MPL Approved Internet Links
Search Engines |
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| Evaluating Internet Resources, a Checklist:
The following guide provides a starting point for evaluating the World Wide websites and other Internet information. |
| Web Searching, Sleuthing and Sifting:
An introduction to Web searching methods and techniques, and how to evaluate sites. |
| AltaVista: One of the best all-around search engines. |
| Ask Jeeves:
Just type in your question and click ASK! |
| dmoz - The Open Directory:
One of the largest human-edited directories of the web. |
| Dogpile: A good search engine for the WWW and Newsgroups. |
| Excite: Try this natural language search engine. |
| Fossick.com - Specialist Search Engines:
A selective collection of over 3,000 specialist search engines and topical guides, including an "Everywhere" category, which provides international search engines. |
| Google: This search engine is designed to get you to useful information quickly. |
| Hotbot: Has been selected by several articles as best search engine. |
| InfoSeek Guide: A comprehensive search engine that allows "phrase" searching. |
| Librarians' Index to the Internet:
A searchable subject directory of free Internet resources evaluated by Librarians. |
| Lycos: The most comprehensive Web search engine. It contains over 10 million unique URLs. |
| Monster: The best job search engine. Updated regularly! |
| Search Engine Colossus:
Offers links to search engines from over 200 countries. |
| Snap.com: Another very good search engine. |
| Teoma: A search engine similar to Google with an emphasis on research and academic subjects. |
| WebCrawler: Rated as the best search engine for beginners on the Internet. The aim of the WebCrawler Project is to provide a high-quality, fast, and free Internet search service. |
| Who Where?: An extensive subject tree of good Internet sites. Choose Search the Web. |
| WWWomen Online: Bills itself as the "premier search directory for women online." |
| Yahoo: One of the most popular search engines on the World Wide Web. |
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Art & Literature |
Art |
| The All-Wright Site: Check out our local Frank Lloyd Wright claim to fame - "Woodside" house. |
| Art Museum Network: Information on art museums around the country. |
| Indiana Artists: Collection of Indiana artists and exhibitions dating from 1883 - a very useful place for finding information on artists, artists works, and artists' exhibitions held in Indianapolis . |
| Indianapolis Museum of Art: Highlights include the permanent collections and special exhibitions. General admission information, hours, tours, restaurants, and shops are included. |
| Louvre Museum: Tour the famous museum in Paris and view its varied treasures. |
| National Gallery of Art: Located in Washington D.C., this collection houses European & American art dating from the Middles Ages to the present. Includes extensive virtual tours and good background essays. |
| WebMuseum, Paris: This is an online international exhibition of famous paintings. It includes indexes of artists and themes. |
Books |
| Amazon Bookstore: This site searches 2.5 million book titles and allows you to order books online. |
| Back in Print.com: Authors offer books from their private supplies for books that are otherwise unavailable or out of print. |
| Barnes & Noble Bookstore: A wonderful way to browse through the latest books in any area, from fiction to non-fiction. |
| Bartleby.com Great Books Online: The preeminent Internet publisher of literature, reference and verse providing students, researchers and the intellectually curious with unlimited access to books and information on the web, free of charge. |
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Based on the Book: A compilation of selected books that have been made into movies. |
| Bookwire: The book industry's most comprehensive and thorough online information service. |
| Children's Literature Web Guide: A link to many children's and young adults' sources related to books. Also includes book awards. |
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fictiondb: fictiondb is for readers. Everything you need to know about fiction books and authors. |
| Online Books: Lists thousands of full-text books and documents that are available on the Internet. Also includes a link to Project Gutenberg. |
| Oprah's Book Club: A list of the books from Oprah Winfrey's television book club from the Oprah Winfrey Show. |
| Project Gutenberg: This project hopes to make information, books, and other materials available in electronic form. |
| Reading Group Choices: Excellent place to locate discussion guides. Links you to the discussion guides or tells you where to find them. |
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Reading Group Guides: You can read and print out the reading group guide for the book your group is currently reading. Or you can browse the guides for inspiration when looking for new ideas for your group's reading list. You also can read a book's reading group guide to help decide whether the book is right for your group. |
| Sparknotes.com: Free online study guides for English, History, Math, Science & Test Preparation. Great site! |
| What's Next? Helps you search for adult fiction titles in series. You may search by author, title or series. A series is two or more books linked by character(s), setting or other common traits. |
Literature and Poetry |
| Academy of American Poets: Includes a calendar of poetry exhibits, discussion groups, literary links, and the poem of the day (found under "What's New" section). |
| A.K.A. - Author pseudonyms: Author pseudonyms, aliases, nicknames, working names, legalized names, pen names, noms de plume, maiden names... etc. |
| Heritage Education: his will help a reader to verify the source, read further, properly cite sources, and avoid plagarism. |
| Pulitzer Prize Winners: Great for current information. |
| Shakespeare's Plays: Complete online text of all Shakespeare works searchable by keyword or by play/keyword. Also has links to other Shakespeare sites. |
| Simply Scripts: Read scripts online. Contains links to hundreds of free, downloadable scripts, movie scripts, screenplays, and transcripts of current, classic and maybe a few soon-to-be-released movies, television, anime, unproduced and radio shows. |
| The Writer's Center: Designed to encourage the creation and distribution of contemporary literature. Contains a list of literary conferences, cultural events, workshops, publications, resources, literary centers and links for writers. |
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Education |
| Heritage Education: his will help a reader to verify the source, read further, properly cite sources, and avoid plagarism. |
| Homework Hotline: The Homework Hotline provides middle and high school students with math and science homework help free of charge and after school hours. Students who call the Hotline number will speak to a Rose-Hulman student tutor working from the Learning Center on Rose-Hulman's campus in Terre Haute, Indiana. The toll free number is 1-877-275-7673 - Sunday through Thursday from 7 to 10 p.m. |
Area Schools |
Private Schools: |
| Lakeview Christian School 5316 Western Avenue, Marion, IN 46953, 765-677-4266 |
| King’s Academy 1201 South Water Street, Jonesboro, IN 46938, 765-674-1722 |
| St. Paul Catholic School 1009 Kem Road, Marion, IN 46952, 765-662-2883 |
Public Schools: |
| Eastbrook Community School Corporation 560 S 900 E, Marion, IN 46953, 765-664-0624 |
| Dr. Robert H. Faulkner Academy 1111 W. 2nd Street, Marion, IN 46952, 765-662-9910 |
| Madison-Grant United School Corporation 11580S E00W, Fairmont, IN 46928, 765-948-4143 |
| Marion Community Schools 1240 S Adams, Marion, IN 46953, 765-662-2546 |
| Mississinewa Community Schools 1 Indian Trail, Gas City, IN 46933, 765-674-2248 |
| Oak Hill United School Corporation 7756 W Delphi Pike 27, Converse, IN 46919, 765-395-3341 |
| Tucker Career and Vocational Technology Center 107 South Pennsylvania Avenue, Marion, IN 46952, (765) 664-9091 |
College/University |
| Indiana Wesleyan University 4201 South Washington Street, Marion, IN 46953, (765) 674-6901 |
| Ivy Tech Community College 261 South Commerce Drive, Marion, IN 46952, (765) 651-3100 |
| Taylor University 236 West Reade Avenue, Upland, IN 46989-1001, 1-800-882-3456 |
College Information |
| Christina DeMello College List: An international list of over 3,000 colleges and universities that have web pages. |
| IHETS: Indiana's Higher Education Telecommunications System a state-funded consortium of public and private universities and colleges. |
| The Possibility Network: Search for degree programs among Indiana colleges and universities, identify courses to help improve your skills, find classes to enrich your life, get advice about courses for adults, and explore careers with multimedia tools. |
Education |
| Education Portal Academy: a collection of free, online courses, taught by subject-matter experts, that can lead to real, low-cost college credit. Courses currently available include: algebra, biology, calculus, English literature, marketing, psychology, US History and Western civilization, with many more in development. |
| GCF Learning: create and provide education, employment, and life enrichment opportunities for people who desire to improve the quality of their lives |
| The Global SchoolNet Foundation: Many projects and activities of interest to educators. Organizes, manages, and facilitates collaborative learning projects for schools connected to the Internet. |
| Indiana Academic Standards: Download Indiana's Academic Standards for grades K-12 and also find reading lists. |
| Indiana Department of Education: Contains detailed information on any school in Indiana including demographics, teacher bios, SAT and ISTEP scores. |
| Peterson's Education Center: Peterson's, the well-known publisher of the Peterson's Guides, has constructed this extremely useful new site. Includes information about specific educational institutions from grammar schools to universities. |
| Rate My Teachers: Students rate their teachers on easiness, helpfulness, and clarity, adding brief comments. |
Grants/Financial Aid |
| CollegeNET.com: The CollegeNET search engine helps you quickly find the ideal college. Narrow down by region, college sports, major, tuition, and several other criteria. |
| Community Foundation of Grant County: Local scholarships can now be searched on-line through their Scholarship Listing database. |
| FAFSA on the WEB: Complete the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) online. |
| FastAID.com: The World's largest and oldest private sector scholarship database. 20 years of Scholarship Research. Constantly updated. |
| fastWEB.com: This site provides a tailored scholarship search of over 180,000 scholarships, fellowships, loans, and grants. |
| FinAid: Links students to helpful financial aid sites. Includes fellowships, special categories for scholarships, study abroad, international scholarships. Sponsored by the National Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators. |
Home Schooling |
| Home Schooling: A huge list of home schooling links organized by Yahoo. |
| Indiana Association of Home Educators: Includes a list of regional representatives, state laws and useful links. |
| Indiana Home Educators Network: An exhaustive site with information and advice for all Hoosier home schoolers, a statewide directory of home schooling services, support and resources and a large statewide e-mail discussion list of Indiana home schoolers. Includes a list of regional representatives, state laws and useful links. |
Primary/Secondary |
| Ideanet: Contains detailed information on any school in Indiana including demographics, teacher bios, SAT and ISTEP scores. |
| K-12 Servers: This page compiled by the Education World®The Educator's Best Friend contains lesson plans, professional development, and links to WWW servers at K-12 schools, school districts, departments of education, and colleges of education. |
Spanish/Español |
| Education Resources for Spanish Speakers (Recursos en español): The mission of the Department of Education of the United States is to guarantee equal access to education and to promote excellence in the education of all the country. (La misión del Departamento de Educación de los Estados Unidos es garantizar igualdad de acceso a la educación y promover la excelencia en la educación por todo el país.) |
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Home & Garden |
Cooking |
| All Recipes: Find seasonal recipes. Also the helpful Dinner in an instant with lots of suggestions. Sign up and you can receive a recipe in your e-mail. Recipes are "doable" & good for the family! |
| Cooks.com: Potlucks, pasta, and ethnic foods (pierogis to taquitos). Readers can submit recipes. Also, it has lots of punch recipes for those special occasions that you want to try out a new one. |
| Epicurious: Gives practical kitchen tips and has a great recipe database. Contains articles from Bon Appetit and Gourmet magazines. |
| Kraft Foods: Grilling, chillin', recipes of the day and meal planning can be found here. Featured recipes can be e-mailed. |
| Recipe Zaar: This site helps make it easier to make something inspiring for dinner with what you have on hand or to create a custom shopping list for the recipes you want to make. |
| Very Best Baking: All sorts of exciting recipes plus, if you're looking for an old favorite, you'll find it here. |
| Wanda's Country Home: A website that features recipes, Bible quotes, inspiration and even a musical interlude! Sign up and they will send you a recipe of the week, of the month, etc. |
Decorating |
| About.com - Interior Decorating: Find a variety of home decorating ideas. Keep up with trends, learn do-it-yourself techniques, and period decorating. |
| Martha Stewart.com: Find everything done the Martha way! |
Gardening |
| The American Rose Society: Includes the rose of the month, consultants, a merchandise mart, local rose societies, and more. |
| Consumer Horticulture Purdue University Home Page: Information on gardening in Indiana including Purdue publications and a listing of gardens to visit in Indiana. |
| Garden Gate: Garden Gate offers gardeners and nature lovers links to useful and interesting sites around the world as well as a growing collection of original materials. It includes new products, articles helpful to gardeners, and catalogs. |
| Garden Web: Another great garden site. Includes the Garden Exchange where gardeners can post requests for seeds and plants. |
| The Rose Resource: Sponsored by All-America Rose Selections, this site has tips on gardening and landscape design, a catalog of award-winning roses and tips of the month. |
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Science & Math |
General |
| About Rainbows: Everything you want to know about rainbows, including experiments and a bibliography. |
| Alaska Volcano Observatory: Find out about volcanoes in Alaska and current volcanic activity. |
| Online Conversions: Convert just about anything to anything else! |
Biology |
| Endangered Species Home Page: Provided by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, this site offers a way to find information about threatened and endangered animal and plant species in the United States. Lists of endangered species are available by region. |
| Hall of Dinosaurs: An unusual electronic museum with images and text from Berkeley's Museum of Paleontology. |
| Virtual Frog Dissection: A wonderful, interactive database for learning the anatomy of the frog. |
Math |
| History of Math: A well organized index of the history of math. Includes biographies and timeliness. |
Physics |
| Physics-TIPTOP (the Internet pilot to physics): An international project to promote physics and natural science. Provides access to resources and includes the Virtual Laboratory to demonstrate the nature of physics. |
Science Fair |
| Experimental Science Projects: An Intermediate Level Guide - Presents the basic steps for doing a science fair project. A great site for an introduction to the scientific method and experiments. |
| Science Fairs: Project ideas are divided by grade level. The coolinks connects to other science fair sites. |
Space |
| Aurora Page: Contains links to in-depth information and research and breathtaking images of the "Northern Lights". |
| Comet Shoemaker-Levy: Interesting images and observations about the Shoemaker-Levy comet and its collision with Jupiter. |
| Complete Sun and Moon Data: You can obtain the times of sunrise, sunset, moonrise, moonset, transits of the Sun and Moon, and the beginning and end of civil twilight, along with information on the Moon's phase by specifying the date and location in one of the two forms below and clicking on the "Get data" button at the end of the form. |
| Expanding Universe: Find astronomy related sites through searching categorically or via the search engine. |
| The Hubble Space Telescope: Discover all of the contributions the Hubble Space Telescope is making toward our perception of the universe. |
| Lunar Eclipse: Find out about past and future lunar eclipses. From the U.S. Naval Observatory. |
| NASA Homepage: This extremely popular site offers one of the largest repositories of space-related information on the Internet. Find the latest information on space flights, review astronaut biographies, or find out about the future in space. |
| The NASA Jet Propulsion Lab: Gives the latest announcements, image releases, and mission updates from NASA. |
| NASA Spacelink: A great place to start (especially for kids) to find information on aeronautics and space. |
| Nine Planets: This site offers both historical and current information about the solar system. The images are all from NASA. There are additional pages on other solar systems and on planetary science spacecraft. |
| SKY-Online: Helpful information for amateur astronomers. |
| Welcome to the Planets: A collection of many of the best images from NASA's planetary exploration program. |
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Automobiles |
| Indiana License Plate Prefixes: Ever wondered where that car was from? Here is a list of Indiana License Plate Prefixes to help you. |
New |
| AutoSite: Offers pricing, specifications, standard and optional equipment, and a wide range of related data on cars, vans, light trucks, and SUV's. |
| Edmunds Consumer Information Experts: This site provides values for cars sold in the United States and used cars up to ten years old. Also included is safety information, listings of current manufacturer sales incentives & consumer advice. |
| Lease Source: This site includes a wealth of information on leasing. Tutorials are included about different leasing issues and has a feature that compares different leases to each other. |
| Motor Trend Online: Online version of the popular automotive magazine. Auto news, reviews, and buying guides. |
Used/Values |
| Hemmings Motor News: This site is full of useful information on automotive museums, car clubs, buying, selling, and more. Lots of information here for old car buffs. |
| The Kelley Blue Book: Look up new and used car prices in this online version of the "Blue Book". |
| The Lemon Car Page: General information regarding lemon car cases. |
| NADA: Get values for new and used cars, classic cars, watercraft, motorcycles, ATV's, and RV's. |
| TraderOnline: Largest used vehicle classified service on the Internet! Search for free and place ads on the database for free. |
Safety |
| ALL DATA: Automobile recall notices. |
| National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) Public Affairs: Automobile recalls and news releases regarding highway traffic safety. |
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Entertainment |
| Community School of the Arts: The CSA presents an interdisciplinary arts program for arts enjoyment, education and participation in the visual, literary and performing arts with commitment to excellence, fiscal responsibility and availability for all people. |
| Phillippe Performing Arts Center: Located on Indiana Wesleyan University campus. Schedule of events and ticket information available. |
| Walton Center Arts Society: This society is dedicated to promoting the arts in the Marion-Grant County Community. We desire to bring some of the finest entertainment to the public, to promote the arts at the highest level, to bring a cultural experience to everyone who joins us in this venture. |
Family Entertainment |
| Camping Indiana: Camping just got easier in Indiana. You can reserve campsites, cabins and shelters on-line. |
| Cedar Point: Cedar Point on the Web! Inside you will find information on admission prices as well as summer job opportunities. Information is also available on nearby accommodations while visiting Cedar Point. |
| Children's Museum of Indianapolis: Visit one of the world's largest children's museum with a history that dates back to 1925. The museum offers non-traditional learning opportunities for children and their families. Find out about admission, tours, and exhibits. |
| Conner Prairie: Prairietown portrays life in historic 1836 Indiana. It is an "open-air living history museum" located in Fishers, Indiana. A calendar of events, map to the prairie and nearby lodging are included as well as volunteer and employment opportunities. There's also a wonderful section called "History Online" which contains many full text articles. |
| Fort Wayne Children's Zoo: This site features information of the Fort Wayne Children's Zoo. You will find information on animals and places throughout the zoo. An online test is included to check your zoo knowledge. |
| Holiday World & Splashin' Safari: Located in Santa Claus, Indiana, Holiday World is an amusement and water park combined. This site contains general information, an operating schedule, and information on rates. |
| Honeywell Center: Located in Wabash, Indiana, find out about the Honeywell Foundation as well as information on events and programming, meeting rooms, Eugenia's Restaurant and banquet facilities. |
| Indiana Beach: Located on Lake Shafer in Monticello, Indiana, Indiana Beach offers amusement rides and a sand beach and water park. General information and schedule included. |
| Indianapolis Museum of Art: Highlights include the permanent collections and special exhibitions. General admission information, hours, tours, restaurants, and shops are included. |
| Indianapolis Zoo: Find out what's new at the zoo plus general admission information, hours, tours, restaurants, and shops are included. |
| Kings Island: This web guide to Paramount's Kings Island park, located near Cincinnati, Ohio, contains lots of information including how to obtain tickets for groups, and season passes. Also includes general park information, travel and hotel information, and highlights sections of the theme park. Check out the virtual park tour! |
| Minnetrista Cultural Center: Located in Muncie, Indiana, Minnetrista is a state-of-the-art facility which preserves the cultural heritage of the East Central Indiana region. Through activities and exhibits, this cultural center creates awareness, understanding and appreciation of the natural and cultural heritage of this unique region. |
| Museum Computer Network: A comprehensive index for information about museums, aquariums, historical parks and other cultural institutions. |
| Showplace 12, AMC Theatres (Marion, Indiana): Find out show times at Marion's Showplace 12 movie theatre. Includes description of movie. |
Movies-Radio-Television |
| Internet Movie Database: Lots of movie details, 100,000 movies are covered, from the earliest of silent movies to films which are still in production. Searchable by Title, Actor/Actress, Character, Director, Writers, Crew and Genre. Gives reviews, summaries of plots and links. |
| National Public Radio Online: Highlights top news stories on NPR. Also lists shows and their broadcast time. NPR member stations are listed from across the United States. Information is given on how to hear programs outside of the United States. |
| PBS Home Page: A wonderful site for keeping up with past and upcoming PBS programs. Contains links to 30 popular PBS programs including NOVA. |
| Roger Ebert's Movie Reviews: Roger's reviews from the Chicago Sun-Times since 1985. Use quotes to search by movie title. |
| TV Networks and Cable Channels: This site includes a listing of all US local TV and cable stations and broadcast networks. Lots of information on television. Includes an episode guide, mailings lists, WWW pages, and many links. |
Music |
| Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra: Find out about the orchestra's schedule and ticket information. Also includes as brief history of the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra as well as a discography of ISO's recordings of the past fifty years. |
| Marion Philharmonic Orchestra: Find out what's happening with the Marion Philharmonic Orchestra. |
| Music Paper: Handy site for printing staff music paper. |
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Popular Music Groups: This link connects you to a list of all the popular music artists that have home pages on the web. |
| Sheet Music Plus: Browse through best-selling sheet music. Organized according to musical genre and instrument. |
| Ticketmaster: Great site to search for concerts, sports events, family entertainment, and the performing arts. Search by category, venue, and city. |
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Verizon Wireless Music Center: Located near Noblesville, Indiana, find concert listings, information on how to buy tickets, and seating locations at the Verizon Wireless Music Center. |
| Yahoo Music Links: A very comprehensive set of links to all types of music on the Net. Several databases that contain lyrics are available. |
Theater |
| Indianapolis Civic Theatre: Founded in 1914, the Indianapolis Civic Theatre is one of the oldest continuously operating theatres in the United States. This site offers a calendar listing of shows as well as ticket and box office information. Descriptions of cast and shows are included. |
| Marion Civic Theatre: What's happening in the world of theatre. |
| Simply Scripts: Read scripts online. Contains links to hundreds of free, downloadable scripts, movie scripts, screenplays, and transcripts of current, classic and maybe a few soon-to-be-released movies, television, anime, unproduced and radio shows. |
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Jobs & Careers |
| America's Career Infonet: Superb source of in-depth information on wages, employment trends, occupational requirements, and national employer contacts. |
| America's Job Bank: A hot job site that lists openings in state employment offices around the country. |
| Career Web: Offers both job listings and career information. Can search for jobs nationwide as well as internationally. Employers can also post job openings. |
| CareerBuilder: Enormous job bank searchable by type, industry, company, and location. |
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CareerJournal: From the Wall Street Journal, this free site covers all aspects of the employment search. |
| Chicago Tribune Career Finder: Search thousands of help wanted listings from the Chicago Tribune newspaper. |
| CNA Career: CNACareer.org was developed for both existing CNAs and those considering entry into the field. New potential CNA candidates can learn the state requirements for licensing and certification as well as find CNA training classes. |
| Dictionary of Occupational Titles: Find a job title and job descriptions. |
| Federal Jobs: A listing by state of federal jobs. Created by the Office of Personnel Management in Macon, Georgia. Updated daily. |
| Glassdoor.com - an inside look at jobs and companies: Find jobs and see company salaries, reviews, and interviews – all posted anonymously by employees. |
| Indiana Workforce Development: Information on the labor market for the state of Indiana. Also includes local employment statistics. |
| Internet Job Source: Lists government and private employer job listings. Includes online newspapers. |
| Job-Hunt.org: Impressive gateway to hundreds of useful links to job resources. |
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Manpower Technical, Indianapolis: Indiana job listings for qualified technical contract employees. |
| Monster.com: Search for job openings around the country & get help developing your resume. |
| mySkills, myFuture: A career onestop website! Tell them a job you've had. They will match your skills to new careers. |
| National School Locator: This is the Department of Education's primary database on public elementary and secondary education in the United States. Gives statistics on students by grade and race. |
| Occupational Outlook Handbook: Detailed information about careers from one of the most popular books (published by the U.S. Department of Labor) used in counseling individuals about the world of work. |
| Salary.com: Features salary, benefits, and cost-of-living wizards; a salary timer; college tuition calculator; job assessor; and other tools. |
| State of Indiana Job Bank: Search the state job bank by job category, title, city or agency. |
Licensing |
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Licensed Occupations: Search for occupational licensing requirements by state, occupation or agency. This tool includes information on licenses that may be required by law in order for you to practice a particular occupation. Information for all states, agencies, and licenses may not be included. |
Relocation |
| Apartments For Rent: Searchable database of apartment information for communities across the nation. |
| Realtor.com: Great site for easing the hunt for a new home. |
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Relocation Salary Calculator: Figure equivalent salaries between cities, based on cost of living adjustments. |
Resumes |
| Career Builder: This site will let you search for a job & post your resume. |
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Society & Culture |
History |
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African American Odyssey: From the African-American Collection of the Library of Congress. This presents a variety of media from the Library of Congress's African-American collection. |
| Encyclopedia Titanica: Enormous amount of information pertaining to the sinking of the Titanic. Large section on passenger and crew lists with the names of survivors in italics. Interactive deck plans are also included. Information comes from a variety of sources: Walter Lord's book A Night to Remember, newspaper accounts, and information from descendants. |
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Grant County Historian: A journal of Grant County (Indiana) history. |
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History Place Great Speeches: Famous speeches, including the Speech of the Week! |
Multicultural |
| America's Farm Workers: This site covers health issues, job listings and organizations of interest to Farm Workers. |
| AsiaSource: Includes basic data on Asia, provides the latest news stories, cultural events, maps, and statistics. |
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Education Resources for Spanish Speakers (Recursos en español): The mission of the Department of Education of the United States is to guarantee equal access to education and to promote excellence in the education of all the country. (La misión del Departamento de Educación de los Estados Unidos es garantizar igualdad de acceso a la educación y promover la excelencia en la educación por todo el país.) |
| Eiteljorg Museum: Museum of American Indians and Western Art located in Indianapolis, Indiana. |
| Index of Native American Resources on the Internet: Provides an organized list of links relevant to Native Americans and their organizations. |
| Native Web: Resources for indigenous cultures around the world. |
| NAACP: Official website of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. |
| Quepasa.com: Latin American news, issues and culture. |
Mythology |
| Godchecker: Godchecker's Mythology Encyclopedia currently features over 1,600 deities. Browse the pantheons of the world and explore ancient myths. |
Religion |
| Adherents.com: The most comprehensive source for statistics on religious adherents. |
| Catholic Resources on the Net (no longer being updated):
A huge list including documents from Vatican II, Papal encyclicals, Catholic Liturgy, and lives of saints. Also information on worship, teaching, and culture. |
| Ecumenical Resources: The World Council of Churches' listing of denominational web sites. |
| King James Version of the Bible: This electronic version of the Bible is keyword searchable and can be searched by verse or book. Perfect for sermons and bible quotes. Side-by-side presentation of King James and Revised Standard Bibles. Includes the apocrypha. |
| Marion Easter Pageant: Previously held at Marion's Memorial Coliseum, this site offers facts about the Marion Easter Pageant, its history, photographs, and an archive. |
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Business |
Business |
| Better Business Bureau: Find out about scams here. |
| Big Yellow: A directory of over 16 million U.S. business addresses which can be searched by company name and state or by category. |
| Bureau of Labor Statistics Homepage: Includes regional economic information, economy at a glance, surveys, publications and current statistics. |
| Chambers of Commerce Directory: Worldwide database of chambers of commerce. Listings include name, address, and phone number. |
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Fortune 500: Search Fortune magazine's database of profiles for the top corporations in the United States. |
| Hoover's Online: Gives a concise history and current information on major U.S. Companies. |
| Insure.com: Compiled by the Insurance News Network, this megasite contains company ratings from Standard & Poors and from Duff & Phelps. Gives individual insurer reports. |
| International Business Sources on the WWW: This megasite contains information for doing business in other countries. Includes government statistics, country specific information, mailing lists, international trade shows and more. |
| SEC Edgar (Electronic Data Gathering Analysis and Retrieval): This database maintained by the Securities and Exchange Commission allows you to obtain current filings (such as annual reports) that are available to the public. |
| Small Business Administration Home Page: Offers information to small business owners. Sections include Starting Your Business, Financing Your Business and Expanding Your Business. |
| STATS Indiana: Provides access to statistics for most counties in Indiana. |
Currency Converters |
| Currency Converter: Great site for calculating up-to-date foreign currency exchange rates. |
| O & A Currency Converter: The best currency converter around! |
| Universal Currency Converter: This program, which is updated daily, converts one major currency to any other major currency. |
Investing |
| Consumer Price Index: The current (or previous) month's Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers and Urban Wage Earners. Includes the percent increase from one year ago (the inflation rate) plus the change from previous months. |
| Wall Street Journal's Money and Investing Update: Continually updated news stories from the business and financial world. |
| Yahoo Stock Quotes: Get the latest stock quote, news about your favorite stock and a yearly chart. |
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Sports |
Auto Racing |
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Indianapolis 500: Find out the latest on Indy 500 racing. |
| NASCAR Online: A racer's paradise. This site has the latest news, information on race schedules, point standings and more. |
Baseball |
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Indianapolis Indians: Find out schedule and ticket info on the Indianapolis Indians baseball team. |
| Major League Baseball: Major-league baseball's official site, includes statistics, links to teams and leagues. Offers special links to a Young Fan section and a merchandise catalog. |
Basketball |
| Conseco Fieldhouse: Home of the Pacers. Find out about events, tickets, gifts, and the Pacers. |
| Indiana Pacers: Official site of the Pacers, featuring news, schedule and scores, players, stats, ticket information, and more. |
| Minor League Baseball: Minor-League baseball's home page links readers to most minor-league clubs and provide statistics, standings, and information on players and trade shows. |
| National Basketball Association (NBA): This is the official site of the NBA which provides links to teams and players, news and features, scores and statistics as well as the NBA Store. |
| Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA): The official site of the Women's National Basketball Association. Provides game highlights, information about the players as well as ticket information. |
Football |
| Colts Home Page: Find out the Colts' schedule, game and team statistics, and draft picks. |
| National Football League (NFL): The official site of the NFL offers information on schedules, merchandise, teams, and history. |
Olympics |
| Olympic Games: The official site of the Olympic Games. |
Other Sports |
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Cardinal Greenway: Includes a map of the Cardinal Greenway in Marion. |
| ESPN: A great sports site with schedules and scores for college and professional sports. |
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Indiana High School Athletic Association: Gives a calendar for all high school sports in the state plus licensing procedures and test dates for officials. Also has IHSAA forms for students. |
| National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA): Leads to various NCAA divisions and conferences. |
| The Sports Network: Provides sports scores, news and statistics transmitted via satellite from many news sources. Information on all major sports with headlines and scoreboards updated every 15 minutes. |
| Yahoo! Recreation: Sports: This is an overall index to sports and related activities such as officiating and coaching. Also provides information on baton twirling, cheerleading, and sports collectibles. |
Wrestling |
| The World Wrestling Entertainment: Find out more about the top wrestling champions. |
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Computers |
| Annoyances.org: Annoyances.org is the most complete collection of information assembled for and by actual users of Microsoft Windows. Explore this free web resource by selecting one of the destinations on your left, or use search to find a specific solution. Stomp out annoyances with the topics on this site. |
| Secure Password Generator: This site allows you to create random passwords that are highly secure and extremely difficult to crack or guess due to an optional combination of lower and upper case letters, numbers and punctuation symbols. |
Books |
| Dr. Dobbs Review of Computer Books: Reviews of computer books from articles and magazines. |
Cleaning |
| Computer Cleaning: Information about cleaning computer components. |
| Computer Help: A-Z computer help. |
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Computer Training Tutorials: Explanations, tutorials and tips about computers and the Web. Get help with troubleshooting hardware, software, e-mail and lots more! |
Consumer Info |
| Byte.com: Online version of the computer magazine. There are articles on developing web pages and software reviews. |
| HoaxBusters: Sheds light on many of the hoaxes, chain letters, and virus warnings circulating the Internet and email. |
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PC Today: Great for comparative shopping. Gives current software and hardware items with prices. |
| Spamprimer: Learn how to get rid of "spam" and other e-mail pests. |
| Spoof E-mail and Phishing Scams: Find out about Spoof E-mail and Phishing Scams which are making up a huge portion of online identity theft and fraud reports. |
| ZDNet: One of the largest accumulations of PC/Mac information on the Internet. Has links to all the major online PC Magazines. |
Consumer Info |
| Computer Dictionary: An on-line computer dictionary available on the Internet. |
| Weblopeida: Good web related definitions. |
| AOL Mail |
| Free E-mail Address Directory |
| Gmail |
| Hotmail |
| Yahoo! Mail |
Internet Providers |
| Definitive ISP Buyers Guide: Search for an Internet service provider by area code. |
| BPS Internet |
| Brighthouse |
| Comteck |
| IQuest Internet |
| KC Online |
Software |
| Mac Orchard: Great for downloading Internet software for Macintosh users. |
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Palm Gear: Software for Palm, Visor and other personal digital assistants (PDAs). |
| Tucows Downloads: Huge archive of Macintosh and IBM software. |
Tutorials |
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Mousercise: Fun site to practice your mousing skills! |
Web Design |
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Network Solutions: Register your web address and find out if someone already has that domain name. |
| Usability.gov: Extensive resource for designing usable, useful, and accessible web sites and user interfaces. |
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Web Publishing Curriculum Resources: Guidelines and standards for good practices in designing web pages. Great resource for novice web designers. |
| Yale Web Style Guide: An easily understandable guide for anyone who wants to produce a well-designed web site. |
Web Blogs |
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Blogger: Create a blog. It's free! Subscribe to other blogs too. |
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Lycos Weblogs: View Weblogs or create and edit your own. |
| WordPress: Express yourself. Start a blog. |
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Government |
| State and Local Government on the Net: Provides convenient one-stop access to the websites of thousands of state agencies and city and county governments. |
| Law Degree website: A comprehensive list of many schools that offers a Law Degree in the US. It is a useful resource for law students. All the schools are listed on the front page and lead directly to each program, additionally they are sorted by state. |
| Paralegal Guide: Complete Guide to Paralegal Schools and Degrees. |
Indiana |
| Governors of Indiana: Listing of the Governors of the State of Indiana. Also includes a picture and brief biography of each Governor. |
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Indiana Census 2000: Find census data by topic and by location. |
| Indiana Code: Laws of the state of Indiana searchable by IC number or by text. |
| Indiana Department of Natural Resources: Information about hunting, fishing and free publications. Also has maps of Indiana State Parks. |
| Indiana General Assembly: Links you to all bills introduced into the current session; committees and bills pending in them; the Indiana Code; and bios on state and federal legislators. Some areas require authorization and a service fee for access to information. |
| Indiana Public Officials: Includes the State Legislators, State elected officials and Mayors of Indiana cities. |
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Indiana Roster of State and Local Officials: View the Roster of State and Local Officials for current and past years. |
| Indiana Tax Forms: Contains the current Indiana tax forms. |
| Project Vote Smart: Non-partisan organization which gathers information on candidates and elected officials, tracks Congress, and provides election information. Access campaign finance data, voting records, campaign issue positions, and biographical backgrounds. Also find out who represents you by typing in your zip code + 4. |
| Stats Indiana: Provides access to statistics for most counties in Indiana. |
Local |
| Marion, Indiana: Official website for the city of Marion, Indiana. |
| Marion, Indiana Code of Ordinances: Disclaimer: This Code of Ordinances and/or any other documents that appear on this site may not reflect the most current legislation adopted by the Municipality. American Legal Publishing Corporation provides these documents for informational purposes only. These documents should not be relied upon as the definitive authority for local legislation. Additionally, the formatting and pagination of the posted documents varies from the formatting and pagination of the official copy. The official printed copy of a Code of Ordinances should be consulted prior to any action being taken. |
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Grant County, Indiana: Contains some Grant County Birth and Death records. includes information on road closings, school news, as well as current events. Listings of the government offices and their duties may be obtained as well as a picture of the Seal of Grant County. |
Politics |
| Factcheck.org: A nonpartisan, nonprofit, "consumer advocate" for voters that aims to reduce the level of deception and confusion in U.S. politics. Monitors the factual accuracy of what is said by major U.S. political players in the form of TV ads, debates, speeches, interviews, and news releases. |
United States |
| Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990: Find the text of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990. |
| C-SPAN: A great place to review congressional voting records. Choose Congress and then the Congressional Votes Library. |
| Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance: From the U.S. General Services Administration, this catalog is a huge directory of the Federal programs that provide assistance to the American Public. |
| Census Bureau Home Page: Current information compiled by the census bureau, searchable by subject. Also has world and US population clocks. |
| Centers for Disease Control: The lead federal agency for protecting the health and safety of people - at home and abroad. |
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Code of Federal Regulations: The Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) is a codification of the general and permanent rules published in the Federal Register by the Executive departments and agencies of the Federal Government. The CFR online is a joint project authorized by the publisher, the National Archives and Records Administration's Office of the Federal Register, and the Government Printing Office (GPO) to provide the public with enhanced access to Government information. |
| Congressional Record Online: Official record of the proceedings and debates of the U.S. Congress from 1994-present. This database is updated daily and can be searched by using keywords. |
| Copyright Office: Download application forms for all types of copyrights from the U.S. Copyright Office. Part of the Library of Congress web site, this site contains general information and lists publications of the Copyright Office. Also included are recently passed & pending copyright legislation. Of interest to librarians and educators would be the section entitled "Reproductions of copyrighted works by educators and librarians." |
| Federal Bureau of Investigation: All the latest information from the FBI including the ten most wanted fugitives. Also includes major investigations and a list of field offices. |
| Federal Register: Online version of the Federal Register. |
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Federal Web Locator: Intended to be the one stop shopping point for federal government information on the Web. |
| FedStats: Maintained by the Federal Interagency Council on Statistical Policy, FedStats provides access to statistical data from over 70 federal agencies. Regional statistics are also available. |
| FedWorld Information Network: An electronic gateway to U.S. Government information. FedWorld includes: More than 100 U.S. Government information servers, WWW and gopher clients, sorted by subject categories. The National Technical Information Service Home Page provides information on the more than 2 million U.S. Government information products available from NTIS. |
| FinAid: Links students to helpful financial aid sites. Includes fellowships, special categories for scholarships, study abroad, and international scholarships. Sponsored by the National Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators. |
| FirstGov: Official web portal to the U.S. government that gives you access to millions of pages of government information from your national, state and local governments. |
| Foreign Consular Offices in the United States: Gives the foreign consulate offices in each state. |
| GPO Access on the Web: From the Government Printing Office. This online service searches more than 1000 databases for the full text of official legislative and regulatory information. |
| Government Benefits: Find out what government benefits you may be eligible to receive. Includes links to benefit programs for all types of people, including information for the elderly, veterans, low income citizens, students, farmers, parents, disaster victims and many more. |
| Governments on the WWW: An access point with over 9000 entries for information on foreign governments. Information includes parliaments, offices, embassies, law courts, and city councils from 205 countries and territories. |
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Grants Resources: Includes links to funding sources at the National Endowment for the Arts and the National Endowment for the Humanities. |
| GrantsNet: A new public-access computer network for finding and exchanging information about Health and Human Services and other Federal grant programs. |
| House of Representatives Web Server: Has links to the full-text of all pending and recently passed legislation, House schedules and the e-mail addresses of House members. |
| Library of Congress: Official site for the Library of Congress where the library's catalog can be searched. Also contains specific sections such as Thomas: Legislative Information, which has full text access to current bills under consideration; lists of exhibitions; Library services and research tools. |
| NASA Homepage: This extremely popular site offers one of the largest repositories of space-related information on the Internet. Find the latest information on space flights, review astronaut biographies, or find out about the future in space. |
| Patents Database: Search for U.S. patents over twenty six years. Two million patents may be searched. Also contains a "Gallery of Obscure Patents." |
| Patriot Act information: Find information about the United States Patriot Act. |
| Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation: Reunites people with their missing pensions. Search this database for the names of people who have worked long enough to earn a pension benefit, but could no longer be located by their companies. |
| POTUS (Presidents of the United States): In this resource you will find background information, election results, cabinet members, presidency highlights, and some odd facts on each of the presidents. Links to biographies, historical documents, and other presidential sites are also included to enrich this site. |
| President's Cabinet: A nice, concise listing of the cabinet and White House staff by department. |
| Public Information Reference Service: Offers online information from local, state, and U.S. governments as well as general information about states and localities. |
| SEC Edgar (Electronic Data Gathering Analysis and Retrieval): This database maintained by the Securities and Exchange Commission allows you to obtain current filings (such as annual reports) that are available to the public. |
| Selective Service System: Information about what happens in a draft. |
| Social Security Administration Home Page: Lists laws and regulations and gives the regional pages to Social Security offices. |
| Social Statistics Briefing Room: Contains data on crime, demographics, education, and health. Information obtained from a number of Federal agencies. |
| Statistical Abstract of the United States: Sampling of the data from the U.S. Statistical Abstracts including a collection of statistics (over 1400 tables and graphs!) on social, economic, and international subjects. Gives nice, simple access to monthly economic indicators: CPI, PPI, interest rates, mortgages, etc. |
| Supreme Court Decisions: Full text of the decisions of the Supreme Court 1990-1994. Also has a gallery of the justices with their photos and biographies. |
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Tax Forms - Federal and State: All tax forms are accessible from one page. |
| Thomas Legislation on the Internet: In the spirit of Thomas Jefferson, a World-Wide Web service of the U.S. Congress through its Library. Has the full text of all versions of House and Senate bills searchable by keyword(s) or by bill number; the Congressional Record, full-text of the daily account of proceedings on the House and Senate Floors searchable by keyword(s); and much more! |
| U.S. Census International Database: Computerized data bank that contains statistical tables of demographics and socioeconomic data from all countries of the world. |
| U.S. Code: The United States Code is the codification by subject matter of the general and permanent laws of the United States. |
| U.S. Consumer Product & Safety Commission: Independent & Federal Regulatory Agency whose mission is to keep citizens safe from harmful products. Special sections include "4 Kids" and "Recalls and News." |
| U.S. Patent and Trademark Office: Official site of the United States Patent and Trademark Office. Free database allows searching & viewing full-text U.S. patents issued since 1976. Also find information about the application process. |
| U.S. Post Office: Official site of the United States Post Office. Features include a change of address form, Express Mail tracking, and Zip code finder plus the four digit extension. Also find out about new stamps. |
| U.S. Senate: Basic information about the Senate, Senators and Standing Committees. |
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U.S. State Trademark Agencies and Databases: Links to each state's own trademark registry. |
| The White House: Contains speeches, links to executive agencies, and publications. Gives a history of the White House and tour information. |
Voting |
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Election Results for Grant County, Indiana: Find election results for Grant County. Also a good place to see who is running for office. |
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Indiana Statewide Voter Registration System: This web site lets Hoosiers find their polling place, see if they're registered to vote and explains how provisional balloting works. |
| Project Vote Smart: Non-partisan organization which gathers information on candidates and elected officials, tracks Congress, and provides election information. Access campaign finance data, voting records, campaign issue positions, and biographical backgrounds. Also find out who represents you by typing in your zip code + 4. |
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Languages |
| Word Detective: The Word Detective on the Web is the online version of The Word Detective, a newspaper column answering readers' questions about words and language. The Word Detective is written by Evan Morris and appears in finer newspapers in the U.S., Mexico and Japan. |
| Learn Another Language: The website features hundreds of free lessons in 8 foreign languages! |
Dictionaries |
| Latin Dictionary and Grammar Aid: Need help with Latin? This is a great site to go to. |
| Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary: Need help spelling a word or need a definition? |
| Your Dictionary.com: A great site with dictionaries for 130 languages including Native American. |
Translations |
| AltaVista Babel Fish |
| Dictionary.com Translate |
| Fodor's Languages |
| FreeTranslations.com |
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Consumer Information |
Amazon.com Contact Information |
| Amazon.com Customer Service Phone Numbers: Contact Amazon.com Customer Service by phone!! |
Gas Prices |
| Automotive.com |
| Gas Buddy |
| Gas Price Watch |
Education |
| Amortization Calculator: An amortization calculator determines payment information for any type of loan although it is most commonly used for mortgages. |
| Consumer Reports: All kinds of consumer information from the Consumer Reports magazine. |
| Consumer World: Over 1400 of the most useful consumer resources on the Internet including discount travel, consumer frauds, and product recalls. |
| Epinions.com: Find product reviews from consumers. |
| Federal Citizen Information Center: Based on the Consumer Information Catalog out of Pueblo, Colorado. Find lots of free on-line consumer information helpful to the public. |
| Recall Warnings: This site promises free Recall Warnings and Alerts, Consumer Product Recalls, Baby Product Recalls, Food Recalls, Car and Auto Recalls, Drug Recalls, Tire Recalls and more. |
| Welcome Wagon: Helpful site if you are planning to move. Find information on neighborhoods & schools; moving options; packing and more. |
Protection |
| Better Business Bureau: This site helps consumers and businesses maintain an ethical marketplace. "Local alerts & news" section warns consumers about scams in your area. |
| Indiana Telephone Privacy List: Telephone Privacy list was established for Indiana citizens to help reduce unwanted telephone solicitor calls. Register on-line to be added to the no call list. |
| National Do Not Call Registry: Register for the National Do Not Call Registry. |
| U.S. Consumer Product & Safety Commission: Independent & Federal Regulatory Agency whose mission is to keep citizens safe from harmful products. Special sections include "4 Kids" and "Recalls and News." |
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Health |
Cancer |
| American Academy of Dermatology: The largest, most influential and most representative dermatology group in the United States. |
| Mesothelioma: Asbestos.com is the web's leading resource for up-to-date information regarding asbestos exposure and resulting illnesses. |
| Cancer News on the Net: An online journal with an e-mail registry and various links that provide the latest information on cancer diagnosis and treatment. |
| National Cancer Institute: Includes how to get answers to cancer-related questions by phone. |
| OncoLink: This site has links to other award winners, current information, coverage of the American Society of Chemical Oncology meetings and a keyword search of cancer information. |
Eating Disorders |
| National Association of Anorexia Nervosa and Associated Disorders: Provides hotline counseling, a national network of free support groups, referrals to health care professionals, and education and prevention programs to promote self-acceptance and healthy lifestyles. |
| National Eating Disorders Association: Dedicated to expanding public understanding of eating disorders and promoting access to quality treatment for those affected along with support for their families through education, advocacy and research. |
| Something Fishy: Contains a wealth of information about eating disorders. |
General |
| Biology Links: From the Harvard University Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology. An extensive index of medical, biological, veterinary and pharmaceutical resources on the Internet. |
| Centers for Disease Control: The lead federal agency for protecting the health and safety of people - at home and abroad. |
| Children and Adults with Adult Deficit Disorders (CH.A.D.D.): The CH.A.D.D. organization was formed to better the lives of individuals with attention deficit disorders. |
| Choose My Plate: The Center for Nutrition Policy and Promotion, an organization of the U.S. Department of Agriculture, was established in 1994 to improve the nutrition and well-being of Americans. |
| HealthCare.gov: A federal government Website managed by the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services. Take Health Care into your own hands. |
| Healthfinder: Enables users to search for information on diseases in several different ways. |
| HeartPoint: Created by medical heart professionals to provide patients with a source of reliable information about heart disease. |
| Mayo Clinic Home Page: Check out the latest news on the patient care, research, and education at Mayo. |
| MedicineNet: An excellent medical site with sections on health information and health activities. |
| Medline: Provides solid health and wellness information for the consumer, researcher or professional. Use links to locate doctors, hospitals, and health organizations. |
| National Library of Medicine: Connects you to many medical resources on the Internet and the NLM databases. |
| National Organization for Rare Disorders (NORD): NORD is a federation of more than 140 not-for-profit voluntary health organizations serving people with rare disorders and disabilities. Included in this site is their newsletter the Orphan Disease Update, Rare Disease Database, the NORD Organizational Database, and Orphan Drug Designation Database for information on specific rare disorders. |
| Potential Benefits and Risks of Mammograms: Sponsored by the University of California at San Francisco, this Website provides up to date information about the potential benefits and risks of screening mammograms according to a woman’s age. |
| Program for Appropriate Technology in Health: An emphasis is placed on improving the quality of reproductive health services and on preventing and reducing the impact of widespread communicable diseases. |
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ProMed-mail: The global electronic reporting system for outbreaks of emerging infectious diseases and toxins - a program of the International Society for Infectious Diseases. |
| RxList: An online Physician's Desk Reference. Type in the drug and get a complete summary. |
| WebMD: This site provides valuable health information, tools for managing your health and support to those who seek information. Blends award-winning expertise in medicine, journalism, health communication and content creation to bring you the best health information possible. |
| West Nile Virus: Indiana State Health Department's site on information about the West Nile Virus. |
| Yahoo Health Links: Excellent wealth of information from 2,000 sites including Diseases and Conditions; Medicine; Employment. |
Indiana |
| Indiana State Medical Association: The Indiana State Medical Association is dedicated to Indiana physicians and their efforts to provide the best possible health care for their patients. |
Organizations |
| American Board of Medical Specialties Certified Doctor Hompage: List of doctors that are certified through the American Board of Medical Specialties. |
| American Medical Association Home Page: Look for information about diseases and check the online Doctor Finder. |
| World Health Organization: WHO's objective is the attainment by all peoples of the highest possible level of health. |
Pandemics |
| PandemicFlu.gov: One stop access to U.S. Government avian and pandemic flu information. |
Safety |
| Safe Kids.org: Safe Kids Worldwide is a global network of organizations whose mission is to prevent accidental childhood injury. |
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News |
| ABC News: Gives national and local news. Special sections include world, ESPN Sports, & Sci/Tech. Also links to ABC News Magazine Shows. |
| Anderson Herald Bullentin: This is Anderson, Indiana's daily online newspaper which also includes a seven day back file. Older issues are not available online. Check for older issues at the Anderson Public Library. |
| Assignment Editor: A great resource that reporters, writers, producers and assignment editors can use to find stories and do research on the internet. |
| Bloomington Herald-Times Newspaper: Links to "Hoosier Times.com". |
| CBS News: Gives national and local news. Also links to CBS News Magazine Shows. |
| Chicago Tribune: Feature articles, company profiles, nursing news and more. Searchable archive for articles since 1-1-85. This service does have a fee. |
| Cincinnati Enquirer Newspaper: Contains the whole newspaper online. |
| Christian Science Monitor: This site contains the entire newspaper on a daily basis. Free full-text searchable archives back to 1980. |
| CNN News: A great place to go for current events. |
| FOX News: Another great place to go for current events. |
| Marion Chronicle Tribune: Find out the daily news for Marion, Indiana online. |
| NBC News: Contains sections on world news, commerce, sports, sci/tech, weather, and local news. Also links to NBC News Magazine shows. |
| NewsVoyager: Links to U.S. Newspapers with access to contents of daily papers. Good for current events and seeing what is happening in other areas. |
| USA Today: This has the whole newspaper on the Web. Topics include News, Sports, Money, Life, Entertainment, and Weather. |
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Travel and Maps |
Currency Converters |
| Currency Converter: Great site for calculating up-to-date foreign currency exchange rates. |
| O & A Currency Converter: The best currency converter around! |
| Universal Currency Converter: This program, which is updated daily, converts one major currency to any other major currency. |
General |
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Airlines: Links to the web pages of all major U.S. and world airlines. Airline sites include schedules, fares, and phone numbers plus today's news on airlines and aviation. |
| Camping Indiana: Camping just got easier in Indiana. You can reserve campsites, cabins and shelters on-line. |
| Centers for Disease Control Travelers' Health: Accurate information about precautions and vaccinations for travelers. |
| Hotels on the Web: A great, comprehensive list of all hotels on the WWW. Also gives travel links, airport information and a listing of products and services. |
| The Lonely Planet: Designed to kick start your travels with the latest information. |
| National Parks Home Pages: An illustrated guide to our National Parks from the National Park Service. Find out about campground reservation information, entrance fees. Can search for parks by name, location or theme. |
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TravelNow: This travel site allows you to search for airlines, car rentals, cruises, hotels, check for availability, and even make an online reservation. |
Maps |
| GoogleMaps: Get step-by-step driving directions. Choose from suggested routes, or drag the line to customize your route. Add multiple stops to your trip. Switch to transit, walking, or biking directions. |
| Mapquest: An exciting, interactive maps database. Allows you to get driving directions to your destination and lists places of interest. |
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Rand McNally Online: Includes construction info, a weather link and a trip maker. Links to information on hotels, restaurants, and nearby attractions. |
| TerraFly: Find topographical maps and aerial views - you can enter an address and our system will put you at the controls of a bird's view aerial imagery to explore your digital earth. |
| WorldAtlas.com Great site for maps and other geographic information. |
Time Zones |
| Indiana Time Zones: Covers the three time zones in Indiana and the changes that occur in the fall and spring. Gives a brief history of Daylight time in the U.S. |
| Time/Temperature.com: Find time and temperature across the United States. |
| Time Zone Converter: You can find out the time anywhere in the world with this site. |
| World Time Server: Find out what time it is anywhere in the world. Helps the Indiana folk who do not know what time it is elsewhere! |
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Directories |
General |
| All Apartments: Search for an apartment by city, state, features and price. |
| Dead People Server: This has a huge list of celebrities which tells their status and if they have died, when and from what. |
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U.S. Gazetteer: Search by city or zip code to retrieve information about a geographic location. |
Phone numbers |
| 192.com: Search for People, Businesses & Places in the UK. |
| AnyWho: Find white page, yellow page and toll free numbers. |
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AT & T Toll free numbers: Look for 800 numbers for businesses. Also includes listings for people, websites, and reverse lookup (type in phone number to find listing). |
| Area Decoder: Search for Area Codes - find out city, state or country. |
| Big Yellow: A directory of over 16 million U.S. business addresses which can be searched by company name and state or by category. |
| InfoSpace: An innovative Internet directory - reverse lookup available. Contains a searchable yellow page directory. |
| International Phone Numbers: Access to phone listings for countries all over the world! Also includes email listings and fax numbers. |
| Switchboard: This is a "mega-phonebook" that can search over 90 million personal names. Also has business names and addresses. |
| Telephone Prefixes: A Directory of U.S./Canada/Caribbean/U.S. Territory telephone prefixes and their locations. It is arranged by area code and then by prefix. |
| White Pages.com: Look up people & businesses as well as reverse phone and address lookup. |
| WhoWhere: Search for email addresses, phone numbers, businesses on the internet, yellow page listings. Available in French and Spanish as well as English. |
| World Telephone Dialing Codes: Access to dialing codes for international calls for countries all over the world. |
| WayP (International White and Yellow Pages): International telephone directory, inquiry names, addresses, telephones and faxes. |
Time Zones |
| Indiana Time Zones: Covers the three time zones in Indiana and the changes that occur in the fall and spring. Gives a brief history of Daylight time in the U.S. |
| World Time Server: Find out what time it is anywhere in the world. Helps the Indiana folk who do not know what time it is elsewhere! |
Zip codes |
| Canadian Post: Official website for Canada's Post Office service. |
| U.S. Post Office: Official site of the United States Post Office. Features include a change of address form, Express Mail tracking, and Zip code finder plus the four digit extension. Also find out about new stamps. |
| Zip codes by state: Lists zip codes by states, then in numeric order by zip code or alphabetical by city. |
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Hobbies |
Collectibles |
| EBAY: Online marketplace for collectibles and more. |
| Kovel's Online: Price guide for collectibles. |
Hobbies |
| American Camping Association: Helps you find the camp that suits you. |
| Art and Craft Shows: Database of open entry events throughout the United States. Searchable by state or by festival. |
| Bird watching .com: A site about wild birds and the sport of birding. |
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Crossword Puzzle Dictionary: Stuck on a crossword puzzle? This neat database will help you figure out those tough words! |
| Internet Craft Directory: Covers a multitude of crafts, pastimes, and collecting. |
| Jumble and Crossword solver: A great site for unscrambling words. |
| Scraplink .Com: Everything for the scrapbook enthusiast: layout designs, suppliers, links and more. |
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The Silver Needle: Located in Tulsa, Oklahoma this store specializes in needlework and materials for counted cross stitch. |
| Stamp Collecting: Find information on stamp collecting from the American Philatelic Society. |
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Taking Great Pictures: A nice introduction to Photography. |
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Temporal Comics and Sci-Fi: A link to the Facebook page for Marion's local comic store. |
Pets |
| American Veterinarians Association: A guide to veterinary resources for animal care and news. |
| ASPCA: Find pets up for adoption. Also includes pet care and links to other humane organizations. |
| American Kennel Club: Good information on general puppy care, development, and training plus an interactive link for breed selection. |
| Best Friends Animal Sanctuary: Nation's largest sanctuary for abused and abandoned companion animals. |
| Cat Fanciers: Offers a wealth of categorized links with more specific information on feline illness or cat shows. |
| Humane Society of the U.S.: Promoting the protection of all animals. |
| Pet Finder: Find pets needing adoption by city and state. |
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Travel Tips for Pets: Detailed info about traveling with pets |
| Waltham World of Petcare: Helpful info on all kinds of pets. |
| WebPony: Connecting You to the Horse World. |
Quilts |
| Electric Quilt Company: Fun site for quilters. Lists software for quilters and offers free web graphics. Also gives information on classes and products. Gives lots of hints for quilt making. |
| Jinny Beyer Studio: Beautiful site by prize winning quilter Jinny Beyer. Find information on books and videos, quilting instructions and tips. Also includes samples of Jinny Beyer's fabrics. |
| Keepsake Quilting: Boasting over 6,000 bolts of cotton fabric and located in Centre Harbor, New Hampshire, this shop is honored as one of the ten favorite quilt shops in America. |
| Patchworks: Mail order source of fabrics for quilters. Fabrics found at this site are authentic reproductions of the historic time period from 1775 to 1950. |
| QuiltBroker: This site contains information on products for sale for quilt makers and quilt lovers. Listings from books to window coverings. Also information on how to store quilts. |
| Quilt History: From the "World Wide Quilting" page (listed below). This site gives a brief history of quilting. |
Robots |
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BattleBots®: Official site complete with combat rules, profiles of the robots and tips from the experts. |
| Machinebrain: A great source for the latest news and information about robots. |
| RobotCafe: An excellent directory to many robotic sites. |
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Reference |
Adoption |
| Adoption.com A wealth of information concerning adoption. |
| Adoptive Families: A national adoption magazine which is the leading adoption information source for families before, during, and after adoption. |
Dictionaries |
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Acronym & Abbreviation Server: Search for acronyms and their meanings. |
| Heritage Education: his will help a reader to verify the source, read further, properly cite sources, and avoid plagarism. |
| Merriam-Webster Online: Searches word and phrase definitions from dictionary and thesaurus. |
| OneLook Dictionaries: Word and phrase definitions from multiple online dictionaries. Translates into other languages as well. |
| Roget's Thesaurus: Dictionary of synonyms and antonyms. Includes a translator. |
Encyclopedias |
| Britannica.com: Free access to the Britannica Encyclopedia. Also includes articles from leading magazines as well as from the Washington Post newspaper. |
| Encyclopedia.com: Free encyclopedia from the Electric Library with over 50,000 entries. |
| Encyclopedia Smithsonian: Features answers to frequently asked questions about the Smithsonian and links to Smithsonian resources from A to Z. |
General |
| Best of History Web Sites: Contains annotated links to over 1000 history web sites as well links to hundreds of quality K-12 history lesson plans, history teacher guides, history activities, history games, history quizzes, and more. |
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Copyright Management Center IUPUI: Find lots of information about copyright. |
| Gannet Web Resources for News Rooms: Select your area of interest from the subject list of Web links. These links have provided reporters and editors with valuable sources of online information through this easy-to-use database. |
| GCF Learning: GCF® has provided online training services since 2000 beginning with GCF Global Learning®. |
| Guinness Book of World Records Online: Great website - find all sorts of world records! |
| Miles Multimedia Online Library User Guides: Miles Multimedia’s online library user guides use visuals with audio narration to explain how to use many electronic resources. It is a free service that can be accessed anytime: in the library, at home, or a remote location. |
| Old Farmer's Almanac: Online version of this popular almanac. |
| Online Conversions: Convert just about anything to anything else! |
| Libraries - Indiana College and University Libraries: Find websites for College and University Libraries in Indiana. |
| Libraries - Public Libraries in Indiana: Find websites for Public Libraries in Indiana. |
| Library Spot: Loads of helpful reference sites. |
| Refdesk.com: Overwhelming site of helpful links, nicely arranged. |
| ReportLinker: Search. Find. Download. Industry reports, Company profiles and Market Statistics |
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U.S. Postage Rates (historical): Find basic U.S. letter rates from 1845 to present. |
| Urban Legends Reference Pages: Find out: if a tooth left in a glass of Coca-Cola will dissolve overnight, if Jell-O brand gelatin is made from bones and hides or if Cell phones have touched off explosions at gas stations and more interesting urban legends. |
Maps |
| WorldAtlas.com: Great site for maps and other geographic information. |
Statistics |
| Adherents.com: Contains over 57,000 religious statistics. |
| Fedstats: Statistics from more than 100 U.S. government agencies. |
| Free Online Lookups: These lookups are easy to use, and will save you time and frustration. You're going to find more up-to-date address and ZIP Code related information than anywhere else on the web. Must register after a certain number of free searches. |
| Information Please: This is a one-stop reference site that offers millions of up-to-the-minute facts and statistics covering just about everything. Searches can be done simultaneously with the Information Please Almanac, Random House Webster's College Dictionary, and the Columbia Encyclopedia. |
| Statistical Abstract: Online version of the printed source -- contains statistics for the United States. |
| STATS Indiana: Provides access to statistics for most counties in Indiana. |
| United States Census Bureau: Information from the U.S. Census. Includes 2000 Census information as it becomes available. |
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World Population Clock: Projected world population figures provided by the U.S. Census. |
Style Manuals |
| Citation Machine: An interactive web tool designed to assist teachers and students in producing reference citations for crediting information from other people. Does MLA & APA citation styles. |
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Weather |
Local |
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Up-to-date weather info for Marion and surrounding area: This site gives an instant look at the radar for Marion, IN. It also includes ski reports for other areas, forecasts for US National Parks, and world weather. |
National |
| AccuWeather: Find current weather conditions for your area and other weather related information. |
| National Climatic Data Center: This fantastic site gives graphs of weather data like wind gusts, precipitation and snowfall for all national weather stations back to 1985! |
| Recent Earthquakes: Find out where the earthquakes are happening! Gives the degree of their severity. |
| Time/Temperature.com: Find time and temperature across the United States. |
| Traveler Advisories: Weather maps showing storm activity in the U.S. for the current day, night and following day. A wonderful aid for farmers and businesses. |
| Unisys Weather: A great site for weather buffs. Includes current satellite maps, forecasts and archival data. Images are from the National Weather Service via the NOAAPORT satellite feed. This site was formerly maintained by Purdue University. |
| Weather Channel: The Weather Channel's website. |
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