Student Resources

Almanacs

• African Countries - a guide to African Countries
• BBC Country Profiles - a guide to country profiles
• CIA World Fact Book- a guide to country profiles
• Countries of the World - a guide to country profiles
• Information Please Almanac - information on business, history, government, sports, social trends, entertainment, geography, science, and world affairs
• Reference Desk Almanac - any kind of reference material you can think of

Careers

• America's Career Infonet - a resource for making career decisions.
• College Board - is a not-for-profit membership association with career research information.
• Education Online Search - is a free college and career education portal, to help you learn about careers and the schools offering education and degrees for the fields you choose.
• Jobstar Central - Job search from your local library
• Occupational Outlook Handbook- a guide to career information
• O.Net - Occupational Information Network
• WetFeet - Job seeker information.

Directories & Maps

• All the Worlds Maps - maps of all types
• AnyWho Toll-Free Directory Search - listing all 800 phone numbers
• Flags of the World - images and information about flags
• Hometown Locator- find the distance between any two ZIP codes
• Libaryspot - source for all kinds of reference materials
• MapQuest - maps, driving directions, live traffic reports etc.
• Reference Desk - source for all kinds of reference materials
• Superpages - the Internet Yellow Pages and information on many U.S. companies
• Switchboard - residential and business listings
• The United States Postal Service - zip code locator, etc.
• Yahoo! People Search 
• Yahoo! Maps - maps to anywhere

Encyclopedias

• World Book Online (for home use go to front desk)

Government

• CIA - a collection of agency's publications, maps, and descriptions.
• Library of Congress - the nations library
• The United Nations  - official website of the United Nations
• U.S. Department of Justice - official website of the United States Department of Justice
• U.S. House of Representative - official website of the U.S. House
• U.S. Senate - official website of the U.S. Senate
• White House - official website for the White House

Language

• Barlett's Familiar Quotations - provides unlimited access to books and information on the web, free of charge.
• BibMe - fully automatic bibliography maker that auto-fills
• Citation Machine - a guide to citing materials
• Dictionary and Language Resources - online dictionaries, thesaurus, acronym finder and many more language reference
• Easy Bibliography - online help to create a bibliography
• KnightCite Bibliography Composer - a guide to citing materials
• Merriam-Webster - look up definitions
• Noodle Tools - Use Noodlebib Express for individual citations in MLA or APA format.  Full range of citation types.  No login required.
• On-line Dictionaries - many dictionaries in many languages
• Quotation Resources - quotation sites provided by refdesk.com
• Thesaurus.com - familiar quotations - a collection of passages, phrases, and proverbs traced to their sources in ancient and modern literature

Magazines/Libraries

• The Complete Works of William Shakespeare 
• ERIC -  is a national information system designed to provide ready access to an extensive body of education-related literature.
• Find Articles  - @ BNET, is a vast archive of published articles.
• Infotrac - a reference database containing articles from magazines, newspapers, reference books, etc.
• MEL - Michigan Electric Library 
• SKS - Sirs Knowledge Source

Newspapers and Magazines

• Advance Newspapers
• Chicago Sun Times
• Detroit Free Press
• Detroit News
• Grand Rapids Press
• International Newspapers
• Michigan Live
• Michigan Magazine
• USA Today

Stocks

• Yahoo Finance - stock quotes and company information.
• Quote.com - stock quotes and company information.

Television

• ABC NEWS
• CBS NEWS
• CNN NEWS
• FOX NEWS
• MSNBC NEWS
• NBC NEWS
• U.S. NEWS ONLINE
• WGVU TV 35
• WOOD TV 8
• WWMT 3
• WXMI FOX 17
• WZZM 13