If you experience any problems with a
link, please let one of our librarians know. Thank you.
ART
AEC InfoCenter - Fast and
easy access to 300,000+ pages of building material
information including specs and CAD details.
Art History Resources on the Web
- Links to hundreds of art history sites from ancient times to
today.
Art in Context - Serving 700,000+ images per month. Catalogues and presents
information added by 1,000+ curators, dealers, artists,
writers and others from around the world, providing information
about 11,000+ artists and where to find their work.
Art Linx
- Offers a large compendium of links for all forms of art.
Artcyclopedia - With
a worldwide scope, the site focuses on painting and sculpture,
but also includes photography, decorative arts, installation
art, folk and native art, architecture, and
video/digital/web-based art. Users can search by artist,
title words, or museum.
Internet Art Resources -
Up-to-date information on current and future art shows, emerging
artists and world-renowned masters in the fine arts as well as
modern artisans working in every imaginable medium, including
wood, glass, metal and stone.
Jewish Museum - Official
site for The Jewish Museum in New York City.
Le Louvre - official site of
this famous museum; home of the Mona Lisa.
Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Official site for the "Met".
MIT
Museum - Presents exhibitions and programs that
explore the foundations and frontiers of science and technology.
The museum provides a window on the research being done behind
laboratory doors at MIT and gives visitors the opportunity to
investigate technological innovation.
Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), New
York - Official site of MoMA.
Smithsonian Institution - Composed of sixteen museums and galleries, as well as the
National Zoo, the Smithsonian's exhibitions offer visitors a
glimpse into its vast collection numbering over 142 million
objects.
Virtual Library: Museums -
Provide an eclectic collection of WWW services
connected with museums, galleries and archives. Broken down by
country and continent.
Web Gallery of Art -
This virtual museum of European art (mostly painting and
sculpture) contains more than 11,000 images from the Gothic,
Renaissance, and Baroque periods (1150 - 1800 A.D.).
BUSINESS & FINANCE
Bank Rate.com - Rates for mortgages, consumer
loans, savings accounts and credit cards.
CNN Money
- Information on stocks and the economy.
Dow Jones - Offers
business and financial news and information.
Economics Education Web
GlobalEdge
- Connects
international business professionals worldwide to a wealth of
information, insights, and learning resources on global business
activities.
Hoover's Online - delivers
comprehensive company, industry, and market intelligence that
drives business growth.
InvestorGuide - completely unbiased
guide to online investing.
Kiplinger 's Personal Finance
- Online companion to Kiplinger's magazine.
Long Island
Association - brings together business, labor,
government and academia in a shared effort to improve the Island
as a place to live, work and do business.
MortgageLoan.com -
helps borrowers find the best mortgages or loans to suit their
individual needs by providing information about all aspects of
the mortgage process, including online interest rates, mortgage
quotes, and online applications.
Motley Fool - Online companion
to the best selling Motley Fool book series.
New York Stock Exchange - Home
page for NYSE.
QuickQuote Insurance Quotes
- Get online quotes for life, auto, short term and other insurance
policies.
Rate.net - monitors and ranks
interest rates and financial performance for over 11,000
financial institutions nationwide.
SEC EDGAR - Database
of corporate filings by public companies.
SmartMoney - Online
companion for Smart Money Magazine.
Thomas Register of American Manufacturers
- online resource for finding companies and
products manufactured in North America.
Vanguard Online - offers a
wide array of mutual funds and other financial products and
services to individual investors and institutional investors in
the United States and abroad.
CAREER INFORMATION
CareerBuilder.com
- One of the nation's largest recruitment centers, with presence
in more than 130 local newspapers.
.edu: U.S. news colleges and careers center (US News and World
Report)
- Browse the rankings and use our collection of tools–like the
Advanced College Search, College Comparison, and My USNews–to
find the schools that are right for you.
Federal Jobs Digest - Online
edition of Federal Jobs Digest.
Hot
Jobs - a subsidiary of
Yahoo!, is a leading online career and job resource.
JobStar -
offers users access to career and
job search information. Includes information and tips on how
to write a resume.
JobWeb - Career
development and job search help for college graduates.
Monster.com - Search 800,000+ jobs, build and post your resume and access thousands of
pages of career info and advice.
Nassau County Civil Service
Occupational Outlook Handbook
- describes what
workers do on the job, working conditions, the training and
education needed, earnings, and expected job prospects in a wide
range of occupations.
Petersons.com
- helps to connect individuals, educational institutions, and
corporations through its critically acclaimed books, Web sites,
online products, and admissions services.
U.S. Office of Personnel Management
- This website offers current listings for employment with the
federal government throughout the United States, Virgin Islands,
Puerto Rico and government offices overseas. When you
click on CURRENT JOB OPENINGS you will be able to link to
opportunities for full and part time employment as well as
employment for high school students over the age of 16.
CHILDREN & FAMILY
American Library Association's Great Sites for Parents and Kids
- resources for parents, teens and kids.
Ask Jeeves for Kids - a fast,
easy and kid-friendly way for kids to find answers to their
questions online.
Kids Search Engines - Lists
kid-safe search engines.
Nassau Library System Parents Page
- provides access to the best of what's available on the
Internet and at your library on issues concerning today's
parents and caregivers.
National
Child Care Information Center
- a national resource that
links information and people to complement, enhance, and promote
the child care delivery system.
NY Public Library On-Line for Kids
- includes information on
holidays, search engines, events at branch libraries and more.
NY Public Library TeenLink
- This is a place where you can keep up with the latest things
to do, places to go and answers to your questions regarding
entertainment, health, homework help and more.
One Hundred
Picture Books Everyone Should Know - From NY Public Library,
a recommended list of children's picture books.
Parents.com - For
parents and expectant parents, this site offers information on
pregnancy, labor, and postpartum care. It also provides other
health and childcare advice and
educational tools for parents, also serves as a
support group, where parents can share common issues such as
sleep behavior and eating habits. Includes product recall
information.
Puzzlemaker
- a puzzle generation tool for teachers, students and parents.
Create and print customized word search, crossword and math
puzzles using your word lists.
Recommended Youth Reading Lists (St. Charles Public Library)
- Lists recommended books, arranged by subject.
SuperKids Educational Software Review
- reviews and rates educational software based on a carefully
developed set of criteria.
Yahoo! Kids - Yahoo's
web guide for kids!
COLLEGE INFORMATION
College Net
Cornell University
Fordham University
Hofstra University
Long Island University
Molloy College
Nassau Community College
New York Colleges - Web
site of New York's private colleges and universities.
New York Institute of Technology
New York University
S.U.N.Y. Farmingdale
S.U.N.Y. Homepage
United States Department of Education
COMPUTERS & THE INTERNET
Adobe Software - Download Adobe Reader for viewing PDF
files.
Beginners Guide to HTML
- HTML Primer
CNet Download.com
Criteria for Evaluating Web Sources
History of Computer
Languages - Some links reveal brief histories, but most give
examples, uses, and tutorials to the many, many languages
listed.
HotWired - daily
content covering many aspects of Web life: Learn new skills,
download software, read commentary, and stay abreast of the
latest news.
Internet Timeline
- PBS's time line of Internet history, starting with 1960 ("There
is no Internet") to the year 1997. There are two ways to access
the time line: click on the handy decade ruler under the time
line window year by year, or read the entire text version on
another page.
Kids' Rules for
Online Safety
Obsolete
Computer Museum - collection of old computers, lots of
8-bits. Also has links to resources for some of the systems
Shareware
World Wide Web FAQ
Yale Web Style
Guide - covers graphic and information design, page
layout, site organization, navigation, and multimedia content.
Wi-Fi Hotspot Finders:
Hot Spot Haven
JI Wire
Wi-Fi Free Spot
Wi-Fi Hotspot List
Wi-Fi Zone
Wi-Fi Zones
CONSUMER INFORMATION
Better Business Bureau of New York
Better Homes and Gardens Home Improvement Encyclopedia
CarFax
- Utilizing 17-character vehicle identification number (VIN) found
on vehicle dashboards and title documents to find history reports or background
checks on any used car or light truck instantly.
Consumer Guide (Superpages)
Consumer Information Center
- full text versions of hundreds of the best federal consumer
publications available online
Consumer Law Page
Consumer Reports Online
Consumer Search
Consumer World
Edmund's Automobile Buyer's
Guides
InsWeb
- offers free online insurance quotes from insurance companies.
Internet Consumer Recycling Guide
Kelley Blue
Book: new and used car values
Multiple Listing Service - Long
Island
MyNassauProperty.com
National
Fraud Information Center
New York State Department of Health Consumer Information
New York State Department of Motor Vehicles Frequently-Asked
Questions
PropertyShark.com -
Provides building-by-building, house-by-house maps, photographs,
history and other data including school district, phone records,
ownership, land and structure of the property, as well as
demographic data neighborhoods.
Public Eye
Roth IRA Web Site - provides
technical and planning information to practitioners and
consumers.
CURRENT EVENTS
NEWSPAPERS
Christian Science Monitor
New York Post
New York Times
News Directory - Links
to over 12,000 newspapers
Newsday
Wall Street Journal
TELEVISION AND RADIO
ABC
NEWS.com
Biography - From A&E
CBS Eye on
the NET
CNN
Fox News
MSNBC
National Public Radio
New York Radio Guide
PBS ONLINE
RadioStation Finder
WCBS NewsRadio88
Weather Channel
WEB NEWS SOURCES
AllYouCanRead.com
- Jump to popular online content from magazines and newspapers
from all over the globe and in many languages. Search by
subject, region, and title or just browse.
Arts
and Letters Daily
CNet
Internet News.com
Newslink
Ziff-Davis
Network
EDUCATION
College Net
Education World
Educator's Reference Desk -
provides access to resources including links to 3,000+ resources
on educational issues as well as 2,000+ lesson plans. This
database also includes a collection of 200+ responses to
questions on education and links to the ERIC database.
Library of
Congress : The American Memory Project
National Archives : The Digital
Classroom
New York State Department of Education
New York State Regents Prep
Center
New York State Teacher
Certification Examinations - Includes CST exams downloadable
in Adobe PDF file format. Click on Preparation Guides
(found on left hand side of page).
NYS Department of Education Office of the Professions
Oceanside School District
Regents Exams (New York
State) - The most recent exams.
Regents
Exams (New York State) - Older exams in PDF file format
(require Adobe Acrobat Reader to read files -
click here to get Adobe
Acrobat Reader)
Scholastic
Network
United States Department of Education
FILM & TELEVISION
Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
Hollywood Online -
multimedia entertainment, information and previews, hundreds of
photos, video, sound and multimedia kits, movie trailers and
more.
Internet Movie Database -
everything you ever wanted to know about every movie ever made.
Movie
Review Query Engine
TV Now and Entertainment Journal
FINANCIAL
AID
College Board Online - national association of schools
and colleges offering services and programs in the areas of
assessment, guidance, admission, placement, financial aid,
curriculum, and research.
FAFSA On the Web
FinAid: The Financial Aid
Information Page - free resource for
student financial aid information on the Web. Free scholarship
search, financial aid calculators, glossary, and bibliography.
Petersons.com
Princeton
Review
Sallie Mae - comprehensive
site including calculators to estimate the cost of college,
savings goals, expected family contribution, monthly budgets,
and loan payments.

FOOD
Appetite Net
Better Homes & Gardens Kitchen
Epicurious
Food Network
Food Timeline
Internet
Chef
On-Line Cookbook
Wine
Business
Zagat.com
- This site lets you search by borough, neighborhood, and even by
type of cuisine. Select from over 90 food categories. It also
covers 24 U.S. cities and two dozen major international locales.
GENEALOGY
Cyndi's List (26,000 links to
world-wide genealogical sites, arranged in 70 categories)
Genealogy Home Page
Genealogy
Resources
Genealogy World
Library of
Congress - Word List (National Union Catalog of Manuscript
Collections - NUCMC)
National Archives and Records
Administration Main Menu
United States GenWeb Project
(Resources for nearly every county and state)
GENERAL REFERENCE SERVICES
Astrodienst Atlas Database - atlas and time zone
database which returns coordinates based on place-name.
Country Studies - presents a description and analysis of
the historical setting and the social, economic, political, and
national security systems and institutions of countries
throughout the world and examines the interrelationships of
those systems and the ways they are shaped by cultural factors.
Encyclopedia.com
Foundation Center
FreeTranslation.com
- for translations where you can get the
"gist" of foreign language text and web pages.
Geography
World
How far is it? -
enter two places and find out how far apart they are.
How Stuff Works
Information Please - from
the print reference database, offering millions of useful and
interesting facts on a wide range of topics online.
Learn.com (Virtual How-To Guide)
Librarian's
Index to the Internet
License Plates of the
World
Nobel Prize Internet Archive
- an archive of all previous winners, categorized by prize.
Old Farmers Almanac
One Look Dictionary
WWWebster's Dictionary
GOVERNMENT
UNITED
STATES GOVERNMENT
Better Business Bureau
Bureau of
Labor Statistics - the principal fact-finding agency
for the Federal Government in the broad field of labor economics
and statistics.
Center for Responsive
Politics
Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention
Code of Federal Regulations
Congressional Bills
Congressional Directory
Consumer Information Center
Department of Commerce
Department of Homeland Security
Economic Indicators
Federal
Bureau of Investigation
Federal
Election Commission
Federal Government Resources on the Web
Fedstats - statistics
and information from more than 70 federal agencies.
Fifty States and Capitals
Food and Drug Administration
Government Documents Round Table (GODORT) Frequently Used Sites
House
and Senate Reports
Legislative Action Center
Nassau County Government
National Organization on Disabilities
Politics
National Commission on
Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States
Presidential Economic
Report
Public Laws
Ready.gov - All Americans
should begin a process of learning about potential threats so we
are better prepared to react during an attack.
Senate
Calendar of Business
THOMAS: Legislative Information
on the Internet - in the spirit of Thomas Jefferson, a
service of the U.S. Congressional Library.
Town of Hempstead Home Page
United Nations
U.S. Census Bureau - Helps
first-time home buyers can use the block numbers on low-interest
loan program lists to search for tract maps of the neighborhoods
that qualify. The other Census Bureau standards are also easy to
use, like FedStats, Statistical Abstracts, and Business Census
information.
U.S. Code
U.S.
Government Online Bookstore - The US Government makes
available government publications to the public through this
online bookstore.
U.S. Government Publications (Monthly Catalog)
U.S. House of Representatives Calendar
U.S. Office of Personnel Management
- offers current listings for employment with the
federal government throughout the United States, Virgin Islands,
Puerto Rico and government offices overseas. When you
click on CURRENT JOB OPENINGS you will be able to link to
opportunities for full and part time employment as well as
employment for high school students over the age of 16.
U.S.
Patent and Trademark Office
USA Gov - gateway to the
federal government agencies including the "Do Not Call Registry" NEW YORK
GOVERNMENT
Federal Reserve Bank of New York
New York City Dept. of
Transportation
New
York City Government Website
New York State Board of
Elections
New
York State Comptroller (includes Unclaimed Funds
Database) - monitors, reports on, and
coaches other public entities, and works to ensure that
governments at all levels are discharging their responsibilities
in an efficient, effective, and timely manner.
New York State Department
of Labor
New York State Emergency
Management Office
New York State
Legislative Task Force on Demographic Research and
Reapportionment (District Maps)
New York State Temporary
State Commission on Lobbying
New York State Workers'
Compensation Board
WORLD
GOVERNMENT
Background Notes -
provides information on geographic entities and
international organizations and are updated periodically.
Elections Around the World - A comprehensive resource on
elections in every independent country and autonomous overseas
dependency in the world.
Elections and Electoral Systems Around the World - Good
place to start if you're looking for election information around
the world.
Foreign Policy in Focus - A joint project of the
Interhemispheric Resource Center and the Institute for Policy
Studies, this site offers articles and briefs on timely foreign
policy issues.
Governments on the WWW - A point of access for information
on government institutions on the Web, including parliaments,
ministries, offices, law courts, embassies, and city councils
from 200+ countries, plus political parties, party
alliances, parliamentary groups, and youth organizations of
political parties on a national level.
International Affairs Resources - Offers 2,000+ annotated
links covering topics from general to specific that include
International Business; Peace, Conflict Resolution, and
International Security; Study and Work Abroad; Foreign Language
resources; Human Rights, International Development; World
Religions; Health; and Global Environment, among others.
PoliticalResources.net -
directory of political sites available on the Internet,
searchable and sorted by country, with links to the political
parties, information about the political system, constitution,
organizations, and the national media.
Zarate's Political Collections (ZPC) - This site has several useful lists: Political leaders, 1945-date; Latest
changes and elections; Current leaders worldwide; Women world
leaders, 1945-date; European governments, 1990-date; First
African rulers; Current leaders longest time in office; and
Rulers dead in violent circumstances, 1945-date. Also has
Political Obituary, 1990-date (in Spanish) - short descriptions
of leaders with date of death and basic political offices.
VOTING INFORMATION
Democracy Net New York (League of Women Voters)
Nassau County League of
Women Voters
Project Vote Smart
HEALTH
AARP Health
American Academy of Pediatrics
American
Cancer Society
American
Dental Association
American Medical Association
Breast Cancer Net
Breast Cancer.org
Cancer
Guide
Cancer.gov
Center
for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition
Center for
Disease Control and Prevention
Center for Disease Control: National Center for Infectious
Diseases: Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS)
Chemical Scorecard: Pollutants in our area
Columbia
University College of Physicians and Surgeons Complete Home
Medical Guide
DoctorDirectory.com
- Find information about a doctor.
Drug Digest - Consumer
health information about drugs, herbs, and supplements. Features
include a page to check for drug interactions, glossary, drug
comparison page, and a treatment options page. Searchable.
ElderWeb
Elderhostel
Feminist.com
Food and Drug Administration
HealthWeb
InteliHealth
KidsHealth.org - contains
interactive articles about children's healthcare, medicine,
surgery, and parenting.
Long Island Breast
Cancer Study Project
MayoClinic.com
Medline Plus: Drug Information - Browse by generic or brand name of the drug
from an alphabetical index. results include warnings and
side effects of the drug.
Men's Health
Merck
Manual
National
Institute on Aging
National
Institutes of Health
National
Library of Medicine
National Library of Medicine Easy-To-Read
Health & Medical Sites - offers
links to health information for the layperson on common
illnesses and conditions.
New York State Health Department
- provides educational and professional information about
doctors and other medical personnel in New York State including
any disciplinary actions taken against them.
New York State Health Department (Doctor Profiles) - provides information about the doctor's medical education,
translation services at the doctor's office, and legal actions
taken against the doctor.
New York State Health Department (Professional Misconduct and
Physician Discipline) - responsible for investigating complaints about
physicians, physician assistants and specialist assistants. The
Office also monitors practitioners who have been placed on
probation.
NOAH (NY Online Access to
Health)
PubMed - search
through the 9 million citations in MEDLINE and Pre-MEDLINE for
free.
Quack
Watch Home Page
Senior Net
Seniors-Site.com
Shape Up America
Verifying Health
Care Professionals' State Credentials
World
Health Organization
HISTORY
FOREIGN
History of
Costume, The - book with full color plates originally
published in the late nineteenth century.
Labyrinth: Research for Medieval Studies
Perseus Project, The
- used for exploration of textual
and visual primary source materials on the ancient Greek and
Roman universe, including art objects. Serious students can
search in Greek, Latin, and Sumerian, plus modern languages.
GENERAL
Black History Online - online database of information. Users can
search the database by date (month and day) or keyword for
facts.
History E-Search
History Channel
History Index
Holocaust: A Tragic
Legacy
NationalArchives.gov
This Day in History
UNITED STATES
Aerodrome: Aces and
Aircraft of World War I - learn about the aces and aircraft
of World War I.
America: From
The Great Depression through WWII - This Library of Congress
American Memory site provides access to 160,000 black-and-white
and 1600 color photographs from the Farm Security
Administration—Office of War Information Collection.
America in
the 1930's - The University of Virginia presents a
fascinating site about American lifestyle and culture of the
1930s.
American Civil War
Home Page
American Memory -
primary source and archival material relating to American
culture and history.
America's Story - From America's Library, the Library of
Congress.
Archiving Early America
Ellis Island
Historical Maps of the United States
Mystic
Seaport - Includes Amistad archives
Native Web
New York Suffragists : Winning the Vote
Women of NASA -
developed to encourage more young women to pursue careers in
math, science, and technology.
HOMEWORK
HELP
Ask Dr. Universe
Chicago/Turabian Documentation
Citation Styles online
Long Island University Citation Style for Research Papers
Multnomah County Library Homework Help
Noodletools' Citing Various Sources
SparkNotes - Similar to
Cliffs Notes
Style Sheets for Citing Resources (Print & Electronic): UC
Berkeley
Ultimate Science Fair Resource
LANGUAGE & LINGUISTICS
Acronym Finder - searchable database containing common
acronyms about computers, technology, telecommunications, and
the military.
Acronyms
& Abbreviations Server
Alta
Vista Translation Service (translates text into multiple
languages)
Bartleby.com
Education Finder
On-Line Books
Page
Plumb
Design Visual Thesaurus - exploration of sense
relationships within the English language. By clicking on words,
you follow a thread of meaning, creating a spatial map of
linguistic associations.
Thesaurus.com -
Thesaurus of English words and phrases.
WWWebster Dictionary
Ye Olde
English Sayings - examining the origins of phrases.
LAW
Code of Federal Regulations
FindLaw:
legal resources on the Web
Legal Information Institute
- Cornell University
Library
Spot: Law Libraries
Nolo Press' Self-Help Law Center
RJ&L Religious Liberty
Archive - repository of information for those seeking information about state and
federal laws pertaining to religious freedom in the United
States.
U. S. Patent Office
LIBRARIES ON THE INTERNET
American Library Association
Bookwire
IPL: The Internet Public
Library - The mission of Librarians'
Index to the Internet is to provide a well-organized point of
access for reliable, trustworthy, librarian-selected Internet
resources, serving the nation and the world.
Library of Congress
Library Spot
Nassau Library System
New York Public Library
RefDesk.com
SuffolkWeb
LITERATURE
Academy of American Poets Online Poetry Classroom - resource and online teaching community for high
school teachers. It contains 1,200+ poems, short biographies,
selected bibliographies, and links.
Aesop's Fables -
contains the full public domain texts of 393 fables.
Bartleby.com
- Lists several anthologies, including The Oxford Book of English
Verse with 883 poems spanning six centuries of English-language
poetry. The site indexes poems chronologically and by author,
title, and first line.
Booknotes
Indispensable
Writing Resources
Literary resources on the net
On-line books page
Online Literature Library
Poetry.com
Poets'
Corner - 6700+ works in English by 780 poets, the
collection ranges from the best-known classics to obscure Middle
English ballads. There is a search page as well as an annotated
author index, a subject index, and a title/first line index.
Project Gutenberg -
huge library of electronically stored books, mostly classics,
that can be downloaded for free and viewed off-line.
LONG ISLAND
Long Island
Association - LIA brings together business, labor,
government and academia in a shared effort to improve the Island
as a place to live, work and do business.
Long Island Bus
Long Island's Page of Pages
Long Island Railroad
Long Island Web Site
Nassau County Home Page
Oceanside School District
Our
Long Island
Town of Hempstead Home Page
MAGAZINES & PERIODICALS
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MATHEMATICS
American Mathematical Society e-Math
History of Mathematics Archive (University of St. Andrews
Scotland)
Math Archives
Math Forum Student Center
Math-Net Links to the Mathematical World
Mathematical Art of M.C. Escher
- An examination of the mathematics behind the drawings of M.C.
Escher. Examples of his works are included.
This is Mega Mathematics
MUSIC
GENERAL
CultureFinder
Harmony Central
- resource for musicians. Includes guitar, bass,
synths, MIDI, software, effects, etc.
Jazz
Online
Library
Spot: Music Libraries
New York Public Library Music Division
Ultimate Band List, The -
huge list of music links.
CLASSICAL
About.com Guide
to Classical Music
Classical Net Home Page
OPERA
Lincoln Center Home Page
Opera Schedule Server
POP/ROCK
Latin American
Music Center
MTV.com
OLGA (On-Line Guitar Archive)
home page
Rock & Roll Hall of Fame
VH1
NEW YORK
STATE
Ellis
Island
Federal Reserve Bank of New York
Metropolitan Transit Authority
New York State Missing & Exploited Children Clearinghouse
New York
State Homepage
New
York State Archives - repository of New York state
government records having permanent legal and historical value,
including legislative, judicial, and executive agency records.
New
York State Department of Civil Service
New
York State Library
Yahoo! New York Metro Area Links
Yahoo! New York State Government Links

PHILOSOPHY & RELIGION
Catholic Encyclopedia
Patron
Saints Index
Resources for the Study of East Asian Language and Thought
Vatican Page
POLITICS
C-SPAN
- includes live RealAudio of Senate and House floor action.
Democratic National Committee
eVote.com - political news
network of the internet.
GOP Republican National Committee
Green Party
POPULAR
READING
All Readers
Barnes & Noble Book
Browser
Book
Reporter
Book Wire
Bookpage
Bookspot
LibraryLand: Reader's
Advisory
National
Yiddish Book Center
Overbooked - features fiction and nonfiction titles that have received
starred reviews in the major library selection journals.
RECREATION
Beckett
Online: The Sports Card Authority
Cove's Gardening Page
National
Park Service
PetNet
Pollstar
- online concert database and index
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
American Museum of Natural History
AstroWeb
Biology Project
- an online interactive resource for learning biochemistry,
Mendelian genetics, immunology, and cell, developmental, human,
and molecular biology, developed at the University of Arizona.
Calendar Zone -
Includes celestial, cultural, and interactive calendars.
Chem 101 Home Page
ConvertMe.com
(Measurements Converter) - converts length, weight, area, speed, temperature and
more, into different units and unit systems.
Dinosauria On-line
Energy Tutorial - An
overview of energy sources, featuring photographs, statistics,
and quizzes. Topics include fossil fuels, oil shale, nuclear,
solar, wind, geothermal, biomass and wastes, hydroelectric, fuel
cell, combustion, gasification, reciprocating engine, and
turbines. Also explores environmental impacts and trends.
Explore Mars Now - presents an interactive, three-dimensional model of a
possible base station and habitat for the first humans on Mars.
It includes the base exterior, the layout, work and living
spaces, greenhouse, Mars car, robot rovers, and, and other
details.
Flints and Stones. Real Life in Prehistory
Galileo Project,
The - Rice University presents a hypertext source of
information on the life and work of Galileo Galilei (1564-1642)
and the science of his time.
Geology Web Links
- A topically arranged directory of sites about earth science.
Topics include associations and societies, geological surveys,
geochemistry, plate tectonics, paleontology, universities,
mineralogy, and mathematical, regional, structural, and
planetary geology.
Greatest Engineering
Achievements of the 20th Century
Henry Ford Museum - features 13 different categories of
vehicles, from aircraft to children's toy cars. Items in this
comprehensive collection are not limited to the Ford Motor
Company but scan the entire history of transportation.
Human Anatomy
On-line
Kimball's Biology Pages
NASA
National Audubon Society
National
Geographic Online
National Human
Genome Research Institute (NHGRI)
National Ocean Service
National
Science Foundation
National
Space Society
National
Wildlife Federation
New York
Botanical Garden (Bronx, NY)
Nobel Prize Foundation
Old Farmer's Almanac
Planetary Image Finders
Quake.com (Earthquake
Information from the USGS)
Scott's Botanical Links
Sierra Club
Smithsonian Institution-
America's treasure house for learning.
Sport!
Science@The Exploratorium - devoted to the science
behind athletics.
U.S. Fish &
Wildlife Service's Endangered Species Home Page
U.S. Geological Survey : Seismology Links
Volcano World
WeatherNet
Wildlife
Conservation Society: includes Bronx Zoo, and NY Aquarium
Windows to the Universe
SEARCH ENGINES
AltaVista
- Most useful when students use the Advanced Search and
media-search pages. Includes a family filter.
Dogpile- multi-engine
semi-parallel search interface. Searches logically through
several search engines until 10 matches are found. Allows use of
boolean and proximity operators.
Google - Contains advanced search features, including image searching and a
filter.
Hotbot
Lycos
MetaCrawler
- allows you to search through multiple search crawlers at once.
Search.com
Vivisimo
WebCrawler
WiseNut
Yahoo!
SPORTS
Baseball Archive
Baseball: The Game
and Beyond - includes a baseball dictionary, trivia ticker,
physics of baseball (including why a curveball curves) and much,
much more.
CNN-Sports
Illustrated OnLine
MLB Online
NBA Online
NCAA Online
NFL Online
NHL Online
Ski
Central
SportsLine US
TAX FORMS AND INFORMATION
Federal Tax Forms
Internal Revenue Service
IRS
Warns: Watch Out for These "Dirty Dozen" Tax Scams - warns
taxpayers to beware of schemes involving paychecks, refunds, fake
prize ploys, the disabled, Internet ads, false promises, and more.
State Tax
Forms
TELEPHONE DIRECTORIES
AnyWho.com
- Offers white pages, yellow pages, and reverse look-up, a feature
that lets you locate the address when all you have is a phone
number.
Bigfoot- search for
e-mail addresses and residential listings on the web
Info Space
Librarian
- Provides extensive access to many interesting and fun topics in
many categories.
Super Pages- listings for
16 million+ American businesses
Switchboard.com
TRAVEL & COMMUTER
INFORMATION
AirFares.com
CheapTickets.com
CitySearch
Expedia
Fodor's
Frommer's
Great Outdoor Recreation Pages
Hearst Castle -
explore this historic estate, also known as "America's Castle."
History Channel Traveler
- guide to help you put some history into your next trip. From
Civil War to pop culture sites, find an array of ideas and
services.
Hostels.com
iCruise
Long Island
Bus
Long Island
Railroad
Map Collection
Map Quest
Metro Commute
Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA)
New York City Department of Transportation
Priceline.Com
Roadside America
SATH:
Society for Accessible Travel & Hospitality
- Information about travel for people with various disabilities.
Sidewalk.com (New York)
Tourism Offices Worldwide
Directory
Transportation Security Administration
Travelocity
Xpeditions (National Geographic)
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