Take a look at these Research Tools. They will help you learn how to use library resources, cite electronic and print resources, identify plagiarism & distinguish between popular and scholarly journals.

Art

Class worksheet for ART 101

The Andy Warhol Museum web site offers samples of Warhol's work, an overview of the museum's extensive archives, and a brief virtual tour of the museum.

The 300,000 works of art in the care of the Art Institute of Chicago include architectural drawings, textiles, and photography, as well as paintings and sculpture. Information about these collections is available at the Institute's site.

The Louvre's web page highlights the museum's collections, ranging from Greek, Egyptian, and Oriental antiquities to 19th Century sculpture and paintings.  Information on the architecture and history of the palace is also available.

Examples of the museum's 2 million item collection, spanning 5,000 years of world culture, are available at the Metropolitan Museum of Art web site. The museum's floor plans and details of upcoming events are also accessible.

The National Gallery of Art was formed in 1937 through a joint resolution of Congress to accept the gifts of the late financier and art collector Andrew W. Mellon. Over 106,000 paintings, drawings, prints, photographs, sculpture, and decorative arts illustrate the development of Western art from the Middle Ages to the present.

The Smithsonian American Art Museum "celebrates the extraordinary creativity of our country's artists, whose works are windows on the American experience."

The web page maintained by the Philadelphia Museum of Art includes information on special events and exhibitions at the museum.  There is also a section highlighting their Rodin Museum and the recent restoration of The Thinker.

The WebMuseum is an online database that contains information about several hundred famous artists and artworks, especially paintings.  Indexes of artists' names, themes, and painting titles are available.

Business

The American Association of Franchisees and Dealers is a non-profit trade association representing the rights and interests of franchisees and independent dealers.

The Better Business Bureau website provides consumer information about businesses and charities.

The U.S. Census Bureau web site provides access to data collected by the Bureau from a variety of polls and surveys.  The available data includes population demographics, business trends, economic indicators, and other information about the people and economy of the United States.

Up-to-date business news, as well as frequently updated data about individual corporations, is available from Hoover's Online.

The online version of Sales and Marketing Management magazine includes access to articles and other resources available to subscribers only. Ask a library staff member for the library's SMM user name and password.

The Service Corps of Retired Executives is a national, non-profit organization and resource partner with the U. S. Small Business Administration.  In addition to the resources at the SCORE web site, members provide face-to-face and email counseling to aspiring entrepreneurs who are seeking advice.

Information about starting, financing, or expanding a business is available at the web site maintained by the Small Business Administration. The SBA site also includes updates on legislation affecting small businesses.

ThomasNet is an industrial search engine that identifies and locates products, services, and suppliers for potential business customers. It includes line-item product details and contact information.

Careers

The Bureau of Labor Statistics' Occupational Outlook Handbook web site allows users to find information about specific careers and "occupational clusters" of related jobs.  This site features future employment estimates and other career related statistics.

Chemistry

MSDS-SEARCH is operated by Envirocare, a corporation which helps other organizations maintain up-to-date Material Safety Data Sheet collections.

Criminal Justice

Class worksheet for Criminal Justice
Class worksheet for Political Science 205 (Constitutional Law)

Important terms and concepts for Criminal Justice 108 - American Courts and Legal Systems can be found at www.allegany.edu/classes/39-108/courttopic.htm.

Important terms and topics for Criminal Justice 104 - Criminal Evidence and Procedure can be found at www.allegany.edu/classes/39-104/CRtopic08.htm.

The National Criminal Justice Reference Service, the "clearinghouse of  information" for the National Institute of Justice, maintains a Justice Information Center on the Internet.  Criminal justice statistics, crime prevention, and juvenile justice are a few of the topics addressed at this site.

The Sourcebook of Criminal Justice Statistics can be searched by browsing topic lists or using keyword searches.  The Sourcebook is divided into six topical sections: characteristics of the criminal justice system, public attitudes toward crime and criminal justice, nature and distribution of known offenses, characteristics and distribution of persons arrested, judicial processing of defendants, and persons under correctional supervision.

Dental Hygiene

Class worksheet for Dental Hygiene 108
Class worksheet for Dental Hygiene 4th Semester

The Allegany College of Maryland Dental Hygiene Program has a web page, maintained by faculty.  Information about the program, job listings, financial aid information, and other links for dental hygiene students are available from this site.

The Maryland State Board of Dental Examiners web site provides information about the regulation of dentistry in Maryland.

Proctor & Gamble sponsors Dental ResourceNet, an online resource for dental patients, professionals, and instructors.  Case studies and other instructional materials are also presented here for dental students.

Education

Class worksheet for Education 201
Class worksheet for Education 201 (sources)
Class worksheet for Education 296

The Gateway to Educational Materials is a joint project between the U.S. Department of Education and the ERIC Clearinghouse on Information and Technology. It is intended to provide educators with quick and easy access to thousands of educational resources.

Designed to be used by teachers, Education World provides access to over 100,000 education links.  Classroom subjects such as math and social sciences are featured, as well as categories such as lesson planning, special education, magnet schools, and education news.

The Educator's Reference Desk provides access to Internet resources, an archive of lesson plans, and an abbreviated version of the ERIC (Educational Resources Information Center) database, which allows users to search for education-related publications.

The complete ERIC database allows users to search citations for books, journal articles, dissertations, audio-visual materials, and research reports in the field of education. The full text of some of these documents is included in the database.

The No Child Left Behind website provides information about this act of legislation and related Federal Register notices, policy guidance, and grant applications. Part of this site is designed especially for parents.

English

Class worksheet for English 90
Class worksheet for English 90: Developmental English I
Class worksheet for English 93
Class worksheet for English 101
Class worksheet for English 101A
Class worksheet for English 101 SIRS
Class worksheet for English 102_112
Class worksheet for English 103
Class worksheet for English 112A

Class worksheet for Literature Sources
Class worksheet for Using Literature Sources

Class worksheet for Scholarly Journals
Class worksheet for Comparing Scholarly Journals

The Academy of American Poets web site provides biographical information about modern American poets and examples of their works.  Poetry "exhibits" from specific time periods or addressing themes, such as "Poems of Grief," are also presented here.

American poetry published before 1920 is the focus of  the American Verse Project.  The complete texts of included volumes of poetry are available online.  Users can browse the titles and authors' names or search for specific words or phrases.

The F. Scott Fitzgerald Centenary Home Page provides biographical information about Fitzgerald and essays and articles about his writing.  Quotations, little known facts, and voice and film clips can also be found here. 

Yourdictionary.com provides a wide variety of language resources, including multilingual dictionaries and specialty dictionaries. 

Holocaust Research

Alexander Kimel, Holocaust survivor, has developed a web site on Holocaust Understanding and Prevention. Short stories and poetry by survivors, as well as essays on post-Holocaust issues, can be found at this site.

The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum site includes factual information, excerpts from the Nuremberg Trials, and other online exhibitions based on the museum's collections. A searchable online photo archive is also available.

English as a Second Language

Dictionaries

The Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English includes British and American usage and color illustrations.

Cambridge learner dictionaries provide assistance to people learning English.

English 91

Website to supplement the College Reading 2 textbook

Website to supplement the College Writing 2 textbook

English 94

Website to supplement the College Writing 3 textbook

Financial Aid

FinAid provides access to a variety of student financial aid resources, including specialized advice for minority students, military veterans, nontraditional students, athletes, and other groups.  One particularly useful link is to fastWEB, a searchable database of over 180,000 scholarships.

Forestry

Soil surveys from the USDA's Natural Resources Conservation Service are available from two different pages - the University of Maryland's Soil and Water Geospatial Analysis Laboratory and the USDA's official Web Soil Survey.

Geography

The Allegany College of Maryland Cultural Geography web page includes information about course offerings, student resources, and links to other cultural geography sites.

The Country Studies prepared by the Federal Research Division of the Library of Congress are available online. This series contains information about the political, social, national security, and economic systems of one hundred countries.

The CIA World Factbook contains information compiled by the United States government's Central Intelligence Agency and includes information about the geography, demographics, economy and type of government of selected nations.

Health

Class worksheet for Medical Laboratory Technician
Class worksheet for Nursing Assistant 101
Class worksheet for Occupational Therapist
Class worksheet for Pharmacy Technician
Class worksheet for Physical Therapist
Class worksheet for Radiation Technologist
Class worksheet for Respiratory Therapy 190
Class worksheet for Therapeutic Massage 206

www.health.gov is a portal to the Web sites of a number of multi-agency health initiatives and activities of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and other Federal departments and agencies.

The National Library of Medicine's new consumer oriented web site, MedlinePlus, contains information about various health topics and provides access to Medline/PubMed, the premier database of biomedical journal articles. The National Library of Medicine home page also includes information about research, library services, and other programs.

The Drug Information Portal provides information about prescription and non-prescription drugs, dietary supplements, and investigational drugs. This data is presented by the National Library of Medicine.

Follow this link for a collection of health related web sites recommended for students in the Integrative Approaches to Health and Healing course.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, an agency of the Department of Health and Human Services, is dedicated to promoting "health and quality of life by preventing and controlling disease, injury, and disability."  The CDC's web site includes resources about diseases, travelers' health, and other topics.

Merck and Company provide online access to all of their publications, including the Merck Manual of Daignosis and Therapy. Other useful medical sources for patients and professionals are also available.

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services maintains Healthfinder, a guide to health information on the Internet.  Medical online publications, databases, web sites, support and self-help groups, government agencies, and not-for-profit organizations are accessible here.

The HealthWeb site provides a list of evaluated, annotated links to health-related Internet resources. HealthWeb is maintained and updated by a group of cooperating university libraries.

The Mayo Clinic Health Oasis provides current information on a variety of health topics, including women's health, nutrition, heart care, and children's health, among others.  The site is edited by Mayo Clinic physicians.

The Merck Manual of Medical Information is available online in a format which is easy to search.

NetAnatomy is a resource maintained by medical professionals that is intended for use by medical students and others who need to review human anatomy.

New York Online Access to Health is a project of The City University of New York, The Metropolitan New York Library Council, The New York Academy of Medicine, and The New York Public Library.  Clear and concise information about a wide variety of diseases and disorders is available here in both English and Spanish.

The Center on Nutrition Communication, School of Nutrition Science and Policy at Tufts University has developed the Nutrition Navigator, which evaluates nutrition websites. There are specialized sections of the Navigator for parents, children, women, health professionals, journalists, educators, and people with special dietary needs.

Diseases

The National Cancer Institute's CancerNet site was developed to provide cancer information to patients, health professionals, and researchers.

HIV InSite is a project of the University of California, San Francisco AIDS Research Institute.  It was designed as a gateway to in depth information about specific aspects of HIV/AIDS.

The Karolinska Institutet, a Swedish university of medicine, has constructed an online database of disease information designed for medical students and professionals.  Users can search this site by disease name, type of disease, or region of the body affected.

The National Library of Medicine's consumer oriented web site, MedlinePlus, includes a list of resources on common diseases and conditions.

OnHealth is an online publication that provides health information to the public.  The OnHealth diseases database is a guide to the symptoms, causes, and treatments of 245 common diseases and medical conditions.

Guidelines

The National Guideline Clearinghouse, developed by the Agency for Health Care Policy and Research in partnership with the American Medical Association and the American Association of Health Plans, was designed to promote quality health care by making available the latest clinical practice guidelines in an easy-to-access location.

The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA)

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, the federal agency responsible for implementing various provisions of HIPAA, has some basic information about the act available online. Further information is available from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

The HIPAA web page of the Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene addresses both general information about the law and concerns specific to Maryland.

West Virginia's HIPAA site is a collaborative effort between the Department of Health and Human Resources, Health Care Authority, and Governor's Office of Technology.

The Pennsylvania Health Care Insurance Portability Act, Act No. 29 of 1997, is the commonwealth's regulation addressing health care portability.

History

The Allegany College of Maryland Department of History web page provides information about the college's history program, descriptions of specific courses, and links to other history sites.

Mathematics

Class worksheet for Math 90

The Allegany College of Maryland Department of Mathematics and Engineering web page includes information about careers in related fields and other online resources. The website for the Statistical Applications Over the Internet assignment can be accessed from this page.

Medical Assisting

Class worksheet for Medical Assisting 101

The American Association of Medical Assistants web page includes information about medical assisting, becoming a CMA, educational opportunities, and other information.

The Occupational Outlook Handbook, published by the U. S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, includes an article on medical assistants. The handbook describes working conditions, required training, salaries, and future demand for various careers.

Medical Laboratory Technology

Class worksheet for Medical Laboratory Technician (Resources)
Class worksheet for Medical Laboratory Technician (Worksheet)

The Lab Training Library provides instruction in basic phlebotomy, microbiology, microscopy, hematology, urinalysis, and analysis of other body fluids. A password is required to access this site; contact Medical Laboratory Technology faculty members or library staff for more information.

The web site maintained by the American Society for Clinical Laboratory Science provides information about the ASCLS and its members.  Links to other sites, including medical literature search sites, are also featured.

The American Society of Clinical Pathology provides certification of medical technologists through its Board of Registry and offers continuing education opportunities to medicial laboratory professionals.

Mental Health

The Internet Mental Health web site was designed by a Canadian psychiatrist.  It includes descriptions, diagnoses, and treatment information about mental disorders, as well as information about psychiatric drugs.  Links to other mental health sites are also available here.

Names

The meaning and origin of 23,000 first names can be explored at www.babynamer.com.

Additional information about first names is available at www.behindthename.com.

Nursing

Class worksheet for Nursing 150

Nursing World is the web site of the American Nurses Association. The site contains information about the American Nurses Credentialing Center, professional publications, and many other resources for nurses.

The Maryland Board of Nursing regulates the practice of Maryland's registered nurses, licensed practical nurses, nurse anesthetists, nurse midwives, nurse practitioners and nursing assistants.

The Maryland Organization of Associate Degree Nursing is an advocacy group which supports associate degree nursing education and practice within the state.

NursingCenter.com includes access to nursing publications, online discussion areas, educational opportunities, healthcare news, and other topics of interest to nurses and nursing students.

A list of the education websites recommended for Nursing 205 students is available online.

Nursing Assistant/Geriatric Aide

Class worksheet for Nursing Assistant 101

Occupational Therapy

Class worksheet for Occupational Therapist

Occupational Therapy World provides links to occupational therapy sites and other information related to the field of occupational therapy.

The American Occupational Therapy Association, Inc. web site includes information about OT news, educational opportunities, and AOTA events.

Office Technology

Class worksheet for Medical Terminology 1
Legal Assisting 124: TORTS (Important Terms and Topics for Professor Markey's Torts Class)
Legal Research & Writing 126 (Study aids for Professor Markey's Legal Research and Writing course)

Information Management

The Email Compliance Quick Reference Guide outlines the requirements of the major laws affecting messaging and suggests elements to include in an email policy.

This article from Health Management Technology illustrates the benefits of improved information flow in the capacity management of a hospital.

Pharmacy Technology

Class worksheet for Pharmacy Technician

The American College of Clinical Pharmacy web page features online news releases, a bookstore, meeting and membership information, and  job listings from the ACCP Report.

Information about diabetes for health professionals and patients is available at the American Diabetes Association site.

The web site maintained by the American Heart Association contains heart health and stroke information, as well as information about AHA publications, programs, and meetings.

The American Medical Association home page features access to many articles published in the Journal of the American Medical Association and the Archives series of publications.

The Children and Adults with Attention Deficit Disorder page provides medical information about ADD as well as support group and conference schedules.

Links to a variety of high-quality hospital, medical school, and other health-related web sites are provided by the Drug Infonet.  Data about a variety of drugs is also available here.

The Food and Drug Administration provides public announcements, information about food supplements and medical devices, and data about newly approved drugs at its Internet site.

Information from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration is available at the National Clearinghouse for Alcohol and Drug Information web site.  Drug use statistics and databases about smoking, drug use, and treatment programs can be searched online. 

The obesity, weight control, and eating disorders web page is maintained by Dr. Michael D. Myers, a California physician who treats patients with weight control problems.

PharmWeb is an international database of pharmaceutical resources on the web.  Discussion forums, international information about drugs, and links to pharmacy schools and pharmaceutical companies are available here.

RxList features lists of the 200 most prescribed drugs. The drug database available here can be searched by brand or generic name, imprint codes, side effects, or interactions with other drugs.

Physical Therapy

Class worksheet for Physical Therapist

Physical Therapy: The Web Space points the way to information about professional organizations, journals, job listings, diseases and their treatments, and other physical therapy topics.

Political Science

Class worksheet for Political Science (sources)
Class worksheet for Political Science (refrences)

Click here for a list of books available at the Allegany College of Maryland Library that are related to political science careers.

The United States Government Manual is the official handbook of the federal government. It provides information about government agencies, international organizations, and various boards, commissions, and committees.

The Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance is a database of federally funded grants and loans.

The Internet research assignment for Professor Markey's American National Government class is available at www.allegany.edu/classes/55-101/amintass08.htm 

The important concepts and key terms for each chapter for Professor Markey's American National Government class are available at www.allegany.edu/classes/55-101/amtopic.htm

The syllabus with introductory information for Ray Miller's "On Common Ground: Framework for Democracy" television course is available at www.allegany.edu/classes/55-101/PolSci101MillerF07.pdf.

The important concepts and key terms for each chapter for Professor Markey's American Constitutional Law class are available at www.allegany.edu/classes/55-205/index.html

Psychology

Letter from Birmingham Jail, April 16, 1963

Radiologic Technology

Class worksheet for Radiation Technologist

The American College of Radiology web site explains ACR's standards and accreditation programs and provides information about the organization's publications and educational events.  A list of radiology-related Internet links is also featured.

The web site maintained by the American Registry of Radiologic Technologists provides information about the ARRT and its certification of radiologic technologists.

The American Society of Radiologic Technologists home page features information about educational materials, conferences, ASRT publications and membership benefits, and an online newsletter.

Respiratory Therapy

Class worksheet for Respiratory Therapy 190

The American Association for Respiratory Care web site includes information about respiratory care organizations, related businesses, and current issues impacting the profession.  Online job ads and updates to clinical practice guidelines are also available here. Some online reference articles from Respiratory Care and AACR Times are also accessible through this site.

The web site of the Respiratory Therapy Department of Boise State University features an extensive list of respiratory care links.  A description of the respiratory care profession is also featured here.

The Extracorporeal Life Support Organization is an international consortium of health care professionals and scientists who are dedicated to the development and evaluation of therapies for support of failing organ systems.

The Food and Drug Administration provides public announcements, information about food supplements and medical devices, and data about newly approved drugs at its Internet site.

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services maintains Healthfinder, a guide to health information on the Internet.  Medical online publications, databases, web sites, support and self-help groups, government agencies, and not-for-profit organizations are accessible here.

The National Board for Respiratory Care is a certifying board for respiratory care professionals. They provide credentialing examinations and associated services to the respiratory community.  Applied Measurement Professionals, Inc. is a division of the NBRC.

Information about preventing the use of smokeless tobacco is available from the Tobacco Intervention Network.  News articles and posters are available at this site, as well as a list of links to other smokeless tobacco sites.

Science

The Wikipedia, an online encyclopedia, provides information about the scientific classification of various species. Type the name of the animal or plant into the search space to retrieve its Latin names.

Science.gov was created through the cooperation of 10 federal science-related agencies. This site is intended to serve the information needs of a variety of people, including science professionals, students and educators, business people and entrepreneurs, and members of the public with an interest in science.

Social Work

The resources of the National Association of Social Workers website include an online Student Center, information about professional development activities, and job listings.

Speech

Class worksheet for Speech 101
Class worksheet for Speech 101a
Class worksheet for Speech 101 Ideas
Class worksheet for Speech 101 Sources

The American Rhetoric website showcases history's finest public speeches and debates, including some classic movie speeches. A guide to rhetorical devices and figures of speech is also provided.

The History Channel's collection of great speeches is drawn from the most famous broadcasts and recordings of the twentieth century.

Subject Guides

Cruise the Internet on sites recommended by Sailor, the Maryland public libraries' online information network.

Browse on the Librarian's Index to the Internet, a collection of over 7,300 Internet resources selected and evaluated by California librarians.

For information about the U.S. government, check out this list of frequently used federal information sites, selected by librarians.

Thanatos

Class worksheet for Thanatos
Class worksheet for Ethics 202

The Sociology of Death and Dying site is maintained by Dr. Michael Kearl, a professor of sociology at Trinity University in San Antonio, Texas. Links to a variety of death-related sites are included.

The Medline Plus : Death and Dying page provides research, statistics, and other useful information from the National Institutes of Health.

Therapeutic Massage

Class worksheet for Therapeutic Massage 206

The Massage Therapy Foundation supports research, community service, educational scholarship, and conferences to educate the broadest spectrum of society about the benefits of massage therapy. A research database is one of the foundation's online resources.

Information for and about massage therapists is available at the American Massage Therapy Association web site.

The web site for the Touch Research Institutes highlights studies on the effects of massage therapy at all stages of life. Abstracts of studies and research articles are also available.

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