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Databases and Web Reference Links

Online Databases

Username and PIN/password information can be found on the Library Canvas course in Announcements

Gale Virtual Reference Library
This is a collection of e-books only.

Hamilton East Public Library Online Databases
Our public library provides access to additional databases as well as those through INSPIRE.

INSPIRE Databases
INSPIRE is Indiana's Virtual Library. INSPIRE is a collection of academic databases and other information resources including magazine and journal articles, websites, pamphlets, images, almanacs, library catalogs, and more. INSPIRE is accessible for Indiana residents who have Internet access at school, home, in their library or at their place of business and is provided at no cost to all residents of Indiana.

JSTOR
Full-Text Articles from hundreds of academic journals

Google Scholar
An online, freely accessible search engine that lets users look for both physical and digital copies of articles. It searches scholarly works from a variety of sources, including academic publishers and universities

Web Reference Links

Career and College Links

Peterson's College Search

Bureau of Labor Statistics: Occupational Outlook Handbook

Purdue University Living Science Careers

Career Fields

Careers in Business

Hobart Institute of Welding Technology

Indiana Tech

Job Corp

Job Star Central

O*Net Online Occupation Search

Child Development

Child Birth.org

U.S. Department of Health & Human Services / Health Finder

American Academy of Pediatrics

United States Department of Health and Human Services

Dictionaries and Thesauri

Mirriam-Webster Dictionary & Thesaurus

Health and Wellness

Office of National Drug Control Policy - Drug Facts

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

National Institute of Mental Health

Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration

National Institute on Drug Abuse

U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration

Indiana Prevention Resource Center

Internet Safety

Indiana Safe Students Initiative
The Office of the Indiana Attorney General sponsors this web site to provide resources for educators, youth leaders, parents and students regarding internet safety.

Connect Safely
A forum for parents, teens and experts (from home only)

Family Online Safety Institute
parent-child safety contract - click on resources and useful tools

PBS - Frontline: Growing Up Online

PBS - Internet Safety Websites
Websites that provide information regarding internet safety

Pew Internet - Generations Online, Jan 2009

Pew Internet - Social Networking Websites and Teens, Jan 2007 (PDF)

Pew Internet - Teens and Social Media, Dec 2007 (PDF)

Journal of Adolescent Health - Cyber bullying

Literature

The Literature Network

Poetry Foundation

Antislavery Literature Project

CSpan American Writers

Indigenous Peoples Literature

Literary History.com

Walt Whitman Archive

Wired for Books

Online Literary Criticism Guide

Project Gutenberg Free eBooks

Bartleby / Great Books Online

American Authors

American Verse Project (Poetry prior to 1920)

Search Engines

Statistics and Surveys

Federal Interagency Forum on Child and Family Statistics

Kaiser Family Foundation Surveys

Pew Research Center for the People and the Press

Statistical Resources on the Web

UNESCO Statistics

U.S. Census Bureau

USDA - NASS - Census of Agriculture

U.S. Historical Census Data Browser

CIA World Factbook

Governments on the Web

United Nations Statistics Division

U.S. Census Bureau

Bureau of Justice Statistics

Bureau of Labor Statistics

Bureau of Labor Statistics - Economy at a Glance

National Center for Education Statistics

Supreme Court

Supreme Court of the United States Blog

American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU)

National Constitutional Center

Cornell University Law School / Supreme Court

Supreme Court of the United States

United States Courts