Reference at Your Desk -- Archives Library Information Center
To the staff of the National Archives and Records Administration: Reference at Your Desk is a library service designed to provide quick access to the type of ready-reference tools needed by archivists and records managers. We hope that organizing access to these reference tools will assist you in your archival work.
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"I never waste memory on things that can easily be stored and retrieved from elsewhere."
-- Albert Einstein
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- Archives & Records Management
- Internet links to professional organizations and archival institutions world-wide. Find directories and address lists, manuals, and finding aids.
- Biography
- Search for famous and not-so-famous people on these directories and dictionaries. This site also includes links to obituaries, which are helpful to genealogists.
- Black History
- Links to African-American culture, biographies and genealogical information, and other images of Blacks in American history.
- Books & Book Reviews
- Abundant list of books and book reviews found on the World Wide Web.
- Congress
- Links to the Senate, House of Representatives, and general Congressional information.
- Diplomacy
- Links to foreign embassies, the Secretary of State and Department of State, and other foreign policy issues.
- Exploration
- Provides links to biographical information on American explorers, geographic land surveys, and first hand accounts of American expansion.
- Genealogy
- Research your family's history using the information from these links. Family name databases are included as well as tips for beginning genealogical research.
- Geography
- Links to gazeteers, maps, city plans, trip routers, flags, and time information.
- Government Publications
- Links to government publications in the National Archives, gateways and guides to federal information, finding aids and indexes to government documents, federal directories, and other government publications.
- History
- Find information about general history resources on the Internet as well as specific events in history and special topics.
- Holocaust-Era Assets
- Research information made available through bibliographic citations, weblinks, finding aids, and other online resources.
- Indians/ Native Americans
- World Wide Web links to information about American Indians, including government documents.
- Internet Users' Guide
- Links to Internet history, use, and policies. A thorough guide to searching the web.
- Language
- Links to English & foreign language dictionaries, thesauri, style manuals, and quotations.
- Legal
- Links to laws and legal information including federal law, court opinions, treaties, legal dictionaries and journals, and copyright information.
- Libraries
- Access library catalogs and databases, as well as information resources for librarians and journals related to libraries and archives.
- Mail & Phones
- Internet links to e-mail and street addresses, telephone directories, zip codes, state abbreviations, and package delivery information.
- Military
- Links to military reference material, military history and research, and to specific resources by branch of service or by military engagement.
- New Deal
- Links to web sites relating to the New Deal era and to Reference at Your Desk web resources for research on New Deal agriculture, labor, and arts programs.
- Organizations
- Links to professional organizations in the fields of archives and records management, preservation and conservation, and standards.
- Photography
- Links to the history of photography, photograph care and preservation, and historic online photograph collections.
- Politics
- Links to general political information for the United States, campaign and election sites, and links to political parties.
- Presidential Libraries
- This section links to all the Presidential Libraries across the country. Also read an overview of the Libraries.
- Presidents and First Ladies
- Links to all presidents, general information about the Presidency, as well as information on the 25th Amendment and sites about the First Ladies.
- Records Management
- Internet links to professional organizations and archival institutions world-wide. Find directories and address lists, manuals, and finding aids.
- Space Exploration
- In-depth research information on members of the NASA space programs who have realized the dream to fly to the moon. Also find information on space centers, biographies of astronauts, and a timeline of the missions to space. Created by Kimberly Adams, ALIC intern.
- Terrorism
- Links to the latest information on U.S. policy on terrorism, international terrorism, biological terrorism, and the conflict in Afghanistan.
- Time
- Links to time information, clocks and calendars.
- Transportation
- Government transportation agencies, as well as historical information about transportation. Of special interest are the links to historic railroads.
- Vital Records
- Genealogists will find the information on these links useful. Census records, birth and death certificates, and other information is available.
- War Crimes
- Link to NARA's Nazi War Criminal Records Interagency Working Group.
- Women
- NARA intern Carol Faulkner's pathfinder for women's history research in the National Archives, related papers and bibliographies online, and other related websites.