Searching the Internet.

Search Engines and Directories:

• All the Web. [Search engine]
• Alta Vista. [Search engine]
• Excite. [Search engine]
• Google. [Search engine]
• HotBot. [Search engine]
• mamma.com [Search engine]
• W.W.W. Virtual Library. [Directory]
• Yahoo. [Directory]

Specialized Search Engines:

• Ditto.com. [To search for images]
• Corbis. [To search for images]
• Lycos Free Downloads & Software [To search for free software]
• Jumbo.com. [For shareware]
• Tile.net [To search for discussion groups]

Internet Tutorials:

• Learn the Net. [About.com]
• Texas Information Literacy Tutorial - T.I.L.T.
• Web Search Strategies. [Debbie Flanagan, Computer Based Trainer]

Free E-Mail Sites:

• Hotmail.
• GMail.
• Lycos Mail.
• MailExcite.
• Yahoo E-Mail.

Quick Reference:

• Chicago Public Library Ready Reference Shelf.
• Consumer Price Indexes. [Bureau of Labor Statistics]
• Consumer Reports Online.
• Fedstats. [Statistics about the U.S. and other countries]
• Governments of the World.
• Historic Events and Birth-Dates.
• HyperHistory. [Timelines]
• MapQuest.
• Refdesk.com
• United States Postal Service.
• Weather Channel.
• Weights and Measures.
• WorldPages. [Residential and business phone numbers]
• XE.com: The Universal Currency Converter.
• Zip Code Lookup.

Hot -- Current Paper Topics:

• Best Information on the Net: Hot Paper Topics [Full-text articles, laws, statistics, on controversial issues]
• Browse Topics [Provides access to full-text U.S. federal government web pages by topic]
• Documents In The News. [Articles on current topics]
• InfoZone Research [Recommended for E.S.L. students]
• PollingReport.com [Choose a subject heading or use the site Search engine to find national public opinion polls on hot topics.]
• Hot Paper Topics [Full-text sources on a variety of topics]
  

Research & Writing Tips:

• Coming to Terms: Library Tips for Students [Tips on writing research papers]
• Prolix-Skylark: The Online 'Zine for E.P.C.C. Students [Choose "Issues for English Classes"]
• Starting Points [Steps to researching a paper]
• The Writers' Workshop [Writing tips; style guides for bibliographies]

Borderlands Information:

• Americas Program: A New World of Ideas, Analysis and Policy Options (includes Border Information and Outreach Service - B.I.O.S. (Interhemispheric Resource Center and more). [Supports community-based economic, social and environmental political action and links to border-related organizations and to full text sources]
• Border EcoWeb. [Environmental issues of the U.S. - Mexico border region]
• Borderlands: An El Paso Community College Local History Project
  [Local history articles written by EPCC students and published in the El Paso Times.]
• The Borderlands Encyclopedia [Mega directory to U.S.-Mexico Border information on the Web]
• Borderlands Information Center [Central clearinghouse and referral center for information about the Texas/Mexico border region.]
• Ciudad Juarez. [Business and community guide]
• El Paso Info. [City Guide; El Paso commerce; real estate information and more]
• el Paso.org (Greater El Paso Chamber of Commerce).
• Frontera NorteSur. [News and analysis of current issues and events in the Paso del Norte region and the U.S. - Mexico border]
• Handbook of Texas Online [Search by keyword to find articles about El Paso and the border region.]
• New Mexico Net. [Business, entertainment, education links]
• Texas Water Development Board [Includes information on colonias with maps and data]

Business and Economic Information:

• Annual Report Gallery. [Full-text annual reports]
• Bloomberg.com. [World market information]
• Business and Economic Resources. [Comprehensive, annotated list - very well organized]
• Center for Latin American Economics. [Economic policy issues related to Latin America; clearinghouse for information about the region]
• C.E.O. Express. [Portal to business research links: online magazines, statistics, international business, financial calculators, etc.]
• Hoovers Online. [For company profiles, stock quotes...]
• LatinFocus [Choose "Mexico" to get economic indicators, stock market data, etc. Provides same type of data for other Latin American nations, too.]
• NASDAQ. [Includes major financial indices, company descriptions]
• New York Stock Exchange. [Designed as an educational tool, provides links to very good marketplace information]
• Red Herring Online (StockMaster). [Includes quotes, charts and historical data since 1993]
• S.E.C. EDGAR Archives. [Files of publicly traded corporations]
• Small Business Administration.
• SuperPages.com (Big Book). [Directory of 16 million U.S. businesses]
• Texas Center for Border Economic and Enterprise Development [Includes border crossing information and more]
• Thomas Register. [Directory of U.S. manufacturers]

Career and Employment Information:

• America's Job Bank.
• Career Builder.com
• Occupational Outlook Handbook (latest edition)
• TrueCareers.com

Disabilities Information:

• Resources for Students with Disabilities.
• S.E.T.I. - Search Engine Technology Interface. [Highly accessible interface to some of the best and most popular search engines on the Internet]

Education Information:

• Blue Web'n. [Links to self-learning sites for students; resources for K-12 teachers]
• E.R.I.C. [Educational Resources Information Center - the best educational research]
• FastWeb. [Database of over 400,000 scholarships]
• National Library of Education. [The federal government's main resource center for education information]
• Peterson's Education Center: Financing Education. [For college financial aid information]
• Pitsco's Resources for Educators. [Educational resources for K-12 teachers: among these, "Ask an Expert" to send questions to experts in a variety of fields]
• Region 19 Education Service Center, Texas Education Agency. [Services El Paso I.S.D. and other area school districts. Includes overview of Head Start and Special Education programs.]
• SearchEdu.com. [To search over 20 million university and education pages]
• Texas Academic Skills Program (T.A.S.P.) Home Page. [Includes a practice test]
• U.S. Department of Education. [Links to educational statistics, research, news, financial aid]
• Web U.S. Higher Education. [To access other colleges and universities]

Government Information:

International:

• Country Studies. [Description and analysis of social, economic, political and national security systems of 101 countries, published by the Federal Research Division of the Library of Congress between 1988 and 1998]
• Governments on the Web. [Easy access to official government web sites, often including links to their agencies, tourism info., etc.  Also links to multi-national institutions such as the European Union and the United Nations.]

Federal:

• Fedstats. [Gateway to statistics from 70 U.S. government agencies]
• FedWorld. [For government reports & studies]
• G.P.O. Access. [Subject directory of federal government sites]
• Government On-Line. [Government agencies and legislative sites, from E.P.C.C's Lynn Salas]
• Library of Congress.
• USAgov. [The U.S. government's official web portal]
• U.S. Census Bureau. [Source for social, demographic, and economic information]
• U.S. Federal Government Agencies Directory.
• White House.

Texas:

• Government On-Line. [Government agencies and legislative sites, from E.P.C.C's Lynn Salas]
• State of Texas. [Traveling, working, doing business in and with Texas]
• Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts. [Tracks state revenue and expenditures; Also links to E-Texas, a citizens' fiscal watchdog group]
• Texas Government (Yahoo).
• Texas Judiciary OnLine. [Texas Judicial information; court cases, court administration, judicial committees & councils, court rules & Texas law]
• Texas Office of the Secretary of State. [Voting and elections, Texas Register, Business law and regulations, Border and Mexican affairs]
• Texas Records and Information Locator. [Search 150 Texas state agency websites]
• Texas State Library & Archives Commission: About Texas [Government, Geography, History, State Agency publications and more]

Local:

• City of El Paso
• El Paso County

Language and Literature:

E.S.L. (English as a Second Language):

• Activities for E.S.L. Students. [Self-study quizzes]
• Dave's E.S.L. Cafe. [A big site with links to other E.S.L. web sites]
• Online English Grammar.
• Quia! English Activities. [Games with cards and puzzles, mostly about grammar]
• Selected Links for ESL & EFL Students

Literature:

• The Internet Public Library Online Literary Criticism Collection. [Annotated links to critical and non-critical websites]
• Literary Resources on the Net [Annotated list of links to both scholarly and popular sites - search by time period or genre]
• Voice of the Shuttle: Literature in English. [Can search by time period, ethnic group, country, or genre; also links to literary theory]
• Voice of the Shuttle: Literatures other than English. [Covers literature written in languages other than English - search by language, ethnic group or country]

Legal Information:

• American Law Sources Online (A.L.S.O.). [Comprehensive listing of legal resources such as courts of review, constitution or other organic law, legislative bills (current and past sessions), local law sources. Also provides links to some legal information from Mexico.]
• Eighth Court of Appeals, El Paso, TX [Includes disposition and submission lists, rules of court, T.R.A.P., T.R.C.P., docketing statements, opinions, case status, oral arguments]
• Find Law. [U.S. Federal Laws, U.S. Code, Code of Federal Regulations, Supreme Court & State Laws and Federal Court of Appeals Decisions]
• Internet Law Library. [U.S. federal, state and territorial laws, laws of other nations, treaties and international law, and searchable online copies of the Code of Federal Regulations and the U.S. Code]
• Law.com. [Latest news and commentary on state and federal law, court decisions]
• Legal Information Institute. [Recent and historic Supreme Court decisions, full U.S. Code, U.S. Constitution and more]
• Meta-Index for U.S. Legal Research. [Judicial opinions, legislation, federal regulations, people in law and more]
• National Criminal Justice Reference Service. [Clearinghouse for major federal agencies dealing with criminal justice information]
• Townsend Library, New Mexico State University at Alamogordo [New Mexico, General and Federal law information]
• Villanova Legal Express [From the Villanova University School of Law]

Medical Information:

• American Medical Association.[Promotes the science and art of medicine and the betterment of public health]
• HealthFinder. [Gateway to select consumer health and human services information resources provided by U.S. government agencies and other organizations serving the public interest]
• Health World Online. [The most comprehensive collection of information on conventional, natural and alternative health on the Internet]
• Mayo Clinic. [Directed by a team of Mayo physicians, scientists, writers and educators and updated each weekday]
• MedlinePlus.  [MedlinePlus - authoritative consumer health information from the National Library of Medicine and the National Institutes of Health]
• Medscape. [Register for free and access 50 professional medical journals and medical news periodicals. Also provides the latest medical headlines, links to practice guidelines, treatment updates and patient resources, such as Micromedex CareNotes.]
• PubMed. [National Library of Medicine's search service to access the citations in MEDLINE]

News:

• Diario Digital (Cuidad Juarez).
• El Paso Inc. [An El Paso-owned business and lifestyle weekly. (1995-present)]
• El Paso Times [7 day rolling archive]
• El Paso Times Headline and Obituary Search. [1998 - present. From the El Paso Public Library]
• Frontera NorteSur. [News and analysis of current issues and events in the Paso del Norte region and the U.S. - Mexico border]
• News Directory: Newspapers and Media.
• The New York Times on the Web. [First time users must register online.]
• Wall Street Journal.

Technology:

• Architecture and Building.
• Computer Science.
• National Society of Professional Engineers.
• Fire Technology Links.

El Paso Community College Libraries
Last Updated:  January 19, 2007

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