Acronyms & Abbreviations
Africa
Almanacs
Art & Architecture
Biographies
Books & Publishing
- Lake Forest
College bookstore
- Choice Reviews Online Reviews of academic books — Lake Forest College Only
- Abebooks.com
Rare, new, used, and textbooks
- Alibris.com
Rare and hard-to-find books
- Amazon.com
New and used books, synopses, reviews
- Barnes & Noble
New, used, textbooks, synopses, reviews
- Book
Review-a-Day Reviews from Powells.com, The Atlantic,
Esquire, New Republic, Salon.com
- BookFinder.com new, used, rare, out of print, and international books
- The
New York Times: Books Reviews
- Powells.com
New and used books, synopses, reviews
- Publist
Directory of publications and publishers
Business, Economics & Investment
- Hoover's
Online Directory and investment information for
private and public companies; Hoover's
Premium available to Lake Forest College afilliates only
- Edgar
SEC company filings
- Bank Rate
Monitor Rates and news for credit cards, auto
loans, savings, etc.
- Reuters
Investor Reports on publicly traded companies,
including stocks, financial statements, and performance
- Yahoo!
Finance Has symbol lookup, as well as quotes,
charts, news, discussion about stocks, funds, and indices.
- Thomas
Register of American Manufacturers
- Economic Research: Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis Includes several online economic research tools located on the lefthand side of the main page
- FRASER: Federal Reserve
Archival System for Economic Research historical
U.S. economic statistics and publications
- Financial
Times U.S. version of a British financial publication,
includes world-wide stock indices
- Excite Money & Investing
Stocks and markets--statistics
and research, search individual company financial information
- International Monetary Fund
Information on 184 member countries
- Rating Country Experience
Analysis of the risks involved in trading in over
140 countries
- globalEDGE
Resource Desk Directories of foreign businesses
- Business Plan Archive Collection of business plans and other documents, frequently from dot-com companies
- Groningen Growth & Development Centre International economic data
- Market Research Portal Includes a useful glossary
Calendars & Dates & Time
Census
Chicago
Classical Studies
Colleges & Universities
Consumer Information
Copyright
Country Information
Dictionaries & Thesauri
Energy
Encyclopedias
English
Environment
- Chicago Wilderness
Magazine searchable, full-text articles, free
online
- Earth
First! Journal "the radical environmental
journal"
- EcoEarth.Info
Environment Portal & Search Engine
- EcoTox
database a "tool for examining impacts of
chemicals on the environment. Peer-reviewed literature is the
primary source of information encoded in the database"
also "independently compiled data files provided by various
United States and International government agencies."
- Encyclopedia of Earth
- Envirolink
- Environmental
Sites on the Internet
- Forest Conservation Portal
-- Rainforest, Forest and Biodiversity Conservation News
& Information; searchable, non-profit conservation
website
- Friends
of the Earth an international network of environmentalists
- Greenpeace
International
- League of Conservation
Voters
- MSDS (Material Safety Data Sheet) Hazard Communication Library
- National Center for Appropriate
Technology, "local solutions for a sustainable
future"
- Pew Center
on Global Climate Change
- Political
Advocacy Groups: Environment, a directory of United States
lobbyists; maintained by CSU-Chico faculty member
- Sierra
Club enter search terms, e.g. "rainforest"
or "global warming"
- TRI (Toxics Release Inventory) a database that contains detailed information on nearly 650 chemicals and chemical categories that over 23,000 industrial and other facilities manage through disposal or other releases, recycling, energy recovery, or treatment
- Voice of Agriculture
- VOA - American Farm Bureau
- World
Rainforest Information Portal - Amazon, South America, Asia,
Africa
- World Resources
Institute funded in part by corporations
- World
Watch Institute "independent, non-profit organization
researching links between the world economy and its environmental
support systems"
Exchange Rates & Currency
Genealogy
Government Information
Grants/Financial Aid
History
Holidays & Festivals
Illinois & States
Jobs
Legal Resources
Libraries
Maps & Atlases
- Lake County Interactive Mapping Application Zoom in to land parcel view to produce a labeled map showing tax assessment, date last sold, or date of construction, or search by address or PIN (property index number).
- Digital Sanborn Maps
City maps, 1867-1970, 50 ft. per inch, access to Illinois
maps only, Lake Forest College affiliates only
- Lake Forest College campus map printable PDF
- Geographic Names Information
System (GNIS) Identify official titles of locations
by searching keyword and by fields of landmark type (e.g., summit,
range, airport, island, hospital).
- Historical
Maps Online "...images of maps charting the last
400 years of historical development in Illinois and the Northwest
Territory...." search
by title, the date-issued, etc.
- Map Collections: American Memory Includes historical maps
- National
Geographic Map Machine Includes physical, cultural,
statistical, historical and street maps
- Rand
McNally Maps, directions, traffic
- Mapquest
Driving directions, travel distances & more
- Google Maps
- University
of Texas Perry-Castaneda Library Map Collection Includes
links
to city and other maps worldwide
- U.S.
Census Maps Search for maps of U.S. cities by
name or zip code
Medicine & Health
Movies & Television
Museums & Art Galleries
Music
News
Local
Chicago Area
National & World
Patents & Trademarks
Philosophy
Pre-Law
Public Opinion Polls
Publishing & Books
Quotations
Reference assistance
Religion and Religious Texts
Science and Technology
Speeches
Sports
Statistics
- Energy
Information Administration (EIA): Official Energy Statistics
from the U.S. Government Petroleulm Data, Reports,
Analysis, Surveys
- Liber 8: An Economic
Information Portal for Librarians and Students international,
national,
and regional
economic statistics
- State
Health Facts Online from Kaiser Permanente
- Global Health Facts
from Kaiser Permanente
- Statistical
Abstract of the U.S. Census Bureau
- National
Climatic Data Center Online (call 847-735-5074 for username
and password)
- National
Geophysical Data Center of the NOAA Satellite
and Information Service. Data on tsunamis, solar flares,
ocean drilling, etc.
- OFFSTATS:
Official Statistics on the Web from the University
of Auckland, includes health, economics, labor, etc.
- Weatherbase global
averages and records
Tax Forms
Telephone & Email Directories
Terrorism
- Combating Terrorism Technology Support Office (CTTSO) operates under the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Special Operations and Low-Intensity Conflict (SO/LIC); "fields rapid combating terrorism solutions;" utilizes resources from Israel, Canada, the United Kingdom, Australia, and Singapore
- Federal
Bureau of Investigation Counterterrorism
- Homeland
Security Institute
- Institute for Counter-Terrorism
- National
Academies free online books on terrorism
published by the National Academies Press
- National Commision
on Terrorist Attacks (the 9-11 Commision) - includes
the Report,
staff statements, press releases, hearings. Note: website frozen on September 20, 2004
- National Counterterrorism Center (NCTC) links to Worldwide Incidents Tracking System, FBI's Most Wanted Terrorists list, and annual reports on terrorism incidents
- Patriot
Act PDF of the 132-page document, provided
by findlaw.com
- Patriot
Act Page in depth analysis of the Patriot Act from the Electronic Privacy Information
Center (EPIC)
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- RAND:
Terrorism Research a nonprofit research organization
- Response
to Terrorism U.S. Department of State; under Key Documents has links to The National Strategy for Combating Terrorism 2006 (PDF), Country Reports on Terrorism, and Designated Foreign Terrorist Organizations
- Council on
Foreign Relations "an independent, nonpartisan membership organization, think tank, and publisher"
- Terrorism
Research Center information from "warfare specialists drawn from industry, government, and academia in the United States, the United Kingdom, Sweden, Argentina, India, the Middle East, France, and Australia."
- TSWG (Technical Support Working Group) TSWG operates as a program element under the Combating Terrorism Technology Support Office (CTTSO)
- UN
Action to Counter Terrorism includes the UN Counter-Terrorism Online Handbook, UN Counter Terrorism Task Forces, press releases
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Theater/Performing Arts
Travel
Weather
Weights & Measurements
- WWW
Unit Converter easy to use
- Credo Reference Conversions
- Weights
and Measures Resources
- Online
Conversion.com to convert terrajoules, under All Conversion
Pages and Categories, scroll to Energy
- AllConversions.com
- length, mass, power, pressure, speed, volume, energy, bytes,
force, density, area, temperature, metric, imperial
- Wind Chill Calculator
Writing Guides & Style Manuals
Zip Codes
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