Useful Websites

One Look Dictionary Search
Online Etymology Dictionary
Collins Dictionaries

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

America’s Career Infonet
Career Resource Library
The Riley Guide
California Employment Development Department
Occupational Information Network (O*NET)
Occupational Outlook Handbook

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)

National Center for Education Statistics
U.S. Department of Education
California Department of Education

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)

Persuasive Cartography (Cornell University)
Encyclopedia of Earth
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

History of International Women’s Day
The Institute for Women’s Policy Research
Women & Gender Studies Section & Links
Click: The Ongoing Feminist Revolution
International Center for Research on Women

The English Server
Literary Award Winners (Powell’s Bookstore)
Local Authors (Walden Pond Books)

The Poetry & Literature Center of the Library of Congress
Academy of American Poets

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)

Language Dictionaries and Translators

Smarthistory: A Multimedia Web-Book about Art and Art History
New York Metropolitan Museum of Art

American Rhetoric
Gifts of Speech: Women’s Speeches from Around the World (Sweet Briar College)
Archive of American Television

Association of Religion Data Archives

Units of Measurement
Women Mathematicians
Basic Math (BBC)

Astronomy (Library of Congress)
NASA

Physics Central

American Chemical Society
Periodic Table
Wired Chemist

Mineralogy Database

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)

Botanical Society of America

American Dental Association
American Dental Hygienists’ Association

Webpage design (Univ. of Washington)

Federal Aviation Administration
Aviation Week

ALLDATA (Only available on campus)

Biotechnology in Food and Agriculture

The Fashion Center, New York City
Apparel Search
Helen Louise Allen Textile Collection (University of Wisconsin-Madison)