This site maintains current links to all U.S. federal agencies, including: executive, legislative, judicial, independent, boards, commissions, committees, and quasi-official. You can also do a keyword search of all the links on this site.
Search for movie information by title, person's name, character's name, location, studio, people in common, or plotline. Links to movie news, interviews, essays, film studios, maps (chronological not geographical), a glossary of film-related terms, and other movie-related sites. Also lists current video releases and top ten video rentals.
This is a translation service from the same people who bring you the AltaVista search engine. Just type in the URL of the page you want translated. Translations are provided from English to: French, German, Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish; or from any of those languages into English. AltaVista cautions that a computer, which cannot accurately translate the subtle meanings of words and phrases, does the translations.
Searchable directory of more than 650,000 doctors of medicine and doctors of osteopathy or osteopathic medicine, including "virtually every licensed physician in the United States and its possessions".
This site has lots of useful information! Some links are for members only, but there are plenty of links of use to non-members. Be sure to check out their "Information Center" and click on the tabs near the top of the page to view their latest Lodging Industry Profile, or the Top 50 Hospitality Companies. You can also view the Thesaurus of Hospitality Industry Terms or their latest Economic Impact Report on the Travel and Tourism Industry. This site also includes links to hospitality schools, hospitality associations, and hospitality news sources and trade press. There is more to find here -- just check it out.
Useful for job seekers and companies looking to fill positions. Job seekers can post resumes, list positions desired and search for jobs by geographic area (zipcode, state, US jobs, jobs outside the United States), by educational level, by experience, by duration of job, and by salary range. Employers can post job openings and search for potential employees.
Find times for sunrise/sunset, moonrise/moonset, moon phases, eclipses, seasons. Determine positions of the sun and moon and data for major solar systems and bright stars. From the U.S. Naval Observatory.
Edmund's has full-text guides to all kinds of info on new and used cars and trucks: prices, features, safety test results, car loan calculators, links to dealers in your area, etc. If it is car prices you're seeking you may also want to see the Kelley Blue Book of Automobile Prices.
The Avalon Project aims to provide access to important documents relevant to the fields of law, history, economics, politics, diplomacy and government. This site has links to the full text of constitutions, charters, treaties, and many other documents of historic significance.
Fact Sheet FS 14 from the Food Science and Human Nutrition Department of the Florida Cooperative Extension Service. You may also want to take a look at some of the other pamphlets in their Food Safety series
Links to more than a dozen literary awards and literary fellowships sites, including: Caldecott, Newberry, National Book Critics Circle, Nobel, and Pulitzer.
For Broward statistics click on "about Broward", then click on "Demographics", then click on any of the links on the resulting page under "Demographics".
Choose PAC. You will then be asked to specify your terminal type -- VT100 works for most people. The gateway to the web version of the catalog (and an electronic encyclopedia) is available here. Broward County Public Library Locations
Use this map to locate Broward county libraries near you. Click on the library location and get information about that library, including complete address, phone number, and hours.
From A.D. 1 to the year 10,000 -- choose the century, month, and year and this site will display the calendar for that month. Including corrections for leap years and Julian to Gregorian calendar changes.
This database can be used to identify the census tract (or MSA code) for any address or zip code in the U.S. You can then link to current census demographic information for that census tract. It is searchable by zip code or street address and city and state.
This searchable database provided by Forbes provides the names of CEOs and their financial compensation. This database, which is very current, is a great source for executive compensation. It can be searched by ceo name, company name, state, or industry. Coverage is for the most recent four years.
This site from the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency provides access to a variety of current information including maps and statistics, about most countries of the world.
Type your topic in the first box, then use the pop-up menu to choose "encyclopedia". The pop-up menu appears when you press the small triangle to the left of the GO! Button.
This site has lots of links to company data. Just enter the ticker symbol or company name and click on search. On the resulting page, ratios are found in a section called QuickSource: Fundamentals, Ratios and Earnings.
This is an annual publication of the National Center for Education Statistics. According to the center, the goal of this report is to present selected statistical information (no more than 60 indicators), "in an accessible manner for a general audience."
Great site with links for all kinds of temperature and measurement conversions, liquid measurement conversions, common substitutions, and much more. See also the cooking conversion chart.
This site provide access to numerous U.S. government publications of popular interest, both current and historical, including: congressional bills, Supreme Court decisions, U.S. Budget, census data, and the U.S. Government Manual.
This site from Money Magazine allows you to compare the cost of living between any two of the 300 cities in their "Best Places to Live in America" database.
These guides provided by the U.S. State Department give a "comprehensive look at countries' commercial environments, using economic, political and market analysis". The guides are compiled by U.S. embassies and U.S. government agencies.
This site contains the full text of the popular series of books by the U.S. Defense Department. Typical coverage includes a description and analysis of the country's political, economic, social, and national security systems and institutions -- as well as the interrelationships of those systems and the ways they are shaped by cultural factors. To see if your country of interest is included, check here.
This Census Department data base provides county, state, and national level business data for 1977-1997. Statistics include number of establishments, payroll (annual and 1st quarter), number of employees, and number of establishments by size class for 2 digit SIC industry groupings. Note that the cd version of this database (which covers data down to 4 digit sic codes) is available in our Government Documents Departments on the second floor at each campus library.
According to the foreword, this annual publication of the National Center for Education Statistics, "contains information on a variety of subjects in the field of education statistics, including [but not limited to] the number of schools and colleges, teachers, enrollments, graduates, ... educational attainment, finances, federal funds for education, employment and income of graduates, libraries, international education ... attitudes on education, education characteristics of the labor force, ...."
Useful page done by the Vanderbilt University Law Library acquisitions librarian. Very well done and frequently updated links to publishers and vendors. Nicely organized with links arranged alphabetically, topically, and geographically. Includes a list of publishers email addresses and a list of publishers with email notifications for new publications.
Calculate the distance between two cities (as the crow flies). You can also view a map of the areas and even get driving directions and detailed maps. Search by city, country or longitude/latitude.
Distance Education Links
The following sites provide links to schools which offer courses or degree programs online:
Links to more than 100,000 government data files (primarily from U.S. agencies but also files from Australia, Bank of Canada, Bank of Japan and Economic Planning Agency of Japan, Central Bank of Europe, American Automobile Manufacturers' Association, Bridge/CRB Spot Indices, and Stock Price Indexes). Users can create and download their own charts and Excel files.
You can download the current report as well as previous reports back through 1995, and you can download the Appendix B spreadsheet files for the most recent three years (98-00). In addition you can do a keyword search in each of the reports from 1996-2000.
EDGAR, a database provided by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, provides access to information provided by publicly-owned companies as required by the SEC.
This database allows you to search U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) filings by a person's name. You may be required to register as a "visitor", but the service is free.
Please note that this link only works inside the FIU Libraries, via FIU PPP accounts, or via FIU proxy server. Only current FIU students, faculty, and staff are eligible for PPP accounts. Only FIU faculty members can request PPP accounts for themselves, for individual students, or for groups of students.
This short list of topics related to collections in the Smithsonian provides links to Smithsonian webpages which often include a list of suggested readings for those topics.
This site from the U.S. Department of Energy's Energy Information Administration, has data on petroleum, gasoline, diesel, coal, crude oil. And also includes relevant data on prices (and forecasts), supply and distribution, imports and exports, consumption, and greenhouse gas emissions, and more.
Food definitions from The Food Lover's Companion, 2d edition. Need to know what fettucini Alfredo is? Or just what kind of grapes are used in a merlot? This site is just what you need.
As the name implies, this site includes lots of useful financial links in a very simple organization. Annotations, when provided, are brief. Especially handy are the links to all U.S. and international stock exchanges.
Coverage is from 1995 to 2000. Includes links to other materials, e.g., Code of Federal Regulations, Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents, U.S. Government Manual, Public Papers of the Presidents of the U.S., and more.
As the title suggests, this site is a massive list of legal websites, but it's made manageable by nicely organized links for obvious categories, e.g., cases and codes, state law, international law, law schools, legal directories, etc. Frequent updates make incorrect links a rarity.
Current and historical prices for fish can be found at this site from the U.S. National Marine Fisheries Service. Also has links to information and statistics on commercial and recreational fisheries, foreign trade, and fisheries economics.
This site includes links to several important statistical sources about FIU, including: daily enrollment, semester profile sheets, annual FIU Factbooks, and more. This office is the primary source of FIU statistics.
This chart shows the first two levels but links to the rest of the complete chart are available -- click on any box in the second level to see the chart (down through deans and directors) below that level.
Thanks to the United Faculty of Florida FIU Chapter for providing this information for UFF members. Access by username and password only available to current UFF members. Contact the steward in your area for usernames and passwords. Please note that current salary information for non-faculty employees is published in the FIU Budget, which should be available at the University Libraries by late December 2000. The Budget is located at the Reference Desk on the second floor at University Park, and in the Reserve Room on the first floor at North Campus.
From the Florida Department of Law Enforcement (FDLE), here are links to statistics on crime in Florida for 1994 through 1999. Also includes links to databases on predators and offenders, unsolved homicides, early releases, job openings, and missing children
Contains links to Florida county and city government websites;
demographic and statistical information; Federal Depository Library with
administratives sites.
Covers House and Senate members and committees, lobbyists, and a search for your representive or senator. Includes the full text of the Florida Statutes, the Florida constitution, and current House and Senate bills.
Note that this searchable database of information on Florida physicians is still under construction. When complete, it will contain the following types of information: office location(s), liability claims (malpractice), education and training, speciality, criminal offenses, and disciplinary actions (if any).
This site from the U.S. Census Bureau provides links to all kinds of data on the state of Florida and it's counties, including: population, demographic, and housing information from the 1990 Census, 1999 population estimates, income and poverty, 1997 economic census, county business patterns economic profiles from 1993 - 1998, and links to general profiles for other counties in the United States.
Provides links to reports on: births, deaths, illness, and population. Be sure to click on "other" to get statistics on a lengthly list of specific causes of death and disease.
This is an online database with more than 5,000 suppliers listed with addresses and phone numbers, and over 3,000 major product categories. Search by ingredients, or by equipment, supplies, and services.
Search by company, industry, state, rank by sales, rank by market value, rank by assets, or rank by profits. Includes links to previous editions from 1997-1999.
Includes a searchable database/listing of the Forbes International 800 list. You can view the list by company ranking, or search the list by country, industry, or company name. Also includes links to 1997 - 1999 editions.
This site provides links to the Global 500 in various formats, e.g., the whole list by rank, by companies, by industries, etc. You can also search the entire global 500 site.
Search any or all of the following databases: Contemporary Literary Criticism, Contemporary Authors, Dictionary of Literary Biography. Be sure to click on "connect to galenet". Once in Galenet choose "Literature Resource Center". You'll also find a link to the Merriam-Webster Encyclopedia of Literature and links to relevant Internet sites on the literary topics you choose. Please note that this link only works inside the FIU Libraries, via FIU PPP accounts, or via FIU proxy server. Only current FIU students, faculty, and staff are eligible for PPP accounts. Only FIU faculty members can request PPP accounts for themselves, for individual students, or for groups of students.
To access Newsbank InfoWeb just click on the above name. You will have several files to choose from once you are in. Please note that this link only works inside the FIU Libraries, via FIU PPP accounts, or via FIU proxy server. Only current FIU students, faculty, and staff are eligible for PPP accounts. Only FIU faculty members can request PPP accounts for themselves, for individual students, or for groups of students.
Our current favorite. The largest database of sites, and ranks your results based on how many other sites link to them. For a review of this search engine click here.
This is one of the major sources for U.S. health statistics - over 400 pages (in pdf format) with an index and a very useful table of contents. Covers a variety of topics, including: morbidity, mortality, health care expenditures, health care access and utilization,health behavior, and much more. Earlier editions (1993-1998) are available
at this site.
Not really an encyclopedia but useful to find brief information about a variety of topics. Search or browse by keyword. Also provides access to an English language dictionary and the Concise Columbia Electronic Encyclopedia, 3rd edition (1994).
This site provides organized links for federal and state laws, treaties, laws of other countries, legal directories, and legal education. Also provides access to search engines for the U.S. Code and the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR).
As in a real public library, this site contains well organized links to information on many subjects. Especially noteworthy are the link to online literary collections and the link to full-text magazines and newspapers.
JOSHUA is the Judicial Online Super-Highway Access System, a statewide
judicial information system of the State of Florida. It is a primary source library of Internet resources most likely to be used on a daily basis by Florida attorneys, laypersons, students, and researchers.
InteliHealth is the health information site from Johns Hopkins University. Near the top center of this page you'll see a link for "Medical Dictionary". Click on the link and you're in. You can also click on "resources" on the left side bottom of this page and then choose this dictionary.
The Miami Dade Public Library Catalog is also available by direct dial-in. Have your computer dial 305 375-2282 and set your communications software at 8 data bits, no parity, and 1 stop bit -- and your terminal emulation at VT100. Miami-Dade County Public Library System Branches Information for each branch library, including: complete address, phone number, and hours, is available by clicking on the name of the branch.
The MLA current (1998) print edition of their style manual is titled, MLA Style Manual & Guide to Scholarly Publishing. It is available at the North Campus library in both Reference (second floor) and Reserve (first floor) under the call number PN147.G444 1998; and at the Reference Desk on the second floor at University Park. The previous edition of the MLA Style was titled: MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers. University Park has several copies of the MLA Handbook in the Reserve Room (second floor) shelved under the call number LB2369 .G53 1995.
This site from the Internet Movie Data Base covers scores of movie and film awards, including: Academy Awards (Oscars), Cannes, Golden Globe, European Film Awards, and many more. Coverage for many of the awards is from their beginning to the present.
Links to the full-text of municipal codes for dozens of municipalities in the U.S. Provides good coverage of Florida. Searchable by keywords. Arranged by State.
You can listen to the music of the national anthems of about 100 countries. Includes a link to another page on: national flags, and U.S. flags (including all state flags).
This site provides quick facts on a small selection of health topics. If you don't find what you need here, try Health United States 2000 with Adolescent Health Chartbook for more complete coverage of health statistics for the United States.
Health U.S. is one of the major sources for U.S. health statistics - over 400 pages (in pdf format) with an index and a very useful table of contents. Covers a variety of topics, including: morbidity, mortality, health care expenditures, health care access and utilization, health behavior, and much more. Earlier editions of Health U.S. (1993-1998) are available
at this site.
Here is a less than complete list of these industry classification codes which will replace the SIC codes in the very near future. The libraries on both campuses will be ordering the complete lists and will make them available at the reference desk in each library. You'll probably want to use the conversion tables (SIC to NAICS and NAICS to SIC) too.
To access the maps just click on "map". Please note that this link only works inside the FIU Libraries, via FIU PPP accounts, or via FIU proxy server. Only current FIU students, faculty, and staff are eligible for PPP accounts. Only FIU faculty members can request PPP accounts for themselves, for individual students, or for groups of students.
Search for information about graduate schools by school name, subject, location, enrollment size, tuition, and more. Please note that this link only works inside the FIU Libraries, via FIU PPP accounts, or via FIU proxy server. Only current FIU students, faculty, and staff are eligible for PPP accounts. Only FIU faculty members can request PPP accounts for themselves, for individual students, or for groups of students.
Search for information about undergraduate schools by school name, subject, location, enrollment size, tuition, and more. Please note that this link only works inside the FIU Libraries, via FIU PPP accounts, or via FIU proxy server. Only current FIU students, faculty, and staff are eligible for PPP accounts. Only FIU faculty members can request PPP accounts for themselves, for individual students, or for groups of students.
Type your word in the first box, then use the pop-up menu to choose "dictionary". The pop-up menu appears when you press the small triangle to the left of the GO! Button.
This is a union list of serials titles (e.g., newspapers, magazines, journals, periodicals) owned by one or more libraries in South Florida. If your library doesn't have the serial you need, and you are willing to go to another area library, check this catalog to find which local libraries own it.
This annual statistical report from the U.S. Dept. of Justice is far more extensive in scope than Crime in the U.S.. Includes data on: criminal justice systems, public attitudes toward crime and criminal justice-related topics, nature and distribution of known offenses, characteristics and distribution of persons arrested, judicial processing of defendants, and persons under correctional supervision. Updated continually, this is the most recent version available.
This site from the U.S. Commerce Dept. provides business, economics, and trade information for the United States and other countries. It includes the National Trade Data Bank (NTDB). Please note that this link only works inside the FIU Libraries, via FIU PPP accounts, or via FIU proxy server. Only current FIU students, faculty, and staff are eligible for PPP accounts. Only FIU faculty members can request PPP accounts for themselves, for individual students, or for groups of students.
Full text of bills, public laws, and the congressional record. Includes a record of roll call votes in Congress, a detailed description of how laws are made, and the full text of some of the earliest documents in U.S. history.
Search more than 155,000 U.S. companies by product, service or brandname. Links to the manufacturer's address and phone. Provides links to the product catalog and web sites for some companies. Registration is required but the entire site is free.
Click on a state and you will see a list of locations. Go to the line for your location and you will see the time differences for tides in that location from the tide times at the reference station. Click on "reference station" for your location to get the tide times -- you must then add or substract the time differences to get the tide times for your location.
This was originally published as an article in the April 1, 1999 issue of Restaurants and Institutions. The 1998 edition is available here. The 1997 edition is available here.
Links to the full text of articles from Restaurant USA on trends in the restaurant and food service industries. Coverage is from August 1995 to one month before the current month.
This site from the Bureau of Labor Statistics provides current U.S. economic data, including: employment/unemployment, earnings/hours, productivity, and price indexes. Also shows historical data for the past year by month.
Links to U.S. Census data (1990), maps, and other information on cities, counties, and other place names in the U.S. Search by placename or zip code. The maps can be designed by the users to include/exclude various features, e.g., census tracts, city names, roads, population data, etc. This feature should prove especially useful for students in the community health nursing class.
This is the web version of UM's catalog and includes the following UM Libraries: Richter (main campus library), music, marine, math, architecture, and Lowe Museum. To access the text version of UM's catalog you can telnet to it now. You can also connect to the catalog for UM's Calder Medical Library. And you can telnet to UM's Law Library.
InteliHealth is the health information site from Johns Hopkins University. On the left side of this page you'll see a link for "Pharmaceutical Info" -- just click on that and you'll get a menu which includes USP DI.
Links to all kinds of information useful to anyone moving or thinking of moving, including: cost of living, mortgage rates, demographic data, insurance costs, taxes, etc.
Links to current time throughout the world, with a graphic sunset/sunrise display and information about holidays during the next month in each country.
Please note that this link only works inside the FIU Libraries, via FIU PPP accounts, or via FIU proxy server. Only current FIU students, faculty, and staff are eligible for PPP accounts. Only FIU faculty members can request PPP accounts for themselves, for individual students, or for groups of students.
Maintained by: Susan Weissweisss@fiu.edu
and Marjorie Bearybearym@fiu.edu
Last updated: 20 October 2000
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