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Useful Web Sites by Subject

A list of useful sites compiled by Gavilan Librarians, arranged alphabetically by subject:

A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | J | K | L | M | N | P | Q | R | S | T | W | Z

If you want to search the Web yourself, see our list of Internet search engines and subject directories.

A

• Abortion -- The Alan Guttmacher Institute  and National Abortion Federation and National Right to Life and Center for Reproductive Rights and Public Agenda Online
• Accounting -- Tax and Accounting Sites Directory and LSU Libraries Accounting and Accounting Web's Accounting Resources on the Internet and Measure 4 Measure Financial Conversions
• Administration of Justice -- see Law Enforcement
• Allied Health -- See Health and Medical Information Page
• Almanac -- Infoplease Almanac and The Old Farmer's Almanac
• Anthropology -- Anthropology Resources on the Web and IPL Anthropology Resources and Anthropology in the News and NativeWeb and Ethnographic Resources and Living Links
• APA Format -- see Style Manuals
• Art -- AskArt.Com and LII Art Topics and Art History and More Art History Links and Mother of All Art and Art History Links   and Art Images for College Teaching and Art Dictionary and see Humanities
• Argument Paper Links -- Best Information on the Net and Hot Topics on the Web and Librarian's Internet Index and Public Agenda Online and Yahoo's Society and Culture Issues and Causes
• Articles from magazines -- FindArticles.com and New Jour Electronic Journals and Newsletters
• Astronomy -- AstroWeb and LII Astronomy Topics and Atlas of the Universe and Map-A-Planet and Virtual Planetarium and

           NASA Goddard Institute for Space

• Athletics -- See Physical Education
• Audiobooks, downloadable, free -- LibriVox and Project Gutenberg and AudioBooks For Free and Lit2Go
• Aviation -- Federal Aviation Administration and Aviation Home Page and World Aviation Directory

  B

• Biographies -- Biography.com and ACRL: Biography Resources and Biographical Dictionary and InfoPlease People
• Biological Science -- BioZone Biolinks and AGRICOLA and Biology Online and BioTech  and Biology Internet Resources and The Biology Project and see Ecology and Field Guides and Biology Browser
• Book Reviews -- Directory of Book Reviews and New York Times (free sign up access) and New York Review of Books
• Business -- Rutgers University Library Business Guide and Business Reference on the Net and IPL's Business and Economics Topics and EDGAR and Hoover's Corporate Information and Annual Reports for Investors
• Business Office Technology -- TechTutorials and Microsoft Keyboard Assistance and Excel Tutorial and Microsoft Word Tutorial and Learning Keyboarding/Typing and Freeskills Tutorials

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  C

• Calculators -- iFigure
• Capital Punishment -- California Department of Corrections and Death Penalty Information from Michigan State University and Amnesty International and Death Penalty Information Center
• Careers -- Occupational Outlook Handbook and CollegeBoard and JobWeb and What Can I Do With a Major In? and California Occupational Guides and Web Sources of Career Information
• Chemistry -- Chemdex and Links for Chemists and Chemical Sciences and Chem1 Virtual Textbook and ChemInfo
• Chicago Manual of Style -- see Style Manuals
• Child Development -- Child Development Resource Page and see Education
• Citation Styles -- see Style Manuals
• Clip art -- LII Clip Art on the Web and Discovery School's clipart
• Colleges -- The Princeton Review and UC Undergraduate Admission Info and California State University and ASSIST and Gavilan Transfer Center and CollegeBoard
• Communications -- SpeechTips.com and Advanced Public Speaking Institute and The National Forensic Association and Communication Studies and Communications Research Guide
• Computer Graphics and Design -- Communication Arts Network and see Desktop Publishing
• Computer Science -- Whatis?com and How Computer Stuff Works and IPL Computers & Internet Resources and Ethics in Computing and Hardware/Software Info and Pew Internet and American Life and Virus Encyclopedia
• Concordances Web Concordances
• Consumer Information Consumer Action and Free Annual Credit Reports Availability and Consumers Union and CalPIRG
• Conversions -- Conversion & Calculation Center and Measure 4 Measure
• Copyright -- Fair Use Harbor and Ethics in Computing
• Cosmetology -- FDA Cosmetics Information Page and California State Bureau of Barbering and Cosmetology and Beauty Tech
• Countries -- US State Dept. Background Notes and BBC News: Country Profiles and Country Reports and Cultural Etiquette Around the World and  Cultural Insights and Culture & Customs and International Monetary Fund: Country Information
• Currency -- OANDA's Classic 164 Currency Converter

  D

• Desktop Publishing -- From About.com and Multimedia Category   and Multimedia and Authoring Resources
• Dictionaries -- Merriam-Webster Online and Cambridge Dictionaries
• Disabled People's Rights -- California Department of Rehabilitation and Paraquad
• Drama -- see Theater Arts and Monologue Archive and Inter-Play (Finds Plays in Collections, Anthologies, and Periodicals.)

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  E

• Early Childhood Education -- Organizations (from Yahoo) and NAEYC site and Child Development Resource Page
• Ebooks -- Search for Ebooks and Book Search and Google Book Search and Project Gutenberg
• Ejournals, Emagazines, and Ezines -- NewJour and Stanford's HighWire Press and Gavilan Library's ejournal site
• Ecology -- The Tree of Life and EnviroLink and Biological Science and National Plants Database
• Economics -- Economic Statistics Briefing Room Center for Global Development, and Economic Indicators and see Business
• Education -- Educator's Reference Desk and see Child Development and ERIC (Education Resources Information Center) and U.S. Department of Education and EduHound and Education Report Card
• Elections --  League of Women Voters and California Elections & Voter Information
• Email, Free -- Gmail and  Yahoo.com and MSN Hotmail.com and Inbox.com and Fastmail.com
• Emergency Preparedness -- Be Prepared California and Ready America and Ready Kids
• Encyclopedias -- Encyclopaedia Britannica and Columbia Encyclopedia and Xrefer
• English --Academic Research Guidelines and English Resources Page and Map of Languages in US and Paradigm Online Writing Assistant and Mind Tools for Reading and see Literature and Style Manuals and Grammar
• ESL-- EnglishClub and Dave's ESL Cafe and Grammar Safari and Useful Links for ESL Students see English
• Euthanasia -- Internet Sources of Information on Euthanasia
• Evaluation of Websites -- Five Criteria for Evaluating Web pages -- Critically Analyzing Information Sources -- Evaluate Web Pages -- Evaluating Web Pages -- Snopes.com (internet hoaxes and urban legends)
  

  F

• Fax, Local -- Gilroy public fax locations
• Fax, Free online services -- Send faxes online - FaxZero.com and FreeFax.com -- Receive faxes in your email - eFax.com and FaxDigits.com
• Financial Aid -- FAFSA and Gavilan College Financial Aid and see Scholarships
• Fire Technology -- WPI Fire Protection Resources and Fire and EMS Resource Center

  G

• GED --  GED Testing Service and California GED Office and GED for Free and Free-ed.net
• Geography -- LII Geography sites on the Web and see Maps and Travel Information Page
• Geology --Geology On-Line Labs and National Geophysical Data Center and Recent Earthquakes in California and geology.com
• Gilroy -- see Local Information
• Globalization -- Globalization 101
• Grammar and Usage -- American Heritage Book of English Usage and Guide to Grammar and Writing and Strunk's Elements of Style
• Government -- see Government Web Sites Page and see Political Science and see Local Information
• Guidance -- Study Skills Self-help Information and Study Strategies and Developing Job Seeking Skills and Occupational Outlook Handbook

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• Health Education -- Go Ask Alice! and National Health Information Center and Health and Medical Information Page
• History -- TV News Archive and Historical Maps and see History 1 Links and History 2 Links and Leah Halper's History Pages and American Life Histories and Best of History Websites and Resources for the Study of Western Civilization and European History
• Holidays -- Earth Calendar and World-Calendar Site
• Hollister -- see Local Information
• How to do things -- Ehow and About.com and How Stuff Works
• Humanities -- LII's Arts and Humanities Web Pages and EDSITEment (and see Art and English and History and Literature and Music and Philosophy and Spanish and Theater)
  

  J
  Journalism -- Journalist's Guide to the Internet and Fairness and Accuracy In Reporting and see Newspapers

  K
  Keyboarding -- Learning Keyboarding/Typing and Touch Typing Tutorial and Keyboarding Practice

  L

• Law -- U.S. Public Laws and U.S. Code and Code of Federal Regulations and California Law and California Code of Regulations and Supreme Court Online and Free Legal Information from Nolo Press
• Law Enforcement -- Criminal Justice Links and Bureau of Justice Statistics and California Law and Law Enforcement Agencies on the Web and Uniform Crime Reports
• Libraries -- Library of Congress and see Local Libraries
• Life science -- see Biological Sciences and Ecology
• Literature and Literary Criticism -- Online Literary Criticism Collection and The Cambridge History of English and American Literature and Voice of the Shuttle and The Literature Network and Literary Research at Gavilan Library
• Local Information -- Information for City Reports and Gilroy Community Information

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• M

• Maps -- See Maps and Travel Information Page
• Management -- Free Management Library and Government Management
• Marketing -- IPL Marketing & Advertising Resources and Advertising World
• Mathematics -- Topics in Mathematics and A+ Math and Exactly How Is Math Used In Technology? and Powers of 10 and Calculators, Conversion Tables, Measurements & Weights and American Mathematical Society and Prime Numbers
• Medicine -- see Health and Medical Information Page
• MLA Format -- see Style Manuals
• Morgan Hill -- see Local Information
• Music -- Locating Lyrics, Sheet Music, Librettos & Scores and Allmusic and IPL Music Resources and see Humanities
• Movies --Internet Movie Database and All Movie Guide and The Greatest Films

  N

• Newspapers, Local -- San Jose Mercury News and The Pinnacle and The Gilroy Dispatch and The Morgan Hill Times 
• Newspapers, Not Local --  Newslink and Daily Earth and Selected English-Language Newspapers Online
• Nursing -- see Health and Medical Information Page

P

• Philosophy -- A Dictionary of Philosophical Terms and Names and Philosophy Research Base and see Humanities
• Physical Education Academic -- Human Kinetics
• Physical Education Activities --National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics and Measure 4 Measure Health Conversions  and custom workouts from  American Council on Exercise.                                                                                                                
• Physical Education Adaptive -- Special Olympics and Gavilan Adaptive Physical Education                                       
• Physical Science -- see Astronomy, Chemistry, Geology, and Physics
• Physics -- Physics and Astronomy Reference and Einstein Light and FearOfPhysics.com
• Plagiarism -- What It Is and How to Avoid It and Plagiarism Prevention
• Political Science -- CQ Politics and Presidents of the United States and Project VoteSmart and Political Science Net Station (archives) and The American Presidency Project and see Government Web Sites Page
• Psychology -- Psych Web and Current Topics in Psychology

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  Q

• Quotations -- Bartleby.com and Quotations Page and Quotable Women

  R

• Radio Stations -- Radio Station Locator and NewsLink Radio and Television Locator.
• Real Estate -- IPL Real Estate Resources
• Reference -- Refdesk.com and DeskRef: Sources for Quick Answers
• Renaissance -- Life in Elizabethan England
• Research Tips -- Professional Journal v Popular Magazine and Academic Research Guidelines
• Rhyming Dictionary -- Semantic Rhyming Dictionary

  S

• San Juan Bautista -- see Local Information
• Scholarships -- FastWeb Free Scholarship Search and Mapping Your Future and see Financial Aid
• Science -- Science Timeline and Scientific American's Ask The Experts and see Astronomy and Biological Sciences and Chemistry and Geology and Life Sciences and Physics
• Search Engines -- Whichengine
• Sign Language -- A Basic Dictionary of Basic Sign Language and ASL Fingerspelling
• Sociology -- Allyn & Bacon Sociology Links and SocioWeb
• Software Downloads -- Tucows and CNet
• Spanish -- About.Com Spanish Language and Learn Spanish Online and Intermediate and Advanced Spanish Online and Spanish Dictionaries and see Humanities
• Statistics, California -- Public Policy Institute of California and Counting California
• Statistics, U.S. -- U.S. Census and Statistical Abstract of the U.S. and County and City Data Book and Finding Data on the Internet and Vassar Stats and American Fact Finder and Pew ResearchCenter and Public Policy of California
• Style Manuals -- MLA Format and MLA Electronic Citation Format and MLA Documentation and Gavilan's MLA Format and Landmarks Citation Machine and Gavilan's APA Format and APA Electronic Citation Format and Chicago Documentation
  

  T

• Tax Forms -- Tax forms, California and Tax forms, Federal
• Television -- NewsLink Radio and Television Locator
• Theater Arts -- Internet Resources in Theatre and Performance Studies and see Drama
• Thesauri -- Thesaurus.com and Lexical FreeNet and Roget's II Thesarus, 3rd ed.
• Travel -- see Maps and Travel Information Page
• Tutorials -- Boolean Searching, Searching the Internet (from UC Berkeley), Texas Information Literacy Tutorial
• Typing -- Learning Keyboarding/Typing and Touch Typing Tutorial and Keyboarding Practice

  V
  

• Vocational Preparation for Disabled -- see Disabled People's Rights

  W

• Web Archive--The Wayback Machine archives Web sites that are no longer on the Web.
• Web Design--Webmonkey

  Z

• Zip Codes -- US Postal Service

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