Thursday, June 12, 2008

Biography Resources

Biography

A&E Network’s Biography: www.biography.com


Florida Biography Index: dlis.dos.state.fl.us/stlib/flbioindex.html


Nobel Foundation (biographies for many of the Nobel laureates): www.nobel.se


Notable citizens of Planet Earth (biographical dictionary): www.s9.com/biography


Presidents of the United States (POTUS): www.ipl.org/ref/POTUS


Almanacs, Handbooks, & Factbooks

Almanacs, Handbooks & Fact books

50 States - Key Facts: www.50states.com


About.com (700+ guides in top-level categories): www.about.com

Citation Styles for Electronic Media: www.utas.edu.au/docs/humsoc/political_science/polsci/citat.html


Columbia Guide to Online Style (using both humanities and scientific styles): www.columbia.edu/cu/cup/cgos/idx_basic.html

Dictionary of Science and Technology www.harcourt.com/dictionary

FactFinder (U.S. Census Bureau): factfinder.census.gov/servlet/BasicFactsServlet

Information Please Almanac: www.infoplease.com

Internet Public Library Reference Center: www.ipl.org/ref

Kelley Blue Book: car blue book values www.kbb.com

Martindale's Reference Desk : www-sci.lib.uci.edu/HSG/Ref.html

National Science Foundation: www.nsf.gov

Occupational Outlook Handbook 2000-2001 www.bls.gov/ocohome.htm

Old Farmer’s Almanac: www.almanac.com

Reference Materials on the Web: www.law.ukans.edu/research/elecrefs.htm

Research-It! : www.itools.com/research-it

U.S. Census Bureau www.census.gov

Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders http://www.psychologynet.org/dsm.html

Law Resources

Law Resources

Law
Academic info: www.academicinfo.net/lawmeta.html


American Association of Law Libraries: www.aallnet.org/index.asp


Automobile Lemon Laws (summaries, by state, including Florida): www.autopedia.com/html/HotLinks_Lemon.html


Child Support Guidelines www.supportguidelines.com


Find Law for Legal Professionals: lawcrawler.lp.findlaw.com


FindLaw for the Public(law-related articles and resources designed for lay consumers): http://pub.findlaw.com


Florida Department of Law Enforcement www.fdle.state.fl.us


Florida Statutes www.leg.state.fl.us/Statutes/index.cfm?Tab=statutes&submenu=1


The Law Engine: www.thelawengine.com

Writing Resources

Writing Resources

MLA (Modern Language Association)

MLA Style from the Modern Language Association site. "These guidelines on MLA documentation style are the only ones available on the Internet that are authorized by the Modern Language Association of America."
EasyBib.com created by high school students at Hinsdale Central High School in Illinois, based on MLA style.

APA (American Psychological Association)

How to Cite Information from the Internet & the WWW from the APA site.
APA Style Resources"
A Guide for Writing Research Papers, APA-Style A Guide for Writing Research Papers. This online guide, based on APA-style documentation forms, provides instruction on basic research techniques and more.
APA Research Style Crib Sheet The style is documented in the APA Publication Manual (5th ed., 2001).

Others

Columbia Guide to Online Style The CGOS is simply the most authoritative, comprehensive guide to online style. Description: Guide to documenting electronic resources, online information, and data gleaned from software.
Documentation: APSA Documentation American Political Science Association.
Excerpts from International Standard ISO 690-2 Excerpts of "Information & documentation - Bibliographic references - Part 2: Electronic documents or parts thereof"
Uncle Sam: Brief Guide to Citing Government Publications Based on Chicago. Extensive sample citations.
Vancouver Style Uniform Requirements for Manuscripts Submitted to Biomedical Journals.
Chicago/Turabian: The Chicago Manual of Style FAQ (and not so FAQ) From the manuscript editing department at the University of Chicago Press.
Documentation: Chicago Style From the Writer's Handbook, University of Wisconsin.
Harvard: Harvard Referencing This information sheet shows the Harvard referencing style; a common scientific citation style.
AIP (Physics) Style Manual AIP Style Manual, 4th ed. - for guidance in writing, editing, and preparing physics manuscripts for publication.
Citations Styles based on Harnack and Kleppinger's Online! A Reference Guide to Using Internet Sources. Gives examples for MLA, APA, Chicago, and CBE.
Elements of Style by William Strunk, Jr., (1918) a classic.