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Acronyms
Acronym and Abbreviation Server
Amortization Schedule
MyAmortizationChart.com is useful in creating an
amortization schedule
by selecting the amount, interest rate, and loan length.
Airlines
FAA List of Airlines
Animals
Animal Diversity
(Univ. of Michigan; includes classification, pictures)
Art/Museums
ArtistDaily
(Social network. Owned by American Artist magazine.)
deviantART (Social
network)
Institute of Contemporary
Art (ICA Boston)
MassMOCA
Museum of Fine Arts
(Boston)
Museum of Modern
Art (N.Y.)
National Gallery of
Art
National Museum
of American Art
Peabody
Essex Museum
Taltopia (Social network)
Automobiles
Auto Guide (new and used car info, reviews, prices)
Automotive.com
(where your car search begins)
Autotropolis (new and used car info, reviews, prices)
Edmunds (new and used car info, reviews, prices)
N.A.D.A.
(NADA Guides; new and used car prices)
N.A.D.A.
(NADA; industry information, stats, dealerships, manufacturers, etc.)
Motor Trend
(performance
reviews & trends, behind the scenes coverage, car care tips, travel & adventure,
and more)
Kelley Blue Book
Carpoint(Microsoft)
B
Ballparks (All sports; Baseball, Football, Basketball, Hockey;
stats; photos)
Ballparks.com
Banks/Banking
Banxquote.com
(Bank Corp.; bank interest rates; CDs; mortgages)
Bankrate.com
(bank interest rates; CDs; mortgages)
Survey of Bank Checking Accounts (Mass. Div. of Banks site; search by Mass.
town or ZIP code; find rates; similar to Best Value Banking above)
US
Treasury (T-bills; federal securities; savings bonds; treasury notes; rates;
auctions)
Bibliographic
Citations (Internet)
APAStyle.org
(American Psychological Association)
Citation Styles - Online!
Citation Style Guides - Electronic (Univ. of Alberta)
Biography
Biography.com
(25,000 biographies of notable personalities from antiquity to the
present.
)
Blogs
Blogger (Social
network)
OpenDiary (Social
network, open to 13+)
Twitter (Social
network. General, micro-blogging)
Windows Live Space (Social
network)
Wordpress (Social
network)
Books/Literature
General (purchase;
discussion, reviews, author info, social network)
About Books and Literature (from the Sante Fe, NM Public Library)
All
Readers.com (advisory; hundreds of plot, character, and setting
options to find precisely what you're looking for!
Amazon
(new, used, reviews)
ANobii (Social network, compatible with iPhone)
Authors
on the Web (book info; links to author websites; from The Book Report
Network)
Barnes
and Noble (purchase new, used, reviews)
BestBookDeal.com (comparison shop for books; includes shipping charges to
any zip code)
BiblioTravel.com (fiction/nf/children's books by locale/setting; somewhat
limited selection, but a good start)
BookReporter.com
(author info; reviews, excerpts, interviews, contests)
BookTV.org
(C-SPAN2 site related to their nonfiction book discussion TV show)
BookWire
(comprehensive publishing industry site; includes LJ; SLJ; PW; with their
Bestseller Lists and links to reviews)
Book
Sense (independent booksellers online with buying lists, recommendations,
reviews...)
Bookspot (book-related
resources on the Web; book discussion groups; book clubs; first chapters, links
to book reviews, book award winners, bestseller lists)
Borders Books
(teamed with Amazon.com; purchase new, used, reviews)
Book Sales in Massachusetts - a compendium of book sale information from
libraries and other non-profits; include date, location, and size of sale, as
well as types and sources of books and prices. Information may be submitted to
the site using an online form.
Goodreads (Social
network. Books)
Library Thing (Books)
Literary Criticism (Internet Public Library links; search by author,
subject, time period; US and world)
London Review of
Books
MVLC Literature Page (books and literature links from the Merrimack Valley
Library Consortium)
New York Review
of Books
New York Times (book pages; reviews; bestseller lists; free registration
required)
NPR.org Book
Page (National Public Radio; includes many nonfiction book reviews)
Powell's Books
(huge Portland Oregon
bookseller)
USA Today Book Pages (includes 'top 150' bestseller list with merged
fic/nf/childrens categories)
Shelfari (Social network)
Village Voice (book reviews)
Washington Post Book World Online (reviews, chat, first chapters, club...)
Women's Review of Books
(Center for Research on Women at Wellesley College)
Out of Print/Used
Bookfinder
Bibliofind(Amazon.com
site)
ABE Books
("used, rare, and out-of-print")
Barnes and Noble
British
Internetbookshop (W.H. Smith)
Amazon.com (UK)
Book Awards
Caldecott Medal (Children's Literature)
Massachusetts
Book Awards
National
Book Awards
Nebula Award
(Sci Fi)
Newbery Medal (illustrated children's book)
Pen/Faulkner Award
Pulitzer Prize
Book Clubs / Readers
Advisory Services
Book Club
Reader (Simon and Schuster site; reading guides; author essays, etc.)
Book Lust Forever
(Blog about books by librarian Nancy Pearl)
If You Like
(New Zealand site with British flavor)
Novelist
(for remote access - library card # needed)
Novelist
(in-library access)
Oprah's Book
Club
Penguin/Putnam
(mainly reading guides on classic works)
Reader's
Club.org (a 'guide to enjoyable books' by the
Public Library of Charlotte & Mecklenburg County,
NC)
Reading Group Center (Vintage/Anchor Books site)
Reading Group Guides (planning, choosing titles, running, discussion guides)
Reading Group Choices (online version of the book; how to start and run a
book discussion group, and what to read for the group)
Boston
Boston
(City page)
BostonUSA (tourism site; Greater Boston Convention and Visitor's Bureau)
Boston.com
(produced by the Boston Globe)
The
Boston Channel (WCVB-TV Channel 5; news, weather, sports, etc.)
Boston
Globe
Boston
Herald
Boston Public
Library
Boston Public Library - Main Site
Bureau of Labor Statistics
(Consumer price indexes, unemployment rates, wages, Occupational Outlook
Handbook)Bureau of Labor
Statistics
Business/Stocks/Investment/Companies
Better Business
Bureau -
U.S. (including
links to all local chapters)
Better
Business Bureau - Boston (Eastern Mass., Maine, VT.)
Bureau of Labor
Statistics (Consumer price indexes, unemployment rates, wages, Occupational
Outlook Handbook)
Business.com
(Dow Jones site; directory & referral; news; company & industry info; includes
some private companies)
CEO Express
(Business and other news and current events, online business magazines...)
Chamber of Commerce (search for Chambers in the U.S.)
Consumer Price
Index
Consumer Price Index Calculator (Inflation index - 1912-present)
D&B
Small Business Solutions (find a business by name, location, D&B D-U-N-S®
Number, or telephone number from the D&B database of over 13 million U.S.
companies; no cost)
Historical Stock Quotes (stocks 1985 - present)
LinkedIn (Social network. Business and professional)
PartnerUp (Social
network. Business owners and
entrepreneurs)
Securities and
Exchange Commission (10Ks, 10Qs, etc.)
Talkbiznow
(Social network. Business)
Thomas
Register Online (requires free registration; includes toll free #'s; sales
volume, catalogs)
Trademark Checking
(registered business names at the Federal level)
Yahoo Finance
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Calendars
Time and Date
Camps/Summer Camps
Camppage
My Summer Camps
SummerCamps
Charities/Foundations/Nonprofits/Grants
Associated
Grantmakers of Massachusetts (Mass Grantmakers; AGM)
Better Business Bureau (Information about charities)
Foundation Center
(Non profit grants)
GrantsWeb
(Society of Research Administrators International; includes non-educational
grants)
Guidestar
(620,000 U.S. nonprofits)
Idealist.org
(Worldwide list of nonprofits)
Colleges/Scholarships/Financial Aid
CampusTours.com
(clearinghouse for virtual tours, Webcams, campus maps)
College Navigator
(from US Dept of Education-find the right college)
CollegeNet
(catalogs, financial aid, etc.)
CollegeToad
(An insightful website about simplifying academics and
enjoying your college experience)
Collegeview.com
(college search, virtual guidance office)
FastWeb
(free college and scholarship searching)
FAFSA
(free application for student aid)
Federal Sudent Aid (U.S. Dept. of Education)
FinAid.org
(financial aid applications; calculators; scholarships info; loans; military
aid)
GrantsWeb
(Society of Research Administrators International; includes non-educational
grants)
Kaarme (Connects students to
colleges and scholarships)
Massachusetts
Office of Student Financial Assistance
MEFA
(Massachusetts financial aid for education)
Scholarship Help.org
(useful tips and Internet links)
Sallie Mae Scholarship
Search (free
scholarship search contains more than 2.9 million scholarships)
Consumer
Mass.gov -
Attorney General of Massachusetts
BankRate.com
(interest rates on savings, CDs, money market accts, etc.)
Consumer Price Index (monthly data on changes in the prices paid by
urban consumers for a representative basket of goods and services, published by
the US Bureau of Labor Statistics)
Consumer Search
(product reviews and evaluations from a number of
consumer publications; rates the reviews as well as the products)
Consumerworld.org
(low rates for mortgages, air fares, cars; BBB links; consumer links; price
comparisons;...)
FAQs of the U.S.
Government (a "FirstGov" site; links to most popular Federal sites for
consumers and citizens)
Epinions.com
(ratings and reviews of consumer products, by members)
Internet
Scambusters
(fraud, legends, scams, hoax computer viruses - all exposed)
Massachusetts Office of Consumer Affairs and Business Regulation
N.A.D.A.
Guides
(NADA; book values of cars, trucks, boats, RVs, aircraft...)
PriceGrabber.com
(price comparison shopping, with reviews)
Price Watch
(Price Watch is a service that allows retailers to advertise their
prices in real time, using our proprietary Price
Wise Giving
Alliance (Better Business Bureau; advice on
charitable giving)
Better Business Bureaus
National
Boston
(Eastern Massachusetts, Maine, Vermont)
Conversions/Measurement/Calculators
Convert-me
(conversions of all fixed measurements; includes arcane old world measurements)
MegaConverter (volume, weight, distance, roman numerals, finance, mortgage
interest)
Mortgage Calculators
(at Domania)
Online
Conversion
(includes calendar/date/time; clothing; and more traditional conversions)
Universal
Currency Converter
Yahoo
Finance - Currency Converter
Cooking
Cookstr
Foodnetwork
Copyright
Copyright
and Fair Use
United States Copyright Act (from the Legal Information Institute)
United
States Copyright Office
Crime/Criminals
- Statistics
Sourcebook of Criminal Justice Statistics (data continually added)
Uniform
Crime Reports (1995- present)
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D Dead or Alive
Dead People Server
Deeds
Essex County (Southern District) Registry of Deeds (includes
Haverhill)
Dictionaries/Languages
Dictionary.com (multi-source online dictionary)
Your
Dictionary.com (online dictionaries; foreign language translators;
American Heritage Corp.)
Merriam
Webster
Fonetiks
(audio pronunciation guide to common words in 7 foreign languages; also all
accents in UK English)
OneLook Dictionary Search
Online Dictionaries (foreign language, specialty subjects, rhyming,
etc....)
Dialectizer
(Translates Web pages into strange dialects - Elmer Fudd,
Swedish Chef, etc.)
LingoZ
-
The Online Dictionary CommunityDisabilities
( hearing / vision / blind )
Disaboom
(Social network)
Massachusetts Vision Library (clearinghouse for organizations, Web sites,
materials in braille, schools, recordings, etc.)
The Perkins School for
the Blind - Watertown, MA - talking books to loan, large print materials for
adults and children - membership and proof of legal disability req.)
Distances and Directions
Indo.com
(Distance in miles between cities worldwide, +elevation, longitude, latitude)
Mapquest
Area maps and driving directions
Rand
McNally. Excellent site for driving directions and maps
Drama/Plays
Interplay
(an on-line index to plays in collections, anthologies and
periodicals©)
E
Eagle Tribune (Lawrence, MA newspaper; searchable archive)
Education/Schools/Home Schooling
American School
Directory
(fee-based; public schools K-12, directory and info)
Boarding School Review
(detailed & up-to-date boarding school
information)
Digest of Educational Statistics
(Natl. Center for Education Statistics)
Find
Tutorials
- links to free lessons on a variety of topics; post your need on
a wish list
Haverhill Public Schools
Learn2.com
(online learning, tutorials, courses, books)
MTEL Exam
Prep Booklets
(Massachusetts Tests for Educator Licensure; pdf files)
Massachusetts Career Information System (D.E.T. site; vocational training)
Online-Degrees.com
(Directory of distance education links at colleges and
universities in the US and Canada)
Private School Review
(free detailed information on private schools, US and UK, and the communities
around them)
Public School Review
(free detailed information on public schools - US)
School and
School District Profiles (Massachusetts)
Embassies/ Foreign Consulates/Chanceries
Foreign Consulates in the United States (YAHOO! link page)
U.S.
Embassies Overseas (U.S. State Dept. links; include Consular Sections)
Endangered Species
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Natural Heritage and Endangered Species Program
(Massachusetts)
Defenders of Wildlife (Massachusetts)
Mass. General Laws Chapter 131A
(Massachusetts Endangered Species
Act)
ERIC (Educational
Research)
Ask ERIC
(abstracts only)
ERIC Digests
(condensations of selected articles; incl. bibliographies.)
Etiquette/Salutations/Forms
of Address
Forms of Address (InfoPlease.com)
Forms of Address (Spoken and written for US Government officials, military
personnel, foreign officials, nobility, and religious officials)
Emily Post Institute
F
Fairs/Markets/Farms/
New
England.com (Yankee magazine; foliage; festivals, fairs; travel tour routes)
Farmer's Markets
(from the USDA)
Festivals.com
(33,000+ events worldwide; county fairs; keyword searching)
Massgrown.org
(Mass. Dept. of Food and Agriculture; pick-your-own farms; cider mills;
wineries;)
Films/Movies/Motion Pictures
Internet Movie
Database
Excite.com
(includes local showtimes)
FilmAffinity (Social
network, movies and TV Series)
Flixter (Social network, open to 13+)
Reel.com
Rotten
Tomatoes
Yahoo Movies
(buy tickets online)
Flags
Flags of the World
World Flag Database
Yahoo Flags
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G
Games Online - Free, no download required
Crazy Libs - online version of MadLibs word game
Gaia Online (Social
network, anime and games, open to 13+)
GamerDNA (Computer and video games)
Magnetic Poetry
- online version of Magnetic Poetry
Funster - multiplayer word games
Lumosity - Improve memory
and attention with scientific brain games.
MyAnimeList
(Social network. Anime)
SecondLife (3D world, gaming)
Who Wants to be a Millionaire? - several versions of the popular trivia show.
Zeeks
- variety of sports games, brain teasers, puzzles, etc.
Genealogy/Names/Family History
Cyndi's List
- 41,000 genealogy links
Genealogy: Advice for Effective Searches - Answer a series of simple
questions and get free, customized advice on the most effective next steps in
your genealogy search.
Family
Search (From the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints-the largest
genealogy organization in the world.)
Find A Grave (information
for over 300,000 cemeteries in over 170 different countries with at least a
partial listing of graves for over 250,000 of these cemeteries.
Genealogy.com
(includes FREE search of Social Security Death Index - SSDI)
Genealogy and
Family History (A blog about genealogy books and their authors.)
Census data, family records, birth and death
records, and a lot more!
Geni.com (Social network. Families, Genealogy)
LDS Church
(Mormons) Archives
MyHeritage
(Social network. Families, Genealogy)
National Archives (passenger arrivals, censuses, naturalizations, military
and pension, Native American and tribal)
RootsWeb
(from Ancestry.com resources and information sharing)
US GenWeb
Project (helpful genealogy links for beginners and advanced researchers;
forms; maps)
WebBiographies (Social
network. Genealogy and
biography)
Where to Write For Vital Records (National Center for Health Statistics;
search by state)
Geology
Geology.com (Geology
and Earth Science, includes maps)
Geography/Maps -
Countries/Nations/US States/Places/Cities of the World
About.com : Geography
(links to maps, geographical info, statistics)
Atlapedia
Online (physical, political maps, statistics)
Background Notes (U.S. State Department)
Centers for Disease Control (medical situations for travel overseas)
Country Studies (Library of Congress; comprehensive)
Dept. of State
(Overseas U.S. Consulate Listings, travel info, visa info)
CountryReports.org
(cultural overview of countries; geography; weather; flags; national anthems
[music]; news; links;)
50 States.com
Geographic
Names Information System (USGS) (U.S. and territories; latitude; longitude;
elevation; maps; USGS map # link; includes features - buildings, rivers,
mountains, etc.)
Geography IQ (country information)
Global
Gazeteer (latitude, longitude, altitude, weather for cities worldwide -
sorted by country)
National Geographic Maps and Geography (includes flags, country data)
University of New Hampshire - Dimond Library Historic USGS Maps of New England
Maps
Atlapedia
Online (maps, statistics)
David Rumsey
Historical Map Collection - (18th, 19th century; North and South America;
atlases, globes, school
geographies, maritime charts, wall, childrens and manuscript maps.)
Flood Maps (show the effect of sea level rise on a Google-map setup)
Gazetteer
(TIGER maps from US Census Bureau; able to include various features on city
maps; census data)
Geographic
Names Information System (USGS) (U.S. and territories; latitude; longitude;
elevation; maps; which USGS map; includes features - buildings, rivers,
mountains, etc.)
Harvard
University
Map Collection
Healthmap.org ( A
global disease alert map)
Map Guide
(a metasite for maps and map-related materials online.)
Mapquest
(includes driving directions, traffic & weather reports and local news for the
destination)
Maporama
- Accessible in twenty-six different languages; street-level directional maps
for fifteen European nations, all of the USA, and most of Canada. Personal and
business directories for a limited number of European countries are also;
interactive formats include weather, local time, and longitude and latitude of
locations.
National
Atlas (a Dept. of the Interior project; includes census, CDC, environmental,
Congress. district info; ability to overlay maps)
National Geographic Maps and Geography (includes flags, country data)
Terraserver
(aerial and topo maps of US places; searchable by address or long/lat; zooming)
TopoZone
(topographic maps)
University of Texas (HUGE U.S. and world map site containing everything from
city to world geography maps, including transit maps of major world cities, some
historical maps; drawn from various sources)
World Atlas and World Maps (geography, world and U.S., maps, outline maps,
census, population, flags...more)
H
Harry Potter
Bloomsbury Publishing
- Harry Potter page
Harry Potter Lexicon (all things Hogwarts; particularly strong on
language - words, phrases, Briticisms, etc.)
Harry Potter Guide (Kid's Webrary - Morton Grove [IL] Public Library)
Harry Potter Pronunciation Guide (for those tough words - audio
pronunciation guide)
J.K. Rowling's
Official Web site
The
Leaky Cauldron.org (top fan site - a member of the Floo network)
Mugglenet
(games, puzzles, quotes, spoofs, songs, more...)
Scholastic Books Harry Potter page
Snitchseeker.com (HP news, submit your stories, tips)
English
toAmerican Dictionary Online (tongue-in-cheek definitions by a Scot, of all
things!)
Haverhill
(city)
Commonwealth Communities(Haverhill Info from many Mass. Depts. and Agencies)
Community Profile
(Mass Dept. of Housing and Community Development) Essex County (Southern District) Registry of Deeds (includes
Haverhill) Greater Haverhill Arts Association Greater Haverhill Chamber of
Commerce (inlcudes a community calendar) Haverhill (city home page)
Haverhill Family Network
Haverhill Public Library
Haverhill Public Schools HaverhillUSA.com (Haverhill, MA Community and Information Guide -
alternate Haverhill Information site)
MassSTATS
(statistics/maps for all Massachusetts towns -demographics,
education, health, housing, crime, politics, maps) Haverhill Gazette
Thunderhead Ski Tow (webpage devoted to info about this short-lived ski area
in Haverhill)
Haverhill Public Library
Web Site (Home Page) Online Catalog Teen Department
Children's
Department
Reference Department
Health/Medical/Nutrition
General All Ref.com: Health (private clearinghouse for health info)
AMAFluHelp (Self-assessment for H1N1 risk and other flu resources)
Asbestos.com (Mesothelioma
cancer resource) Centers For Disease Control (CDC, news, data, statistics, travel
advisories, general health A-Z) CAPHIS (Consumer and Public Health
Info Section of Medical Library Assoc; lots of resources!) Child and Family WebGuide (A resource
for parents provided by Tufts University which describes and evaluates
sites that contain research-based information about infants,
children and teens." Clinical Trials (Natl.
Inst. of Health; current research; searchable)
DailyStrength (Social
network, medical and emotional
support) Diagnostic Tests (info on various tests; from the Harvard
Medical School Family Health Guide) Food & Nutrition Information Center (FNIC) (USDA site; nutrition;
dietary supps.; Food Guide Pyramid; exercise...) Harvard Medical School Family
Health Guide (includes addl. info not found in printed book)
HealthCentral
- comprised of the highest quality condition and wellness
specific interactive health sites where consumers and vetted experts
share real-life, health-related experiences and information. Health Finder
(U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services; NHIC; portal/links)
Healthmap.org
( A global disease alert map) Internet Mental Health (articles, discussion groups, booklets,
recommended books on many mental health topics) Lab Tests Online
(peer-reviewed, non-commercial) MDChoice.com (consumer health info; editorial board made up of
physicians; links to other info) Mayo Clinic
(general health portal; nutrition; virtual cookbooks) Medline Plus
(Natl. Library of Medicine site; PubMed; Internet Grateful Me;,AIDSLine; TOXline; find Dentists/Chiropractors/Hospitals)
Merck Manual (Online 2nd Edition)
New York Online Access to Health ("NOAH provides access to
high quality full-text consumer health information in English and
Spanish that is accurate, timely, relevant and unbiased")
Pubmed
(access to professional medical publications) WebMD(for doctors, nurses, 'health
teachers' and consumers)
Doctors//Physicians American Medical Association's Physician Select
(Doctor Finder; DocFinder; DocBoard) ABMS Board Medical Specialties
(searchable by physician name; registration required)
Massachusetts Physician Profiles (Massachusetts Board of Registration
in Medicine)
Drugs Center for Drug Evaluation and Research
(FDA) (new and generic drug
approvals; info & safety) Clinical Trials (Natl.
Inst. of Health; current research; searchable) HerbMed (provides hyperlinked access to the scientific data
underlying the use of herbs for health. It is an impartial,
evidence-based information resource provided by the nonprofit Alternative Medicine Foundation, Inc.)
Safe Medication
(from the
American Society of
Health-System Pharmacists, provides information, tips & tools on
drugs.) United States Pharmacopeia - Advice for the Patient (9000+ prescript.
& OTC medications; a MedlinePlus site)
Alternative and Integrative Medicine
Alternative Medicine
Foundation (nonprofit, provides
responsible and reliable information about alternative
medicine to the public and health professionals.)
American Botanical Council
(nonprofit research and education organization dedicated to providing
accurate and reliable information for consumers, healthcare practitioners,
researchers, educators, industry and the media.)
Center for Health
and Healing (Dept.of Integrative Medicine at Beth Israel Medical Center)
DMOZ Open Directory Project (largest and most comprehensive
human-edited directory of the Web. It is constructed and maintained by a vast,
global community of volunteer editors.)
Dr.Weil.com (official
website of Andrew Weil, M.D., provides current information on alternative
medicine)
Healthy.Net (is your
24-hour health resource center--a virtual health village where you can access
information, products, and services to help create your wellness-based
lifestyle.)
HerbMed (provides hyperlinked access to the scientific
data underlying the use of herbs for health. It is an impartial, evidence-based
information resource provided by the nonprofit Alternative Medicine Foundation, Inc.)
Infoholix.net
(complementary alternative medicine international directory)
National Center for Complementary and
Alternative Medicine (division of NIH; clearinghouse)
Natural Medicine Comprehensive Database (search by product name, disease or
condition, drug name, and more...)
Natural Standard
(founded by clinicians and researchers, provides access to a variety of
databases on alternative and integrative medicine)
New York
Online Access to Health (NOAH) (provides access to high quality full-text consumer health information on
complementary and alternative medicine)
Revolution Health
(provides information, inspiration and tools to help you take control of
your health.)
Hospital / Nursing Home Ratings, etc American Hospital Directory (limited info -
must subscribe to get full info)
America's Best Hospitals (US News and World Report) Hospital Compare Leap Frog Group (consortium of health care purchasers) Health Grades
(rates doctors, hospitals, nursing homes; charges apply for complete
information) Nursing Homes Compare (information about the performance of every
Medicare and Medicaid certified nursing home in the country; an HHS govt. site) Nursing Home Information (Mass. Dept. of Public Health; ratings) Total Benchmark Solution
Hospitals (Haverhill Area)
Anna Jacques Hospital Newburyport, MA
Caritas Holy Family Hospital
Methuen, MA Lawrence General Hospital
Lawrence, MA
Lowell General
Hospital, Lowell, MA Merrimack Valley Hospital Haverhill, MA
History MVLC History Page
Shmoop (An
educational website with historical and literary info written by
masters and Phd candidates from top universities)
Holidays Christmas.com Holiday Festival (holiday
celebrations, religions) Holidays Around the World Holidays on the Net (general
information for all ages; links to other holiday sites; award-winning) Kwanzaa Info Center Winter Solstice
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Internet - Education/Courses/Online Tutorials (all subjects)
Computer Tutorials - various - Central Kansas Library System Find Tutorials
(all subjects) Finding Information on the Web : A Tutorial (UC Berkeley
Internet workshops)
GFC
Learnfree (Tutorials on computer use and other subjects) ICYouSee (critical thinking about what you see on the
Internet; from Ithaca College) Internet Tutorials - links provided by the Library of Congress Learn2.com (pay to download tutorials and primers on all kinds of
subjects) Mouserobics (Exercises to improve your mousing technique)
Internet - Invisible Web/Hidden Internet Searching Invisible Web (links to over 1000
databases with invisible or partly invisible data) Those Dark Hiding Places (The Invisible Web Revealed)
Internet - Lists/Access The List
(Internet service providers (ISPs) by area code, industry info, news) Internet Public Library
Internet - Search Tools/Engines/Vortals/Portals/Directories About.com (professional "guides" select and list the best sites in
all topic areas) All the Web AltaVista - now "search" again; be sure to look at Help, and
Advanced. AskJeeves - BUBL Link - Selected Internet
resources covering all academic subject areas Google HotBot Infomine Multiple Database
Search - "academic" search engine, focusing on scholarly resource
collections, electronic journals and books, directories of researchers Librarians Index to the Internet - see advanced, limit to databases Lycos MSN Live Search (search engine and directory) OpenDirectory
(DMOZ) Thinkquest (unique educational web sites) Virtual Library (oldest catalog of the web;
run by a loose confederation of volunteers; VL pages are widely recognized as
being amongst the highest-quality guides to particular sections of the web. Yahoo - (web directory and search engine)
Internet - Search Tools/Engines - Evaluation and Use Best Search Engines - Quick Guide
(chart) HitBrain.com
(Top 10000 Keywords used at Search Engines) Internet Public Library (searching tips and tools) NoodleQuest (which search engine is right for your search? Research Buzz
(News about search engines, databases and other info collections)
Search Engines Showdown
(comparisons of engines, phone directories, search strategies...) Search Engine Terms - a glossary of internet search technology - Search Engine Watch (ratings, articles, tips, stats,
comparisons)
Inventors/Inventions
About.com: Famous Inventions Enchanted Learning: Inventors
Innovative Lives
Invent Now (National
Inventors Hall of Fame)
Museum of Ancient Inventions
(Smith College History of Science)
J
Jobs/Careers/Employment/Wages/Salaries 10 Minute Resume (online resume writer)
Bona Fide Classified (search help wanted of US newspapers; includes
over 4 dozen links of Massachusetts papers)
BostonWorks (Boston
Globe's Online listings of job openings)
Bureau of Labor Statistics
(this governement site has statistics on all aspects of labor, as well
as salary surveys)
Career Builder (Emphasis on finance, healthcare; metasearch engine)
CareerJet (an
employment search engine) Career Journal (a Wall Street
Journal site; Executive searches; salaries, job hunting, resume prep)
CareerOneStop
(tools to help job seekers, students, businesses, and career
professionals)
CareerPath (search
newspaper employment ads from nineteen major cities)
Chronicle of Higher
Education (hundreds of current job listings in the field of
education)
Dictionary of Occupational Titles
(Job titles and descriptions)
Green Careers Guide (Help finding green jobs and careers)
Indeed (Indeed is a search engine for jobs
- with a radically different approach to job search.....)
JobFind.com (Boston Herald site, incl. job fair info, listings...)
Job-Hunt (list of job-finding Web sites, by discipline)
JobStarCentral (profession specific salary survey)
Mapping Your
Future (career, college, financial aid, and financial literacy
services for students, families, and schools)
Massachusetts Career Information System(job search
training; grants and scholarships; self-employment info;
more...)
Massachusetts Job Bank (D.E.T.; registration requested; links to
other job sites)
Massachusetts Executive Office of Labor and Workforce Development
(career info, economic and labor stats ; wages by
industry)
Monster.com
(350,000+ jobs; general w/ focus on tech, HR, healthcare, Internet)
New
England Employer (databank of jobs in New England)
Occupational Outlook Handbook (Online)
O Net
(a comprehensive database of worker attributes and job
characteristics. As the replacement for the Dictionary of Occupational Titles (DOT), O NET will be the nation's
primary source of occupational information.)
Opportunity Knocks (searchable database of jobs with nonprofit
organizations)
Riley Guide (a
very comprehensive site of information & resources for incorporating the
internet into your job search. Includes links to salary surveys and to
regional, state, & local job listings sites from all 50 states.) Salary.com (salary surveys; limit by
geography; job descriptions; trade association links...)
SalaryList
(salaries for millions of jobs, search by title, company, state)
SalaryExpert.com (an Economist magazine site)
USAJOBS (U.S. government jobs, updated daily)
ValleyWorks Career Center (Merrimack
Valley; Mass. D.E.T) Yahoo! Careers
(1 million+ jobs; aggregate listings from dozens of online sources; career
tracks)
Yahoo! Hot Jobs
K
Kennedy, Edward (U.S. Senator)
Kerry, John (U.S. Senator)
L
Languages
italki.com
(Social network)
Livemocha (Online Language Learning - 22
languages)
Law/Legal ABA LawLink® ("The Legal
Research Jumpstation")
CataLaw
(catalog of catalogs of worldwide law on the internet)
Emory Library Electronic Reference Desk
(all 50 states + U.S.) FindLaw Guide to Law Online (Library of Congress) Law Engine
(online legal research)
Lawyers Weekly Law Library-State Law Legal Information Institute
(Cornell University Law School) Martindale Hubbell Lawyer Locator
Massachusetts Law
Bankruptcy
(US Bankruptcy Court - District of Massachusetts)
Code of Massachusetts
Regulations (CMR) Court Opinions/Cases (from
Lawyers Weekly)
Massachusetts General Laws Massachusetts Bar Association
Massachusetts Lawyer Directory Massachusetts Legal Help
Massachusetts Trial Court Libraries (including Lawrence Law Library)
Nolo Legal Encyclopedia Supreme Court Collection (Cornell)(US Supreme Court "slip' decisions)
United States District Court (Massachusetts District)
United States District Court (New Hampshire District)
Supreme Court, U.S. (official site)
MVLC Legal Page
Libraries and Librarianship Profession
(sites for librarians - click to view list)
M
Maps -See
Geography
Massachusetts Official State Site
(new)
Citizens Guide to State Services (Information about state
services, agencies, and contact points) Code of Massachusetts
Regulations (CMR) Commonwealth Communities (city and town info)
Comm Pass (bids and bidding for goods
and services contracts - Commonwealth of Mass.) Department of Education Department of Revenue (Tax forms)
General Laws of
Massachusetts License Search (Mass. Div. of Prof. Licensure; Professional,
trade)
Massachusetts Facts (state symbols; geography; history; from the
Citizen Information Service of the Secretary of the Commonwealth)
Massachusetts Place Names - Unofficial (from Mass. Sec. of State's
Office) Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority
(MBTA)
Massachusetts Executive Office of Labor and Workforce Development
(Career info, economic and labor force statistics ; wages by industry;)
MassStats (statistics/maps for all Massachusetts towns -demographics,
education, health, housing, crime, politics, maps) Registry of Motor Vehicles School District Profiles Sex Offender Registry
(Massachusetts) State Library
(and Online Catalog) ValleyWorks Career Center (Merrimack
Valley; Mass. D.E.T)
Merrimack College
(North Andover) Home Page
Library Catalog
Merrimack Valley Community Health Network Area 12 (Lower Merrimack Valley)(CHNA;
Information and Referral Service; soup kitchens; food; mental health;
substance abuse; alcohol; housing; fuel assistance; homeless; women;
consumer advocacy) Merrimack Valley Chamber of Commerce Merrimack Valley Philharmonic Orchestra
(MVPO)
Mesothelioma
Mesothelioma & Asbestos Cancer Resource
(A comprehensive resource on asbestos and its
devastating effects) Asbestos.com
(A leading Mesothelioma Cancer Resource)
Mesothelioma.com
(Mesothelioma Treatment Options)
Monthly Catalog of US Government Publications
(MOCAT)Music/Sheet/Lyrics Bagaduce Music Lending Library (Blue Hill, ME; paid membership
required)
Choral Public Domain Library - (one
of the world's largest free sheet music sites) Cyber Hymnal (contains hymn lyrics, photos, history, MIDI files,
more)
Last.fm (Social network. Music) Lyrics Search Engine Lyrics Library mFiles - (sheet music/sound files - popular and classical - public
domain only - downloaded ZIP/MIDI files that open with Internet
Explorer) Merrimack Valley Concert Band Merrimack Valley Philharmonic Orchestra
(MVPO) Mudcat Cafe (lyrics and
"knowledge"; mostly folk and blues; includes forum and chat for queries) 8notes.com (offers over 1500 free sheet
music pieces and riffs for many instruments)
Lyrics World
ReverbNation.com (Social
network. Musician and band,
open to 16+)
ShareTheMusic (Social
network. Music) Worldwide Music Resources
N
Native Americans
(Indians)
New England Powwows
(calendar)
New Hampshire
New Hampshire State (Official State Web
Site) New Hampshire State Library Online Library Catalogs Plaistow Historical Society
News CNN The Drudge Report
(current accurate news + scathing gossip) Google News Headline Spot.com - online news resources; U.S.; Intl; Opinion
columns; subdivided by subject, news source, reporter names
Newspapers (indexes) Archived Newspapers in the U.S. (by state and city; incl. free and
fee-only archives) University of North Carolina Library (News and newspapers
online) Internet Public Library
(links to online newspapers worldwide) The Paperboy
(links to over 2500 newspapers) World-newspapers.com: (World Newspapers, Magazines, and News Sites in
English)
Northern Essex Community College (NECCO) Home Page Library Catalog
O
Olympics International Olympic Committee U.S. Olympic Committee Ancient Olympics (Tufts
University site) Olympic History (all eras, includes history of symbolism)
Oprah Winfrey
Book Club TV Show
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Patents U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
Phone Numbers/Addresses/E-mail lookups/People/Telephone Anywho.com (AT&T; white; yellow; reverse) Bigbook.com
(Verizon; white; yellow; reverse; city pages) Canada 411 (white; yellow) PhoneSpell (what words do a particular phone number represent;
reverse also)
Pipl (People search) Switchboard.com(white; yellow; email; reverse) Yahoo White Pages Yahoo Yellow Pages
Zabasearch
(search for people by name or phone number)
Physicians
AMA
Doctor Finder (American Medical Assoc.) Docfinder (AIM - Administrators in Medicine; all 50 states)
Physician Profiles (Massachusetts Board of Registration in
Medicine)
Plants/Trees/Flowers
Plant Image Gallery Plants Database
(USDA)
Internet Directory for Botany
Politics/Elections/Issues
CSPAN Vote 411.org (League
of Women Voters) Drudge Report (news; politics; links to newspapers and columnists
worldwide)
Federal Election Commission League of Women Voters (U.S.)
NPR (National Public Radio politics page) Pure Politics
Project Vote Smart
(The Voter's Self Defense System) Where Do I Vote/Who Are My Representatives/What Ward & Precinct Do I Live
In?
Political Parties Democratic Party Republican Party Libertarian Party American Party Green Party
President of the United States White House
Q
Quotations The Quotations Page Bartletts Familiar Quotations (at
Bartleby.com )
Famous
Quotes and Authors Quoteland
R
Radio Stations
Radio-Locator(U.S., Canadian, World radio stations; search by state,
frequency, format)
Real Estate
Zillow (for consumers, the same
information that agents use)
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Science/Experiments/Science Fairs/Homework Help Engineer's Edge
(tools for designers, engineers and manufacturing professionals) How Stuff Works How Things Work (physics of everyday life) Internet Public Library
Math Forum @ Drexel (includes math experiments for
science fairs) Periodic Table of the Elements (info, history, properties, uses for
each element) RainforestWeb.org (worldwide; includes news; hundreds of relevant
links; keyword searchable) Science Fair Central (The Discovery Channel) Science Fair Handbook (written for instructors to provide "ideas,
strategies, and techniques Science Fair Project
Resource Guide (Internet Public Library)
ScienceStage (Social
network for scientists) World's Biomes
Securities and Exchange Commission (EDGAR; info on public companies, 10Q's, 10K's...)
Senior Citizens/Aged/Elderly ElderWeb - Massachusetts Massachusetts Office for Elder Affairs
September 11, 2001 America's Day Of Terror (From the BBC) The September 11 Digital Archive Hot Topics: Terrorist Attacks on the U.S., September 11, 2001 LMDC: Lower Manhattan Development
Corporation Portraits of Grief: Glimpses of Some of the Victims of the September 11
Attacks
September 11, 2001: Attack on America
(From the Avalon Project at the Yale Law School)
Shakespeare
The Oxford Shakespeare (Online,
full-text, searchable) Shakespearean Insults
Social Networking ArtistDaily
(Art. Owned by American Artist magazine.)
ANobii (Books, compatible with iPhone)
BlackPlanet (African-Americans)
Blogger (Blogging)
CafeMom (Mothers)
Classmates.com (Find people, open to
18+)
DailyStrength (Medical and emotional
support)
deviantART (Art)
Disaboom (People with disabilities)
Exploroo (Travel)
Facebook (General)
FilmAffinity (Movies and TV Series)
Flixter (Movies, open to 13+)
Flickr (Photography, open to 13+)
Gaia Online (Anime and games, open to
13+)
GamerDNA (Computer and video games)
Gays.com (LGBT community)
Geni.com (Families, Genealogy)
Goodreads (Books)
italki.com (Languages)
Jaiku (General. Owned by Google, open to
13+)
Last.fm (Music)
Library Thing (Books)
LinkedIn (Business and professional)
Livemocha (Online Language Learning - 22
languages)
Meetup.com (General, open to 18+)
MyAnimeList
(Anime)
MyChurch (Christian Churches)
MyHeritage (Families, Genealogy)
MySpace (General, open to 13+)
Nerdfighters (General, primarly
teenagers)
OpenDiary (Blogging, open to 13+)
PartnerUp (Business owners and
entrepreneurs)
Passportstamp.com (Travel)
Plaxo (Address book)
Ravelry (Knitting and
crochet)
ReverbNation.com (Musician and band,
open to 16+)
SecondLife (3D world, gaming)
ScienceStage (Scientists)
ShareTheMusic (Music)
Shelfari (Books)
TalentTrove (Online Talent Network)
Talkbiznow
(Business)
Taltopia (Art)
TravBuddy.com (Travel)
Travellerspoint (Travel)
Twitter (General, micro-blogging)
WebBiographies (Genealogy and
biography)
Windows Live Space (Blogging)
Wordpress (Blogging)
Social Services Community Health Network Area 12 (Database of services)
Supreme Court Cases (see also Law/Legal)
Supreme Court Collection (Cornell Univ. Law School-Legal Information
Institute) Findlaw Fedworld Supreme Court Cases (1937-75)
T
Taxes/Tax Forms IRS (Federal) Income Tax Forms and Publications
Massachusetts
Income Tax Forms and Publications New Hampshire Dept. of Revenue Administration Other States - Tax/Revenue Dept. Links
THOMAS (U.S. legislative info from the Library of Congress)
Time, current
(around the world; time zones)
Travel/Airlines/Hotels Cheapseats.com Expedia.com
Exploroo (Social network) Infohub.com Orbitz.com
Passportstamp.com (Social
network)
TravBuddy.com
(Social network)
Travellerspoint
(Social network)
Travelocity YAHOO! Travel
Travel Centers for Disease Control
(Health situations for travel overseas) US
Dept. of State
(Passports, visas, international travel info)
FlightArrivals.com (Real time arrivals, departures, and more) New England.com
(Yankee magazine; foliage; festivals, fairs; travel tour routes)
Virtual Tourist
(a worldwide travel community where real travelers and locals share real
travel advice and experiences.) World Chamber of Commerce Directory (addresses, phone #s, FAX,
e-mail; includes convention & visitor bureaus, foreign embassies)
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Uniform Commercial Code
United States Government/Congress Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance
(grants, loans, welfare) Census Bureau
Congressional Directory
Copyright Office FAQs of the U.S. Government (a "FirstGov"
site; links to most popular Federal sites for consumers and citizens) Fed Forms ( "one-stop-shopping" for forms needed for the top 500
federal government services used by the public.) FedWorld.gov Federal Register
(1994-Current) Fed Stats (statistics, statistical info from over 70 federal
agencies; includes regional statistics) FirstGov (US Govt. Web page links;
arranged by subject; keyword searchable) Government Printing Office (GPO) Access Online House of Representatives Patent and Trademark Office Senate State Dept. - Bureau of Consular Affairs
(passports, immigration, consulates...) Thomas (legislative information; other
federal links)
U.S. Code U.S. House of Representatives Link
GPO Access
Cornell Univ. U.S. Code
U.S. Postal Service (USPS) (zip code lookups, zip+4, post office
locations)
V
W
Weather Haverhill Weather (from the Weather Underground) Intellicast
(weather for "active lives") National Climactic Data Center National
Weather Service (tons
of links to weather info) The Perfect Storm - the weather behind the book and the movie
Marine
Weather Charts (Boston area) Weather.com (The Weather Channel Online)
Weather Underground (U.S. and
International; historical data by city)
Weatherbase.com (22,000+ cities worldwide, avg. temps, precipitation,
degree days,elevation, latitude, longitude, historical)
Whittier
John Greenleaf Whittier
Birthplace
Wildlife
Encyclopedia of Life (EOL,"Imagine
an electronic page for each species of organism on Earth..." - Edward O.
Wilson )
WikiSpecies (An open free directory of species)
X Y Z
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