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Free online permit practice test based on the contents of the Maryland State Driver manual.
The Occupational Outlook Handbook is a publication of the United States Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics that includes information about the nature of work, working conditions, training and education, earnings and job outlook for hundreds of different occupations in the United States.
Source for career exploration, careers and jobs sponsored by the U.S Department of Labor
The National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) is the primary federal entity for collecting and analyzing data related to education in the U.S. and other nations and sponsors this site.
This chart displays the earnings and unemployment rates by educational attainment. The source of this information is sponsored by the United States Department of Labor.
United States Department of Labor-Bureau of Statistics sponsors the Occupational Outlook Quarterly publication.
Index of critical essays and books published by Thompson/Gale (many of which are in the Atholton Media Center)
Make any web page print friendly.
Online dictionary and thesaurus.
The World Factbook provides information on the history, people, government, economy, geography, communications, transportation, military, and transnational issues for 267 world entities.
Fact sheets on diplomatic relations between the US and various countries.
Online Encyclopedia, Almanac, Atlas, Biographies, Dictionary, and Thesaurus.
Explore the fact-checked online encyclopedia from Encyclopaedia Britannica with hundreds of thousands of objective articles, biographies, videos, and images from experts.
Selected online encyclopedias curated by libraryspot.com
Find information on diseases and conditions.
A collaborative learning space for science.
The science behind drug abuse.
Nutrition data from Self Magazine plus nutrition management tools.
Look up the nutrient content for a wide variety of different foods.
Practice tests and study tools for a variety of nationally administered tests such as the ACT, Accuplacer, PSAT, and SAT.