Library - Subject Portals - Bossier Parish Community College

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Allied Health/Medicine

American Society for Clinical Pathology
National Organization of Rare Diseases

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Anatomy

Tissues
Epithelial Tissues-Red Deer College
Connective Tissue –Red Deer College

Muscles
Muscles Tutorial –Gateway Community College
Muscle Tutorials – Get Body Smart

Bones
Lumen Bone Box – Loyola University (Chicago) School of Medicine

Entire Body
Interactive Tutorials -Pearson Educational Publishing

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Art

20th Century Contemporary Art
My Art Space -An online gallery

World Images
World Images Kiosk-California State University - Contains over 60,000 images, is global in coverage and includes all areas of visual imagery

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Business

Census Bureau: The U.S. Census Bureau serves as the leading source of quality data about the nation's people and economy.
IRS: The Internal Revenue Service is the nation's tax collection agency and administers the Internal Revenue Code enacted by Congress.
Louisiana Department of Labor: LAWorks helps strengthen and stabilize the Louisiana economy by building a well-trained, quality workforce, by providing an efficient labor market exchange, and by helping to maintain a workplace that is supportive of worker safety and productivity.
Louisiana Department of Revenue: The Department of Revenue receives funding for three programs: tax collection, alcohol and tobacco control, and charitable gaming.
NYSE Euronext: The NYSE has been leading the way in securities trading for over 200 years.
Securities and Exchange Commission: The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission protects investors, maintains fair, orderly, and efficient markets, and facilitates capital formation.
Small Business Administration (SBA) : The SBA helps Americans start, build and grow businesses.

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Chemistry

Mr. Guch's Cavalcade O' Chemistry

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Computer Science/CIS

Web Design
HTML Code Tutorial provides helpful tutorials, forums, resources and complete guides to creating web pages.
W3 Schools has web-building tutorials from basic HTML and XHTML to advanced XML, SQL, Database, Multimedia and WAP. There is a full web-building reference and Try it yourself online examples.
Web-Source.net is a complete web site design and development tutorial site designed specifically for those doing business on the Internet.
Webmonkey is a web developer’s resource for beginner, builder or master; there are detailed, illustrated lessons and a quick reference library.
World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) is an international consortium that works to develop Web standards, protocols, and guidelines that ensure long-term growth for the Web.

News and Updates in Technology
National Public Radio(NPR) is an internationally acclaimed producer and distributor of noncommercial news, talk, and entertainment programming.

Software
Microsoft Office Online offers free training courses and interactive reference guides for Microsoft Office products, as well as product feedback and forums.
GNU Project was launched in 1984 to develop a complete Unix-like operating system which is free software; the GNU/Linux operating system is now used by millions.
Apple Downloads iTunes, Safari (world’s best browser), Quicktime (freeware video player), Web apps, and many more Mac downloads.
Mozilla Firefox web browser and Thunderbird email client are available free-of-charge for Windows, Mac and Linux computers in more than 35 languages.

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Criminal Justice

Federal Bureau of Investigation
National Criminal Justice Reference Service
Criminal Investigation Articles
American Board of Medico Legal Death Investigators
CNN – Law Center News
National Institute of Justice
Bureau of Justice Statistics
Office for Victims of Crime
Office of Justice Programs
London Met Police : New Scotland Yard
Office on Violence Against Women
Louisiana Coalition Against Domestic Violence
Police Careers
Forensic Psych Grad Schools
Find law: Court cases and legal issues
Forensic and Higher Ed CJ School Programs
Criminal Justice Jobs
Undergraduate (Bachelor’s) CJ Schools
Graduate (Master’s +) CJ Schools

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History

World History and Area Studies:
British History Online
Byzantium: Byzantine Studies on the Internet
Center for Millennial Studies
Diotima: Materials for the Study of Women and Gender in the Ancient World
Eighteenth Century Resources: History
Harappa: Glimpses of South Asia before 1947
Historical Collections (Baker Library, Harvard Business School)
Irish History on the Web
Labyrinth: Resources for Medieval Studies
Native Web: a Cybercommunity for the Earth's Indigenous Peoples
NetSERF: Internet Connection for Medieval Studies
ORB, the online reference book for Medieval Studies
WSSLINKS: Women's History Sites
WESSWEB: Western Europe

American History and American Studies Sites:
American Indian History and Related Issues (California State University, Long Beach)
American Life Histories: Manuscripts from the Federal Writers Project 1936-1940
American Memory Project
American Revolution Research Page
Documenting the American South
Don Mabry's Historical Text Archive: History of the United States
From Revolution to Reconstruction: a hypertext American history
History Wired (Smithsonian Institution. National Museum of American History)
Making of America (University of Michigan)
United States Historical Census Data Browser
A Project of The Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR), located within the Institute for Social Research (ISR) at the University of Michigan; data is by state and county
Women in America 1820-1842 Selections from travelers accounts

Archival Resources:
Archives and Manuscript Collections on the Internet (Columbia University)
National Archives and Records Administration
National Union Catalog of Manuscript Collections (NUCMC)
Ready Net Go! Archival Information Resources
Repositories of Primary Sources

Reviewing Sources:
Reviews in History (Institute of Historical Research, London)
Lengthy scholarly reviews of major works in British and European history

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Homeland Security

Department of Homeland Security department subcomponents and agencies
Open CRS online access to Congressional Research Service reports
THOMAS Library of Congress legislative information
Government Printing Office Catalog of U.S. Government Publications

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Mathematics

SMARTHINKING for Math is a Live, Online, Tutoring service purchased by BPCC and provided FREE to all currently enrolled BPCC students. Please log into your Blackboard account to go to SMARTHINKING!
Purplemath offers algebra lessons written with the student in mind: Free Online Tutoring and Lessons; Quizzes and Worksheets; and Other Useful Sites and Services.
Mathematics Department at Lake Tahoe Community College offers a wide range of courses (arithmetic to algebra, geometry, trigonometry, calculus for the social and life sciences, calculus and analytical geometry, linear algebra, differential equations, and statistics) providing interactive web lessons, class notes, practice lessons, and definitions.
Regents Exam Prep Center is a nonprofit site from the Oswego City School District in New York State with lessons, games and puzzles in basic mathematics, Algebra, Geometry and Algebra2/Trig.

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Medical Office Specialist

American Health Information Management Association
American Academy of Professional Coders
Association for Healthcare Documentation Integrity
For The Record
Advance for Health Information Professionals

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Natural Science

Academy of Natural Sciences (Natural History Museum-Philadelphia)
Science Lab Weight and Measurements Converter

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Pharmacy/Pharmacology

American Society of Health-System Pharmacists
Louisiana Board of Pharmacy

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Physical Therapy

Muscle Tutorials – Get Body Smart
American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons
Sci-Info-Pages-Spinal Cord Injury and Levels
National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Strokes
Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center-Patient Education Manuals
Gentiva Health Sheets
National Guideline Clearinghouse-Preventing pressure ulcers and skin tears

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Physiology

North Harris College Anatomy & Physiology I Interactive Tutorials
North Harris College Anatomy & Physiology II Interactive Tutorials
Human Physiology Textbook site - requires textbook registration code

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Psychology

PsychNET (American Psychological Association)
American Psychological Society

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Sociology

General Sources
Schools of Thought- Political Economy, Dr. Oliver E. Williamson, Berkeley
SOCIOWEB
The Internet Scout Report
A Sociological Tour through Cyberspace

Data - Meta Sites of Interest to Sociologists
International Federation of Data Organizations
Public Data Resources for Sociologists (American Sociological Association), Section 1-12, 13-25, 26-40
Social Science Data Archive (University of California Los Angeles)
UC Data (University of California Berkeley)

Statistics
Bureau of Labor Statistics | Statistical Sites on the World Wide Web
U.S. Census Bureau
Fedstats
Historical Social, Economic and Demographic Data from the US Decennial Census
2003 Statistical Abstract of the United States
Statistical Resources on the Web

Survey Data Sites
DataLink - Roper Center@UConn
The Gallup Organization
Roper Center for Public Opinion Research (University of Connecticut)

Specialized Subjects
African Studies
Asian American Studies
Criminology and Criminal Justice
Family Studies
Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies
Latin American Studies
Social Work
Urban Studies
Women's Studies