Connecticut Job & Career ConneCTion http://www1.ctdol.state.ct.us/jcc/ Comprehensive source of information about careers and employment in Connecticut.
Hoover’s Online: The Business Network http://www.hoovers.com Information on public and private companies worldwide. Portions of the database are available to subscribers only.
Job Search/Employment Sites
CareerOneStop http://www.careeronestop.org
Monster.com http://www.monster.com
CareerBuilder http://www.careerbuilder.com
NationJob.com http://www.nationjob.com
HotJobs.com http://hotjobs.yahoo.com
Employmentoffice.net http://www.employmentoffice.net
Occupational Outlook Handbook http://www.bls.gov/oco/ Bureau of Labor Statistics guide to hundreds of occupations.
2-1-1: Infoline http://www.infoline.org/referweb Database of Connecticut's community resources, including over 6,000 health and human services providers, plus links to other related resources.
ConneCT: State of Connecticut http://www.ct.gov Official website of Connecticut, covering its executive, judicial, and legislative branches, as well as state history, municipalities, tourism, and more.
Connecticut State Library http://www.cslib.org Connecticut State Library catalogs and services, with links to its many departments.
iCONN http://www.iconn.org The Connecticut Digital Library, providing periodical articles and other materials (using your library card number to access), as well as reQuest, the statewide library catalog (no library card necessary for access).
LIBRIS: Library Resources Information System http://www.libris.commnet.edu The network consortium of the Connecticut Community College libraries. For NCCC’s library catalog, go directly to http://www.nwcc.commnet.edu/library/nccc_library.htm
CollegeNET http://www.collegenet.com Information about U.S., Canadian, and New Zealand colleges, including data on admissions, scholarships, financial aid, and more. Also, links to college home pages.
Educator's Reference Desk http://www.eduref.org The Information Institute of Syracuse's database, providing access to 2,000 lesson plans, 3,000 links to online education information, and over 200 question archive responses.
ERIC (Education Resources Information Center) http://eric.ed.gov Sponsored by the Institute of Education Science, U.S. Department of Education, ERIC is a database of journal and non-journal education literature with more than 110,000 documents available full-text.
Innovate: Journal of Online Education http://innovateonline.info A peer-reviewed online periodical published by the Fischler School of Education and Human Services at Nova Southeastern University. Login:nw-librequests@nwcc.commnet.edu Password: nwlibrary
NCES: National Center for Education Statistics http://nces.ed.gov A sizable database of education data collected and analyzed by the National Center for Education Statistics.
FedStats http://www.fedstats.gov For statistical information browse a list of topics (adoption, crime, etc.) or enter a search query, and be linked to the websites of over 100 Federal agencies that provide those statistics.
Quick Reference-UT Library Online http://www.lib.utexas.edu/refsites/index.html From the University of Texas at Austin, major reference works organized by title and broad reference material types.
refdesk.com http://www.refdesk.com A ready-reference library at your fingertips.
iTools http://www.iTools.com Handy reference site for searching dictionaries, thesauruses, foreign language translators, quotations, biographies, and more.
AMA DoctorFinder http://www.ama-assn.org/aps/amahg.htm Compiled and published by the American Medical Association, this website provides professional information about individual physicians in the United States.
Centers for Disease Control & Prevention http://www.cdc.gov Statistics and articles about diseases, injuries, and health risks.
Consumer Health Resources on the Internet http://library.uchc.edu/departm/hnet/inters.html Created by the University of Connecticut Health Center Library, this site provides links to hundreds of health web sites.
MEDLINEplus http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus Health information from the National Library of Medicine for the consumer, researcher, and professional.
NOAH: New York Online Access to Health http://www.noah-health.org Information on many health and medical topics, in English and Spanish.
Nutrition Source: Knowledge for Healthy Eating http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/nutritionsource Timely information on diet and nutrition from the Harward School of Public Health.
PubMed - National Library of Medicine www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi Citations from MEDLINE and other life sciences journals, including links to full-text articles and other related sources.
RxList: The Internet Drug Index http://rxlist.com Includes patient information on prescription drugs and alternative therapies.
Bartleby.com http://bartleby.com Full-text of select fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and reference books.
Documenting Sources from the World Wide Web http://www.nwcc.commnet.edu/library/mla.htm Modern Language Association guidelines. http://www.nwcc.commnet.edu/library/apa.htm American Psychological Association guidelines. http://www.nwcc.commnet.edu/library/cse.htm Council of Science Editors guidelines.
News and Newspapers Online http://library.uncg.edu/news Links to newspapers, news sites, and news services throughout the world. Full-text coverage of current newspapers and limited back issues.
iTools http://www.iTools.com Handy reference site for searching dictionaries, thesauruses, foreign language translators, quotations, biographies, and more.
Turning the Pages http://www.bl.uk/onlinegallery/ttp/ttpbooks.html Interactive website from the British Library allows the visitor to view by "turning the pages" England’s most treasured books. (Viewing Turning the Pages requires the Adobe Shockwave plug-in, which is available to download [free of charge] from the website.)
yourDictionary.com http://www.yourdictionary.com A comprehensive site of language-related resources, including 2,500 dictionaries in over 300 languages.
GPO Access http://www.gpoaccess.gov/index.html The official web site of the U.S. Government Printing Office, covering all aspects of the federal government. Searches more than 1,000 databases for the full-text of legislative and regulatory information.
United States Historical Census Data Browser http://fisher.lib.Virginia.edu/collections/stats/histcensus Census data from 1790 to 1970 for states and counties, searchable by 15 topical variables.
Internet Law Library http://www.lawmoose.com/internetlawlib/1.htm Federal and state laws, international treaties, laws of other nations, Congressional Record, Code of Federal Regulations, Federal Register, U.S. Constitution, court decisions, and much, much more.
Legal Information Institute – Cornell Law School http://www.law.cornell.edu Supreme Court decisions, U.S. Code, U.S. Constitution, and many law-related catalogs, organizations, & directories. Includes some international law.
Library of Congress http://www.loc.gov/index.html The Congressional Record, historical U.S. documents, committee reports, copyright material, and information about the library’s extensive collections. Especially valuable for researching the text of current bills.
U.S. Census Bureau http://www.census.gov The authoritative site for U.S. demographic information.
U.S. House of Representatives http://www.house.gov Home page of the House of Representatives.
U.S. Senate http://www.senate.gov Home page of the Senate.
WashLaw WEB http://www.washlaw.edu Statutes and legal information searchable by state, circuit, or country, plus links to other legal sites.
Travelers’ Health http://wwwn.cdc.gov/travel Health information from Centers for Disease Control & Prevention, including vaccine requirements, disease outbreaks, and health advice for international travelers, plus other valuable travel tips.
Kelley Blue Book http://www.kbb.com Information on new and used cars, trucks, and motorcycles, including prices, ratings, reviews, lemons, financing, and safety records, as well as buyers' advice and much, much, more.
RogerEbert.com http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/frontpage Chicago Sun-Times critic Roger Ebert’s movie reviews, searchable by movie title, director, actor, producer, writer, and date.
Travel Warnings & Consular Information Sheets http://travel.state.gov/travel/warnings.html U.S. State Department travel warnings, announcements, and information sheets for nearly every country in the world.
MAGIC: Maps and Geographic Information http://magic.lib.uconn.edu University of Connecticut’s MAGIC Home Page, offering maps of Connecticut, New England, and the United States; map literature; and links to other map collections.
Google Maps http://www.google.com/maps Maps (U.S. and foreign), driving directions, traffic reports, and other travel-related information.
Maptech http://maptech.com Website of USGS topographical maps, NOAA nautical charts, navigation photos, and aeronautical charts (from the home page, click on "Online Maps" and "Maptech Map Server").
Perry-Castaneda Library Map Collection http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps Over 5,700 online historical and contemporary maps (of a print collection of over 25,000 maps) of locations in the United States and the world.
Subject Directories: Internet Sites that Catalog and Review Other Internet Sites
(Use these to locate reliable websites on hundreds of subjects.)
Scout Report Archives http://scout.cs.wisc.edu/archives Created by the University of Wisconsin Computer Science Department, a meta-index of thousands of Internet sites.
INFOMINE: Scholarly Internet Resource Collections http://infomine.ucr.edu Developed by the library at the University of California, INFOMINE provides annotations of thousands of Internet sites..
Librarians' Index to the Internet http://www.lii.org Sponsored by the Library of California, this subject directory offers annotations of thousands of Internet resources.
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