
NCWebGuide.com online guide for Rutherford County
Polk County
Polk County Public Library
Rutherford Community Theatre (formerly The Community College Players)
Rutherford County Chamber of Commerce
Rutherford County Economic Development Commission
Rutherford County Mapstats from Fedstats statistics for Rutherford County, NC
Rutherford County Schools
Rutherford Info
RutherfordCountyNc.gov
Town of Forest City
Town of Lake Lure
Weather Channel with current forecast for Spindale, NC
Mathematics
American Mathematical Society
Ask Dr. Math a question and answer service for math students and their teachers.
Graphics for the Calculus Classroom "excerpts from a collection of graphical demonstrations I developed for first year calculus" (Douglas N. Arnold)
History of Mathematics Clark University site
IPL2: Mathematics
MAA Online (Mathematical Association of America)
MacTutor History of Mathematics Archive
Math Quizzes Sheppard Software games
MathArchives University of TN Knoxville site
Mathematical Quotations Server Furman University
Mathematical Sciences Research Institute
Maths Online "A gallery of multimedia learning material for school and distant learning"
MathSearch index "most frequently linked pages"
MEGA Mathematics mathematic projects for elementary students (or adults!)
Mrs. Lindquist: the Tutor "how to write algebraic expressions for word problems"
Professor Freedman's Math Help "... information about basic math, algebra, study skills, math anxiety and learning styles ... specifically addresses the needs of the community college adult learner"
Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics
S.O.S. Mathematics "free resource for math review material from Algebra to Differential Equations"
Wolfram MathWorld "the web's most extensive mathematics resource"Medicine & Health Sciences
Aetna Intelihealth "featuring Harvard Medical School's Consumer Health Information"
AllRefer.com: Health health "information that is authoritative and up-to-date"
Best Nursing Degree.com "This website contains the most comprehensive directory on the web of accelerated BSN and direct entry MSN programs"
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
CiteHealth limited information on institutional health providers and brief statistics on city location
Crossborderpharmacy.com prescription drugs at reduced prices from Canada
Diabetes Prevention and Control Branch (NC)
Digital Librarian: Health & Medicine
Domestic Violence Medlineplus Health Information
Free Medicine Program those with low income may qualify for free prescriptions
healthfinder.gov US government gateway site to consumer health and human services
Healthopedia "a medical and health consumer information resource containing comprehensive and unbiased information in patient-friendly language from trusted sources"
Internet Health Resources infertility education, services and products
JAMA & Archives
Master's in Nursing guide to institutions offering Masters degrees in Nursing
MayoClinic.com
MedicineNet.com medical dictionary, references, links and news
MEDLINEplus health information: diseases, conditions, and wellness issues
Merck Manuals Online Library
Mesothelioma Cancer Center information on and help for the cancer caused by exposure to asbestos (among other causes)
Mondofacto Medical Dictionary
Mountain Area Health Education Center (MAHEC) "to provide education, information, technology, research, training, and services to improve health outcomes in Western North Carolina through partnerships and neutrality"
National Coalition for Cancer Survivorship
National Institutes of Health U.S. Dept. of Health & Human Services
NC Health Info
NOAH: New York Online Access to Health
North Carolina Institute of Medicine
North Carolina State Center for Health Statistics
Omni Medical Search "The most comprehensive medical search platform on the internet focusing on results from authoritative sources." Includes Web, News, Images, Forums and MedPro search categories
Reuters Health
WorstPills, Best Pills Public Citizen -- "your expert, independent second opinion for prescription drug information"Natural Sciences (sciences that deal with phenomena observable in nature, incl. geology, chemistry, physics, etc.)
BioTech "Life sciences resources and reference tools" (biology and chemistry)
Chemical and Other Safety Information from the Physical & Theoretical Chemistry Laboratory at Oxford University...includes MSDS information
Global Volcanism Program volcanic activity reports, geographic & geologic information for volcanoes during the last 10,000 years
Astronomy
Astronomy Games Sheppard Software's free games
Environment
Airhead.org Emissions Calculator you can learn how much air pollution you create
A to Z Guide to Political Interference in Science Union of Concerned Scientists: Citizens and Scientists for Environmental Solutions
Earth Portal "a comprehensive resource for timely, objective, science-based information about the environment"
Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy US Dept. of Energy "bringing you a prosperous future where energy is clean, abundant, reliable, and affordable."
Environmental Defense "finding ways that work"
Environmental News Network "working to educate ... about environmental issues facing our Earth."
Environmental Resource Center industry news and links to state environmental agencies
Hands on the Land "provides a national network of field classrooms to enhance kindergarten through high school student-learning"
National Council for Science and the Environment
Solar Living Institute the Institute provides practical, education by example and hands-on workshops on renewable energy, green building, sustainable living, permaculture, organic gardening and alternative, environmental, construction methods
Scorecard "The pollution information site" -- chemical information service about your community provided by the Environmental Defense Fund
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Global Warming
Climate Change World Wildlife Fund perspective
Global Warming International Center "sponsors unbiased research supporting the understanding of global warming and its mitigation"
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change "The role of the IPCC is to assess the scientific, technical and socio-economic information relevant for the understanding of the risk of human-induced climate change."
Population Connection "education and action for a better world"
Weather
Beaufort Wind Scale Stormfax Weather Almanac -- scale for measuring wind speed
CNN.com/WEATHER
Digital Librarian: Weather
National Weather Service
NOAA: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
News & Current Events
BBC
BNET Business news
Christian Science Monitor
Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers
Citizen-Times.com Asheville, NC newspaper
CNN
Digital Courier the Forest City Daily Courier online
Digital Librarian: News & Journalism Resources
Google News
New York Times
News and Newspapers Online UNCG site
News and Observer
Newseum the interactive museum of news
NewsLink American Journalism Review index and rating of newspapers and news services
NewspaperArchive.com free public access database of historical newspapers online
North Carolina Newspapers links to, addresses of, and county summaries
US Census Bureau Newsroom news, datacenter, broadcast & photo services
USA Today
washingtonpost.comNorth Carolina & Other State Info
50states.com Lots of facts and useful information links arranged specific to each of the 50 United States of America
Action for Children: North Carolina "Working to make North Carolina the best place to be and raise a child."
ACCESS North Carolina Division of Vocational Rehabilitation's accessibility information for all visitors with disabilities
American Law Sources On-line--North Carolina
Community Health Assessment Database (CHAD) access to published health assessment data and information about western North Carolina.
County Salaries in North Carolina 2008
Explore the States The Library of Congress
Government Records Branch of NC NC Office of Archives & History
Labor Market Information Employment Security Commission of North Carolina
Legal Referrals and Links on the Duke Law School website
Local Census "Local Census is a completely free website: Providing a plethora of statistical information about the United States of America"
National Conference of State Legislatures
NC Health Info
Netstate.com has "ALL the symbols!" of the different states
North Carolina "Official Website of the State of North Carolina"
North Carolina Chamber - News "Check out the Chamber's Competitiveness Update for new bills and changes in status on recurring bills as well as read about the hot topics in the capital city this week"
North Carolina Community College System
North Carolina Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services Agricultural Statistics
North Carolina Department of Commerce labor statistics, maps, state and county reports, top NC employers, business search
North Carolina Department of Insurance
North Carolina Department of Labor: Wage & Hour Fact Sheets
North Carolina Department of Revenue file electronically or get state tax forms online
North Carolina Department of State Treasurer Retirement System
North Carolina General Statutes Table of Contents linked to sections of the General Statutes
North Carolina Institute of Medicine
North Carolina Jazz Musicians UNC Asheville: Ramsey Library Special Collections
North Carolina Links Collection Joyner Library, East Carolina University
North Carolina Newspapers links to, addresses of, and county summaries
North Carolina Office of Administrative Hearings state administrative rules
North Carolina Office of State Budget and Management
North Carolina Office of State Fire Marshal (Commissioner of Insurance)
North Carolina Office of State Fire Marshal (Commissioner of Insurance): Engineering and Codes state building codes, electrical codes, etc.
North Carolina Public Libraries on the Web
North Carolina State Board of Elections register to vote online-- click on Voter Registration
North Carolina State Center for Health Statistics
North Carolina State Data Center
North Carolina Sustainable Energy Association (NCSEA)
Rutherford County Mapstats statistics for Rutherford County, NC
State Government Information Newspaper and Current Periodical Reading Room, Library of Congress
State Library of North Carolina
State of North Carolina Dept. of Administration: Purchase & Contract
Textile Heritage Initiative an organization recognizing "the uncountable contributions made to our region by the South’s cotton mill people"
Textile Heritage Museum
University of North Carolina Reports and Publications
USA Games Sheppard Software's games for learning states, capitals & US geographical featuresPublic Affairs & Law
Copyright, Patents & Trademarks
Artgally Artist Copyright Law
Copyright: U.S. Copyright Office
Copyright Website "the ultimate copyright portal providing real world, practical copyright information for over a decade"
Compleat World Copyright Website
Cyberlaw Encyclopedia copyright law resources
FreePatentsOnline "provides fast, easy-to-use access to millions of patents and patent applications"
Intute: Social Sciences: Law
Resources for Copyright University of Delware Library
United States Patent and Trademark Office
Elections / Voting
FactCheck.org "monitor[s] the factual accuracy of what is said by major U.S. political players"
MAPlight.org "illuminates the connection between campaign donations and legislative votes"
National Mail Voter Registration Form Federal Election Commission-- register to vote online! available in Spanish or English
PolitiFact.com "a scorecard separating fact from fiction"
Federal Government
Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance list of direct government loans to the public
Code of Federal Regulations
Explore Government Documents Univ. of Michigan Document Center
Federal Internet Guide
Internal Revenue Service tax forms and publications online
U.S. Census Bureau
U.S. Department of State
U.S. Government Bookstore "official online bookstore for U.S. Government publications ... from the U.S. Government Printing Office"
USA.gov "official information and services from the U.S. government"
White House
General Reference
Digital Librarian: Politics
FindLaw
Law Library of Congress The Library of Congress
Megalaw.com look up law sites on the web
nationalissues.com "unbiased, objective information on some of the leading issues of the day"
NC Dept. of Labor Wage & Hour Fact Sheets
Shmoop: Civics
Thomas Government Resources information sources for legislative research and links to legislative branches & sites with info on the Capitol building and the U.S. Congress
UNdata "22 databases - 60 million records" on "employment, education, energy, environment, health, population, refugees and much more"
Who Owns What Columbia Journalism Review's "online guide to what major media companies own... [plus] a selected list of articles... about media ownership"
Legal Advice
American Law Sources On-line
Artgally.com Artist Copyright Law
LegalZoom online legal service
Legal Forms
USlegalforms.com "over 36,000 legal documents and forms"
FindLaw court forms & contracts "legal forms and business contracts ... designed for legal professionals"
Special Issues
FBI's Freedom of Information Act/Privacy Website access to FBI records
Freedom Forum dedicated to freedom of the press and freedom of speech
Southern Poverty Law Center "internationally known for its tolerance education programs, its legal victories against white supremacists and its tracking of hate groups"
Tobacco Products Liability Project div of Public Health Advocacy Institute: tobacco industry, news and legislation
State Government
Action for Children: North Carolina "Working to make North Carolina the best place to be and raise a child."
County Salaries in North Carolina (current)
Government Records Branch of North Carolina
North Carolina Sex Offender and Public Protection Registry
Politics1.com: North Carolina "Your complete directory of North Carolina candidates for Governor, State Cabinet, United State [sic] Senator..."
Representation General Assembly of North Carolina: find your representatives by your district number, county, or zip code
Supreme Court
Legal Information Institute US Supreme Court decisions
Supreme Court Opinions FindLaw
U.S. Supreme Court on FindLaw: past & upcoming cases, docket, Supreme Court history, newsletters, hot topics
Tax Forms
Individual Income Tax Forms and Instruction North Carolina Department of Revenue
Internal Revenue Service -- Forms and Publications Federal tax formsSocial Sciences (sciences that deal with the study of people in society, incl. sociology, psychology, economics, history, etc.)
Intute: Social Sciences "a free online service providing you with access to the very best Web resources for education and research, evaluated and selected by a network of subject specialists"
Cultural Studies
African and Middle Eastern Reading Room The Library of Congress
American Folklife Center The Library of Congress
Ancient Cultures of Middle America: Aztecs, Nahuatl, Tenochtitlan information about ancient cultures of Middle America on the website of the Univ. of Minnesota at Duluth
Asian Reading Room The Library of Congress
Born in Slavery Slave Narratives from the Federal Writers' Project, 1936-1938
Country Studies (Library of Congress) "contains the on-line versions of books previously published in hard copy" (Area Handbook Program)
Documenting the American South "provides Internet access to texts, images, and audio files related to southern history, literature, and culture"
European Reading Room The Library of Congress
Federal Research Division The Library of Congress
First Nations Histories "Compact histories" of Native American tribes
Hispanic Reading Room The Library of Congress
Index of Native American Resources on the Internet comprehensive info on a volunteer site
Languages BBC offers free 12-week beginner's courses in various languages
Meeting of Frontiers The Library of Congress. "A bilingual, multimedia English-Russian digital library that tells the story of the American exploration and settlement of the West, the parallel exploration and settlement of Siberia and the Russian Far East, and the meeting of the Russian-American frontier in Alaska and the Pacific Northwest."
NAACP.org
Omaha Indian Music
Parallel Histories: Spain, United States, & the American Frontier The Library of Congress. This "project represents progress toward the realization of a vision shared by leaders of esteemed cultural institutions in Spain and the United States."
Secret Routes to Freedom: The underground railroad experience
U.S. Department of State
World Factbook Country profiles, maps, history, geography, people, government, economy, military
Geography
Background Notes on Countries of the World U.S. Dept. of State
Centers for International Research The Library of Congress
Encyclopedia of Alabama "well-designed site on the history, culture, and geography of a U.S. state" --Library Journal
Geographia.com
Geography & Map Reading Room The Library of Congress
Geography Games Sheppard Software
Library of Congress Country Studies full text of Area Handbooks Series volumes on countries of the world
Portals to the World The Library of Congress
World Digital Library "makes available on the Internet, free of charge and in multilingual format, significant primary materials from countries and cultures around the world."
History
American Memory The Library of Congress
America's Story from America's Library The Library of Congress
Best of History Websites "aims to provide quick, convenient, and reliable access to the best history-oriented resources online in a wide range of categories"
Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers
Documenting the American South "provides Internet access to texts, images, and audio files related to southern history, literature, and culture"
Eyewitness to History "History through the eyes of those who lived it"
Great Buildings Collection "gateway to architecture around the world and across history"
History Place great online history exhibits
HistoryChannel.com "the best search in history"...also, study guides, speeches, "This Day in History"
Hyperhistory Online "2000 files covering 3000 years of history"
Lincoln/Net Abraham Lincoln Historical Digitization Project: full text access to "historical materials from Abraham Lincoln's Illinois years (1830-1861), including Lincoln's writings and speeches"
Motion Picture and Television Reading Room The Library of Congress
OnThisDay.com daily historical facts and events, famous birthdays, world history, music history
People's Century, 1900-1999 Companion to the PBS television series
Shmoop: US History a new educational website for high school and college students, named "Best of the Internet" in PC Magazine
Southwide Textile Heritage Initiative an organization recognizing "the uncountable contributions made to our region by the South’s cotton mill people"
Textile Heritage Museum at Glencoe, NC
Top 10 Historical Sites on the Internet
Today In History The Library of Congress
Midlife
AARP: American Association of Retired Persons
Administration on Aging
Environmental Alliance for Senior Involvement (EASI)
National Senior Citizens Law Center
Social Security Online "The Official Website of the Social Security Administration"
ThirdAge
Yahoo Directory: Seniors
Parenting
Child Care Aware "America's most trusted child care resource"
iVillage: Pregnancy and Parenting
National Parenting Center
Zero to Three National Center for Infants, Toddlers & Families
Population
Datafinder Population Reference Bureau
Population Reference Bureau central clearinghouse of population information
Population Action International "an independent policy advocacy group working to strengthen political and financial support worldwide for population programs grounded in individual rights"
Social Issues
Homework Center: Social Issues (Multnomah Co. Library) information on social issues from multiple viewpoints
Southern Poverty Law Center "internationally known for its tolerance education programs, its legal victories against white supremacists and its tracking of hate groups"
Women's Studies
Sallie Bingham Center for Women's History and Culture in the Rare Book, Manuscripts, and Special Collections Library at Duke University
Travel/Recreation/Entertainment
Background Notes on countries of the world
Digital Librarian: Outdoors
Digital Librarian: Travel
Internet Movie Database "the biggest, best, most award-winning movie site on the planet"
Ticketmaster.com
VisitNC.com
World Religions
Internet Sacred Text Archive -- World Religions sacred texts of all major and many other religions in full text
Major World Religions OmSakthi.org -- short summaries of world religionsWriting Resources
Creative Writing Prompts.com
Elements of Style William Strunk, Jr.
The English Teacher: Teaching Creative Writing
Explication vs. Analysis Kansas State site
Fiction Writing (About.com)
Google Scholar
Help with Writing About Drama Furman University
PIZAZZ: Creative Writing and Storytelling Ideas designed principally for ESL students, but fun for anyone
PoeWar.com a site by John Hewitt "with well over 100 articles, a job center, a freelancer's center and the most recent addition, education about money"
Scholarly Journals v. Popular Magazine Articles UTSA Library's site on how to tell the difference
Plagiarism.org "designed to help educators and students develop a better sense of what plagiarism means in the information age, and to teach the planning, organizational, and citation skills essential for producing quality writing and research"
WWW Virtual Library -- Evaluation of Information Sources
Writing About Fiction Purdue University Online Writing Lab
Writing About Literature Purdue University Online Writing Lab
Writing Center University of Wisconsin at Madison
Writing Center Guide to Writing About Film George Mason University
Writing a Literature Paper: Guidelines, Suggestions, Strategies University of Michigan-Dearborn site
Yahoo Search Directory: Creative Writing
Avoiding Plagiarism
Avoiding Plagiarism help from Isothermal Community College Library
Avoiding Plagiarism De Pauw University Writing Center examples of what is and isn't
How to Avoid PlagiarismThe Writing Center, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Purdue University Online Writing Lab (OWL)
Hamilton College Writing Center
Writing Tutorial Services Indiana University, Bloomington, IN
Citing Resources
APA Documentation Writer's Handbook
A Brief Guide to Documenting and Quoting Resources
Chicago/Turabian Documentation Writer's Handbook
Citation Machine (Son of) "an interactive web tool designed to assist high school, college, and university students, their teachers, and independent researchers in their effort to respect other people's intellectual properties"
Citing Sources Duke University Libraries; a very helpful, well-organized site
Documentation Styles for Citing Resources help from Isothermal Community College Library and links to the University of Wisconsin, Madison
EasyBib "the automatic bibliography and citation maker" (includes MLA 7 format)
MLA Documentation Writer's Handbook
NoodleTools Quick Cite MLA style citations built by simply typing in resource information
Research and Documentation Online Bedford / St. Martin's information on MLA, APA, Chicago, CPE citation styles -- with sample papers in each style!
General Advice on Writing
Argumentative, Persuasive Essays Internet Public Library Teenspace
How to Begin to Write: Organization, Introductions and Conclusions by Ella Berven, the Roane State Community College Online Writing Lab
Research & Writing Step By Step: Step 6: Writing the Paper Internet Public Library
Draft and Revise a Research Paper Thompson/Gale
Help for Term Paper Writers: Hot Paper Topics from O'Keefe Library, St. Ambrose University website
Explication vs. Analysis Kansas State site
Film and Media Studies George Mason University
Help with Writing About Drama Furman University
Writing About Fiction Purdue University Online Writing Lab
Writing About Literature Purdue University Online Writing Lab
Writing a Literature Paper: Guidelines, Suggestions, Strategies University of Michigan-Dearborn site
How to Write an Introduction/Conclusion
OWL Purdue University, Indiana
LEO St. Cloud State University, Minnesota
Cambridge Rindge and Latin School Research Guide Cambridge, MA
Guide to Writing a Basic Essay: Write the Introduction and Conclusion by Kathy Livingston
Technical Writing (Some of this information is also useful as general advice in writing papers.)
How to Write Well
Scrutiny of the Introduction by Jon Claerbout of Stanford University, CA
Technical Writing by Dr. Ronald B. Standler
Some Advice on Writing a Technical Report by Alan T. Sherman, Univ. of Maryland