General Resources

https://www.acronymfinder.com/
From: Mountain Data Systems Acronym Finder is a searchable database containing common acronyms, with a focus on computers, technology, telecommunications, and the military.

https://www.onelook.com/
From: OneLook.com OneLook.com. This web site is a search engine for words and phrases. It points to indexed sites that define, translate and find words based on letter patterns. No word is too obscure: More than 5 million words in more than 900 online dictionaries are indexed by the OneLook search engine.

https://www.yourdictionary.com/
From: Published by the Houghton Mifflin Company. This commercial site provides access to a broad array of dictionaries, grammars, translators, and linguistic tools. It is a commercial site, so users must work around many advertisements. yourDictionary.com is a comprehensive and authoritative portal for language and language-related products and services on the web with more than 1800 dictionaries and more than 250 languages.

https://www.doaj.org/
This independent database contains over 15,000 peer-reviewed open access journals covering all areas of science, technology, medicine, social sciences, arts and humanities. Open access journals from all countries and in all languages are welcome to apply for inclusion.

https://muse-jhu-edu.proxy.alumni.jhu.edu/
Project MUSE offers over 400 quality journal titles from 100 scholarly and nonprofit publishers. As one of the academic community's primary electronic periodicals resources, Project MUSE covers the fields of literature and criticism, history, the visual and performing arts, cultural studies, education, political science, gender studies, economics, and many others. Project MUSE is setting the standard for scholarly electronic journals in the humanities and social sciences.

https://bioguide.congress.gov/biosearch/biosearch.asp
From: US GPO, Washington, D.C., The Congress Online, full text, continuously updated version of the print publication Biographical directory of the United States Congress, 1774-1989. The database is searchable by name, position and state. Most entries include a short biography, plus biobibliographical information.

https://www.bea.gov/
The BEA is a division of the U.S. Department of Commerce. The website features both historical and current tables of data regarding U.S. national accounts and international transactions. It also includes analytical working papers and the monthly publication, "Survey of Current Business". An excellent resource for tracking and analyzing U.S. economic issues.

https://www.cia.gov/
From: US Government Central Intelligence Agency The Central Intelligence Agency publishes and updates the online directory of Chiefs of State and Cabinet Members of Foreign Governments weekly. The directory is primarily a reference aid and includes as many governments of the world as is practical, some of them not officially recognized by the US.

https://www.govinfo.gov/help/cdir
From: US GPO, Washington, D.C., The Congress The Congressional Directory is the official directory of the U.S. Congress, prepared by the Joint Committee on Printing (JCP). Published since 1888, the Congressional Directory presents short biographies of each member of the Senate and House, listed by state or district, and additional data, such as committee memberships, terms of service, administrative assistants and/or secretaries, and room and telephone numbers. It also lists officials of the courts, military establishments, and other Federal departments and agencies, including D.C. government officials, governors of states and territories, foreign diplomats, and members of the press, radio, and television galleries.

https://consumer.gov/
A one-stop link to a broad range of federal information resources available online. It is designed so that you can locate information by category, such as Food, Health, Product Safety, Your Money, and Transportation. Each category has subcategories to direct you to areas within individual federal web sites containing related information.

https://www.commerce.gov/
From: US Department of Commerce The US Department of Commerce web site provides links to all layers of this huge government organization. A highlight of this site is the Patent and Trademarks Office information. You can get to this information through this site or connect directly at http://www.uspto.gov/. Commerce includes the Bureau of Industry and Security; the Economics and Statistics Administration; the Bureau of Economic Analysis; the Bureau of the Census; the Economic Development Administration; the International Trade Administration; the Minority Business Development Agency; the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration; the National Telecommunications and Information Administration, and the Office of the Secretary.

https://www.defense.gov/
From: US Department of Defense This broad site provides links to many related areas. Of special interest is the Field Activities section with its link to the Office of Economic Assistance, at http://oea.osd.mil/ which leads to information on egrants. From the egrants page one can move to the Catalog of Domestic Assistance, describing a wide variety of grant opportunities for projects, education and community based action. The US Department of Defense web site describes the authority and scope of operations of the armed services under the direction of the Secretary. Defense work includes training and equipping the military forces; planning and coordinating military deployments and operations; and conducting military operations.

https://www.dhs.gov/
The department's first priority is to protect the nation against terrorist attacks. Component agencies analyze threats and intelligence, guard borders and airports, protect critical infrastructure, and coordinate the response of the nation for future emergencies. "Besides providing a better-coordinated defense of the homeland, DHS is also dedicated to protecting the rights of American citizens and enhancing public services, such as natural disaster assistance and citizenship services, by dedicating offices to these important missions."

https://www.hhs.gov/
"The Department of Health and Human Services is the United States government's principal agency for protecting the health of all Americans and providing essential human services, especially for those who are least able to help themselves. Some highlights include medical and social science research; preventing outbreak of infectious disease, including immunization services; assuring food and drug safety; medicare (health insurance for elderly and disabled Americans) and Medicaid (health insurance for low-income people); financial assistance and services for low-income families; improving maternal and infant health; Head Start (pre-school education and services); preventing child abuse and domestic violence; substance abuse treatment and prevention; services for older Americans, including home-delivered meals, and comprehensive health services for Native Americans."

https://www.transportation.gov/
The US Department of Transportation web site provides information and links that support and describe a fast, safe, efficient, accessible and convenient transportation system to meet vital national interests and enhance the quality of life of the American people. It oversees the formulation of national transportation policy and promotes intermodal transportation. Other responsibilities range from negotiation and implementation of international transportation agreements, assuring the fitness of US airlines, enforcing airline consumer protection regulations, issuance of regulations to prevent alcohol and illegal drug misuse in transportation systems and preparing transportation legislation.

https://www.fema.gov/
The Federal Emergency Management Agency -- FEMA -- is an independent agency of the federal government, reporting to the President. Since its founding in 1979, FEMA's mission has been clear: to reduce loss of life and property and protect our nation's critical infrastructure from all types of hazards through a comprehensive, risk-based, emergency management program of mitigation, preparedness, response and recovery. The Federal Emergency Management is tasked with responding to, planning for, recovering from and mitigating against disasters.

https://www.loc.gov/
Web site of the Library of Congress, the National Library of the United States.

https://unsceb.org/
From: United Nations System Webmaster This site serves as a portal to web sites of the United Nations, its funds and programmes, and specialized agencies. It also includes links to key projects and initiatives and to various joint programmes of the UN System.

https://dp.la/
“DPLA connects people to the riches held within America’s libraries, archives, museums, and other cultural heritage institutions. All of the materials found through DPLA—photographs, books, maps, news footage, oral histories, personal letters, museum objects, artwork, government documents, and so much more—are free and immediately available in digital format. The cultural institutions participating in DPLA represent the richness and diversity of America itself, from the smallest local history museum to our nation’s largest cultural institutions.” [from website]

https://www.europeana.eu/en/TEL
"Europeana provides cultural heritage enthusiasts, professionals, teachers, and researchers with digital access to European cultural heritage material." 

https://www.hathitrust.org/
A collection of digital documents (books, journals, and more) made available by a partnership of over 50 research institutions and libraries. The main mission is to serve as a digital preservation repository with a highly searchable interface. Please note, while the entire collection is searchable, only those items in the public domain are available for viewing.

https://www.loc.gov/
Web site of the Library of Congress, National Library of the United States.

https://www.nal.usda.gov/
From: US Department of Agriculture The mission of the National Agricultural Library is to ensure and enhance access to agricultural information. The National Agricultural Library serves as a National Library of the United States and as the Library of the U.S. Department of Agriculture. It acquires, organizes, manages, preserves, and provides access to information and provides quality stewardship of its unique collection; assists, trains, and educates people based on assessment of their information needs; provides leadership in information management; maximizes access to information through collaborative efforts and utilization of technology and enhances global cooperation through international exchange of information and the provision of services and technical assistance.

https://www.archives.gov/
The National Archives and Records Administration is a public trust that enables people to inspect the record of what government has done. It enables officials and agencies to review their actions and helps citizens hold them accountable. It ensures continuing access to essential evidence.

https://www.nationalacademies.org/
The National Academy of Sciences, the National Academy of Engineering and the Institute of Medicine are private, non-profit, membership organizations that advise the federal government, upon request and without fee, on questions of science and technology. "... the Academy shall, whenever called upon by any department of the Government, investigate, examine, experiment, and report upon any subject of science or art ...." "With these words, Congress established the National Academy of Sciences in 1863, at the height of the Civil War. To keep pace with the growing importance of science and technology, the institution expanded to include the National Research Council in 1916, the National Academy of Engineering in 1964, and the Institute of Medicine in 1970. Collectively, these organizations are called the National Academies."

https://ies.ed.gov/ncee/projects/nle/
From: US Department of Education The National Library of Education (NLE) serves as the federal government's primary resource center for education information, providing collections and information services to the public, education community and other government agencies on current and historical programs, activities and publications of the U.S. Department of Education; federal education policy; and education research and statistics. In addition to on-site access, the Library's services are available by phone, Internet, fax and mail.

https://w.si.edu
The Smithsonian Institution website includes information, publications, images and music from the museums, affiliate museums and research centers that make up this national resource.

https://www.proquest.com/pqrlalumni/advanced?accountid=44369&parentSessionId=evLhPbaVsSs9D95SaSkAXDOLnquRbpTKTI1cqj39zvg%3D
ProQuest's Alumni Research Library contains over 5,300 full-text publications across all subject disciplines, including arts, business, education, humanities, literature, political science and psychology. For many of these journals, citations and abstracts are available from 1971 to the present. Full text coverage varies by journal, but typically begins with the mid-1990s. Browse a list of titles included in Academic Research Library. (Please note: due to publisher restrictions, some journals are not available to alumni. Please contact the Hopkins KnowledgeNET librarian for further information.) Click here to view a short video [2:13] with search tips!

https://www-amexplorer-amdigital-co-uk.proxy.alumni.jhu.edu/
From Adam Matthew, publisher. Primary resources generally from the National Archives, UK. Subjects span African, Asian, European and Latin American studies, French, German, Italian and Spanish language and literature, history, humanities, Jewish studies, Middle East studies, Political Science.

https://www-bloomsburyphilosophylibrary-com.proxy.alumni.jhu.edu/
From the website: Features thousands of critical biographical entries on individuals who have contributed to the history of thought and philosophy.  A global history that covers a broad range of traditions, subjects, schools of thought, and regions.

https://britishonlinearchives.com/
BOA provides researchers in the humanities and social sciences with access to unique collections of primary source documents. The JHU subscription includes: Antigua, slavery and emancipation in the records of a sugar plantation,1689-1907; Colonial Africa in official statistics,1821-1953; Slavery in Jamaica, records from a family of slave owners,1686-1860; South Africa in records from colonial missionaries,1819-1900; and The West Indies: slavery, plantations and trade,1759-1832.

http://www.referenceusa.com.proxy.alumni.jhu.edu/Home/Home
Reference Solutions compiles publicly available information about U. S. and Canadian businesses, consumers, historical businesses, U.S. jobs and internships and U.S. physicians and dentists into one searchable database. Records include 81 million U.S. businesses and 272 million consumers. Businesses include private, public, and non-profit organizations, regardless of employee size or sales. Uses include: searching for particular individuals or organizations (or type of organization) within a certain location or industry; identifying business opportunities and suppliers; targeting a market; making credit decisions; preparing for job interviews or researching career opportunities; obtaining business counts for planning purposes; conducting research and surveys.

https://go-gale-com.proxy.alumni.jhu.edu/ps/start.do?p=BIC&u=jhu_alum
“Provides contextual information on the world’s most influential people. Over 600,000 biographical entries cover a range of historically significant figures and present-day newsmakers.” (from website) 

https://go-gale-com.proxy.alumni.jhu.edu/ps/start.do?p=LitRC&u=jhu_alum
Gale's Literary Index is a master index to the major literature products published by Gale. It combines and cross-references over 165,000 author names, including pseudonyms and variant names, and listings for over 215,000 titles into one source (from website)

https://go.gale.com/ps/start.do?p=GDCS&u=jhu_alum
Primary sources from over 48 databases covering everything from literature to historic newspapers to public health archives to Indigenous Peoples of North America and more. Searchable separately or all at once.

https://sso-sagepub-com.proxy.alumni.jhu.edu/connect/authorize/callback?client_id=Sage.Data.Web&redirect_uri=https%3A%2F%2Fdata.sagepub.com%2Fsignin-oidc%2Fautologin&response_type=code&scope=openid%20profile%20institution%20sage-data-api%20sage-data-securecenter-api%20sage-data&code_challenge=O6y4dUsVFaPpRIkGJHeDO4KQr29RxIfwMXH4vVL9Ovo&code_challenge_method=S256&response_mode=form_post&nonce=638656694014498501.ZjA1MmEzYzktNDc1OS00YjFmLThjY2QtODRkNmRhYzdhNzZiYzY3M2VlOWYtNDk0YS00ZTJkLWJhNDktMjNmZTJlZGE2YzI1&acr_values=%20actualRedirect%3A%2F&state=CfDJ8PB54uPRkypGv-ZHD3wur0rnDKQyWxK90Fn9o6kFamVYQodMkrwl9rFkZTCZKpFvWklucvEdSpoyGY1KPpiO1nab7QeUwu7gI3nq8ROTE_V5RmtmCDAvqGT7dNhs6vqX3ZxIiQd33nCDT_LQPxaY2I2-c_zFoKP-h8vYBPys_AOgOHVKo3irsjz52GnIBbxYYnDL02jUXNVMuTeIztp1ogT4oJM4Y3mVzTLXsIy3uGt0Pvzv_g1QjzRqoqTksgX5DzEPxjACb_OcPplVrz4Qls8H3A9zSDHK4TVBGZVmZ8ZvFpNkxZUse9lKaHM1Yc7nWlu2OQj9joiNolg2lExS5_dvCJheOzPf5GbSJ0n4GGxuQnZNXvTkHaALUFy8bdcwfw&x-client-SKU=ID_NET8_0&x-client-ver=7.5.1.0
SAGE Data, formerly Data Planet, is a collection of billions of multidisciplinary, global statistics for research and instruction. It is a data aggregation tool that allows you to create custom tables and charts.

https://sk-sagepub-com.proxy.alumni.jhu.edu/
Sage's social science ebook platform, where you will find a range of SAGE eBook and eReference content. Also contains CQ Press ebooks, including Historic Documents of 2020, The CQ Press Guide to Radical Politics in the Unites States, Guide to U.S. Elections, 7th ed., Washington Information Directroy 2022-2023, Congress A to Z, Vital Statistics on American Politics 2017-2020, State Rankings 2017: A Statistical View of America, State Rankings 2018: A Statistical View of America

https://abcnews.go.com/
Web site for ABC news. The site is searchable and provides full coverage of national and international news, sports, entertainment, weather and more. Breaking news is posted and updated regularly.

http://www.abyznewslinks.com/
ABYZNewslinks is a portal site that offers links to a variety of media resources. Organized geographically, it links to both commercial and public sites. This site requires a bit of exploration to see the resources available. ABYZ News Links is primarily composed of newspapers but also includes many broadcast stations, internet services, magazines, and press agencies. Please note that ABYZ News Links does not contain actual news content but only links to other news sources. There are three main criteria for inclusion of a news source on this site. The source must have actual news content, it must be reasonably professional in nature, and it should have fairly recently updated content. Sites with very old content are removed.

https://www.bbc.co.uk
From: British Broadcasting Corporation. "The BBC exists to enrich people's lives with great programmes and services that inform, educate and entertain. Its vision is to be the most creative, trusted organisation in the world. It provides a wide range of distinctive programmes and services for everyone, free of commercial interests and political bias. They include television, radio, national, local, childrens', educational, language and other services for key interest groups. BBC services are hugely popular and used by over 90% of the UK population every week. The BBC also runs orchestras, actively develops new talent and supports training and production skills for the British broadcasting, music, drama and film industries.

https://www.cnn.com/
Full-text of world-wide news stories updated continuously. CNN.com is among the world's leaders in online news and information delivery. Staffed 24 hours, seven days a week by a dedicated staff in CNN's world headquarters in Atlanta, Georgia, and in bureaus worldwide, CNN.com relies heavily on CNN's global team of almost 4,000 news professionals. CNN.com features the latest multimedia technologies, from live video streaming to audio packages to searchable archives of news features and background information. The site is updated continuously throughout the day.

https://www.c-span.org/
From: National Cable Satellite Corporation "C-SPAN is a private, non-profit company, created in 1979 by the cable television industry as a public service. Our mission is to provide public access to the political process. C-SPAN receives no government funding; operations are funded by fees paid by cable and satellite affiliates who carry C-SPAN programming."

https://www.msnbc.com/
From: Microsoft Corporation Web site for MSNBC. News, entertainment, sports, weather and more.

http://www.newslink.org/
This site provides links to newspapers, broadcasters and magazines and to joblink advertising. The media services covered include small-town papers, weeklies, campus papers and alternative presses. The searchable site provides links to US newspapers, radio/tv, newlinks for the Americas and other continents, and to magazines as well as newspapers. The site also provides a listing of "most linked to local news sites in the US."

https://www.npr.org/
Web site for National Public Radio (NPR). NPR is an internationally acclaimed producer and distributor of noncommercial news, talk, and entertainment programming. A privately supported, not-for-profit, membership organization, NPR serves more than 750 independently operated, noncommercial public radio stations. Each member station serves local listeners with a distinctive combination of national and local programming.

https://www.pbs.org/
Web site for Public Broadcasting Service (PBS). "Welcome to pbs.org, the home of comprehensive companion Web sites for more than 1,000 PBS television programs and specials, as well as original Web content and real-time learning adventures. With more than 150,000 pages of content to explore, visitors to pbs.org can delve further into the subjects they most enjoy, from news to history and the arts to science and technology."

https://www.loc.gov/collections/
From: The Library of Congress This is the home site of the American Memory project of the Library of Congress. American Memory is a gateway to rich primary source materials relating to the history and culture of the United States. The site offers more than 7 million digital items from more than 100 historical collections.

https://directory.doabooks.org/
A joint service of OAPEN, OpenEdition, CNRS and Aix-Marseille Universite; a growing collection of 34,000+ academic peer-reviewed books from over 400+ publishers

https://www.archive.org/
From: The Internet Archive "The Internet Archive, a 501(c)(3) non-profit, is building a digital library of Internet sites and other cultural artifacts in digital form. Like a paper library, we provide free access to researchers, historians, scholars, the print disabled, and the general public. Our mission is to provide Universal Access to All Knowledge...We began in 1996 by archiving the Internet itself, a medium that was just beginning to grow in use. Like newspapers, the content published on the web was ephemeral - but unlike newspapers, no one was saving it. Today we have 20+ years of web history accessible through the Wayback Machine and we work with 625+ library and other partners through our Archive-It program to identify important web pages."

https://digital.library.upenn.edu/books/index.html
From: Edited by John Mark Ockerbloom (Copyright 1993-2003). The Online Books Page is a website that facilitates access to books that are freely readable over the Internet. It also aims to encourage the development of such online books, for the benefit and edification of all. It is produced by John Ockerbloom, a digital library planner and researcher at the University of Pennsylvania. "Major parts of the site include: an index of thousands of online books freely readable on the Internet; pointers to significant directories and archives of online texts; special exhibits of particularly interesting classes of online books, and information on how readers can help support the growth of online books."

https://www.aclu.org/
The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) works daily in courts, legislatures and communities to defend and preserve the individual rights and liberties guaranteed to all people in this country by the Constitution and laws of the United States. The ACLU has also maintained, since its founding, the position that civil liberties must be respected, even in times of national emergency. The ACLU's mission is to fight civil liberties violations wherever and whenever they occur. The ACLU is supported by annual dues and contributions from its members, plus grants from private foundations and individuals.

https://democrats.org/
"Thomas Jefferson founded the Democratic Party of the United States in 1792 and was elected as the first Democratic President in 1800. The Democratic National Convention established the Democratic National Committee (DNC) in 1848. The DNC is the oldest continuing party committee in the United States and the world. The Democratic National Committee plans the Party's quadrennial presidential nominating convention; promotes the election of Party candidates with both technical and financial support; and works with national, state, and local party organizations, elected officials, candidates, and constituencies to respond to the needs and views of the Democratic electorate and the nation."

https://naacp.org/
The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) is the nation's most significant civil rights organization. The major focus of the NAACP continues to be the protection and enhancement of the civil rights of African Americans and other minorities. Membership is open to anyone believing in the basic tenets of the NAACP. The NAACP believes strongly that future leaders must be developed today, and such development is ongoing in the Youth and College Division.

https://www.gop.com/
"On July 6, 1854, just after the anniversary of the nation, an anti-slavery state convention was held in Jackson, Michigan. The hot day forced the large crowd outside to a nearby oak grove. At this “Under the Oaks Convention” the first statewide candidates were selected for what would become the Republican Party.  United by desire to abolish slavery, it was in Jackson that the Platform of the Under the Oaks Convention read: “…we will cooperate and be known as REPUBLICANS…” Prior to July, smaller groups had gathered in intimate settings like the schoolhouse in Ripon, Wisconsin. However, the meeting in Jackson would be the first ever mass gathering of the Republican Party.  The name “Republican” was chosen, alluding to Thomas Jefferson’s Democratic-Republican Party and conveying a commitment to the inalienable rights of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness."

https://www.loc.gov/collections/
From: The Library of Congress This is the home site of the American Memory project of the Library of Congress. American Memory is a gateway to rich primary source materials relating to the history and culture of the United States. The site offers more than 7 million digital items from more than 100 historical collections.

https://www.arl.org/know-your-copyrights/
From: The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) The Copyright & Fair Use page defines these policies and laws.

https://www.archive.org/
"The Internet Archive, a 501(c)(3) non-profit, is building a digital library of Internet sites and other cultural artifacts in digital form. Like a paper library, we provide free access to researchers, historians, scholars, the print disabled, and the general public. Our mission is to provide Universal Access to All Knowledge...We began in 1996 by archiving the Internet itself, a medium that was just beginning to grow in use. Like newspapers, the content published on the web was ephemeral - but unlike newspapers, no one was saving it. Today we have 20+ years of web history accessible through the Wayback Machine and we work with 625+ library and other partners through our Archive-It program to identify important web pages."

https://www.nationalacademies.org/
From: The National Academies The National Academy of Sciences, the National Academy of Engineering and the Institute of Medicine are private, non-profit, membership organizations that advise the federal government, upon request and without fee, on questions of science and technology. "... the Academy shall, whenever called upon by any department of the Government, investigate, examine, experiment, and report upon any subject of science or art ...." "With these words, Congress established the National Academy of Sciences in 1863, at the height of the Civil War. Scientific issues would become even more contentious and complex in the years following the war. To keep pace with the growing importance of science and technology, the institution that was founded in 1863 eventually expanded to include the National Research Council in 1916, the National Academy of Engineering in 1964, and the Institute of Medicine in 1970. Collectively, these organizations are called the National Academies."

https://www.nobelprize.org/
The official web site of the Nobel Prize Foundation offers information Prize Winners to date, the Nobel Organization, Alfred Nobel, Nobel events, and educational material and games

https://www.copyright.gov/
From: The US Copyright Office The website of the United States Copyright Office was created to serve the copyright community of creators and users, as well as the general public. It includes key publications, including informational circulars; application forms for copyright registration; links to the copyright law and to the homepages of other copyright-related organizations, and news of what the Office is doing.