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  1 Step by Stephen Morse

Easy to use search forms for a wide variety of genealogical resources including Passengers Lists, New York State Census AD/ED finder, and much more. more info

  1 Step Census Locators (1910, 1920, 1930)

Search for Enumeration Districts by address for large cities including New York. more info

  2009 Video Voter Guide

Learn about the candidates running in the New York City primary election on September 15, 2009. more info

  A2A - Access to Archives

Contains catalogues describing archives held throughout England and dating from the 900s to the present day. more info

  AcqWeb's Directory of Publishers and Vendors

Provides links to websites of publishers throughout the world, searchable by alphabetical, geographical, and topical lists. more info

  Agricola

AGRICOLA is a bibliographic database of citations to the agricultural literature created by the National Agricultural Library and its cooperators. more info

  AHDS (Arts & Humanities Data Service)/Performing Arts

Searchable collection of online digital resources in the performing arts, mostly from Britain. more info

  AMA Physician Select

Provides information on virtually every licensed physician in the United States and its possessions, including doctors of medicine (MD) and doctors of osteopathy or osteopathic medicine (DO). more info

  American Fact Finder

Provides statistics for population, housing, industry, and business. more info

  American Memory

A rich collection of primary source material relating to U.S. history and culture, compiled by the Library of Congress National Digital Library Program. more info

  Amnesty International Library

Provides full text of many of the human rights organization's recent publications, including annual reports back to 1993, country reports, and thematic reports. more info

  AncestorsOnBoard.com

Outward Passenger Lists for long-distance voyages leaving the British Isles from 1890-1960 (work in progress). View index for free but you must pay to view information on passenger lists. more info

  Archival Materials Access Tool (AMAT)

Contains over 3000 entries for significant archival collections of the New York Public Library. Each entry includes the collection's name and holding division, and often includes links to catalog records and online finding aids when available. more info

  Archives and Manuscript Collections

A selective guide to archives and manuscript collections. Includes national libraries, state archives and libraries, college and university collections, and society archives. more info

  Archives Hub (UK)

A national gateway to descriptions of archives in UK universities and colleges. more info

  Archives Portal

UNESCO, the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization, provides a list of links to archives around the world with a Web presence. more info

  ArchNet -- Archaeology

Indexes resources in archaeology and anthropology on the Internet. more info

  ARL Latin Americanist Research Resources Project

Provides access to the tables of contents of journals, primarily in the humanities and social sciences, published in Latin America. more info

  Art and Architecture Thesaurus

Provides a structured vocabulary of around 125,000 terms, scope notes, and other information for describing fine art, architecture, decorative arts, archival materials, and material culture. more info

  Art Sales Index

Includes auction sales results from 1980-89, searchable by artist's name, dates, nationality, century, the title, description, medium, or dimensions of a picture, the auctioneer, date of sale, lot number, sale estimates, and the hammer price in pounds, dollars or local currency. more info

  Associations on the Net

A collection of websites providing information about a wide variety of professional and trade associations, cultural and art organizations, political parties and advocacy groups, labor unions, academic societies, and research institutions. more info

  Bartleby.com Great Books Online

Full-text access to a variety of standard reference books, fiction, nonfiction, and poetry. more info

  Bartlett's Familiar Quotations

Online version of the 1901 edition of Bartlett's Familiar Quotations may be browsed by author (chronologically or alphabetically). more info

  Baseball Digest

Baseball Digest is America's longest-running, baseball-only publication, with its first issue appearing on newsstands in 1942. more info

  Better Business Bureau

Check reports on New York businesses and charities. more info

  Biblioteca Virtual Miguel de Cervantes

Includes full-text works of Spanish-language literature, both classics and lesser known works. more info

  Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1774-Present

Provides biographical information on the more than 13,000 persons who have served in the United States Congress, including those who served in the Continental Congress. more info

  Bookfinder

Searches several online bookstores at once. more info

  Bremen Emigration Lists, 1920-1939

Searchable database of passengers leaving Bremen for the years 1920 to 1939. more info

  Brooklyn Daily Eagle Online (1841-1902)

Developed by the Brooklyn Public Library, this free database provides access to the full-text of the Eagle from 1841 to 1902. more info

  Brooklyn Public Library Catalog

The catalog for the Brooklyn Public Library. more info

  Buildings Information System, NYC Dept. of Buildings

Search for general information on a property in New York City, including block and lot number, census track and landmark status. more info

  Canadiana.org (formerly Canadian Institute for Historical Microreproductions)

Indexes the microform collection Canadiana. which contains over 60,000 monograph titles covering 300 years of Canadian history. more info

  CARES Directory

Search for social and health service organizations in the greater New York area. more info

  Castle Garden Immigration Center, 1830-1892

Index of more than 10 million immigrants who arrived at the Port of New York from 1830-1892. Searching via S. Morse's One Step Search Form. more info

  Catalogues Raisonnés

A searchable database listing published catalogues raisonnés, and ones in preperation. A catalogue raisonné is a comprehensive, annotated listing of all the known works of an artist, either in a particular medium or all media. more info

  Catholic Encyclopedia

Contains full and authoritative information on Catholic interests, action, and doctrine. more info

  Census: State and County Quick Facts

Tables of data from various Census Bureau programs, including profiles at national, state, and county levels. more info

  Charity Navigator

Evaluates the financial health of America's largest charities. more info

  Chiefs of State and Cabinet Ministers of Foreign Governments

Provides an alphabetical listing by country of Chiefs of State and Cabinet Members of foreign governments. more info

  Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers

Chronicling America is a prototype Website providing access to information about historic newspapers and select digitized newspaper pages, and is produced by the National Digital Newspaper Program. more info

  Cimorelli's Ship Information

Arrival dates and names of passenger ships which arrived at U.S. ports. This is not a database of passenger names but of ships. more info

  Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System

Contains basic facts about servicemen who served during the Civil War and regimental histories. more info

  Congressional Directory

Provides contact information for members of the United States Congress. more info

  Congressional Documents & Debates, 1774-1875

Includes the records and acts of the U.S. Congress from the Continental Congress and Constitutional Convention through the 43rd Congress. more info

  Corriere Della Sera

Italian newspaper more info

  Country Studies - Library of Congress

Details of a country's political, economic, social, and national security systems and institutions. more info

  Dance Heritage Coalition

This site is a tutorial for in-depth dance research, focusing on primary sources available in archives and research libraries. Also provides access to finding aids for archival collections in several repositories, including New York Public Library, the Library of Congress, Ohio State University, and the San Francisco Performing Arts Library and Museum. more info

  Dante Project (Dartmouth)

Searchable collection of texts including the Italian text of the Divine Comedy and commentaries. more info

  DAR Genealogical Records Index

Indexes unpublished genealogical materials, mainly bible and cemetery transcriptions, collected by DAR members. New York state volumes held at NYPL Milstein Division. more info

  Death Indexes and Records Online

Directory of online death indexes and records listed by state, including death certificate, obituaries, cemetery burials & probate records. more info

  Dictionary of Canadian Artists

A biographical database of Canadian artists more info

  Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online

The Dictionary of Canadian biography/Dictionnaire biographique du Canada (DCB/DBC) is a scholarly research and publishing project carried out jointly by the University of Toronto and the Université Laval. Recognized for the high level of excellence it has achieved, it is generally considered one of the most important undertakings in the country in the field of the humanities. more info

  Digital Scriptorium

Images of dated and datable medieval and renaissance manuscripts. more info

  Digital South Asia Library

On-line information about contemporary and historical South Asia – including full-text documents, statistical data, electronic images, cartographic representations, and pedagogical resources for language instruction. more info

  Directory of Scholars in Brazilian Studies

Directory includes: Scholars who teach Brazilian Studies at the college/university level; Scholars who have published in the field of Brazilian Studies; and Ph.D. candidates in Brazilian Studies (ABD) more info

  Ebony Magazine

Ebony, a monthly magazine for the African American market, was founded by John H. Johnson and has published continuously since the Autumn of 1945. A digest-sized sister magazine, Jet, is also published by Johnson Publishing. more info

  El Diario La Prensa NY

The largest and oldest Spanish-language daily newspaper in New York City. more info

  Ellis Island: American Family Immigration History Center

Covers the period 1892-1924 when 22 million passengers and crew members entered the Port of New York through Ellis Island. Search for an immigrant's name and view a digitized page of the passenger manifest. more info

  Ellis Island: Searching the Ellis Island Database in One Step

An enhanced search of the Ellis Island Database (1892-1924). more info

  Energy Administration Information

Energy statistics from the U.S. Government. more info

  England and Wales 1911 Census

The 1911 census is a record of everyone who lived in England and Wales in 1911. Searching the index is free but there is a fee for viewing the digitized record. more info

  England and Wales Historical Directories

A digital library of local and trade directories from England and Wales from 1750-1919. more info

  English-to-other-Language Translation Dictionaries

Links to Alta Vista's Translator and other French, German, Japanese, Russian, and Spanish to English (and vice versa) dictionaries. more info

  E-print Network

The Department of Energy's E-PRINT Network is a searchable gateway to preprint servers that deal with scientific and technical disciplines of concern to DOE. more info

  Europa: Gateway to the European Union

Current information on the member countries of the European Union, including statistical data, policies, news, official documents, legal texts, and other publications. more info

  European Library, The

Combined searching of the resources of European national libraries. more info

  Fagan Finder

Provides links to quotation, proverb, aphorism, and slogan sites, and the means for searching particular types of quotes. more info

  Family History Archive

Digitized full-text family histories. more info

  FamilySearch Genealogy Service

Produced by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS), this site searches genealogical records worldwide including Ancestral Files, International Genealogical Index, and census and other vital statistics sources. more info

  FamilySearch Record Search (Pilot)

Search indexed records for your ancestors worldwide. Under development. New content added monthly. more info

  FEDSTATS

National statistics from the U.S. Federal Government in the areas of Agriculture, Education, Income, Natural Resources, Crime, Energy, Labor, Safety, Demographics, Environment, National Accounts, Transportation, Economic, and Health. more info

  Film Literature Index

Film Literature Index annually indexes 150 film and television periodicals from 30 countries and 200 other scholarly and popular periodicals. more info

  Foreign Relations of the United States

This digital facsimile of FRUS is a project of the University of Wisconsin-Madison Libraries in collaboration with the University of Illinois at Chicago Libraries. An almost complete run from 1861-1960 with missing volumes being added as they can be acquired. more info

  Foundation Finder

Basic information about private and community foundations within the U.S. more info

  Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung

German newspaper more info

  GalleryGuide.org

Search for art exhibitions, openings, shows, services, and more. more info

  George Eastman House Catalog

Photographers, collections, and exhibition catalogs can be searched in this extensive index. more info

  Germans to the U.S.: 1850-1897

Index of German immigrants arriving in the Port of New York. more info

  Getty Provenance Index

Information related to the history of collecting and the provenance of individual works of art; gathered from sales catalogues, archival records, and museum files. more info

  Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Terms

A structured vocabulary of geographic names, including vernacular and historical names, coordinates, and place types. Focuses on places important for the study of art and architecture. more info

  Google Book Search

Google Books enables you to search the full-text of scanned books (contributed by The New York Public Library, other libraries and publishers) via the Web, and to read selections of the full-text of these digitized texts. more info

  GPO Access

A service of the U.S. Government Printing Office that provides free access to a wide array of databases and other online tools produced by the federal government. Includes the United States Code, the Code of Federal Regulations, the Federal Register (1994- ), and published versions of bills (1993- ). more info

  Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn

Founded in 1838, this cemetery was the place many famous New Yorkers who died during the second half of the 19th century were buried. It is still an operating cemetery with approximately 600,000 graves. Look for the search form under “Burial Inquiry.” more info

  Griffith’s Valuation

First full-scale valuation of property in Ireland published between 1847 and 1864. It allows researchers to locate 'occupants' to see who lived where. more info

  Handbook of Latin American Studies

Contains records describing books, book chapters, articles, and conference papers published in the field of Latin American Studies. more info

  Historical Census Browser

Provides population and economic census data for U.S. states and counties from the years 1790-1960. more info

  History Guide

Subject gateway to scholarly relevant information in history with a focus on Anglo-American history and the history of Central and Western Europe. more info

  H-Net

International consortium of scholars and teachers for advancing teaching and research in the arts, humanities, and social sciences. more info

  HyperHistory Online

3,000 years of world history with a combination of colorful graphics, lifelines, timelines, and maps. more info

  ICON: International Coaltion on Newspapers

The International Coalition on Newspapers is a coordinated multi-institutional effort to increase the availability of international newspaper collections by improving both bibliographic and physical access to global newspaper collections. more info

  iLove Languages

Access to online dictionaries, language lessons, translation services, and other language-related Internet resources. more info

  Index to Art in Canada to 1930

An index to works of art listed in Canadian exhibition, auction and collection catalogues. more info

  Index Translationum

Contains information on books translated and published in about a hundred of UNESCO's member states since 1979 in all disciplines. more info

  Information Please Almanac

Includes full-text of the Information Please Almanac as well as an online dictionary and an online encyclopedia. more info

  International Database

Provides demographic and socioeconomic statistics for 227 countries and areas of the world. more info

  International Directory of Performing Arts Collections and Institutions

The SIBMAS International Directory of Performing Arts Collections and Institutions lists over 7000 international institutions with material relating to the performing arts (theatre, opera, music, ballet, film, circus, radio, television, cabaret, pantomime). Not only basic information about the institution is provided, but also information about collections found within the institutions. more info

  Internet Archives: Text Archives

Text Archive enables you to search and view the full-text of scanned books via the Web. more info

  Internet Broadway Database

A definitive source for the facts on Broadway musicals and plays from Aristophanes to Ziegfeld. more info

  Internet Movie Database

Fully-searchable database of film information. more info

  Internet Resources in Dance

Selected by librarians in the Jerome Robbins Dance Division at The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts more info

  Internet Resources in Film

Selected by Librarians in the Billy Rose Theatre Collection and the Dance and Drama Circulating Collections at The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts. more info

  Internet Resources in Music

Selected by librarians in the Music Division of the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts more info

  Internet Resources in Recorded Sound

Selected by librarians in the Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound at The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts more info

  Internet Resources in Theatre

Selected by librarians in the Billy Rose Theatre Collection and in the Dance and Drama Circulating Collections at The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts. more info

  Italians to the U.S.: 1855-1900

Index of Italian immigrants arriving in the Port of New York. more info

  Jane Austen Information Page

Contains the author's novels, unfinished works, juvenilia, and miscellaneous fragments. more info

  Jet Magazine

JET is an American weekly marketed toward African American readers, founded in 1951 by John H. Johnson of Johnson Publishing Company in Chicago, Illinois. more info

  Labyrinth: Resources for Medieval Studies

Access to electronic resources in medieval studies worldwide. more info

  LANE - Latin America North East Libraries Consortium

Provides information about the availability of Latin American research resources in the region. more info

  LANIC - Latin American Network Information Center

A selective guide to Latin American internet resources organized by subject and country. Provides access to a wide variety of full-text resources. more info

  Le Monde

Paris, France newspaper more info

  Library of Congress Online Catalog

The catalog of the Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. more info

  Libweb: Library Servers via WWW

Links to libraries around the world. more info

  Literature, Arts, and Medicine Database

An annotated bibliography of prose, poetry, film, video, and art. more info

  Making of America (Cornell University Site)

Materials accessible here are Cornell University Library's contributions to Making of America (MOA), a digital library of primary sources in American social history from the antebellum period through Reconstruction. more info

  Making of America (University of Michigan Site)

Materials accessible here are University of Michigan Library's contributions to Making of America (MOA), a digital library of primary sources in American social history from the antebellum period through Reconstruction. more info

  Map Collection, Perry-Castaneda

Displays selected digitized images from the printed map collection housed at the University of Texas at Austin. more info

  Martindale.com

An online directory of lawyers and law firms around the world. more info

  MEDLINEplus

Allows users to search about specific conditions using dictionaries, MEDLINE, PUBMED and other resources. more info

  Menu Collection Database

The database contains thousands of records describing the menus in the NYPL's collection. Menus are available in the Rare Book Division. more info

  MetOpera Database

An up-to-date chronicle of every Metropolitan Opera performance since 1883 with information on performers, operas and ballets. more info

  Metropolitan Museum of Art: Watsonline

Search the online catalogue of the Watson Library. more info

  Modern Language Association Language map

The Modern Language Association's interactive map of languages spoken throughout the United States. more info

  Movie Review Query Engine

Provides links to reviews of 48,000+ films, both historical and contemporary, from websites, newspapers, and magazines across the United States and Canada. more info

  MTA

Website of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority of New York. more info

  Museum of the City of New York: Byron Collection

This database consists of over 22,000 photographs of New York City and its environs taken by the Byron Company between 1890 and 1942. more info

  MyCITI Map Portal

Through a partnership between the Municipal Art Society and the City of New York, users can access an enhanced New York City Map Portal for detailed maps, building and property data, subway information, community statistics and more. more info

  NARA's 1930 Census Microfilm Locator

An online database listing every roll of microfilm in the 1930 census, searchable by over 120,000 geographic locations. more info

  National Archives (formerly Historical Manuscripts Commission)

The United Kingdom's central advisory body on archives and manuscripts relating to British history. more info

  National Portrait Gallery's Portrait Search

Search more than 80,000 records from the Catalog of American Portraits. more info

  Naturalization index to records at the Kings County Clerk's Office, 1907-1924

Index to the Kings County (Brooklyn) naturalization records located in the Kings County Clerk's Office. more info

  Naturalization Indexes for Greater New York

Indexes to naturalization records of the Eastern District (Brooklyn, Queens, Staten Island, Nassau, Suffolk) 1865-1957, the Southern District (Manhattan & Bronx) 1824-1959, Bronx County Supreme Court 1914-1952, Queens County Clerk's Office, 1906-1957, Nassau County 1899-1989, Suffolk County 1865-1981, and Military Naturalizations for the New York Tri-State Area. more info

  New York City (Manhattan) Building Permits Database, 1900-1986

A digitized version of the New York City (Manhattan) building permits from 1900-1986, searchable by address, owner, architect, building type and other fields. more info

  New York City Census FactFinder

Department of City Planning reference collection including access to New York City population information from the 2000 U.S. Census. more info

  New York City Death Index (1891-1948)

A searchable database of the death indexes for Manhattan (1891-1894), Manhattan and Brooklyn (1895-1897) and All Boroughs (1898-1948). more info

  New York City Digital Collection of Historical Books

A subset of the Making of America digital library (the University of Michigan site), this collection consists of 335 volumes focusing on New York City, including several editions of the Directory of social and health agencies of New York City. The “Refine this search” link at the top of the page allows you to search by keyword within this collection. more info

  New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission

The NYC agency that is responsible for identifying and designating the city's landmarks and historic districts. Some recent publications are available for download from this Web site. more info

  New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission Designation Reports

Provides free online access to the collection of Landmark designation reports. more info

  New York City Marriages: Brides Index (1866?-1937)

A searchable database of the brides indexes for Manhattan 1866-1937; Kings County (Brooklyn) 1871-1913 and 1931-1937; Bronx 1899-1937; Queens 1904-1937; Richmond (Staten Island) 1898-1937. Not all years are 100% complete. more info

  New York City Marriages: Grooms Index (1864?-1936)

A searchable database of the groom indexes for Brooklyn, 1864-1907, Manhattan, 1866-1907, Staten Island, 1898-1907, and All Boroughs,1908-1936. more info

  New York City Views

Images of New York City from the NYPL Digital Gallery, a free resource of images digitized from primary sources and printed rarities in the collections of the Library. This link goes directly to image collections from the Irma and Paul Milstein Division of United States History, Local History and Genealogy. more info

  New York Heritage.org

New York Heritage.org is a portal to free digital collections about New York State's people, places, and institutions contributed by libraries, archives, museums, and other cultural institutions. more info

  New York Magazine

New York Magazine covers, analyzes, comments on and defines the news, culture, entertainment, lifestyle, fashion and personalities that drive New York City. New York Magazine, founded in April 1968, reaches 1.6 million readers each week and is published by New York Media Holdings, LLC. more info

  New York State Census 1905/15/25 - Obtaining AD/ED for NYC

Work in progress - The 1905/15/25 New York State census records are arranged by Assembly District (AD) and Election District (ED) and are only available on microfilm. In order to locate a person, you first need to know their address and then you need to convert that address into AD/ED. This website will help you obtain this information. more info

  New York State Historical Literature

A digital collection of hundreds of pamphlets and monographs chosen from Cornell University Library's extensive collection of New York State Literature. more info

  New York State Literary Web Site

Literary maps of New York City and New York State. Click on author images and counties for biographies, literary organizations and sites, bookstores, and libraries. more info

  New York State Tax Forms

You can find all forms and instructions that were previously printed for income tax returns. more info

  New York State Unit History Project

Digital library of New York State military unit histories including Civil War, Spanish-American War, World War I, World War II, and Korean War. more info

  NewsLink

Links to Web sites of media sources, including newspapers, magazines, radio and television stations, and publishers more info

  Newspaper Indexes, Archives & Morgues

Contains links to national and international newspaper archives and indexes available over the Internet. more info

  NOAH (New York Online Access to Health)

A guide to the latest health information and resources.
Acceso Computarizado a la Salud de Nueva York (NOAH, siglas en inglés) le proporciona al consumidor información sobre la salud en inglés y en español. more info

  Nobel Prizes and Laureates

Search the Nobel e-Museum for information about the prize and past winners. more info

  NUCMC

National Union Catalog of Manuscript Collections more info

  NYCdata

NYCData is a compendium of factual data organized by 16 topics ranging from population and culture to historical labor force figures and consumer prices. more info

  NYPL Catalog

The online catalog for the The New York Public Library. more info

  NYPL Digital Gallery

Provides access to over 685,000 images digitized from primary sources and printed rarities in the collections of The New York Public Library, including illuminated manuscripts, historical maps, vintage posters, rare prints and photographs, illustrated books, printed ephemera, and more. more info

  NYPL Digital Library Collections

Gateway to The New York Public Library’s rare and unique collections in digitized form. more info

  OASIS

Access an interactive mapping system for New York City, supplemented by aerial photography, building and property data, environmental information, and data analysis tools. more info

  ORB: On-line Reference Book for Medieval Studies

A collection of Medieval Studies resources on the Internet more info

  Palmer List of Merchant Vessels

This list consists of descriptions of historical merchant vessels including photographs whenever possible. more info

  Parallel Histories: Spain, the United States, and the American Frontier

Digital library site devoted to Spanish exploration and settlement in North America from the 15th to the early 19th centuries. more info

  Patents Searching

Searchable full text and bibliographic patent databases from the US Patent and Trademark Office, from 1 January 1976 to the most recent weekly issue date. more info

  Perseus Digital Library

An online collection of textual and visual materials illustrating the Archaic and Classical Greek world. more info

  Picture Collection Online, NYPL Mid-Manhattan Library

A collection of 30,000 digitized images from books, magazines and newspapers as well as original photographs, prints and postcards, mostly created before 1923. more info

  Popular Science

Popular Science is an American monthly magazine founded in 1872 carrying articles for the general reader on science and technology subjects. more info

  Population Index

A searchable database of annotated citations from books, journals, working papers, dissertations, and bibliographies in the field of demographics and population more info

  Prevention Magazine

Prevention is the #1 healthy lifestyle magazine brand and the 10th largest magazine in the nation, with more than 11 million readers. The top online health magazine destination, Prevention.com has 1.6 million unique visitors each month. more info

  Prints & Photographs Online Catalog (PPOC)

The Library of Congress Prints & Photographs Division’s catalog to about 65% of the Division's holdings. Many of the catalog records are accompanied by digital images--about one million digital images in all. more info

  Private School Review

Provides profiles of private elementary day schools & high schools more info

  Psychoanalytic Literature Jourlit/Bookrev Database

A searchable index to journals, books, and book reviews in the field of psychoanalysis more info

  Pulitzer Prizes

A Web site that includes an archive of Pulitzer Prize-winning works from past years including photos, editorial cartoons, music clips, and the full text of all articles. more info

  Queens Library Catalog

The catalog for the Queens Public Library. more info

  Rambi: Index of Articles on Jewish Studies

A bibliography of articles on Jewish studies in Hebrew, Yiddish, and European languages. more info

  Reed Design Registry: Directory of US Architecture Firms (formerly ProFile)

Search for architecture firms and businesses in the United States. more info

  Regents Exam Prep Center

Created by the Oswego City School District, this nonprofit site is to help high school students meet the New York State Regents requirements in English, Mathematics, Science, and Social Studies. This project is supported by a federally-funded Title III Technology Literacy Challenge Grant. more info

  Renaissance Dante in Print

An online exhibition of Renaissance editions of Dante's works. more info

  Romantic Circles: Byron, the Shelleys, Keats, and their Contemporaries

A Web site that provides scholarly resources for the study of Romantic-period literature and culture. more info

  Russians to the U.S.: 1834-1897

Index of Russian immigrants arriving in the Port of New York. more info

  Scholarly Societies

Links to Web sites of scholarly societies all over the world. more info

  Science.gov

Science.gov is a gateway to government science information and research results, and provides a search of over 36 scientific databases and 200 million pages of science information. more info

  Search for Missing Friends: Irish Immigrant Advertisements Placed in the Boston Pilot

From 1831 through 1921, the Boston Pilot newspaper printed a "Missing Friends" column with advertisements from people looking for "lost" friends and relatives who had emigrated from Ireland to the United States. This collection of 31,711 records is available here as a searchable online database. more info

  SIRIS: Smithsonian Institution Research Information System

Provides access to Smithsonian's library catalogs, archival resources, bibliographies and more. more info

  Social Security Death Index

An index to basic information about persons with Social Security numbers whose deaths have been reported to the Social Security Administration. more info

  SONIC: Sound Online Inventory and Catalog

Inventory and catalog of a large selection of recordings (music and spoken word, including radio) from the Recorded Sound Section of the Library of Congress more info

  Soundex Converter

"The soundex system is a method of indexing names in the 1880, 1900, 1910, 1920, and 1930 US Censuses." more info

  Tax Forms, Federal and State

Download and print federal and state tax forms for all 50 states. more info

  Telephone Directories (Infobel.com)

Search for a telephone number using online versions of international yellow pages, white pages, business directories, and reverse directories. more info

  Telephone Directories (Numberway.com)

Search for a telephone number using online versions of international yellow pages, white pages, business directories, and reverse directories. more info

  Televised Opera and Musical Comedy Database

This database documents more than a half-century of opera, operetta, and musical comedy telecasts produced in the United States, tracing performance programming from early live presentations on experimental TV stations, to contemporary productions released on broadcast television, various cable forms, and home video. more info

  Television News Archive, Vanderbilt University

Provides abstracts of network news broadcasts. more info

  The Independent

United Kingdom and Worldwide News more info

  Thomas: Legislative Information on the Internet

Provides full-text access to the Congressional Record, bills, public and private laws, roll call votes, and schedules of both houses. more info

  TOL: Transitions Online

Provides access to TOL, a news magazine that covers Central and Eastern Europe, the Balkans, and the former Soviet Union. more info

  Trademark Electronic Search System (Tess)

Searchable trademark database from the US Patent and Trademark Office, which includes the full bibliographic text of pending and registered trademarks. This site is a resource for application and general information about trademarks. more info

  U.S. Census

Provides in-depth U.S. census data. more info

  Union List of Artists Names

Contains biographical information about artists and architects, including variant names, pseudonyms, and language variants. more info

  United States Copyright Office

Links to general information and publications about copyright and the copyrighting process. more info

  United States Government Manual

Contains comprehensive information on the agencies of the legislative, judicial, and executive branches of the federal government. more info

  United States Government Printing Office

Provides free electronic access to a catalog of products published by the Federal Government. more info

  United States National Archives and Records Administration

An independent Federal agency that preserves U.S. historical documents and oversees the management of all Federal records. more info

  United States Postal Service

Provides acccess to publications and products including a ZIP code finder, post office locator, forms, tracking and confirmation, and a rate calculator. more info

  United States State Department: Major Publications

Provides access to publications of the US State Department prior to January 21, 2001. more info

  Universities Worldwide

Search home pages of colleges and universities. more info

  Valley of the Kings Online

Contains an interactive atlas of more than 250 tomb mappings,narrated tours of the Valley, a 3-D exploration of one of the largest tombs, images, articles,a glossary, bibliography and timeline. more info

  Victorian Women Writers Project

A full-text library of works by British women writers of the nineteenth century. more info

  Virtual Gramophone/Canadian Historical Sound Recordings

The Virtual Gramophone/Canadian Historical Sound Recordings is a multimedia Web site devoted to the first half-century of recorded sound in Canada. more info

  Vital Records Information

This site explains how to obtain vital records (such as birth certificates, death records, marriage licenses) from each state, territory and county of the United States. more info

  War of the Rebellion: Compilation of the Official Records

Contains the full-text of all 128 volumes of The Official records of the Union and Confederate armies, originally published between 1881-1901. more info

  WATCH: Writers, Artists, and Their Copyright Holders

Contains the names and addresses of copyright holders, or contact persons for authors and artists whose archives are housed in North America and the United Kingdom. more info

  Westchester County Archives

A database of public records of Westchester County, New York from 1680 to the present. more info

  William Blake Archive

Provide access to major works of visual and literary art by William Blake. more info

  World Buddhist Directory

Directory of Buddhist organizations throughout the world. more info

  World Factbook

Covers the following for countries around the world: maps, current issues, history, geography, people, government, economy, communications, transportation, military, and transnational issues. more info

  WorldCat.org

Free access to the OCLC WorldCat catalog, which searches many libraries at once. Look for books, music, videos and more and then locate it in a library nearby. more info

  Wright American Fiction

Provides electronic, full-text access to almost every novel published in the United States from 1851 to 1875. more info

  Your Dictionary

Provides access to language and language-related products and services on the Web. more info