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Accounting & Finance: AICPA Glossary of Terms Common Accounting Terms Quick Link via Investopedia: # | A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z

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Other: Military Acronyms, Abbreviations "Glossary of Court Reporting Terms"

Internet Information Portals

Hieros Gamos Comprehensive Law and Government Jump Station! CLICK HERE

Diseases and Conditions Database Medical Encyclopedia Medical Tests - with explanations

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SEARCH ENGINES AND QUICK JUMPS:

 Legal Searches:

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State Law Search - This Page is a Subsystem of the Lawyer's Home Page website.  Access and searches state law for all 50 states!

U.S. Supreme Court Opinions

FindLaw's searchable database of the Supreme Court decisions since 1937 (U.S. Supreme Court Decisions: US Reports 300-, 1937-). Browsable by year and US Reports volume number and searchable by citation, case title and full text.

Browsing

• U.S. Supreme Court Decisions: by volume, by year

Citation Search

• U.S. e.g. 410 U.S. 113

Title Search

• e.g. Roe v. Wade

Full-Text Search

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University Law Review Project: Full Text Search of Law Journals

Site Specific Reference Sources on the Web:

 General Spelling, Grammar:

Webster Lookup - Online search of Webster's!

University of Illinois Grammar Handbook - Via Gopher

Roget's Thesaurus - Online Lookup!

Legal References, Cites, etc.:

General Search Engines (use these first!):

The Lawyer's Home Page - Absolutely comprehensive! Webmaster's first starting point for legal lookups!

Lawcrawler - Comprehensive keyword search and retrieval system, searches federal and state (scroll down on the search page to find database subsets).

Findlaw - Comprehensive keyword search and retrieval system, similar to above.

Cites:

LawJournal's library of federal circuit court decisions - All federal circuit court decisions since '94.

LawJournal's search engine - LawJournal's search engine for circuit court decisions on the 'net.

Supreme Court Decisions - Online reference (good for federal court)!

Rules:

United States Code - Online reference (good for federal court)!

Code of Federal Regulations - The CFR! Online Search!

Federal Rules of Civil Procedure - "by the Rules" for federal civil litigation!

Federal Rules of Evidence - Contested exhibits, etc., when they quote a rule.

Libraries:

House of Representatives Law Library - If it ain't nowhere else, it's here!

National Archives and Records Admin. - The National Archives!

U.S. Constitution- No search form, but use your "find" button!

Misc. Federal:

United States District Court Home Page - Federal Courts Internet Site!

OSHA - OSHA's Internet site!

Uniform Commercial Code - Online Lookup!

Thomas Register - Online Thomas Register of Companies!

U.S. Small Business Association - Visit the Small Business Administration!

U.S. Social Security Administration - Visit the Social Security Administration!

State:

National Center for State Courts - Information & Things to Come!

California Codes - State laws, regulations, etc. online!

 Medical:

Online Medical Dictionary - Great for quick lookups, especially when roving!

Prescription Drug Names - Online search of Generic or Trade Names!

Alternate site for Prescription Drug Names - Similar to Above!

NIH - National Institutes of Health online!

Latin Word List & Grammar - Online help with Latin!

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Technical References:

Fisher Scientific Catalog- Excellent source for chemical names, reagents, lab equipment!

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Geographic Data:

• Federal Government:
  • U.S. Geological Survey
    • Digital Chart of the World Data -- Conterminous U.S.
    • Global Land Information System
    • 1993 Upper Mississippi Flood Database
    • Index to USGS Digital Data product availability
    • U.S.G.S. Explanation of GIS
  • Environmental Protection Agency
    • Great Plains International Data Network
  • U.S. Census Bureau
    • TIGER files
    • TIGER Map Browser
  • U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service
    • National Wetlands Inventory
  • U.S. Dept. of Transportation
  • NASA
    • Earth Observing System
    • Bay Area (California) Digital Geo-Resource (BADGER)
  • Canada
    • Canadian National Atlas
    • State Data Centers
• 1. Alaska Geospatial Data Clearinghouse
  2. Arizona Land Resource Information System (ALRIS)
  3. Arkansas Center for Advanced Spatial Technologies
  4. California - Teale Data Center
  5. Colorado Geographic Information Coordinating Committee
  6. Connecticut Map & Geographic Info Center
  7. Florida Data Directory
  8. Georgia Statewide Environmental Resources Digital Data Atlas
  9. Idaho Dept. of Water Resources
  10. Illinois Dept. of Natural Resources
  11. Indiana Geographic Information Server
  12. Iowa Dept. of Natural Resources
  13. Kansas Geographic Information and Support Center
  14. Maine Office of GIS
  15. Massachusetts Geographic Information System
  16. Minnesota Land Management Information Center
  17. Mississippi Automated Resource Information System (MARIS)
  18. Missouri Spatial Data Information Service
  19. Montana State Library GIS Program
  20. Nebraska Geospatial Data Clearinghouse
  21. New Hampshire GRANIT net
  22. New Jersey GIS Resource Guide
  23. New Mexico Resource GIS
  24. New York State Center for Technology in Government
  25. North Carolina Center for Geographic Information & Analysis
  26. North Dakota Spatial Data Clearinghouse
  27. Ohio Capability Analysis Program Digital Data Directory
  28. Oklahoma Spatial and Environmental Clearinghouse
  29. Oregon's Center for Geographic Information Systems
  30. Pennsylvania Dept. of Environmental Protection GIS Catalog
  31. Rhode Island GIS Data
  32. South Carolina: USC Data Server
  33. Texas Natural Resource Information System GIS Data Catalog
  34. Utah Automated Geographic Reference Center
  35. Vermont Geographic Information System
  36. Washington State Geographic Information Council
  37. West Virginia Division of Environmental Protection
  38. Wisconsin Land Information Clearinghouse
  39. Wyoming Geographic Information Systems Advisory Council

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• Universities
  • National Center for Geographic Information and Analysis
  • SUNY-Buffalo GeoWeb project
  • George Mason University Geography Department
  • Hunter College Geology/Geography Department
  • Johns Hopkins University - United States Shaded Relief Maps
  • University of South Carolina Geography Deptartment
  • University of Texas Perry-Castaneda Library Map Collection
  • University of Virginia On-Line Atlas Map Creation Form