Searches a database of email addresses.
Scholarly Internet resource collections.
General Academic Resources
Selected web resources compiled by the Library of Congress
Claims to be the best source for facts on the web.
Almanac, encyclopedia, atlas and dictionary.
Educational resources, academic resources, subject directories.
Materials in all academic disciplines, designed primarily for faculty and students in higher education.
Description and analysis of the historical setting and the social, economic, political, and national security systems and institutions of countries throughout the world.
Providing links to the world's electronic journals.
Selected Internet resources covering all academic subject areas.
A web index and search engine dedicated to bringing you the best of the web's tutorials and online courses.
Arts and Humanities
This list is edited for minimum commercialism and maximum content, and is aimed toward ESL teachers in the California Community College (and may be of use to others!) By Kathy Sucher, Asst. Professor, ESL Dept, SMC.
An interactive digital archive of data on the arts and cultural policy in the U.S.
Maintained by Iowa State University. The Server has information and links to all types of resources in English, including Etexts, EJournals, Discussion Groups, and Web sites as well as resources accessible via Telnet.
A starting point for resources about all types of music, both academic and non-academic, including linkage to the home pages of popular musicians.
Hundreds of public domain texts online free.
Information about thousands of films, actors, directors and more.
Fashion Design and Merchandising
Search one of the most concise Fashion Resources on the Planet.
Items listed by brand or by category.
An independant fashion magazine showing fashion show photos and videos from around the world.
Online version of the popular fashion magazine.
Business and Economics
This site includes stock analysis of individual stocks. Searchable by individual company or by ticker symbol.
Provides access to a variety of accounting information. Classified by hierarchy of subjects and by providers.
"EDGAR, the Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis, and Retrieval system, performs automated collection, validation, indexing, acceptance, and forwarding of submissions by companies and others who are required by law to file forms with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)."
Organized with links by use (e.g. investor, researcher, student)
Provides access to publicly held companies with a presence on the World Wide Web.
"The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) was created in 1953 as an independent agency of the federal government to aid, counsel, assist and protect the interests of small business concerns, to preserve free competitive enterprise, and to maintain and strengthen the overall economy of our Nation."
Provides quick access to the exchange rate.
"The SEC is an independent, nonpartisan, quasijudicial regulatory agency with responsibility for administering the federal securities laws. The purpose of these laws is to protect investors in securities markets that operate fairly and to ensure that investors have access to disclosure of all material information concerning publicly traded securities. The Commission also regulates firms engaged in the purchase or sale of securities, people who provide investment advice, and investment companies."
Nasdaq online allows you to enter symbols for stocks or Mutual Funds, and gives you the quotes for Nasdaq, AMEX & NYSE. Site additionally offers news, market activity, portfolio tracking, and more.
Companies Online searches through over 100,000 public and private companies. Users can search by company name, address, industry, or ticker symbol.
IBR provides a search engine that will locate international business resources on the WWW.
Social Sciences
Primary sources in American social history from the antebellum period through reconstruction. The collection is particularly strong in the subject areas of education, psychology, American history, sociology, religion, and science and technology. The collection currently contains approximately 8,500 books and 50,000 journal articles with 19th century imprints.
International gender statistics, research reports and development resources, from the World Bank.
A citizen's organization dedicated to serving all Americans with accurate and unbiased information for electoral decision-making.
Official site of the Democratic National Committee.
Official site of the Republican National Committee.
A well-organized site, includes links to archeology, evolution, linguistics, area studies, Native American Studies, and job announcements.
Site provided by the Economics Department of Washington University. Includes links to general economics, micro and macro, and teaching.
A catalog of different types of history-related resources, including access to the National Archives and the Library of Congress.
Psychology
This site provides psychology related information for students and teachers. PsychWeb links to APA Style resources, career information, and psychology journals on the web.
The Psychology Virtual Library is a part of the WWW Virtual Library, and only links to sites the Virtual Library has approved as good informational resources.
Physical Sciences
General Science
Yahoo's list of links to science museums.
San Francisco's Exploratorium online offers science information in a fun and interesting manner. The website provides a search engine and a digital library to assist users in locating information.
Science, technology, future developments, innovations, implications, breaking news, hot topics.
Astronomy and Space Science
The National Space Science Data Center serves as the permanent archive for NASA space science mission data including astronomy and astrophysics, solar and space plasma physics, and planetary and lunar science. It includes information on the exploration of the universe, heliophysics, exploration of the solar system and image collections.
A collection of information on the solar system. Includes numerous pictures and links to many other planetary images on the Internet.
AstroWeb is a great start when researching astronomy on the Internet. AstroWeb provides links to various resource areas of astronomy, including observing resources, organizations, and publications.
Physics
Extensive and daily-updated physics resource. Offers its own bookstore, search engine, articles on physics, and a question and answer forum. Vast amount of information, and easy to navigate too!
An interactive journey through modern physics! Have fun learning visually and conceptually about 20th Century science and high-tech devices.
Information on physics research and education for scientists, industry, schools, and students. Listing of useful physics resources of high quality on the net. See especially The Virtual Laboratory a list of physics related Java Applets (also some VRML and Shockwave) available on the net.
Chemistry
A Guide to the Best Biology & Chemistry Educational Resources on the Web
Chemistry in the News -- Educational Resources -- ACS Programs and Services.
Periodic Table on the WWW. Click on an element in the chart, and receive detailed information about its properties. Easy to use and a quick source of information.
Links of interest to all general chemistry students.
Common compound library. Resources. Toolboxes. Tutorials.
Maintained by Dr. Peggy Kline , Physical Science Department, Santa Monica College.
A comprehensive list of chemistry teaching resources on the Internet.
Earth Sciences
A database of geological websites.
The California State Water Atlas (1979) a comprehensive atlas of the California waterscape, unique, comprehensive, useful for geography, sustainability studies, geology, and related fields.
The Earthquake Center's website offers databases and other resources, as well as a "Myths Page" to dispel any myths about earthquakes.
NEIC offers current earthquake information, a searchable earthquake database, and seismograph station codes and coordinates.
The world's largest active archive of weather data
The Atmospheric Sciences homepage has links to its Weather Visualizer, an Interactive Weather Report, and other weather related Internet resources.
Life Sciences and Health Sciences
Multimedia exploration of the Human Genome Project by Dr. Alfred Buchanan, Professor of Microbiology at SMC, with the assistance of many other SMC staff.
Based on CDC weekly reports, site also provides public health information and educational programs.
Includes the World Health Report, WHO Statistical Information System, and more information about world health.
A great place to begin researching the subject of medicine. Provides a good explanation of the recommended sits, and has links to these sites.
Another search database for medical sites. Search by keyword, or perform an advanced search for more specific results.
Information about the National Library of Medicine, electronic resources, searchable catalog (Medline), publications, and medical news.
Sample MRI and CAT scan images
Texas A&M University Health Science Center's Department of Medical Physiology.
National Library of Medicine database covering medicine, nursing, dentistry, veterinary medicine, the health care system, and the preclinical sciences. Contains approximately 9 million records dating back to 1966.
Alternative Medicine
News bulletin, Diet & nutrition. Email newsletter
Associations
Represents research-based pharmaceutical & Biotechnology companies
Biotechnology
Daily research and business news; company profiles
Clinical Trials
Databases
Toxicology Data Network
Aidsline, Aidsdrugs, Aidstrials, Bioethicsline, ChemID, dirline, HistLine, HSRProj, Popline, Spaceline
Diseases/Disorders
Medical research Web sites with worldwide links
NCI, 1993+
Drugs
Medical & Pharmaceutical Acronyms and Abbreviations, Pharmaceutical Companies, Journals, Associations and more
Government
Hot topics, consumers, health professionals
Evaluates quality & effectiveness of health products
U.S. Dept. of HHS topics, encyclopedia, dictionaries, journals, news, evaluates sites
Journals
Search 1994+
Search 1993+
Search 1998+
News, Wire Services
Devoted to health, medicine
Nutrition
The Guidelines provide authoritative advice for people two years and older about how good dietary habits can promote health and reduce risk for major chronic diseases. They serve as the basis for Federal food and nutrition education programs
MyPyramid, which replaces the Food Guide Pyramid introduced in 1992, is part of an overall food guidance system that emphasizes the need for a more individualized approach to improving diet and lifestyle.
Pharmaceutical Industry
Biopharm, Applied Clinical Trials, Pharmaceutical executives, Healthcare Media. Spectroscopy Online, LCGC (chromatography)
Research
Searchable databases of latest scientific research; sponsored
University research findings reported in lay terminology
Biomednet
Elsevier, biological, medical research with fulltext articles, conferences, Medline, etc.)
BioMed Central
Peer reviewed research across all areas of biology and medicine.
Technology Transfer
Science Wise
Provides help to scientists and engineers in finding funding, collaborators
Web Portals
Consumers/Patients
Health Grades
Quality ratings for hospitals, physicians, nursing homes, etc
Health Answers
Encyclopedia, releases, search by topic or symptoms
Health Scout
Product recalls, health alerts, management, cancer, Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s, family health, Medication dosages, resources directory
Mayo Clinic
Aids consumers in decision-making
Consumers & researchers
Anatomy, includes animations
Health Professionals
Medscape
Excellent clinical medicine research site with fulltext of clinical medicine articles, next day Conference summaries; grand rounds images, database ILinks, news, CME, self-assessments
MD Choice
Medicine, cancerlit, aidsline, fulltext of 30 key journals online
Legal Resources
The Legal Information Institute
Recent Supreme Court decisions and the full text of the U.S. Codes.
The Yahoo Internet directory for law
Yahoo's excellent collection of Internet legal resources.
LawForum Legal Resources
Search for legal resources by state, or by type. Also lists of law firms, resources, employment, services, and resumes.
LA County Law Library
Serves the legal information needs of all of Los Angeles County's citizens. Provides access to the names and phone numbers of California attorneys. Site additionally supplies information on the library, library bibliographies and guides, the online catalog, and gives links to national and international legal resources on the web.
Government Resources
Federal Government Resources
FirstGov.gov
Official website for searching the U.S. Government. One-stop access to all online U.S. Federal Government resources.
FedWorld
The largest single collection of resources from the Federal government related to science, technology, engineering and business. Updated with 7,000 new documents each month.
Statistical Abstract of the United States
The authoritative and comprehensive summary of statistics on the social, political, and economic organization of the United States.
The White House
If you can't make it to Washington DC this year, visit the White House online! Find out what's new at the presidential abode, and access government information at the same time. Site provides information on the President and Vice President, tour information, and a virtual library.
CIA World Server
Provides access to the CIA's World Factbook series.
US Census Bureau
Search US census data with sophisticated data analysis and extraction tools.
Internal Revenue Service
US State Department Travel Warnings & Consular Information Sheets
Travel Warnings are issued when the State Department decides, based on all relevant information, to recommend that Americans avoid travel to a certain country. Countries where avoidance of travel is recommended will have Travel Warnings as well as Consular Information Sheets.
U.S. Senate
U.S. House of Representatives
Thomas--Congressional Information
Library of Congress
California State Government Resources
California State Government
California State Agencies
California State Politics Search
Cal-Access
California Automated Lobbying and Campaign and Expenditure Search System.
California Codes and Legislative Information
Provides access to the 29 California codes, the full text of current bills, addresses of legislators, etc.
California Judiciary Resources
Court Information Search
California State Bar
Office of the California State Public Defender
California Executive Branch Resources
Office of the Governor
California Community Colleges, Chancellor's Office
California Legislative Branch Resources
California Assembly
California Senate
California Legislative Information
California Republican Assembly Homepage
The Assembly Democratic Caucus
Other States
State Government Search
Political Access
Los Angeles Government Sites
City of Los Angeles
County of Los Angeles
LA County Superior Court
LA Municipal Courts
Links to other cities
Santa Monica Sites
City of Santa Monica Homepage
Santa Monica Chamber of Commerce
Santa Monica Municipal Code
Search for Council Meeting Records
Library Web Sites
LibDex - worldwide index of library catalogues and web sites
Library of Congress
Los Angeles Public Library
County of Los Angeles Public Library
LA County Law Library
Santa Monica Public Library
MELVYL: the catalog for the University of California
UCLA Libraries
UC Irvine Libraries
USC Libraries
Beverly Hills Public Library
Inglewood Public Library
Loyola Marymount University Library
Culver City Public Library
California Community Colleges - Library Web Pages
Rio Hondo College Library
Pasadena City College Library
Glendale Community College Library
El Camino College Library
Information about Colleges, Universities, Careers and Financial Aid
US News College Ranks
US News and World Report Online offers an extensive ranking of colleges throughout the United States. Allows you to search by such specifications as location, cost, selectivity, or size.
Financial Aid Information
Provides links to an extensive amount of information on financial aid. Also provides databases for searching scholarships and fellowships on the web.
Peterson's Home Page - Colleges and Career Information
Information about colleges and universities. Financial aid information. Career assessment tests.
Occupational Outlook Handbook
A nationally recognized source of career information, designed to provide valuable assistance to individuals making decisions about their future work lives.
Colleges and Universities on the Internet
UCLA
USC
Loyola Marymount University
Biola University
California Institute of Technology
California Institute of the Arts
California State Polytechnic University, Pomona
California State University, Dominguez Hills
California State University, Fullerton
California State University, Long Beach
California State University, Los Angeles
California State University, Northridge
Pepperdine University
Whittier College
El Camino College
Los Angeles City College
Los Angeles Harbor College
Los Angeles Mission College
Los Angeles Pierce College
Los Angeles Valley College
Pasadena City College
All California Community Colleges
Newspapers Online
Corsair
Los Angeles Times
New Times Los Angeles
LA Weekly
Pasadena Star News
Daily News (Los Angeles)
Orange County Register
New York Times
Washington Post
USA Today
Abyz News Links - Index - Newspapers, News Media, and News Sources
OnlineNewspapers.com
Internet Public Library: online newspapers
Newslink
Newspaper, radio and television links.
Alternative, ethnic and local (Calif.) news resources.
Yahoo's Comprehensive Newspaper List