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Popular Online Journals and General Library Pages


When writing a paper or doing research, you may be required to utilize several journals. Here you will find links to popular online journals and general library pages that list more popular journal sites. Find, read, and print information about almost any subject that appears in articles in the current editions of these online journals.

Alcohol and Drug Publications
National Clearinghouse for Alcohol and Drug Information. A complete list of publications, most of which are free.

American Sociological Association
Home page for the American Sociological Association which includes links to many of its publications.

Anthropology Resources
Links to popular anthropological journals.

The Atlantic Monthly
Contents of the current print issue, enhanced for the Web with links to primary sources, related articles, audio, special online sidebars, and related Web sites.

Columbia Journalism Review
Home page for the Columbia Journalism Review where you can access current material and past issues.

Biography -"Lives"
Links to thousands of biographies, autobiographies, memoirs, diaries, letters, narratives, oral histories and more.

Country Reports
Atlapedia Online contains key information on every country of the world. Each country profile provides facts and data on geography, climate, people, religion, language, history, and economy.

The History Net
Where history lives on the Web! Access archives, world history, American history, or even a specific battle.

Internet Public Library
This is the home page for the Internet Public Library. From this page you can access online newspapers around the world and magazines and serials that will provide you with articles on specific topics in specific disciplines.

Library Spot
LibrarySpot.com is a virtual library resource center for educators and students, librarians and their patrons, families, businesses and just about anyone exploring the Web for valuable research information. The site was designed to break through the information overload of the Web to bring the best library and reference sites together with insightful editorial in one user-friendly spot.

Psychology
Psychnet of the American Psychological Association provides access to journals in psychology, the APA Monitor, and to a database of abstracts on over 1,350 scholarly journals.

Scientific American
This is the home page for Scientific American magazine.

Self-Help & Psychology Magazine
Self-Help & Psychology Magazine is devoted to helping you help yourself. Free information includes articles in numerous topic areas such as aging, alcohol, anxiety, children, depression, drugs, families, lesbian/gay/bisexual, loss and bereavement, men, parenting, sexuality, smoking, spirituality, sports, women, work, and career.

U.S. News and World Report
This is the home page of the U.S. News and World Report.

Virtual Library
A very comprehensive compilation of informational Web sites, arranged alphabetically by topic.

The World & I
The home page for the World & I, with an encyclopedic approach to today's events.

General Sources


The computer you use may not be close to your dictionary, thesaurus, and other desk tools. Follow this lead to find digital versions of the reference materials used most often.

Biographical Information
Based on the television series Biography, this site provides biographies of 20,000 people from the past as well as the present. Also presents opportunities to play biographical games, and to keep current with biographies available in bookstores and on the television series.

Britannica.com
Britannica.com bring you leading magazines, related books, and the complete Encyclopædia Britannica online. This is an excellent source of news, sports, and weather, as well as a place to explore technology, the arts, business, and world politics.

Dictionary Resource
A quick and easy dictionary reference.

Essential Links
This site literally links you to every reference site you could need. In addition to sports, news, health, and government, there are many additional resources.

InfoPlease.com
Combining the contents of an encyclopedia, a dictionary, and several up-to-the minute almanacs loaded with statistics, facts, and historical records, Information Please places the resources of an entire reference information center at your fingertips. Their staff of editors and researchers continuously updates and refines this enormous body of information – as well as adding new discoveries and identifying trends – to bring you the most reliable and authoritative information. They will keep you up-to-date.

Library of Congress
Collections and services for researchers, libraries, and the public.

Literary Resources on the Net
This set of pages is a collection of links to sites on the Internet dealing especially with English and American literature, excluding most single electronic texts, and is limited to collections of information useful to academics.

Martindale's, "The Reference Desk"
"The Reference Desk" is a quick, easy-to-use, reference site that provides access to data in many different subject areas, such as language dictionaries, calculators, science databases, journals and reprints, and an elaborate Health Science Centers.

My Virtual Reference Desk
Fast, easy, comprehensive content. A one-stop site for all type of reference material from daily newspapers to dictionaries, thesauri, population reports, maps, weather, etc.

Quotations
Home page for Bartlett's quotations.

Research Papers
Plenty of tips on how to find a topic, do research online, and write a research paper. No freebies here; it's real work.

Search Engines
Links to all of the major search engines and a brief description of each.

Webster's
A searchable index to Webster's dictionary and thesaurus.

The World Factbook
Annually updated reference work prepared by the U.S. Intelligence Agency.

Yahoo Reference
From this site you can access many reference sites, including acronyms, abbreviations, dictionaries, encyclopedias, journals, etc.

Print News Sources


Arizona Republic Chicago Tribune
Christian Science Monitor Indianapolis Star and News
Los Angeles Times National Review
Newsweek New York Post
The New York Times Time
USA Today The San Jose Mercury News
U.S. News & World Report Washington Post
Washington Times The Weekly Standard
 

College Newspapers Online -  links to college newspapers by states.

Broadcast News Sources


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CNNFox News
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