Reference Materials for Students and Researchers

(Last updated on November 29, 2001)

Table of Contents

Using "Reference Materials for Students and Researchers" by Kenji Kitao

Please read before you use this web resource.

If you find any problems, let me know.

kkitao@mail.doshisha.ac.jp

Grammar and Punctuation

http://www.odyssey.net/subscribers/english/askques.html
English Consulting & Language Reference Services
**A web page where you can submit grammar questions.

Grammar Lessons for ESL

http://www.ruthvilmi.net/hut/LangHelp/Grammar/
Grammar Help Pages* HUT
**Information about grammar, with links to exercises

http://www.hut.fi/~rvilmi/LangHelp/Grammar/
Grammar Help Pages* HUT

http://www.edunet.com/english/grammar/index.html
On Line English Grammar by Anthony Hughes
**a very valuable resource that includes searchable grammar explanations, practice exercises, an FAQ about grammar, and a grammar clinic, where students can submit grammar questions

http://nz.com/webnz/checkers/grammar2.html
Your English Grammar Tutor On-line
**a new lesson each month on an aspect of grammar

Other Reference Materials

http://www.refdesk.com/essentl.html
ESSENTIAL REFERENCE TOOLS
Almanacs
Biographies
Calculation & Conversion
Census & Demographics
Date & Time
Dictionaries & Thesauri
Encyclopedias
Genealogy
Geography & Maps
Health
People Finder
Quotations
Style & Writing Guides

http://www.refdesk.com/facts.html
FACTS SUBJECT INDEX

http://library.caltech.edu/reference/default.htm
General Reference
**Links to a variety of types of references, including encyclopedias, language resources, libraries, and newspapers.

http://www.bedfordstmartins.com/online/index.html
Online1 A Reference Guide to Using Internet Sources

http://www.arcana.com/shannon/
SHANNON'S BOOKSHELF Useful web sites for research and reference...
**Links to reference materials, bookstores, libraries, etc.

http://thorplus.lib.purdue.edu/reference/index.html
The Virtual Reference Desk
**a very useful site that has links to U.S. government documents; dictionaries, thesauri, and acronyms; phone books and area codes; maps and travel information; etc.

http://www.dreamscape.com/frankvad/reference-writing.html
WWW Virtual Reference Sites
These Sites contain over 2,500 of the most popular information reference locations and tools on the Web. The tools include Calculators, Dictionaries, Directories, Facts, Zip Codes, Maps, Books, Languages, Calendars, Sports, Jobs, Weather, Music, Autos, Travel, Populations, Events, White & Yellow Pages, Health, Humor, - plus many many more helpful tools to assist you.

Writing

http://www.ipl.org/teen/aplus/
A+ Research and Writing for high school and college students
**Includes a step-by-step guide to researching and writing a paper; advice about finding information on the Internet; and links to online reference resources

http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~mleone/how-to.html
Advice on Research and Writing
Writing and Publishing
Research Skills
Speaking
Career Development
Related Topics and Resources
Dissertation Advice
Humor

http://www.write4kids.com/index.html
Children's Writing Resource Center
**links and advice for people who want to write for children

http://www.du.org/places/du/cybercomp.html
Composition in Cyberspace
Welcome to the "Composition in Cyberspace" home page. We hope this document will be your central reference point as you learn to use the resources of the Internet in your English Composition classes.

This page will focus on the use of MOOs (primarily Diversity University MOO) and Internet discussion lists in English Composition teaching.

http://www.departments.dsu.edu/owl/
The Dakota State University Online Writing Lab
The Dakota State University Online Writing Lab (OWL) provides writing assistance to students and faculty on the DSU campus and to students in remote locations. The DSU Writing Lab exists only online. All of our writing assistance is currently provided through electronic mail.

http://webster.commnet.edu/apa/apa_index.htm
A Guide for Writing Research Papers based on Styles Recommended by The American Psychological Association

http://webster.commnet.edu/mla.htm
A Guide for Writing Research Papers based on Modern Language Association (MLA) Documentation

Inkspot
**many useful resources for professional writers

http://dspace.dial.pipex.com/jane.dorner/jd_links.htm
links for writers by Jane Dorner

                       General and Specialist Subjects
                       Journalism
                       Publishing
                       Reference: Directories
                       Reference: Libraries
                       Reference: Texts
                       Societies: UK
                       Societies: US
                       Translators' Reference
                       Word Play
                       Writing Resources

http://www.ume.maine.edu/~wcenter/
Online Resources for Writers
**including dictionaries, thesaurus, ESL resources, etc.

http://webster.commnet.edu/writing/writing.htm
Online Resources for Writers
**Links to advice about writing, references, grammars, usage guides, etc.

http://www.rpi.edu/dept/llc/writecenter/web/online.html
Online Resources
**Links to reference materials, writing centers at other universities, and web design resources

http://www.english.vt.edu/%7Eowl/owl.html
On-Line Writing Lab Virginia Tech
**E-mail-based grammar help, grammar resources, and related links.

http://www.dsu.edu/departments/liberal/owl/labs_oth.html
Online Writing Resources from Other Universities
**some useful handouts related to writing

http://darkwing.uoregon.edu/~leslieob/pizzaz.html
PIZZAZ!... People Interested in Zippy and ZAny Zcribbling University of Oregon, American English Institute
A Resource for Scribblers and Teachers of English as a Second Language by Leslie Opp-Beckman

Poetry ||| Fiction ||| Bag of Tricks ||| More Publishing Opportunities ||| Other Teacher Resources

Description: PIZZAZ! is dedicated to providing creative writing activities and copyable (yes, copyable!) handouts for use in the class room. Prerequisite: An interest in using English in fun, dynamic ways! ESL Student Level: High Beginner +

http://www.uwsp.edu/acad/psych/apa4b.htm
PSYCHOLOGY WITH STYLE A Hypertext Writing Guide

http://owl.english.purdue.edu/
The Purdue Online Writing Lab (OWL)
**many useful resources for writers and teachers

http://dept.english.upenn.edu/~wh/resources/index.html
Resources & writer-related links
**A wide variety of links, including ones to on-line journals, poetry web pages, advice to writers, etc.

http://andromeda.rutgers.edu/~jlynch/Writing/links.html
Resources for Writers and Writing Instructors
**links to writing resources

http://www.robinsnest.com/
Robin's Nest
Robin's Nest for Writers is a resource center for writers of all genres. You'll find online workshops for writers, workshops on how writers can use the Internet, writing links, and more.

http://www.arcana.com/shannon/reference/writing.html
SHANNON'S BOOKSHELF Useful web sites for research and reference...
**Links to reference materials, bookstores, libraries, etc.

http://www.english.upenn.edu/~cjacobso/gender.html
Some Notes on Gender-Neutral Language

http://www.indiana.edu/~celtiep/tips1.html
Some Writing Suggestions and Insights
**tips for writing teachers, including tips about the basics, style, etc.

http://www.twc.org/tmmain.htm
Teachers & Writers Collaborative
**home page that provides information about this New York-based organization, which sponsors workshops and other events

http://www.jaist.ac.jp/%7emark/Technicalwriting.html
Technical Writing Resources
**Links to a variety of resources, including advice on academic writing, grammar and style pages, guides to writing scientific papers, etc.

http://uwc-server.fac.utexas.edu/
Undergraduate Writing Center
We offer writing consultations to UT undergraduate students. Whether you are a student or an instructor, we hope our Web site can help you find writing resources to suit your needs. Let us know if you have any suggestions or comments for us.
**includes links to writing resources

http://humanitas.ucsb.edu/
VOICE OF THE SHUTTLE Web Page for Humanities Research

http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/wricom.html
WRICOM archive
**archives of and information about the Writing and Computers (WRICOM) list

http://www.wisc.edu/writing/Handbook/DocAPA.html
Writer's Handbook

http://www.cloud9.net/~kvivian/
Writers' Reference Tools

http://www.hut.fi/~rvilmi/Resource/#writing
Writing and On-line help

http://www2.actden.com/writ_den/
Writing Den
**includes tips for writing, a word of the day, a teacher's guide, etc.

Writing for EFL/ESL Students

http://www-writing.berkeley.edu/
College Writing Program
Information on writing courses, faculty, students, ESL, and other writing resources. This page is updated frequently. Check back with us for new information.
**Information about the writing program and resources at the University of California at Berkley

http://deil.lang.uiuc.edu/exchange/
ExChange
**Students can submit their essays to this e-magazine. There are some useful learning resources.
http://www.lang.uiuc.edu/r-li5/esl/
Grammar and Writing
**annotated list of links

http://www.hut.fi/~rvilmi/Project/
HUT Internet Writing Project
**International writing exchange using e-mail and web

http://www.aitech.ac.jp/~iteslj/links/
Many ESL/EFL/ESOL Links
For Students of English as a Second Language; Maintained by The Internet TESL Journal

http://owl.english.purdue.edu/internet/resources/index.html
Online Resources
ESL Resources
Resources for Teachers
Scholarly Research and Academic Writing
Research Reference
Genres of Writing
Writing and Technology

http://owl.english.purdue.edu/internet/resources/sourceofinfo.html
Research and Reference
Indexes for Writers
Libraries
Online Books and E-Texts
Online References
Journals and Magazines
Style, Grammar, Editing, and Dictionaries

http://www.kolumbus.fi/rvilmi/
Ruth Vilmi
Online Education

http://www.hut.fi/~rvilmi/TechHelp/
Technical Help Page
**primarily helping students to write web pages

http://www.nceltr.mq.edu.au/writeaway/
Write Away
**includes lots of writing

http://interserver.miyazaki-med.ac.jp/~Kimball/w/logo.htm
Writing Exercises in Science
**good writing lesson for ESL students

http://www.hvcc.edu/academ/schools/las/eng/web/links.htm
Writing Links

http://owl.english.purdue.edu/internet/index.html
Writing On and With The Internet

Editing and Proofreading Services

http://www.cstrategies.com/
Communication Strategies Writing and Consulting Services for Business
**consultation for a fee, plus a variety of links

https://www.swifty.com/ole/esl.html
English as a Second Language Editing Service
**It has some free editing tips for ESL students to edit their own essays.

http://www.odyssey.net/subscribers/english/editing.html
English Consulting & Language Reference Services
**editing services

http://www.odyssey.net/subscribers/english/askques.html
English Consulting & Language Reference Services
**answering any question on English or grammar, $4 per question

http://www.boker.org.il/eng/etni/links.htm#writing2
Resources Around the World : Writing
**useful links

http://www.textcheck.com/
Textcheck
**proofreading service, 4 cents per word and $20 minimum

Writing Lessons

http://www.hut.fi/~rvilmi/online/
On-line Courses
**links to on-line courses, including some courses for ESL/EFL

http://www.surrey.ac.uk/ELI/sa.html
Theses Writing
**supplementary materials for the course

http://www.eslplanet.com/teachertools/argueweb/frntpage.htm
Writing Argumentative Essays Bill Daly

Style Sheets

Mixed Ones

http://www.hivolda.no/asf/kkf/citation.html
A Brief Citation Guide for Internet Sources in History and the Humanities

http://www.bedfordstmartins.com/online/citex.html
Citation Styles

http://www.ualberta.ca/~jtong/style/styleti.htm
Citation Style Guides for Internet and Electronic Sources

http://www.ipl.org/ref/QUE/FARQ/netciteFARQ.html
Citing Electronic Resources (the Internet Public Library)
**link to many resources, including APA and MLA style sheets; also has citations from print resources

http://www.emich.edu/~linguist/citing.html
Citing On-line Sources Linguist

http://muse.doshisha.ac.jp/corpus/styles.html
Electronic Citations and Style Manuals by Haruo Nishino

http://www.wilpaterson.edu/wpcpages/library/citing.htm
Guide for Citing Electronic Information

http://www.aitech.ac.jp/~iteslj/Links/citing.html
Links to Pages Explaining How to Cite Internet Sources Internet TESLJ

http://www.ualberta.ca/~jtong/style/stylenet.htm
Style Guides on the Internet

APA

http://www.wisc.edu/writing/Handbook/DocAPAPrinciples.html
APA Documentation Style
**conventions for abbreviations, capitalization in text, hyphenation, numbers, and quotations from the APA style manual

http://www.ithaca.edu/library/course/apa.html
APA SAMPLES FOR A BIBLIOGRAPHY

http://www.bridgew.edu/depts/maxwell/apa.htm
APA STYLE Bibliographic Entries 4th Edition, January 1996: Reference Department, The Clement C. Maxwell Librar
**explanations and examples of APA-style citations

http://www-psicologia.psibo.unibo.it/apastyle.htm
APA Style
**links to APA style information on line

http://www.apastyle.org/elecref.html
APA Style.org

http://www.westwords.com/guffey/apa.html
APA Style Electronic Formats

http://www.vanguard.edu/faculty/ddegelman/index.cfm?doc_id=796
APA Style Essentials

http://osunlabs.newark.ohio-state.edu/writing-lab/apa.htm
APA Style Guide

http://www.apastyle.org/stylehelper/
APA Style Helper

http://www.psywww.com/resource/apacrib.htm
APA Style Resources

http://www.psychwww.com/resource/apacrib.htm
APA Style Resources

http://www.stylewizard.com/apa/apawiz.html
APA Wizard

http://www.uvm.edu/~xli/reference/apa.html
Electronic Sources: APA Style of Citation

http://webster.commnet.edu/apa/apa_index.htm
A Guide for Writing Research Papers based on Styles Recommended by The American Psychological Association APA

http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/research/r_apa.html
Using American Psychological Association (APA) Format (Updated to 5th Edition)

http://www.beadsland.com/ARC/1996/beadsland/ROOT/weapas/html/index/
Web Extension to American Psychological Association Style

http://www.wisc.edu/writing/Handbook/DocAPA.html
Writer's Handbook APA Documentation Style (link to others styles)
http://www.english.uiuc.edu/cws/wworkshop/bibliography/apa/apamenu.htm
Writer's Workshop

MLA

http://webster.commnet.edu/mla.htm
A Guide for Writing Research Papers based on Modern Language Association (MLA) Documentation

http://www.nueva.pvt.k12.ca.us/~debbie/library/research/research.html
MLA Bibliographic Format
**advice on writing research papers, information on citing electronic texts, and templates to generate different types of citations, which can then be cut and pasted into your paper

http://www.mla.org/
MLA Style

http://www.bridgew.edu/depts/maxwell/mla.htm
MLA STYLE Bibliographic Entries 4th Edition

http://www.westwords.com/guffey/mla.html
MLA Style Electronic Formats

http://www.bedfordstmartins.com/online/cite5.html
Online

http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/research/r_mla.html
Using Modern Language Association (MLA) Format

http:// www2.educ.fukushima-u.ac.jp/~ryota/mlastyle.html
What Is MLA Style?
**an explanation of MLA style, with links to style guides

http://www.wisc.edu/writing/Handbook/DocMLA.html
Writer's Handbook Modern Language Association (MLA) (link to others styles)

http://www.english.uiuc.edu/cws/wworkshop/bibliography/mla/mlamenu.htm
Writer's Workshop Bibliography Styles Handbook: MLA Format

http://www.hcc.hawaii.edu/education/hcc/library/mla.html
Writing a Bibliography: MLA Style
**links to various sites, including some for APA

Search Engines

Links to Search Engines and Advice about Searching

http://www.asiakeys.com/
AsiaKeys

http://www.clearinghouse.net/searching/directories.html
Internet Directories The Internet Searcher's Handbook

http://www.clearinghouse.net/searching/
Internet Search Tools

http://www.niss.ac.uk/reference/search-engines.html
links by NISS

http://home.netscape.com/home/internet-search.html
NET SEARCH
**Netscape's most advanced search site, for use with Netscape Navigator 4.0

http://home.netscape.com/escapes/search/ntsrchrnd-1.html
Search Engines (English)
**links to more than 25 search engines, divided into categories

http://www.nueva.pvt.k12.ca.us/~debbie/library/research/adviceengine.html
Search Engines
**a guide to help you find the best search engine for your purpose

http://www.wfi.fr/volterre/search.html
Search Engines VOLTERRE-FR
**links of collections of search engines

http://searchenginewatch.com/
Search Engine Watch
**Links to and information about many different search engines.

http://chronicle.com/free/v46/i20/20b00601.htm
Searching for the Right Search Engine

http://www.wfi.fr/volterre/searchtips.html
Searching Tips How to Find Something on the Internet (VOLTERRE-FR)

http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/TeachingLib/Guides/Internet/ToolsTables.html
Tables: Recommended Search Engines and Subject Directories

http://www.niss.ac.uk/lis/search-engines.html
WWW Search Engines NISS

Individual Search Engines

http://altavista.digital.com/
ALTA VISTA
**The most powerful search engine I know of. It is very good for finding specific information.

http://www.askjeeves.com/
Ask Jeeves
**A search engine where you can search by asking questions in natural English.

http://www.dogpile.com/
Dogpile Search
**A "metasearch" engine which combines searches from several search engine. This site also has a "catalogue" of web pages in categories.

http://www.google.com/
Google Search
**A fast, wide-ranging search engine.

http://hotbot.lycos.com/
HotBot
**search engine to which you can add your own URL, plus annotated links to selected web pages in various categories, including reference, technology, business, etc.

http://infoseek.go.com/
infoseek

http://www.lycos.com/
Lycos
http://www.searchdesk.com/

http://webcrawler.com/
Webcrawler
**This is very good. It has a search engine, plus selected web pages organized by subject.

http://www.yahoo.com/
Yahoo

Others

http://discoveryschool.com/schrockguide/searching/index.html
EFFECTIVE SEARCH STRATEGIES by Kathy Schrock

http://discoveryschool.com/schrockguide/mystery/mystery1.html
"Exploring the difference between search engines and Directories" by Kathy Schrock

http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/TeachingLib/Guides/Internet/FindInfo.html
Finding Information on the Internet: A TUTORIAL University of California, Berkeley

Search Sites

http://www.clearinghouse.net/
The Argus Clearinghouse The Premier Internet Research Library

http://faculty.washington.edu/ble/
Bonnie's Surfing Page: Links for students and teachers of English as a second or foreign language

http://www.bookwire.com/
BookWire
**a site to look for book information

http://www.businesswebsource.com/
Business Web
BusinessWeb is The Source for Business Knowledge, providing unequaled access to business-related Web content, news, resources and services across a variety of industries.

http://www-lib.iupui.edu/erefs/carl.html
CARL UNCOVER searching journals and magazines
UnCover provides keyword access to information from the tables of contents of over 12,000 journals, listing over 1 million articles which have appeared since 1988.

http://www.ed.gov/prog_info/ERIC/
Educational Resources Information Center (ERIC)
ERIC is a distributed national information system designed to provide users with ready access to an extensive body of education-related literature. ERIC, established in 1966, is supported by The National Library of Education, a part of the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Educational Research and Improvement.

http://ilc2.doshisha.ac.jp/users/kkitao/online/other/search.htm#eric
ERIC
**including information for submitting documents, purchasing them and CD-Rom, etc.

AskERIC

ERIC: Language and Linguistics

Search ERIC Database

http://www.dominis.com/Zines/
E-Zines
**searchable guide to on-line publications, plus browsable lists categorize by topic

http://www.findarticles.com/PI/index.jhtml
FindArticles.com
**Searchable or browsable site with articles from magazines of many different subjects.

http://www.june29.com//HLP/
Human Language Page
The Human-Languages Page is a comprehensive catalog of language-related Internet resources. The over 1400 in the HLP database have been hand-reviewed to bring you the best language links the Web has to offer.

http://library.usask.ca/hytelnet/
HYTELNET on the World Wide Web
**search engine using telnet to search library catalogues

http://www.nova.edu/Inter-Links/
Inter-link
Inter-Links was designed to help you navigate the Internet and find useful resources quickly and efficiently

http://www.archive.org/
Internet Archive
The Internet Archive is building a digital library of Internet sites and other cultural artifacts in digital form. Like a paper library, we provide free access to researchers, historians, scholars, and the general public

http://ipl.sils.umich.edu/
Internet Public Library
Our mission directs us to: serve the public by finding, evaluating, selecting, organizing, describing, and creating quality information resources; develop and provide services for our community with an awareness of the different needs of young people; create a strong, coherent sense of place on the Internet, while ensuring that our library remains a useful and consistently innovative environment as well as fun and easy to use; work with others, especially other libraries and librarians, on projects which will help us all learn more about what does and does not work in this environment; uphold the values important to librarians, in particular those expressed in the Library Bill of Rights.

http://www.ipl.org/ref/
The Internet Public Library Reference Center

Information is categorized by:

 Reference
 Arts & Humanities
 Business & Economics
 Computers & Internet
 Education
 Entertainment & Leisure
 Health & Medical Sciences
 Law, Government & Political Science
 Sciences & Technology
 Social Sciences
 Associations

Internet TESLJ

http://www.ixquick.com/
Ixquick
**A metasearch engine capable of searching the web, searching for pictures, etc.

http://www.georgetown.edu/labyrinth/
Labyrinth: A World Wide Web Server for Medieval Studies

http://www.library.nwu.edu/resources/library/
Library resources on the Internet
These web pages provide access to a multitude of web sites on the Internet that are related to or are of interest to libraries and librarians. They include library catalogs, journals, associations, and vendors, as well as book publishers and reviews of books.

http://sunsite.berkeley.edu/Libweb/
Libweb: Library Servers via WWW

http://www.ala.org/library/weblinks.html
Links to Library Web Resources

http://www.liszt.com/
Liszt
**A site to search for mailing lists

http://www.umdl.umich.edu/moa/
Making of America
Making of America (MOA) is a digital library of primary sources in American social history from the antebellum period through reconstruction. The collection is particularly strong in the subject areas of education, psychology, American history, sociology, religion, and science and technology. The collection contains approximately 5,000 books and journal volumes with imprints between 1850 and 1877. The project represents a major collaborative endeavor in preservation and electronic access to historical texts.

http://www.niss.ac.uk/
NISS Information Gateway
**access to UK university libraries

http://www.oclc.org/home/
OCLC Online Computer Library Center, Inc.

http://onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu/
The On-line Books Page
**searchable or browsable list of books on line, plus news and features

http://jaltcall.org/program/kyoto99/handouts/jacobsen2.htm
The Search Page
The Search Page is a directory or hot list of 220+ hyperlinks for people who want to search the Internet and World Wide Web (WWW) for something but don't know where to start.

http://faculty.washington.edu/ble/
Bonnie's Surfing Page: Links for students and teachers of English as a second or foreign language

http://www.aitech.ac.jp/~iteslj/ESL3.html
TESL/TEFL/TESOL/ESL/EFL/ESOL Links
**searchable list of links

http://uncweb.carl.org/
UnCoverWeb

This World Wide Web site that includes a Web interface to the UnCover database of 17,000 periodicals and over 8 million articles. UnCoverWeb is a set of "pages" or destinations on the Web that provides access to information about UnCover as well as access to a graphical version of the database. UnCoverWeb also provides access to CARLweb and the CARL network of databases and services. From the starting page of UnCoverWeb, a user can click on a number of boxes and panels to find information about UnCover products and services. Detailed descriptions, pricing, and instructions can be accessed. If a user has detailed questions, he can simply click on highlighted text to connect directly to an UnCover e-mail address.

For additional assistance, questions, and feedback about UnCoverWeb, please feel free to contact the UnCover office by phone at 800-787-7979 or 303-758-3030 or by e-mail at: uncover@carl.org

Gordon Loui
Marketing Specialist
The UnCover Company
3801 East Florida Avenue, Suite 200
Denver, Colorado 80210
USA

E-mail: gloui@carl.org
Voice: (303) 758-3030
Fax: (303) 758-5946

**This looks like a very convenient way to search for journal articles.

http://www.wfi.fr/volterre/searchtips.html
VOLTERRE-FR Searching Tips How to Find Something on the Internet
**very useful links to search sites on the Internet, including tutorials

http://library.usask.ca/hywebcat/
WebCats: Library Catalogues on the World Wide Web

http://www.yahoo.com/search/people/
Yahoo People Search
**search engine for street addresses and email addresses

Libraries

List of Links

http://www.clas.ufl.edu/CLAS/american-universities.html
American Universities

http://www.niss.ac.uk/lis/opacs.html
Higher Education & Research Library Catalogues (OPACs)
**UK University Libraries

http://www.clearinghouse.net/searching/find.html
The Internet Searcher's Handbook

Internet Directories
All Directories | Yahoo | Galaxy | Open Market | World Wide Yellow Pages

Internet Search Tools
All Search Tools | Alta Vista | Inktomi | Lycos | WebCrawler

http://www.niss.ac.uk/reference/index.html#lib
Libraries, OPACs and related information, archives, publishers
This category covers library catalogues (OPACs) in the UK Higher Education and Research sector, as well as library catalogues and related information from elsewhere, archives and manuscripts, and details of bookshops and publishers.

http://www.refdesk.com/factlib.html
LIBRARY INFORMATION SERVICES

http://sunsite.berkeley.edu/Libweb/
Libweb: Library Servers via WWW

http://www.nacsis.ac.jp/
NACSIS National Center for Science Information Systems
http://www.nacsis.ac.jp/ir/ir-e.html
NACSIS-IR
http://webcat.nacsis.ac.jp/help.html
NACSIS Webcat
**just information
http://webcat.nacsis.ac.jp/webcat.html
NACSIS Webcat
**search almost all books in Japanese University Libraries

http://linnea.helsinki.fi/tkay/kirjpalvelut/muutkirj.html#gr6
National Libraries
**List of national libraries of about 30 countries

http://www.yahoo.com/Reference/Libraries/
Reference: Libraries
**Links to many different types of libraries.

Individual Libraries

http://opac97.bl.uk/
British Library catalogue
http://www.bl.uk/
The British Library's Online Information Server

http://www.lib.cam.ac.uk/
Cambridge University Library

http://www-hcl.harvard.edu/
Harvard College Library

http://www.loc.gov/
The Library of Congress (U.S.A)
http://lcweb.loc.gov/homepage/lchp.html
The Library of Congress

http://lcweb.loc.gov/harvest/query-lc.html
Library of Congress Site Search

http://magic.lib.msu.edu/screens/opacmenu.html
Michigan State University Library

http://www.library.ucsf.edu/library/
Library Information UCSF (University of California San Francisco)

http://www.melvyl.ucop.edu/mw/mwcgi.home
Melvyl System
University of California searchable database of periodicals and books

http://www.nla.gov.au/
National Library of Australia

http://www.natlib.govt.nz/
The National Library of New Zealand

http://www.rsl.ox.ac.uk/home.html
Oxford University: Bodleian Library

http://portico.bl.uk/
Portico, The British Library's Online Information Server
Welcome to Portico, The British Library's Online Information Server. Portico provides access to information about all aspects of the services and collections of the United Kingdom's national library.

http://infoshare1.princeton.edu:2003/
Princeton University Library

http://www.library.utoronto.ca/
Toronto University Library

http://www.lib.uchicago.edu/
The University of Chicago Library Information System

http://catalog.lib.ukans.edu/
University of Kansas Library

http://www.lib.umich.edu/
University of Michigan

Virtual Libraries

http://alt.venus.co.uk/VL/AppLingBBK/welcome.html
The Applied Linguistics WWW Virtual Library
http://www.venus.co.uk/think-newsite/vsearch
Search

http://www.ncbe.gwu.edu/library/
Online Library NCBE (National Council on Bilingual Education)

http://www.clearinghouse.net/searching/libraries.html
Virtual Libraries The Internet Searcher's Handbook

http://www.emich.edu/~linguist/www-vl.html
The World-Wide Web Virtual Library: Linguistics

http://www.vlib.org/
The WWW Virtual Library
**organized by subject

Museums

http://www.fi.edu
The Franklin Institute Science Museum's World Wide Web address

http://www.icom.org/
ICOM - The International Council of Museums

http://www.asahi-net.or.jp/~db6a-sby/desk.html#museums
museums

http://www.niss.ac.uk/world/museums.html
Museums and Galleries NISS

http://www.icom.org/vlmp/world.html
Museums around the world

http://vlmp.museophile.com/
Virtual Library museums pages

Mass Media (News Sources)

List of Links

http://www.newslink.org/
AJR News Link
6,000 links to newspapers, magazines, broadcasters and news services worldwide.

http://www.arab.net/
Arab Net THE ONLINE RESOURCE FOR THE ARAB WORLD IN THE MIDDLE EAST & NORTH AFRICA

http://www.enews.com/
Electronic Newsstand
**searching for magazines quickly

http://ilc2.doshisha.ac.jp/users/kkitao/online/other/nexis.htm
Lexis-Nexis (Worldwide Database of Newspapers, Wire Services, and Broadcasting Transcripts)
**This is not a list of links but information about the largest commercial database for newspapers, TV, etc. also, do not highlight the note or the URL of the next link

http://st6.yahoo.com/magzone/
magazinezone.com
**A magazine discount service.

http://www.mlive.com/
Michigan Live collection of local newspapers in Michigan

http://www.niss.ac.uk/news/index.html
News NISS

http://www.livjm.ac.uk/language/eng_res.htm#news_eng
News & magazines

http://www.niss.ac.uk/cr/
NEWS SOURCES for ESL by Leslie Opp-Beckman
**news available in English

http://www.niss.ac.uk/cr/
Newspapers and news sources by region NISS

http://ilc2.doshisha.ac.jp/users/kkitao/online/www/teij.htm#news
Newspapers in Japan
**various newspapers published in English

http://www.ims.uni-stuttgart.de/info/Newspapers.html
Newspapers on the Internet
**newspapers of about 20 countries

http://www.sltrib.com/links/NotableNews/Notable.htm
Notable News on the Net
**Links to more than 300 online newspapers in the United States and around the world

http://www.colorado.edu/EconomicsInstitute/students/resources.html#news
Online Magazines and Newspapers

http://way.net/omnivore/index.html
THE OMNIVORE
**links to newspapers, magazines, etc.

http://langue.hyper.chubu.ac.jp/seiko/currenthome.html
TODAY's NEWS (WORLD)

http://www.wfi.fr/volterre/newspapers.html
VOLTERRE-FR Newspapers OnLine in France & Worldwide Journaux en France et dans le Monde

http://wwww.wired.com/wired/toc.html
Wired Magazine Archive
**You can search the magazine's archives or browse the table of contents.

http://www.webwombat.com.au/intercom/newsprs/index.htm
Web Wombat Online Newspapers

http://www.trib.com/NEWS/newslist.html
Wire services and Other sources for World and National News
**Links to various newspapers and wire services.

Individual Newspapers

http://www.afp.com/
Agence France-Presse has news summaries in English, French, Spanish, German and Portuguese

http://ajr.newslink.org/
Air News Link

http://www.asahi.com/english/english.html
Asahi News

http://www.boston.com/globe/
Boston Globe

http://www.chicago.tribune.com/
The Chicago Tribune

http://www.csmonitor.com/
The Christian Science Monitor

http://www3.yomiuri.co.jp/index-e.htm
The Daily Yomiuri

http://www.freep.com/
Detroit Free Press

http://www.detnews.com/
The Detroit News

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/et?ac=000358224035591&rtmo=33bc3c44&atmo=33bc3c44 &pg=/index.html
The Electronic Telegraph (England)

http://www.ft.com/
Financial Times Top stories and news summary

http://www.guardian.co.uk/
Guardian

http://www.iht.com/
The International Herald Tribune (USA)

http://www.irish-times.ie/
The Irish Times (Ireland)

http://www.jpost.co.il/
Jerusalem Post
http://www.jpost.com
Jerusalem Post mirror site

http://www.latimes.com/
Los Angeles Times

http://www.mainichi.co.jp/english/index.html
Mainichi Newspaper

http://www.moneyworld.co.uk/
MoneyWorld UK

http://www.nandotimes.com/
The Nando Times

http://www.nytimes.com/
The New York Times

http://nytimesfax.com/
(New York) TimesFax
**a paid subscription service, allowing subscribers to download the New York Times

http://www.nikkei.co.jp/enews/
Nikkei Net

http://www.nni.nikkei.co.jp/
Nikkei Interactive Net

http://www.sltrib.com/
The Salt Lake Tribune

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/chronicle/today-list-sections.cgi
San Francisco Chronicle

http://www.smh.com.au/
The Sydney Morning Herald (Australia)

http://www.the-times.co.uk/
Times and Sunday Times Entire issue

http://www.usatoday.com/usafront.htm
USA TODAY
http://www.usatoday.com/
USA Today (USA)

http://www.wsj.com/
Wall Street Journal Main business and financial stories

http://www.washingtonpost.com/
The Washington Post (USA)

Individual Magazines

http://www.businessweek.com/
Business Week

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/
CNN Sports Illustrated

http://world.std.com/~fconte/index.html
Conte's Compendium

http://www.economist.com/
The Economist

http://www.ew.com/ew/
Entertainment Weekly

http://www.forbes.com/
Forbes

http://www.inc.com/
Inc Magazine

http://www.newsweek.com/
Newsweek

http://www.sikids.com/index.html
Sports Illustrated for Kids

http://www.time.com/time/
TIME

http://www.usnews.com/
U.S.News Online

http://www.usnews.com/
US News and World Report Online

Individual Radio & TV Networks

http://www.realaudio.com/contentp/abc.html
ABC News (Real Audio)

http://www.bbc.co.uk/
BBC Online

http://www.cbs.com/
CBS

http://www.cnn.com/
CNN Interactive (USA)
http://lc.byuh.edu/CNN_N/CNN-N.html
CNN Newsroom & Worldview for ESL
This page features Grammar and Vocabulary exercises, as well as Speaking or Writing Discussion Questions for ESL Students. It is based upon a favorite weekly WorldView Broadcast by Turner Educational Services Inc. and is available on a private, noncommercial basis each Monday throughout the school year.

http://www.cnn.com/SPORTS/
CNN Sports
http://www.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/nr.html
CNN Transcripts: Newsroom/World View
**You will find the transcripts of NEWROOM/WORLDVIEW

http://www.nbc.com/
NBC

http://www.realaudio.com/index.html
Real Audio

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/
PBS FRONTLINE

Others

http://www.hotwired.com/frontdoor/
HotWired

http://www.boston.com/globe/latest/
Latest News
This page gives you direct access to our "breaking news" wires, which offer the latest stories from just about every corner of the world, updated every five minutes.
**News from the Associated Press, on the Boston Globe web page; US national news, world news, sports, etc.

http://202.23.150.181:80/users/kkitao/online/other/nexis.htm
Lexis-Nexis (Worldwide Database of Newspapers, Wire Services, and Broadcasting Transcripts)

http://www.newslinx.com/
Newslinx
**a site to read today's news on the web

http://ilc2.doshisha.ac.jp/users/kkitao/online/list/lis-stud.htm#daily
Daily Brief (daily summary of US and world news)

Others

http://www.schackne.com/Reference.htm
Reference

http://english-www.hss.cmu.edu/
The English Server the English Department at Carnegie Mellon University

http://www.vu.org/channels.html
The Learning Network at Spectrum Virtual University
**courses taught through the Internet

http://www.asahi-net.or.jp/~db6a-sby/desk.html
The Reference Desk

http://www.utexas.edu:80/world/lecture/
World Lecture Hall original site
The World Lecture Hall (WLH) contains links to pages created by faculty worldwide who are using the Web to deliver class materials. For example, you will find course syllabi, assignments, lecture notes, exams, class calendars, multimedia textbooks, etc.