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A list of web 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
Accounting -- Tax and Accounting Sites Directory and LSU Libraries Accounting and Math Calculators (savings, basic, scientific)
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 IPL2 Anthropology Resources and NativeWeb and Ethnographic Resources and Living Links
APA Format -- see Style Manuals
Art -- AskArt.Com and IPL2 Art Topics 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 IPL Argument Topics Resources and Public Agenda Online and Yahoo's Society and Culture Issues and Causes
Articles from magazines -- New Jour Electronic Journals and Newsletters
Astronomy -- IPL2 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
B
Biographies -- Biography.com and Academy of Achievement and Biographical Dictionary and InfoPlease People
Biological Science -- BioZone Biolinks and AGRICOLA and Biology Online and The Biology Project and see Ecology and Field Guides
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 IPL2's Business 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 Freeskills Tutorials and Learn to Type
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C
Calculators -- iFigure
California History -- see History, California
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 California Career Resouce Network and California Occupational Guides and Inside Career Info and Career Gateway and Web Sources of Career Information
Chemistry -- Chemdex and Links for Chemists and IPL2's Chemical Sciences Topics 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 -- IPL2's Clip Art on the Web
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 and The Ultimate Public Speaking Resource Guide
Computer Graphics and Design -- Communication Arts Network and see Desktop Publishing
Computer Science -- Whatis?com and How Computer Stuff Works and IPL2 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
Copyright -- Fair Use Harbor and Ethics in Computing and Copyright Crash Course
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 Studies and Cultural Etiquette Around the World and Cultural Insights and International Monetary Fund: Country Information
Currency -- OANDA's Classic 164 Currency Converter
D
Desktop Publishing -- From About.com 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 -- Just Free Books and 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
English --Academic Research Guidelines and English Resources Page and Map of Languages in US and Paradigm Online Writing Assistant 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 and Critically Analyzing Information Sources and Evaluating Web Pages and 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 and Math Calculators (savings, basic, scientific)
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 --Virtual Geography Dept. 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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H
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
History, California -- California Digital Library and California State Library History Section and Calisphere
Holidays -- Earth Calendar and World-Calendar Site
Hollister -- see Local Information
How to do things -- Ehow and About.com and How Stuff Works
Humanities -- and EDSITEment (and see Art and English and History and Literature and Music and Philosophy and Spanish and Theater)

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

K

Keyboarding --Touch Typing Tutorial and Keyboarding Practice and Free Keyboarding Resources

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 -- Bureau of Justice Statistics and California Law 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 -- IPL2 Marketing & Advertising Resources
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 IPL2 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 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 -- Roll Call: Newspaper of Capitol Hill and Presidents of the United States and Project VoteSmart and Politcal Science Resources 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 -- IPL2 Real Estate Resources
Reference -- Refdesk.com
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 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 Browser
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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