Libraries- general reference sources: 

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! !search engines ! almanacs ! current news! biographies!  dictionaries !encyclopedias ! maps ! government sources ! quotations ! miscellaneous !

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Search engines:

google:     http://www.google.com

ask jeeves:    http://www.ask.com/

excite:     http://www.excite.com/

Yahoo:   http://www.yahoo.com/

Alta Vista:  http://www.altavista.com/

Almanacs:

http://www.odci.gov/cia/publications/factbook/index.html

    CIA World Fact book- provides  detailed information on countries

http://www.cnn.com/almanac/daily/

    CNN Daily Almanac- current events

http://www.infoplease.com/almanacs.html

    Information Please Almanac

Current News:

National and International

http://news.bbc.co.uk/

    BBC News- international version

http://www.cnn.com/

    CNN news

http://www.foxnews.com/

    Fox New channel

http://www.msnbc.com/m/v/video_news.asp

    MSNBC channel and also access to Newsweek magazine

http://www.time.com/time/

    Time magazine

http://www.usnews.com/usnews/home.htm

    US News and World Reports Magazine

http://www.nationalgeographic.com/ngm/

    National Geographic Magazine

Newspapers:

http://www.washingtonpost.com          

    Washington post

http://www.nytimes.com/

    New York Times

http://www.latimes.com/

    Los Angeles Times 

http://www.newspaperlinks.com/voyager.cfm

    Newspapers across the country

http://www.ipl.org/div/news/

    Newspapers from around the world

Louisiana and local:

http://www.nola.com/

    Nola.com- Times Picayune

http://www.Houma.com

    City of Houma webpage-- for Houma and surrounding communities

http://www.houmatoday.com/apps/pbcs.dll/frontpage

    Houma Courier website

http://www.dailycomet.com/apps/pbcs.dll/frontpage

    Daily Comet website

Biographies:

http://www-groups.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/~history/index.html

    Biographies of famous mathematicians

http://www.s9.com/biography/

    Biographical dictionary

http://www.blupete.com/Literature.htm

    Biographies of important individuals in several disciplines

http://mccants.anderson5.net/library/scibio.html

    Biographies of scientists- good starting point

http://www.biography.com/

    Biography, good for current entertainers

http://www.catharton.com/

    Catharton.com-- biographies from the fine arts fields

http://www.distinguishedwomen.com/

    Distinguished women.com- bios on women both past and present

http://www.invent.org/hall_of_fame/1_0_0_hall_of_fame.asp

    Biographies on Inventors and their inventions

http://amillionlives.com/

    Lives, a biography source-- links to other biographical sources

http://www.mel.lib.mi.us/reference/REF-biog.html

    Mel biographies-- links to other biographical sources in many of the content areas

http://www.ipl.org/div/potus/

    Profiles on the Presidents of the United States

http://www.lib.memphis.edu/govpubs//whos3.htm

    Biographies and information about people in the federal branch

Dictionaries:

http://www.s9.com/biography/

    Biographical dictionary

http://www.infoplease.com/encyclopdict.html

Information Please Dictionary

Encyclopedias:

http://www.infoplease.com/encyclopdict.html

Information Please Encyclopedia

http://www.cajunculture.com/

Encyclopedia of cajun culture

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page

Wikipedia: the free encyclopedia- online

http://www.howstuffworks.com/

How stuff works-- information of how things work in different areas

http://www.hyperhistory.com/online_n2/History_n2/a.html

Hyperhistory- search timelines of history

http://www.utm.edu/research/iep/

Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy- research on various philosophers in history

Maps: 

http://nationalatlas.gov/

    National Atlas of the US

http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/index.html

    State & County QuickFacts--Quick, easy access to facts about people, business, and geography.

http://www.weather.com/common/home/maps.html

    from the Weather channel

http://www.graphicmaps.com/aatlas/moremaps.htm

    World Atlas.com

Government Sources:

Federal:

http://factfinder.census.gov/home/saff/main.html

    US Census Bureau information

http://www.usdoj.gov/dea/

    US Drug Enforcement  Administration

http://www.fbi.gov/

    Federal Bureau of Investigation-- FBI

http://www.infoctr.edu/fwl/

    Federal Web Locator-- quick links to gov't sites

http://www.govspot.com/

    Federal, State and Local Government resources

http://www.firstgov.gov/

    US Government's official web portal for citizen services

http://thomas.loc.gov/home/thomas2.html

    Thomas-- searchable information about Congress

http://www.state.gov/

    US State Department

http://www.whitehouse.gov/

    The White Web site- executive branch

http://www.house.gov/

    US House of Representatives- lower house of Congress

http://www.senate.gov/

    US Senate- upper house of  Congress

http://www.supremecourtus.gov/

    US Supreme Court web site

http://policy.com/issues.htm

    public policy resources, non-partisan view

http://www.vote-smart.org/index.htm

    Project vote smart- positions and information of candidates running for public office around the nation.

State of Louisiana:

http://www.state.la.us/

    Info-Louisiana--- link to state and local government, governor's web site

http://house.legis.state.la.us/House.htm -- La. House of Representatives.

http://senate.legis.state.la.us/ -- Louisiana Senate

http://www.lasc.org/ -- Louisiana State Supreme Court

http://www.lsp.org/index.html  -- Louisiana State Police

Local:

http://www.tpcg.org/ -- Terrebonne Parish government site

http://www.lapage.com/parishes/lafou.htm-- Lafourche Parish government page

Quotations:

http://www.bartleby.com/100/

    Familiar Quotations:  A Collection of Passages, Phrases, and Proverbs Traced to Their Sources in Ancient and Modern Literature Compiled by John Bartlett

http://www.quotationspage.com/

    The Quotations Page

http://www.creativequotations.com/

    Creative quotations: Quotations for creative thinking

http://www.libraryspot.com/quotations.htm

    library spot- quotations

Miscellaneous:

http://www.ipl.org/

    Internet public library-  information in many different subjects and collections in the content areas.

http://www.libraryspot.com/

    Library Spot-- good library online site.  covers many subjects- very good starting point.  

http://www.findarticles.com/PI/index.jhtml

    an online article search service-- (magazines)-- in conjunction with Gale Group 

http://www.time.com/time/time100/

    Time's most 100 influential people of the last century.

http://cagle.slate.msn.com/politicalcartoons/

    political cartoons-- great for current events

http://www.timeanddate.com/

    has the time/date for places worldwide

http://www.ecben.net/calendar.shtml

    today's date and time- all about today's date, information on calenders