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Libraries-Texas,
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Literature
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WWW Sites
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Scientific Abstracts) includes Medline **
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Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature)
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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
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Maps,
Directions & Travel Info.
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Google Maps
Mapquest
Bing Maps
Flight Tracker (Flight Aware.com)
United Nations Environmental Programme
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North Texas Zip
Code Maps
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Music
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Allmusic.com (artist biography,
discography, awards)
IPA Source (phonetic alphabet (IPA)
transcriptions / opera arias)
Bob Dylan Songs/Lyrics Archive
Classical
Music Library **
Essentials of Music
Second Hand Songs
- Cover Song Database
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
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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
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Voice & Keyboard audio search
Sibley Music
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International Music Score Library Project
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News
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Happy News
BBC News
CNN
FOX News
MSNBC
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GoogleNews
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NY Times.com
International Relations (news
and current affairs)
America.Gov (Current U.S. & U.S.
Foreign policy news)
Texas News
ABC Channel 8
CBS Channel 11
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Worth Star Telegram **
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Open Access Journals
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DOAJ
Directory of Open Access Journals
Other open access journal
aggregate sites:
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Public
Library of Science
Scholarly Exchange
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Publishing
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Journal Rankings
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Religion & Theology
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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
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Real Estate
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TAD Tarrant Appraisal District
DCAD Dallas Central Appraisal
District
Denton Central
Appraisal District
Realtor.com
Rent.com
Apartments.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
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Quotations
& Phrases
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Bartlett's Familiar Quotations
Quotations Page
BrainyQuote
Famous Quotes &
Authors
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Science
& Technology
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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
US Geological
Survey National Geologic Map Database
Encyclopedia of the Earth
BioMed
Math & Science Computational Answer Engine
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Style
Manuals
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All
Style Manuals
APA Style
Chicago/Turabian
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 Cite - "Oops, I Plagiarized"
Research &
Documentation Online
Citing
Government Information Sources (in MLA style)
One page printable
guides from EasyBib.com (APA, MLA, Chicago
Citing
Images
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Tax
Information
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IRS Website
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Withholding Calculator
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TCU
Statistics & History
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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
History
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
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Dissertation
Abstracts**
Dissertations
and Theses @ TCU**
TCU Electronic Theses
& Dissertations: Online Submission Guidelines
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Time Clock
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Time Clock (official U.S. time)
Civilian - Military time Converter
Calculator
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Traffic
Conditions (DFW)
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TexDot
DFW Traffic Conditions:
Dallas / Fort Worth
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Translation
Dictionaries
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Altavista's Babel Fish
Onelook.com
Bilingual
Dictionaries - Oxford Reference
Google Translate
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U.S.
Facts
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State and County QuickFacts
50 States of the United States
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U.S. Statistics
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FedStats
U.S. Justice Statistics
Statistical
Resources on the Web
LexisNexis
Statistical **
Census 2000
Census
Atlas of the United States
Local Census Data
U.S. Religious
Landscape Survey
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Voting
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Project Vote Smart
ProCon.org
League of Women Voters
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Weather
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WeatherChannel
NOAA
Climate
Research (NOAA)
Pollen
Forecast
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Reviewed by Laura Steinbach
10/09/2009
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