Communication Information and Resources:

• How Stuff Works -- Have you ever wondered how something works? This is a great site to find out how stuff does work.
• THOR+: The Virtual Reference Desk - For Thousand of Sources. This is an excellent site that is maintained by The Libraries of Purdue University
• Web Pages of US universities - Usually a link of student life or campus life of similar links will provide information about campus life such as cafeteria, parking, busses, housing, and other services.
• Web Pages of universities and community colleges in the US - More Higher Education Sites.
• Colleges & Universities' E-Mail Addresses & Web Pages
• OSSHE Historical & Cultural Atlas
• The U.S. Census Bureau
• Tiger Mapping Service
• U.S. Government: Executive / Legislative / Judicial / State & Local
• Law & Government - 75+ Law and Government sites for everything you ever wanted to know about Law and Government, but were afraid to search.
• The Constitution of the United States
• United States Code and U.S. Code Search
• Internet Law Library & The 'Lectric Law Library
• The White House
• THOMAS: Legislative Information
• U.S. House Of Representatives and U.S. Senate
• US Supreme Court
• Historical and Political Documents
• European Union
• Roget's Thesaurus (Searchable)
• Merriam-Webster Dictionary
• Financial Aid Directories - All of your Financial Aid Needs.

Periodical Searches

• CARL Home Page
• ERIC ClearingHouses
• Journal of the American Medical Association (searchable, includes abstracts)
• The Ho'oulu OnLine - Find out the latest news at Maui Community College and check out past issues in the Morgue
• CNN Interactive
• The Newsroom
• THE FLYING INKPOT's WORLD NEWS LINKS
• USA Daily Newspapers on the Web
• The Times (Britain)
• World Wide Web Access to Newspapers
• Internet World Online
• Welcome to Congressional Quarterly

Writers' Resources

• Writer's Block - Deals with technical writing and the business of documentation.
• The Elements of Style
• Shakespeare's Complete Works
• Myths and Legends
• ResearchPaper.Com
• Project Gutenberg (Great literature available electronically.)
• APA Publication Manual Crib Sheet
• John Hewitt's Writing Resource Center - Plenty of good advice here on everything from writer's block to getting published.

Miscellaneous

• The Discovery Channel
• Native American Indian Resources
• NativeWeb - A comprehensive list of "official" Native American sites useful for conducting research for having to do with Native Americans.
• The Smithsonian Institution
• National Gallery of Art
• Rainforest Action Network
• National Geographic
• Life Over Time
• The Nine Planets
• N.A.S.A.
• Critical Evaluation Skills - What to look for when you are visiting sites.

Search Engines

• Reference.Com - Look up newsgroup articles, etc.
• Niche Resource Directory - A meta-directory of directories in various niches to help you, as a sophisticated entrepreneur, through the 6 levels of research on the Internet. After taking your "first stab" with search engines, you may find what you're looking for more easily through one of these niche directories

Did you forget what you learned about doing searches in the Library? Here's a brief review of the features of some of the top search engines. This is an article on Advanced Searching: Tricks of the Trade, from Online Magazine, that might help you remember tricks like "boolean" operators. But it won't show you the "Alt key - Tab trick."