Information Staff's Favorite Reference Links

Business/Employment

Government/Law

Health/Medicine/Science

General Research

Business/Employment

Dawson County Chamber of Commerce provides information about Dawson County, and includes a business directory and links to local websites.

Dahlonega/Lumpkin County Chamber of Commerce highlights information about the Chamber and links to Dahlonega and Lumpkin County websites.

Business & Economics (via SKS WebSelect)   provides annotated links to resources of educational, scholarly, or general utility that are freely available on the World Wide Web. They are chosen and maintained by librarians, scholars, and information specialists from throughout the state of Georgia.

Business Source Premier (at EBSCOHost) Articles on all aspect of business, trade, finance, and management.

Georgia Career Information System Job profiles, career exploration, and education and training information.

Regional Business News Comprehensive full-text coverage for regional business publications.

Entrepreneur.com This site, designed for the entrepreneur or small business owner, contains tips on everything from starting a business to finding funds. Includes franchise and business opportunity databases, free e-mail accounts, a chat room, and classifieds. Also available in Spanish as Soy Entrepreneur.

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Government/Law

FirstGov.gov is the information portal for the United States Federal Government. It is the first resource to find any government information on the Internet. There are links to state and local government information.

Dahlonega, GA Government provides official information about the city, its government and minutes of council and special commission meetings.

Dawsonville, GA Government provides information about the city, government officials and links to local web resources.

Dawson County Government page links to all official county resources, and includes a calendar and minutes of government meetings.

Lumpkin County Government Online includes information about the county, government officials  and links to local web resources.

Census Data Links to Internet sites for demographic, economic, and social data.

GeorgiaNet Online connection to the State of Georgia.

Georgia Government Publications Public documents of departments or agencies within the state government.

TOPICsearch (at EBSCOHost) Articles focused on current events and hot topics.

Findlaw is one of the best starting points on the Web for doing legal research. LawCrawler, helps you focus your search on legal issues on the Web. Also includes Legal News, legal forms, organizations, law firms and lawyers, judicial opinions and case law, consultants, and more.

Nolo: Law For All is a website about legal issues designed for “everyday people.” It includes helpful articles on common legal questions, a legal encyclopedia and commonly used forms.

 

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Health/Medicine/Science

Health Source: Consumer Edition Articles from EBSCOHost on health for the general public.

MEDLINE (with Full Text) (at EBSCOHost) Index and abstracts of journal articles in the health sciences with links to full text.

The Merck Manual Standard medical handbooks of reliable, easy-to-use medical information.

Clinical Pharmacology (at EBSCOHost) Provides drug information and educational documents geared for patients.

AccessScience@McGraw-Hill (sci/tech encyclopedia) McGraw-Hill's online encyclopedia of science and technology.

Healthfinder This is a gateway to consumer health information from the U.S. government and includes links to selected online publications, databases, Web sites, and support and self-help groups, as well as the government agencies and non-profit organizations that produce reliable health information for the public. There is a section for children, and it is also available in Spanish.

WebMD Designed to connect physicians and consumers to the health care industry, this site offers specialized areas for physicians and consumers. Searchable.

 

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General Research

EBSCOHost Databases Multiple databases with articles on most topics can be searched as one.

ProQuest Databases Multiple databases with articles on most topics can be searched as one.

Encyclopaedia Britannica Online Respected reference source plus Book of the Year and Britannica Intermediate for school students.

Newspaper Source Articles from national and regional newspapers.

SIRS Researcher General full text on social, scientific, health, historic, business, economic, political and global issues.

World Almanacs Full text of multiple editions including The World Almanac for Kids.

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Revised: 09/25/2008