? 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Chronology of U.S. Historical Documents www.law.ou.edu/hist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