Librarian Recommended Sites

Anthropology Art Books Careers College Directories E-Books English/Languages Internet

Libraries Maps Medicine Miscellaneous Money Movies Music Newspapers Statistics Virginia

ANTHROPOLOGY/ARCHEOLOGY
About Archaeology
Ancient Mesoamerican Civilizations
Anthropology in the News
Bio-Rational Institute - articles on the biology of love.
Cahokia Mounds - been there, done that
Cave Art of Cauvet Cave
Catalhoyuk - a possible goddess archeological site in Turkey
Chichen Itza - been there, done that
Emuseum
Index of Native American Resources on the Internet
La Brea Tar Pits - been there, done that
Lost King of the Mayas
Mesa Verde
Mexican Ruins - by clicking on any of the sites it will bring up that site's website
Miniature Earth - excellent site
Mississippian Moundbuilders and their Artifacts - great pictures of the artifacts
Montezuma's Castle - misleading name, but great ruin
Mystery of the Maya
Neanderthals and Modern Humans
Newspaper Rock in the Petrified Forest National Park
Nova Online: Secrets of Easter Island
Pueblo Grande Museum
Resources in Ethnographic Studies
Serpent Mound - been there, done that

BOOKS
Bestbookbuys.com - you can save 50% or more by comparing 21 booksellers.
FreeBookNotes.com - This site claims to be "a comprehensive guide to free book summaries, literature notes, and study guides." Books are listed alphabetically. Site also offers a few suggestions for finding other book reviews and summaries.
How Much Is My Old Book Worth? - good guide on determining worth of old books, rare books, first editions, etc.
If You Like Index - If you like books or music in a certain style or by a particular author or composer, you may wish to explore some of these.
Pre-historic Fiction
Science Fiction and Fantasy Book List Site

Petra in Jordan, thought to be built between 1200 - 551BC
CAREERS
Career Key
Princeton Review Career Quiz
Salary Expert
U.S. Department of State careers - how to get a job overseas

COLLEGE
College and University Rankings
Collegenet - lists over 500 colleges and universities in the US
Mymajor.com - short free survey that helps you determine what your major should be
Study Guide and Strategies
U.S. News & World Report College Rankings
Learning Styles Questionnaire - find out what kind of the eight standard learners you are and the advantages and disadvantages of each
 

DIRECTORIES
Academic Info - directory of Internet resources tailored to a college audience.
Digital Librarian - a librarian's choice of the best of the Web
Find it Virginia - With your Virginia Public Library Card, you can research any topic
INFOMINE:  Scholarly Internet Resource Collections
Internet Public Library Reference Center
Librarian's Index to the Internet
Libraryspot
Refdesk.com
Search Jake - is a reference source which can help the user to answer the following questions: Which online database indexes which magazines and newspapers? Which online databases contain the full text for a particular journal? What are the dates covered for a particular title in a particular database? You can search for any of the more than 23,000 journal titles listed.
Virtual Reference Shelf
xrefer - great search engine



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E-BOOKS & MAGS
All You Can Read - online magazines and newspapers
Anne Lamott
Bartleby.com:  Great Books Online
Dave Barry's weekly newspaper column
Jon Carroll's newspaper column (he's very smart and very funny)
Project Gutenberg - The definitive Web site for out-of-copyright books online in full-text. More than 1,900 texts online so far.
Salon.com - an online magazine with articles by great authors.
University of Virginia's E-Book Library

ENGLISH & LANGUAGES
Babel Fish Translations - Real-time bi-directional translation from/to English from/to Spanish, French, German, Portuguese, Italian, Chinese, Japanese, and Korean.
Blue Book of Grammar and Punctuation - takes awhile to load, don't get discouraged
Free Book Notes - This is an index to free online study guides and book summaries for over 250 classic novels.
Grammar Hotline
Literary Calendar - What happened on this day in literary history? Search by date and find important literary events such as the publication of a book or the birth or death of an author, and in many cases, links to relevant sites.
Plagiarism
Quote World
Research paper ideas - among other things, more than 4,000 suggestions for paper topics
 

INTERNET
Learn the Net - An excellent site in 5 languages: German, Spanish, French, Italian, and English. Covers the basics and has a great interactive search engine tutorial.
WiredGuide - a beginner's guide to computer help, internet help and general computing interest.
Free Online Typing Course - This online tutorial provides a series of free typing lessons. Registration (free) required to select a keyboard type and save lessons. Also available in Spanish.
Search Engine Comparison

LIBRARIES
Batgirl Was A Librarian!
Booklist Center
Cool Library Hot Links
Librarian Action Figure - everyone needs one
Librarians - we're not what you think
Links for Librarians - cool site about librarians.  And yes, this does occasionally happen in nature.
Library of Congress Classification System
Seattle Public Library - slideshow of their award-winning new library building
 

MAPS
All the World Maps - Provides access to national maps and maps pinpointing major cities for countries ranging from Afghanistan to Zimbabwe.
Historical Atlas of the Twentieth Century
Historical Maps II

MEDICINE
Drug Checker - allows you to look up medications to check possible interactions with each other or with foods or supplements.
Enhanced Calorie Calculator
Global Health and Fitness
Nutrition Analysis Tool

MISCELLANEOUS
Annual Report Gallery
Better Business Bureau
Every Rose:  The Rose Reference Database
Frogs:  A Chorus of Color
gethuman database - cheat sheet for getting around automated systems to reach humans in more than 200 companies
Handbook of Forensic Science -  describes the process by which forensic examinations are conducted at the FBI Laboratory. It includes a description of the procedures used for crime scene search and safety, evidence examination, and the packaging and shipping of evidence to the Lab.
HowStuffWorks
IRS Forms and Publications
Jury Verdict and Settlement Listings
List of Lists
Lives, the biography resource
Occupational Outlook Handbook
Ourtimelines.com - This site generates personalized timelines with 5 to 140 year spans starting with the year A.D. 1000. Each timeline lists historical events, people, and inventions, and the user can add up to 10 personal events. The user can also generate a list of people born in a given year. These timelines can be used on a Web page or in print.
Pet Education
Personality Test - tells you if you're introverted/extraverted, sensing/intuitive, feeling/thinking, perceiving/judging
Product Manuals - Information leading to owner/user manuals, warranties, and other support documentation for consumer appliances may be found here.
Travel conditions for the state of Virginia
Urban Legends
Virginia Tax Forms
What's That Stuff
Who's Alive and Who's Dead
 

MONEY
Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance
How Much is That Worth Today?
Salary Calculator - lots of features including city and school reports, community calculator, rent vs buy, new car payment calculator, find a home, job, etc.
Yahoo - Currency Exchange
 

sexiest scene in movie history.  free library checkout to anyone who can tell me the name of this movie.

MOVIES
American Film Institute
Fandango.com
Internet Movie Database
Upcoming Movies
What a Character!.com - Biographies on character actors.  Can even browse by pictures.

MUSIC
Allmusic.com - over 712,000 personal names, 76,000 biographies, 778,900 albums and 260,700 album reviews.
Joshua Bell
Itzhak Perlman
Rockwisdom.com - over 9,000 rock and roll song quotes, browsable by category and searchable by artist and subject.  Includes links to full lyrics.
Maxim Vengerov
Slingblade - the band
World's Favorite Radio Station Real Audio Music
YoYoMa

Tulum in Mexico. 1200AD.

NEWSPAPERS
Newspapers - U.S. and Worldwide
The Onion - a funny newspaper


STATISTICS
CIA's World Factbook
Country Watch - up-to-date information and news on the countries of the world
FastFacts:Almanacs/Factbooks/Statistical Reports & Related Reference Tools  
FedStats - gateway to statistics from over 100 government agencies
FindLaw Court Forms Site
Infoplease - a great and free almanac, full of all sorts of useful statistics.
Statistical Abstract of the United States - stats on any aspect of the US
U.S. Census Bureau
U.S. Historical Census Data Browser - info from 1790 to 1960 

VIRGINIA
Virginia Law
Virginia Road Conditions
Virginia State Board of Elections
Virginia Tax Forms

Stephen Colbert and me at the National Portrait Gallery
 

2/27/08