Research Resources
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You
can find out more information about Indiana through Access Indiana
. Access Indiana provides links to points of interest such as the
Indiana Department of Tourism, Indiana State Museum and Historical
Sites, government offices of both elected and appointed officials,
and much more. Teachers will want to check out the Learning
In Indiana section of Access Indiana.
Auto
Repair Reference Center CensusScope
makes US Census data freely accessible to the Internet community.
A service of the Social Science Data Analysis Network (SSDAN) at the
University of Michigan, CensusScope provides census data for counties,
and metropolitan areas. This data in represented by charts, maps,
and rankings, and includes information from the 1990 and 2000 census
on things like population growth, multiracial population growth, population
by age, race, and family structure. It's a simple site to find your
way around in, and is a rich source for basic statistical research
and analysis in the area of population.
GNIS contains information about almost 2 million physical and cultural geographic features in the United States. GNIS is searchable by name, state, county and so on. A
world of library resources can be found through INSPIRE, the Indiana
Spectrum of Information Resources. Inspire is a virtual library
of online newspapers, magazine articles, an encyclopedia, and
other databases. It is provided by the state of Indiana for Indiana
residents to access free of charge.
The Internet Archive was begun in 1996 to build an "Internet Library" by offering permanent access to past websites and digital artifacts. A great site to see how the Internet has evolved over the years. Presented
by the Library of Congress, Portals of the World connects
you to hundreds of nations and other areas of our world. Countries
are arranged alphabetically and contain links sorted in areas
such as Government, Law, Literature and Culture, General Resources,
News and Current Events, and much more. Still in development,
the Portals project intends to have all the nations of the
world included in its final Web page.
Presented
by the White House, Presidents of the United States offers
a list of every President, listed by their dates of service,
along with a picture and a brief biography of each. Also included
at this Web site are links to each First Lady, each with a
picture and brief biography. There is also a link to the White
House home page, where you can receive up-to-date information
on the President, Vice President, and the latest Congressional
goings-on.
Project
Vote Smart offers a wealth of information for potential voters.
Voting records, interest group information, and public statements
are just some of their offerings. Visitors can download (for
free) the Reporter's Sourcebook or the Voter's Self
Defense Manual for their own use. PVS is nonpartisan and
nonprofit, and the New York Times has called it "one
of the most comprehensive campaign information sites on the
web".
A spectacular two or three demensional thesaurus that models in three demensions the relations between words. Seeing is believing! RDN is a searchable web directory that links to thousands of invisible web sites and other links not capturing by regular search engines. Search the full text of Roget's 1911 Thesaurus. TerraServer Sponsored
by the Council on Foreign Relations, this site provides information
(in a Q&A format) on all aspects of terrorism and homeland
security.
This site allows users to calculate foreign exchange rates, using live, up-to-the-minute currency rates. What
Tree Is It? Dictionaries and Encyclopedias
Contains
text and animated terms
A
large dictionary and glossary life science terms
Encyberpedia
Encyclopedia of the Orient
Encyclopedia Mythica Funk
and Wagnall's New World Encyclopedia The
Internet Dictionary Project's goal is to create royalty-free translating
dictionaries through the help of the Internet's citizens
Translates
into both languages
Contains
2500 Bible and Bible-related names
A
comprehensive catalog of language-related Internet resources,
over 1900 links bring you online language lessons, translating
dictionaries, native literature, translation services, software,
language schools, and more
Type
in a word to find its rhymes, synonyms, definitions, and more
Textual
glossary of terms used
Translations
of words from German, Dutch, French, Spanish, Danish, Finnish, Portuguese,
and Esperanto
A Web of On-Line Dictionaries Page
Extensive
dictionary search site
Merriam-Webster's
Collegiate Dictionary, Tenth Edition in it's entirety.
This contains a compilation of links to online sources of law for the United States and Canada. GuideStar provides a searchable directory on information regarding over 850,000 nonprofit organizations in the United States. Links to data and articles about Indiana's economy. Personal
and Business Forms ReferenceUSA
Database A
site created by the Indiana Supreme Court to assist citizens who would
like to do their own legal work. Contains forms and information for
some subjects as divorce, name changes and more.
From
the Library of Congress Law Library, State-By-State Legal Information
provides you with legal links and general resources on every state
and US territory. General information provided includes the constitution
and other historical documents of each state; the Governor, Attorney
General, and Election Commission of each state, the code of laws,
acts, and bills of each state, and judiciary opinions of each state's
Supreme Court and Court of Appeals. Other information includes links
to each state's official Web site, among other things.
Contains
statistics about Indiana (including census, population, economy, and
workforce), country profiles, and block grant proposal support.
This
online initiative offers free online tax preparation and filing to
over 60 million lower income Americans. Information about qualifying
for this initiative is available on the site.
One
of the fastest ways to locate tax information on virtually any type
online, Taxlinks is well organized, user-friendly, and will speed
up your search for just the right form from just the right level of
government. It only has four buttons on its front page, making it
much less intimidating than a lot of other public information Web
sites.
This is an archive of published articles that anyone can search for free. It is constantly updated and contains more than 300 magazines and journals. This
site provides links to over 1000 medical journals available on
the web for free.
INSPIRE America's
Newspapers Biography
Resource Center Interested
in learning more about the lives of well known people? This is the place
to be. Brief biographical information about over 20,000 personalities,
living and dead, can be found at this site. This is a commercial site,
but in spite of having the banner ads typical of such sites, it provides
a great deal of free information.
This
site features the largest collection of award-winning and recommended
"book list" links available on the web
LitFinder The
guide, with book reviews of new and best selling books, access
to expanded bestseller lists, and much more, from the electronic edition
of the New York Times. If you are asked, enter "Alexpl" in
the Subscriber field, and "patron" in the Password field.
Novelist Free registration is required to use this site, containing passenger information from Ellis Island between 1892 and 1924. Contains more than 22 million passenger and crew members names in the database. HeritageQuest A large online community targeted to geneologists beginning or furthering their family history research. INGenWeb
Project - Posey County Find
a Grave This
consumer health informational site is maintained by the US National
Library of Medicine and the National Institutes of Health and contains
a wealth of online information and links to an unending list of
health-related topics. Mayo
Clinic provides consumer information on a variety of medical topics.
A useful and easy-to-understand medical site for the general public.
Need math and science help? Check out AskRose, a homework hotline available for 6th-12th graders. The homework hotline can also be contacted at 1-877-275-7673 Learn-A-Test WebJunction A pathfinder about various composers. |
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