Milner Library Reference Shelf E - N

Employment

Career Builder
Use this site to research a company, get help choosing a career, find interviewing tips, and search for jobs.

HotJobs.Yahoo.com
This site links to a variety of career related functions.  Sponsored by Yahoo! use it to post resumés, search national and international job listings, apply for jobs online, or research a location.

Monster.com
After creating an account, search for jobs by keyword, industry, state or city, and find tips on resumé writing and other general career assistance.  There's even an option to have ads emailed to an email address supplied when creating an account.

USAJOBS
"USAJOBS is the official job site of the United States Government.  It's your one-stop source for Federal jobs and employment information."  This site makes it possible to search jobs, create online resumés, and download tips and tools to help land a federal job.

Health

Go Ask Alice (Columbia University)
Ask Alice about relationships, nutrition and diet, drugs, sex, alcohol, stress, etc. Questions are submitted anonymously and answered publicly by Columbia University's Healthwise Office. Answers are archived and searchable.

Health and Medical Sciences Reference (Internet Public Library)
Includes general health and medical sources as well as subsections on first aid, diseases, medications, nutrition, and preventive medicine.

Health Medicine (Librarian's Index to the Internet)
An extensive index to a wide variety of both general and specific health topics.

Healthfinder (U.S. Department of Health and Human Services)
Gateway to consumer health information from the U.S. government. Includes selected online publications, databases, web sites, support and self-help groups, and additional reliable resources for health information.

Intelihealth
More than 150 organizations contribute to this site. It includes a medical dictionary, medication information, disease profiles, and an A-Z index.

Your Health Daily
Searchable resource includes daily health news, database of health topics, discussion groups, and resource lists.

Illinois State University Information

Illinois State
Illinois State University web site with information about departments and programs, campus maps, and the University directory.

University Calendar
Daily, weekly, and monthly calendar of Illinois State University events and activities.

Publications (Fact Book)
Online versions of three campus fact books: Facts About Illinois State University, Facts (pamphlet), and Graduate Student/Assistant Data. Includes a file of quick facts about the university that can be downloaded to a handheld device.

People
Search email addresses and telephone numbers for Illinois State University students, faculty, and staff members.

News@Illinois State
Provides access to news and information about Illinois State University including news releases; Illinois State Report; a list of faculty/staff experts in various fields; and excerpts of articles, wire stories, and television/radio sound bites.

Daily Vidette
Online version of the Illinois State University student newspaper. Includes the current issue and an archive of older issues. Registration (free) is necessary to use the archives.

Illinois State University History (Milner Library)
Resources at Milner Library, the University Archives, Bloomington/Normal libraries, and on the Internet related to Illinois State University history.

Law & Government

Law,Government and Political Science (Internet Public Library) Includes links to broad range of websites covering federal level information.

Local & State
50States.com: States and Capitals
Variety of information about all the states including colleges, counties, schools, maps, government, and more with many links for further information.

City of Bloomington
Includes contacts for the city council, administration, departments, and chamber of commerce plus links are provided for meeting times of city boards and commissions, hours for city facilities and dates for city sponsored events.

McLean County Government
Includes information about McLean county government, elected and appointed officials, county departments, and a calendar of events.

Pantagraph Online
The primary newspaper of Bloomington-Normal featuring daily local headlines, selected news items, local entertainment, and tourist information.

State of Illinois
Information on Illinois state departments, agencies, and the legislature with access to the educational institutions and libraries in the state.

Town of Normal
Includes information about job opportunities, current city council agendas and minutes from council meetings, the police department, the public library, and the local school district.

News & Media

Chicago Tribune
Provides access to the current edition of the Chicago Tribune, and a searchable index to all articles in the paper since 1985. Citations and the first paragraph are FREE!

CNN.com
Along with its major competitor, MSNBC, one of the most frequently updated news sites, useful for finding up-to-the-minute news. More than a years worth of past articles can be searched.

HeadlineSpot
Provides access to 2600+ headlines and news links by subject, media type, location, and industry.

Links to the News (Poynter Institute for Media Studies)
Resources for researching current topics in the news. Topics have a good list of links and go back to January 1995.

News and Newspapers Online (University of North Carolina at Greensboro)
Offers extensive worldwide coverage on an easy to use site. Access geographically or alphabetically by title.

Newsdirectory.com: A Guide to English Language Media Online
Foreign and domestic news in English on a web site that includes access to magazines, TV stations, news tickers, trade associations, etc.

Pantagraph Online
Website for Bloomington-Normal newspaper includes daily local headlines, selected news items, local entertainment, and tourist information.

PubList.com: The Internet Directory of Publications
A directory of periodicals (magazines, journals, e-journals, newsletters) includes detailed publication information as well as links to publishers and document delivery services.

Stateline: Your Source for State News
Includes news, background information, state government policy, and legislative information arranged by state or by specific issues.

U.S. News Archives on the Web (Special Library Association)
Provides links to Web versions of 62 U.S. newspapers and their full-text online backfiles. Searching is free for most newspapers but articles are $1 and can be billed to credit cards.

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