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Useful Links to Web Sites On and Off Campus

Samford links:

• Academic Calendar (Student Records) http://www.samford.edu/groups/sturec/acadcalendar.html
• Blackboard Learning System (formerly WebCT) http://lms.samford.edu/
• Calendars http://www.samford.edu/calendars.html 
• Campus Portal http://portal.samford.edu/
• College and University Catalogs http://www.collegesource.org/search/alpha.asp
• CTS Downloads Page http://www.samford.edu/busafair/cts/support/index.html
• Faculty Senate http://www.samford.edu/facultysenate/
• FERPA Tutorial http://www.samford.edu/groups/sturec/ferpa/ 
• FERPA information http://www.samford.edu/groups/sturec/ferpa.html 
• GPA Improvement Calculator http://www.samford.edu/cgi-bin/samgpa.cgi
• Grading http://portal.samford.edu/
• HR Policy Manual http://www.samford.edu/admin/humanres/oncampus/policy/toc.html 
• Library Catalog http://library.samford.edu/gateway01/english/
• Listserver Information http://lr.samford.edu/listserver/ 
• Research Resources http://library.samford.edu/refshelf.html
• Samford Facts from Institutional Research http://www.samford.edu/quickfacts.html 
• Student Records Homepage http://www.samford.edu/groups/sturec/ 

Reference and Other Tools:

• ibiblio, The Public's Library - home to one of the largest "collections of collections" on the Internet. ibiblio is a conservancy of freely available information, including software, music, literature, art, history, science, politics, and cultural studies.  http://www.ibiblio.org/
• Academe Today: Internet Resources (Chronicle of Higher Ed) (subscription req'd)
• Chronicle of Higher Education Home Page http://chronicle.com/index.htm
• Best of the Web Sites (Lycos by category)
• Miriam-Webster Dictionary (& thesaurus)
• OneLook Dictionaries (Dictionary), The Faster Finder http://www.onelook.com/
• The Roots of English http://www.ablemedia.com/ctcweb/showcase/roots.html (download DB to check roots of words)
• Traditional English Grammar http://textant.colostate.edu/grammarbook/title.html (link under review)
• LEXIS®-NEXIS® UNIVerse - Main Menu http://web.lexis-nexis.com/universe
• Martindale's 'The Reference Desk' http://www.martindalecenter.com/

General College/University:

• American Council on Education (ACE) http://www.acenet.edu/ 
• Career Guidance Catalog Collection (uses Adobe to show you actual catalog pages)
• Yahoo - Education (has daily update of news, too)
• Center for the Study of College Student Retention http://www.cscsr.org/
• Academic Costume and Ceremony Guide
• Advanced Placement http://apcentral.collegeboard.com/
• College and University Attorneys http://www.nacua.org/
• NACUBO News (Includes "Stockwatch") http://www.nacubo.org/

Admissions Guides:

• Peterson's Guides (College Info)
• Princeton Review Best Colleges

Institutional Research:

• http://www.samford.edu/quickfacts.html Samford Facts
• AIR Association for Institutional Research
• Southern Assoc. for Inst. Research http://www.sair.org/
• Various Statistics http://statistics.com/
• Federal School Codes http://www.fafsa.ed.gov/FOTWWebApp/FSLookupServlet
• Federal Statistics, one stop shopping http://www.fedstats.gov/
• National Center for Education Statistics http://nces.ed.gov/index.asp
• SAT-ACT Score Comparisons http://www.collegeboard.com/prod_downloads/highered/ra/sat/satACT_concordance.pdf
• Carnegie classifications http://www.carnegiefoundation.org/Classification/

UPS, Phone, ZIP and Area Codes:

• Lycos People Search http://www.whowhere.lycos.com/
• UPS Tracking http://www.ups.com/tracking/tracking.html
• ZIP+4 & Postal rates
• All Area Codes
• U.S. & Int'l Area Codes (AmeriCom)

Travel Help:

• Airport codes www.world-airport-codes.com
• Directions and Maps http://www.mapquest.com/
• TravelWeb
• How far is it?
• Travel Zoo http://travelzoo.com/Index.asp?404;http://travelzoo.com/menu1.asp

International Education/Travel:

• Trade, rent, housesit houses/apartments for sabbatical at http://www.sabbaticalhomes.com/
• Search US-State-Department-Travel-Advisories
• State Dept. List of Independent States http://www.state.gov/www/regions/independent_states.html
• The Universal Currency Converter™ http://www.xe.net/ucc/ 
• Another currency converter http://www.oanda.com/convert/classic
• World Clock http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/
• Immigration Law and Information
• NAFSA: Association of International Educators
• World Education Services
• The Center for Global Education http://www.globaled.us/
• World Wide Colleges and Universities (from USC)
• World Wide College and University Home Pages (from MIT)
• UCI's Center for International Education

Government:

• US Citizenship & Immigration Services http://uscis.gov/graphics/index.htm
• U.S. Dept. of Education http://www.ed.gov/
• IPEDS http://nces.ed.gov/ipeds/ 
• Search for regulations e.g. FERPA http://www.ed.gov/legislation/FedRegister/
• Federal Register 1994 - 2007
• Federal Regulations (GSA)
• Student Guide to Financial Aid from the Dept. of Education
• Charters of Freedom (Declaration of Independence, Constitution, Bill of Rights)
• THOMAS: Legislative Information on the Internet
• The White House http://www.whitehouse.gov/
• U. S. Senate http://www.senate.gov/
• U. S. House of Representatives http://www.house.gov/
• The Library of Congress http://www.loc.gov/
• Federal Judicial Center http://www.fjc.gov/
• General Services Administration http://www.gsa.gov/

Security/Privacy:

• Electronic Privacy Information Center

Computer Help:

• Microsoft Windows http://www.microsoft.com/windows/default.mspx
• Hewlett-Packard http://www.hp.com/
• Dell Higher Education page http://www.dell.com/us/en/hied/default.htm

Web Design and Development:

• Javascript http://zdnet.search.com/search?q=JavaScript
• Web Usability Testing (E. Boling article)
• Design Research for IU-Bloomington (article)
• The WDVL: The Web Developer's Virtual Library
• A List of HTML Tags
• Yale WWW Style Manual

Weather:

• U.S. cities forecasts http://www.weather.com/common/home/localweather.html
• Intellicast http://www.intellicast.com/
• Doppler radar http://www.abc3340.com/weather/doppler.html
• Campus Weather Station http://www.samford.edu/schools/artsci/geography/weather/

Miscellaneous:

• Electronic Greeting cards http://www.bluemountain.com/index.html
• Kelly Bluebook pricing http://www.kbb.com/
• Online Ministries Spiritual Retreat http://www.creighton.edu/CollaborativeMinistry/online.html
• Links to major newspapers, magazines, TV stations, weather, etc. http://www.ceoexpress.com/

Last update: 10/22/07 10:38 AM