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Recommended Websites
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the Smithsonian:
Smithsonian
American Art Museum
Renwick
Gallery
Hirshhorn and Sculpture
Museum
Other sites:
Intute
The Gateway to Art, Design, Architecture and Media Information on the
Internet. A searchable catalog of over 2,000 art resources on the Internet.
Artist
Biographies and Materials
ArtNet offers access to The Grove Dictionary of Art offers an alphabetical
list written by expert scholars all over the world.
Artlex Art Dictionary
An online dictionary of art terms.
The
Internet Public Library
Arts and Humanities Subject Collection.
The Center
for Fine Art Photography
Works from fine art photographers from all over the world.
The
Internet Public Library
Online Art Magazines Excellent collection of links in the field of art.
The Metropolitan
Museum of Art
The Metropolitan Museum of Art is the largest art museum in the United
States. The Department of European painting is searchable by artist,
title or type of object, country of origin or date of creation. Browse
other collections including Asian, Islamic, Greek and Roman art.
American
Museum of Photography
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Mother
of All Art and Art History
Provides links to over 400 sites. Browse the Images
Collections and Online Art section to find links to
the art of regions of the world. |
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The Museum of Modern
Art
View the highlights of the Museum's collections of 100,000 contemporary
paintings, sculptures, drawings, prints and photographs. Searchable
by artist or title of work.
Web Gallery
of Art
A searchable collection of over 11,000 digital reproductions of European
works of art created between 1150 and 1800.
Museum of Contemporary Photography
Founded by Columbia College Chicago in 1984 as the successor to the
1976 Chicago Center for Contemporary Photography, the museum collaborates
with artists, photographers, communities, and institutions locally,
nationally, and internationally.
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| General Career Information Sites
The Occupational
Outlook Handbook
The online version of the Occupational Outlook Handbook produced by
the U. S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics office.
Search for occupations by keyword to learn what training is required,
the job outlook, working conditions, salaries and nature of the work.
Career
OneStop
CareerOneStopis a U.S. Department of Labor-sponsored Web site that offers
career resources and workforce information to job seekers, students,
businesses, and workforce professionals to foster talent development
in a global economy.
Career InfoNet
Supplies occupational information that
may be helpful in selecting a career.
Also includes links to state and local
labor market information. Use these
links to determine whether a career
in a particular field makes sense if
you plan to stay in Missouri.
MERIC
The research division for the Missouri Department of Economic Development.
On our website you will find the latest research on Missouri industries,
workforce, regions and economic conditions, with observations on the
state's business climate.
Missouri Job Vacancy
Survey
Missouri employers undergoing business decisions on job retention, layoffs,
complete closures, dealing with new parent companies/reorganization
and those considering new investments/expansions are an enormous consumer
of the job vacancy-skills demand information.
O*Net Online
The O*NET system serves as the nation's primary source of occupational
information, providing comprehensive information on key attributes and
characteristics of workers and occupations.
Career
Planning
Includes self assessment tools and links to occupational information.
Job Web
The National Association of Colleges and Employers maintains this site.
It includes a wide range of resources.
Riley Guide
Employment Opportunities and Job Resources on the Internet. Click on
"Before You Search" for lots of career and occupational
guides.
Missouri and St. Louis Employment and Career Information
Missouri
Career Source
A valuable source of employment and career information for the state
of Missouri. Use the site to search for a job in Missouri by job title
or location, to post your resume and to locate job market information.
Job market information is a useful career planning tool because it tracks
trends in employment and income. For example, the occupations with the
largest projected job growth are listed.
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STLtoday.com
- Jobs
Search employment classified ads from the St. Louis
Post-Dispatch and the Suburban Journals. |
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Employment Search Sites
Monster.com
A huge database with over 1,000,000 job opportunities. Search by occupation,
location or company name.
The Riley Guide
Employment Opportunities and Job Resources on the Internet
Exhaustive guide to searching for a job online. |
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CIA
- The World Factbook
US government profiles of countries and territories
around the world.
U.S. Dept. of State: Country Studies
Find background notes and country studies provided by the U.S. Department of State.
World
Health Organization
WHO is the directing and coordinating authority for
health within the United Nations system.
Kwintessential
A London based company that specialises in cross cultural
communication services and offers training to businesses,
individuals and organisations to over-come verbal and
non-verbal cultural issues. |
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| Search Engine for Finding Government Information
US Government
Search
An excellent search engine for locating federal and state government
information.
Comprehensive Site
GPO Access
This site serves as a springboard for locating federal government information.
The federal budget, the U. S. Code (federal laws), the Federal Register
(federal regulations), Congressional information, and links to federal
agencies such as the Internal Revenue Service and the Justice Department
are among the extensive links.
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Legislative Branch
Official Congressional web sites
The United States House
The United States
Senate
U.
S. Code: Search federal laws by keyword.
Thomas Legislative
Information on the Internet
Full text of public laws from 1989 (101st Congress) to the present.
Full text of House and Senate bills from the 101st (1989-90) to the
current Congress, searchable by keyword or bill number. Also contains
the full-text of the Congressional Record, a daily record of the proceedings
of Congress. Congressional Record coverage begins with the 101st Congress
(1989). Includes Congressional roll call votes from 1989 to the present.
Missouri's U. S. Congressional Delegation
Senator Christopher
S. (Kit) Bond's Home Page
Senator Claire
McCaskill's Home Page
Representative
Russ Carnahan's Home Page
The Executive Branch
The White House
Search White House press briefings, executive orders, radio addresses,
and presidential speeches. Send e-mail messages to the President or
Vice-President.
The Judicial Branch
Supreme Court
of the United States
Official site of the U.S. Supreme Court. View oral arguments and Supreme
Court opinions.
Recent U. S. Supreme Court Decisions
Decisions from 1990 - to the present are indexed by topic and searchable
by keyword.
U. S. Supreme Court Decisions 1935-75
Over 7,000 Supreme Court decisions from 1937-75. Searchable by keyword.
Collection of Historic Decisions
Search by topic from this database of 600 historic decisions.
U. S. Courts
Provides links to all types of federal courts: the U. S. Supreme Court,
U. S. Courts of Appeals, U. S. District Courts and U. S. Bankruptcy
Courts.
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General Political Sites
Documents
in the News
Links to governmental and nongovernmental sites on topics in the
news. The 2002 archives, for example, includes information on the September
11 terrorist attacks, the dynamics, the Arab-Israeli conflict and Enron.
Project Vote Smart
This non-partisan group covers federal and state governmental issues
and elections. During election years, this site provides extensive information
on candidates and ballot measures. Learn who your national and state
representatives are from the Vote Smart home page by entering your zip
code in the space provided.
FedStats
FedStats, which has been available to the public since 1997, provides
access to the full range of official statistical information produced
by the Federal Government without having to know in advance which Federal
agency produces which particular statistic.
International Political Sites
Political
Resources on the Net
Listings of international political sites, sorted by country.
The United Nations
Search for information on United Nations activities in the areas of
human rights, peace and security, economic and social development, and
international law.
University
of Michigan Documents Center
Click on foreign governments or international agencies for extensive
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National Archives
NASA is the nation's record keeper. Valuable records are preserved and
are available through this website such as family histories, veteran’s
military service records or primary documents for a historical topic.
American
Memory
The American Memory from the Library of Congress provides free and open
access to written and spoken words, sound recordings, still and moving
images, prints, maps, and sheet music that document the American experience.
Missouri
Historical Review
The State Historical Society of Missouri offers past issues from 1906-2001 of
the Missouri Historical Review available online. To access
this award-winning scholarly journal, use the browse feature.
Chronicling
America
This site from the Library of Congress allows you to search and view
newspaper pages from 1860-1922 and find information about American newspapers
published between 1690-present.
Smithsonian
Explore the Encyclopedia Smithsonian; click on History & Culture
to find information about your topic
PBS.org
Click on History to find information about your topic.
US Army Center
of Military History
The CMH is responsible for recording the official history of the Army
in both peace and war and providing information for the Army, as well
as other services, government agencies, and the public.
Naval History
& Heritage Command
The official history program of the Department of the Navy. The Command
includes a museum, art gallery, research library, archives, underwater
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| MEDLINEplus
Reliable medical and health information web site sponsored by the National
Library of Medicine. The site includes:
•Information on over 400 health topics
•A medical
dictionary
•A link to MEDLINE (a searchable index
of 4000 medical journal; MEDLINE is not full-text)
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Healthfinder
Quality consumer health information web site sponsored by the U.S. Department
of Health and Human Services
"Top
Ten" Most Useful Websites
Links to sites recommended by the Medical Library Association |
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EthnoMed
An ethnic medicine website, a joint program between the University
of Washington and Harborview Medical Center.
Center
for Minority Aging and Health Research
Provides a forum for faculty and students interested in issues
related to minority aging and health.
Transcultural
Nursing Society
The mission of TCNS is to enhance the quality of culturally
congruent, competent, and equitable care that results in improved
health and well being for people worldwide.
Transcultural
Nursing
This website was put together by two nurses who have extensive
experience in nursing diverse populations.
CulturedMed
The mission of CulturedMed is to facilitate the provision of
culturally competent healthcare to refugees and immigrants worldwide.
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The
Merck Veterinary Manual
Provides concise, authoritative, and readily available
information with diagnosis and treatment of the diseases
of animals.
Journal
of the AVMA
Search the Journal of the American Veterinary Medical
Association
The
AVMA Care for Pets
Search the American Veterinary Medical Association
site for veterinary and scientific information and the
Care for Pets section for pet owners.
Animal
Welfare Information Center
This site offers information regarding the welfare regulations
and care of all types of animals, including farm, zoo,
circus and research animals.
The
American Kennel Club
Find information about canine health and well-being,
animal legislation, responsible dog ownership and images
and information about purebred dogs.
Veterinary
Anatomy at the University of Minnesota
College of Veterinary Medicine site that provides information
about carnivore anatomy, developmental anatomy and veterinary
neurobiology.
Cornell
University Consultant
This searchable only database provides signs/symptoms,
diagnoses and literature references to diseases in small
and large animal groups.
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