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ART

 

 

 

Artcyclopedia: The Fine Art Search Engine

Database of over 7,500 artists. You can search by name, medium, subject, or movement. There are links to sites with information about the artists

 

Art History Resources on the Web -

directory of art history resources on the web arranged by movements/periods, under which individual artists are also listed. Some of the entries have brief descriptions.

 

 

 

 

Galleries

 

 

Boise Art Museum

Boise, Idaho

 

Chicago Art Institute

Chicago, Illinois

 

Getty Center - Los Angeles, California

 

 

Idaho Art Galleries

 

 

LACMA: Los Angeles County Museum of Art

 

 

Louvre

Paris, France (website is in French)

 

Metropolitan Museum Of Art

(includes timeline of art history)

 

National Gallery of Art

Washington, D.C.

 

WWW Virtual Library: Museums - Art Galleries

 

 

Vincent van Gogh Gallery

 

 

Web Gallery of Art

- searchable database

 

 

 

BIOLOGY

 

 

 

BiologyBrowser

Produced by Thomson Scientific, free web site offering resources for the life sciences information community.

 

Life Sciences - Extensive Catalog of Internet Links

BUBL Information Service, Centre for Digital Library Research, Strathclyde University, Glasgow,Scotland

 

SciTech.Gov

Provides a listing of US government science and technology Web resources, searchable by keyword, topic, agency, or resource type. Material covers agriculture and food, astronomy, biology, energy conservation, health and medicine, and maths, physics, and chemistry.

 

 

 

BUSINESS

 

 

 

American City Business Journals

- Full text articles from 35 regional journals

 

BRINT: A Business Researcher's Interests

- Includes some full text articles on contemporary issues

 

Department of Commerce

 

 

Stat-USA

- A service of the U.S. Department of Commerce, Site for the U.S. business, economic and trade community, providing authoritative information from the Federal government. Includes some full text articles on contemporary issues.  Contact Documents Librarian for password. LLSchandorff@nnu.edu

 

U of Pennsylvania Wharton School of Business

- sponsored by Ford motor Co. and Merrill Lynch

 

North American Industry Classification System

- Reference tool for use with economic census or other industrial data.

 

 

 

ECONOMICS

 

 

 

U. S. Census Bureau/Business Page

trade, and agricultural statistics

 

Idaho Department of Commerce

-downloadable data for state economy including labor, socioeconomic, small business, trends and projections.

 

U.S. Department of Commerce

 

 

Stat-USA

- A service of the U.S. Department of Commerce, Site for the U.S. business, economic and trade community, providing authoritative information from the Federal government. Includes some full text articles on contemporary issues.  Contact Documents Librarian for password. LLSchandorff@nnu.edu

 

 

 

EDUCATION

 

 

 

G.E.M. Gateway

to educational materials, lesson plans, activities, projects, curriculum and other resources for teachers.

 

Department of Education Publications

 

 

National Clearinghouse for English Language Acquisition

 

 

Talented and Gifted Webliography

 

 

Education Reports from ERIC

Main Page (ERIC documents from federally funded projects available from October 2002 to present)

 

 

 

FILM & TELEVISION

 

 

 

The Internet Movie Database

Comprehensive information about some 170,000 titles.

 

 

 

FINANCE

 

 

 

411Stocks

The most requested company financial data and stock prices.

 

 

 

GENERAL REFERENCE

 

 

 

Familiar Quotations

 

 

The Gallup Organization

Information from opinion polls, special reports, trends, and social audits.

 

How Stuff Works

Clear explanations about the operation of a wide range of things: car engines, VCRs, and much more.

 

Information Please

Search three almanacs, plus biography, dictionary, and online encyclopedia databases.

 

The Knowledge Source

from ProQuest K-12

 

Lives - BIOGRAPHY Metapage

Sponsored by Frances Press

 

My Virtual Reference Desk

 

 

Nobel Prizes

Official web site of the Nobel Foundation offers a searchable database of prizes and laureates.

 

OneLook Dictionaries

Over 460 dictionaries, general and specialized.

 

The Quotations Page

 

 

iTools

 

 

Statistical Resources on the Web

 

 

 

 

GOVERNMENT

 

 

IDAHO

Idaho State Government

 

 

Idaho Government Documents

 

FEDERAL / OTHER

U.S. Government

 

 

Constitution Center

Constitution, U.S. - National Constitution Center, interactive, searchable

 

Department of Commerce

 

 

Department of Energy Reports Bibliographic Database

 

 

FedWorld

 

 

FirstGov

first stop for accessing U. S. Government information

 

Fish & Wildlife Service

 

 

Foreign Relations of the United States (1883-)

 

 

Government Printing Office Online Access

catalog of publications from all agencies

 

Legislative Sourcebook

Legislative information sources

 

Library of Congress

Marvelous resource!

 

National Geospatial Data Clearinghouse

 

 

Stat-USA (NTDB)

- A service of the U.S. Department of Commerce, Site for the U.S. business, economic and trade community, providing authoritative information from the Federal government. Includes some full text articles on contemporary issues.  Contact Documents Librarian for password. LLSchandorff@nnu.edu

 

Thomas

Search Legislative Information, bills, Congressional Record of House & Senate

 

US Consumer Gateway

Authoritative consumer information ranging from health issues to product safety.

 

White House

Official news, speeches, Presidential schedule, contact info

 

World Factbook 1997

Information on over 250 countries and organizations

 

 

 

HISTORY

 

 

 

American South:First person narratives

[Primary Sources] Library of Congress 1860-1920)

 

American Memory

[Primary Sources]  Digital collections of the Library of Congress

 

American and British History Bibliographies

 

 

California As I first Saw it

[Primary Sources] First person narratives 1849-1900

 

Foreign Relations of the United States

(1863-) [Primary Source]

 

History and Politics Out Loud

 

 

Idaho State Historical Society

[Primary Sources]

 

In the First Person

[Primary Sources] Letters, diaries, oral histories, first person narratives

 

Lewis & Clark

[Primary Sources] Journal, maps, multimedia exhibits by Univ. of Cincinnati

 

Making of America

[Primary Sources]Michigan Digital Library, 1800-1902

 

Medieval Studies

 

 

Native Americans - Early Recognized Treaties with American Indian Nations

[Primary Source] 9 treaties between the U. S. Government and Native Americans. 1722-1805.

 

Native Americans - Indian Affairs: Laws and Treaties

[Primary Source] Seven volume compilation of U.S. treaties, laws and executive orders pertaining to Native American Indian tribes covering 1778-1971.

 

Oregon Trail

[Primary Sources]Idaho State University

 

Public Papers of the Presidents

[Primary Source] (1929-2000) searchable database, hosted by University of Michigan

 

U.S. Civil War Reading List

 

 

University of Idaho Library Special Collections and Archives

 

 

Vietnam War Bibliography

 

 

Witchcraft in Early Modern Europe and America

 

 

Women and Social Movements in the U.S

[Primary Sources] 1775-2000. To access primary sources go to to "Documents" and browse list by date or topic.

 

 

 

LITERATURE

 

 

 

Online Literary Criticism

Criticism of American and British literary works, plus author's biographical information.

 

Literature for Children

Web access to over 550 digitized children's literature titles dating from before 1850 to after 1950.

 

International Children's Digital Library

Great site for education majors and others serving children. 611 FREE children's books online!

 

 

 

MUSIC

 

 

 

American Music Resource

 

 

Bach Bibliography

 

 

Beethoven Bibliography Database

Ira F Brilliant Center for Beethoven Studies, San Jose State University.

 

CAIRSS for Music (literature database)

Hosted by U of Texas, San Antonio - Database of music research literature in music education, music psychology, music therapy, and music medicine. 1,354 different journal titles; 18 of which are indexed cover to cover.

 

Classical.net

 

 

Lied and Art Songs Database

Searchable database of 18, 370 art songs. Search by composer, poet, first line, title or language to find translations, birth and death dates of composers, etc.

 

Metronome Online

A free and handy metronome.

 

Redhot Jazz Archive

 

 

 

 

NURSING/MEDICINE

 

 

Careers - Nursing Specialties

(also check careers or job postings on individual hospital websites listed below)

 

 

American Nurses Credentialing Center

lists specialties along with educational and credentials required for each.

 

American Nurses Association

 

 

Career Map

Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nurses

 

Idaho Board of Nursing

 

 

Idaho Nurses Association

 

 

NursingCenter.com

 

 

Occupational Outlook

for Nurses - U. S. Department of Labor

Tools for Research

 

 

 

Global Health

World Health Data

 

Hardin Directory of Nursing & Nursing Research

 

 

Harvard Medical School Health Guide

search for info on diagnostic tests

 

HEALTHINFOQUEST

NNLM, Pathfinders to common consumer health questions

 

Health Resources and Services Administration

Official Website of U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

 

Idaho Department of Health & Welfare, Division of Health

 

 

MayoClinic

consumer health information

 

Medicine Net

Information on diseases, procedures, and pharmaceuticals.

 

Medline Plus

Nat'l Library of Medicine (NNLM) searchable database for consumer health info

 

Micromedex (Thompson)

NNU Library Subscription Resource. A wide range of clinical databases, including unbiased, referenced information about toxicology, diseases, acute care, and alternative medicine, drug identification and interactions, plus CareNotes System for patient care.

 

National Center For Health Statistics

download and search reference sources for data on national health topics.

 

National Center For Health Statistics

download and search reference sources for data on national health topics.

 

RxList

the Internet drug Index, search Tabor's medical dictionary, Medical abbreviations finder.

Local Hospitals and Health Care Facilities

 

 

 

Boise Veterans Administration Medical Center

Boise, Idaho

 

Mercy Medical Center

Nampa, Idaho

 

Saint Alphonsus Medical Center

Boise, Idaho

 

Saint Luke's Medical Center

Boise, Idaho

 

West Valley Medical Center

Caldwell, Idaho

 

 

 

PHILOSOPHY

 

 

 

Brown Electronic Article Review Service

(Dept. of Philosophy, Brown Univ.)

 

Contemporary Philosophy of Mind

An Annotated Bibliography

 

NOEMA

Bibliography of Women in Philosophy

 

Online Papers in Philosophy

 

 

 

 

PHYSICS

 

 

 

American Physical Society Abstracts

 

 

American Physical Society Journals

American Physical Society Journals (1893 to present, abstracts only) Access provided by APS. Get articles through interlibrary loan by sending citation to library@nnu.edu

 

American Physical Society Tables of Contents

 

 

CERN Preprint Server

 

 

e-Print Archive (Los Alamos National Laboratory)

 

 

High Energy Physics (HEP) Database (Stanford)

 

 

NASA Astrophysics Data System

 

 

NASA Technical Reports Server

 

 

The Photonics Dictionary

 

 

SPRIRES Abstracts (Stanford Linear Accelerator)

Search recent abstracts not yet appearing

 

 

 

POLITICAL SCIENCE

 

 

 

DOD's Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms

 

 

FindLaw

Search court opinions and cases.

 

History and Politics Out Loud

 

 

Legal Information Institute

Cornell Law School - Search Court opinions, cases, justice biographies and more.

 

Policy.com

The policy news and information service

 

Political database of the Americas

 

 

Project Vote Smart

Nonpartisan information – biographies, campaign finances, issue stands – about state and federal candidates and elected officials.

 

Public Papers of the Presidents

(1929-2000) searchable database, hosted by University of Michigan

 

 

 

PSYCHOLOGY

 

 

 

American Psychological Association

 

 

 

 

  RECREATION

 

 

 

ParkNet

Detailed maps and general information on national parks.

 

 

 

SCIENCE

 

 

 

Bioinformatics

Archived information is generally free.

 

Federation of American Scientists

 

 

 

 

SOCIAL WORK

 

 

 

Ehrenkranz School of Social Work, New York University

web resources for social workers

 

FactFinder

Find facts and information on population, housing, economical, and geographical data.

 

HUD

Official website of the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development

 

NASW

Find information on publications, services, resources, news and information related to the National Association of Social Workers.

 

U.S. Census Bureau

Official website of the United States Census Bureau.

 

 

 

THEOLOGY & RELIGION

 

 

 

Early Church Fathers

 

 

Wesley Center at NNU

 

 

Bible Gateway

Read, search and listen to various full text translations

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