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Abbreviations
& Acronyms |
General - Acronym Finder
Medical
MediLexicon
Military
DOD
Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms
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Almanacs &
Fast Facts |
Farmer's
Almanac
Gale Virtual Reference Library **
Information Please
Lii-Librarian Index to the Internet
Oxford Reference Online
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required.
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Art, Images &
Architecture |
AP
(Associated Press) Multimedia Archive **
ARTstor
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Fine Art Images (From the Fine Art Museums of San Francisco)
Flickr.com
(image database)
Grove Art
Online **
Maritime Art
Greenwich Collection
NY Metropolitan Museum of
Art
NY Public
Library Image Gallery
Olga's Gallery (fine art
images)
UC Berkeley Architecture Image Library
British
Library Images online
Cities
Around the World (images)
King
George III Topographical Collection
U.S.
Presidents (portraits / images)
U.S. State Digital Image Libraries & Archives (open access)
Timeline of
Art History
Jupiter Images (stock
photos)
Web Gallery of Art
Library of Congress Images via FlickrNew!
Windows Live Image
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required. |
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Atlases |
CIA World Factbook
Interactive World Map |
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Audio Books & Audio Files |
Librivox (open
access audio books)
Audio File Search
via Altavista |
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Biography |
American National
Biography **
Biography.com
Nobel Prize Winners (1901-2004)
Biography Resource Center **
History
of the American Presidency (Smithsonian)
Dictionary of Literary Biography **
Contemporary Authors **
Current
Biography **
Oxford Dictionary of National Biography **
Who's Alive and Who's
Dead
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required.
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Business |
CEO Express
Business
Source Complete (EBSCOhost) **
Fortune 500 historical (1955-2005)
Global Risk Assessments, Inc.
Knowledge@Wharton
New York Stock Exchange
Hoover's Online
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The Motley Fool (e-mail sign-up
required)
World Development
Indicators **
SIC Standard
Industrial Classification
NAICS North America
Industry Classification System
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Calculators &
Converters |
Currency
City to
City Salary Converter
Currency Converter
How Much is That? Historic Money
IRS Withholding Calculator
Inflation Calculator
Percentage
Calculator
Mortgage Calculators &
Financial Calculators
Personal Financial Calculators New!
- Measures
Cooking Unit
Conversion
Ask Numbers (numerical
conversions)
Temperature Unit Conversion
U.S. Latitude &
Longitude Lookup
Latitudes &
Longitudes Distance
Health Calculators
Body Mass
Index (BMI)
Calorie Calculator
Heart Disease Risk
Life Expectancy
Stress
Waist to Hip Ratio
Other Calculators
USPS Postage Rate Calculator
Roman
Numeral Converter
Stain Solver Calculator
Calculators (all)
Martindale's
Calculators On-Line Center
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Calendars,
Clocks/Time |
Time Clock (official U.S. time)
Calendar Home
Moon
Phase
Sun and Moon
Data
US Holidays
Printable Calendars
Civilian - Military time
Converter Calculator |
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Careers |
CareerBuilder.com
Chronicle Careers (jobs in higher
education)
Nation Job
Occupational Outlook Handbook
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Computers |
ZDNet
Reverse IP Lookup
DNS Stuff
On Guard Online (safe internet
practices)
Internet Library of
Law and Court Decisions
G4 TV
Domain Names
(gTLD: top-level generic)
Internet
Country Codes
Down for Everyone or Just Me?
(URL tester) |
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College Exams |
College Board Tests
(Information about SAT, PSAT/NMSQT, AP, and CLEP)
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Consumer Information |
Products
eOpinions
Federal Citizens Information Center
Services
Deathcare
(Memorialization facts and information)
Automobiles
Kelly Blue Book
NADA
TruckTrend
SaferCar.gov
(Crash test results from NHTSA- National Highway Traffic Safety
Administration)
Autotropolis
Online Safety
OnGuard Online (safe internet
practices)
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Copyright |
Copyright
Renewal Search
Copyright
Advisory Network New!
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required.
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Country Information |
CIA World Factbook
Country Pages
Country Watch**
World Leaders
Global Distribution of Poverty
Atlas New!
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required.
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Dictionaries,
Thesauri |
OneLook Dictionary
Thesaurus.com
American Heritage Book of English
Usage (includes audio)
Dictionary.net
Oxford English Dictionary
(OED Online) **
Oxford
Reference Online **
Rhyme Dictionary
Merriman-Webster Visual
Dictionary
Medical
DictionaryFor translation dictionaries, please see
Translation Dictionaries
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Directories
(phone & address) |
DNS Stuff
Frog Calls (TCU Directory)
SuperPages (white & yellow pages)
ZIP Code
Look up
Telephone Area
Codes
InfoUSA
Reverse Address
Search
Reverse IP Lookup
Reverse Phone Number
Search
ReferenceUSA **
US Government Agencies
(search all by keyword)
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Directories
(open access journals) |
DOAJ Directory of Open Access Journals
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Electronic Books |
All TCU electronic books are listed in the
online catalog along with our print books. If you want to restrict
your search to e-books only, you can add "and electronic books" to a keyword
search of the catalog. You can also go directly to
netLibrary or to
Ebrary and search there.More...
(Online editions of select books available from these sites)
Google Books
ReadPrint |
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Encyclopedias |
Britannica Online
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Encyclopedia.com
Encyclopedia of Life Sciences**
Encyclopedia Mythica
Gale
Virtual Reference Library **
Oxford
Reference Online **
Wikipedia
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WikiSource*
(includes the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica)
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that permits anyone to change the content of its pages. Therefore, the
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Entertainment & Media |
Motion pictures, television, music etc.
IMDB Internet Movie Database
Rotten Tomatoes
Television Commercial Video
Clips
YouTube
Online Shopping (aggregate services)
eBay
Froogle
Yahoo Shopping
MSN Shopping
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Environment |
U.S. Fish & Wildlife Endangered Species
U.S.D.A. Plants Database
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Etiquette |
Emily Post Institute
Dining Etiquette
E-Mail Etiquette
(netiquette)
Cell Phone Etiquette
Tipping
Calculator |
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Exercise & Fitness |
America's Running Routes
(maps)
President's Council on Physical Fitness
& Sports
Ski Resorts
Pedaling.com (U.S. cycling
routes)
Hiking Trails
(near urban areas) |
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Geography |
GeoData.Gov
National
Geographic Maps
Geography Network
Holy Land Maps
Bible Maps |
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Genealogy |
Civil War Soldiers & Sailors System
GenLookups
Heritage Quest
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Rootsweb
Social Security Death Index
Ancestry.com (TCU
subscribed version) **
Texas Genealogy
Texas Marriage Records
(1966-2005)
Texas Divorce Records
(1968-2005)
Texas Death Records (1964-1998)
Texas Births
(1926-1995)
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Government Information |
CIA
Economic Statistics
Briefing Room
FBI
Federal Websites in Spanish
USA.Gov
Google U.S. Government
Search
Government Document Call Numbers
GPO Access
Library of Congress Call Numbers
NASA
US Dept of Defense
US Dept of Energy
US Dept of Homeland Security
US Government Agencies
(search all by keyword)
Legislative Information Search
Engine (Beta via THOMAS)
Citing Government Information Sources (in MLA style) New!
The White House |
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History |
United States History
American Presidency Project
Calisphere
(primary source material) Full text
National Museum of American History
Making of America (19th century American periodicals online)
America:
History & Life **
History of the
American Presidency (Smithsonian)
Historical Statistics
of the United States **
Chronicling America
(late 19th & early 20th century U.S. periodicals online)
U.S. Presidents
(portraits / images)
U.S. State Digital Image Libraries & Archives (open access)
American Civil War
Research Database **
American Jewish
History Exhibit
John Adams Library at the BPL
(full text & searchable) New!
World History
How Much is That? Historic Money - Neat!
Measuring Worth (more historic
money calculators)
British
Library Images online
Digital Roman Forum
(Architecture)
King George III
Topographical Collection
Constitution Finder (world
nations)
Historical
Abstracts **
JSTOR
**
National Maritime Musuem / Royal Observatory
Hyper
History
Timeline of Art History
Primary Source
Material Online
20th Century
History Timelines (Oxford Reference) **
WikiSource* (Full Text Primary Source
Material)
Chronology of
the History of Money
Holy Land Maps
Bible Maps
British Library
(Primary source material) Full text
Maritime Art Greenwich
Collection
Magna Carta * A "wiki" is a
coauthored Internet forum that permits anyone to change the content of its
pages. Therefore, the information on the Wiki sites may not always be
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Law |
FindLaw.com
FindForms.com (legal forms search
engine)
LexisNexis
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Westlaw Campus
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Libraries-Texas, DFW area & others |
Dallas Baptist University
Dallas County
Community College District Libraries
Dallas Public Library
Dallas Theological Seminary
Fort Worth Art Museums
Fort Worth Public Library
SMU Libraries
SW Baptist Theological Seminary
TCC Libraries
Texas Wesleyan University
Texas Woman's
University Libraries
University of Dallas Library
UNT Health Science Center Library
UNT Libraries
UT Arlington Library
UT Dallas Library
Other Libraries
Library of Texas
List of Texas
Libraries
National and International
Libraries
TexShare
Library Locator
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Literature |
American Authors
British & Irish Authors
ChoiceReviews
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Native American
Authors
English
Literature
MLA
International Bibliography **
Contemporary Authors **
Early English Books Online **
WikiSource* (Full Text Primary Source
Material)
British Library
(Primary source material) Full text
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Internet forum that permits anyone to change the content of its pages.
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Medical |
WWW Sites
Practice guidelines, patient education resources, research, etc...
ACP Clinical
Practice Guidelines (American College of Physicians)
ACS Patient
Education
(American College of Surgeons)
AMA
Roadmaps for Clinical Practice
(American Medical Association)
CPT Search (Medical billing codes from the AMA)
Center for Disease Control and Prevention
(CDC)
Jointly Administered Knowledge Environment
(JAKE)
MedlinePlus
Medical
Dictionary
Merck Manual
National Guideline Clearinghouse
(NGC) Evidence-Based Clinical Practice Guidelines
National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Texas Medical Board
PubMed
WebMD
US Government Agencies
(search all by keyword)
TCU Library
Medical Resources
CSA
(Cambridge Scientific Abstracts) includes Medline **
CINAHL**(Cumulative
Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature)
Cochrane Library
** (evidence-based medicine database)
Encyclopedia of Life Sciences (Wiley) **
Health
Reference Center-Academic **
Health Source:
Academic Edition **
Health
Source: Consumer Edition **
Medline (via
EBSCOhost) **
Medline
(via FirstSearch) **
Stat!Ref (professional medical texts online) **
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Maps, Directions
& Travel Info. |
Maps/Driving Directions
Google Maps
Mapquest
Windows Live Local-Virtual Earth
Flight Tracker (Flight Aware.com)
United Nations Environmental Programme (UNEP
Maps & Charts)
North Texas Area
Zip Code Maps New! |
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Music |
Allmusic.com (artist biography,
discography, awards)
Bob Dylan Lyric
Archive
Classical Music Library **
Essentials of Music
Grove Music Online
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International Index to Music Periodicals (IIMP) **
Lyrics Search Engine
Music for the Nation [Sheet Music]
Music
Glossary
Music Index **
Musical Heritage Network: Instrument Encyclopedia
Music Theory Online MTO
Naxos Music
Library
** (this site will take a few moments to load)
RILM
Abstracts of Music Literature **
Journal of
Seventeenth-Century Music
Staff Paper (print free
staff paper-PDF format)
Voice & Keyboard audio search
Sibley Music
Library scores
Rhyme Dictionary
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News |
Happy News
BBC News
CNN
FOX News
MSNBC
NPR
LexisNexis
Academic**
NewsBank**
(includes FW Star Telegram & Dallas Morning News)
NY Times.com
International Relations (news and
current affairs)
America.Gov (Current U.S. & U.S.
Foreign policy news) New!
Texas News
ABC Channel 8
CBS Channel 11
NBC Channel 5
FOX Channel 4
Dallas Morning
News **
Fort Worth
Star Telegram **
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Open Access Journals |
DOAJ Directory of Open Access Journals
Other open access journal
aggregate sites:
Bentham Open Access
BioMed
Public
Library of Science
Scholarly Exchange |
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Publishing |
The Iowa Guide
Journal Rankings |
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Religion & Theology |
Stanford Encyclopedia
of Philosophy
Wabash
Center Guide
Holy Land Maps
Bible Maps
Sacred Books from the British Library
BibleGateway (over 50 online
Bibles in 35 languages)
World Religions
Old Testament
Abstracts **
U.S. Religious Landscape Survey New! **Indicates subscription database. TCU user id and password
required. |
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Real Estate |
TAD Tarrant Appraisal District
DCAD Dallas Central Appraisal
District
Denton Central
Appraisal District
Realtor.com
Rent.com
Tarrant County Real Property Records
U.S. City and Town Info
City Data
Zillo (real estate value estimates)
Zipskinny (neighborhood demographics by
zip code)
Mortgage Calculators &
Financial Calculators
North Texas Area
Zip Code Maps New! |
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Quotations & Phrases |
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations
Quotations Page
BrainyQuote
Quotations, Phrases & Idioms |
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Science & Technology |
CSA (Cambridge
Scientific Abstracts) **
GeoRef **
How Stuff Works
Science & Technology
Collection
(ebscohost) **
Thomas Register of American
Manufacturers
Complete Work of Charles Darwin
Online
US Patents Online via Google
Patents
USPTO United States
Patent & Trademark Office
Encyclopedia of Life Sciences **
Periodic Table of the Elements
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required. |
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Search Engines |
About (http://www.about.com/)
AltaVista (http://altavista.com)
Ask (http://www.ask.com)
Beaucoup (http://www.beaucoup.com)
Dogpile (http://www.dogpile.com/)
Google (http://www.google.com)
MetaCrawler (http://www.metacrawler.com/
)
Search.Com (http://www.search.com
)
WebCrawler (http://www.webcrawler.com/)
Yahoo (http://www.yahoo.com)
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Style
Manuals |
All
Style Manuals
APA Style
Basic Columbia Guide to Online Style (CGOS)
Chicago/Turabian Style
The Elements of Style by Strunk & White
MLA Style
MLA Formatting and Style Guide
RefWorks
(personal online bibliography creator) **
TCU Center for Writing
MLA Documentation (from the TCU Center for Writing)
Other writing Resources
(from the TCU Center for Writing)
Turabian in a Nutshell
When
to Site - A guide from UCLA
Research &
Documentation Online New!
Citing Government Information Sources (in MLA style) New!
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required.
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Tax
Information |
IRS Website
IRS
Withholding Calculator
CCH Tax
Research Network **
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required.
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TCU
Statistics & History |
TCU Office of Institutional
Research home page
TCU Fact Books
(Volumes include 1988-Present)
TCU Campus Maps
TCU Visual Branding/Visual Style
Guide
TCU Mascot
TCU Library Special
Collections site
TCU Archives and Historical
Collection
Speaker Jim Wright Collection
Van Cliburn International
Piano Competition Archive
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Theses &
Dissertations |
Dissertation Abstracts**
Dissertations and Theses @ TCU**
TCU Electronic Theses &
Dissertations: Online Submission Guidelines
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Time Clock |
Time Clock (official U.S. time)
Civilian - Military time
Converter Calculator |
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Traffic Conditions (DFW) |
TexDot DFW Traffic Conditions:
Dallas / Fort Worth |
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Translation Dictionary |
Altavista's Babel Fish
Onelook.com
Bilingual Dictionaries - Oxford Reference
Google Translate |
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U.S. Facts |
State and County QuickFacts
50 States of the United States
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U.S. Statistics |
FedStats
U.S. Justice Statistics
Statistical
Resources on the Web
LexisNexis Statistical **
Census 2000
Census
Atlas of the United States New!
Local Census Data New!
U.S. Religious
Landscape Survey New!**Indicates subscription database. TCU user id and password required.
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Voting |
Vote-Smart
ProCon.org
League of Women Voters
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Weather |
Weather Channel
NOAA
Historical
Weather Data (NOAA)
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