Every Web site listed here will lead you to solid, reliable sources of information for a research paper or other project. By following the links you will find not only articles, essays, and news reports but also photos, audio files, and videos. In addition to being useful for your college work, many sites are connected to professional organizations and societies that will continue to be helpful later in your career.

Web sites sometimes move to different servers, or their URLs change. If you are unable to access one of these sites by clicking on the hypertext URL, type or paste the name of the site into a search engine such as Google.

Art and Architecture

Aedificium
http://users.qwest.net/~chrishenige/
Site devoted to the study of medieval architecture. Includes an electronic journal and ideas for future research.

The American Museum of Photography
http://www.photographymuseum.com
Offbeat museum site offers photos from around the world, mostly historic, and charts the development of photographic techniques. View the exhibitions or click on "Research Center" to pursue your topic.

Architronic: The Electronic Journal of Architecture
http://architronic.saed.kent.edu
"Architronic is a scholarly refereed journal, exploring the new ranges of architectural communication available through digital media. It is a platform for both presenting and reviewing research as a journal, and a forum for stimulating dialogue on emerging ideas." Use the search function to see if your topic is covered.

Art History Resources on the Web
http://witcombe.sbc.edu/ARTHLinks.html
Web site of a professor at Sweet Briar College organizes copious art links by geographic area and time period, as well as connecting to museums and galleries.

FineArt Forum Research Directory
http://www.msstate.edu/Fineart_Online/art-resources/museums.html
Well-developed alphabetized links to museums, collections, and associations. Sponsored by the National Art Library in London, it is especially strong on international resources.

The Getty Institute
http://www.getty.edu
Click "Research Institute" to access the J. Paul Getty Museum's online library catalog, searchable databases, special multimedia resources, and more (see "Research" near the bottom of the page). Click "Collections" to browse this appealing site by artist, collection type, or subject.

Metropolitan Museum of Art Timeline of Art History
http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/splash.htm
Search the timeline by key word, artist, subject, or special topic to find an essay for your research.

Mother of All Art and History Links
http://www.art-design.umich.edu/mother/
The School of Art and Design at the University of Michigan has organized extensive links to online galleries and exhibitions, text resources, museums, other art schools' sites, and more.

Peabody Essex Museum
http://pem.org
Museum site offering online exhibits and an outstanding permanent collection of Korean, Chinese, Indian, African, and Native American works, some of which have never been exhibited before.

Smithsonian American Art Museum Study Center
http://nmaa-ryder.si.edu/study
Click "Ask Joan of Art" to submit a research question on American art to Smithsonian art information specialists. Also includes an extensive searchable inventory of American art; indexes of the museum's journal, American Art; and more.

World Wide Arts Resources
http://wwar.com
Try the "Art History Research" section for information on periods, genres, and artists. You can view information on over 200,000 works of art.

Biology

BioChem Links
http://biochemlinks.com/bclinks/bclinks.cfm
Portal site with numerous links to other sites on biology.

Bioexplorer
http://bioexplorer.net
Soup-to-nuts collection of links for the biology student includes history and biographies, museums and exhibits, societies and organizations, as well as educational resources and research centers.

Biological and Agricultural Index
http://library.dialog.com/bluesheets/html/bl0143.html
Online index of over 250 periodicals in biology and agriculture.

Biology Browser
http://www.biologybrowser.org
Colorful and appealing site from BIOSIS offers free access to biology students. Includes Nomenclature Glossary for Zoology, the Zoological Record Thesaurus, and links to outside sites and news stories.

BioSci
http://www.bio.net
Newgroups and e-mail discussions for biological scientists. Students may lurk, but not post, and search the archives for relevant postings. See the last item for useful links.

BIOSIS
http://www.biosis.org
"Information services for the life sciences": databases, newsletter, abstracts, and zoological references.

BioView.com
http://www.biolinks.com
Business and career site lists publications and articles dealing with biosciences industries such as medical research and food technology. Numerous reports available in PDF format.

Cell and Molecular Biology Online
http://cellbio.com
The "Research" section includes recommended links, online journals, current research, and protocols. The "Education" section offers online textbooks and dictionaries, as well as images and video.

Harvard University Dept. of Molecular and Cellular Biology
http://mcb.harvard.edu/BioLinks.html
Extensive list of links to Web sites and databases on biology, both within Harvard University and on the Internet.

SciCentral
http://www.scicentral.com
Articles on biological sciences, including the latest news for researchers.

Tufts University Biology Research Guide
http://ase.tufts.edu/biology/bio14v2
Superb tutorial site offers guidance for researching and writing bioliogy papers. Guidelines are for Tufts University but could be useful for any student.

Business

ABI/Inform
http://library.dialog.com/bluesheets/html/bl0015.html
An online index and abstract of over 1,200 business journals. Includes the full text for about half of the articles it indexes, and abstracts of the rest. Do a search or click on Subject.

Bureau of Labor Statistics
http://www.bls.gov
Government site with statistics on the U.S. economy and links to other information sources.

Business and Industry Database
http://library.dialog.com/bluesheets/html/bl0009.html
Database with facts on companies, industries, markets, and products worldwide. Draws from trade journals, the general business press, and newspapers. Includes abstracts and full text of articles.

MSU-CIBER (Michigan State University Center for International Business Education and Research)
http://ciber.bus.msu.edu
Searchable site devoted to the academic study of business. Click "Resource Desk" or "Global Edge" for links to numerous information sources.

SCORE
http://www.score.org
Like the SBA, the Service Corps of Retired Executives offers advice and training for small business owners. Click on the "Learning Center" and "Reading Room" to find good articles for a paper.

Small Business Administration
http://www.sba.gov
This well-regarded government organization offers accessible information on entrepreneurship. Click on "Custom Views" at the right to find articles on starting, funding, and managing a small business.

Chemistry

American Chemical Society
http://www.chemistry.org
Organization of instructors, students, enthusiasts, and working chemists sponsors this Web site. It includes news headlines, periodicals, and "Molecule of the Week."

American Chemical Society Free Search
http://pubs.acs.org/journals/aoc/aoc_search.html
This page provides a search of the more than 30 journals published by the American Chemical Society.

Chemical Abstracts Service
http://www.cas.org
Database provides abstracts for published chemical research dating to 1907.

Chemicool Periodic Table
http://www-tech.mit.edu/Chemicool
Interactive periodic table.

ChemInfo
http://www.indiana.edu/~cheminfo
"Brings together all of the useful Web sites at Indiana University with significant chemical information content."

Galaxy.com: Chemistry
http://www.galaxy.com/galaxy/Science/Chemistry/
Portal to over 40 categories of chemistry links. Feel free to skip the top of each page, usually an advertisement.

National Institute of Standards and Technology Webbook
http://webbook.nist.gov
Provides physical properties for thousands of substances.

SciCentral
http://www.scicentral.com
Articles on chemical sciences, including the latest news for researchers

WWW Virtual Library: Links for Chemists
http://www.liv.ac.uk/Chemistry/Links/links.html
An index of over 8,350 chemistry resources on the Web, created by the University of Liverpool.

Classics

Database of Classical Bibliography
www.annee-philologique.com
The DCB and another journal called the Année Philologique are housed together at this Web site, available by subscription.

Electronic Resources for Classicists
http://www.tlg.uci.edu/~tlg/index/resources.html
A fast-growing collection of sources originally collated for New England Classics Journal. The "Gateway" is a good place to start, but other entries on the left navigation bar (such as "Images") look promising too.

Internet Classics Archive
http://classics.mit.edu
This site, maintained by MIT, provides online access to 441 classic Greco-Roman, Persian, and Chinese texts translated to English. Also has a search feature and links to more resources.

Library of Congress Main Reading Room: Classical and Medieval History
http://www.loc.gov/rr/main/alcove9/classics.html
A subsection of the massive Library of Congress Web site, devoted to the study of Greek and Latin works and the cultures in which they were produced.

The Perseus Project
http://www.perseus.tufts.edu
Digital archive of source materials encompasses the classical world, the Renaissance, and U.S. History. On the home page, roll over the links on the left and watch the timeline and map change to match the period selected.

Tables of Contents of Journals of Interest to Classicists
http://www.chass.utoronto.ca/amphoras/tocs.html
This database holds the tables of contents of nearly 200 journals in classics, Near Eastern studies, and religion. Click on "Search (Toronto)" to look for articles on your topic.

Communications and Media

American Communication Association
http://www.uark.edu/~aca
The "Communication Studies Center" is an annotated, categorized portal site to Internet resources on communications. The American Communication Journal (ACJ) is a peer-reviewed electronic journal on communications.


ComAbstracts
http://www.cios.org/www/abstract.htm
Database of abstracts from communications journals, available to members of the Communication Institute for Online Scholarship or through your school or library. A "Visual Communication Concepts Explorer" can aid in searches; it requires a Java plug-in.

Broadcasting & Cable
http://www.broadcastingcable.com/
Online magazine for the television industry. Current articles and archives are for subscribers only, but the "Industry Links" and "In-Stat Research" are open to all.

Federal Communications Commission
http://fcc.gov
Home page includes news reports, statements of the FCC's policies and goals, a consumer center covering topics such as the Do-Not-Call Registry, and audio/video archives of announcements and events.

International Women's Media Foundation
http://www.iwmf.org
Information-packed site includes links, publications, and statistics on women in journalism, as well as topical articles on freedom of information laws, the glass ceiling, and the banning of journalists' associations in Third World countries.

Kidon Media Link
http://www.kidon.com/media-link/index.shtml
A directory of newspaper, magazine, television and radio station, and news agency Web sites around the world, organized by country (and, for the U.S., by state).

WWW Virtual Library: Communications and Media
http://vlib.org/Communication.html
Links to information on broadcasters, journalism, publishers, and telecommunications.

Computer Science

Association for Computing Machinery
http://www.acm.org
A rich site run by one of the first computer societies. Includes a digital library, links portal, and six online publications covering trends, opinion, distance learning, and entertainment.

Computer Science Electronic Library
http://www.lib.uwaterloo.ca/discipline/compsci/index
Site maintained by the University of Waterloo. Indexes journal articles, conference papers, and books on computer science. Includes abstracts from Computing Reviewswhen available.

IEEE Computer Society
http://www.computer.org/
Lively site created by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers offers scholarly yet readable articles on topics like e-mail privacy and the computers in the Mars Rover. A "History of Computing" includes a timeline.

Information Resources for Computer Science
http://www.library.ucsb.edu/subj/computer.html
Portal site with links to online databases, indexes, dictionaries, journals, organizations, and more.

MIT Laboratory for Computer Science
http://www.lcs.mit.edu
The "Research" link describes ongoing MIT research projects. Try the "Publications" links to access archives, technical reports and memos, and other information.

Virtual Computer Library
http://www.utexas.edu/computer/vcl
This site at the University of Texas provides a searchable index of online journals and books, organizations, conferences, user groups and more.

WWW Virtual Library: Computing
http://vlib.org/Computing.html
Links to sites on artificial intelligence, computer-aided design, cryptography, e-commerce, programming, networking, wireless computing, SCSI, software engineering, WWW development, and many other topics.

Economics


The Economist
http://www.economist.com/
Top British news-and-business magazine can be read without a subscription. The "Research" section includes an easy-to-use "Articles by Subject" listing and a glossary called "Economics A-Z."

Public Affairs Information Service
http://www.pais.org
Offers "indexes and abstracts that help people identify and locate documents about important political, economic, and social issues." Includes a list of featured "Hot Topics" such as same-sex marriage, restorative justice or reparations, and the international anti-war movement.

Social Sciences Citation Index
http://www.isinet.com/isi/products/citation/ssci/
Database housing abstracts, references, and bibliographic information from 1,700 social sciences journals, available by subscription.

U.S. Census Bureau
http://www.census.gov
The Business section offers economic data including the Economic Census, a profile of the U.S. economy produced every five years. Also check the "Publications" section.

WWW Virtual Library: Economics
http://www.hkkk.fi/EconVLib.html
This international search engine comprises two halves: a professional site called Resources for Economists (RFE), and a general research site, WebEc.

Education

American Federation of Teachers
http://www.aft.org
Web site of a national teachers' union of over a million members. Click on "AFT and the Issues" or see the articles in the left column for a perspective on current issues that often contrasts with that found on government education sites.

Chronicle of Higher Education
http://www.chronicle.com
Award-winning weekly newspaper offers well-written and provocative news stories and essays. "Facts & Figures" helps you search for specific data. Some parts by subscription only.

Educational Resources Information Center (ERIC)
http://www.eric.ed.gov
Maintained by the U.S. Dept. of Education, this vast site includes a searchable database, links to online publications (including The ERIC Review and ERIC Digests) and other electronic resources.

Education Index
http://www.educationindex.com
An annotated directory of education-related sites, organized by subject and life stage (prenatal to post-graduate).
Education Virtual Library
http://www.csu.edu.au/education/library.html
Find education resources by education level, type of resource, country, or type of Web site. Also provides links to newsgroups and other virtual libraries.

Educator's Reference Desk
http://eduref.org
"The Educator's Reference Desk provides a search interface to the ERIC Database, providing access to over one million bibliographic records on educational research, theory, and practice." Also provides more than 200 question archive responses and thousands of lesson plans and links to online information, all formerly part of the popular AskERIC database.

Higher Education Research Institute
http://www.gseis.ucla.edu/heri/heri.html
Web site of the Graduate School of Education and Information Studies at UCLA. "Current Research" and "Recent Findings" are good starting points.

National Center for Education Statistics
http://www.nces.ed.gov
Offers statistics and data on education around the world. See the "Electronic Catalog," "ED Stats at a Glance," "Quick Tables and Figures," and "NCES Fast Facts" for quick access to useful information.

N STUDIES
U.S Department of Education
http://www.ed.gov
Offers information on nationwide educational initiatives and strategic plans. The "Parents" and "Teachers" sections provide articles on current initiatives such as No Child Left Behind. Click on "Contacts" and "Other Online Educational Resources" for extensive links.

Engineering

American Society of Mechanical Engineers
http://www.asme.org/
"News and Public Affairs," "Library," and "Forums" are good starting places for research. Site includes Mechanical Engineering Magazine Online at no charge.

Engineering Library at Cornell University
http://www.englib.cornell.edu
Includes links to engineering-related online resources, including databases, electronic journals, and engineering research guides.

iCivilEngineer: The Internet for Civil Engineers
http://www.icivilengineer.com/
"A knowledge portal specially designed for civil engineering professionals and students," with comprehensive news, tools, and resources. The "Big Project Watch" and "Failure Watch" are particularly interesting sections of the News Center.

IEEE Computer Society
http://www.computer.org/
Lively site created by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers offers scholarly yet readable articles on topics such as e-mail privacy as well as technical content. A "History of Computing" includes a timeline.

NASA Science and Technical Information
http://www.sti.nasa.gov/
Find technical information for all engineering aspects of current National Aeronautics and Space Administration projects, including communications and radar, instrumentation, photography, lasers, and quality assurance. Also check out http://naca.larc.nasa.gov/ for classic aeronautics documents dating from 1917 to 1958.

SciCentral
http://www.scicentral.com
Articles on engineering sciences, including the latest news stories.

WWW Virtual Library: Engineering
http://vlib.org/Engineering.html
Portal site with links to Web sites on engineering topics and sub-disciplines.

Environmental Studies

Greenpeace
http://www.greenpeace.org/homepage/
High-profile, sometimes controversial activist organization offers quotable features and news articles on topics such as whaling and genetic modification of foods and animals. "Multimedia" section includes numerous video clips.

National Library for the Environment
http://www.cnie.org/nle
"A universal, timely, and easy-to-use single-point entry to environmental information and data for the use of all participants in the environmental enterprise." "Congressional Research Service Reports" allows you to search a database of 1,200 environmental report.

Scripps Institution of Oceanography
http://www.sio.ucsd.edu
Web site of California-based research center. Click "Research" to search the archives. The Photo Gallery contains images that may be used in papers and presentations.

United Nations Environment Programme
http://www.unep.org
Colorful site covers everything from electric cars to saving the Great Apes. Click "Resources for: Scientists and Academics" to do a database search. Clicking "Activities by Theme" will show you current UNEP initiatives related to your topic.

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
http://www.epa.gov
Features include "EPA Newsroom," "Browse EPA by Topic," and "Laws, Regulations & Dockets." Includes links to regional and community agencies and a "Search Your Community" feature that allows you to view local data by entering your ZIP code.

WWW Virtual Library: Earth Science
http://vlib.org/EarthScience.html
Library of links covers eleven major topics, including cartography, geosystems, meteorology, and paleoclimatology.

Ethnic Studies

Center for Immigration Studies
http://www.cis.org/
"The nation's only think tank devoted exclusively to research and policy analysis of the economic, social, demographic, fiscal, and other impacts of immigration on the United States." Offers articles on current immigration topics.

National Association for Ethnic Studies
http://www.ethnicstudies.org/
Home page of this organization at Arizona State University. Clicking "Ethnic Studies Web Sites" will lead you to a substantial collection of links.

Native Web
http://www.nativeweb.org
See the "Resource Center" for annotated links categorized by disciplines, by native nations around the world, and by geographic regions.

University of Pennsylvania African Studies Center
http://www.sas.upenn.edu/African_Studies/AS.html
Check the "General Resources and "Africa Feeds" for rich sources of information and links to African organizations, African studies Web sites, and more.

WWW Virtual Library: Asian Studies
http://coombs.anu.edu.au/WWWVL-AsianStudies.html
Huge portal site supported by Australia National University includes search by country or other topic and live newsfeeds from other 30 countries.

WWW Virtual Library: Migration and Ethnic Relations
http://www.ercomer.org/wwwvl
Portal site with links to publications, organizations, research programs, and more.

Geography

About.com: Geography
http://geography.about.com
Extensive site includes news, discussions, areas for subdisciplines such as cartography, computerized mapping, cultural geography, and physical geography, and several reference features.

American Geographical Society
http://www.amergeog.org/
Contains PDFs of articles on topics such as "After NAFTA" and "The Geography of SARS." Click "Global Connections" to find research links.

Earthworks
http://www.earthworks-jobs.com/weblinks.htm
The links page of a career-related site connects to university departments, societies and organizations, and other listings regarding earth, atmosphere, oceans, and science.

GeoExplorer
http://www.geoexplorer.co.uk/
Web site for teachers and students of geography as well as those with a general interest. In addition to a Linkbank and News Network, it has some unusual features such as the blog of a couple traveling around the world.

WWW Virtual Library: Geography
http://www.icomos.org/WWW_VL_Geography.html
Another great Virtual Library portal site, with links to information sources around the globe, including CYBERGEO, the European journal of geography; the CIA World Factbook; and Canadian and U.S. geographical names databases.

Geology

American Geological Institute
http://www.agiweb.org
Access to the National Geoscience Data Repository System, earth science newsletters, databases, and AGI publications. See the links on the top left side of the page.

Earthworks
http://www.earthworks-jobs.com/weblinks.htm
The links page of a career-related site connects to university departments, societies and organizations, sites in the mining and oil industries, numerous geological surveys, and other listings regarding earth, atmosphere, oceans, and science.

GeoRef
http.//www.agiweb.org/georef
An electronic index produced by American Geological Institute.

United States Geological Survey
http://www.usgs.gov
Includes fact sheets and maps for every U.S. state, with both geological and biological information. Also includes a publication search, photo finder, geographic names index, and much more.

United States Geological Survey Library
http://www.usgs.gov/library
Includes news and science features. Especially useful is the U.S. map you can click for regional information.

History

Historical Abstracts and America: History and Life from ABC-CLIO
http://www.abc-clio.com
Source of abstracts in history, by subscription.

Historical Text Archive
http://historicaltextarchive.com
Click on "Articles" or "E-Books" and then the appropriate country for access to numerous electronic publications. The "Links" is a portal page with an eclectic categorization scheme.

Infoplease Almanac: History and Government
http://www.infoplease.com/history.html
Online almanac is useful for quick research and fact-checking.

TheHistoryNet.com
http://thehistorynet.com/
"Where History Lives on the Web." Click on "Guidesites" to find brief articles with links and bibliographies, or use the search function.

WWW Virtual Library: History Central Catalogue
http://www.ukans.edu/history/VL
A particularly rich Virtual Library site, with links to numerous sources categorized by regions and countries, epochs and eras, topics, and methods and materials.

Linguistics

Center for Applied Linguistics
http://www.cal.org
Click on "Databases/Directories" and "Clearinghouses" as useful starting points for research.

Languages and Linguistics on the EServer
http://eserver.org/langs
The EServer provides free access to the full text of thousands of documents. The linguistics section contains over 70 documents on varied topics, from an Urdu dictionary to a discussion of oxymorons, plus links to other information sources on the Web.

Literature

Complete Works of Shakespeare
http://the-tech.mit.edu/Shakespeare/
Full texts of Shakespeare's plays and a link to scholarly resources on the Net.

The EServer
http://eserver.org
Formerly called the English Server, this online publishing venue includes recent works on a range of subjects. Housed at the University of Iowa, the collection includes over 30,000 titles, many of them scholarly. Start with a search on the home page.

Google Web Directory: World Literature
http://directory.google.com/Top/Arts/Literature/World_Literature/
Provides links to the literature of nearly sixty countries, including complete online texts, author interviews, audio files of works, and more.

In Parentheses
http://www.yorku.ca/inpar/
"In Parentheses is devoted to distributing texts, translations, and commentaries from a wide variety of areas and disciplines in an elegantly presented form." These works from world literature can be read with the supplied Acrobat reader or printed out at no charge.

PAL: Perspectives in American Literature
http://www.csustan.edu/english/reuben/pal/TABLE.HTML
Site created by Paul P. Reuben at California State University presents a photo, major works, bibliography, and study questions for all major American authors. Start with time period ("Harlem Renaissance") or author name ("Countee Cullen").

Project Bartleby
http://www.bartleby.com
Free access to thousands of public domain works, from Sophocles to H.G. Wells, including lots of poetry.

Victorian Women Writers Project
http://Indiana.edu/~letrs/vwwp
An ongoing project to transcribe "anthologies, novels, political pamphlets, religious tracts, children's books, and volumes of poetry and verse drama" by significant nineteenth-century women writers. Click on "List of Works Available" to find your author or title.

Voice of the Shuttle
http://vos.ucsb.edu
Database devoted to humanities research includes links to information on world and English literature, literary theory, and much more.

Mathematics and Statistics

American Mathematical Society
http://www.ams.org
Access to much of this site requires a subscription, but check out the links to "Books Online" under "Reference Tools" and the searchable abstracts of journal articles (click "Journals" at the top of the page).

American Mathematical Society MathSciNet
http://www.ams.org/mathscinet
"A comprehensive database covering the world's mathematical literature since 1940."

MathWorld
http://mathworld.wolfram.com
"The web's most complete mathematical resource" offers a search function, alphabetical index, and index by subject for finding links.

Statistical Abstract of the United States
http://www.census.gov/statab/www
The online version of this publication from the Government Printing Office.

Statistical Resources on the Web
http://lib.umich.edu/govdocs/stats.html
Click on the alphabetical list to find statistics on a large range of topics.

University of Tennessee Math Archives
http://archives.math.utk.edu
Includes links to mathematics Web sites and a searchable database organized by topic.

WWW Virtual Library: Statistics
http://www.stat.ufl.edu/vlib/statistics.html
Portal site with links arranged geographically and by type. Scroll down nearly to the bottom for links to statistical journals, mailing lists, archives, and newsgroups.

Music

American Roots Music
http://www.pbs.org/americanrootsmusic/
This PBS site offers a history of American music styles such as gospel, folk, Cajun, and Tejano, traces the development of instruments such as the harmonica, offers biographies of singers and musicians, and provides several oral histories.

BUBL Link Internet Resources: Jazz Music
http://bubl.ac.uk/link/j/jazzmusic.htm
Pulls together and annotates 18 significant Web sites in jazz.

BUBL Link Internet Resources: Popular Music
http://bubl.ac.uk/link/p/popularmusic.htm
Pulls together and annotates 30 significant Web sites for researching popular music forms such as ska, disco, punk, and rave. Many sites include audio clips.

Classical USA
http://classicalusa.com
"Carefully selected resources--and the links work!" Links to music publications, sites on composers, sites on jazz, audio files, and much more.

FolkLib Index
http://www.folklib.net/
A library of folk music links, with coverage of bluegrass, blues, acoustic guitar, and other forms.

Indiana University Worldwide Internet Music Resources
http://www.music.indiana.edu/music_resources
Extensive links to music periodicals, newspapers, and journals. Also has links to sites about composers and composition, genres and types of music, and other research sites.

WWW Virtual Library: Classical Music
http://www.gprep.org/classical
A separate Virtual Library devoted solely to classical music. Includes a complete alphabetical index. Scroll down the opening page to find biographical links, reference links, journals, newsgroups, and more.

WWW Virtual Library: Music
http://www.vl-music.com
Another Virtual Library portal site. Click "Search" at the top of the page to do a regular keyword search of the database.

Nursing

Allnurses.com
http://allnurses.com
News, discussion boards (you can lurk), links, and a health information directory.

American Nurses Association Nursing World
http://www.nursingworld.org/
Contains Online Journal of Issues in Nursing and regular columns on ethics, legislation, and information resources.

Health Web
http://healthweb.org
Huge portal site to over 60 health topics and medical specialties.

National Institute of Nursing Research

News and information (including scientific advances) and an overview of research themes for the future make this an ideal site for researching a forward-looking paper.

The Student Nurse Information Center
http://www.toledolink.com/~ornrsg/
This practical site for nurses in training offers newsgroups, links, and quick-reference aids. Start with "Nursing Links," "Links by Specialty," or "Resources/Searching the Net" if you're researching a paper topic.

Philosophy

APA Online
http://apa.udel.edu/apa/index.html
Web site of the American Philosophical Association. See the lower left corner for "Philosophy in the News," "Web Resources," and "Other Organizations of Related Interest." The site also offers a public archive and streaming video of key conferences and presentations.

Guide to Philosophy on the Internet
http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/philinks.htm
A large collection of links in an easy-to-use format. For those doing research, the webmaster indicates when a site doesn't provide citations. This site will eventually merge with the International Association for Computing and Philosophy.

Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy
http://www.utm.edu/research/iep
Easy-to-use alphabetically organized site offers complete articles on any topic you select. Each article is preceded by an outline that lets you see whether your research question will be covered.

Philosophy in Cyberspace
http://www-personal.monash.edu.au/~dey/phil
Useful, extensive portal site with annotated links to philosophy Web sites, organized by branches of philosophy and by resource type. Also includes links to philosophy organizations and newsgroups. Includes a search powered by the Hippias search engine.

Physics

American Institute of Physics
http://aip.org
"History Center" includes many articles suitable for research papers as well as links to online exhibits. "Education and Student Services" provides useful links.

American Physical Society Physics Internet Resources Page
http://www.aps.org/resources
The "Publications" and "Education/Scientific Reference Sites" sections are useful for research.

Eric Weisstein's World of Physics
http://scienceworld.wolfram.com/physics/
Click on the list at left to explore such topics as fluid mechanics, optics, and thermodynamics. Many explanations are followed by outside links and bibliographic info.

Physics Today
http://physicstoday.org
Online version of AIP publication offers many feature stories and news articles free to non-subscribers.

SciCentral
http://www.scicentral.com
Click on "Physics/Chemistry" for relevant news articles and links to Web sites and publications.

Society of Physics Students
http://spsnational.org/
Click "Publications" for free access to the Journal of Undergraduate Research in Physics and "Hot Science" for current topics.

WWW Virtual Library: Physics
http://vlib.org/Physics.html
Portal site with links to sites on topics such as acoustics and vibrations, astronomy and astrophysics, and beam physics and accelerator technology.

Political Science

FirstGov
http://www.firstgov.gov
A portal to U.S. and state government Web sites and agencies, plus a reference center and news items.

OCLC Public Affairs Information Service
http://www.pais.org
Start with the "Hot Topics" and "News" sections and the "Journals" list. Includes a bibliographic database.

Political Science Links
http://www.loyola.edu/dept/politics/polilink.html
Links cover American government and politics, comparative politics, international relations, methodology, and other topics. There is also help with citation styles.

Political Science Resources on the Web
http://www.lib.umich.edu/govdocs/polisci.html
A massive annotated mega-portal with an extensive index to help you navigate its myriad links. Use this site to locate periodicals, Web sites on political theory, indexes, statistics, other political science mega-sites, and much more.

Public Agenda
http://www.publicagenda.org
Information on public opinion and government policy for a wide range of issues, from child care to drugs to Internet privacy, as well as information on the science of polling. See the links to their "Issue Guides" on the left side of the page.

THOMAS: Legislative Information on the Internet
http://thomas.loc.gov
Summaries and text of bills, roll call votes, committee reports, and more. Provided by the Library of Congress in honor of Thomas Jefferson.

United Nations
http://www.un.org
Authoritative materials on international issues and relations. Sections and topics include the "Daily Briefing," "Economic and Social Development," "Humanitarian Affairs," "International Law," and much more.

U.S. Census Bureau
http://www.census.gov
This site contains much information of interest to political scientists, including state demographic profiles, apportionment and redistricting information, and a wide range of publications (for an alphabetical list of publications, click "Publications" on the left and then "Publications Subject Index" at the bottom of the next page).

The White House
http://www.whitehouse.gov
The ideal site for press releases, presidential addresses, and high-quality photos. The "In Focus" section provides news and reports on current policy. Includes bios of all past presidents.

Psychology

American Psychological Association Full-Text Journals Index
http://www.apa.org/journals/fulltext.html
Although much of the APA site is accessible only for a fee, this page includes a long list of freely accessible full-text articles and abstracts from APA journals.

Classics in the History of Psychology
http://psychclassics.yorku.ca/
This site's editors encourage intro psych students to read primary sources. Full texts of key writings, beginning with the Greeks, are available here.

Psych Web
http://www.psywww.com/
"Psyclist" is a list of psychology and social science journals on the Web. "Scholarly Resources" are organized into an alphabetical list of topics, from abnormal psychology to therapy. The site also contains articles on topics such as sports psychology and psychology of religion.

The Social Psychology Network
http://www.socialpsychology.org "The largest social psychology database on the Internet." Search by keyword or browse by topic of interest. Includes links to professional journals, electronic forums, and much more.

WWW Virtual Library: Psychology
http://www.clas.ufl.edu/users/gthursby/psi/
A megasite of reliable, evaluated links for all psychology topics, housed at the University of Florida.

Religion

Academic Info: Religious Studies
www.academicinfo.net/Religion.html
In addition to a digital library and general links, this site has special sections on the subjects of law and religion and religious tolerance.

Center for Electronic Resources in Theology and Religion
http://rosetta.reltech.org/CERTR/e-journals.html
Well-developed links to online journals on religion and theology.

Duke University Department of Religion
http://www.duke.edu/religion/main/links.html
See the lower half of the page for interesting outside links, including a photographic tour of sacred places and a listing of searchable Bibles.

Religion on the Web
http://users.ox.ac.uk/~worc0337/serious/religion.html
Provides links for 15 religions as well as conferences, journals, societies, and the like.

Religious Studies WebGuide: Bibliographies on the Net
http://www.ucalgary.ca/~lipton/biblio.html
Long list of bibliographies on world religions.

Virtual Religion Index
http://religion.rutgers.edu/vri/index.html
Supplies links to the major religious traditions as well as to interdisciplinary topics such as art, archaeology, anthropology, sociology, and psychology in the context of religion.

Wabash Center Guide to Internet Resources for Teaching and Learning in Theology and Religion
http://www.wabashcenter.wabash.edu/Internet/front.htm
"A selective, annotated guide to a wide variety of electronic resources of interest to those who are involved in the study and practice of religion: syllabi, electronic texts, electronic journals, websites, bibliographies, listserv discussion groups, liturgies, reference resources, software, etc."

Sociology

Ameristat
http://www.ameristat.org
"One-stop source for U.S. population data." Data on education, fertility, race and ethnicity, and more from the Population Reference Bureau.

Data on the Net
http://odwin.ucsd.edu/idata
"Search or browse our listing of 361 Internet sites of numeric Social Science statistical data, data catalogs, data libraries, social science gateways, addresses and more."

Electronic Journal of Sociology
http://www.sociology.org
This electronic journal site includes links to numerous other electronic journals on sociology.

Public Agenda
http://www.publicagenda.org
Information on public opinion and government policy for a wide range of issues, from child care to drugs to Internet privacy, as well as information on the science of polling. See the links to their "Issue Guides" on the left side of the page.

Sociological Tour Through Cyberspace
http://www.trinity.edu/~mkearl/index.html
Many useful links interlaced with commentary, by a student at Trinity College, create a "theater of ideas."

Statistical Abstract of the United States
http://www.census.gov/statab/www
The online version of this publication from the Government Printing Office.

Statistical Resources on the Web

Click on the alphabetical list to find statistics on a large range of topics.

U.S. Census Bureau
http://www.census.gov
Demographic profiles, projections, statistical abstracts, housing statistics, and much more. See the "People" and "Newsroom" sections in particular.

The World Factbook
http://www.odci.gov/cia/publications/factbook/index.html
This Central Intelligence Agency site provides statistical data on countries around the world, such as population, birth and death rates, infant mortality rates, literacy, and life expectancy.

WWW Virtual Library: Sociology
http://socserv2.mcmaster.ca/w3virtsoclib/
Portal site organizes links into categories including theories, associations and organizations, directories of resources, and discussions.

WWW Virtual Library: Statistics
http://www.stat.ufl.edu/vlib/statistics.html
Portal site with links arranged geographically and by type. Scroll down nearly to the bottom for links to statistical journals, mailing lists, archives, and newsgroups.

Women's Studies

Feminism and Women's Studies on the EServer
http://eserver.org/feminism/index.html
The EServer provides free access to the full text of thousands of documents. Topics here include women's health, women in the workplace, and academic discourse.

Institute for Women's Policy Research
http://www.iwpr.org
"IWPR focuses on issues of poverty and welfare, employment and earnings, work and family issues, health and safety, and women's civic and political participation." Find current reports on these topics here.

National Council for Research on Women
http://www.ncrw.org
"Links" section of this site leads to an international array of research sources on education, employment, adolescence, feminist thought and theory, women in science, and other subjects.

Victorian Women Writers Project
http://Indiana.edu/~letrs/vwwp
An ongoing project to transcribe "anthologies, novels, political pamphlets, religious tracts, children's books, and volumes of poetry and verse drama" by significant nineteenth-century women writers. Click on "List of Works Available" to find an author or title.

Voice of the Shuttle: Gender Studies Page
http://vos.ucsb.edu/browse.asp?id=2711
Searchable list of hundreds of articles, journals, and scholarly Web sites. Many cutting-edge articles and essays can be found here.

WWW Virtual Library: Women's History
http://www.iisg.nl/~womhist/vivalink.html
This streamlined portal site allows you to locate your topic chronologically, geographically, or alphabetically, and provides links to other large reference sites.

Wellesley Centers for Women
http://www.wcwonline.org/
Go to "Resources and Links" and click on "other groups" for an eclectic array of sites that you may otherwise have overlooked but which might provide good material for a paper (such as the Girl Scouts).