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The internet sites listed below are provided by organizations outside the California State Library. Staff of the Library have selected these particular sites as convenient sources of information to supplement the main collections of the State Library and to further its mission to serve the information needs of all California citizens.
The California State Library bears no responsibility for the accuracy or the content of external sites. Please contact the external site's administrator for any questions regarding these sites.
- Librarians' Internet Index
- Book and Photo Preservation
- Braille and Talking Book Resources
- California History
- California Reference Resources
- Genealogy
- General Reference Resources
- Government, State of California
- Government, Federal
- Government, Local California
- Government, Other States
- Law
- Libraries
- Patent, Trademark, and Copyright
- Search Engines & Subject Guides
Book and Photo Preservation Links
- Preservation Instructions from the Library of Congress
- Conservation Online, Resources for Conservation Professionals
- Preserving Family Albums
- Hand Bookbindings (Princeton University Library exhibit)
Braille and Talking Book Links
- Librarians' Internet Index - Disabilities
- American Foundation for the Blind
- American Printing House for the Blind
- Blind Readers Page
- Blind Resource Center (NYISE)
- Braille Institute (Southern California)
- Captioned Media Program
- Clearinghouse for Specialized Media and Technology (Educational materials, K-12)
- Descriptive Video Service
- DisabilityInfo.gov (Access America and the Presidential Task Force on Employment of Adults with Disabilities)
- National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped (Library of Congress)
- National Library Service Union Catalog
- Recording for the Blind and Dyslexic (Academic and professional materials)
- Welcome to Blind Links
- Librarians' Internet Index - California History
- African Americans in California (The Bancroft Library)
- American Memory Project of the Library of Congress (Historical collections for the National Digital Library)
- California Heritage Collection (UC Berkeley's California Heritage Digital Image Access Project)
- California Historical Society
- California Indians and Their Reservations
- California Newspaper Project
- California Pioneer Project
- California Shipwrecks
- Calisphere
- Celebrating a Rich Past (California Employment Development Department)
- Central Pacific Railroad Photographic History Museum
- The Chinese in California, 1850-1925
- Flags Over California
- Gold Rush Exhibit
- Governors of California
- Los Angeles and Southern California History (Historical Society of Southern California)
- Maritime Heritage Project
- Sacramento History Online
- San Diego History
- San Francisco Historical Photograph Collection (San Francisco Public Library)
- San Francisco History
- Southern California Electronic Neighborhood (Los Angeles Public Library - California and regional history topics)
- Librarians' Internet Index - California
- California Authors
- California Newspaper Project
- California Statistical Abstract
- California Statistics (Economic and demographic statistics from the Dept. of Finance)
- California Weather Databases
- Links to California Newspapers
- Vital Statistics Data Tables
- Librarians' Internet Index - Genealogy
- California Genealogical Society
- California Pioneer Project
- California State Genealogical Alliance
- FamilySearch Internet Genealogy Service
- Finding Roots on the Web
- The Genealogy Page (National Archives and Records Administration)
- How to Order from the California State Office of Vital Records
- Federal Land Patent Records (including California)
- Interment.net - Cemetery Transcription Library
- Maritime Heritage Project
- National Center For Health Statistics (How to obtain birth, death, marriage, and divorce certificates)
- San Francisco Call Database
- Search Systems (Searchable Public Records Databases)
- Selected Guide to Sources for Genealogy in the California History Section of the California State Library
- UK Family History Online
- USGEN Web Project: California
- Librarians' Internet Index
- Acronym Finder
- Agriculture Network Information Center (AgNIC)
- AT&T Toll-Free Number Directory
- Bartleby.com (Reference books online)
- Bartlett's Familiar Quotations
- Bigcharts Historical Stock Quotes
- CIA World Fact Book
- Dictionaries (A WEB of On-line Dictionaries, including 130+ foreign languages)
- ERIC: Education Resources Information Center
- FEDSTATS (A clearinghouse of federal agency statistics)
- Financial Data Finder
- FindArticles.com (Searchable magazine articles from the Gale Group)
- Medline - PubMed
- Newspapers
- On-Line Books Page
- Online Citation Styles
- Population Reference Bureau (Population and health data)
- Reference at the Internet Public Library
- Roget's Thesaurus
- Statistical Abstract of the United States
- Sunrise, Sunset, Twilight, and Moonrise, Moonset, Phase
- Today in History (from the Library of Congress)
- UNdata (United Nations statistics)
- U.S. Consumer Gateway
- U.S. Gazetteer
California State Government Links
- Librarians' Internet Index - California Government
- State Agency Index
- California State Government Home Page
- California State Government YouTube
- California State Publications
- California Courts
- California Executive Agencies and Officials
- Easy Voter
- Governor's Home Page
- Governors of California
- Legislative Information
- California Legislature
- California Legislature, Assembly
- California Legislature, Senate
- California State Contracts Register
- California Statistical Abstract
- Department of Health Services Statistical Resources
- Guide to California Colleges and Universities
- Smart Voter Guide to Polling Places and Ballots (League of Women Voters)
- Tax Information Center
- Rebuild Your Life (Disaster recovery resources)
United States Government Links
General Sites
- Code of Federal Regulations
- Federal Register
- Federal Telephone Directories
- Forms.gov (Frequently used Federal forms)
- FirstGov (the WEB portal for the United States Federal government)
- GPO Access (Includes the Federal Register, Congressional Bills, and Congressional Record)
- Government Statistical Resources
- National Technical Information Service (NTIS) Publications Search
- Librarians' Internet Index - Federal Government
- New Federal Electronic Titles
- Science.gov (FirstGov for Science)
- Sites with U.S. Government Publications
- Statistical Abstract of the United States
- Statistics from Governments
- THOMAS: Legislative Information on the Internet
- U.S. Consumer Gateway
Selected Agency Sites
- Access to Archival Databases (National Archives and Records Administration)
- The Edgar Database (Securities and Exchange Commission's database of financial information on publicly held companies)
- Educational Resources Information Center (ERIC)
- Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Publications Search
- Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) - Uniform Crime Reports
- Federal Agency Index
- FEDSTATS (A clearinghouse of federal agency statistics)
- FedWorld (National Technical Information Service)
- Information Bridge - U.S. Department of Energy (Energy Citations Database)
- Library of Congress
- National Criminal Justice Reference Service (NCJRS) Abstracts Database
- National Center for Education Statistics
- National Center for Health Statistics (How to obtain birth, death, marriage, and divorce certificates)
- PubMed (Public access to Medline)
- U.S. Bureau of the Census
- U.S. Courts
- U.S. House of Representatives
- U.S. Internal Revenue Service
- U.S. Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Forms and Publications
- U.S. Senate
- The White House
California Local Government Links
- Librarians' Internet Index - Government
- California Institute for County Government
- California Local Government Finance Almanac
- California State Association of Counties
- California Cities (League of California Cities)
- City Codes and Charters (UC Berkeley Institute of Governmental Studies)
- LUPIN (California Land Use Planning Information Network)
- Municipal Codes Online (Seattle Public Library)
- Search Systems (Searchable Public Record Databases)
- State and Local Government on the Net -- California
- USGEN Web Project -- California (A geneaology site with local government links)
Government Links, Other States
- Librarians' Internet Index - Government
- Internet Sites of the State Legislatures (National Conference of State Legislatures)
- Municipal Codes (Seattle Public Library)
- National Association of Counties
- National Center for Health Statistics (How to obtain birth, death, marriage, and divorce certificates)
- National Governors' Association
- National League of Cities
- State and Local Government on the Net
- Search Systems (Searchable Public Record Databases)
- StateLine.Org
- U.S. Conference of Mayors
California Sites
- Ballot Propositions (full-text and searchable)
- Bill Information (1993-present; status, history, bill text, analyses, votes)
- California Code of Regulations
- California Codes
- California Courts
- California Legislature
- California Legislature, Assembly
- California Legislature, Senate
- California Supreme and Appellate Court opinions (1850-present)
- California Supreme and Appellate Court opinions (1934-present)
- City and County Codes and Charters (Institute of Governmental Studies)
- Guide to California Legislative History
- LawHelpCalifornia.org
- Self-Help Center (California Courts)
- State Bar of California (with searchable member records)
- State Constitution
- Statutes (1993-present)
- Statutes Archive (1850-1992)
- Superior Courts (locations, phone numbers, web sites)
- Witkin Legal Institute (includes biography of Bernard E. Witkin)
United States Sites
- FirstGov (federal government portal)
- GPO Access (CFR, Federal Register, U.S. Code, Congressional Bills, Congressional Record)
- THOMAS (federal legislation, committee information, Congressional Record)
- U.S. States and Territories Guide to Law Online
- U.S. Supreme Court Information (Legal Information Institute)
- U.S. Supreme Court Opinions (FindLaw)
General Sites
- Attorney directory from Martindale
- FindLaw (Extensive source of legal information)
- Guide to Foreign and International Legal Databases (New York University School of Law)
- Guide to Law Online: Nations of the World (Law Library of Congress)
- Hieros Gamos (legal information portal)
- Legal Information Institute (School of Law at Cornell University)
- Librarians' Internet Index - Law
Libraries
- Access to Archival Databases (National Archives and Records Administration)
- Ask a Librarian (Library of Congress)
- Barahona Center for the Study of Books in Spanish for Children and Adolescents
- California African American Museum
- California Community College Libraries
- California County Law Libraries
- California Digital Library (University of California)
- California Energy Commission Library
- California Environmental Protection Agency Library
- California Geological Survey Library
- California Libraries Catalog (holdings of California public libraries)
- California Peace Officer Standards and Training Library
- California State Railroad Museum Library
- California State University, Sacramento
- California State University System, Systemwide Electronic Information Resources (SEIR)
- California State University System, PHAROS (system-wide searching)
- Calisphere (University of California primary source images and documents)
- ILLWeb (A gateway to resources on interlibrary loan, document delivery, and resource sharing)
- InFoPeople: Internet & California public libraries
- Internet Public Library (A "virtual" library)
- Librarians' Internet Index - Education and Libraries
- Library of Congress
- Library of Congress Catalog
- LibrarySpot (A "virtual" library)
- Libweb: Library Servers via WWW
- Melvyl Catalog (Univ. of Calif. libraries and the State Library)
- Online Archive of California (includes California State Library materials)
- Sacramento County Public Law Library
- Sacramento Public Library
- University of California, Davis
- WorldCat (via the California Libraries Catalog) (limited to authenticated libraries)
Associations
Patent, Trademark, and Copyright Links
General Sites
- University of Texas Patent Tutorial
- US Patent and Trademark Office
- US Copyright Office
- Copyright Search
- Patent Cafe
Libraries
Selected Search Engines & Subject Guides
- Librarians' Internet Index - Net Resources
- InFoPeople - Best Search Tools (Such as Google, Alta Vista, Yahoo, etc.)
- Librarians Internet Index
- Search Engine Guide
- Scout Report (Evaluates and classifies sites on the World Wide Web)
- Tool Kit for the Expert Web Searcher Wiki (LITA - Library and Information Technology Association)