VoTech Program Links
Automotive Mechanic / Technician
- Autoguide.net
- www.autoguide.net/industry/training.shtml - Automotive directory with classroom resources including technical articles, lab sheets, exam material, and instructional aides.
- Automotive Service Excellence
- www.asecert.org - This independent non-profit organization seeks to improve the quality of automotive services and repair through the voluntary testing and certification of automotive technicians.
- Automotive Jobs Today
- www.autojobstoday.org - An online resource for automotive careers. This site contains many useful links for training and job information.
- International Automotive Technicians Network
- www.iatn.net - This site is used as a forum for over 48,000 professional automotive technicians from 135 countries to exchange technical knowledge and information with other members.
- National Automotive Technicians Education Foundation
- www.natef.org - NATEF is a non-profit organization devoted to evaluating automotive technician training programs against standards developed by the automotive industry. This site provides career information and a listing of certified programs throughout the United States.
- National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
- www.nhtsa.dot.gov - An agency under the Department of Transportation created to carry out safety programs. Automotive safety issues from air bags to tires can be found here.
- Occupational Safety and Health Administration
- www.osha.gov - OSHA establishes and enforces workplace safety standards. MSDS guidelines and hazardous material information relating to the automotive industry can be found here.
Criminal Justice
- United States Department of Justice
- www.usdoj.gov
- US Department of Justice: Bureau of Justice Statistics
- www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/
- National Criminal Justice Reference Service NCJRS
- www.ncjrs.org - Search abstracts and full-text publications.
- Find-Law Lawyers and Legal Resources
- www.findlaw.com
- Lillian Goldman Law Library / Internet Resources
- www.law.yale.edu/library/
- Guide to Law online: United States Legal System
- www.loc.gov/law/guide/usintro.html
- Library of Congress - Thomas
- thomas.loc.gov - Legislative information on the Internet.
- The Center on Juvenile & Criminal Justice
- www.cjcj.org
- National Archive of Criminal Justice
- www.icpsr.umich.edu/NACJD/
Early Childhood Professions
- National Association for the Education of Young Children
- www.naeyc.org - Indexes to educational web sites.
- John Mullens' Edlinks at Marshall University
- frodo.marshall.edu/~jmullens/edlinks.html
- Council for Professional Recognition
- www.cdacouncil.org
- Gateway
- www.thegateway.org - This web site is sponsored by the U.S. Department of Education and contains over 25,000 annotated links, mostly free, from federal, state, university, commercial, and non-profit education organizations. Researchers can browse the keyword or subject indexes, or use the site's search engine to locate subject-specific and grade/educational level resources.
- The Literacy Web
- www.literacy.uconn.edu - This site "is designed to promote the use of the Internet as a tool to assist classroom teachers in their search for best practices in literary instruction" by providing resources (journal articles, books, professional organizations, web sites, etc.) on wide variety of topics (e.g. media literacy, comprehension). Literacy Web will appeal to preschool, K-12, ESL, and adult/higher education teachers.
- MEL: Education (Michigan Electronic Library)
- mel.org - A comprehensive subject index for education web sites. Resources are divided by audience (e.g., Mathematics Educators, Administrators, New Teachers, etc.) and by Topic (e.g., Literacy, Distance Learning, etc.).
- National Child Care Information Center
- nces.ed.gov - Online library with full text downloads available. Selected resource lists.
- National Institute on Early Childhood Development and Education
- ed.gov/offices/OERI/ECI/index.html
- NCCANet (National Child Care Association) - Database
- nccanet.org
- NNCC (National Network for Child Care) Database
- www.nncc.org
- Individual State Child Care Licensure regulations
- nrc.uchsc.edu
Emergency Medical Technology
- CHID Online - The Combined Health Database
- chid.nih.gov
- Emergency Medical Services (Magazine)
- www.emsresponder.com
- Emergency Net
- www.emergency.com
- First Responder Training
- www.firstrespondertraining.com
- JEMS - Journal of Emergency Medical Services
- www.jems.com/jems/
- Jones and Bartlett Publishers: EMSzone.com
- www.emszone.com - Education resources for the EMS community.
- Med Hunt - Medical Document Finder
- www.hon.ch/MedHunt/MedHunt.html
- Merck Manual of Diagnosis and Therapy
- www.merck.com/mrkshared/mmanual/home.jsp
- Merriam Webster Medical Dictionary
- www.intelihealth.com/IH/ihtIH/WSRNM000/331/9276.html?k=tnavx408x9276
- NIH Library - National Institute of Health
- nihlibrary.nih.gov
- National Library of Medicine
- www.nlm.nih.gov
- National Registry of Emergency Medical Technicians
- www.nremt.org
- Online Medical Dictionary
- cancerweb.ncl.ac.uk/omd/
- Threshold: The Electronic Newsletter of Pre-hospital Cardiac Care
- www.mhf.net/Threshold/
- Us Department of Labor
- www.bls.gov/oco/ocos101.htm
Fire Protection Technology
- National Fire protection Association
- www.nfpa.org
- International Association of Fire Chiefs (IAFC)
- www.iafc.org
- Fire Department Safety Officers Association (FDSOA)
- www.fdsoa.org
- International Association of Fire Fighters (IAFF)
- www.iaff.org
- National Association of State Fire Marshals (NASFM)
- www.firemarshals.org
- National Volunteer Fire Council (NVFC)
- www.nvfc.org
- National Safety Council
- www.nsc.org
- Yahoo Directory
- dir.yahoo.com/health/public_health_and_safety/fire_protection/organizations/
Food & Beverage Management Specialization
- FDA Food Code
- vm.cfsan.fda.gov/~dms/foodcode.html
- National Restaurant Association
- www.restaurant.org
- American Council on Science and Health
- www.acsh.org/food
- American Meat Institute
- www.meatami.com
- FDA - Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition (CFSAN)
- www.cfsan.fda.gov
- ECOLAB, INC
- www.ecolab.com
- Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA)
- www.osha.gov
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
- www.cdc.gov
- Institute of Food Technologists (IFT)
- www.ift.org
- U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA)
- www.usda.gov
- Foodservice and Hospitality
- www.foodserviceworld.com
- American culinary Federation (ACF)
- www.acfchefs.org
- The Educational Institute of AH&MA
- www.ei-ahma.org
- National Association of College and University Food Services
- www.nacufs.org
Legal Assistant
- National Association of Legal Assistants
- www.nala.org
- National Federation of Paralegal Association Inc (NFPA)
- www.paralegals.org
- Find-Law Lawyers and Legal Resources - Attorneys & Legal Resources
- www.findlaw.com
- The Internet Lawyer
- www.mddailyrecord.com/newsletters/internetlawyer/pub/
- Internet Legal Resource Guide
- www.ilrg.com
- Legal Ethics - The Internet ethics site
- www.legalethics.com
- Law Guru
- www.lawguru.com
- The Library of Congress
- www.loc.gov
- Mega Law - Legal Resources, Case Law, Supreme Court
- www.megalaw.com
- More Law
- www.morelaw.com
- Find Law: Wills, trusts, estates and probate
- www.findlaw.com/01topics/31probate/
- US Congressional Documents & Debates
- memory.loc.gov/ammem/amlaw/lawhome.html
- Guide to Law online: United States Legal System
- www.loc.gov./law/guide/usintro.html
- Lillian Goldman Law Library/ Internet Resources
- www.law.yale.edu/library/
- JURIST
- jurist.law.pitt.edu
- LawCrawler
- lawcrawler.findlaw.com/
- Legal Information Institute, Cornell
- www.law.cornell.edu
- Nolo Press Self - Help Law Center
- www.nolo.com
- Versus Law - Today's Law Library
- www.versuslaw.com