Blue Web'n Learning Sites Library
http://www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/bluewebn/
Blue Web'n is a searchable library of about 1200 outstanding Internet learning sites categorized by subject area, audience, and type (lessons, activities, projects, resources, references, & tools). Blue Web'n does not attempt to catalog all educational sites, but only the most useful sites -- especially online activities targeted at learners.
Calendars
http://www.sldirectory.com/cal.html#top
A guide to locating events for each day of the year
Career Information
http://www.khake.com/
Explore vocational and technical careers, check out the skills employers really want, find a trade school, research technical topics and take a look at the current job market within the Vocational Information Center
US Census Bureau
http://www.census.gov/
Information about the US population with access to information
Chicken Soup for the Teenage Soul IV
An overview of the Chicken Soup for the Teenage Soul IV for use by students and staff.
CIA World Factbook
https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/
A site maintained by the US Government to share information concerning nations, resources, people, areas, government, flag, etc.
US Department of State - Background Notes
http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/bgn/
These publications include facts about the land, people, history, government, political conditions, economy, and foreign relations of independent states, some dependencies, and areas of special sovereignty. The Background Notes are updated/revised by the Office of Electronic Information and Publications of the Bureau of Public Affairs as they are received from the Department's regional bureaus and are added to the database of the Department of State website.
Citation Machine
http://citationmachine.net/
On-line citation creation program that will take citation information and automatically format it in MLA or APA format. You can then copy and paste into your bibliography.
Assembling a List of Works Cited in Your Research Paper
http://www.lib.duke.edu/libguide/cite/works_cited.htm
Take a look here for a quick and visual "How to do it" (APA, Chicago, MLA, Turabian)
Copyright and Plagiarism
Here you will find a compendium of web sites devoted to plagiarism and a link to copyright information.
Dictionaries
http://www.dictionary.com/
A compendium of dictionaries, word and language tools
Encyclopedias Online
http://www.libraryspot.com/encyclopedias.htm
A compendium of encyclopedia sources on-line
Google
http://www.google.com/
Google Inc. is the developer of the award-winning Google search engine, which is designed to provide a simple, fast way to search the Internet for information. Offering users access to an index comprising more than 3 billion URLs, Google is the largest search engine on the World Wide Web.
Government Sites
http://www.info.gov/
This service is provided by the Federal Consumer Information Center of the U.S. General Services Administration.
Guide to Citation Style Guides
http://www.uiowa.edu/~commstud/resources/citation.html
Looking for a specific style guide for your paper? Here is a resource with access to a great number of styles.
Internet Sources Online
http://www.bedfordstmartins.com/online/iresindex.html
General internet resources by topic
Kid's Search Tools
http://www.rcls.org/ksearch.htm
A wonderful site with access to a variety of search indexes.
Lexical FreeNet: Connected thesaurus
http://www.cinfn.com/doc/
This is a lexicon wonderland. It is a wordaholics best friend.
News Resources
Local and national online newpapers
On-Line Electronic Libraries
Ready refernce material for those who need quick answers.
Pennsylvania Occupational Outlook Handbook
Pennsylvania's own work related information site.
