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Newspapers and magazines clutter; coffeestained papers are strewn about. A box on the wall overflows with the subscription and cancellation cards which mark the room's change.

General references and catalogues

• Google, the search engine.
• Library catalogues: UIUC Library (via Telnet) • UIUC Library (http) • Lincoln Trail Library System • Library of Congress
• Journals: Ovid Current Contents scientific journal search facility; UIUC online journals
• Reference books: Oxford English Dictionary (UIUC only), and the list of OED abbreviations; Encyclopaedia Brittanica (UIUC only).
• Project Gutenburg, the oldest and most complete etext archive; and the distibuted proofers page.
• Thomas: legislative goings-on, straight from the source.

General news and commentary, and meta-media

• Local:
  • The Daily Illini
  • The News-Gazette
  • [defunct] The C-U Cityview (né Octopus)
  • WILL (has live news audio)
  • (Jesus! Raise hell with radios!)
  • Urbana Independent Media
  • MediaGeek
• Nat'l/Global:
  • Comprehensive list of US and foreign newspapers on-line (from CommonDreams)
  • USA, mainstream: New York Times • Washington Post • The Monitor
  • USA, mainstream, public: NPR (main) • WBUR (NPR news, Boston, less load)
  • Foreign, mainstram, in English: BBC News • CBC • Guardian (UK)
  • FAIR • Project Censored • Memory Hole
  • Main IndyMedia Page
  • The Nation • Counterpunch • Z-net
  • CommonDreams
  • Cursor
  • Radio4All

Science, academe, & public policy:

• ... from the American Association for the Advancement of Science
• ... from the American Institute of Physics
• ... from the American Physical Society
• ... from the American Institute of Biological Sciences
• ... from the American Society for Microbiology
• ... from FASEB [ugh]
• Major journals of broad interest: Nature; Science.
• Chronicle of Higher Education (passwd)
• Union of Concerned Scientists
• Federation of American Scientists
• UNESCO
• WHO
• Risk assessment, per RiskWorld
• Patriot missile analysis article

Labor & economic issues:

• Local:
  • Graduate Employees' Organization at UIUC (IFT/AFT 6300, AFL-CIO) and GEO in sound, 96-03.
  • Association of Academic Professionals at UIUC (IEA/NEA)
  • CU Living Wage Association
• Nat'l/Global:
  • Bureau of Labor Statistics
  • Economic Policy Institute
  • LabourStart (and the USA page)
  • Workplace: journal for academic labor
  • Labor quotes (based on the old labornet page)

Politically motivated creativity

• Local:
  • Newspoetry (and while you're at it, look at www.wordwork.org as well).
  • The Viper and His Famous Orchestra
• Nat'l/Global:
  • This Modern World
  • RTMark

Silly fine print: This is not a balanced or complete list, because this is primarily for myself. If you think there's something I should add, by all means tell me, but please understand that I will add it if and only if I find it useful.