1)      Research, Writing, and Citation Guides

2)      General Internet Reference Sources

3)      Humanities, Social Sciences, Literature and Film Websites

a)      Humanities and History

b)      Social Sciences and Culture

c)       Literature

d)      Film

4)      Science Websites

a)      General Science

b)      Earth, Space, and Environmental

c)       Medical and Life Sciences

5)      Special Topics in Humanities and Sciences

a)      Resources for HS 113, Manifesto (Fall 2004)

b)      Seattle History: selected websites

See also Other H&S Resources (printed or online subscription, not websites)

1)      Cornish Library’s Reference Collection of Books

2)      Find Periodical and Newspaper Articles, or Digital Images

3)      H&S Resources at Seattle Public Library

1. Research, Writing, and Citation Guide Websites

Research and Writing Guides

·          Bedford/St. Martin's Research and Documentation Online

·          Ithaca College Guide to Primary and Secondary Sources

·          Online Writing Lab, Purdue University

·          Rice University Fondren Library’s Internet Searching Strategies

·          University of California at Berkeley Library Research Guides

·          University of Washington Library’s Guide to Researching History

·          Yale University Library Subject Guides and Online Tutorials

Citation guides for writing your bibliography

2. General Internet Reference Websites

·          Encyclopedias

·          Government Guides

·          Maps and Geography

·          News and Current Events

·          Statistical information

·          and much more…

3. Humanities, Social Sciences, Literature and Film Websites

a)      Humanities and History

b)      Social Sciences and Culture

c)       Literature

d)      Film

a) Humanities and History

·          Alameda County Library: Decades in 20^th Century America

·          Alchemy website

·          Best of History Web Sites Excellent guide to history web sites for all historical eras.

·          Cartographic Curiosities

·          History Cooperative

·          Humbul Humanities Hub

·          Information Please: Year by Year, 1900 – 2005

·          Internet Public Library: Arts and Humanities

·          Kingwood College Library: American Cultural History: The Twentieth Century

·          Library of Congress and its American Memory Project historical documents online, including its Timeline and American Women

·          New York Public Library and its Digital Collections of online exhibitions, e.g.
their Utopia exhibit

·          Seattle History: selected websites

·          Smithsonian Institution and its History and Culture topics, including the “History Wired” project

·          Smithsonian National Museum of American History

·          The NY Times: 100 Years of New York City

·          United States Historical Census Data Browser
Covers population and economy of U.S. states and counties from 1790 to 1960.
Generate instant maps of selected data.

·          University of Michigan’s Index of Federal Government Historic Documents

·          University of Washington’s Directory of History Resources on the Web

·          Voice of the Shuttle

·          Washington State History from the State Archives and State Library

·          Yahoo Directory: Humanities

b) Social Sciences and Culture

·          Bureau of Labor Statistics
Includes wages by geographic area, occupational outlooks. Generate instant economic tables and graphs.

·          Homefair.com
Cost of living calculator and other calculators for relocating.

·          International Database of Census Information

·          Internet Public Library: Social Sciences

·          Librarians’ Index to the Internet: Society and Social Issues

·          Postmodern Culture
Online-only scholarly journal, good for contemporary cultural studies

·          Sperlings Best Places to Live
Ranks and compares US cities by various factors.

·          U.S. Census Bureau

·          University of Michigan’s Government Documents, including
Political Science
Related Disciplines (Minorities, Economy, Environment, etc.)
Consumer Price Indexes (Compare the value of a dollar in different years)

·          Yahoo Directory: Society and Culture

c) Literature

·          Bartleby.com’s Great Books Online
Full text online of selected fiction, nonfiction, verse and reference works.

·          Internet Public Library: Literature

·          Librarians’ Index to the Internet: Literature and Books

·          Sackner Archives of Visual Poetry

·          Vispo New Media Poetry

·         Voice of the Shuttle: Literature in English

·            See also the LitFinder and Literature Resource Center databases available through Seattle Public Library.

d) Film

·          The Internet Movie Database

·          Internet Public Library: Movies

·          Librarian’s Index to the Internet: Film, Movies, and Video

4. Science Websites

a)      General Science

b)      Earth, Space, and Environmental

c)      Medical and Life Sciences

a)     General Science

·          Alchemy website

·          Internet Public Library: Science and Technology

·          Librarian’s Index to the Internet: Science and Technology

·          Museum of Jurassic Technology

·          Public Library of Science

·          Smithsonian Institution and its Science and Technology topics

·          Strangest Science Museums in the World (About.com)

b)     Earth, Space, and Environmental

·          Center for Land Use Interpretation

·          Earth Guide – Earth Sciences, geology, etc.

·          Envirolink Directory of Environmental Resources

·          Fourmilab: Positions of the planets

·          National Aeronautics and Space Administration

·          National Library for the Environment

·          Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum

·          University of Colorado’s Directory of Environmental Resources

·          US Naval Observatory Astronomical Applications data

c)     Medical and Life Sciences

·          American Journal of Bioethics

·          Anomalies & Curiosities of Medicine

·          Beringia.com: Megafauna

·          Curiosities of Biological Nomenclature

·          Kokogiak.com: Megafauna

·          Mammalian Research Institute

·          National Library of Medicine

·          Penn Center for Bioethics

·          President’s Council on Bioethics

·          Society for Marine Mammalogy

·          University of Basel research projects in conservation biology