Hayden Reference QuickLinks
Here are some of the most frequently used web sites at the Hayden Library reference desk.
Arizona
ALIS Online (Arizona Legislative Information Service)
http://www.azleg.state.az.us/Arizona Corporation Registration
http://starpas.azcc.gov/scripts/cgiip.exe/WService=wsbroker1/main.pArizona Vital Statistics
http://www.azdhs.gov/plan/index.htmCommunity Information & Referral's Database (Directory of Human Resources)
http://www.cir.org/firstcall-search.htmlGPEC Information Center (includes Greater Phoenix Fact Book)
http://www.gpec.org/InfoCenter/index.htmState of Arizona
http://www.az.gov
ASU Info/Services
ASU Help Desk and Consulting Services
http://techbase.asu.edu/wiki/index.php/ASU_Help_DeskASU Interactive (Online Student Services)
http://www.asu.edu/interactive/ASU Salaries
http://www.azcentral.com/datacenter/datacenter_index.htmlASU Statistics (from The University Offices of Data Administration and Institutional Analysis)
http://www.asu.edu/uoia/
(Statistics from ASU Fast Facts, Fact Book, Enrollment Summary, Minority Reviews, and Tempe Campus Data.)ASURITE Activation (Get ASU Computer Account)
http://www.asu.edu/asurite/Equipment Circulation (AV & Computer Equipment)
http://www.asu.edu/it/tempe/classrooms/equipment/index.htmlPublic Art
http://herbergercollege.asu.edu/public_art/State Press (ASU campus newspaper)
http://www.statepress.com/
Test Preparation Courses
http://www.asu.edu/testprep/
(Fee-based courses offered at ASU to prepare for the GMAT, GRE, and LSAT graduate entrance exams.)
- For college placement testing schedules, registration, and possibly links to further information or study guides GOTO University Testing Services - Exams: http://www.asu.edu/uts/index.htm#
(For more extensive test preparation material online, refer to the Learning Express Library database, aka Learn-a-Test, offered by most local public libraries.)
Test Proctoring Services
http://www.asu.edu/uts/proctoring.htmWireless Network
http://www.asu.edu/wireless
Book & Electronic Resources Locators
Amazon.com
http://www.amazon.comBibliofind (Out of Print Resource)
http://www.bibliofind.com/BookFinder.com
http://www.bookfinder.com/Library of Congress (Online Catalog)
http://catalog.loc.gov/
Business & Economics
Arizona Corporation Registrations
http://starpas.azcc.gov/scripts/cgiip.exe/WService=wsbroker1/main.pCAROL: Company Annual Reports Online (International)
http://www.carolworld.comEconomic Sites on the Web (Hayden Reference Services)
http://www.asu.edu/lib/hayden/ref/busi/econ.htmlYahoo! Finance
http://finance.yahoo.com/
(To research companies on stock exchanges outside the U.S. or Canada, see the World Yahoo!
Finance sites at the bottom of the page.)
- For historical quotes GOTO Yahoo! Finance - Historical Prices: http://finance.yahoo.com/q/hp?s=GE (Includes: stocks, bonds, mutual funds, money market funds, and corporate bonds for major US and Canadian stock markets as well as market Indices and foreign cash exchange rates. Ticker symbols for the last two items must begin with the caret symbol, "^". Example: Dow Jones Industrial Average would be ^DJI.)
- Don't know a ticker symbol? GOTO Yahoo! Finance Ticker Symbol Lookup: http://quote.yahoo.com/l
Careers, Jobs, & Salaries
CareerOneStop (Dept. of Labor Portal to Career & Salary Info)
http://www.careeronestop.org/
- For definitions of occupations GOTO O*NET Online (formerly Dictionary of Occupational Titles): http://online.onetcenter.org/
- For career background & forecast GOTO Occupational Outlook Handbook: http://www.bls.gov/oco/
Employment Spot
http://www.employmentspot.com/The Salary Calculator
http://www.homefair.com/calc/salcalc.html
Class Assignments
Course Research Guides
http://www.asu.edu/lib/research/courseguides/
(A collection of course subject guides created by reference librarians and subject specialists in conjunction with library instruction sessions.)
Consumer Information
Consumer World
http://www.consumerworld.org/Edmund's (Car Consumer Information)
http://www.edmunds.com/Kelley Blue Book
http://www.kbb.com/
Copyright
Know Your Copy Rights
http://www.knowyourcopyrights.org/
Dictionaries, Directories, & Misc.
AltaVista Translation Service
http://babelfish.altavista.digital.com/Bartleby.com
http://www.bartleby.com/Find All Types of Materials (ASU Libraries Only)
http://www.asu.edu/lib/find/all/Information Please Almanac
http://www.infoplease.com/Onelook Dictionaries: The Faster Finder
http://www.onelook.com/
Ebook Collections
Great Books Index: Homepage and Author List
http://www.mirror.org/books/gb.home.htmlThe Online Books Page
http://onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu/archives.htmlProject Gutenberg
http://www.gutenberg.org/catalog/
Education
Arizona Department of Education
http://www.ade.state.az.us/Arizona Universities' Salaries
http://www.azcentral.com/datacenter/datacenter_index.htmlASU Organization Charts (from the ASU Fact Book)
http://www.asu.edu/uoia/fact.html
(Organization charts in the "Organization" section of the fact book.)ASU Statistics (from The University Offices of Data Administration and Institutional Analysis)
http://www.asu.edu/uoia/
(Statistics from ASU Fast Facts, Fact Book, Enrollment Summary, Minority Reviews, and Tempe Campus Data.)Educator's Reference Desk (Formerly AskERIC - Includes Lesson Plans)
http://www.eduref.org/SearchERIC (Freely available ERIC Database)
http://searcheric.org/Gateway to Educational Materials (Includes Lesson Plans)
http://thegateway.org/Guides to College Degree Programs (Hayden Reference Services)
http://www.asu.edu/lib/hayden/ref/educ/collegeguides.html#intnU.S. Department of Education
http://www.ed.gov
Film or Movies
Internet Movie Database
http://www.imdb.com/MRQE -- Movie Review Query Engine
http://www.mrqe.com/lookup?
Genealogy
Cyndy's List of Genealogy Sites on the Internet
http://www.cyndislist.com/FamilySearch
http://www.familysearch.org/Genealogy Collection (Arizona State Library, Archives and Public Records)
http://www.dlapr.lib.az.us/is/genealogy/index.cfmInternational Blacksheep Society of Genealogists (ROOTS-L Listserv Archive)
http://www.rootsweb.com/roots-l/filelist.htmlMesa Regional Family History Center Arizona Obituary Search
http://www.mesarfhc.org/search/azobits.htm
Government
U.S. Federal:
FedWorld (U.S. Government Information Network)
http://www.fedworld.gov/Thomas: Legislative Information on the Internet
http://thomas.loc.gov/home/thomas2.htmlU.S. State and Local:
State and Local Government on the Net
http://www.statelocalgov.net/index.cfm
- For tribal government sites GOTO Tribal Governments: http://www.statelocalgov.net/other-na.CFM
Internet Search Tools
Direct Search (Classified Listing of Searchable Databases)
http://www.freepint.com/gary/direct.htmSearch Engine Watch - Search Links
http://searchenginewatch.com/links/
Lists & Rankings
College & University Rankings from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Library
http://www.library.uiuc.edu/edx/rankings.htmCollege Rankings from US News & World Report
http://www.usnews.com/usnews/rankguide/rghome.htm
(Shows only the top 50 schools ranked in each category for free online just as you see in the magazine issues--"America's Best Colleges" in the Aug.-Sept. time period and "America's Best Graduate Schools" in the Mar-Apr. time period. The complete listing of schools with detailed scoring breakdowns only appears in the separately published annual reports by the same titles. These are carried by some of our local public libraries.)Price's List of Lists: a mega site of lists and rankings
http://www.specialissues.com/lol/
Maps & Geography
CIA World Factbook
https://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/index.htmlMap Sites
http://www.asu.edu/lib/hayden/govdocs/maps/mapsites.htmMapQuest
http://www.mapquest.com/Place Name Sites
http://libguides.asu.edu/content.php?pid=10928&sid=79050
News & Newspapers
The Arizona Republic
http://www.azcentral.com/The Business Journal (Phoenix)
http://phoenix.bizjournals.com/phoenix/
(All articles from the Online Edition are free but Print Edition articles after 11/6/06 limit free viewing to first two paragraphs.)New York Times TimesSelect (Free Subscription for Academics)
http://www.nytimes.com/gst/ts_university_email_verify.htmlNewsLink
http://newslink.orgPhoenix New Times
http://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/PressDisplay (Today's Print Edition)
http://www.pressdisplay.com
(Free registration permits viewing 2 articles from any issue in the last 7 days.)
Online Reference Libraries
The Internet Public Library
http://www.ipl.org/Librarian's Index to the Internet
http://www.lii.org/MeL Internet Collection
http://web.mel.org/index.jsp
Sciences
Science Subject Guides
http://www.asu.edu/lib/research/subjectguides/categorized.htm#sci
Statistics
Arizona Vital Statistics
http://www.azdhs.gov/plan/index.htmBureau of the Census
http://www.census.gov/Statistical Abstract of the United States
http://www.census.gov/statab/www/Statistical Data Locators (Geographically Arranged)
http://www.ntu.edu.sg/lib/stat/statdata.htmStatistical Resources on the Web (Subject Arranged)
http://www.lib.umich.edu/govdocs/stats.htmlUnited States Historical Census Browser
http://fisher.lib.virginia.edu/census/White House Briefing Room -- Federal Statistics (Includes FedStats)
http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/fsbr.html
Style Guides & Writing Aids
ACS (American Chemical Society) Style
http://www.asu.edu/lib/noble/chem/howtocite.htm#acsformatAPA Research Style Crib Sheet
http://www.wooster.edu/psychology/apa-crib.htmlChicago Manual of Style
http://www.chicagomanualofstyle.org/tools_citationguide.html
- To search the full text of the manual to find the location of information in the hard copy, GO TO Search the Manual: http://www.chicagomanualofstyle.org/help_search.html.
Citing Your Sources: Style Manuals (ASU Libraries)
http://www.asu.edu/lib/noble/library/style.htmCitation Guides
http://www.bucknell.edu/x11812.xmlList of Style Manuals (with selective examples)
http://www.dianahacker.com/resdoc/manual.htmlOWL Online Writing Lab - Handouts (Purdue)
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/index.htmlPlagiarism & Academic Dishonesty (ASU)
http://clte.asu.edu/teachingresources/teaching/planningandpolicies/plagiarism.htmPlagiarism Resource Site (U. of Virginia)
http://plagiarism.phys.virginia.edu/home.htmlRefWorks (Bibliographic Manager)
Exporting Instructions for Each Data Service
http://www.refworks.com/refworks/help/Exporting_from_Data_Services_and
_Importing_into_RefWorks.htmQuick Start Guide (PDF)
http://www.refworks.com/refworks/help/RefWorks_Quick_Start_Guide.pdfThe Writing Center - Online Handouts (ASU)
http://uc.asu.edu/writing/handouts.html
- For additional links to external sources GO TO The ASU Writing Center - Links to Other Resources: http://uc.asu.edu/writing/resources.html
Writing Resources & Style Guides for Psychology - from Psychology/Psychiatry Committee (ACRL)
http://www.ala.org/ala/acrlbucket/ebss2/psych/writing/writ.htm
Tax Information
Arizona Department of Revenue (Tax Form and Tax Information System)
http://www.revenue.state.az.us/IRS (Internal Revenue Service)
http://www.irs.ustreas.gov/formspubs/index.html
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