NEW LINKS - SITES RECENTLY ADDED TO CYBER-REF

THIS WEEK


  • US Cities & State Gazetteer - Profiles for 166,000 cities, towns, neighborhoods and subdivisions; maps, data and directions for 1.7 million physical, cultural & historical features. --
  • The Visual Dictionary --
  • Drug Digest - source of noncommercial, evidence-based, consumer-oriented drug information --
  • Drug Information Portal, National Library of Medicine - provides links to various federal health agencies' info on a given drug --
  • Asian Week - the oldest and largest English language newspaper serving the Asian/Pacific Islander American community --
  • Gold Price - current & historic gold, silver & platinum prices (back 30 years) --
  • Complementary and Alternative Medicine Index - helpful info on alternative therapies, discussions of conditions (by organ and symptoms), and drug, herb, and supplement interactions and uses --
  • LOUIS Database - indexed & cross-referenced depository of federal documents from the executive & legislative branches of government --
  • FileInfo.net - the file extenstions resource - very up-to-date --
  • iFly.com - detailed info on airports in the U.S. & Canada; -- Airports of the World - links to airport web sites --
  • Alternative Farming Systems Information Center - info & links to resources on organic farming & sustainable agriculture methods and practices, from the US Dept. of Agriculture --
  • State Harbors Division faq - with cruise ship schedules and daily ship schedules for each port --
  • PBS Parents - lots of info, including PBS Parent Guides on a variety of topics --
  • The American Presidency Project - comprehensive collection of resources pertaining to the study of the President of the United States --
  • Social Explorer - tool to extract Census data & generate -- Reports - for states or counties you want statistics for --
  • American Women Through Time - can browse by decade or search --
  • All Acronyms.com --
  • Astronomy Online - basic and accessible information about the world of astronomy --
  • The Basics of Saving and Investing - investor education & protection information from the Investor Protection Trust, pdf files --
  • BlackPast.com - with info on -- African American History - with an online encyclopedia, major speeches & primary documents --
  • Global Integrity - information on corruption and governance trends, has a Global Intergrity Index & country reports --
  • Learning Space - courses from The Open University in Britain
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  • Famous Poets and Poems - poems from over 600 noted poets; -- Poet Index --
  • Stump the Bookseller - Loganberry Books - info on old children books readers are trying to remember, has a browse-only archive - Solved Mysteries Catalog --
  • Wikipedia : Public domain image resources - categorized links to copyright-free images --
  • OAIster - indexes Open Archive Initiative print & non-print collections from over 700 institutions, -- Search - choose "image" under Limit By Resource Type --
  • ZFacts on current controversial topics - info from an economist, approaches current controversial topics by looking for decisive & well-documented facts, topics selected must be part of some policy debate & have some long-lasting social significance -- Research Channel - with over 70 participating members (universities & research organizations), provides access to a prodigious array of talks, conferences, lectures --
  • NetSERF - guide to various online resources that deal with many aspects of the medieval world --
  • Google Patent Search - search for patents using a variety of criteria --
  • Union of Concerned Scientists - info on a variety of environmental issues --
  • The A to Z Guide to Political Interference in Science - reports from the Union of Concerned Scientists --
  • Veterinary Medicine Resources on the Web - links to pet health sites, for pet owners there's -- Pet Care & Health --
  • It's Elemental - concise info & data for each element --
  • Yahoo! Maps --
  • Kauai Beach Explorer - info on beaches that you can browse & restrict by criteria, also -- Info Guides - with safety tips & advice on beach activities --
  • FedSpending.org - provides data on federal contracts and about federal financial assistance such as grants, loans; from -- OMB Watch - a nonprofit research & advocacy organization dedicated to promoting government accountability --
  • Poem Hunter - search by poet, poem title, or poem text
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  • Technorati - a recognized authority on what's going on in the world of weblogs, info organized by category & you can search the content of 56 million blogs, also -- SlashDot, -- BoingBoing, -- Google Blog Search --
  • Hawaii 2050 Sustainability Task Force - information, research data & news on the Task Force's work on a vision & plan for a sustainable Hawaii --
  • International Zip Codes - from Free Seaching.com. postal codes for many countries --
  • Worldcat - OCLC - world's largest library network, shows holdings in 10,000 + libraries worldwide --
  • The UC Guide to Healthy Lawns - Univ. of California - Davis info on lawn care --
  • Time and Time Again: Buying and Selling Timeshares and Vacation Plans - consumer info from the FTC on timeshares --
  • Vincent Van Gogh Gallery - has 100% of Vincent van Gogh's works and letters --
  • Good Stuff? - a Behind the Scenes Guide to the Thigns We Buy - from the Worldwatch Institute, gives info on the environmental impact & social justice realities for products in many categories, & lists green alternatives --
  • 50 State Bluebook Guide - provide links to official compendia of state data --
  • HireNet Hawaii - Hawaii State Dept. of Labor job information site --
  • Jetstream - An Online School for Weather - info from the NOAA beginning with global and large scale weather patterns followed by lessons on air masses, wind patterns, cloud formations, thunderstorms, lightning, hail, damaging winds, tornadoes, tropical storms, cyclones and flooding --
  • Cope Care Deal - expert information on mental health conditions for adolescents from The Annenberg Foundation Trust --
  • Virtual Skies Aeronautics Tutorial - from NASA; short text passages, accompanied by various diagrams & illustrations --
  • HyperStat Online Statistics Workbook - explains the basic concepts of statistics --
  • Primary Documents in American History - guide to Library of Congress resources & backround info on major documents, browse by era --
  • Every Stock Photo - thousands of public domain photos --
  • Eigen's Political and Historical Quotations - searchable by keyword (concepts), author or category(area designation), gives full source citations --
  • Free Public Records Directory - links to U.S. federal & state public records organized by state & county --
  • College Connections Hawaii - nonprofit organization with info on financial aid, including -- Scholarship Search - need to register to use -- International Airline Transportation Association - data on industry economics & facts, -- Industry Statistics --
    National Biological Information Infrastructure - links to online research resources for the various biological disciplines from the USGS, -- Search --
  • Useful Expressions and Greetings in 26 languages - browse by expression or language --
  • AmphibiaWeb - info & photos on 1000+ amphibian species; can be searched by genus, species, vernacular name, family, order, country
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  • Series and Sequels - for adult fiction, search by combinations of author, title, & series or character; from the L.A. Public Library system --
  • What's Next - search adult fiction in series; for author searches enter last name, comma, space, first name --
  • Juvenile Series and Sequels - covers children's and young adult fiction authors, browse by series title, series subject, book title, book author; from the Mid-Continent Public Library --
  • What's Next? Teen Series and Sequels - arranged by series title
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  • Smarter.com - provides product info & price comparison data --
  • Heavens-Above - info & data for amateur tracking of artificial satellites, the Space Station & space shuttles --
  • How Products Are Made - for a wide variety of products tells about the history of the product, the raw materials, & the manufacturing process --
  • ProCon.org - a nonpartisan corporation whose purpose is to inform the public about controversial issues using facts, news, & hundreds of diverse opinions in a pro-con format
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  • Public Library of Science - committed to making the world's scientific and medical literature a freely available public resource, with -- PLOS Biology - articles & info from researchers in the biological sciences; also PLOS journals for -- Medicine; -- Clinical Trials; -- Pathogens; -- Computational Biology; & -- Genetics --
  • U.S. Congress Votes Database - from the Washington Post, database of every vote in the United States Congress since 1991, lets you browse votes in a variety of ways --
  • Global Health Facts.org - from the Kaiser Family Foundation; data, by country, for HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, malaria & other key health and socio-economic indicators, companion site to -- Global Health Reporting.org --
  • Sing 365 - browse or search for song lyrics

  • American Verse Project - Univ. of Michigan archive of volumes of American poetry prior to 1920
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  • Kids-In-Mind - assign each film three distinct, category-specific ratings to give parents info t help them decide if a film is appropriate for them or their children according to their own criteria --
  • Family Media Guide - provides ratings & info on profanity, sex, and violence in films to help parents make informed decisions based upon their own personal standards of suitability --
  • Kauai County Geographic Information System - GIS map system with tax map key, streets, points of interest, and satellite imagery maps & data, need to read the Adobe Acrobat file -- How to Use the County of Kaua‘i Online GIS Application - before using the -- County of Kauai Parcel Viewer - the Find and Identify tools on the tool bar help you search for locations & data
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  • Interfaith Calendar - monthly & annual calendars with holy days & times for major world religions --
  • The Modern Word - info & links on leading 20th writers of experimental fiction, including surrealism, magical realism, modernism, postmodernism; -- Scriptorium author index --
  • Institute for Women's Policy Research - information and data on issues critical to women & families, -- Publications Index --
  • WiredSafety - lots of info on online safety for parents, teens & kids --
  • Recipezaar - 100,000+ recipes shared by home cooks, browse by categories or search --
  • Honolulu Magazine Archives - small but growing number of Honolulu back issues (need to subscribe to access current issue content) --
  • Little Oxford Dictionary of Quotations - searchable version of the 2nd edition, containing more than 4,000 quotations on over 250 subjects --
  • PUC Weekly updated wholesale Gas Cap Prices - ; also -- AAA Fuel Gage Report; or -- Hawaii Gas Prices.com - can search by town to see gas prices reported by web site users
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  • County of Kauai's Real Property Assessment and Tax Billing Information - click on Property Search to find tax map key & property info, search by address, parcel ID; click on Advanced for criteria search
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  • World Cocoa Foundation - info on farming cocoa / cacao, look under Related Info for a pdf Cocoa Growing manual; more info under Library; also -- Hawaiian Vintage Chocolate - info on the growing, botany & history of cocoa --
  • ReligionFacts.com - concise info on major religions' history, beliefs, texts, practices