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- FindLaw.com
FindLaw is the highest-trafficked legal Web site, providing the most comprehensive set of legal resources on the Internet for legal professionals, corporate counsel, law students, businesses, and consumers. These resources include Web search utilities, cases and codes, legal news, an online career center, and community-oriented tools, such as a secure document management utility, email newsletters, and message boards.
- Internal Revenue Service
The IRS is a bureau of the Department of the Treasury and one of the world's most efficient tax administrators.
- 50states.com
Directory of State Tax Forms
- Federation of Tax Administrators
FTA serves as a source of information and expertise for state administrators and others on the workings of state tax agencies and systems as well as issues generally affecting tax policy and administration.
- Beaucoup!
All-On-One-Page Search Engine page.
- Dogpile
Meta search engine allows for searching of the Web and Usenet simultaneously. It searches 13 Web indexes and 6 Usenet indexes
- Excite
Searches Web pages and past 2 weeks of Usenet Postings.
- FindSpot
Use their Search Utilities and Tips for Searching.
- HotBot
Very easy to use drop-down menu search strategy choices
- Go.com
Search the Web using Go.com
- Internet Sleuth
Meta search engine that lets you select max number of hits and searches up to 10 indexes
- Lycos
Search the Web using Lycos
- MetaCrawler
Meta search engine sends your search out to 7 indexes
- SEARCH.COM
Some top search engines, white & yellow pages, etc.
- Switchboard Home Page
The people and business directory.
- WebCrawler
Search the Web using WebCrawler
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- Congress.org
Identify and contact elected leaders in Congress, the White House, and state legislatures.
- THOMAS (Library of Congress)
In the spirit of Thomas Jefferson, legislative information from the Library of Congress.
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- State of Arkansas
- Arkansas State Jobs
- Arkansas Legislative Session
- State Constitutions, Statutes and Related Legislative Information
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State Government Collections:
- American Law Sources On-Line (ALSO!)
- FindLaw
FindLaw is the highest-trafficked legal Web site, providing the most comprehensive set of legal resources on the Internet for legal professionals, corporate counsel, law students, businesses, and consumers. These resources include Web search utilities, cases and codes, legal news, an online career center, and community-oriented tools, such as a secure document management utility, email newsletters, and message boards.
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- FedStats
FedStats is the new window on the full range of official statistical information available to the public from the Federal Government. Use the Internet's powerful linking and searching capabilities to track economic and population trends, education, health care costs, aviation safety, foreign trade, energy use, farm production, and more.
- Infonation
@ United Nations
- UNT Statistical Information Connection
- U.S. Census Bureau
- Campbell R. Harvey: Country Risk Analysis
Campbell R. Harvey, Duke University, gives "Country Risk Analysis" specific to individual countries.
- The EDGAR Database of Corporate Information
Includes 1994 - current. Listings are voluntary but electronic filing becomes mandatory in May 1996. Includes information on how to make a small business a public company.
- Financial Web's Finance and Economy links
Includes resources for economists with links to economic journals.
- Hoover's Online Reference Works and Company Reports
Many free - some fee access to information on 1,000's of companies, plus the weekly Biz Buzz newsletter and directory of many corporations that maintain Web sites.
- Quote.com
Daily quotes on stocks, options, commodity futures, mutual funds, and bonds. Also has news, market analysis, commentary, fund balance sheets and company profiles.
- Small Business Administration's Web Site
Information on starting, financing, or expanding a business. Special interest sections include loan forms, qualification guidelines, statistics, free business related software such as programs to compute postal rates and design advertisements and more.
- Value Line
Online information from the publishers of The Value Line Investment Survey, the world's most widely read investment information service.
- World Trade Organization
- Yahoo's Business and Economy links
- Yahoo Search
- Peterson's
College and Graduate School Planning, Test Preparation, Financial Aid, Career Advancement.
- Rensselaer Career Development Center
- Yahoo! - Education: Financial Aid
- Association of American Medical Colleges
- The Black Collegian
A career and self development magazine targeted to African-American students and other students of color seeking information on careers, job opportunities, graduate/professional school, internships/co-ops, study abroad programs, etc.
- CollegeGrad.com
Entry Level Jobs for College Students/Job Search for Grads/Graduate Jobs
- CollegeNET
College Search, Applications, Scholarships
- CollegeView
College Finder & Recruiting Service
- The David D. Lattanze Center
- GRE Online
- Princeton Review
Schools and Careers, Prep Tests, Scholarship Information and more.
- America's Job Bank
Visit our site and see how we can help you find the job that's right for you. Thousands of new jobs are posted daily by employers searching for someone like you.
- TVJobs.com
An Internet based employment service dedicated to helping you find employment in the highly competitive broadcast marketplace.
- NationJob Company Listing
- JobHunt
Jobs, Job Search Guide and Job Search Resources
- JobStar
Northern California Job Search Career Guide
- JobWeb.com
Web site devoted to helping college students, seniors, new college graduates, and alumni with career development and the job search.
- MonsterTrak
Monster Job Search for College Grads
- CareerBuilder.com
- Monster.com
- Net-Temps
Temporary, Contract and Full-Time Jobs
- American Impressionism and Realism
Essays on 12 paintings and biographies of 8 artists: William Merritt Chase (1849-1916), Henry Twachtman (1853- 1902), Childe Hassam (1859-1935), and others. (National Gallery of Art)
- Charles Sheeler: Across Media
the first exhibit to focus on the relationships among photography, film, and painting in the works of Charles Sheeler (1883-1965). Sheeler explored these relationships with more rigor and discipline than perhaps any other artist of his generation. (National Gallery of Art)
- Exploring Themes in American Art
10 illustrated essays exploring themes in American art. Each essay focuses on one theme: abstraction, the figure, historical subjects, landscape, marine painting, portraiture, narrative, genre, still life, and topographical views. (National Gallery of Art)
- Adventures in the Past
Lessons, activities, and articles for teaching about history, archaeology, and paleontology in North America. Learn about railroads, the Gold Rush, Oregon Trail, evergreen forests, caves, fossils, the Colorado Plateau ecosystem, early explorers, Puebloan (Anasazi) farmers, and more. Discover how archeologists piece together clues to understand the past. Find out how to build a steam engine. (Bureau of Land Management, Department of the Interior)
- American Indians of the Pacific Northwest
10 essays on the Nez Perce, Lushootseed, Chief Seattle, salmon, totem poles, and other topics and tribes. The essays provide context for the thousands of historical photos, texts, and primary sources in the collection. Treaties are included, as are maps showing traditional territories and reservations. (Library of Congress)
- Encyclopedia of Arkansas
The Encyclopedia of Arkansas is a free, authoritative source of information about the rich history, geography, and culture of Arkansas.
- Geography: U.S. Geological Survey
Online maps and map tools. Find maps that are popular with teachers, tools for teaching students how to read and make maps, resources on land use, and satellite images related to the journey of Lewis and Clark. Design your own map to display boundaries, geographic names, transportation systems, water, land cover, climate, and more. (U.S. Geological Survey)
- Jamestown Journey
Marks the 400th anniversary of the founding of the first permanent English settlement in America. Lessons examine the perspectives and struggles of those who made the voyage to Jamestown and those who witnessed the arrival, and economic factors that influenced emigration to Jamestown in 1607. (Multiple Agencies)
- Lincoln Boyhood National Memorial
Abraham Lincoln's growth from boyhood to manhood in the newly formed state of Indiana on the western frontier. Learn about his family's move there, his mother's death (when he was 9), his education, his various jobs, frontier life, and the books, people, and experiences that shaped his thinking. (National Park Service, Teaching with Historic Places, National Register of Historic Places)
- Lincoln Home National Historic Site: A Place of Growth and Memory
The life of our 16th president. See photos of the house in Springfield, Illinois, that Abraham Lincoln and his family occupied for 17 years. Read news accounts of the day he departed for Washington, D.C., and of his funeral. Learn about the series of events that led to his election as the first president born west of the Appalachians. (National Park Service, Teaching with Historic Places, National Register of Historic Places)
- Minuteman Missile National Historic Site: Protecting a Legacy of the Cold War
The story of one of the most significant strategic weapons in U.S. history: the Minuteman ICBM (Intercontinental Ballistic Missile). By 1965 there were 1,000 Minuteman ICBMs hidden across the Great Plains in six missile fields, transforming the prairie into a military-technological frontier and providing a key component in the U.S. Cold War policy of deterrence. (National Park Service, Teaching with Historic Places, National Register of Historic Places)
- Spanish Treasure Fleets of 1715 and 1733: Disasters Strike at Sea
Spain's search for gold and silver in the New World (1500s-1700s) and its "treasure fleet system," which was intended to protect its treasure-laden ships from being seized by England, France, and the Netherlands. In 1715 and 1733, hurricanes devastated Spain's treasure fleets off the coast of Florida. Today, two of the sunken ships' remains are protected as Florida Underwater Archaeological Preserves. (National Park Service, Teaching with Historic Places, National Register of Historic Places)
- Lyrical Legacy: 400 Years of American Song and Poetry
18 historical American songs and poems. Organized by time periods and considered from historical perspectives, songs and poems include Bonny Barbara Allan, Yankee Doodle, John Brown's Body/The Battle Hymn of the Republic, You're a Grand Old Flag, We Shall Overcome, and others. Sound recordings and original documents are provided. (Library of Congress)
- Literature and Poetry Community Center
a collection of resources about poetry, literature, and writers -- William Blake, Stephen Crane, Mark Twain, Walt Whitman, Langston Hughes, Zora Neale Hurston, and others. Hear Allen Ginsberg, Rita Dove, and Stanley Kunitz talk about their work. Watch videos of Americans discussing their favorite poems. Read a weekly column featuring an American poem. Use the "guide to streaming video literature" to find web casts of writers discussing their work. (Library of Congress)
- Citation Style for Research Papers
APA: psychology, education, and other social sciences. MLA: literature, arts, and humanities. Turabian: designed for college students to use with all subjects. Chicago: used with all subjects
- 21st Century Explorer
Why do we want to travel to Mars? How would your body change in space? Where would a space explorer find water and oxygen? How can we travel faster in space? Student actors (on video) and hands-on activities are featured with each answer. The site is for Grades 3-5 and available in Spanish. (National Aeronautics and Space Administration)
- 3... 2... 1... Liftoff! Educator Guide
This site introduces children to the International Space Station (ISS), the most complex international scientific endeavor in history. Activities focus on the purpose and construction of the ISS, the history of rockets, and the role of rockets in space station assembly. Data collection, observation, exploration, prediction, interpretation, problem solving, and language skills are emphasized. (National Aeronautics and Space Administration)
- Biology: U.S. Geological Survey
Research results, photos, projects, and other resources for studies in biology, biodiversity, and ecology. Learn about butterflies and moths of North America, bat research, invasive species, environmental contaminants' effects on plants and animals, redwood research, surf scoters, sea otters, reptiles and amphibians of southern California, the desert tortoise, habitat conservation, and genetic diversity across different species groups. (U.S. Geological Survey)
- Calendars Through the Ages
The astronomical basis of calendars, the history of our calendar, and when various countries moved from the Julian to the Gregorian calendar. Learn about Leap Year, the solar cycle, equinoxes and solstices. (National Institute of Standards and Technology)
- Digital Workshops
Online professional development for teachers in math and science, language arts, and other areas. Watch presentations on vocabulary, phonemic awareness, reading and writing in the content areas, algebra, measurement and geometry, computation, linear equations, differentiated instruction, history, inclusive classrooms, using data to improve instruction, No Child Left Behind basics, and more. Many states offer professional development credit for teachers who participate. (Department of Education)
- Genetic Science Learning Center
Animations and activities for learning about DNA, cells, and other topics in genetics and bioscience. Build a DNA molecule. Transcribe and translate a gene. See why a firefly's tail glows. Use DNA evidence to solve a mystery. Extract DNA from wheat germ and see real DNA. Find out how genetics are being used to save endangered species. Learn about stem cells, addiction, gene therapy, cloning, and genetically modified food. (National Institutes of Health)
- Geology at the U.S. Geological Survey
Resource collections and maps for studying earthquakes, hurricanes, floods, wildfires, and other natural disasters, as well as rocks and minerals, plate tectonics, earth's interior, fossils, coastal wetlands, deserts, the carbon cycle, climate change, and the solar system. Learn about the San Andreas fault system, the life cycle of a mineral deposit, fire ecology research, big floods in the U.S., and more. (U.S. Geological Survey)
- nanoHUB.org
online simulations, learning modules, and interactive tools for learning about nanotechnology -- the design and production of structures, devices, and systems one atom or one molecule at a time. Analyze the electronic properties of different nano materials and the optical properties of nanoparticles. Explore molecular conduction, nanofluids, and nanowires. Create simulations of nanoelectronic and nanoelectromechanical systems. Registration required. (National Science Foundation)
- NASA Kids' Club
Interactive games (for Grades K-4) on the solar system, rockets, addition, "guess what number I'm thinking of," and NASA spinoffs (everyday items developed from NASA research). A teachers' area links to guides for teaching about clouds, precipitation, energy, winds, weather, planetary geology, flight, the Wright brothers, rockets, the electromagnetic spectrum, and careers. (National Aeronautics and Space Administration)
- Way to Go, Einstein
a fun introduction to the thinking of a man who influenced all modern scientists. Learn about Einstein's revolutionary conceptions of space and time, light, matter, and energy. Answer brain-bending questions about how the world works. Find out about every day applications of his work. (Smithsonian Institute)
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