Reference Information
Bens Guide to the US Government: Bens Guide to the US Government is brought to the World Wide Web as a service of the Superintendent of Documents, US Government Printing Office (GPO). Bens Guide serves as the educational component of GPO Access, GPOs service to provide the official online version of legislative and regulatory information. This site provides learning tools for K-12 students, parents, and teachers. These resources will teach how our government works, the use of the primary source materials of GPO Access, and how one can use GPO Access to carry out their civic responsibilities. And, just as GPO Access provides locator services to U.S. Government sites, Bens Guide provides a similar service to US Government Web sites developed for students.
Date Added: 2006-10-30 | Accessed: 132 times | Web Site Address: bensguide.gpo.gov (opens in new window)
City-Data: Collects and analyzes data from numerous sources to create as complete and interesting profiles of all U.S. cities as possible. Has tens of thousands of city photos not found anywhere else, hundreds of thousands of maps, satellite photos, stats about residents (race, income, ancestries, education, employment, etc), geographical data, state profiles, crime data, housing, businesses, birthplaces of famous people, political contributions, city government employment, weather, hospitals, schools, libraries, houses, airports, radio and TV stations, zip codes, area codes, user-submitted facts, similar cities list, comparisons to averages, etc. For any need to research any city for any reason, this is the site for you.
Date Added: 2006-07-22 | Accessed: 173 times | Web Site Address: www.city-data.com (opens in new window)
Codes of Ethics Collection: Codes of Ethics Collection at the Center for the Study of Ethics in the Professions at Illinois Institute of Technology. An extensive collection of codes of ethics from professional societies, corporations, government, and academic institutions. Earlier versions of codes of ethics of some organizations represented are available so readers can study the development of the codes. A literature review, an introduction to the codes, and a User Guide are included, as are guides to writing and using codes of ethics.
Date Added: 2006-06-23 | Accessed: 245 times | Web Site Address: ethics.iit.edu/codes (opens in new window)
Copyright Information: US Copyright Office, Library of Congress: General information about copyrights, how to register them, etc. Also includes links to obtain answers to questions about copyrights.
Date Added: 2006-05-20 | Accessed: 150 times | Web Site Address: www.copyright.gov (opens in new window)
Dictionary.com: An online dictionary, thesaurus, and encyclopedia web site. A quick, easily accessible basic reference source.
Date Added: 2006-05-22 | Accessed: 166 times | Web Site Address: www.dictionary.com (opens in new window)
EconData.Net: EconData.Net is designed to help practitioners, researchers, students, and other data users quickly gain access to relevant state and substate socioeconomic data. The site aims to be a convenient, comprehensive first stop for anyone searching among the vast, disparate array of public and private data sources on the Web.
Date Added: 2006-10-30 | Accessed: 104 times | Web Site Address: www.econdata.net (opens in new window)
Legal Information Institute: The LII is known as a leading provider of public legal information. It offers all opinions of the US Supreme Court handed down since 1992, together with over 600 earlier decisions selected for their historic importance, over a decade of opinions of the New York Court of Appeals, the full United States Code, and various state and local legal resources. LLI also publishes important secondary sources: libraries in two important areas (legal ethics and social security) and a series of “topical” pages that serve as concise explanatory guides and Internet resource listings for roughly 100 areas of law.
Date Added: 2006-08-19 | Accessed: 158 times | Web Site Address: www.law.cornell.edu (opens in new window)
Program Development and Evaluation: The University of Wisconsin's Cooperative Extension Service offers useful evaluation guidance, online training, and a variety of useful resources. Evaluation is a core mission of University of Wisconsin-Extension Cooperative Extension and its Program Development and Evaluation Unit (PDE).
Date Added: 2006-03-11 | Accessed: 233 times | Web Site Address: www.uwex.edu/ces/pdande/evaluation (opens in new window)
US Historical Documents: A collection of key US historical documents from pre-colonial times to modern day, including the Federalist Papers and all US Presidents' inaugural addresses. Hosted by University of Oklahoma School of Law.
Date Added: 2006-06-17 | Accessed: 177 times | Web Site Address: www.law.ou.edu/hist (opens in new window)
US Patent, Trademark and Copyright Information: An excellent page about patents, copyrights, and general intellectual property issues. Maintained at the Franklin Pierce Law Center by Professor Thoms G. Field, Jr.
Date Added: 2006-05-20 | Accessed: 319 times | Web Site Address: www.piercelaw.edu/tfield/ipbasics.htm (opens in new window)
What is Copyright Protection?: This page covers the basic definitions regarding copyrights. It has been written using the Berne Union for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Property (Berne Convention) as the main bibliographical source, and does not refer to the laws of any country in particular. Therefore, comparing this document to the particular laws of your country may arise in discrepancies. However, copyright laws vary from country to country but as a rule do not contravene or provide less copyright protection than the Berne Convention, provided the country in question is a member thereof.
Date Added: 2006-05-20 | Accessed: 207 times | Web Site Address: www.whatiscopyright.org (opens in new window)