Useful Resources

In addition to the DETC publications, there are several valuable publications and web sites on distance education topics. The following listings are just a few.

The DETC does not control or guarantee the accuracy, relevance, timeliness, or completeness of this outside information. Further, the inclusion of links or pointers to particular items in hypertext is not intended to reflect their importance, nor is it intended to endorse any views expressed, or products or services offered, on these outside sites, or the organizations sponsoring the sites.

If you have questions about links, please contact Sally Welch.

Online Distance Education Resources

ABOUT.com: Distance Learning
Jamie Littlefield's all-purpose guide to distance learning provides clear, convenient, and dependable information on a wide range of topics regarding distance education. Join in message board and live chat discussions and read articles on distance education from around the world. ABOUT.com is a New York Times-owned and operated site.
www.distancelearn.about.com/

DANTES Military Evaluations and Servicemembers Opportunity Colleges Materials
Higher education program reference materials for DANTES, including ACE Military Evaluation Program References and SOC Program References.
www.dantes.doded.mil/Dantes_web/distribution/evals-text.htm

Distance Education Resource
Comprehensive financing information, tools and resources designed to help students understand the costs and financing options related to pursuing distance education programs. Includes calculators, scholarship search info, money management tips, and education finance information.
http://www.deresource.org

GetEducated.com
An online degree directory that provides online degree listings and rankings of CHEA-accredited schools.
www.geteducated.com

Trade Schools, Colleges and Universities Guide
Leading online education portal lets you request free information from trade schools, colleges, and universities across the US and Canada.
http://www.trade-schools.net/

U.S. Department of Education’s List of Recognized Accrediting Agencies
A listing of those accrediting agencies recognized by the U.S. Department of Education.
http://www.ed.gov/admins/finaid/accred/index.html?src=qc

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Distance Learning Publications

Accredited Institutions of Postsecondary Education
Published for the Council for Higher Education Accreditation, this directory lists CHEA’s members and their accrediting agencies.
www.acenet.edu/bookstore/

Campus-Free College Degrees
by Marcie Kirsner Thorson. This guide is one of the most accurate, complete and easy to use education directories available. It covers accredited bachelors, masters and doctoral degree programs requiring only a limited time or no time at all spent on campus.
http://www.college-distancedegree.com


DANTES Catalog of Nationally Accredited Distance Learning Programs
The Defense Activity for Non-Traditional Education Support (DANTES) publishes this catalog. It lists institutions that have signed an MOU to participate in the available DANTES program.
http://www.dantes.doded.mil

Distance Education Report
Subscribe online for the "Distance Education Report" published by Magna Publications and written by Dr. Farhad Saba.
http://www.distance-educator.com

Distance Learning Evaluation Guide
Published by the American Council on Education. This guide provides a checklist for organizations to use in evaluating the quality of their distance learning programs, courses, and modules.
http://www.acenet.edu/bookstore/

The Distance Learner’s Guide
Students, often unfamiliar with the concept of distance learning, face a confusing array of academic and technical options. This book assists them in making informed choices and in understanding that they should demand quality instruction and student support services. Students learn how to select an institution, overcome personal barriers to success, and access materials needed to fulfill class requirements. A related Web site informs students of the latest information in the fast-changing world of distance learning. The guide, published by Prentice Hall, is available through bookstores at a suggested retail price of $20.
http://www.wiche.edu/pubs

EDUCAUSE Quarterly
This is a practitioner’s journal for college and university managers and users of information resources—information, technology, and services. Articles relate to planning for, developing, managing, evaluating, and using information resources for colleges and universities.
http://www.educause.edu/apps/eq/index.asp.

External Degrees in the Information Age
by Eugene Sullivan, David W. Stewart, and Henry A. Spille. Published by the American Council on Education. This reliable and comprehensive guide is designed to help adults make informed decisions about pursuing postsecondary degree.
http://www.acenet.edu/bookstore/

Good Practices in Distance Education
This guide is a set of principles for distance learning adopted by each of the six regional accrediting bodies for university online programs
http://www.wiche.edu/pubs/

Guiding Principles for Distance Learning in a Learning Society
Published by the American Council on Education. Developed by a national task force, recommendations are made with regard to core values, learning design, learner support, organizational commitment, learning outcomes, and technology.
http://www.acenet.edu/bookstore/

Higher Education Directory
Each year the Higher Education Directory lists thousands of institutions accredited by agencies recognized by the U.S. Secretary of Education and the Council for Higher Education Accreditation. The publication is available from Higher Education Publications, Inc., 6400 Arlington Boulevard, Suite 648, Falls Church, VA 22042 (703-532-2300 or e-mail hed@hepinc.com)
http://www.hepinc.com/

ACE National Guide to College Credit for Workforce Training
The ACE National Guide to COllege Credit for Workforce Training contains ACE credit recommendations for formal courses or examinat offered by various organizations, from businesses and unions to the government and military. View organizations or search for a specific course or exam at the ACE College Credit Recommendatio Service website.

Never Too Late to Learn
by Vicky Phillips. Published by Random House/Princeton Review Books. This book includes helpful insights and strategies based on the authors experience counseling and instruction more than 17,000 adult learners online and on campus.
http://www.geteducated.com

No Significant Difference Phenomenon
This web site has been designed to serve as a companion piece to Thomas L. Russell’s book, “The No Significant Difference Phenomenon” (2001, IDECC, fifth edition). Mr. Russell’s book is a fully indexed, comprehensive research bibliography of 355 research reports, summaries and papers that document no significant differences (NSD) in student outcomes between alternate modes of education delivery.
http://nosignificantdifference.wcet.info

Occupational Outlook Handbook
This Handbook is a nationally recognized source of career information, designed to provide valuable assistance to individuals making decisions about their future work lives. Revised every two years, the Handbook describes what workers do on the job, working conditions, the training and education needed, earnings, and expected job prospects in a wide range of occupations.
http://www.bis.gov/oco/

Online Masters Degrees and Programs
Directory of colleges and universities offering online masters degrees. Includes listings of masters programs in education, nursing, accounting, marketing, and more.
http://www.online-masters-degrees-programs.org/

Peterson’s Guide to Distance Learning Programs
Published for the University Continuing Education Association, this guide provides details on 1,000 degree and certificate programs available from nearly 900 institutions.
http://www.petersons.com

Peterson’s Independent Study Catalog
Published for the University of Continuing Education Association, this catalog lists more than 13,000 correspondence courses offered by more than 140 accredited institutions.
http://www.petersons.com

Peterson’s MBA Distance Learning Programs
Published for the University Continuing Education Association, this directory gives complete program descriptions of more than 100 accredited programs, the latest delivery mechanisms, and tips and advice on how to find the best program for your needs.
http://www.petersons.com/

Pocket Guide to College Credit and Degrees
by Jacqueline E. Johnson, Jo Ann Robinson, and Sally R. Welch. Published by the American Council on Education. This is a value guide for adult learners seeking college degrees.
http://www.acenet.edu/bookstore/

Virtual College
by Pam Dixon. This book lets you read about the many new and exciting ways to take college courses and get answers to frequently asked questions. Real "virtual" students and teachers give their tips and insights.
http://www.petersons.com/

The Virtual University Gazette
Published by Lifelong Learning, a distance education consulting firm working with colleges and corporations.
http://www.geteducated.com

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Educational Agencies

ACT, Inc. Information for Life’s Transitions (formerly American College Testing)
2201 North Dodge Street, P.O. Box 168, Iowa City, IA 52243-0168
Phone: 319-337-1000, Fax: 319-339-3021
Web site: http://www.act.org

ACT, Inc., is an independent, not-for-profit organization that provides more than a hundred assessment, research, information, and program management services in the broad areas of educational planning, career planning, and workforce development.

American Association of Collegiate Independent Study (AACIS)
Web site: http://www.aacis.org

AACIS is a membership association of individual educators who are engaged in collegiate independent/correspondence study. AACIS fees are only $25 annually. They publish a newsletter, The Study Guide, and hold an annual conference each November. To join, consult the AACIS Web site for details.

American Association of Collegiate Registrars and Admissions Officers (AACRAO)
One Dupont Circle, NW, Suite 520, Washington, DC 20036
Phone: 202-293-9161, Fax: 202-872-8857
Web site: http://www.aacrao.org

AACRAO is a nonprofit, voluntary, professional association of more than 9,400 higher education administrators who represent nearly 2,500 institutions and agencies in the United States and in twenty-eight countries around the world. Our mission is to provide leadership in developing and implementing policy in the global educational community with a focus on the identification and promotion of standards and best practices in enrollment management, information technology, instructional management, and student services.

American Council on Education (ACE)
One Dupont Circle, NW, Washington, DC 20036
Web site: http://www.acenet.edu

The American Council on Education (ACE), founded in 1918, is the nation's coordinating higher education association. ACE is dedicated to the belief that equal educational opportunity and a strong higher education system are essential cornerstones of a democratic society. Its approximately 1,800 members include accredited, degree-granting colleges and universities from all sectors of higher education and other education and education-related organizations. ACE is a forum for the discussion of major issues related to higher education and its potential to contribute to the quality of American life.

The Center for Adult Learning and Educational Credentials has three divisions:

• College Credit Recommendation Service
202-939-9433; E-Mail: credit@ace.nche.edu
• Credit by Examination Program
202-939-9434; E-Mail: creditbyexam@ace.nche.edu
• Military Evaluations Program
202-939-9470; E-Mail: milevale@ace.nche.edu

Canadian Association for Distance Education (CADE)
Web site: http://www.cade-aced.ca

Established in 1983, CADE is a national association of professionals committed to excellence in the provision of distance education in Canada.

College Board
P.O. Box 6600, Princeton, NJ 08541
Phone: 609-951-6106 or 1-800-257-9558
Web site: http://www.collegeboard.com

The College Board is a 100-year-old, not-for-profit membership association. Its mission is to prepare, inspire, and connect students to college and opportunity. Its members include more than 3,800 schools, colleges, universities, and other educational associations.

Council for Adult and Experiential Learning (CAEL)
55 East Monroe Street, Suite 1930, Chicago, IL 60603
Phone: 312-499-2600
Web site: http://www.cael.org

CAEL is a national organization dedicated to expanding lifelong learning opportunities for adults. Through collaboration with educational institutions, industry, government, and labor, CAEL promotes learning as a tool to empower people and organizations.

Council for Higher Education Accreditation (CHEA)
One Dupont Circle, NW, Suite 510, Washington, DC 20036
Phone: 202-955-6126
Web site: http://www.chea.org

CHEA coordinates research, analysis, debate, meetings, and other activities and processes that improve accreditation; collects and disseminates data and information about accreditation, its "best practices" and quality assurance; fosters communication and exchange on accreditation issues within the higher education community; mediates disputes between institutions of higher learning and accreditors, as necessary; and works through accreditation to maintain institutional quality and diversity. Web site contains a list of CHEA-recognized accrediting bodies.

Council of Recognized National Accrediting Agencies (CRNAA)
Web site: http://www.crnaa.org

CRNAA is an alliance of six accrediting agencies with a national scope. Its members are recognized by the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Education as reliable authorities on the quality of education and training offered by accredited institutions for the purpose of institutional eligibility to participate in federal student financial assistance programs. For more information, please contact the individual members.

Members of CRNAA are:

Accrediting Bureau of Health Education Schools (ABHES) www.abhes.org

Accrediting Council for Continuing Education and Training (ACCET) www.accet.org

Accrediting Commission of Career Schools and Colleges of Technology (ACCSCT) www.accsct.org

Accrediting Council for Independent Colleges and Schools (ACICS) www.acics.org

Council on Occupational Education (COE) www.council.org

Distance Education and Training Council (DETC) (this site)

Defense Activity for Non-Traditional Education Support (DANTES)
6490 Saufley Field Road, Pensacola, FL 32509-5243
Phone: 850-452-1085
Web site: http://www.dantes.doded.mil

DANTES is a tuition assistance program run by the Department of Defense as dedictated by DoD Instruction 1322.5 and DoD Directive 1322.8 which govern the off-duty voluntary education programs offered to military personnel. It available to active duty Navy, Marine Corps, Army, Active Guard Reservists, Army National Guard, U.S. Army Reserves, and Air Force Reserve Command personnel. For more information, check their Web site.

The Distance Education Clearinghouse
Web site: http://www.uwex.edu/disted/home.html

The Distance Education Clearinghouse at the University of Wisconsin Extension provides information about distance education and its various delivery modes. This site is targeted more for university level educators and learners.

Instructional Telecommunications Council
One Dupont Circle, NW, Suite 410
Washington, DC 20036
Phone: 202-293-3110
Web site: http://www.itcnetwork.org

A national, non-profit organization that represents postsecondary educational institutions that are involved in distance learning. An affiliate of the Council of American Association of Community College, ITC represent more than 500 educational institutions from across the United States and Canada. Members include community colleges, four-year institutions, non-profit and for-profit organizations, and individuals.

International Association for Continuing Education and Training (IACET), formerly the Council on the Continuing Education Unit, is
1620 I St. NW Suite 615
Washington, DC 20006
Phone: (202) 463-2905, Fax: (202) 463-8497
Website: http://www.iacet.org.

A non-profit association of education and training organizations and individuals devoted to the constructive and consistent use of the Continuing Education Unit and to the improvement of the quality and effectiveness of continuing education, training and human resource development. Its major objectives are: (1) to promote the development, interpretation and dissemination of the best methods, standards and ideals for the use of the CEU; and (2) to assist in strengthening educational and professional standards in the field of continuing education and training.

International Centre for Distance Learning
The Open University
Walton Hall
Milton Keynes MK7 6AA
United Kingdom
Telephone: +44 1908 653537
Web site: http://www-icdl.open.ac.uk

The International Centre for Distance Learning (ICDL) is an international centre for research, teaching, consultancy, information and publishing activities based in the Institute of Educational Technology that received world class rating in the 1992 and 1996 Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE) Research Assessment Exercises. ICDL promotes international research and collaboration by providing information from its library and databases; other audiences are reached through publications. An essential knowledge resource built up over 15 years is its distance education library and databases.

National Association of State Administrators and Supervisors of Private Schools (NASASPS)
Web site: http://www.nasasps.com

The membership of NASASPS consists of those administrators and supervisors in the United States, including the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands and other U.S. territories, and Canada who have administrative and supervisory responsibility for the regulation and supervision of private occupational educational programs delivered in residence, home study, distance education, or any combination thereof and other individuals interested in private occupational education. Members include community colleges, four-year institutions, non-profit and for-profit.

National Center for Education Statistics
Web site: http://www.nces.ed.gov

NCES is the primary federal entity for collecting and analyzing data that are related to education in the United States and other nationals.

Penn State Distance Education
Web site: http://www.cde.psu.edu/de/

This Web site contains programs, reports, and research on distance education.

Servicemembers Opportunity Colleges (SOC)
1307 New York Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20005
Phone: 202-667-0079 or 1-800-368-5622
Web site: http://www.soc.aascu.org

SOC was created in 1972 to provide educational opportunities to servicemembers, who, because they frequently moved from place to place, had trouble completing college degrees. Today SOC is a consortium of more than 1,400 colleges and universities that provide educational opportunities for servicemembers and their families. SOC is cosponsored by the American Association of State Colleges and Universities (AASCU) and the American Association of Community Colleges (AACC), in cooperation with 13 other educational associations, the Military Services, the National Guard, and the Coast Guard. SOC is funded by the Department of Defense (DoD) through a contract with AASCU. The contract is managed for DoD by the Defense Activity for Non-Traditional Education Support (DANTES).

United States Department of Education
400 Maryland Avenue, SW, Washington, DC 20202-0498
Phone: 1-800-USA-LEARN (1-800-872-5327)
Web Site: http://www.ed.gov/

Its mission, as a Department, is to ensure equal access to education and to promote educational excellence for all Americans.

United States Department of Education, Office of Postsecondary Education, Accreditation and State Liaison Division, 1900 K Street, NW, Washington, DC 20006 Phone: 202-219-7011
Web site: http://www.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ope/index.html

This division of the U.S. Department of Education is responsible for recognizing accrediting agencies.

The United States Distance Learning Association
140 Gold Street, Suite 200B, Needham, MA 02494-2397
Phone: 1-800-275-5162
Web site: http://www.usdla.org

The United States Distance Learning Association is a nonprofit organization formed in 1987. The association's purpose is to promote the development and application of distance learning for education and training. The constituents we serve include Pre-K through grade 12 education, higher education, home school education, continuing education, corporate training, military and government training, and telemedicine.

University Continuing Education Association
One Dupont Circle, NW, Suite 615, Washington, DC 20036-1168
Phone: 202-659-3130 Web Site: http://www.ucea.edu

Founded in 1915, the University Continuing Education Association (formerly the National University Continuing Education Association) is among the oldest college and university associations in the United States. As the principal US organization for continuing higher education, the Association assists institutions of higher learning and affiliated nonprofit organizations to increase access through a wide array of educational programs and services.

Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education (WICHE)
1540 30th Street, RL-2 (Third Floor), Boulder, CO 80303
Phone: 303-541-0200
Web site: http://www.wiche.edu

The Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education is a regional organization created by the Western Regional Education Compact, adopted in the 1950s by Western states. WICHE is an interstate compact created by formal legislative action of the states and the U.S. Congress. Fifteen states are members of WICHE. In 2000,WICHE published "Guidelines for Electronically Offered Degrees" which were adopted by all six regional accrediting agencies.

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Educational Materials

1Up Info - Encyclopedia and Reference Resource
Browse articles in all areas of topics within Earth & Environment, History, Literature & Arts, Health & Medicine, People, Philosophy & Religion, Places, Plants & Animals, Science & Technology, Social Science, Law, Sports, Everyday Life, and more. Includes Country Studies and North America Gazetteer.
http://www.1upinfo.com/

AllRefer.com
This site contains reference materials on earth and environment, history,
literature and arts, medicine, people, philosophy and religion, places,
plants and animals, science and technology and much, much more.
http://www.allrefer.com

ADEC (American Distance Education Consortium)
An international consortium of state universities and land grant institutions providing high quality and economic distance education programs and services via the latest and most appropriate information technologies.
http://www.adec.edu/

America’s Learning eXchange (ALX)
ALX is one of four complementary, Web-based services offered free to the public by the U.S. Department of Labor through America’s Career Kit. ALX is supported by many professional training and educational organizations dedicated to providing the knowledge, expertise, and constituent networks to ensure users find the resources they need.
http://www.alx.org/

Centra Software
Distance education and live interactive Web-based training with symposium software. Training Centra (see below) offers news and resources for online training.
http://www.centra.com/

Chamber of Commerce
The official, DC-based U.S. Chamber of Commerce represents nearly 3 million companies, 3,000 state and local chambers, 850 business associations and 87 chambers abroad. Their web site is for business owners, managers, entrepreneurs and chambers of commerce. ChamberBiz.com creates a one-stop site that is well designed, trustworthy and easy to navigate. The site offers great articles on legal, business and employment matters along with sound advice on how to manage and grow a business.
http://www.chamberbiz.com

Copyright Permission
A company, iCopyright.com, was founded in 1998 with the aim of significantly easing the process of obtaining permission to reprint copyrighted materials. This is the first automated copyright permission and reprint clearinghouse on the Internet.
http://www.icopyright.com

Delivery Software
If you’re looking for a comparison of online course delivery software products, visit this site. More than 20 different online delivery software products are reviewed. The reviews are categorized by developmental features, instructor tools, technical support, administrator tools, administrative features, software costs, and hardware costs.
http://www.marshall.edu/distance

Dictionary
This site has the Merriam-Webster Dictionary and Thesaurus online.
http://www.m-w.com/

Earn-a-Degree.com
A one-stop-resource to finding the perfect college education and online education. Earn-a-Degree.com can help one find the school and program that's right for you. They offer access to high-quality online universities, campus-based colleges and Universities all over United States as well as International Schools in Canada.
http://www.earn-a-degree.com

Educause
EDUCAUSE is an international, nonprofit association whose mission is to help shape and enable transformational change in higher education through the introduction, use, and management of information resources and technologies in teaching, learning, scholarship, research, and institutional management. EDUCAUSE membership is open to institutions of higher education, corporations serving the higher education information technology market, and other related associations and organizations. EDUCAUSE programs include professional development activities, print and electronic publications, strategic/policy initiatives, research and development, and a wealth of online information services. Current membership includes more than 1,700 colleges, universities, and education organizations and more than 150 corporations.
http://www.educause.edu

Elearners.com
eLearners.com serves the online learning community by helping online learners find the most appropriate distance learning providers for their needs. eLearners.com provides services and resources that help online learners succeed, while helping education providers market their programs and enroll students.
http://www.elearners.com

Instructional Systems, Inc. - The Wellspring
The Wellspring is a collaborative project from Instructional Systems Inc. and members of the Teachers College, Columbia University community. It is devoted to the needs of Distance Educators using the World Wide Web to deliver postsecondary courses to their students. Their primary focus is on Web-based asynchronous courses.
http://wellspring.isinj.com/

International Distance Learning Course Finder
The International Distance Learning Course Finder is the world's largest one-stop and truly independent distance education directory online, with information on over 50,000 distance learning courses offered by universities, colleges and companies from 127 countries.
http://www.dlcoursefinder.com

IPEDS College Opportunities On-Line (COOL)
COOL is your direct link to over 9,000 colleges and universities in the United States. If you are thinking about a large university, a small liberal arts college, a specialized college, a community college, a career or technical college or a trade school, you can find them all here. College Opportunities On-Line is brought to you by the National Center for Education Statistics in the U.S. Department of Education. NCES was authorized by Congress in 1998 to help college students, future students, and their parents understand the differences between colleges and how much it costs to attend college.
http://www.nces.ed.gov/ipeds/cool/

Journal of Asynchronous Learning Networks
http://www.aln.org/alnweb/journal/jaln.htm

Journal of Distance Education
This web site holds the full text online (and free) versions of articles from all the back issues of the long-established Journal of Distance Education. http://www.cade-aced.ca and select “publications.”

Marshall University
The Marshall University Web site has a practical analysis of various online learning software platforms.
http://www.marshall.edu/distance

National Alliance of Statewide/Regional Virtual Learning Colleges
The Instructional Telecommunications Council (ITC), with a grant from the W. K. Kellogg Foundation in 2000, created a list of virtual statewide universities or organizations that deliver or promote distance education. The list is updated regularly. http://www.itcnetwork.org/NationalAlliance.htm

Nicenet
Nicenet is a non-profit organization of Internet professionals who give their time to provide services to the Internet community. Everything in Nicenet is offered free for public use, and Nicenet makes no profits from your participation.
http://www.nicenet.org

Online Degree Guide
great guide to career education.
http://www.degree-guide.com/resources.html

Online Journal of Distance Learning Administration
http://www.westga.edu/~distance/jmain11.html

Study Web
Study WEB is a meta-Encyclopedia for student research. Provided by the American Computer Resources, Inc.
http://www.studyweb.com/

The Teaching Web
This site contains a guide to the WWW for all teachers.
http://www.edu.yorku.ca/~rowston/chapter.html

Training Centra
Training Centra is a comprehensive resource center provided by Centra Software. Index links to all types of distance education sites, from content providers to technology developers.
http://www.centra.com/

Web Review
This site hosts a wealth of resources, guides, and specific sections on authoring, design, development, e-commerce, multimedia, and backend solutions.
http://www.webreview.com

World Wide Learn
This site contains a directory of online courses, online learning and online education. At this site you'll find hundreds of online courses, degree programs, certificates, professional continuing education and learning resources in 50 subject areas offered by educational institutions, companies and individuals from all over the world. http://www.worldwidelearn.com

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Libraries

All Academic
All Academic is a clearinghouse of free academic resources on the Internet. The site was founded in the fall of 1999 by faculty members at the University of Oregon. Much of the content consists of articles and book reviews from several hundred journals, e.g., Conservation Ecology, Dissent, Journal of American History, Journal of Information Technology, Online Journal of Peace & Conflict Resolution, and Radical Pedagogy.
http://www.allacademic.com

DeskRef
This site contains all sorts of useful links to a range of pages. As well as leading to a range of natural health areas, it can help you locate information on grants and loans. The Ramapo Catskill Library System maintains this site.
http://www.rcls.org/deskref/

Digital Library
This site showcases the latest digital reference technology, with virtual collections and links to archives, and libraries and electronic catalogs.
http://sunsite.berkeley.edu/

Electronic Text Center
This site lists around 5,000 publicly accessible texts, including English literature, manuscripts and newspapers from 1500 to the present.
http://etext.lib.virginia.edu/

Internet Public Library (IPL)
This free service is available to anyone who accesses it at its web address: http://www.ipl.org. It provides users with a Reference Center in areas of study common to students, where they can ask reference questions that are answered by a Reference Center Staff of trained Librarians. Reading Rooms contain bookshelves of online texts, publications and newspapers. There is a Catalog of online books and an opportunity to access abstracts of resources in specific categories.
http://www.ipl.org

Jones e-global library®
Designed and maintained by over 50 professional librarians, Jones e-global library is a comprehensive suite of original and Internet-based content for libraries supporting distance education programs. This customizable resource provides access to an extraordinary range of academic and business literature and includes online tutorials that familiarize students with the online research process. e-global library can be branded with your logo as well as customized to fit the needs of your students and programs.
http://www.egloballibrary.com

Library of Congress
The Library of Congress features a searchable electronic catalog (great for bibliographic research) and online exhibits from the library’s collections.
http://www.loc.gov

Librarians’ Index to the Internet
Sponsored by the California State Library.
http://sunsite.berkeley.edu/InternetIndex/

Libweb
Library for world-wide web servers
http://sunsite.berkeley.edu/libweb/

Online Books
The Online Books Page offers more than 10,000 online books searchable by author, subject and title. It includes a directory of sites that have English and foreign language online texts.
http://digital.library.upenn.edu/books/

National Archives and Records Administration
The NARA features guides to and exhibits from the federal documentary collection.
http://www.nara.gov/

NetLibrary
This online library offers a "world of knowlege" literally at your fingertips. By merging the power and efficiency of the Internet with the time-honored library system familiar to all of us, net Library allows users to read electronic books directly online without the aid of hand-held readers.
http://www.netlibrary.com

New York Public Library
This excellent research source has all kinds of areas to conduct searches. There is the Research Libraries page that has an online catalog of the library's contents. The NYPL Express is the library's fee-based information and document delivery service. Information specialists can supply photocopies of articles or answer research questions.
http://www.nypl.org

OCLC Online Computer Library Center
This is a nonprofit, membership, computer library service and research organization. More than 24,000 libraries in 63 countries use OCLC services.
http://www.oclc.org/

U.S. Copyright Office
This site list all areas of copyright in the U.S. and internationally.
http://www.lcweb.loc.gov/copyright/

U.S. Public Libraries on the WWW
This site contains a list of public libraries in the United States.
http://www.capecod.net/epl/publiclibraries.html


Yahoo Reference Libraries
The search engines’ listing of universities and community colleges’ libraries.
http://www.yahoo.com/reference/libraries/academic_libraries/

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