“The Christian Science Monitor is an international news organization that delivers thoughtful, global coverage via its website, weekly magazine, daily news briefing, email newsletters, and mobile site.”
Subject: Business & Economics–Business & Economics News; Law, Government & Political Science–Political Science–Politics–Politics News; Science & Technology–Environmental Sciences & Ecology; Science & Technology–Science & Technology News; Reference–News & Current Events
Der Spiegel
Subject: Reference–News & Current Events
KidsClick!
This is a great place to start if you want to surf and search the Internet. Created by librarians, this is an Internet guide especially for kids.
Subject: Reference–Web Directories; Reference–Homework Help; Computers And The Internet–Search Engines & Guides
Ocracoke Light – ipl’s Lighthouses: A Photographic Journey
Ocracoke Light – ipl2’s Lighthouses: A Photographic Journey
The Ocracoke Light was built in 1823 and is located in Ocracoke, North Carolina. It is the oldest lighthouse in operation along the coast of North Carolina. This lighthouse replaced the lighthouse that was built on Shell Castle Island in 1798.
Subject: Entertainment & Leisure–Travel & Tourism–North America Travel & Tourism
NHK World
Asian and world news, TV programs, radio, and podcasts provided by Japan Broadcasting Corporation.
Subject: Reference–News & Current Events
OAIster
“OAIster is a union catalog of millions of records representing open access digital resources that was built by harvesting from open access collections worldwide using the Open Archives Initiative Protocol for Metadata Harvesting (OAI-PMH).” Examples of resources include old-time advertisement collections, open access journals, and public radio pro …
Subject: Reference–Web Directories–Open Access Directories
Newsweek – The Daily Beast
The Daily Beast became the online home of Newsweek Magazine in February, 2011. Sections include U.S. and World News, Politics, Books, Entertainment, Fashion, Art, and more.
Subject: Reference–News & Current Events
Africa South of the Sahara: Selected Internet Resources
Africa South of the Sahara: Selected Internet Resources
This comprehensive directory of African resources covers many topics including: Current Events/News (including African newspapers), Art, Culture, Education, History, Maps, Music, Politics, Religion, Travel, and more. Country information is also included, as is regional information for Central, East, Southern and West Africa, as well as the Indian O …
Subject: Arts & Humanities–History–History By Region–North American History–United States History–African-American History–Education; Arts & Humanities–History–History By Region–African History; Regional & Country Information–Africa; Arts & Humanities–Archives & Records Management–Online Catalogs–Africa; Reference–Web Directories; Entertainment & Leisure–Travel & Tourism–Africa Travel & Tourism; Arts & Humanities–History–History By Region–North American History–United States History–African-American History–Civil Rights; Arts & Humanities–History–History By Region–North American History–United States History–African-American History–Women; Arts & Humanities–History–History By Region–North American History–United States History–African-American History–Arts And Music; Social Sciences–Ethnicity, Culture, And Race–African/African-American; Arts & Humanities–History–History By Region–North American History–United States History–African-American History–Government And Politics
Podcasts – ipl Special Collection
Podcasts – ipl Special Collection
A selected list of podcasts on a range of topics, including how to create your own podcast. Subjects include law, books, food, travel, medicine, history, politics, business, and more.
Subject: Reference–Web Directories
MARS Best Free Reference Web Sites Combined Index
MARS Best Free Reference Web Sites Combined Index
“An index of the web sites included in the 1999-2008 annual lists issued by the Mars Best of Free Reference Web Sites Committee of the Machine-Assisted Reference Section (MARS) of the Reference and User Services Association (RUSA) of [the American Library Association] to recognize outstanding reference sites on the World Wide Web.”
Subject: Reference–Web Directories
Intute
A free online service providing access to high-quality Web resources for education and research. The service is created by a network of UK universities and partners. Subject specialists select, evaluate, and write a description for each website included. Subject areas include science and technology, arts and humanities, social sciences, and health …
Subject: Reference–Web Directories
Service Objects: Lookups
Validate street addresses, e-mail addresses, telephone numbers and IP addresses and much more.
Subject: Reference–Web Directories; Reference–Telephone And Address; Applications By Activity–Searching
Awesome Library
A collection of links and web resources on a range of topics, including English, math, technology and the arts.
Subject: Reference–Web Directories; Reference; Computers And The Internet–Search Engines & Guides; School And Homework Help–Homework Help–Reference–General Reference
Answers.com – Answer Library
Subject-categorized directory to all of the free almanacs, atlases, biographies, dictionaries, encyclopedias and other reference works available from Answers.com. Be advised that the IPL does not consider entries or information from Wikipedia, WikiAnswers, or Answers.com’s User Contribution section to be reliable sources of information.
Subject: Reference–Web Directories; Reference; Reference; School And Homework Help–Homework Help—-Reference
BBC News
Subject: Reference–News & Current Events
Virtual Learning Resources Center
Virtual Learning Resources Center
Web Directory – An index of academic information websites selected by teachers and librarians to provide quality information for students at all academic levels.
Subject: Reference–Web Directories
Craig Research Labs
A web directory for various scientific fields. Find links leading to educational pages, information about research projects, and news about science.
Subject: Science & Technology–Earth Sciences; Reference–Web Directories; Science & Technology–Life Sciences; Science & Technology–Chemical Sciences (Chemistry); Science & Technology–Astronomy; Science & Technology–Mathematics
All You Need to Know About Adoption
All You Need to Know About Adoption
Provides a brief introduction to adoption and provides links to in depth information about those looking to adopt a child.
Subject: Reference–Web Directories; Social Sciences–Parenting & Family Life–Adoption
Emirates Business 24/7
Subject: United Arab Emirates
Kids.gov: The Official Kids Portal for the U.S. Government
Kids.gov: The Official Kids Portal for the U.S. Government
Web directory. Links to thousands of kid-friendly web pages. Provides material for three audiences: Grades K-5, Grades 6-8, and Educators. It is further divided into Arts, Math, and History sections.
Subject: Reference–Web Directories; Teachers & Parents Corner
BEOnline: Business and Economics Online
BEOnline: Business and Economics Online
Extensive subject guide to online resources for researching all aspects of business and economics.
Subject: Reference–Web Directories; Business & Economics
Best of the Best Business Web Sites
Best of the Best Business Web Sites
A subject classified list of content-rich websites providing company and industry research resources, and other business information.
Subject: Arts & Humanities–Libraries–Libraries By Type–Special Libraries–Corporate Libraries And Information Centers; Reference–Web Directories; Business & Economics; Reference
All My Faves
Web directory. Aims to provide users with a selection of sites in a wide variety of categories, such as news, weather, maps, shopping, finance, sports, and many, many more.
Subject: Reference–Web Directories
The Directory of Open Access Repositories – OpenDOAR
The Directory of Open Access Repositories – OpenDOAR
“OpenDOAR is an authoritative directory of academic open access repositories.” Users can identify individual repositories, or search from more than 1,300 repositories from around the globe. Statistics about the repositories are also available.
Subject: Reference–Web Directories–Open Access Directories
100 Useful Tips and Tools to Research the Deep Web
100 Useful Tips and Tools to Research the Deep Web
Web directory. One hundred different ways to penetrate the surface of the world wide web. Includes meta-search, general, academic, scientific, and custom search engines, semantic search tools and databases, and tips and strategies for searching.
Subject: Reference–Web Directories; Computers & Internet–Internet–World Wide Web–Web Searching Guides
Finding Dulcinea
Web directory that scans the internet for reputable, high-quality, and trustworthy information for novice and experienced web searchers alike. Authors and editors produce informative web guides on diverse subjects. Spanish edition “Encontrando Dulcinea” also available.
Subject: Reference–Web Directories
Le Point
Subject: Reference–News & Current Events
Global Women’s Activism
Web directory of organizations and websites dealing with women’s activism. Listings are broken up by continent and country, as well as transnational.
Subject: Reference–Web Directories; Social Sciences–Gender & Sexuality–Women
dmoz Open Directory Project
“The Open Directory Project (ODP) is the most comprehensive human edited directory of the Web, compiled by a vast global community of volunteer editors.”
Subject: Reference–Web Directories
Best of the Web Directory
A high-quality website directory. “To rank among the Best of the Web, a site must adhere to the strict criteria of editors who ensure that it contains substantive unique content, navigates in a user-friendly manner, contains no broken links or pictures, is up and running 24/7, and conforms to universally accepted web standards”
Subject: Reference–Web Directories
Yahoo! Directory
“The Yahoo! Directory is a human-created and maintained library of web sites organized into categories and subcategories.” One of the largest directories of web sites on the web.
Subject: Reference–Web Directories
A Regency Repository
Collection of links to information about the fashion, music, art, politics, literature, and military history of the Regency era (1811-1820) in the United Kingdom. Includes a page devoted to Regency romances.
Subject: Arts & Humanities–History–History By Era–19th Century History; Reference–Web Directories; Arts & Humanities–History–History By Topic–History Of Arts & Humanities; Entertainment & Leisure–Books–Romance & Gothic
NebraskAccess
Contains a list of websites recommended by the Nebraska Library Commission. Topics include Business and Finance, Education, Health and Medical, Nebraska Information, Science and Technology, and more.
Subject: Reference–Web Directories; Arts & Humanities–Libraries–Libraries By Type–Digital Libraries–State Digital Libraries In The U.S.
World Magazine
Presents world news from a conservative Christian perspective. Mission statement: “To report and analyze the news on a weekly schedule in an interesting, accurate, and arresting fashion, and to combine reporting with practical commentary on current events and issues from a perspective committed to the Bible as the inerrant Word of God.”
Subject: Arts & Humanities–Religion & Theology–Faiths & Denominations–Christianity; Reference–News & Current Events
Stern Magazin
Current events and news on various topics.
Subject: Reference–News & Current Events
World News Megastories
“Out There News is a news agency born on the Net. It pioneers a non-linear journalism in which people create their own experience of the news rather than passively receiving information. The audience become journalists themselves, meeting people, discovering facts and absorbing atmosphere to form their own understanding of the issues.”
Subject: Reference–News & Current Events
U.S. News & World Report
Subject: Reference–News & Current Events
TomPaine.com: A Journal of Opinion
TomPaine.com: A Journal of Opinion
“TomPaine.com seeks to enrich the national debate on controversial public issues by featuring the ideas, opinions, and analyses too often overlooked by the mainstream media. We promote these on our website, where we offer in-depth coverage and provide links to underappreciated authors and organizations. TomPaine.com’s HISTORY DEPARTMENT adds to cur …
Subject: Law, Government & Political Science–Political Science–Politics–Politics News; Reference–News & Current Events
Terre d’Escale
French online news site covering international news.
Subject: Reference–News & Current Events
Solstice: E-Journal of Geography and Mathematics
Solstice: E-Journal of Geography and Mathematics
“The purpose of Solstice is to promote interaction between geography and mathematics. Articles in which elements of one discipline are used to shed light on the other are particularly sought. Also welcome, are original contributions that are purely geographical or purely mathematical.”
Subject: Reference–Geography; Science & Technology–Mathematics
NewsWatch: The Consumer’s Guide to the News
NewsWatch: The Consumer’s Guide to the News
NewsWatch provides insightful analysis of the media and its coverage of recent news stories. “In this information age, it’s especially important to know how reporting holds up against expert criticism and independent evidence…NewsWatch’s mission is to watch the media watchdog on behalf of news consumers, and to give a voice to consumers who want …
Subject: Reference–News & Current Events–Journalism
New American Magazine
The magazine concerns mainly about the political issues within the U.S and around the world.
Subject: Law, Government & Political Science–Political Science–Politics; Reference–News & Current Events
National Science Foundation Custom News Service
National Science Foundation Custom News Service
“The Custom News Service is an email- and web-based alert service, designed to help anyone with an interest in NSF news and publications find out quickly about new publications and information. It is a “custom” service that lets you select the types of publications you want to know about. It alerts you to new publications and provides links to el …
Subject: Science & Technology; Science & Technology–Science & Technology News; Reference–News & Current Events
National Geographic Magazine
Subject: Regional & Country Information; Reference–Geography
L’Hebdo
Subject: Reference–News & Current Events
Inkling
“The Web’s best mix of fresh news, real people and in-your-face opinion.”
Subject: Reference–News & Current Events
Geospatial Solutions
“Geospatial Solutions magazine serves the geographic information systems community by presenting articles by real users tackling real problems with GIS and related spatial information technologies.The magazine also provides news and information to help readers plan their GIS project, keep up with changing technologies, find data sources, and stay i …
Subject: Reference–Geography
Focus
Subject: Law, Government & Political Science–Political Science–Politics; Reference–News & Current Events
Federal Geographic Data Committee Newsletter
Federal Geographic Data Committee Newsletter
“The FGDC Newsletter describes activities of the geospatial data community and the National Spatial Data Infrastructure.”
Subject: Reference–Geography
Family Chronicle
“Family Chronicle is a magazine for individuals researching their roots.” “The site has many links to other genealogy sites and activiely promotes feedback and comments.” Surname origin lists (British, German and Chinese) are available and site also includes archived articles.
Subject: Reference–Genealogy
Extra!
“Published since 1987, Extra! looks at the major issues in the news, questioning the conventional wisdom that narrows the range of issues, sources and perspectives. Articles examine biased reporting, censored news, media mergers, press/state cronyism, the power of corporate owners and advertisers, and the exclusion of progressive voices from the me …
Subject: Reference–News & Current Events
etcetcetera
“Political and cultural issues, mexican, latin american and international writers, smart and inquisitive journalism.”
Subject: Law, Government & Political Science–Political Science–Politics; Social Sciences–Ethnicity, Culture, And Race–Latin American/Hispanic; Reference–News & Current Events–Journalism
Columbia Journalism Review
“Includes information and insight about journalism and public policy.”
Subject: Law, Government & Political Science–Political Science–Politics–Politics News; Reference–News & Current Events–Journalism
The Celebrity Cafe
“The Celebrity Cafe publishes interviews with exciting and interesting people we feel capture your imagination. In addition to interviews, we conduct ongoing contests for you to win CDs, books and other prizes. And be sure to visit our other areas, where you can read provocative quotes, see our Top 20 list, as well as our links directory.”
Subject: Reference–Biographies–Entertainers