Selected Internet Resources P-R
Paintings, Passports, Patents,
Per Diem Allowances, Physicians, Population,
Prisoners, Public Opinion, Questions and
Answers, Quotations & Clichés, Radio Monitoring
Receivers, Recipes,
Reference Sources, Registers of Birth, etc.,
Resumes
- Paintings
- Famous Paintings Exhibition
Images of famous paintings arranged by artist and theme/style.
Access/Source: WebMuseum, Paris.
- Passports
- Passport Services
Includes passport applications, list of passport agencies, information on how
to obtain copies of passport records, and more.
Access/Source: U.S. State Department.
- Patents
- U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
Includes basic information, forms, current news releases and a patent database.
- U.S. Patent Database
"[This] database consists of the front pages of US patents (including design
patents). The front page of patent includes all bibliographic data, such as the
inventor's name, the patent's title, and the assignee's name, as well as the
abstract, a brief description of the patent's contents."
Access/Source: CNIDR, U.S. Patent & Trademark Office,
and MCNC.
- Per Diem Allowances
- Prescribed
Maximum Per Diem Rates
"The maximum rates...for reimbursement of per diem expenses incurred during
official travel within the continental United States."
Access/Source: Office of Government Policy.
- Physicians
(See also: Health, Medical
Care, Drugs,
Dentists)
- AMA Physician Select
"AMA Physician Select lists virtually every physician licensed in the United
States and its possessions, including more than 650,000 doctors medicine (MD)
and doctors of osteopathy or osteopathic medicine (DO)." AMA Physician Select
must be accessed through this link to AMA Health Insight.
Access/Source: American Medical Association.
- Population
- U.S. Census Bureau
Access to USCB Pop Clocks (U.S. and world population estimates current to the
second!), Data Maps, Genealogy, Radio Broadcasts, Census Roundtables, BBS, Employment
Opportunties, and more. For quick access, use these:
Current
U.S. Population Estimate
Current
World Population Estimate
Detailed
2000 Census Data
- Prisoners
- Florida Department of Corrections
The official Florida Department of Corrections website that provides information
searches on inmate population, releases, and escapes.
Access/Source: Florida Department of Corrections.
- Public Opinion
- Public Agenda Online
"The inside source for public opinion and policy analysis."
Access/Source: Public Agenda.
- Questions & Answers
- STUMPERS-L Reference Questions
Archive
"Resource for reference questions that have people, in essence, stumped."
Resource for difficult or unusual reference questions. Also a good place to find
answers for trivia questions.
Access/Source: Concordia University.
- Usenet Hypertext FAQ Archive
The collective wisdom of the Internet. Answers to frequently asked questions
(FAQs) from Usenet discussion newsgroups. Searchable and arranged by newsgroup
and topic.
Access/Source: Internet FAQ Consortium.
- Quotations & Clichés
- The Book of Clichés
Information about clichés, grouped by situation.
The Book of Clichés
- Bartlett's Familiar Quotations
"FAMILIAR QUOTATIONS: A Collection of Passages, Phrases, and Proverbs Traced
to Their Sources in Ancient and Modern Literature, by John Bartlett." Ninth
edition, 1901.
Access/Source: Project Bartleby.
- Creative Quotations Search Page
Search for "quotations from famous people ... linked to five components
of creativity."
Access/Source: Franklin C. Baer, Baertracks and bemorecreative.com
- The Quotations Page
A large-scale quotation site that also provides a catalog of quotation resources
on the Internet.
Access/Source: Michael Moncur.
- Radio Monitoring Recievers
- Pinellas County
Active 911 Calls
Current 911 Activity from the Pinellas County Department of Emergency Communications.
Access/Source: Pinellas County Government.
- Recipes
- Thanksgiving
Google directory of Thanksgiving recipes and information.
- Meals For You
Searchable archive including recipes by ingredient, nutritional content, and
course. Also provides comprehensive nutritional information.
Access/Source: Meals For You/Point of Choice.
- Recipe Source
Thousands of recipes including Main Dishes, Ethnic Foods, Breads & Baked
Goods, Salads, Desserts, Restricted and Special Diets, and much more.
Access/Source: University of California, Berkeley.
- Reference Sources
- Assignment Editor
links to hundreds of online reference sources. Requires free registration.
Access/Source: AssignmentEditor.com.
- CliffsNotes Online
Full text of the popular literature notes. Online searching and viewing. Downloading the complete notes for a work of literature carries a small fee.
Access/Source: CliffsNotes
- Infography
This reference tool enables a student, librarian or teacher to identify superlative
sources of information about a subject, collected by a subject specialist. These
subject specialists are professors, librarians and other scholars who know the
literature about their subjects.
Access/Source: Fields of Knowledge
- How Stuff Works
If you want to know how it works, you'll probably find it here. From holidays
to modems to the human body to transportation, this site has wonderful information
about "how stuff works."
Access/Source: Howstuffworks.com
- LibrarySpot
"A free virtual library resource center for educators and students, librarians
and their patrons, families, businesses and just about anyone exploring the Web
for valuable research information."
Access/Source: LibrarySpot.com
- Primary Sources
on the Web
A very good overview of using primary sources on the web, including an explanation
of what primary sources are, how to find them, how to evaluate primary sources, and
how to cite web sites. A great resource for students.
Access/Source: Reference and User Services Association (ALA)
- Refdesk.com
A virtual reference desk that is very "useful for new surfers of the Web
and has great value as a ready reference tool."
Access/Source: Refdesk.com.
- Sources: Their Use and Acknowledgement
A good explanation of why, when and how to cite research and reference sources.
Access/Source: Dartmouth College
- Registers of Birth, Death, etc.
- Vital Records
"How to get Birth Certificates, Marriage Licenses, Death Certificates, or
Divorce Records in the United States." Includes addresses, telephone numbers,
and costs.
Access/Source: Pinellas Park Public Library.
- Vital Records Information
"This page contains information about where to obtain vital records from
each state, territory and county of the United States."
VitalRec.com.
- Resumes
(See also: Job
Hunting)
- Selected
Resume Resources
A good overall site with links to General Tips, Your First Job, Recent Graduates,
Electronic Resumes, Federal Job Seeker Information, and Technical Job Titles.
Access/Source: JobStar.
- Resume Writing
A very long, detailed page going over many different aspects of resume writing
from the purpose of a resume to "questions a pro would ask you."
Access/Source: Rockport Institute
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