Electronic Resources
- AccessScience
 - Contains dictionary definitions and encyclopedia, magazine and journal articles, as well as research updates in the areas of science and technology.
- Culture Grams - Brief information on language, religion, family life, food, and other cultural topics for hundreds of countries.
- InfoTrac - Magazine and journal articles on a broad range of subjects.
- ProQuest - Magazine and journal articles on a broad range of subjects.
- Skills Tutor
 - Online tutoring in many subjects, at a choice of difficulty levels. Sign up at Bates Library or Tech Center, on Downtown or South campus.
- WOIS Test Prep - Practice for GED, SAT, PSAT, ACT, ASVAB, or any of several CLEP exams. To register, see a Bates Library staff member.
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Books, Videos, and Audio Materials at Bates
Click on the links below for selected books or search the entire online catalog.
GED
History
History of Technology
Life Sciences
Math, Basic - Books and Videos
Math, 90-level and above
Nutrition
Performing Arts
Physical Sciences
Reading and Writing Skills
Visual Arts
Recommended Web sites
Almanacs
- Information Please - "Provides easy-to-use reference materials on just about every subject, with millions of facts, plus definitions, articles, photographs, maps, lists and tables." (As stated at their web site).
Anatomy
Books Online
- Bartleby.com - Online versions of a variety of reference, verse, fiction and non-fiction books.
- Learn Out Loud. - audio books
- Metronet E-Book Project - Links to web sites that provide access to full-text books online.
- The Online Books Page - The index includes more than 20,000 English works in various formats. All items are free for personal, noncommercial use. You can: Search our Listings by Author and Title; Browse Our New Listings; Browse by Author; Browse by Title; Browse by Subject; Browse serial archives
Bookstores
Chemistry
Citing Sources
Copyright
Dictionaries
Government, Local
Government, State
- Washington State- Official web site for the State of Washington.
- Washington State Data Book - Contains information and statistics about the States population, economy, state government finance, human services, criminal justice, education, natural resources, environment, energy, transportation, and local government. Published by the States Office of Financial Management (OFM).
Government, Federal (National)
- Fedforms.Gov - Provides copies of 500 forms needed to request services from federal government agencies.
- Fed World
- Regulations.gov.
- USA.gov - Government website that provides an easy, one-stop access to all online U.S. Federal Government resources.
- White House - Official web site for the US Executive Branch of government.
Health and Medicine
- BioMed Central - Links to hundreds of journals in biology, medicine, etc. Some full text, some abstracts.
- CAPHIS - Links to consumer and patient sites recommended by medical librarians.
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- E- Mail Lists and Newsgroups - Nursing-related news.
- FreeMedicalJournals.com
- Health Data Tools and Statistics - From various “U.S. government agencies, public health organizations and health sciences libraries.”
- Health Topics - Information from the World Health Organization on various health and development topics.
- Home Care Association of Washington
- Johns Hopkins Medicine Podcasts, Audio and Multimedia.
- KidsHealth.org
- MDVU: Movement Disorder Virtual University.
- Medical Encyclopedia Index
- Medical Library Association “'Top Ten' Most Useful Websites.”
- MEDLINE plus - A service of the National Library of Medicine which provides information on health topics, drug information, a medical dictionary, current health news, and directories of doctors, dentists and hospitals.
- MedTerms.com Medical Dictionary
- Merck Manuals
- National Network of Libraries of Medicine, Pacific Northwest Region - Continuing education; directory of health sciences libraries.
- Net Wellness - Consumer health information -- including an encyclopedia, “Ask an Expert” and more -- from several universities.
- NIH News in Health - Practical, consumer-orientated information, based on federally sponsored research.
- NursingCenter
- Pan American Health Organization - Statistical reports, journal articles, and more on health in the Americas.
- SearchMedica.
- Transcultural and Multicultural Health Links - From the New Mexico State University Library.
- USDA Nutrient Data Laboratory - Detailed information on foods and nutrients; searchable database.
- UpToDate for Patients.
- We Move: Worldwide Education and Awareness for Movement Disorders.
- WebPath: The Internet Pathology Laboratory for Medical Education, by Edward Klatt.
History
- American Memory - Digitized versions of primary sources, from Library of Congress collections.
- Abraham Lincoln: A Resource Guide.
- Aldo Leopold Archives.
- American Social History Online.
- Digital History.
- Early Modern Resources,
- Learn Out Loud.
- History Central Catalogue - Links to hundreds of history topics, from the World Wide Web Virtual Reference Library.
- Historylink - “The Online Encyclopedia of Washington State History.”
- Intute: History Links - Dozens of history subtopics, including biographical literature, history of technology, family history, and political history.
- Ride with Me
- The Archaeology Channel.
- The Cabinet Papers, 1915-1977.
- The Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade Database.
- Washington State: History - Information on Native Americans, frontier life, historic buildings, maps, Oregon Trail, genealogy, etc.
- Voting America - "Voting America examines the evolution of presidential politics across the span of America's history. " Site includes interactive maps, cinematic maps, analysis and commentary on presidential elections from 1840-2008.
Information Literacy
- Bare Bones - An outstanding tutorial about finding and using Internet sources. Includes a comparison of features of popular search engines.
- Big6.com - Official web site of the Big6™ process, as developed by Michael Eisenberg and Bob Berkowitz.
- The Info Game - From Austin (TX) Community College.
- Library Smart: When You Really Need to Know - Washington State Library's Information Literacy Project. Contains helpful information and links to other web sites about how to evaluate information. Also includes a searchable database of Washington libraries.
- Research 101 - An excellent -- and extensive -- tutorial, from the University of Washington.
Inventions
Languages, Foreign (See also Dictionaries)
Libraries
Literature
Maps
Mathematics
Mythology
News
Physics
Puzzles
- Brain Food - Logic puzzles, word puzzles, and more.
- Internet Coach Puzzle Center - Make your own puzzles.
- Puzzle maker - Discovery Channel Schools web site for creating puzzles that can be printed out using your own word lists. Puzzle types include: "Word Search", "Criss -Cross", "Cryptograms", "Word Search with a Hidden Message", "Number Blocks", "Double Puzzle" and "Letter Tiles".
RCWs
- Bartleby.com - Search dictionaries, encyclopedias, thesauri, usage guides, selected stories, essays, poems, and more.
- HowStuffWorks - Clear explanations of the workings of rainbows, guitars, locks, diesel engines, and "you name it."
- Refdesk.com- Claims to be "the single best source for facts on the Net."
Science (General)
Short Stories
- Classic Short Stories
- DailyLit - "DailyLit lets you read entire books in short, customized installmenets sent to you by email or RSS". Many books are free, some available by purchase only.
- Short Stories - From the Online English Library.
- Short Stories at East of the Web - Free full-text short stories. Can be searched in a variety of ways including by author or type of story.
Study Guides
- How to Study - Tips and resources to help improve your organizational and study skills, from Chemeketa Community College, in Oregon.
- Study Guides and Strategies - Study guides for testing, reading, writing, classroom participation, etc. Guides are available in a variety of languages.
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