The Internet can be a useful tool to help you find that perfect story, riveting illustration, recent statistic, or well-worded definition. We offer several sites to help you plumb cyberspace for supporting material.
- Purdue University Library
Virtual Reference Desk of Purdue University. This powerful site provides links to some of the most common reference material found in most libraries.
- Biography
Biography Find. Use the "biosearch" feature of this site to find information on more than 20,000 famous people. Anecdotes about them can serve as illustrations for a speech.
- US Census
Federal Government Statistics. This U.S. Bureau of the Census site may provide just the statistic you need from the 2000 U.S. census.
- Government Information
Federal Government Statistics. This is a good clearinghouse for government documents from several U.S. federal agencies.
- Federal Statistics
Federal Government Statistics. This is another good and easy-to-search source of statistics from various U.S. government agencies.
