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1. Statistical Resources on the Web
   Covers agriculture, business, consumers, cost of Living, demographics, economics, energy, environment, finance and currency, foreign economics, foreign governments, foreign trade, government finances, health, housing, labor, military, politics, science, s
   03-03-2008 : agriculture, business, consumers, cost of living, currency, demographics, economics, energy, environment, finance, foreign economics, foreign governments, foreign trade, government finances, health, housing, industry, labor, military, politics, science, sociology, statistics, transportation, weather
2. United Nations Common Database (UNCDB)
   “UNCDB provides selected series from numerous specialized international data sources for all available countries and areas.”
   03-03-2008 : agriculture, balance of payments, communication, construction, consumption, culture, development assistance, disabilities, distribution of population, economics, education, energy, environment financial statistics, families, fertility, fishing, forestry, geography, health, health services, households, housing, human settlements, impairment, income, industrial production, intellectual property, international finance, international tourism, international trade, marital status, men, migration, millennium development goals (mdg), mining, national accounts, nutrition, population composition, prices, public order, quarrying, safety, science, services industries, social mobility, social security, socio-economic groups, statistical yearbook (syb), statistics, technology, transport, wealth, welfare services, women
3. East African Development Library
   A virtual library in which you can browse by subject or organization or also search by particular words, title, subject or organization.
   03-03-2008 : africa, agriculture, breeding, communication, community development, culture, economic development, education, energy, environment, financing, fishing, food, health, history, human development, indigenous knowledge, marketing, natural resources, ngos, science, social development, state and civil service, technology, water
4. Eurostat by the Statistical Office of the European Communities
   Covers a wide range of statistics, including strutural indicators, sustainable development, and much more. “Our data cover the European Union, its Member States and its partners, and are published under a variety of Themes and Collections.”
   02-21-2008 : agriculture, economy, energy, environment, european union, external trade, finance, fisheries, industry, population, regional statistics, science, services, social conditions, statistics, technology, trade, transport
5. Intute: Advanced Search
   “... a free online service providing you with access to the very best Web resources for education and research.... Subject specialists select and evaluate the websites in our database and write high quality descriptions of the resources. The database cont
   02-21-2008 : african, agricultural, american, anthropology, archaeology, architecture, archives, arts, asia, astronomy, australasian, australia, beauty, biomedical ethics, bioresearch, business, catering, celtic, chemistry, chinese, classics, communications, comparative literature, computing, conservation, culture, design, earth sciences, eastern european, ecology, economics, engineering, english studies, environment, european, fashion, food, forestry, french, geography, german, government, health, hispanic, history, history and philosophy of science, history of medicine, hospitality, humanities, italia, japanese, latin american, law, leisure, libraries, life sciences, linguistics, management, manuscript studies, mathematics, media, medicine, middle eastern, midwifery, modern languages, museums, music, natural history, nursing, performing arts, philosophy, physics, politics, portuguese, psychology, religions, research methods, research tools, russian, scandinavian, science, science engineering, slavonic, social sciences, social welfare, sociology, south asian, sports, statistics, technology, theology, tourism, travel, vetinerary, visual arts, women
6. CORDIS: Community Research & Development Information Service
   Covers EU research funding and research activities for EC-sponsored scientific and technical research and development. Also is a gateway to national and regional activities. Its library (under Information Services) has documents and publications on Europe
   02-21-2008 : science, scientific research and development, technical research and development
7. Nonproliferation: Iran, by the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, a nonpartisan organization "dedicated to advancing cooperation between nations and promoting active international engagement by the United States."
   Links to material about Iran's nuclear program and nuclear facilities in Iran. Includes U.S. government information, policy reports from a variety of sources, news stories and opinion pieces, and other background material.
   02-14-2008 : energy, industries, nuclear, nuclear industry: iran, nuclear power, nuclear weapons, science, technology, weapons
8. How Come? Science Discoveries for the Whole Family
   Explains everyday questions.
   02-12-2008 : how and why, science
9. Collection on Critical Global Issues
   “It contains 210 publications (32,000 pages) in the fields of Agriculture and Land Management, Development, Environment and Sustainability, Food and Nutrition, Natural Resource Development, Science and Technology.”
   05-01-2007 : agriculture, critical global issues, development, environment, food, global issues, land management, natural resource development, nutrition, science, sustainable development, technology and 1 other
10. CompletePlanet: The Deep Web Directory
    'Discover over 70,000+ searchable databases and specialty search engines.' Search the deep (invisible) web or browse by subject.. (Copyright 2006 by Librarians' Internet Index)
    02-09-2007 : agriculture, arts design, business, computing internet, deep web, education, energy, engineering, environment, family, finance economics, food drink, games, government, health, hobbies, home garden, humanities, internet, invisible web, jobs careers, law, literature, living, magazines journals, media entertainment, military, music, news, newspapers, people, places, politics, products technology, recreation, references, regional, religions, science, sciences, search engines: deep web, shopping, social, sports, things, transportation, travel, weather
11. Causes of Color
    Explains why we see color: from made light, lost light, moved light and other.
    02-08-2007 : color, how and why, science
12. U.S. Depository Ready Reference Sources
    Easy access to tax forms, general sources, agriculture, business/economics, census, crime and justice, education, energy, environment, foreign countries, government and law, health, military, minerals and mining, science and engineering, and transportation.
    01-17-2007 : agriculture, business, census, crime, economics, education, energy, engineering, environment, foreign countries, government, health, justice, law, military, minerals and mining, science, tax forms, transportation, u.s. depository
13. Time and Date.com
    'Collection of clocks, calendars (including holidays and observances), countdowns, time zone information, and related tools for different regions of the world.' (Copyright 2006 by Librarians' Internet Index)
    01-16-2007 : calendars, clocks, countdowns, dates, holidays, science, standards, time, time zones, time: systems and standards
14. Guinness World Records
    Has world records for 8 categories: human body, amazing feats, natural world, science and technology, arts and media, modern society, travel and transport, and sports and games.. (Copyright 2006 by Librarians' Internet Index)
    01-16-2007 : amazing feats, arts, games, guinness world records, human body, media, modern society, natural world, science, sports, technology, transportation, travel
15. University of California Press: Public Only Subject List
    Free online books available to the public, listed by subjects.
    01-16-2007 : aboriginal peoples, africa, african american studies, african history, aging, agriculture, american literature, american studies, ancient history, anthropology, archaeology, architectural history, architecture, art, art criticism, art history, art theory, arts, asian history, asian literature, asian studies, autobiographies, autobiography, biographies, biology, bisexual studies, botany, buddhism, business, california and the west, central america, central american history, chicano studies, china, christianity, cinema, classical history, classical literature, classical philosophy, classical politics, classical religions, classics, comparative literature, composers, computer science, contemporary music, cooking, criminology, cultural anthropology, dance, demographics, east asia, eastern european studies, ecology, economics, education, english literature, environmental studies, ethics, ethnic groups, ethnic studies, ethnomusicology, european history, european literature, european studies, fiction, film, folklore, food, french studies, gay studies, gender studies, geography, geology, german studies, hinduism, history, history and philosophy of science, indigenous peoples, indigenous religions, intellectual history, islam, japan, jewish studies, judaism, labor studies, languages, latin america, law, lesbian studies, letters, linguistics, literary theory and criticism, literature, literature in translation, marine and freshwater sciences, mathematics, media studies, medical anthropology, medicine, medieval studies, men and masculinity, middle ages, middle eastern history, middle eastern studies, military history, music, musicology, mythology, native american studies, opera, pacific rim studies, performing arts, philosophy, physical sciences, physics, poetry, political theory, politics, popular culture, postcolonial studies, print media, psychiatry, psychology, public policy, religions, renaissance history, renaissance literature, rhetoric, russian studies, science, social and political thought, social problems, social science, social theory, sociology, south america, south asia, southeast asia, technology and society, theater, tibet, travel, tribes, twain, united states history, urban studies, victorian history, water, western history, wine, women's studies
16. World Global Trends: Extracts from Major Reports and Key Findings
    Covers supranational issues and various systems, including political, educational, environmental, economic, health, human, cultural, communications and resources. Also disasters.. (Copyright 2006 by Librarians' Internet Index)
    01-16-2007 : acid rain, aids, arms control, biodiversity, brain drain, capital flows, children, climate, commodity prices, communication systems, cooperation, coral reef, corruption, cultural systems, culture, debt, democracy, desertification, disasters, drugs, economic systems, educational systems, employment, energy, environment, export market, food, forest, global governance, global issues--managing, global reports, global summary, globalization, health, hiv/aids, human rights, human systems, interest, international business, international law, internet, investment, journalism, locust, malaria, migration, nutrition, political systems, population, poverty, refugees, religions, resources, science, supranatural system, telecommunication, trade, transportation, urbanization, wars and conflicts, water, women's studies, world global trends
17. Botany.com
    A gardening encyclopedia, giving a description, cultivation methods, and more for various plants.
    01-16-2007 : botany, cultivation methods, gardening encyclopedia, science
18. Martindale's The Reference Desk
    Reference materials for many areas of academic and personal use. Includes a 'virtual medical center.'. (Copyright 2006 by Librarians' Internet Index)
    01-16-2007 : aircraft, arts, astronomy, biology, bioscience, biotech, calculators, cards, chemistry, contruction, cooking, country studies, cyberinfrastructure, education, engineering, entertainment, fashion, food, geoscience, international organizations, international studies, internet, lanugages, materials science, mathematics, media, physics, recipes, remodeling, science, travel, world maps, yachts
19. Ask an Expert
    Links to many different kinds of 'ask an expert' sites.
    01-11-2007 : almanacs, ask an expert, askeric, doctors, education, grammar questions, k-12 mathematics, mayo clinic, medical, medicine, science, scientific american
20. International Journal of Health Geographics
    A free online journal. The application of geographic information systems and science in public health, healthcare, health services, and health resources.
    01-11-2007 : geographic information systems, geography, h healthcare, healt, health geographics, health services, public health, science

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