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ICC's Electronic Collection

Recommended WebLinks

Books from other Libraries

• Resource Sharing Alliance
• WorldCat.org

Categorized lists (bookmarks) of World Wide Web Resources

• Digital Librarian
• Internet Public Library
• Librarians Index to the Internet

Tools to Help you Use and Evaluate Web Resources

• Barebones 101; How to Search and Evaluate Internet Resources
• Evaluation Criteria
• Finding Information on the Web: A Tutorial
• ICYouSee: T is for Thinking
• Evaluating Internet Resources

How to Cite Information in Papers

• APA Style Guide to Electronic References  [pdf]

• APA/MLA Style Guide
• MLA/APA citation format
• Chicago Style
• For information on citing electronic resources
• Documentation guidelines
• Citation style
• APA Documentation Style for Works Cited  [pdf]
• MLA Documentation Guidelines  [pdf]
• Turabian Citation Guide

Education
THE ALMANAC (2007)
The Chronicle's 2006-2007 "Almanac of Higher Education" is now online. It includes national and state-by-state data on colleges and universities, and their students, faculty and staff members, and finances.
STATE-BY-STATE ROUNDUPS (2007)
Profiles and data for higher education in the 50 states and the District of Columbia.
ACROSS THE NATION (2007)
National data on college enrollment trends, faculty salaries, test scores, degrees awarded, tuition and fees, spending on research and development, student aid, and more.

• Almanac of Higher Education (2006)
     (State-By-State Roundups (2006) | Across The Nation (2006))
• Almanac of Higher Education (2005)
     (State-By-State Roundups (2005) | Across The Nation (2005))
• SchoolMatters
• College Search
• Self-Evaluation for Potential Online Learning Students
• U.S Department of Education

Statistics

• Statistical Abstract of the United States
• National Center for Education Statistics
• American Factfinder (Census data)

Careers

• Occupational Outlook Handbook

Illinois

• Illinois Clicks
• Find It Illinois
• Lincoln Library in Springfield

Medical information

• PDR Health
• Merck and The Merck Manuals
• MEDLINE
• PubMed

Digital Images

• New York Public Library's Index of digital images

Electronic Books

• Universal Digital Library – Million Book Project
• National Academies Press
• Electronic Text Center
• Fictionwise
• Palm Digital Media
• Full Text Scholarly Books

Open Access Journals

• DOAJ:Directory of Open Access Journals

Government

• Election Resources on the Internet
• IFES's ElectionGuide
• FirstGov
• American FactFinder
• GovEngine.com
• Student Gateway to the U.S. Government

Tools for Your Use

• CayerMedia.com
• Google Books
• Google Custom Search Engine, Undergraduate Research Engine

Video on Demand

• Learner.org
  Note: You must establish a free account for access