General Information
Pew Research Center
Reuters News
Infoplease
Digital Gallery (New York Public Library’s database of images)
Find Books (OCLC WorldCat)
Quotations (QuoteDB)
Bay Area Library Catalogs
Alameda Free Library
Under Told Stories Project (University of St.Thomas)
Our World in Data
Statistical Agencies of the U.S. Government (ACRL)
National Center for Education Statistics
Bureau of Labor Statistics (U.S. Dept. of Labor)
Bureau of Justice Statistics (U.S. Dept. of Justice)
Sourcebook of Criminal Justice Statistics (SUNY Albany)
U.S. Census Data
NationMaster (Comparative International Statistics) – useful for Business
Gapminder (Comparative International Statistics) – United Nations Perspective
Social Explorer (Demographic Information) – support for understanding data
National Center for Health Statistics
Social Sciences, History & Business
Ben’s Guide to U.S. Government (U.S. Government Printing Office) – basics about government
California Voter Foundation
California Government Official Website
U.S. Government Official Website
GovTrack (Congressional Information)
Public Policy Institute of California
The Urban Institute
Annenberg Political FactCheck
GPO’s Federal Digital System (FDsys)
League of California Cities
Alameda County Registrar of Voters
FindLaw
California Codes
Crime Reports (FBI)
Cases, statutes, law review, and more (Association of College and Research Libraries)
NCJRS: National Criminal Justice Reference Service (U.S. Department of Justice)
The SocioLog
Social Welfare History Project (Virginia Commonwealth University)
African Americans (Howard University)
African American World (PBS)
BlackPast.org
Asian Americans (PBS)
Pew Hispanic Center
American Indian History (CSU Long Beach)
Muslim Americans (Association of College and Research Libraries)
Jewish News Weekly of Northern California
Disability.gov
Disability Studies (Association of College and Research Libraries)
National Council on Disability
Disability History Museum
Smithsonian Education: Celebrate History and Heritage Months
American Anthropological Association
Anthropology Tutorials (Palomar College)
World Directory of Minorities and Indigenous Peoples (Minority Right Group International)
American Psychological Association
Glossary of Psychological Terms (APA)
Psych Web
Library Guide to APA Format (College of Alameda)
APA Formatting and Style Guide (Purdue University)
A Brief Introduction to APA Style ( Azusa Pacific University)
Writing in Style: APA Style Manual 6th Edition Training (University of Tennessee)
APA Style Guide (Indian River State College)
Hyper History Guide
The History Channel
In The First Person (Oral histories, personal accounts of events)
This Day in History
Clio Visualizing History
Time Magazine Archive (1923 – present)
Holocaust Encyclopedia
National Museum of American History (Smithsonian)
American Memory (Library of Congress)
The American Presidency Project (UC Santa Barbara)
The National Archives (U.S)
Digital History (University of Houston)
History Matters
California History (University of California)
The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History
(Also see Statistics category under General Information)
Federal Reserve System
EDGAR Company Financial Filings (SEC)
Thomas Manufacturers Register
LaborNet
Bureau of Labor Statistics (U.S. Dept. of Labor)
Yahoo! Finance
Small Business Administration
Business USA (U.S. Government)
GlobalEdge (Michigan State University)
Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Gender & Women’s Issues
LGBTQ Studies (Columbus State University)
Same-sex marriage in the United States (ACRL)
Arts, Humanities & Literature
The English Server
Literary Award Winners (Powell’s Bookstore)
Local Authors (Walden Pond Books)
Purdue Online Writing Lab
Punctuation Marks (Capital Community College Foundation)
Guide to Grammar & Writing
Writing a Thesis Statement (St. Cloud State University)
Writing Book Reviews (St. Cloud State University)
MLA Style Guide (Indian River State College)
MLA Tutorial (Hunter College)
Philosophy & Religion
Sports
Science & Mathematics
The Scientific Method (University of Nevada)
VisionLearning
Biology Project (Univ. of Arizona)
Understanding Evolution (U.C. Berkeley)
Encyclopedia of Life
The Cell Image Library
Human Anatomy Online
Anatomy Atlases
Anatomy Videos (MedlinePlus)
Medicine & Health
(See also section on statistics)
Medline Plus Health Information
Medical Dictionary
Medscape from WebMD
County Health Rankings
Dietary Guidelines for Americans
USDA National Nutrient Database for Standard Reference
Drug Information Portal (National Library of Medicine)
Technology
How Stuff Works
How Products Are Made
What You Need To Know About Energy (National Academies)
Webpage design (Univ. of Washington)
ALLDATA (Only available on campus)
The Fashion Center, New York City
Apparel Search
Helen Louise Allen Textile Collection (University of Wisconsin-Madison)