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.
- "Introducing QuickBooks"
 - a 42-slide PowerPoint presentation from Prof. J. Chandra, at Saddlebrook College, in Mission Viejo, CA.
- Microsoft's free, self-paced training courses for Office products (2003 and 2007)
- ProQuest - Magazine and journal articles on a broad range of subjects.
- Reference USA - Information on U.S. and Canadian companies. - Searchable by company name, industry, location, number of employees, and other criteria. - Students can obtain login information from the Bates Library.
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A user name and password are required for off-campus use.
No password required. (Please note: you may need to set up a personal account to access "premium" content.)
Find Magazine and Journal Articles
Click on the links below for articles on the sample topics listed. For off-campus access, students and staff can obtain login information from the Bates Library.
Please contact the library for assistance in finding articles on other topics. You can also go to Electronic Resources and Databases and choose a database to do your own search.
Electronic Journals and Magazines For off-campus access, students and staff can obtain login information from the Bates Library.
Books and Videos at Bates
Click on the links below for selected books or search the entire online catalog.
Recommended Web sites
Accounting/Bookkeeping
Administrative Medical Assistant
Administrative Office Assistant
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).
Business
Citing Sources (see also Plagiarism)
Copyright
Dictionaries
- Acronym Finder - Dictionary of acronyms, initialisms, and abbreviations. Results can be sorted by discipline.
- Dictionary.com - Features a variety of different types of dictionaries.
- Language Dictionaries - Links to foreign language dictionaries.
- Lexicool.com - Links to "over 3500 bilingual and multilingual dictionaries and glossaries freely available on the Internet." Includes many specialized subject dictionaries.
- Specialty Dictionaries - Links to dictionaries on specialized topics.
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.
International Business
- Biznar - A deep web business search engine.
- Country Briefings - The Economist's reports and forecasts on about 80 countries.
- Deloitte: International Tax and Business Guides
- Doing Business - World Bank Group's "measures of business regulations and their enforcement across 178 countries and selected cities at the subnational and regional level."
- Ethisphere
- Export.Gov - The U.S. Government's "Export Portal."
- Federation of International Trade Organizations - Trade glossaries, weights and measures; job links; maps, and much more.
- International Chamber of Commerce Handbook - Directory information on the worldwide organization and its national chapters.
- International Trade Administration - Links to statistics, export counseling, local offices, government forms, and more.
- Internet Public Library list of International Business sites - Information on "Doing business in international markets, and business information specific to various countries or geographic regions of the world."
- Market Research Library - Reports on business, investment, and specific industries in countries and regions around the world.
- "Portals to the World" - Extensive reports from the Library of Congress, on hundreds of countries.
- Universal Currency Converter.
- World Economic Outlook Reports - Published by the International Monetary Fund.
Languages, Foreign (see also Dictionaries)
Law
Management
Marketing
Parliamentary Procedure
Plagiarism
RCWs
- Bartleby.com - Search dictionaries, encyclopedias, thesauri, usageguides, selected stories, essays, poems, and more.
- HowStuffWorks
- Refdesk.com - Claims to be "the single best source for facts on the Net."
Retail
- Black Retail Action Group - Programs include internships, a student club, and scholarships.
- Food Marketing Institute - Information for retailers, wholesalers, and consumers; some industry statistics.
- Hcareers.com - Listings of hospitality and retail jobs.
- Retail, Wholesale, and Department Store Union - Information on health and safety, organizing, etc.
- United Food and Commercial Workers International Union - Political agenda, organizing information, statistics, and reports.
Reverse Directories
- Reverse Directory - Reverse directory for phone numbers, street addresses and phone number to words.
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