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• Accounting
  • Rutgers Accounting Web (RAW) links to accounting resources on the Internet.

• Anthropology
  • NativeWeb is dedicated to Native, Aboriginal, and Indigenous peoples.
  • UCSB Department of Anthropology Links presents web sites, including cultural anthropology, archaeology, physical anthropology, museums, and online journals. Presented by the Department of Anthropology at the University of California at Santa Barbara.

• Asian Studies
  • Asian Studies WWW Virtual Library points to resources for Asia, the Middle East, and the Pacific. Edited by Dr T. Matthew Ciolek, at the Australian National University.
    Asian Studies WWW Virtual Library mirror, hosted by the International Institute for Asian Studies (IIAS)

• Biographical Information
  • Biographical Dictionary can be searched by name, birth year, death year, professions, positions held, literary and artistic works, miscellaneous achievements, or keywords. Presented by s9.com.
  • Biography Database of over 15,000 people from the past and present, courtesy of Biography on cable television's A&E network
  • Biography Resources in the Internet Public Library
  • Judges of the U.S. Courts
  • Nobel Prize Internet Archive

• Business

• Careers
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• Child Care
  See also: Education
  • Clearinghouse on Elementary and Early Childhood Education (CEEP) provides information for local, state, and national early childhood education, projects, and organizations. Provided by the Early Childhood and Parenting Collaborative at the University of Illinois.
  • Early Childhood Education on Line links to resources about child development, early childhood curriculum, child advocacy, and more. Presented by the College of Education at the University of Maine, and managed by James Chiavacci.
  • KIDS COUNT Census statistics on children and families
  • Kidsource Online includes information and articles about raising children, from newborns to adolescents.
  • National Center for Early Development & Learning (NCEDL) does research about the cognitive, social and emotional development of children from birth through age eight.
  • National Child Care Information Center (NCCIC) is a clearinghouse and technical assistance center of information for early care and education. Provided by the Child Care Bureau of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
  • National Parent Information Network
  • National Resource Center for Health and Safety in Child Care (NRC) provides information for parents and child care providers, including state licensing and regulations and health and safety tips
  • Parenting Library from the Parent Soup online community for expectant parents, and parents of infants, children, and young adults.
  • Zero to Three is dedicated to promoting the healthy development of infants and toddlers

• College Information
  • The Admissions Office links to colleges, school rankings, online applications, and financial aid resources.
  • College Directory USA is a comprehensive directory of addresses, phone numbers, maps, and area info for 10,000 Colleges in the United States
  • CollegeNet points to information about U.S. colleges and universities, financial aid, and scholarships.

  • Financial Aid
    • Bulletin 15, Scholarships and Financial Aid, for students in Hawaii
    • FAFSA on the Web (Free Application for Federal Student Aid)
    • fastWEB Financial Aid Through the Web provides information about scholarships, fellowships, internships, grants, and loans.
    • Scholarships.com offers free scholarship search and financial aid information.
    • Student Financial Assistance Programs from the U.S. Department of Education
    • Student Guide is most the comprehensive resource on student financial aid from the U.S. Department of Education. Grants, loans, and work-study are the major forms of student financial aid available.

  • Home Pages of Colleges and Universities
    • American Universities is a directory of American Universities granting bachelor or advanced degrees.
    • Braintrack searches for colleges and universities throughout the world.
    • College Locater by Ecola Newsstand
    • Community College Web at Maricopa Community College links to information about community colleges, as well as to their homepages.
    • International Colleges and Universities, courtesy of Christina DeMello at MIT

  • University of Hawaii System Information
    • CA$H Scholarship Database of over 1,000 local and national scholarships, grants, and financial aid
    • Transfer of Credits
    • UHINFO is the University of Hawaii at Manoa's Home Page, and a gateway to Web sites of colleges of the University of Hawaii system.

• Consumer Protection
  • Better Business Bureau
  • Car Talk
  • Consumer Information Center lists hundreds of free or low-priced federal consumer publications on health, business, employment, money, federal programs, and more, which can be read or ordered online. A service of the Federal Consumer Information Center.
  • ConsumerREVIEW compiled over 85,000 reviews on 15,000 products.
  • Consumer World links over 1,500 consumer resources on the Internet, including bulletins and product reviews. Created by Edgar Dworsky.
  • Edmund's Car Buying Guide gives new and used car pricing, auto model reviews, etc.
  • Internet Fraud Watch from the National Fraud Information Center provides information about safe use of the Internet, telemarketing, and protecting your privacy. The Internet Fraud Watch is a project of the National Consumers League, a private, nonprofit advocacy group representing consumers on marketplace and workplace issues.
  • Kelley Blue Book is a resource for new and used car pricing, and info about buying and selling vehicles.
  • Office of Consumer Protection, State of Hawaii, links appropriate statutes, consumer tips, complaint forms, and Landlord-Tenant Information.
  • Product Review Net indexes and summarizes product reviews. Browse categories or search for particular items.
  • U.S. Consumer Gateway links to a wide range of consumer information from federal agencies about food, health, product safety, money, and transportation. Consumer.gov is "your resource for consumer information from the federal government." Participating agencies: Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), Food and Drug Administration (FDA), National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), and U.S. Office of Consumer Affairs (USOCA).
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• Crime
  See also: Law
  • CJ Central includes material to supplement criminal justice textbooks by Frank Schmalleger, including glossaries of criminal justice terms and the cybrary of Web links.
  • Country Studies, from the Library of Congress include descriptions of criminal justice systems throughout the world.
  • Crime Prevention and Justice Assistance Division, Hawaii State Department of the Attorney General
  • Crime and Justice Statistics from the U.S. Department of Justice
  • Criminal Justice Links, from the Florida State University School of Criminology and Criminal Justice
  • Criminal Justice Resource Center
  • Federal Bureau of Investigation,
    includes the Library of documents, and the Uniform Crime Reports.
  • Honolulu Police Department
  • Justice Information Center presents information on corrections, crime statistics, juvenile justice, drugs, etc. A Service of the National Criminal Justice Reference Service.
  • Uniform Crime Reports (UCR), 1990-93, 1994-95
    , courtesy of the University of Virginia
    More recent UCRs can be accessed at FBI Publications. These are in pdf format, requiring Adobe Acrobat reader.
  • World Factbook of Criminal Justice Systems provides narrative descriptions about the criminal justice systems of countries around the world.

• Education
  See also: Child Care
  • Department of Education, State of Hawaii
  • Clearinghouse Websites compile much of the clearinghouse information previously available through ERIC. Topics include assessment, early and elementary education, information technology, vocational education, counseling, and more. Provided by the North Central Association (NCA) Commission on Accreditation and School Improvement.
  • Disney Educational Productions offer lots of ideas.
  • The Gateway to Educational Materials includes lesson plans, curriculum units and education resources.
  • Kidsource Online offers information and articles for infants through high school students, and presents the Learning Disability Search Engine.
  • LD Online is the "interactive guide to learning disabilities for parents, teachers, and children."

• Ethics
  • Codes of Ethics Online
  • Ethics of Technology in Education
  • Hawaii Ethics Commission

• Genealogy

• Government Information
  • State and County Government
    • CARD Network Online Catalog from the Hawaii State Department of Customer Services Library searches the collections of the Legislative Reference Bureau Library, the Business Resource Center (DBEDT), the Supreme Court Law Library (SCCL), and the Municipal Reference and Records Center (MRRC).
    • County and City Data Books in electronic versions for 1988 and 1994: "a wide variety of demographic, social, and economic variables are presented for counties, cities, places, and states." Hosted by the University of Virginia.
    • National Governors' Association (NGA) includes state issues, governors' biographies and staff, and State-of-the-state addresses.

  • Federal Government
    • FirstGov links 27 million U.S. government Web pages.
    • Federal Register, Congressional Record, Congressional Bills, U.S. Code, and other Federal Government information are searchable online via GPO Access of the U.S. Government Printing Office (GPO).
    • FedLaw
    • Government Publications such as government publications, a federal web locator, and depository libraries are organized by the Main Library of the University of Nevada Las Vegas.
    • How to Find U.S. Government Data and Info presented by Lycos search engine.
    • Links to Government Websites, courtesy of AT&T Business Bookmarks
    • THOMAS, legislative information on the Internet, including the text of bills
    • U.S. Census Information
    • U.S. Code, the general and permanent laws of the United States. By the Office of the Law Revision Counsel.
    • U.S. Code of Federal Regulations (CFR), regulations issued by executive branch agencies. Courtesy of Cornell University.
      CFR by the National Archives and Records Administration

    • U.S. Federal Register, new and proposed regulations. By the National Archives and Records Administration.
    • Uncle Sam's Reference Shelf includes statistics and tables from The Statistical Abstract of the United States. Frequently requested statistics, tables, and rankings are available with your Web browser. Others are pdf files.
      Note: .pdf format requires Adobe Acrobat Reader.
    • University of Michigan Documents Center is a vast resource for federal, international, state, and local government information.
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• Hawaii
  • Online Hawai`i points to especially notable and helpful Web sites about Hawaii. Originally compiled by Jo Ann Schindler of the Hawaii State Public Library System.
  • Web Resources about Hawaii, including links to government information

• History
  • An Abridged History of the United States, by William M. Brinton
  • American Historical Documents, from the Declaration of Independence to the North American Free Trade Agreement, and lots more in-between. Originated by Wiretap, now maintained by About.com at the Mining Co.
  • American Historical Documents at THOMAS (legislative information on the Internet) at the Library of Congress
  • Black History Month Resource Center from Gale Research publishers, includes biographical sketches of African-Americans, a historical timeline, and excerpts from The Schomburg Center Guide to Black Literature.
  • Exploring Ancient World Cultures (EAWC), is "an introductory, on-line, college-level 'textbook' of ancient world cultures," provided by Evansville University.
  • Internet Ancient History Sourcebook
    Provides and organizes class texts, and links to online collections. Compiled and edited by Paul Halsall.

• Investing
  • EDGAR contains files submitted by publicly traded corporations to the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). Provided as a service to investors by New York University and the SEC.
  • Hoover's Stock Screener to screen stocks, research companies, and check quotes
  • Nasdaq Stock Market
  • InternetStats links sites for business and market information, statistics, trends, and news.
  • IPO.com initial public offering services: price, data, recent filings, company summaries, and news.
  • Quote.com for financial market data, such as current quotes on stocks, options, commodity futures, mutual funds, and indices for U.S. and Canadian markets. Plus current business news, earnings forecasts and reports, tutorials about investment basics, market analysis, and annual reports.

• Law
  See also: Crime
  • CARD Network Online Catalog searches the collections of the Legislative Reference Bureau Library, the Business Resource Center (DBEDT), the Supreme Court Law Library (SCCL), and the Municipal Reference and Records Center (MRRC), and links to the full text of laws, legislative reports, and court opinions and rules.
  • Hawaii State Judiciary
  • FindLaw links Supreme Court cases, law reviews, state law resources, U.S. federal government resources, law schools, legal publishers, legal associations, case law, law firms and lawyers, legal news, international law resources, sample forms and contracts, more.
  • History of the Federal Judiciary, including landmark judicial legislation
  • Law & Policy Institutions Guide (LPIG) is a gateway to legal and legislative information. By Randy Roberts.
  • Law Crawler searches legal information, law reviews, legal news, the U.S. Code and Constitution, and other legal code and case law databases to retrieve legal information.
  • Legal Dictionary
  • Oyez Oyez Oyez is a multimedia database about the United States Supreme Court. By Jerry Goldman and Northwestern University.
  • U.S. Code
  • World Wide Web Virtual Library: Law, presented by the Indiana University School of Law-Bloomington
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• Psychology
  • Encyclopedia of Psychology enables browsing through topics in psychology, including behavior, history, publications and resources, and theorists and researchers. By William Palya, Department of Psychology, Jacksonville State University.
  • Psych Web, by Russell Dewey, Georgia Southern University, organizes information for students and teachers of psychology, including subtopics and specializations within the field, and a how-to guide for writing a psychology research paper.

• Social Science
  • Geospatial and Statistical Data Center at the University of Virginia provides access to databases of sociological and economic statistics. Formerly the Social Sciences Data Center.
  • Social Science Information Gateway (SOSIG) resources are selected and described by a librarian or subject specialist. SOSIG includes Sociology, Psychology, Economics, Education, Ethnology, Environmental Science, Government, Law, Philosophy, Politics, and Social Welfare.

• Women's Studies
  • Celebrating Women's History features a timeline and biographies of notable women. From Gale Research Co.
  • Gifts of Speech is a collection of women's speeches from around the world. Maintained by Liz Linton, with the support of Sweet Briar College.
  • Internet Resources for Women's Studies compiled by the Jane Bancroft Cook Library, University of South Florida
  • Notable Women is a Who's Who of American women, searchable by keyword.
  • Voices From the Gaps: Women Writers of Color, is a collaborative project by the Department of English and the Program in American Studies, University of Minnesota. It focuses on the lives and works of women writers of color in the United States and Canada.
  • Women in American History is a collection of biographical information of women in American history from 1600 to the present. By the editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica Online.
  • Women's Studies Database at the University of Maryland contains bibliographies, pictures, government documents, etc. for women's studies and gender issues topics. By Larisa Kofman.
  • Women's Studies / Women's Issues Resource Sites selected by Joan Korenman, with an emphasis on usefulness to an academic women's studies program.

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