M State - Librarian's Top Picks on the Web

The librarians...

Perry Werner and Deb Kelman recommend many great websites that you can use. On the right, you will see these links divided out by subject.

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APA Citation Style

Online!-Bedford/St. Martin's online APA guide

APA Style Resources-from Psych Web

APA Style at the American Psychological Association website

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Area Libraries

M State-Moorhead Campus students can borrow certain materials from the libraries at Minnesota State University Moorhead and Concordia College. You will need a valid M State ID for this.

Additionally, M State-Moorhead Campus students can also use the Inter-Library Loan (ILL) process from the MnPALS Consortium Catalog and the MnLINK Catalog to request materials from other libraries in the state. Once again, you will need a valid M State ID card. To obtain an ID card, please visit the campus library.

Links to the other libraries in the region:

Concordia College Library

Fargo Public Library

Minnesota State University Moorhead Library

Moorhead Public Library-a branch of the Lake Agassiz Regional Library

North Dakota State University Libraries

MnPALS Consortium Catalog

MnLINK Catalog-a catalog for most of the public and college libraries in Minnesota

Just want to look at the M State catalog, click here.

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Business and Law

All Business-Resources for Small Business

FindLaw-a directory for attorneys and provider of basic legal information

Findsounds-a search engine for sounds files on the internet

IShip, Inc.

Move.com

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Copyright

10 Big Myths about copyright explained-by Brad Templeton

U.S. Copyright Office website

Digital Media Copyright Act

Minnesota State Colleges and Universities' Intellectual Property and Copyright website

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Emergency Services Informational Websites

Websites that provide information about fire-fighting technology and safety:

Fire and EMS Links-sponsored by the Seattle Fire Department

Fire/EMS/Safety Center

FireFightingLinks.com

FireHouse.com

Fire-Related Injuries and Illnesses-Sponsored by the CDC

U.S. Fire Administration Home Page (USFA)

USFA Learning Resource Center

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Employment/Job-Searching

CareerBuilder.com

CareerOneStop

FargoJobs.com

ISEEK-Minnesota Internet System for Education and Employment Knowledge

Job Service North Dakota

JobDig

National Accrediting Commission of Cosmetology Arts and Sciences

Minnesota WorkForce Center System

Monster.com

Occupational Outlook Handbook, 2006-2007 Edition

Park Nicollet Health System

USAJobs-The Federal Government's Official Jobs Site

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General Reference

HighBeam Encyclopedia

Refdesk.com

Bartleby.com

Mayo Clinic

The WWW Virtual Library

Infoplease

LibrarySpot

OneLook Dictionary Search

Government Information

U.S. Senators Directory

Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives

U.S. Census Bureau

Business.gov

U.S. Small Business Administration-Government Contracting

USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service

Occupational Safety and Health Administration

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

North Dakota Legislative Branch

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Grammar

The Nuts and Bolts of College Writing

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MLA

Online!-Bedford/St. Martin's online MLA guide

Literacy Education Online (LEO)-Citation guide

Write Source-guide to MLA style

MLA Style Guide-sponsored by the University of Southern Mississippi

A Guide for Writing Research Papers-Capital Community College Library

The Writing Center at the University of Wisconsin-Madison

MLA citation Style-a color-coded guide to citing your sources from Long Island University

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News Sources

Paperboy-provides access to over 6000 newspapers' websites from around the world

Online Health Resources

Websites that offer a variety of information on health topics: including diseases, medications, and healthy living tips:

American Academy of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology

American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery

American Institue for Cancer Research

American Society for Clinical Pathology

Brain Tumor Society

CDC

The Internet Public Library's Health and Medical Sciences Collection

The Leukemia and Lymphoma Society

MEDscape

National Brain Tumor Foundation

National Institutes of Health-U.S. Department of Health and Human Service

National Institutes of Health-Institutes, Centers, and Offices

National Library of Medicine

Nurse.com

NursingWorld.com-American Nurses Association

United Leukodystrophy Foundation

World Health Organization

Will Rogers Institute

WebMD

Walgreen's Health Library

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Online Nursing Journals

Websites that offer free access to some journals, or even just a few articles from some journals:

American Academy of Family Physicians

CDC's Emerging Infectious Diseases Journal Homepage

CDC's Preventing Chronic Disease: Public Health Research, Practice and Policy

Entrez PubMed

MedlinePlus-Health Information from the National Library of Medicine

Medscape

Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report

Nursing Outlook-parts of the current issue are available for free

Nursing Spectrum Online

NursingCenter

OJIN: Online Journal of Issues in Nursing

World Health Organization's Publications Home Page

Just want to look at the M State subscription databases, click here. You will be sent to the M State Library's webpage. To actually view the databases, you will need to be a student at M State.

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