GENERAL REFERENCE LINKS
Note: Some of the links on this page take you to an outstanding research launch page managed by
Chico High School in Chico, California. To visit the main Chico page, click here.
Encyclopedias and Almanacs
InfoPlease Almanacs - contains well-organized, easy-to-use, searchabe almanacs for various topics: sports, history, countries, entertainment, science, business, and more
Columbia Encyclopedia - "nearly 51,000 entries and with more than 80,000 hypertext cross-references."
CIA World Fact Files - detailed statistics about the peoples, politics, and geography of foreign countries
The Internet Public Library's collection of almanacs
The Internet Public Library's listing of encyclopedias
Biography.com
PublicAgenda
Research, Report, and Presentation Links
Special-Interest Groups Related to Hot Topics
 
Capital Punishment
Catholics Against Capital Punishment
DeathPenalty.org (for the abolition of capital punishment)
Amnesty International (for the abolition of capital punishment)
WesleyLowe.com - (supporting capital punishment)
  (More links to be added later)

Fine Arts Links
 
AllMusic.com
Artcyclopedia.com
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
 
   
Magazines, Journals, and TV News Transcripts
LookSmart.com Magazine Search - allows you to search and view entire articles in several lesser-known magazines
AltaVista News Search Page - allows customized searches online news sources
TotalNews - another search of online news sources
NewsHour Index - includes a searchable collection of transcripts from past shows (NewsHour is a TV news show on PBS.)
The Internet Public Library's listing of magazines
The Chico High School Listing of News and Broadcast Resources - a useful collection of links and site descriptions

Search Tools
Search-22 - a single page from which you can search 22 refrence resources; includes a directory of
Librarian's Index to the Internet - "a searchable, annotated subject directory of more than 12,000 Internet resources selected and evaluated by librarians for their usefulness"
Google -