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ART GENERAL REFERENCE SERVICES
BUSINESS & FINANCE GOVERNMENT
CHILDREN & FAMILY HEALTH
COLLEGE INFORMATION HOMEWORK HELP
COMPUTERS & THE INTERNET HISTORY
CONSUMER INFORMATION LANGUAGE & LINGUISTICS
CURRENT EVENTS LAW
EDUCATION LIBRARIES ON THE INTERNET
EMPLOYMENT LITERATURE
FILM & TELEVISION LONG ISLAND
FINANCIAL AID MATHEMATICS

TRAVEL & COMMUTER INFORMATION

FOOD MUSIC
 
GENEALOGY  
 

 

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.

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.
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.).

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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.
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.
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.

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CHILDREN & FAMILY

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.
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-Lion 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.
Parenthood.com
Recommended Youth Reading Lists (St. Charles Public Library) - Lists recommended books, arranged by subject.
Yahoo! Kids

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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


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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.
Kids' Rules for Online Safety
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

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CONSUMER INFORMATION

Better Business Bureau of New York
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 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
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.
Roth IRA Web Site - provides technical and planning information to practitioners and consumers.

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CURRENT EVENTS

NEWSPAPERS
New York Post
New York Times
News Directory - Links to over 12,000 newspapers
Newsday
Wall Street Journal

TELEVISION AND RADIO

ABC
Biography - From A&E
CBS
CNN
FOX
Fox News
MSNBC
National Public Radio
NBC
New York Radio Guide
PBS ONLINE
WCBS NewsRadio88
Weather Channel

WEB NEWS SOURCES
AllYouCanRead.com
Arts and Letters Daily
CNet
Internet News.com
Newslink
Ziff-Davis Network

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EDUCATION

AcademicInfo.net - online subject directory of over 25,000 hand-picked educational resources for high school and college students as well as a directory of online degree programs and admissions test preparation resources (SAT, GRE, LSAT, MCAT, GMAT, USMLE, etc.)
American School Search - lists NY college information including
student-to-faculty ratios, enrollment figures, tuition and financial aid packages, on-campus housing costs, degree programs, scholarships, and more.  Information comes from the National Center for Education Statistics, FAFSA, the US Department of Labor, and the US News and Education Report.
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) - 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


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EMPLOYMENT

General Career Sites
America's Career Infonet
Ask the Headhunter
Best Jobs U.S.A. Job and resume databases, plus other resources, tools and information.
Career OneStop Sponsored by the US Dept. of Labor.
CareerPath Career advice, plus job-search listings from more than 60 participating newspapers.
Career Resource Library
Career Voyages
Career Zone
Education Portal Articles, reviews, and videos on career paths, job hunting, trade schools, and degree programs.
Hempstead Works: Job Seekers Walk-in "One Stop" career center.
Internet Career Connection Discover a career direction that best matches your personality style.
New York State Department of Labor
O*Net Resource Center
Occupational Outlook Handbook
What workers do on the job, training & educational needs, working conditions, earnings, and expected prospects in a wide range of occupations.
Riley Guide Links to job resources on the Internet.
Tips for Avoiding Job Scams
Vault


Job Listings & Resume Posting Sites

Americas' Job Bank
Big Apple Help Wanted
CareerBuilder.com Search for jobs by industry, salary, location; post your resume free.
Career Magazine
Dice.com
FlipDog.com
High Tech NY
Hot Jobs @ Yahoo
Indeed Search engine for job listings.
Job.com
Job Bank USA
Job Central
Job Factory
Job-Hunt New York
Job Sniper
Jobs.com
Juju Search engine for job listings.
Monster.com
Nation Job Network
The New York Job Source
Plus Jobs
Quintessential Careers
Simply Hired Search engine for job listings.
Trabajos en Español.
Tri-State Jobs New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Connecticut.
True Careers Jobs for degreed professionals.
Vault

Government and Civil Service Jobs
Federal Jobs
FedJobs Career Central
Long Beach Civil Service and Benefits Office
Nassau County Civil Service Commission
New York City Civil Service
New York State Department of Civil Service
Suffolk County Civil Service
USA Jobs Federal civil service listings.

Unemployment Benefits
NY Unemployment Insurance Benefits Online
US Dept. of Labor Unemployment Insurance Information

Resume and Cover Letter Preparation
Career Babe's Resume Writing Tutorial
Career Zone Resume Maker
The Damn Good Resume
eResumes
JobStar Central Resume and cover letter assistance, compiled by public libraries in Northern California.
Proven Resumes
Rebecca Smith's eResumes and Resources
The 10 Minute Resume

Classified Job Ads
Craigslist Long Island Jobs
Craigslist New York City Jobs
New York Daily News Jobs
New York Post At Work
New York Times Job Ads
Newsday Classifieds
NonProfit Times
Wall Street Journal Jobs Page

Employer Website Listings
New York Job Source

Specialized Job Listings
Computers
Disabled, on Social Security
Engineering
Fashion
Foundation Center Non-profit organization jobs.
Idealist.org Non-profit organization jobs.
Latin America's Professional Network Experienced Spanish and Portuguese bilingual professionals.
Legal Jobs Database
Health and Medicine
High Tech NY
Marketing, Sales, and Advertising
Net-Temps Temporary and permanent jobs.
Non-Profit Organization Job Bank
Older Workers
Six-Figure Jobs
Snag-A-Job Hourly employment.
Social Service Job Bank
Teach Long Island A recruitment cooperative of Long Island school districts.
Teach New York NYC Dept. of Education.
Truck and Bus Driving
Union Jobs Clearinghouse


Training School Search Sites
NYS Eligible Training Providers Search Engine

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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.

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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.

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FOOD

Appetite Net
Better Homes & Gardens Kitchen
Epicurious
Food Network
Food Timeline
Internet Chef
On-Line Cookbook
Wine Business
Zagat.com

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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)


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GENERAL REFERENCE SERVICES

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.
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
Nobel Prize Internet Archive  - an archive of all previous winners, categorized by prize.
Old Farmers Almanac
One Look Dictionary
WWWebster's Dictionary


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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
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. Patent and Trademark Office
U.S.A. Jobs

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.
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.

VOTING INFORMATION

Nassau County League of Women Voters
Project Vote Smart


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HEALTH

AARP Health
American Academy of Pediatrics
American Cancer Society
American Dental Association
American Medical Association
Breast Cancer Net
Breast Cancer.org
Cancer.gov
Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition
Center for Disease Control and Prevention
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
Food and Drug Administration
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.
Merck Manual
Mesothelioma Center - information on asbestos, mesothelioma, and other cancers caused by asbestos exposure.
National Institute on Aging
National Institutes of Health
National Library of Medicine
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
Shape Up America
Verifying Health Care Professionals' State Credentials
World Health Organization


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HISTORY

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

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HOMEWORK HELP

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

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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.

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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


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LIBRARIES ON THE INTERNET

American Library Association
Bookwire
Library of Congress
Library Spot
Nassau Library System
New York Public Library
RefDesk.com
SuffolkWeb

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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.

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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 Railroad
Long Island Web Site
Nassau County Home Page
Oceanside Herald (Herald Community Newspapers)
Oceanside School District
Our Long Island
Town of Hempstead Home Page


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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


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MUSIC

About.com Guide to Classical Music
Classical Net Home Page
Harmony Central  - resource for musicians. Includes guitar, bass, synths, MIDI, software, effects, etc.
Jazz Online
Latin American Music Center
Library Spot: Music Libraries

Lincoln Center Home Page
MTV
New York Public Library Music Division

Rock & Roll Hall of Fame
VH1

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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


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PHILOSOPHY & RELIGION

Catholic Encyclopedia
Vatican Page


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POLITICS

C-SPAN - includes live RealAudio of Senate and House floor action.
Democratic National Committee
GOP Republican National Committee

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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.

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RECREATION

Beckett Online: The Sports Card Authority
Cove's Gardening Page
National Park Service
PetNet
Pollstar - online concert database and index

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SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

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
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.
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.
Greatest Engineering Achievements of the 20th Century
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
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
Windows to the Universe

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SEARCH ENGINES

AltaVista - Most useful when students use the Advanced Search and media-search pages. Includes a family filter.
Bing
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.
MetaCrawler  - allows you to search through multiple search crawlers at once.
Yahoo!


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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


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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

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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
Super Pages- listings for 16 million+ American businesses
Switchboard.com


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TRAVEL & COMMUTER INFORMATION

CitySearch
Fodor's
Frommer's
Great Outdoor Recreation Pages
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.
Long Island Bus
Long Island Railroad
Map Quest
Metro Commute
Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA)
New York City Department of Transportation
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
Xpeditions (National Geographic)

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