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Animals
American Cat Fanciers Association *
American Kennel Club *
American Rabbit Breeders Association *
Animal Planet Dog Breed Directory *
Bird Links and Lesson Plans *
Birds (Enchanted Learning) *
Cat Fanciers' Association *
Dog Owner's Guide *
Dog-Breeds.net *
eNature Field Guides *
Fanciers Breeder Referral List *
Feline Breeds *
Healthy Pet (American Animal Hospital Association (AAHA) ) *
House Rabbit Society *
Hummingbirds *
National Audubon Society *
National Geographic - Cats *
National Geographic Birds *
PBS Nature / Dog Links *
PBS Nature / Eagles *
Pet Planet *
Pet Web Site *
The Owl Pages *
Career and College Links
Bureau of Labor Statistics *
Bureau of Labor Statistics *
Career OneStop *
Careers in Business *
College Board *
College Board *
Job Star Central *
Learn More Indiana *
Learn More Indiana *
O*Net Online Occupation Search *
Peterson's College Search *
Peterson's College Search *
Purdue University Living Science Careers *
Child Development
American Academy of Pediatrics *
Child Birth.org *
Girls Health *
Kids Health *
Kids Health *
March of Dimes *
MedicineNet *
MedLine Plus *
OTIS (Organization of Teratology Information Specialists) *
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services / Health Finder *
United States Department of Health and Human Services *
Dictionaries and Thesauri
Dictionary.com *
Mirriam-Webster Dictionary & Thesaurus *
Thesaurus.com *
Health and Wellness
Aetna InteliHealth *
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention *
Indiana Prevention Resource Center *
Mayo Clinic *
MedLine Plus *
MentalHelp.net *
National Institute of Mental Health *
National Institute on Drug Abuse *
NOAH *
Office of National Drug Control Policy - Drug Facts *
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration *
U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration *
Web MD *
Internet Safety
Center for Safe and Responsible Internet Use *
Connect Safely *
Family Online Safety Institute *
Get Net Wise *
Indiana Safe Students Initiative *
Journal of Adolescent Health - Cyber bullying *
PBS - Frontline: Growing Up Online *
PBS - Internet Safety Websites *
Pew Internet - Generations Online, Jan 2009 *
Pew Internet - Social Networking Websites and Teens, Jan 2007 (PDF) *
Pew Internet - Teens and Social Media, Dec 2007 (PDF) *
Social Networking Basics *
StopCyberBullying.Org *
Literature
African American Women Writers of the 19th Century *
American Authors *
American Verse Project (Poetry prior to 1920) *
Antislavery Literature Project *
Archive.Org *
Bartleby / Great Books Online *
CSpan American Writers *
Du Bois Central: Resources on the Life and Legacy of W.E.B. Du Bois *
Indigenous Peoples Literature *
Jazz Age *
Literary History.com *
Literary Links for British Literature *
Mr. William Shakespeare and the Internet *
Online Literary Criticism Guide *
Poem Hunter *
Poetry Foundation *
Poets.org *
Project Gutenberg Free eBooks *
The Literature Network *
Walt Whitman Archive *
Wired for Books *
Search Engines
AltaVista *
Bing *
Dogpile *
Google *
Invisible Web Tutorial *
Metacrawler *
Twitter Search: Advanced *
WebLens: The Invisible Web *
Yahoo *
Zuula Search *
Statistics and Surveys
American FactFinder *
Bureau of Justice Statistics *
Bureau of Labor Statistics *
Bureau of Labor Statistics - Economy at a Glance *
CIA World Factbook *
Federal Aging Statistics *
Federal Interagency Forum on Child and Family Statistics *
FedStats *
Gallup Polls *
Governments on the Web *
Guide to Public Opinion Polls *
Kaiser Family Foundation Surveys *
National Center for Education Statistics *
NationMaster *
Pew Research Center for the People and the Press *
Polling Report *
Statistical Abastracts of the United States *
Statistical Resources on the Web *
U.S. Census Bureau *
U.S. Census Bureau *
U.S. Historical Census Data Browser *
UNESCO Statistics *
United Nations Statistics Division *
USDA - NASS - Census of Agriculture *
World Public Opinion *
Supreme Court
American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) *
Cornell University Law School / Supreme Court *
Find Law *
First Amendment Center *
Freedom Forum *
Law Guru *
National Constitutional Center *
Oyez *
Supreme Court of the United States *
Supreme Court of the United States Blog *
United States Courts *
Web Site Evaluation Tools
Additional Evaluation Tools *
Critical Evaluation: Blog (PDF) *
Critical Evaluation: Podcast (PDF) *

Web Site / URL Suffix List

You can use the end, or suffix, of a domain name to help you judge the validity of the information and identify the potential bias of a website. This strategy is a guideline as people or organizations may purchase domains that do not necessarily reflect their actual purpose.

.ac Academic Institution (generally outside the U.S.)
.aero a site from the aviation community
.biz Business
.co Company, usually with a country code
.com Commercial (commercial sites may vary in their credibility)
.coop a cooperative
.edu Educational Organization (most U.S. colleges and universities)
.gov U.S. Government Agency
.info General Information
.int International Institution
.k12 Most U.S. school sites
.mil U.S. Military
.museum Museum
.name Individual Internet User
.net Networked Service Provider or Internet Administrative Site
.org Organization, often a nonprofit site
.pro Professional
.store Retail Business
~ (tilde symbol) This symbol indicates that the website is a personal page

Establish credibility by using one or more of the following tools:

  • Perform a Link Check. Use a search engine such as AltaVista or Google to see which other sites have chosen to link to the site you are evaluating. Type: link:http://siteaddress.
  • To find the owner of a site, go to easyWhois at http://www.easywhois.com * and type in the URL for the website you are using.
  • Check the history of a website by using the Wayback Machine. Go to http://www.archive.org *. Type in the URL and click on the Take Me Back button.