There are many good Internet sites that are useful to the research process. Included here are free Web sites that we have found useful. To report problems with broken links, please send an email message to library@muskegoncc.edu
Searchable databases
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AJR Newslink Worldwide newspapers, magazines, radio, television.
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Movie Review Query Engine A searchable database of over 26,000 movie titles. Reviews appear in magazines, newspapers, and other online sources.
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PubMed Medical Database provided by the National Library of Medicine. Includes MEDLINE and other resources.
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Thesaurus of Geographic Names from the Getty Information Institute.
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Journal TOCs (The latest Journal Tables of Content.)
Encyclopedias
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World Book Online contains the World Book Encyclopedia. The site also includes a dictionary, an atlas and information about current events and news headlines.
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Encyclopaedia Britannica
People/Biographical
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A&E Biographies over 20,000 searchable biographies.
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WhoWhatWhen Interactive Historical Timelines use for finding people, dates, and historical events.
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Family Search Genealogy database provided by the LDS Church in Utah.
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Social Security Death Index provided by FamilySearch. Includes reported deaths to the Social Security Administration up to February 2014.
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Switchboard directory is a database of United States telephone books. Includes yellow & white pages.
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AT&T Any Who Free, easy phone, white pages directory.
Federal, state and local Government information
Local Government
State of Michigan
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State of Michigan
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Michigan Senate find your senator by district, name, or by your address.
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Michigan Legislature find your legislator by district, county, or your zip code.
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Michigan Supreme Court Decisions
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Michigan Compiled Laws
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Michigan Voter Information Center provided by the Michigan Secretary of State. Registered voters may enter their name to find out where they are registered to vote, what voting equipment is used, and view the ballot and election calendar.
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Michigan Tax Forms
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MultiMag Michigan A comprehensive directory of information about Michigan. Includes cities, counties, townships, events, weather, and other topics of interest.
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Michigan Hometown Locator includes information about Michigan physical, cultural and historical features.
United States Government
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USA.Gov the U.S. Government’s Official Web Portal.
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U.S. House of Representatives Directory
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IRS Tax Forms
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U.S. Code
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The U.S. Supreme Court
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The U.S. Supreme Court blog
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U.S. Courts This site contains links to federal courts and judicial systems.
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Core Documents of US Democracy from the Government Printing Office. Includes current and historical legislative and legal, regulatory, presidential, demographic, and economic documents..
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U.S. Government Printing Office (GPO)
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U.S. Peace Corps
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Factfinder Census Information
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American Community Survey US Census Bureau
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Historical Census Data covering 1790 through 2000.
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Statistical Abstract of the United States
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The White House
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U.S. Patent and Trademark Office searchable database.
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U.S. Securities and Exchange Information
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National Technical Reports Library searchable government documents repository.
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U.S. National Safety Council Leading safety advocate, nonprofit organization with the mission of eliminating preventable deaths at work, in homes and communities, and on the road through leadership, research, education and advocacy. Reliable information from the past, and present to anticipate and improve the future.
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National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (NIOSH) Research, recommendations, and other materials on improving workplace safety and preventing occupational injuries and illness.
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Government agencies and elected officials is used to find contact information for agencies and elected officials from local through U.S. government.
Business/Commercial Information
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PR Newswire Business and financial news including stock quotes.
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CNN Financial News
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Yahoo’s Stock Quotes and Financial Data.
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Big Charts Locate both historical stock quotes and current stock quotes from the early 1980s to present.
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Economic Statistics Briefing Room provided by the U.S. government.
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Hoover’s Online
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Thomas Register
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MiBiz Michigan business information with searchable archives.
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Froogle search engine provided by Google. Use to search for merchandise available online.
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Kelley Blue Book or Edmunds Use to find information on new and used cars. Also, MotorTrend contains information on new and used cars with local and regional information.
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Fuel Economy Guide U.S. Department of Energy and U.S. Environmental Protection Agency provide fuel economy information for vehicles.
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U.S. Securities and Exchange Information
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Searchable SIC Manual (1987)
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Business Menu from the Michigan Electronic Library.
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GuideStar search for nonprofit organizations.
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Bankrate Aid to compare bank rates. Calculators for mortgages, credit cards, and banking.
Resources for Our Faculty and Administrators
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Michigan Department of Education
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United States Department of Education
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National Center for Education Statistics
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Measuring Up: The State-by-State Report Card for Higher Education from the National Center for Public Policy and Higher Education
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American Council on Education
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The Chronicle of Higher Education: Headlines, summaries, and brief articles from current issues and browsable archives. A password is needed to read the full text of articles and to search the archives. See MCC reference librarian.
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Higher Education Research Institute: UCLA Graduate School of Education and Information Studies. Includes information from the Cooperative Institutional Research Program (CIRP) which is “The Nation’s Oldest and Largest Empirical Study of Higher Education”.
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ERIC: Run by the US Dept of Education, this link provides access to many education related journals. At the bottom of the homepage, click journals, then “H” for journals pertaining to higher education. You can also look for journals pertaining specifically to community colleges.
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Michigan Education Association
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Center for Academic Transformation: Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute headed by Dr. Carol A. Twigg.
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National Institute for Technology and Liberal Education (NITLE)
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Association of American Colleges and Universities: included resource hubs focused on liberal education, including the Diversity, Equity, & Inclusive Excellence hub.
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The Center for Academic Integrity: sponsored by the Kenan Institute for Ethics at Duke University.
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National Institute for Staff and Organizational Development
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National Academy Press Reading Room
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League for Innovation in the Community College
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Teaching History
Community College
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Michigan Community College Virtual Learning Collaborative
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American Association of Community Colleges: Site includes weekly news, AACC publications, and information regarding programs, services and conferences.
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Community College Survey of Student Engagement
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Michigan Community College Association
Classroom Assessment Techniques
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ERIC Clearinghouse on Assessment and Evaluation
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Buros Assessment and Evaluation Test Locator: from the Buros Institute of Mental Measurements.
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Student Assessment from the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga. Includes a section on designing test questions.
Grant and Proposal Writing
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The Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance contains information on developing and writing grant proposals
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The Foundation Center an online version of the CD-ROM available in the library.
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National Science Foundation publications for grantseekers.
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Grants and Contracts from the United States Department of Education.
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National Endowment for the Humanities.
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Grant Resources from The NEA Foundation.
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The Art of Grantsmanship by Jacob Kraicer.
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NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts from the National Institutes of Health, Office of Extramural Research
News Sources
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ABYZ News Links contains links to over 16,200 newspapers and other news sources from around the world.
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News from the New York Times and the Associated Press.
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National Public Radio (NPR)
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CNN News
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USA Today
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BBC News
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Al Jazeera news
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Voice of America US and world events available in 50 different languages.
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Muskegon Chronicle
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Muskegon Times
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WOOD TV NBC Grand Rapids
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WXMI TV FOX Grand Rapids
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WZZM TV ABC Grand Rapids
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Detroit Free Press searchable archives from 1982. MCC participates in the AccessMichigan Project which makes the full text of these archives free to its members. For current news, go directly to the Detroit Free Press site.
