Livingston Lord Library
Almanacs
Calendar Zone
Connections to every type and variety of calendar available on the Internet. Categories of calendars include celestial, historic, cultural, daily, event, holiday, and religious.
Information Please Almanac
Search or browse the almanacs available at this site including a general, an entertainment, and a sports almanac.
Old Farmer's Almanac
Published since 1792, the Old Farmer's Almanac provides weather information, sunrise tables, planting charts, recipes, best fishing times, and phases of the moon.
Virtual Perpetual Calendar
Virtual perpetual calendars for the 20th and 21st centuries.
World Factbook (CIA, 2007)
Useful information on countries, including statistical information and outline maps.
Associations
Associations on the Net (Internet Public Library)
Collection of over 2200 Internet sites providing information about a wide variety of professional and trade associations.
Associations Online Search Directory (ASAE)
Searchable directory of over 6500 associations provided by the American Society of Association Executives.
Biographies
Biography.com (A&E)
Provides brief biographical information on over 25,000 individuals.
Colleges and Universities
CollegeNet
Search for colleges by region, major, tuition, and other criteria.
Peterson's Education Portal
Comprehensive site for educational programs including colleges and universities, graduate programs, adult/distance education, private schools, and study abroad.
Web U.S. Higher Education (Univ. of Texas Austin)
Directory of U.S. universities and community colleges listed alphabetically and by state.
Dictionaries
American Heritage Dictionary of the American Language (Bartleby.com)
Search the fourth edition of this well respected English language dictionary.
Merriam-Webster Online
Search the Merriam-Webster dictionary and thesaurus online.
OneLook Dictionaries
Search over 900 dictionaries and 5 million words at one time.
Roget's II: The New Thesaurus (Bartleby.com)
Searchable online version of the 3rd edition of Roget's Thesaurus.
yourDictionary.com
Comprehensive portal for language dictionaries on the web that includes more than
1800 dictionaries representing more than 250 languages.
Directories
uscity.net: Internet Business DirectorySeach for businesses by name, category, or city.
Yahoo!: Business Directories
Listings of business directories by category.
Encyclopedias
1911 Encyclopedia Britannica
The eleventh edition of the Encyclopedia, published in 1911, is still considered to be one of the best encyclopedias ever written. It filled 29 volumes and contains over 40,000 articles
written by over 1,500 authors within their various fields of expertise.
Columbia Encyclopedia 6th ed. (Bartleby.com)
Search by keyword or browse the index of the current edition of this online encyclopedia.
Encarta (Microsoft)
Microsoft's free online encyclopedia containing approximately 4,500 articles.
Encyclopedia.com (eLibrary)
Search or browse this online encyclopedia by topic.
Local & State
50States.com: States and Capitals
Variety of information about all the states including colleges, counties, schools, maps, government, and more, with many links for further information. Includes blank outline state maps.
City of Fargo
Official web site for the city.
City of Moorhead
Official web site for the city.
Discover North Dakota
Official web site for state government in North Dakota.
Fargo Public Library
Information about the public library, its services, and access to the FPL online catalog.
Minnesota State Legislature
Provides current bills, sessions laws, and the statutes for the state of Minnesota plus more.
Moorhead Public Library
Access to the Moorhead Public Library catalog, collection, and services is via Lake Agassiz Regional Library system.
North Dakota State Legislature
Contains legislative information for the state of ND including current bills, session laws, and the 2003 ND Century Code.
North Star: State of Minnesota
Official web site for state government in Minnesota.
State Facts Sheets (Economic Research Service)
Provide information on population, employment, income, farm characteristics, and
farm financial indicators for each state in the United States.
MSU Moorhead
Advocate Online
Online version of the MSUM student newspaper, The Advocate.
Continews
MSU Moorhead's weekly faculty/staff newsletter.
Dragon Directory
MSU Moorhead's student, faculty/staff, and department directory. Look for the tab labeled "Dragon Directory."
Minnesota State University Moorhead
Main page for the University.
MSU Moorhead Academic Calendar
Academic calendars for the university. Look for the tab labeled "Calendars."
MSU Moorhead Events Calendar
Calendar of daily events for the campus.
MSU Moorhead Fact Book
Provides basic information about the University such as tuition rates, majors,
degrees granted, student enrollment, housing, and retention rates.
News & Media
All That JAS: Journal Abbreviation Sources
List of web resources that provide the full titles for journal abbreviations.
AlterNet.org (Independent Media Institute)
Features articles published in alternative and independent new sources.
BBC InternationalSource for British and international news.
Fargo Forum In-Forum
Online version of the Fargo Forum newspaper. Select "Archive" to search for older materials from the paper.
News and Newspapers Online (University of North Carolina at Greensboro)
Provides access to hundreds of news resources and newspapers arranged geographically.
NewsLink
Links to U.S. national, state, and regional newspaper sites.
Publist.com: The Internet Directory of Publications
Online database of over 150,000 magazines, journals, newsletters, & other periodicals. Gives detailed information on periodicals including publication type, address, web site, email address, and circulation statistics.
U.S. News Archives on the Web (Special Libraries Association)
Provides links to archives of U.S. newspapers on the web with information on availability and costs.
Phone, Zip, & Email
AnyWho Directory (AT&T)
Fast, dependable way to find business and people in the US and Canada. Provides white page information, email addresses, yellow pages, toll free directory, and reverse lookup.
Internet @ddress Finder (iaf.net)
A fast and easy place to search for individuals by name or email address.
Switchboard.com
Fast and convenient way to find personal and business addresses and phone numbers.
Telephone Directories on the Web (Infobel.com)
An index of sites with directories of yellow pages, white pages, email addresses, fax and
toll free numbers for the US, Canada and the world.
Zip Code Directory (US Postal Service)
Fast, easy way to look up zip codes for addresses and cities.
Quotations
Quotations (Bartleby.com)
Search for quotations from the online version of Simpson’s Contemporary Quotations, The Columbia World of Quotations, Respectfully Quoted: A Dictionary of Quotations and Bartlett’s Familiar Quotations.
Quotations Page
One of the oldest quotation sites on the Internet providing quotes of the day, motivational quotes, and a search engine to search the quotation database.
Search Engines
Go.com
Supports natural-language queries and allows you to narrow a search by searching within existing results. Advanced searching option allows you to refine and narrow searches.
Fast, simple search engine with minimal advertising. Results are ranked based on link analysis and popularity of a site.
InfoMine (Libraries of the University of California)
Annotated and indexed directory of scholarly Internet resources. May search or browse ten broad categories by subject, keyword, table of contents, or title.
Yahoo!
The largest and most comprehensive directory of Internet sites.
Statistics
Global Statistics (GeoHive)
Statistics on the human population, country statistics, and rankings.
Minnesota State Data Center (MN Dept. of Administration)
Official source of economic and population data for the state of North Dakota.
National Center for Education Statistics (U.S. Dept. of Education)
Provides wide spectrum of statistics on all education topics. Includes access to The Condition of Education, The Digest of Education Statistics, and The Encyclopedia of Education Statistics.
North Dakota State Data Center (NDSU)
Official source of economic and population data for the state of North Dakota.
State Facts Sheets (Economic Research Service)
Provide information on population, employment, income, farm characteristics, and
farm financial indicators for each state in the United States.
Statistical Abstract of North Dakota (UND)
Statistics for the state in broad categories such as population, agriculture, and transportation.
Statistical Abstract of the United States (Census Bureau, 2007 )
The best sources of social and economic statistics for the U.S. The site includes links to other important sources of statistical information including the County and City Data Book and the State and Metropolitan Area Data Book.
Statistical Resources on the Web (University of Michigan)
A directory of statistical resources.
U.S. Census Bureau (U.S. Dept. of Commerce)
Census site contains online census publications including data on population, agriculture, economics, and social issues. Features a quick data search for all fifty states.
Test Resources
ETS TestLink Test Collection Database (Education Testing Service)
Database of basic information on standardized tests and research instruments. Searchable by title, author, publisher, and descriptor. Includes some foreign tests.
Test Reviews Online (Buros Mental Measurement Yearbook)
Search for test reviews by keyword or browse through alphabetical or category lists of tests.
A limited number of reviews are available at no cost. Test information
includes references to the Mental Measurement Yearbooks which are available in the MSUM library.
Writing & Citing
APA Style (American Psychological Association)
The official source for citing electronic resources in APA format.
Chicago Manual of Style (Ohio State University)
A brief outline how to cite both print and electronic resources using the Chicago Manual of Style.
Citing Sources and Avoiding Plagiarism: Documentation Guidelines (Duke University)
One-stop shopping guide to citing resources within your paper and assembling a works cited list. Includes how to cite in both MLA and APA formats. Drop-down menus
make these web pages easy to navigate and use.Diana Hacker's Research and Documentation Online
Provides documentation styles for the humanities (MLA), the social sciences (APA), the sciences (CSE), and history (Chicago). Sample papers illustrating the major documentation styles are provided.
Landmark's Son of Citation (Landmark for Schools Project)
Use this web site to convert format references using MLA, APA, or Chicago style.
MLA Style (Modern Language Association)
The official guidelines for citing electronic resources authorized by the Modern Language Association of America.
Online Writing Lab (Purdue University)
Collection of online writing resources for students, tutors, and instructors. Great resource for comprehensive guides to using APA and MLA.
Sources: Their Use and Acknowledgement (Dartmouth College)
Useful web site that provides examples and principles for determining when and how, you should cite sources. Gives examples in APA citation style (Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association, 4th ed.); MLA citation style (MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers, 4th ed.) Science citation style (condensed endnote format used by the journal Science), and Note citation style (MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers, 4th ed.)
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