Library Web Links
Electronic Texts
Writing Resources
- APA Pub Manual FAQ www.apastyle.org/faqs.html -
The APA's own set of answers to Frequently Asked Questions
- Modern Language Association (Formerly MLA
Style of Citation) http://www.mla.org/ -Contains sections on MLA Style of documentation and Frequently Asked Questions
- Paradigm Writing Assistant http://www.powa.org -
Online writing assistant that serves as an interactive guide designed to be used
by writers of all levels.
- The Bedford Handbook Online www.dianahacker.com/bedhandbook - An online version of the Bedford Handbook
for Writers, a must-have book for anyone serious about improving his or her
writing.
- Guide to Grammar and Writing http://webster.commnet.edu/HP/pages/darling/grammar.htm)
- Coverage of nearly every major grammatical point, as well as principals of
composition, for essay and other types of writing.
- Plagiarism - http://www.web-miner.com/plagiarism. An organized collection of links to
sites concerning plagiarism, including a "For Students" section on avoiding
plagiarizing.
Dictionaries
Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology
WWW Webster's Dictionary
Roget's Thesaurus
Computing Dictionary
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations
Acronyms and Abbreviations
French and English
German and English
Medical
Dictionary
Directories and Services
Lookup USA -- by American Business Information, Inc.!
Four11 -- The Internet White Pages
555-1212.com -- Look-up Email address, telephone
numbers and more.
Switchboard -- Nationwide Business and
Residential Directory
National Address and ZIP+4 Browser
Zipcode Directory
American Society of Association Executives
Universities Worldwide -- 89 Countries and
3039 entries
Directory of Undergraduate Publications
Consumer Information
- Mississippi Consumer Protection
(Attorney
General’s Office)
http://www.mississippi.gov/frameset.jsp?URL=http://www.ago.state.ms.us/
- Mississippi Consumer Protection (Dept. of
Agriculture & Commerce)http://www.mdac.state.ms.us/n_library/departments/reg_services/rgs_consumer.html
- Mississippi Consumer Information http://www.dbcf.state.ms.us/consumer.htm
- Better Business Bureau http://www.bbb.org
- Care Guide http://www.careguide.net/Careguide/index.jsp- Information on care for
seniors and children
- Consumer Information from the Federal Reserve (Atlanta) http://www.frbatlanta.org/consumer.cfm - Excellent authoritative
information.
- Consumer Protection http://www.ftc.gov/bcp/consumer.shtm
- Consumer Search http://www.consumersearch.com/www/ - Index of product reviews
- Consumer World http://www.consumerworld.org/
- Disability Information http://www.disabilityinfo.gov - An excellent site addressing
disability issues.
Information on government programs services and resources.
- E-Consumer.gov http://www.econsumer.gov/ - File complaints about online transactions with a
foreign company. Get tips for safe shopping online
- Federal Citizen Information Center http://www.pueblo.gsa.gov/
- Public Citizen http://www.citizen.org Founded by Ralph Nader in 1971, Public Citizen is the
consumer's eyes and ears in Washington. The site is comprised of six divisions:
Congress Watch, the Health Research Group, Global Trade Watch, the Critical Mass
Energy Project, the Litigation Group, and Buyers Group.
- Telephone Service Consumer Information http://www.fcc.gov/cgb
- U.S. Consumer Gateway http://www.consumer.gov/ - A federal site informing about product safety and
recalls.
- Unclaimed Property Page http://www.kantrowitz.com/kantrowitz/uncl-prop.html - This site explains
what unclaimed property is. There are lists of federal and state offices,
tracers, and other offices for unclaimed property with links if available. There
is information on government auctions and related links.
- U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission http://www.cpsc.gov/ - CPSC is an independent federal regulatory agency,
whose goal is to keep Americans safe by informing them on the risks of injury
or/and death from consumer products.
- Carfax http://www.carfax.com/ - works with insurance company
databases to provide a car's accident history by VIN.
- The Lemon Car http://www.defect.com/ - Information regarding lemon car cases including
consumer strategies, lawyers, reading materials, and more.
- N.A.D.A Guide http://www.nadaguides.com/ - The official guide for new and used cars.
- Edmund's Automobile Buyer's Guides http://www.edmunds.com
- MSN Autos http://autos.msn.com/
- NHTSA/Vehicle and Equipment Information http://www.nhtsa.dot.gov/portal/site/nhtsa/ - An official site informing consumers about
the latest tests and recalls.
- The Mortgage Mart http://www.mortgage.com - This site is
helpful for mortgage rates and home sales.
- Real Estate-Home Price Check http://dowjones.homepricecheck.com - overview of selling activity by street.
- Realtor.com http://www.realtor.com - Provides access to the Multiple Listing Service
(MLS) database
- Federal Express Home Page and Airbill Tracking http://www.fedex.com
- United Parcel Service Home Page and Package Tracking http://www.ups.com
Maps, Geographic, Weather and Travel Info
Country Studies/Area Handbooks
Expedia Travel Services
OneTravel.com
Travelocity
The Weather Channel
Weather
Forecasts from INTELLiCast
U.S. Gazetteer
The NASA/JPL Imaging
Radar Home Page
CityNet - travel
information
MapsOnUs
PCL Map
Collection
Map Quest - http://mapquest.com
MSN Maps - http://mappoint.msn.com
Yahoo! Maps - http://maps.yahoo.com
Christian Reference Resources
Christian Classics Ethereal Library- A wide
variety of text of Christian Writings in the public domain.
Crosswalk(formerly GOSHEN) Christian resource directory, search engine,
shareware, study tools, etc.
Bible Analysis for
Scholars- Resources for computer assisted Biblical research.
The Catholic Encyclopedia
The Vatican
The Dead Sea
Scrolls
Bible Study Tools at
Crosswalk.com
World Religion Sources
The Qur'an
Project Genesis -- TORAH on the Net
The Christian Science Church
Sikh Homepage
Meditation Psychology And Spiritual Life
Practice
National Library of Medicine Journal Citations
PubMed (www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/PubMed/)
- National Library of Medicine's search service to access citations to medical
literature.
Other Libraries
LibDex (Formerly webCATS) -
Library catalogs on the Web
The
Library of Congress
U.S. Government Printing Office --
Listing of Information available at or through any of 1,400 Federal Depository Libraries.
Presidential
Libraries
The WWW
Virtual Library
National Archives and Records Administration - Many government documents
and primary research sources available by request.
