? | Reference Information |
Search Engines
General
All-in-One Search Page | www.albany.net/allinone |
Alta Vista | www.altavista.digital.com |
Deja News (Usenet Newsgroups) | www.dejanews.com |
Dogpile (Search using multiple search engines) | www.dogpile.com |
Excite | www.excite.com |
Go To | www.goto.com |
HotBot | www.hotbot.com |
Inference Find | www.infind.com/infind |
Infoseek | www.infoseek.com |
Law Guru | www.lawguru.com/search/lawsearch.html |
Librarians' Index to the Internet | http://sunsite.berkeley.edu/InternetIndex |
Lycos | www.lycos.com |
Magellan Internet Guide | www.mckinley.com |
Reference (Usenet Newsgroups) | www.reference.com |
Search Engine Watch | www.searchenginewatch.com |
WebCrawler | www.webcrawler.com |
Yahoo! | www.yahoo.com |
People and Organizations: E-Mail, Addresses, Phones
College and University Phonebooks | http://acs.tamu.edu/~jimhu/edirectories.html |
Four 11 (Phone and E-mail addresses) | www.four11.com |
Infospace | www.infospace.com |
Switchboard (Phone numbers) | www.switchboard.com |
U.S. Telephone numbers (white pages/yellow pages) | www.555-1212.com |
Library Materials
Ag DB (agriculture-related databases) | www.agnic.org/agdb |
Chronology of U.S. Historical Documents | www.law.ou.edu/hist |
CIA World Book of Facts | www.odci.gov/cia/publications/factbook |
Current Flags of U.S. Districts, Territories and Possessions | www.law.ou.edu/possflag.html |
DPRA's Collection of WWW Research Links | DPRA, Inc., 200 Research Drive, Manhattan, KS 66503 Web: www.dpra.com/reslinks.htm Links to Environment, Agriculture, Pollution Prevention, Government and Law, Policy and Development Organizations, News, Electronic Publications, Libraries, Directories, Computer and Software, Clip Art, Search Engines |
Educational Web Site References (JoCo Election Office) | www.jocoelection.org/student4.htm |
Internet Public Library | www.ipl.org |
Johnson County Library | www.jcl.lib.ks.us |
Junk Science Home Page | www.junkscience.com |
Kansas City Public Library | www.kcpl.lib.mo.us (link not working 7/5/98) |
Kansas Demographics | http://gisdasc.kgs.ukans.edu/kanview/demograph/senate/kssen.html |
Kansas State Library home page "Blue Skyways" | http://skyways.lib.ks.us/kansas |
KSU Libraries | www.lib.ksu.edu |
KU Libraries | www.lib.ukans.edu |
Lawrence Livermore National Lab's "List of Lists" | www.llnl.gov/llnl/lists/listsc.html |
Library of Congress | http://lcweb.loc.gov/homepage/lchp.html |
Linda Hall Library (Kansas City) | www.lhl.lib.mo.us |
MIT Libraries | http://libraries.mit.edu |
Statistical Abstract of the United States | www.census.gov/statab/www |
Topeka and Shawnee County Public Library | www.tscpl.org |
U.S. Census Bureau | www.census.gov |
Wichita Public Library | www.wichita.lib.ks.us |
Wichita State Libraries | www.twsu.edu/library |
WWW Virtual Library | http://vlib.stanford.edu/Overview.html |
Law and Law Enforcement
CyberCop | www.cybercops.org |
Federal Bureau of Investigation | www.fbi.gov Kansas City Office: www.fbi.gov/fo/kc/stats.htm |
Kansas Bureau of Investigation | www.ink.org/public/kbi Registered Sex Offenders (search by name, city, county or zip code): www.ink.org/public/kbi/kbisexpage.html |
Kansas Criminal Justice Information System (includes KBI Most Wanted and KBI Missing Persons) | www.kbi.state.ks.us |
Kansas Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice Information Resources (by Koch Crime Commission) | www.kci.org/kansurl.htm |
Kansas Local Law Enforcement Agency Web Sites | www.crisnet.com/locallaw/ks.html (link not working 7/5/98) |
KBI's Registered Sex Offenders | www.ink.org/public/kbi/kbisexpage.html |
Koch Crime Institute | www.kci.org Kansas Resources: www.kci.org/kansurl.htm |
Laws Online | www.lawsonline.com |
National Crime Prevention Center On-Line Resource Center | www.ncpc.org |
Police Officer's Internet Directory | www.officer.com |
WWW Virtual Law Library | www.law.indiana.edu/law/v-lib/lawindex.html |
Education Links
Center for Education Reform | www.edreform.com |
Education Calendar and WWW Sites | http://home.earthlink.net/~mediadesigns/Calendar.html |
Education Resources | www.ksbe.state.ks.us/edres.html |
Educational Resources | www.twsu.edu/~coewww/resource.html |
Education-Related Web Sites | http://skyways.lib.ks.us/kansas/education |
Educational Resources Information Center (ERIC) and other Clearinghouses | www.ed.gov/EdRes/EdFed/ERIC.html |
Heartland Institute -- School Reform News | www.heartland.org |
Kansas Math and Science Education Coalition | www.math.twsu.edu/Organizations/KMSEC |
Kansas Research and Education Network | www.kanren.net |
Kansas Education and Technology Organizations | www.kanren.net/kansas_inet_links.html |
Kansas Resources for Education | http://skyways.lib.ks.us/education |
Math Archives (lesson plans, software, resources for K-12 math) | http://archives.math.utk.edu |
NASA's Planetary Photojournal | http://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov |
NASA's Quest Project (K-12 Internet Initiative) |
http://quest.arc.nasa.gov |
Newt Facts on Education | www.newt.org/facts/EDU.HTM |
SchoolReport | www.schoolreport.com (link not working 7/5/98) |
Technology Assistance for Kansas Educators | http://taken.org |
U.S. Department of Education Publications and Products | www.ed.gov/pubs |
Wichita's Education Index | www.wacc.org/education.html |
Family
American Academy of Pediatrics | www.aap.org |
Boys Town USA | www.boystown.org |
Child Care Action Campaign | www.usakids.org/sites/ccac.html#top |
Dr. Laura Schlessinger | www.drlaura.com |
Enough is Enough | www.enough.org |
Family Friendly Libraries | www.fflibraries.org |
Family Research Council | www.frc.org (link not working 7/5/98) |
Focus on the Family, Dr. James Dobson | 800/A-FAMILY (232-6459) www.family.org |
Internet Kids and Family Yellow Pages | www.netmom.com/ikyp |
Kansas State Parks | www.ink.org/public/kdwp/Parks/Parks.html |
Links of interest to parents and other child advocates | www.pta.org/links/OrgLinks.htm |
Mayo Health O@sis | www.mayohealth.org (link broken 11/6/98) |
Medsite -- Online source for medical information | www.medsite.com |
Multimedia Medical Reference Library | www.med-library.com/medlibrary |
National Center for Missing & Exploited Children | www.missingkids.org www.missingkids.org/cybertip Phone: 800/843-5678 |
National Coalition for the Protection of Children & Families | www.nationalcoalition.org |
National Institutes of Health | www.nih.gov |
National Library of Medicine | www.nlm.nih.gov |
Parents Guide to the Internet | www.ed.gov/pubs/parents/internet |
Parents Television Council: Bringing Responsibility to Television Programming |
www.parentstv.org Use 24-hour hotline, 1-800-TV-COUNTs, to voice concerns about TV programming |
Publications for Parents (Dept. of Education) | www.ed.gov/pubs/parents.html |
Resources for Internet Parents | www.netparents.org |
Route 6-16: The safe route on the information highway | www.microsys.com/616 |
Self, Home, and Family (Nat'l Crime Prevention Center) | www.ncpc.org/self.htm |
Twelve Important Messages to American Women from the Republican Party | www.ctgop.org/women.htm |
Shadow Buddies (Lenexa) | www.shadowbuddies.com |
Women's Connection Online | www.womenconnect.com |
Kids
4Kids Treehouse | www.4kids.com |
American History Homework Page | www.rpof.org/Repbinfo.cfm |
Animal Tracks Kids' Page | www.kswildlife.org/kids/pictures.htm |
Bill Nye the Science Guy | http://nyelabs.kcts.org |
Children's Music Web | www.childrensmusic.org |
Children and Youth (by Nat'l Crime Prevention Center) | www.ncpc.org/child.htm |
CIA's Kid's Secret Zone | www.odci.gov/cia/ciakids/safe.html |
Earl's Wurld -- Yahooligan's Web wanderer | www.yahooligans.com/docs/earl/ew.html |
Exploratorium | www.exploratorium.edu |
FBI's Kid's and Youth Educational Page | www.fbi.gov/kids/kids.htm |
FBI's Safety Tips for Kids on the Internet | www.fbi.gov/kids/internet/internet.htm |
For Kids Only -- Kansas City | www.swbell.net/local/kcy/kidsonly.html |
For Kids Only -- Wichita | www.swbell.net/local/wks/kidsonly.html |
Greenbush Science Center and Observatory (Southeast Kansas) |
www.greenbush.org |
Internet Public Library Reference Center | www.ipl.org/ref |
Internet Rules of the Road (U.S. Dept. of Jusice) | www.usdoj.gov/kidspage/do-dont.htm |
Jason Project | www.jasonproject.org |
Johnson County Library Kids' Page | www.jcl.lib.ks.us/kids/index.htm |
Justice for Kids & Youth (U.S. Dept. of Justice) | www.usdoj.gov/kidspage |
Kansas Children's Network | www.ink.org/public/kidsnet |
Kansas City Museum | www.kcmuseum.com |
Kansas City Public Library KidLinks | www.kcpl.lib.mo.us/kidlinks (link not working 7/5/98) |
Kansas City Zoo | www.kansascityzoo.org |
Kansas Cosmosphere and Space Center (Hutchinson) | www.cosmo.org |
Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks Kid's Corner | www.ink.org/public/kdwp/Kids/JaneDoe/Kids.html |
Kids on the Web | www.zen.org/~brendan/kids.html |
Kids Voting Kansas | www.kidsvotingkan.org |
Kids Voting Online | www.kidsvotingusa.org |
Kids Web | www.npac.syr.edu/textbook/kidsweb |
Kidz Links | www.kcstar.com/upskids/kids_sites/index.html |
Mr. Warner's Cool Science (Olathe) | http://home.unicom.net/~warnerr |
Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art (Kansas City) | www.nelson-atkins.org (link not working 7/5/98) |
Red Skelton's "Pledge of Allegiance" Commentary | www.usflag.org/usflag/skeltons.pledge.html
www.philologia.org/pledge.html RealAudio (Requires Real Audio player) |
Science Explained | www.synapse.ndirect.co.uk/science |
Students for the Exploration and Development of Space | www.seds.org |
Virtual Reference Desk | www.refdesk.com |
Web Sites for Kids | http://skyways.lib.ks.us/kansas/education/kidsites.html |
White House for Kids | www.whitehouse.gov/WH/kids/html/kidshome.html |
Wow! (Awe and wonder sites in Kansas City) | www.kcstar.com/WOW |
www.4kids.org (KC Star) | www.4kids.org |
Yahooligans (Web Guide for Kids Search Engine) | www.yahooligans.com |
"You Can" with Beakman & Jax | www.youcan.com |
Maps
Political
Contacting Congress (U.S. Map) | www.visi.com/juan/congress |
Kansas House Districts (map and demographics) |
http://gisdasc.kgs.ukans.edu/kanview/demograph/house/gkshouse.html
http://www2.kumc.edu/ksleg/housemap.html |
Points of Contact -- Your Congress | www.pbs.org/point/pie/yourcongress |
State of Kansas Info (plus other states) | www.com/hpi/ks |
State Legislator by County Map | http://www2.kumc.edu/ksleg/countymap.html |
Other
Aerial photograph/satellite image of your back yard? | http://terraserver.microsoft.com |
KanView WWW Project (Kansas Maps) | http://gisdasc.kgs.ukans.edu/kanview/kanview.html |
Kansas Geological Survey | www.kgs.ukans.edu |
Kansas Land Cover | http://gisdasc.kgs.ukans.edu/kanview/landcov/landcover.html |
Kansas State Map | http://g-lea.tamu.edu/map/kansas.gif |
KDOT Maps and Publications | www.ink.org/public/kdot/maps |
Maps and References (Univ. of Iowa) | www.cgrer.uiowa.edu/servers/servers_references.html |
National Atlas of the United States | http://www-atlas.usgs.gov |
Kansas Rural Water Districts | http://gisdasc.kgs.ukans.edu/kanview/rwd/rwd.html |
Kansas Shaded Relief | http://gisdasc.kgs.ukans.edu/kanview/slope/ks_slope.html |
Kansas Surface Water Information | http://gisdasc.kgs.ukans.edu/kanview/hydrology/ks_watershed.html |
USGS National Mapping Information: query for geographic names by county |
http://mapping.usgs.gov/www/gnis/gnisform.html |
Yahoo! Maps | http://maps.yahoo.com |