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FEDSTATS Federal Statistics http://www.fedstats.gov/ Fedstats.gov provides statistics from more

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searching.
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organizations.
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Free On-line Dictionary of http://foldoc.org/Free+On- Free On-line Dictionary of Computing is a

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Geographical Names onducting_research/vocabularies terms, names, and other information
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relating to art, architecture, and material
culture.
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Papers Based on Styles a/ the fifth edition of the Publication Manual
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sources assist users with the web
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Academic Info Digital Library http://www.academicinfo.net/dig With designs to guide both aspiring
ital.html students on the advantages and avenues
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tml of 1967 (ADEA) protects individuals who
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to sources of commentary and practice
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Northcentral University px critical reading, prewriting, and revising for
an academic audience.
APA Citation Tutorial from http://www.umuc.edu/library/tut This website is a tutorial where the user
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University College how to use correct APA format in their
paper and reference list.
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than 3,600 terms used in discussing art /
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24/7 s/servlet/org.oclc.home.TFSRedir allows the user to ask a question and get a
ect?SS_COMMAND=CUST_SUP&C response via e-mail from a reference
ategory=BR librarian.
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Australia and around the world. This site
include topics such as Business, Sports,
Entertainment, Weather, Opinions, Blogs
and archiving. These topics are created
and are accessible using the latest
technologies. These include video, audio,
photos, podcast, RSS, and email
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instructors develop strategies for knowing
how to avoid accidental plagiarism.
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internationally and the UK. This site
discusses topics such as Business,
Technology, Health, Science and
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information is delivered to the user via the
latest technologies.
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search engine to a vast selection of
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offering free and easy access to
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women, local networking and business
events, local online business directories,
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support, learn and grow.
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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
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empowerment, investing, and wealth-
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Discrimination in against age discrimination in the
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Catalaw http://www.catalaw.com/catalaw CataLaw is the catalog of catalogs of

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range of services to Canadians in English,
French and eight aboriginal languages. In
addition, the user will find news and
information about the people,
partnerships, and activities that within this
cultural institution
Center for Academic http://www.academicintegrity.or The center for academic integrity serves
Honesty g/ higher and secondary educational
institutions. The center's objective is to
address issues affecting academic
integrity. One issue is academic integrity
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Citing Images from the http://www.libraries.uc.edu/libra This website gives a list of the relevant
University of Cincinnati ries/daap/resources/visualresour information a writer will need when citing
ces/how_to/cite_image.html a source and the correct format for MLA,
APA, Turabian, and Chicago Manual of
Style.
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rules published in the Federal Register by
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Columbia Encyclopedia http://www.bartleby.com/65/ Containing nearly 51,000 entries on a

broad range, with more than 80,000
hypertext cross-references,
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include pictures, descriptions, synonyms,
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gateway to access links regarding an
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opportunity for every American. That
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liberties.
Dictionary.Com http://dictionary.reference.com/ Dictionary.com is a multi-source dictionary

search service
Digital Millennium http://www.gseis.ucla.edu/iclp/d The DMCA is designed to implement the

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contains additional provisions addressing
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act please go to
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Directory of Open Access http://www.doaj.org/ The Dictionary of Open Access Journals

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Electronic Sources - APA http://www.thewritesource.com/ This website shows samples of proper APA
Style from The Write apa/ cites gathered from various sources.
Source

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200,000 reference entries to cite from, plus
50,000 topic summaries from videos,
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Encyclopedia Britannica http://search.eb.com/failedlogin? Encyclopedia Britannica contains hundreds

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videos, images, and web sites.
Encyclopedia of the History http://homepage.newschool.edu/ Hosted by the Department of Economics of

of Economic Thought het/ the New School for Social Research, it
reflects the personal opinions and interests
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links and information on the history of
economic thought, from the ancient times
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historical perspective.
Encyclopedia of World http://www.bartleby.com/67/ A comprehensive chronology of more than

History 20,000 entries that span the millennia
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Etymology http://www.etymonline.com/ Etymologies are not definitions; they're

Dictionary explanations of what our words meant and
how they sounded 600 or 2,000 years ago.
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about all aspects of the Federal
government.
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Infoplease http://www.infoplease.com/ Information Please provides authoritative

answers to all kinds of factual questions.
InfoWorld http://www.infoworld.com/ InfoWorld is the Web destination of choice

for IT decision makers seeking to
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technologies, architectures, and strategies.
Intellectual Property Law http://www.intelproplaw.com/ The Intellectual Property Law Server

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property law including patent, trademark
and copyright. Resources include
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space for professionals to publish articles
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Internet Beginner's Guides http://www.refdesk.com/factbeg. A series of 25 guides and tutorials to help

& Tutorials html the novice online user become more
knowledgeable and comfortable using the
internet.
Internet Encyclopedia of http://www.utm.edu/research/ie The Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy is

Philosophy p/ a non-profit organization run by the
editors. Most of the articles are original
contributions by specialized philosophers
around the Internet; these are identifiable
by the author's name at the foot of the
article.
Internet Legal Resource http://www.ilrg.com/ The Internet Legal Resource Guide is a

Guide (Public categorized index of more than 4000 select
Legal) web sites in 238 nations, islands, and
territories, as well as thousands of locally
stored web pages, legal forms, and
downloadable files. This website serves as
a comprehensive resource of the
information available on the Internet
concerning law and the legal profession,
with an emphasis on the United States of
America. Designed for everyone, lay
persons and legal scholars alike, it is
quality controlled to include only the most
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Jenda: A Journal of Culture http://www.jendajournal.com/ Jenda Journal is a history of culture and

and African Women Studies African Woman studies.
Journal of Criminal Justice http://www.albany.edu/scj/jcjpc/i The Journal of Criminal Justice and Popular
and Popular Culture ndex.html Culture allows users to read scholarly
journals about current events in New York
State, and the reviews of other scholars'
opinions about the articles.

Journal of Gender, Social http://www.wcl.american.edu/jo The Journal of Gender, Social Policy & the
Policy & the Law urnal/genderlaw/ Law provides a forum for those interested
in gender issues and feminist legal studies.
Journal of Interdisciplinary http://www.mitpressjournals.org/ The Journal of Interdisciplinary History

History loi/jinh?cookieSet=1 features substantive articles, research
notes, review essays, and book reviews
relating historical research and work in
applied fields-such as economics and
demographics.
Jurist: The Legal Education http://jurist.law.pitt.edu/ JURIST is produced as a public service for
Network the continuing legal education of its
readers and law student staffers, and uses
the latest Internet technology to track
important legal news stories and materials
and present them rapidly, objectively and
intelligibly in an accessible, ad-free format.
Law http://lawcrawler.findlaw.com/ LawCrawler is a full-text Web search

Crawler engine powered by Google and geared
specifically for legal research.
Law Library of http://www.loc.gov/law/index.ph The Law Library of Congress was

Congress p established in 1832, recognizing its need
for ready access to reliable legal materials.
The Law Library has grown over the years
to become the world’s largest law library,
with a collection of over three million
volumes spanning the ages and covering
virtually every jurisdiction in the world.
Law Library Resource http://www.llrx.com/ LLRX.com is a free, independent, one

Exchange person produced Web journal dedicated to
providing legal, library, IT/IS, marketing
and administrative professionals with the
most up-to-date information on a wide
range of Internet research and technology-
related issues, applications, resources and
tools.

Law Runner http://www.ilrg.com/ Law Runner is part of Internet Legal

Resource Guide (Public Legal). This tool is
an intelligent agent based search engine
interface for Google.com and its 3+ billion
indexed web pages. Advantage: limit your
search results only to those web pages
within a particular jurisdiction for more
effective legal research.
Lectric Law Library http://www.lectlaw.com/rotu.ht Lectric Law Library Rotunda serves as a

Rotunda ml gateway to various extensive resources,
attractions & oddities. These resources
include Business Law, Information for the
legal professional, and Information for the
layperson.
Legal http://www.legalethics.com/ LegalEthics.com is a web site focused on

Ethics.Com the ethical issues associated with the use
of technology by legal professionals. All
posts are coded by one or more topics.
Select a topic to the right to read relevant
posts. Select the “States” topic to see an
expanded view of individual topics
devoted to each state.
Legal Information http://www.law.cornell.edu/ The LII is known internationally as a

Institute leading “law-not-com” provider of public
legal information. This is published and
maintained by Cornell Law Library. This
site offers all opinions of the United States
Supreme Court handed down since 1992,
together with over 600 earlier decisions
selected for their historic importance, over
a decade of opinions of the New York
Court of Appeals, and the full United States
Code. Cornell Law Library also publish
important secondary sources: libraries in
two important areas (legal ethics and
social security) and a series of “topical”
pages that serve as concise explanatory
guides and Internet resource listings for
roughly 100 areas of law.

LII: Federal Rules of Civil http://www.law.cornell.edu/rules LII: Federal Rules of Civil Procedure is a
Procedure /frcp/ subdivision of the Legal Information
Institute. This site focuses on Civil
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an outline style. In addition, subdivisions
are included to assist the user with specific
areas of the law relating to civil
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law include: Scope, Action, process,
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admiralty & maritime claims.
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information, products and services
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MCF Grant Resources for http://www.mcf.org/mcf/resourc Minnesota Council on Foundations, a

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communities.
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diverse array of print and electronic
products.

Meta-Index for U.S. Legal http://gsulaw.gsu.edu/metaindex The Meta-Index for U.S. Legal Research
Research / site was created and is maintained by
Georgia State University (GSU) and
illustrates the use of searchable legal
indexes on the World Wide Web. Only
specifically legal indexes in the U.S. are
included. Please note that many of the
search tools here have additional search
options available and that to derive full
benefit from them you should visit the
original sites directly. To access the most
current version of Meta-Index for U.S.
Legal Research, go to
http://gsulaw.gsu.edu/metaindex/.
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National Association of http://www.naaap.org/ The National Association of Asian

Asian American American Professionals is a non-profit
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promotes Asian American leaders. NAAAP
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opportunities on the local and national
level, engages its membership in
community service, and organizes
professional networking events.

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Courts administration of justice through
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courts around the world. Through original
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accordance with Section 501(c)(3).
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court leaders on key national policy issues,
and helps advocate their policies with
Congress as well as supporting several
prestigious national organizations
New York State Supreme http://www.courts.state.ny.us/8j The NYS Supreme Court Library at Buffalo
Court-Library at Buffalo d/NYSSCLawLib/NYSSCBuff.htm serves the legal community of the Eighth
Judicial District of New York. Their
objectives are as follows: to serve the legal
reference needs of the district judiciary, to
serve as a free, public library, pursuant to
state statute, for area residents,
particularly for members of the local bar
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litigants, students, and private citizens
researching the law and legal issues.
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Pew Internet and American http://www.pewinternet.org/ A nonpartisan, nonprofit "fact tank" that
Life Project provides information on the issues,
attitudes and trends shaping America and
the world. The Project produces reports
exploring the impact of the internet on
families, communities, work and home,
daily life, education, health care, and civic
and political life.
Plagiarism.Org http://www.plagiarism.org/ Plagiarism.org's objective is to prevent

plagiarism and restore integrity to written
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turnitin and authenticate to assist in
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Plagiarism: How to http://www.indiana.edu/~wts/pa Writing tutorial services site, from Indiana

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from the point of view of the Party's
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Quotations http://www.quotationspage.com/ Quotationspage.com is a search engine

Page focused on book reviews and quotation-
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Red Herring Online Business http://www.redherring.com/ Red Herring, Inc., is a media company
Journal whose mission is to cover innovation,
technology, financing and entrepreneurial
activity.
RefDesk Dot Com http://www.refdesk.com/ Reddest is a free and family-friendly web

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Party.Org opinions of the American people, as it
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Committee.
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areas.
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Stanford Encyclopedia of http://plato.stanford.edu/ A scholarly dynamic reference work, each

Philosophy philosophically related entry is maintained
and kept up to date by an expert or group
of experts in the field. Articles are
frequently added and updated based upon
new academic findings and theories.
Supreme Court of the U.S. http://www.findlaw.com/casecod The Supreme Court of the US Opinions is
Opinions 1893 – Present e/supreme.html maintained by Find Law and offers the
Supreme Court decisions since 1893 (U.S.
Supreme Court Decisions: U.S. Reports 150-
, 1893- ). Can be browsed by year and U.S.
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Supreme Court of the U.S. http://www.supremecourtus.gov/ The Supreme Court of the US Opinions is
Opinions 1999 – Present opinions/opinions.html maintained by Find Law and offers the
Supreme Court decisions since 1999 (U.S.
Supreme Court Decisions: U.S. Reports 150-
, 1893- ). Can be browsed by year and U.S.
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by citation, case title and full text. We also
maintain an archive of Opinion Summaries
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THOMAS Legislative http://thomas.loc.gov/ The library's mission is to make its

Information resources available and useful to the
Congress and the American people and to
sustain and preserve a universal collection
of knowledge and creativity for future
generations.
Thomas Public http://thomas.loc.gov/ THOMAS was launched in January of 1995,

Laws at the inception of the 104th Congress. The
leadership of the 104th Congress directed
the Library of Congress to make federal
legislative information freely available to
the public. Since that time THOMAS has
expanded the scope of its offerings to
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U.S. Bureau of Economic http://www.bea.gov/ The Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA)

Analysis promotes a better understanding of the
U.S. economy by providing timely,
relevant, and accurate economic accounts
data in an objective and cost-effective
manner.
U.S. Business Advisor http://www.business.gov/ Business.gov helps small businesses

understand their legal requirements, and
locate government services supporting the
nation’s small business community.
U.S. Census Bureau http://www.census.gov/ The Census Bureau serves as the leading
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people and economy.
U.S. Code http://www.gpoaccess.gov/uscod The United States Code is the codification

e/browse.html by subject matter of the general and
permanent laws of the United States based
on what is printed in the Statutes at Large.
U.S. Code of Federal http://cfr.law.cornell.edu/cfr/ This front-end to the Code of Federal

Regulations Regulations (CFR) is generated from and
links to the most recent version of the CFR
placed on the Internet by the Government
Printing Office. It contains the federal
regulations in force as of specific revision
dates which vary from title to title. That for
each title is shown on its table of contents.
For more information on a particular
regulation has since been amended, click
on the updated link.

U.S. Consumer Information http://www.consumer.gov/ Consumer.gov is a link to a broad range of

federal information resources available
online.
U.S. Copyright http://www.copyright.gov/ The Copyright Office of promotes progress

Office of the arts and protection for the works of
authors. The goal is to make major
improvements in our public services and a
key part of this initiative is providing the
opportunity to register your works online
via the website.
U.S. Department of http://www.commerce.gov/ Commerce.gov provides links to economic

Commerce analysis domestic and abroad.
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Protection Agency (EPA) science, research, education and
assessment efforts. The mission of the
Environmental Protection Agency is to
protect human health and the
environment.
U.S. Food and Drug http://www.fda.gov/ The FDA is responsible for protecting the
Administration (FDA) public health by assuring the safety,
efficacy, and security of human and
veterinary drugs, biological products,
medical devices, our nation’s food supply,
cosmetics, and products that emit
radiation.
U.S. General Accounting http://www.gao.gov/ The U.S. Government Accountability Office

Office (GAO) is an independent, nonpartisan
agency that works for Congress. The GAO
investigates how the federal government
spends taxpayer dollars.

U.S. Geological Survey http://www.usgs.gov/ The USGS serves the Nation by providing
reliable scientific information to describe
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life and property from natural disasters;
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U.S. Patent and Trademark http://www.uspto.gov/ The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
Office promotes the progress of science and the
useful arts by securing for limited times to
inventors the exclusive right to their
respective discoveries.
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Exchange Commission orderly, and efficient markets, and
facilitates capital formation.
U.S. http://www.house.gov/ The US senate site offers a myriad of

Senate topics for the legal research as it relates to
the United States Senate. These areas
include Senators, Committees, Legislation
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to resources.
U.S. Small Business http://www.sbaonline.sba.gov/ The U.S. Small Business Administration is

Administration an independent agency of the federal
government to aid, counsel, assist and
protect the interests of small business
concerns, to preserve free competitive
enterprise and to maintain and strengthen
the overall economy of our nation.
Universal Currency http://www.xe.com/ucc/ The Universal Currency Converter

Converter contains the top 85 currencies sorted by
country name currencies first. Special units

Using the Internet & WWW http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/Tea Offered by the Teaching Library at the
for Research Purposes chingLib/Guides/Internet/FindInf University of California at Berkeley, this
o.html tutorial helps users learn how to search
the web ranging from primary sources,
specialized directories and databases,
statistical information, and educational
sites. Further information is provided on
citations, information evaluation, and a
glossary of internet terms.
Virtual Chase (A virtual site http://www.virtualchase.com/ind The Virtual Chase informs about Web sites
for legal professionals) ex.shtml and research strategies for finding the law.
Some topics include Internet Research,
Database of Sources, and Virtual Chase
news.
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Law law-related materials on the Internet. The
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links on WashLaw Web are maintained by
staff members of the Washburn University
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White http://www.whitehouse.gov/ The White House is the official residence

House of the President of the United States,
recognized worldwide as a symbol of the
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room, Issues, The Administration, About
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Medieval Documents, 400 – 1399, 15th
Century Documents 1400 – 1499, 16th
Century Documents 1900 – 1999, 21st
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FEDSTATS Federal Statistics http://www.fedstats.gov/ Fedstats.gov provides statistics from more

Find http://www.findlaw.com/ FindLaw is one of the most popular sites

Free Management Library http://www.managementhelp.or The Library provides easy-to-access,

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Free On-line Dictionary of http://foldoc.org/Free+On- Free On-line Dictionary of Computing is a

Getty Thesaurus of http://www.getty.edu/research/c The Getty vocabulary databases contain

Guide for Writing Research http://www.ccc.commnet.edu/ap This guide is based on recommendations of

Hieros Gamos-Legal http://www.hg.org/ HG.org objective is to make law,

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How to Choose a Search http://www.internettutorials.net/ Serves as an introduction to the Internet,

Acronym http://www.acronymfinder.com/ Over 750,000 human-edited definitions of

Afro-American http://www.toptags.com/aama/ Toptags.com is a website with links to

Age Discrimination http://www.eeoc.gov/facts/age.h The Age Discrimination in Employment Act

American Civil Liberties http://www.aclu.org/ The ACLU is our nation's guardian of

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American Law Sources http://www.lawsource.com/also/ ALSO provides a comprehensive, uniform,

Americans with Disabilities http://www.ada.gov/ Ada.gov provides information and

APA and Electronic http://mentors.ncu.edu/writingpr This is North central University's website

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Art Dictionary http://www.artlex.com/ ArtLex.com provides definitions for more

Ask A Reference Librarian http://www.questionpoint.org/cr Question Point is an online service which

Avoiding Plagiarism from http://owl.english.purdue.edu/o Avoiding plagiarism from Purdue's OWL

BBC News http://news.bbc.co.uk/ The BBC News site is available both

Biographical Dictionary http://www.s9.com/ The Biographical Dictionary provides a

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Biology-Online Editable http://www.biology- Biology Online aims to educate and

Bizjournals - Business Ezine http://www.bizjournals.com/lates Bizjournals is the online media division of

Bizwomen - Women in http://networking.bizjournals.co Bizwomen is a growing and emerging

Black Collegian http://www.black-collegian.com/ The Black Collegian is a career and self

Black Enterprise http://www.blackenterprise.com/ Black Enterprise is a guide to financial

Boston Review: A Political http://bostonreview.net/ Boston Review is a nonpartisan magazine

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Brookings Institute http://www.brookings.edu/press/ The Brookings Institution is a nonprofit

Calculators.Com http://www.calculator.com/index calculator.com offers a variety of

Campaign Against Age http://www.caade.net/ CAADE is a website dedicated to fighting

Catalaw http://www.catalaw.com/catalaw CataLaw is the catalog of catalogs of

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Code of Federal Regulations http://www.access.gpo.gov/nara/ The Code of Federal Regulation is the

Columbia Encyclopedia http://www.bartleby.com/65/ Containing nearly 51,000 entries on a

Cook's Thesaurus & Cooking http://www.foodsubs.com/ The Cook's Thesaurus is a cooking

Courts.net http://www.courts.net/ Courts.net is a free site that serves as a

Critical Inquiry http://criticalinquiry.uchicago.ed Critical Inquiry allows users to access

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Democratic http://www.democrats.org/ The Democratic Party is committed to

Dictionary.Com http://dictionary.reference.com/ Dictionary.com is a multi-source dictionary

Digital Millennium http://www.gseis.ucla.edu/iclp/d The DMCA is designed to implement the

Directory of Open Access http://www.doaj.org/ The Dictionary of Open Access Journals

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Encyclopadia.com http://encyclopedia.com Encylopedia.com provides access to

Encyclopedia Britannica http://search.eb.com/failedlogin? Encyclopedia Britannica contains hundreds

Encyclopedia of the History http://homepage.newschool.edu/ Hosted by the Department of Economics of

Encyclopedia of World http://www.bartleby.com/67/ A comprehensive chronology of more than

Entrepreneur Online http://www.entrepreneur.com/in Entrepreneru.com is a website where

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Etymology http://www.etymonline.com/ Etymologies are not definitions; they're

Federal Citizen Information http://www.pueblo.gsa.gov/ The FCIC manages a national contact

Infoplease http://www.infoplease.com/ Information Please provides authoritative

InfoWorld http://www.infoworld.com/ InfoWorld is the Web destination of choice

Intellectual Property Law http://www.intelproplaw.com/ The Intellectual Property Law Server

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