Directory Databases
(see also
Business--Directories,
International Business, and
Union Lists)
[Business Directories]
[Other Directories]
- Online Directories:
- Best
of the Web: Geography (GVRL) (InfoTrac/Gale Group)
 
- Evaluative guide that provides in-depth information on the best websites
for geography. Covers area studies, bibliographies, cartography, current awareness services,
cybergeography, development, earth sciences, environment, geographic information systems,
journals, libraries, mailing-lists, meteorology, oceanography, organizations, population,
remote sensing, subject gateways, teaching, tourism, and urban studies.
- Cabell's
Directory of Publishing Opportunities (Cabell)
- Helps professors, graduate
students, and researchers publish their manuscripts by providing the following
information for a large number of journals: editor, address, phone, email, website,
acceptance rate, and percentage of invited articles - topic areas the journal
emphasizes and type of readership - manuscript guidelines, style, format,
and number of copies required - type of review process, number of reviewers,
time required for review, and availability of reviewers' comments - and fees
charged to review or publish the manuscript. Cover journals published in the
fields of Business, Education, Library Science, and Psychology.
- College
Blue Book (GVRL) (InfoTrac/Gale Group)
- Guide to thousands of two- and four-year schools in the U.S. and
Canada, featuring narrative descriptions; tabular data about costs, accreditation,
enrollment figures, faculty, and officers; listings of degrees offered by college
and subject; availability of financial aid, scholarships, fellowships, grants,
and loans; occupational education; and distance learning programs.
- Community
Resource Database of Long Island (Middle Country Public Library)
- Directory of community
services and resources with information on more
than 11,000 health, human service, and
education agencies and programs
such as parenting education,
child care and camps, services for persons with
disabilities, education and training
opportunities, support groups, health facilities, individual and
family counseling, food pantries,
hotlines, AIDS/HIV treatment, child abuse and domestic violence
programs, financial management, library
programs, housing and much more serving
citizens in Suffolk and Nassau Counties. (No password needed)
- Full-Text
Electronic Journal Search (Serials Solutions)
- Lets you find out which of the databases that the library subscribes to
will contain the full text of the periodical you are looking for. The links will then take you to that
database. Some will be available remotely, and some will be available only on campus.
Additional journals not on this list can be found through the
Electronic Journals page.
- Martindale-Hubbell
Law Directory (Lexis-Nexis)
- Search for lawyers and firms by
name, agency, company, firm, city, county, state, country,
area of practice, or language.
- Scholarships,
Fellowships and Loans (GVRL) (InfoTrac/Gale Group)
- Provides more than 4,200 sources of education-related financial aid
and awards at all levels of study. Includes a section on federal financial aid that features
a quick summary of programs sponsored by the federal government. Also includes a
state-by-state listing of agencies that users can contact in their home state.
- SPIN:
Sponsored Program Information Network (InfoEd)
- Consolidates information about funding opportunities
for research, scholarship, programs, residencies, conferences, creative
projects and more in order to help users make comparisons between a
multitude of programs and their sponsors and therefore pick the best
prospects for their funding applications. Made available by the
LIU Office of Sponsored Research.
For more information or to obtain a password to access
this database from off-campus, contact Christopher P. Egan at (516) 299-2712.
- Writers Directory (GVRL) (InfoTrac/Gale Group)
- 2005 edition,
2006 edition.
This comprehensive resource features up-to-date bibliographical,
biographical, and contact information for thousands of living authors worldwide who
have at least one English publication. Entries typically include name, pseudonyms,
addresses, citizenship, birth date, specialization, career information, and a
bibliography. Contact information includes e-mail addresses where available.
Database descriptions are adapted from each database's website.
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