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BUSINESS / MANAGEMENT
Business Journals, Magazines, and Newspapers
Management Skills
Business & Industry Statistical Information Portal -- University of Michigan
Directory of Business Resources -- Some are free, and some charge a fee
DIRECTORIES
AT&T Toll Free -- Look up 800 numbers
Directory of SSC Specialist Groups -- IUCN
Zoos Worldwide -- Zoos, Aquariums, Rescue Centers etc.
International Directory of Primatology
American Society of Mammalogists
Ornithological Societies of North America -- 6 organizations
American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists
The National Environmental Directory -- More than 13,000 U.S. Organizations
A9.com Yellow Pages -- Includes pictures with your search results
WhitePages.com -- A Business / People Search
Directory of San Diego Businesses
Who's Where -- People Finder
Worldpages -- Business Directory
FINANCIAL RESOURCES
California Rand -- Economic Statistics
Chronicle of Philanthropy -- Nonprofit World News
Consumer Price Indexes -- US Department of Labor
Currency Exchange Rates or Exchange Rates Plus
Direct Search -- Links to economics, business, finance and marketing sites
EDGAR : Electronic SEC Filings -- Corporate annual and 10K reports
Free Lunch.com -- Economic, financial and demographic data series
Guidestar -- Financial Data on Charities & Nonprofits
PubHub -- Researching Philanthropy: Grants Classification System
Grants Web -- NIH Help with Grants
Grants.gov -- single access point for grant programs offered by the 26 Federal grant-making agencies
U.S. Census Facts -- Economic, Demographic and Business Data
U.S. Economic Indicators
GENERAL RESOURCES
Acronym Look-up
American Factfinder -- American Census Bureau, search by industry or geography
Biography.com -- Most comprehensive and authoritative biographical resource on the Web
California Information -- official state web site
FedEx -- Package Tracking, Fees
Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
Metric Converter
Nationmaster.com -- Comparative Data (make your own graphs / generate stats)
Public Record Databases -- search free databases worldwide
Time and Date.com -- Local times in foreign countries
Translation Service
UPS -- Tracking & Fees
U.S. Postal Service -- Zipcode Look-up, Tracking & Fees
Weather Channel
Weather - National Climatic Data Center
Zip Code Look-up -- US Postal Service
GOVERNMENT RESOURCES
California Legislative Information
California Government & Public Policy Resources -- UC Berkeley
Congressional Information Service Statistical Universe -- Links to full-text documents
Federal Register Documents
Fedstats -- Statistics from over 100 U.S. Government Agencies
USA.gov -- U.S. Government's Official Web Portal
Google Government Search
League of Conservation Voters
NIH -- National Institutes of Health
San Diego City Government
Science.gov -- Searches ALL scientific sources (Dept. of Interior, EPA, NSF, Dept Agriculture etc.)
U.S. Census Facts -- Economic, Demographic and Business Data
U.S. Patent & Trademark Site
U.S. Postal Service -- Zipcode Look-up, Tracking & Fees
U.S. Fish & Wildlife
U.S. General Services -- A List of the most frequently requested information
USDA National Agricultural Library -- Animal Welfare Information Center
VOTE411.org -- One-stop source for election-related questions
HEALTH & SAFETY
California Wildfires -- NLM Environmental Health
Environmental Health & Toxicology -- Information compiled by the National Library of Medicine and NIH
Epidemiology, the Internet & Global Health -- Lectures / tutorials 64000+ scientists in 174 countries
Health Hotline Subject Index -- Toll-Free Numbers for key organizations
MSDS -- Material Safety Data Sheets
LEGAL RESOURCES
Law & Policy Institutions Guide: Internet Guide -- An incredible portal to all kinds of information
California Laws
California Findlaw
U.S. Wildlife Laws
Regulatory Resource Center
Thomas Legislative Information -- Bill Summary & Status, Roll Call Votes
Copyright and Fair use -- Stanford University
U.S. Patent & Trademark Site
Veterinary Government and Law Resources
MAPS AND GIS
GeoGratis -- Free Geospacial Data from Natural Resources Canada
Google Maps -- drag, click and zoom
Google Earth -- Satellite maps with downloadable upgrades
Maps of the World -- Holt, Rhinehart & Winston
National Geographic's Map Machine -- includes conservation maps
WWF's Ecoregions -- A global biodiversity map
USGS EarthExplorer
Southern California Integrated GIS Network
Oddens Map Links -- More than 22,000 links
TopoZone -- USGS topographic maps. Search by place name or latitude and longitude
World and Historical Maps -- University of Texas
World Atlas of Biodiversity -- United Nations Environment Programme
ONLINE GUIDES & TUTORIALS
Infomine -- Directory to Scholarly Resources maintained by UC Riverside
Biostatistics -- Lectures by Dr. C. Nicolas Padilla Raygoza
Computer Literacy 101 -- Lessons in computer 'basics'
Microsoft Word Modules -- Internet4Classrooms
Excel Tutorial -- University of Arizona Finance
Online Tutorials to EndNote, RefWorks, Biosis, and PubMed -- Links maintained by UCSD
Tutorials on Computer Fundamentals -- University of Southern Mississippi
Catalist -- Official Catalog of Listservs
Internet Archive -- The "Way-Back Machine." Search archived web pages from 1996 to a few months ago
TRAVEL AIDS
CalTrans -- California Highway Information
CDC Home Travel Information
CIA World Factbook
U.S. State Department Bureau of Consular Affairs
U.S. State Department Background Notes
British Travel Advisory
Country Calling Codes -- for international telephoning
Country Reports -- Background information and cultural awareness
Currency Exchange Rates
FareCompare -- Compares flights from one location to another
Zoological Conferences
Per Diems
Maporama -- Street-level directional maps for 15 European nations, US & Canada
Weather
WRITER'S AIDS
Bartleby.com -- Quotations, Thesaurus, Encyclopedia and Audio Pronunciation Guide
CBE Style Manual -- How to cite online resources
Research Guide : Citation Information
Copyright Addendum Engine -- Creates a document to send to publishers requesting copyright privileges
Copyright Guidelines --Stanford University
Dictionaries - Biological Terms
Dictionary - Medical -- Medline Plus
Dictionary - OneLook -- extremely comprehensive
Dictionary - Merriam Webster Online -- includes audio pronunciation
Dictionary - Reverse -- Describe a concept and get a list of possibilities
Dictionary - Swahili -- The Kamusi Project
Guide to Grammar and Writing --Created by a Rutgers University English Professor
Journal of Mammalogy Style Guides -- click on Style Guide for Editors (PDF)
Quotations -- Yale University
Translation Services -- Translate your email into multiple languages or translate foreign language messages or web pages
Words in Context -- Allows you to see how a particular term or phrase is used in peer-reviewed literature
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