Web Resources

Internet Guides

• Best Information on the Net - Selected sites for college research by 'hot topics' or majors.
• Directory of Open Access Journals - "free, full text.. scientific and scholarly journals."
• Internet Archive - records webpages for posterity - perhaps that 'page not found' isn't really lost.  Includes images, audio, books, and more; a digital public library.
• Internet Public Library - Annotated guide to select net resources.
• Legal Research on the Internet - From the Washington Courts & State Law Library.
• World News Network - over 500 news sources in numerous languages.
• OAIster - search engine for 'academically-oriented digital resources'.

Business Sites

• AnnualReports.com - online annual reports repository and search tool.
• Business Wire - company and industry news.
• SuperPages - online directory of business and residential listings.
• ThomasNet - directory of industrial information, products, services.

Medical Information Sites

• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
• Global Health Facts
• Healthwise Knowledgebase - Consumer health information
• PubMed - Search the Medline index to medical and dental journals.
• Maternal and Child Health Library - full text publications & resource guides.
• NLM Databases - National Library of Medicine, includes Medline Plus consumer health information, ClinicalTrials, TOXNET, the Entrez Life Sciences Search Engine.
• Revolution Health - consumer health information, shopping, and online health management tools.
• State Health Facts - U.S. health statistics, including Washington State.

Federal Government Sites

• Bureau of Labor Statistics Consumer Price Indexes; or BLS data for additional information.
• Code of Federal Regulations
• College Navigator - College search from the National Center for Education Statistics.
• Congressional Research Service Reports (hosted by the Univ. of N. Texas).
• Congressional Research Service Reports (hosted by Open CRS).
• FedBizOpps - Federal Business Opportunities (replaces Commerce Business Daily)
• Federal Register
• FEDSTATS - Statistics from over 70 federal agencies.
• FDsys - Federal Digital System; current GPO site for official Federal Government publications.
• GPO Access - Government Printing Office publications; archive only as of 3/2011. Shutting down March 16th, 2012. Use FDsys.
• IRS - Electronic filing, tax forms and publications.
• Liber8 - Economic information portal, created by the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis.
• NCJRS Abstracts - Database with summaries of publications held by the National Criminal Justice Reference Service; many link to the full text.
• Science.gov - Search engine for government science information and research results.
• Thomas - The Congressional Record, pending bills, other legislative information.
• U.S. Code - (GPO Collection 1994+)
• USA.gov - Search or index by topic or branch of government; or search Google Uncle Sam.

Washington State Government Sites

• Access Washington - Main Washington state government site.
• Attorney General Opinions - Legal opinions on Washington state/county/municipal issues.
• Bar Association - Information for lawyers, the media, and the general public.
• Courts - Court rules, some forms, recent opinions, other info.
• Institute for Public Policy - Reports on policy issues as directed by the state legislature.
• Library Directory - "information on all types of libraries within the state."
• Municipal Research & Services Center of Washington - Legal Resources including the local Municipal Codes, also the WACs, RCWs, and Washington Court Decisions.
• RCW, WAC, Bills, and State Register  - Search the laws and codes of Washington state.
• State Law Library - A variety of tools to assist the legal researcher.
• Taxpedia - Search laws, rules, interpretive statements, cases, decisions, and more.
• Voting - Register to vote through the Secretary of State's Office.
• Washington History - historical records, maps, newspapers, and special exhibits from the State Library and State Archives.
• Washington LawHelp - Self-help materials and legal assistance referral (civil, not criminal) provided by the Northwest Justice Project.
• Washington Voter - Brief descriptions and links to more information about candidates, initiatives, elected officials, and the voting process.
• WorkSource Washington - Job search and labor market information from the ESD.

World

• Gallup - statistics on "what people around the world think and feel" about many topics.
• NationMaster & StateMaster - Facts and statistics about Nations and the United States.
• OFFSTATS - "Free statistics from official sources," international in scope. 
• UNData - statistical information from the United Nations and several other international agencies.