The Nevada Index: Reference Desk

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Language
Words

Dictionaries (Paderborn)	Dictionaries (Bucknell)	Hypertext Webster

Merriam Webster	Roget's Thesaurus - U. of Chicago	Roget's Internet Thesaurus

Bartlett's Quotations	Acronym Server	Acronym Finder

One Look Dictionaries	Wordsmyth	Logos

Dept of Defense Military Dictionary	WordNet (Princeton)	Semantic Rhyming Dictionary

The Online Medical Dictionary	Glossary of Literary Terms	Ambroce Bierce - The Devil's Dictionary

The Visual Thesaurus	Guide to Grammar and Writing	Animated American Sign Language Dictionary

Jane's Defence Glossary	Ambroce Bierce: The Devil's Dictionary	World Wide Words

Legal Words

International Law Dictionary	Legal Dictionary - Lectric Library	The Law Office Dictionary

Information
General Resources

Internet Public Library	Information Please	Purdue: The Virtual Reference Desk

Encyberpedia	Berkeley Internet Index	Library Spot

Galaxy	WWW Virtual Library - Stanford	Meta Index

Virtual Reference Desk	Corp. Investigative Services	Needle in a Cyberstack

Internet Encyclopedia	U. of Michigan Documents Center	C.I.A. World Factbook C.I.A. foreign govt. leaders

U.S. Census Bureau	Bible Gateway	Research-It!

Symbols	Columbia University U.S. Government Documents	Encyclopedia Brittanica's Internet Guide

International Organizations Websites	Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy	United States Government Manual

Journalists' Resources

Reporters' Resources	Virtual Library: Journalism	Reporters Network

American Journalism Review	Journalistic Resources	Reporters' Internet Guide

Internet Journalism Resources	Investigators Guide to Internet Sources	Quotations

U.S. Copyright Office	CyberScribe: Web links for Journalists	National Press Club

Newsmaker Profiles	Forbes 500 -1998	Fortune 500 - 1998

Columbia Journalism Review	Hyperhistory	The Image Bank

Data - Statistics

FedStats (Fed Interagency Council on Statistical Policy	Finding Data - Journalists Guide	Data on the Net - UCSD

United Nations Statistics Division	Eurostat	Government Information Sharing Project - OSU

White House Social Statistics Briefing Room	Univ. of Michigan Documents Center	U.S. National Debt Clock

GPO Access	National Center for Education Statistics	Nevada State Data Center

Bureau of Economic Analysis	Stat-USA	Regional Economic Information Service

State & Metropolitan Area Data Book

Newspaper Collections

NewsWorks (Is NewsWorks dead?)	AJR Newspapers	N-Net

The Paperboy	News Index	Reporters' Resources

AJR Newslink	NewsHunt	News Resource

News and Newspapers Online	The Ultimate Collection of News Links	Crayon's News Links

BGR News Sources	Newspapers Online	Web Press

CJR Newspaper Finder

News Archives

Newspaper Archives	Searchable News Archives

People

The Biographical Dictionary	Philosophers	Newsmaker Profiles

Biography.com	Nobel Laureates	20th Century Women in Physics

20th Century leaders - a timeline from Time	Arts & Letters Daily

Population

Population Reference Bureau	World Population Clock - Sunsite	World Population Clock - U.S. Census Bureau

U.S. Population Clock - U.S. Census Bureau	United Nations population division statistics

Nevada Libraries

Univ. of Nevada	Neon	LV/Clark County

Washoe County	Nevada State	Nevada Supreme Court

Boulder City	Washoe County	Washoe County Law

Nevada State Data Center	Clark County Law Library	UNLV Law Library

Other Libraries

Library of Congress	St. Joseph's (ultimate) list	LibrarySpot

Maps

Map Quest	City Search	Cyber Maps

City.net (Excite)	Maps & Directions

Politics
General

The Political Index	The Jefferson Project	Political Points (NY Times)

Political Resources Online	Political Site of the Day Library	Alphabetical Political Links

Fed World Information Network	Doonesbury Electronic Town Hall	Politics 1

The Electronic Activist	Democracy.net	The Great American Website

Government/politics	The Seamless Website	The United Nations

The Hill	Bureau of Governmental Research	Capitol Hill Blue

Electronic Policy Network	Assessing the new federalism	If Not Now

Elections

Public Campaign	Congressional Quarterly's American Voter	Federal Election Commission

Emily's List	Project Vote Smart	The Democracy Network

Common Cause	Center for Responsive Politics	ElectNet - Nevada

Political Resources

Causes

Greenpeace	Save the children	National Coalition for the Homeless

Amnesty International	Human Rights Watch	The Coin-operated Congress - Mother Jones

Citizen Alert (Nevada)	OneWorld.org	National Coalition Against Legalized Gambling

Essential.Org	National Library for the Environment	Pace Virtual Environmental Law Library

Women

The Feminist Majority	Feminist.com	NOW

NOW of Southern Nevada	American Assoc. of University Women	Feminist Activist Resources

Boston Women's Web	National Association of Commissions for Women	Electrapages

Cyberwoman	Women Leaders Online	Encyclopedia of Women's History

Phenomenal Women of the Web	GenderGap	Women's Voting Guide

H-Frauen-L	Women in American History - Britannica	Distinguished Women

Women in Philosophy	Women Mathematicians	Nevada Women's History Project

National Women's History Project	Legacy 98.org

Ethnic

Indigenous Peoples' Resources	African American Links	NAACP

National Urban League	Native American Politics	National Congress of American Indians


Redrock.org	Northwest Territory Assoc.

Police/Crime

Black Police Assn. of Nev.	The Police Officer's Internet Directory	Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Dept.

Law Enforcement sites	Dept. of Justice Crime Statistics	F.B.I.

Welcome to the C.I.A.	United Nations Surveys	Crime Statistics Links

State Police Agencies	State Patrol and Police Sites	Nevada Highway Patrol

Law Officers from Nevada Personal Home Pages	Henderson Police Dept.	University of Nevada Police Department

CopLink.com

Legal Stuff
Miscellaneous Legal

Library Spot Law Libraries	Appellate Counselor	Jurist: The Law Professors' Network

Divorce Source	Mining Company Guide	U.S. Patent Office

Nevada Law and You - Reno Gazette-Journal	National Consumer Law Center	Lawnewsnetwork.com

Legal Forms

Legal Forms - FindLaw	Legal Forms - ILRG	Legal Forms - Lectric Law Library

CounselQuest

Grants

Nat. Endowment for the Humanities	Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance	Foundation Center

Pitsco's Grants & Funding	Yahoo grants page	Pew Charitable Trusts

F.S. Beveridge Foundation	State & Local Competitive Grants	American Political Science Association - Grants & Fellowships

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