Eric Weisstein’s World of Science: A Wolfram Web Resource
U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration
NSSN National Resource for Global Standards
Epact: Scientific Instruments of Medieval & Renaissance Europe
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From the monthly archives:
May 2009
The following web sites provide access to a wide variety of government information materials. You will find everything from court decisions to research studies to statistical data, there are even some online versions of U.S. government films. Resources also include sites for international organizations and foreign governments.
Open CRS: Open Congressional Reports for the People
Congressional Research Service Reports on WikiLeaks
Yearbook of the United Nations
World Bank World Development Report 2009
United Nations Environment Programme
UNdata: A World of Information
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Abraham Lincoln Historical Digitization Project: Lincoln Net
Documenting the American South
AMDOCS: Documents for the Study of American History
The American Civil War Homepage
American Memory: Historical Collections for the National Digital Library
American Presidents: Life Portraits
American Women’s History: A Research Guide
Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1774 – Present
The Valley of the Shadow The Valley Project is a product of the Virginia Center for Digital History at the University of Virginia Library. “The Valley of the Shadow is a digital archive of primary sources that document the lives of people in Augusta County, Virginia, and Franklin County, Pennsylvania, during the era of the American Civil War. Here you may explore thousands of original documents that allow you to see what life was like during the Civil War for the men and women of Augusta and Franklin.” (excerpted from the Valley Project site) The collection encompasses materials from the Fall of 1859 through the Fall of 1870.
In Motion: The African-American Migration Experience
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Modern Language Association Language Map – uses data from the 2000 Census to create maps and tables for the number of people speaking one of thirty languages plus seven less commonly spoken groups of languages in the United States. Results can be viewed as color-coded maps by Mainland United States, state, county, or zip code; or in table format by entire U.S., state, county, zip code, metropolitan area, or town.
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Food & Nutrition Information Center
The Gale Encyclopedia of Diets : A Guide to Health and Nutrition
Covers topics such as dieting and popular diets, dietary concerns, nutritional basics, and the effects of a person’s dietary choices on one’s health. Topics are organized around the development and history of a diet, its basic principles, any key figures that influence the trend, and any public or regulatory concerns associated with the practice. Provides information across all age groups from infants to the elderly.
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Single Action Shooting Society
Cowboy Mounted Shooting Association
Absolutely Free Plans – this site has links to all manner of plans for woodworking and do-it-yourself projects – all for free! It also has links to sites for free clip art.
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Williamson County Sun – published on Wednesdays & Sundays. Library maintains archive copies for current year and microfilm of issues from 1877 to present.
Austin American Statesman – free registration on site provides access to current issue and searchable archives. Articles from 1996 to present are also available through the TexShare database Gale InfoTrac Newspapers. GPL subscribes to print. Holdings are maintained for current month plus previous 2 months.
Austin Chronicle – independent, locally owned & operated Austin alternative newsweekly. Free access to current issue & archives. Issues from 1995 to present are available. GPL does not subscribe to print.
Dallas Morning News – free registration on site provides access to current issue and searchable archives. Full text archived articles available for purchase. Articles from 2000 to present are also available through the TexShare database Gale InfoTrac Newspapers.
Fort Worth Star Telegram – access to current edition and past 7 days. Access to searchable archives back to 1990. Full-text archived articles available for purchase. Articles from 2000 to present are also available through the TexShare database Gale InfoTrac Newspapers.
Houston Chronicle Interactive – access to current edition only. Articles from 1996 to present are also available through the TexShare database Gale InfoTrac Newspapers.
Round Rock Leader – free access to current & archived issues. Site archives contain issues from 20 November 2000 to present. Published Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays. GPL archives current month’s print copies only.
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Austin Business Journal – stay current on Austin area business news with ABJ’s daily updates. Searchable index to back issues.
BizJournals.com - catch up on business news & information from business newspapers throughout the U.S.
CNNMoney.com – this is the business and personal finance news section of Cable News Network (CNN)
Central Texas Better Business Bureau – view consumer and business reviews, reports, and ratings. Check out a business or charity. File a complaint about a business or charity.
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All of the following sites include advertising and some are essentially commercial sites, but the news coverage is comprehensive and there are some useful historical data, tools and graphics available on all.
BigCharts - investment research tools: interactive charts, quotes, industry analysis, market news & commentary
ClearStation – integrates portfolio management, education, analysis, & community discussion
MSN Money Central news and information on personal finance and investing brought to you by Thomson Reuters and Microsoft. Various calculators and decision making guides can be found here.
Moneychimp a useful and accessible financial education resource.
The Motley Fool their mission is to “educate, amuse, and enrich.” The site offers a wide variety of free and fee-based products and services to help consumers take control of their financial lives.
Yahoo!Finance financial information, stock quotes, market statistics,mutual funds, ETF’s, bonds, options, industries, and currency, it’s all here.
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Corporate Information – offers snapshot of company financials & ratings – both free & fee sections
Hoovers Online - analysis of companies, industries, and people in business – both free & fee sections
InfoUSA – business marketing focus – both free & fee sections
Securities & Exchange Commission - search EDGAR for archived disclosure documents from 1994 to previous day
ThomasNet® – search to find manufacturers, distributors, and service providers. This site also has industry news and product trends, as well as access to millions of 3D CAD drawings and thousands of product catalogs.
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Sign up here to have recall notices and/or consumer alerts emailed directly to you!
U.S. Food & Drug Administration
U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission
National Highway Traffic Safety
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Metacritic – compiles reviews from respected critics and publications for film, video/dvd, books, music, television, & games.
Rotten Tomatoes – organizes & collects reviews from a variety of sources (newspaper, online, magazines) and averages them into a single score. The site has over 7 million readers each month. With more than 250,000 titles and 850,000 review links in its ever-growing database, RT offers a fun and informative way to discover the critical reaction on movies neatly summarized via the Tomatometer.
Screen It! – provides parents with access to detailed information on content of movie & video entertainment. Not affiliated with any political, social, or religious group. Fee for some Services
Movie Review Query Engine – this is a searchable index of published and available movie reviews, as well as, the leading movie blogs. Also contains news, interviews, and user discussion forums.
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Online Library of Liberty – contains electronic versions of classic books about individual liberty. Wide coverage includes the disciplines of economics, history, law, literature, philosophy, political theory, religion, war and peace. The Library also contains bibliographic information about the books as well as other “metadata” about the authors and editors.
NationalIssues.com – everything political
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BizOffice - small and home-based business resources
SCORE - Service Corps of Retired Executives – nonprofit association dedicated to educating entrepreneurs and the formation, growth and success of small business nationwide. SCORE is a resource partner with the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA).
Starting Your Business - an independent agency of the federal government to aid, counsel, assist and protect the interests of small business concerns
U.S. Business Advisor - an official U.S. government site to help small businesses understand their legal requirements, and locate government services supporting the nation’s small business community.
BBB: Better Business Bureau find out how to become a BBB accredited business and learn what the benefits of accreditation are. Obtain information on training and technical assistance in conflict resolution. Explore the Resource Library.
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AARP – non-profit membership organization for persons 50 and over – news, tips for healthy living, retirement planning, and lots more – much of the site is free
The Retire Early Home Page – free site with focus on saving & investing for retirement
Social Security Administration – agency site – forms & publications – locations & contact information
What You Need to Know About Retirement Planning - part of the About.com network (NYT), an online neighborhood of experts
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Black Voices: African American and Black Culture Community - contains a wide variety of content & services. Good site to consult for people & current events in the black community.
The Big Cartoon Database – the definitive web compendium for those interested in the history of animation. Does not provide original cartoons for viewing or downloading, but does provide links.
The Internet Movie Database – contains over 2,250,000 filmographies covering some 180,000 movie titles & over 560,000 people. Search by: actor, director, writer, composer, cinematographer, editor, production designer, costume designer, or producer.
Internet Broadway Database – created by the Broadway League (a trade association). Contains historical information about shows produced on Broadway, as well as, theatres in general.
National Public Radio – producer and distributor of noncommercial news, talk, and entertainment programming.
The Official Academy Awards Database – contains the record of past Academy Award winners and nominees. The data is complete through the 2008 (81st) Academy Awards.
TV.com – in addition to covering today’s television, this site provides in depth coverage of more than 20,000 shows dating back to 1941, as well as the 450,000 cast and crew members who made it all happen.
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The library has recently purchased access to an incredible resource. You can now access most legal forms, specific to the state of Texas from our website. If you’d like to access this database from your home computer, call the Reference Desk at the Georgetown Public Library (512-930-8461) to obtain your remote access logon. If you are accessing this site at the library or you already have your remote access logon click here
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Sports Reference this site provides statistics for four major sports: football, baseball, basketball, and hockey, plus the Olympics.
National Basketball Association
Women's National Basketball Association
Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA)
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- Bibliomania - offers free full-text for more than 800 classics in literature, drama, & poetry. Study guides are also available.
- Project Gutenberg- this is the oldest digital library. It offers full text for over 28,000 public domain books. The project has expanded to include audio books and sheet music.
- Poets.Org- this is the award-winning web site of the Academy of American Poets. Offerings include thousands of poems, hundreds of poet bios, essays, interviews, and poetry recordings. Other items of note are the National Poetry Map, an events calendar and lessons plans for teachers.
- Sparknotes
- The Encyclopedia Mythica
- The Online Books Page
- Perseus Digital Library
- Poetry Foundation
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AllMusic – look up an out-of-print recording, check out reviews of new releases, or simply explore the world of music
Opera Glass – this site offers detailed information on many operas, including: libretti, source texts, synopses, performance histories, discographies, rôle creators, plus pictures, background information and much, much more.
Public Domain Music – this site has a listing of 3,500 songs that are in the public domain (published in 1922 or earlier). It offers information on sources for the music or lyrics for these songs.
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To assist Georgetown residents in achieving their lifelong learning goals, the Georgetown Public Library provides exam proctoring for individuals who are resident GPL card holders in good standing or non-resident GPL card holders who have been members for at least 90 days. Exams can be either paper-pencil or online. There is no charge for this service. More detailed information on the proctoring service is available by clicking on the title Exam Proctoring Information Handout below. The Student Request for Proctor form is also available below. Once you have completed the Student Request for Proctor form, you may fax it to 512.930.3764. To make arrangements to have an exam proctored or for more information please contact our Proctor Coordinator, Suzette Davidson at 512.931.7615.
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