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Welcome to the Storrs Library Gateway to the Internet. Click
on any of the topics below and you will be brought to Web sites
chosen by Library Staff for their usefulness in answering questions
frequently asked at the Library. This list is not intended to
be a comprehensive directory of all Internet sites on every subject
ART MUSEUMS
- The
Virtual Library: Museums
Online directory of museums worldwide. Links
to exhibits in libraries. View the Magna Carta from the British
Library, rare maps and other documents and artifacts.
- The Boston Museum of Fine Arts
The Metropolitan Museum of
Art
The
Louvre
The Smithsonian Institution Home
Page
Springfield Museums
BUSINESS/ FINANCE
Directory
of Manufacturers
Edgar-Online the Source
for Today's SEC Filings
Hoover's Online!
Money and Investing Update -
Wall Street Journal
Money Online
The Motley Fool
New York Stock Exchange Home Page
Thomas' Register
Historical Quotes
Search Engine
Closing stock quotes by date from January 2,
1985 to the present.
CAREERS/ JOBS
MANY OF THESE SITES OFFER ANCILLARY SERVICES
SUCH AS RESUME PREPARATION, JOB FAIRS, EMPLOYER PROFILES.
- America's Job Bank
Information from the U.S. Dept. of Labor and
state employment services
Boldface
Jobs
Easy to use access to employment opportunities
CareerMosaic
Listings from employers around the world
CareerPath Home Page
Sunday job listings from major U.S. newspapers
plus smaller regional papers
Careers &
Jobs (tm)
Hundreds of job listings and links to other sites
jobs
FedWorld
Federal Job Announcement Search
Monster.com
Job listings and links to other sites jobs, help
with resumes and other job-related advice
Occupational
Outlook Handbook
Bureau of Labor Statistics guide to training
and education requirements, earnings, job prospects and working
conditions for thousands of jobs and careers.
The Riley Guide
CHILDREN
Storrs Library Discovery
Room Picks
American
Library Association Resources for Parents, Kids, & Teens
Child
Safety on the Information Highway
Children's Picture
Book Database
CyberKids Home
CyberKids/Cyberteens
Launchpad
Cyber-Seuss
Exploratorium Home
Page
Family.Com: Contents
K-12 On the Internet
Kids Web
- A World Wide Web Digital Library for Schoolkids
Research Paper
Help
Get help doing your research paper
SafeKids.com
Rules for online safety
Scholastic Place
Sports Illustrated For Kids
SuperKids Educational Software
Review
This Is
Mega-Mathematics!
White House for
Kids
COMPUTERS, THE INTERNET and
DIGITAL TECHNOLOGY
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- CNET.COM
- Advice, tips, news, price
comparisons on computers and other tech products
- WhatIs
- Definitions and facts on
the most current IT topics
- TUTORIALSFIND
- Search for tutorials by
type or keyword
- CYBER SECURITY TIPS
- U.S. Department of Homeland
Security information on cyber security
- LEARN FREE
- Free online tutorials to
programs, e-mail, computers and more
- FIVE CRITERIA FOR EVALUATING WEB SITES
- Simple table describing
what to watch for when evaluating web sites.
- GET NET WISE
- Learn how to have a safe
online experience
- PC WORLD BUYING GUIDE
- Guide to buying computers,
peripherals, PDAs, digital cameras and more
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CONSUMER INFORMATION
Agency for Health
Care Policy & Research
Information on health plans, diseases and questions
to ask the doctor
Better Business Bureau
User-friendly site with some full-text publications;
dispute resolution services; complaints registration.
Consumer Information
Center
Consumer Information Catalog online; registry
of local consumer protection agencies
Consumer Product Safety Commission
Publications, press releases, recalls, links
to other agencies
Consumer Project on Technology
Created by Ralph Nader
ConsumerSearch
Finds the best reviews for consumer products,
analyzes their picks and selects the best products. Site is organized
by category.
Consumer World
Links to 5000+ sites; good starting point for
consumer information
Consumers
International
Edmund's Cars, Vans, Trucks
Buyer's Guide
New and used vehicles; lots of other information
in addition to prices
Epinions
Opinions by individuals, not professional reviewers,
rating products and services. Links to auctions and other sites
selling reviewed products.
Experian Expo
Information, some for a fee, on personal financial
topics
Finance Center
Help in making personal finance decisions; access
to the lowest loan rates
National Fraud Information
Center
Focuses on telemarketing and online fraud
EDUCATION
College
- College
and University Rankings
- Campus Tours
- College Board Online
- Common
Application
- Federal
Student Aid
- Access
America for Students
- Educational
Testing Service Network
- The CollegeAnswer
K-12
- The
Education Atlas
- A guide to the best education sites on the
Web, sorted by Education index, subject and lifestage.
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- Homeschooling
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- National Home Education
Network
- Home
Education Magazine
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- Special Education
- National Center for Learning
Disabilities--NCLD
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ENTERTAINMENT
Movies and Videos
- Academy of Motion Pictures
Arts and Sciences
Current Movie
Reviews - New York Times
- Roger Ebert's Movie
Reviews
Entertainment Reviews For
Parents
Parent-directed reviews
Movie Review Query Engine
Over 25,000 reviews of American and foreign films. Good search
engine
Movie Reviews -
WHYY film critic, Patrick Stoner
- Internet Movie Database
- Film Festivals.Com
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- Radio
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- Welcome to NPR
- WFCR Five College Radio
- WAMC Northeast Public Radio
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Television
- Academy of Television
Arts and Sciences
- Discovery Channel Online
- TV Guide
- PBS online
- Zap2it.com
- Trivia, episodes, schedules, Emmy Award archive,
and links to Television Shows.
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- Theater
- Playbill
- News, features, schedules and information
on Broadway and Off-Broadway productions.
- Chester Theatre
Company
- A small theatre with a commitment to uncommon
summer fare.
- City
Stage
- Springfield professional theater.
- Berkshire Theatre
Festival
- Professional theatre, May - December in Stockbridge,
MA
- Hartford Stage
- Shakespeare & Co
- Williamstown Theatre
Festival
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FOOD
- Food Network
Search by keyword or by individual shows
Epicurious Home Page
Search more than 10,000 recipes and access the
sites of Bon Appetit and Gourmet magazines
- Food Thesaurus
- Cooking encyclopedia, including ingredients,
equipment and techniques.
- Food
ClipArt
More than 300 food-related images to use on flyers
or web pages
FOREIGN LANGUAGES
- Annenberg
Media Foreign Language Courses
Free video language courses for learning English,
Spanish, French, and German
BBC Languages
Learn French, German, Spanish and Italian. Limited
resources for Welsh, Portuguese, Chinese and Japanese
FSI Language
Courses
Free online language learning courses for more
than 25 languages. Developed by the Foreign Service Institute
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- ESL
ESL
Pod
Free English language learning podcast. Topics
include dining, health, entertainment, travel, and more.
Adult
Education ESL Teacher's Guide
Guide for new ELL/ABE teachers.
GENEALOGY
Family
Tree Maker's Genealogy Site
Genealogy "How-To" Guide
Genealogy
U.S. Government Census Department genealogy page
Genealogy Home Page
Family Search
Searchable database of 640 million names maintained by the Church
of Latter Day Saints
GOVERNMENT
Local
Town
of Longmeadow
Important town information, LHS alumni page,
recycling schedule, assessments, and much more.
State
Commonwealth
of Massachusetts
The Fifty States
Nice summary of important facts of the fifty
states.
Counties
Massachusetts
Counties Quick Facts
Federal
Welcome
to the White House
Environmental Protection Agency
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Food & Drug Agency
Internal Revenue Service
National Park Service
THOMAS: Legislative Information
on the Internet
U.S. Census
U.S. Treasury
- International
International
Governments - Directory (Yahoo)
- Country
Studies / Area Handbooks
Other
students.gov
A government-wide web portal for students.
HEALTH, MEDICINE
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A note of caution: Search engines are
not able to distinguish between bogus and legitimate health and
medical sites. Therefore, it is very important to evaluate each
Web site for accuracy, reliability and usefulness. Before doing
health- related research on the Web, users might want to visit
the following site: Evaluating
Web Sites |
Search Engines, Directories
- CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL
WONDER on the WEB
Point of access to reports, guidelines and numeric
public health data
Harvard Medical
Web Home Page
Health Directory (Yahoo)
Healthfinder
Gateway consumer health information web site
from the U.S. government
MedicineNet
Search Engine
Clinical Trials on the
Web
Provides patients, family members, healthcare
professionals easy access to information on clinical trials for
many diseases and conditions. Trials are mostly sponsored by
the National Institutes of Health and are being offered at over
47,000 locations nationwide.
MayoClinic.com
Medmatrix
Medline
Plus National Library of Medicine Consumer Portal
- Massachusetts
Board of Medical Registration Physician Profiles
Diseases and Conditions
- Diseases
and Conditions (Yahoo)
Merck Manual Online
Center for Disease Control and
Prevention
Agency for Health Care
Policy & Research
Information on diseases and questions to ask
the doctor.
American
Diabetes Association
American Heart Association
Healthy Minds, Healthy Lives
- Healthy Minds is a public information website
offering information about mental health, spotlighting mental
health issues in minority communities and offering Let's Talk
Fact brochures for more information.
- American Cancer Society
Fitness
Body mass calculator
Medicine and Drugs
U.S. Food & Drug Agency
Access to FDA Consumer, the agency's monthly
magazine
RxList
Information on the top 200 prescripton drugs
United
States Pharmacopeia--Advice for the Patient
A guide to over 9,000 prescription and over-the-counter
medications. Browse by first letter of the generic or brand name.
HISTORY
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A note of caution: Search engines are not able to distinguish
between bogus and legitimate historical sources. Therefore, it
is very important to evaluate each Web site for accuracy, reliability
and usefulness. Before doing historical research on the Web,
users might want to visit the following site: Evaluating
Web Sites |
Ancient and medieval
The Perseus Project
A digital library of primary texts and translations,
maps and pictures of art objects from the ancient world.
Ancient History Sourcebook
An excellent, well-indexed site designed for
classroom use. Search the Sourcebook for materials, including
primary texts, on ancient Egypt, Mesopotamia, Greece, Rome and
the Hellenistic world.
Medieval
Sourcebook
Good starting point for finding information on
the Middle Ages. Many links to relevant sites.
Modern
- Modern
History Sourcebook
The third sourcebook in the series developed
by Fordham University. A gateway to primary texts, maps and other
information about the modern world.
- Library
of Congress Country Studies/Area Handbook Program
Studies of approximately 70 countries prepared
by the Federal Research Division. Includes history, geography,
society, government and demographics.
- Native
Culture
Primary Sources
- National Archives of the
United States
Contains reproducible copies of historical documents
and other resources for teachers and students.
- Library
of Congress American Memory Project
LAW, LAWYERS
- Massachusetts Trial
Court Law Libraries on the Web
- Lawyer look up by name or city
- FindLaw
Supreme
Court Decisions Search (1937-present)
Cornell
Law Library Legal Encyclopedia
Massachusetts
General Laws
LIBRARIES
Library
of Congress
Search the catalog, view exhibits, visit the
American Memory Project, download copyright information and forms.
Massachusetts Library
and Information Service
Click here to search all Massachusetts public,
academic and special library catalogs.
Boston Public Library
New York Public Library
Western Massachusetts Regional
Library System
MUSIC
Music and CDs
- AMG All Music Guide
Mostly popular music. Search by type of music,
artist, song, labels, albums.
- Classical Net
- Reviews and links to classical music web
sites
- Free Sheet Music
- Free sheet music to download. Can be browsed
by instrument or genre.
- Music
Search
- Search for music, download MP3 files, find
Karaoke songs.
- Springfield
Symphony Orchestra
- Concert calandar and special events
- Tanglewood and the Boston
Symphony Orchestra
- Schedules and ticket information
- Ultimate Band List
- Learn about independent and unsigned bands.
- Classical
Music Resources
Developed and maintained by Duke University. An educational resource
distinguished for links to nearly 2000 non-commercial sites.
NEWS
- Online
Newspapers listed by state
International online
newspapers
- BBC News
Christian Science Monitor
Broad international coverage; back issues from
1980
- The
Reminder
CNN Interactive
Mass Live
Acess to the Springfield Union News and Sunday
Republican. Today’s edition news, features and obituaries.
USA Today
6 days of back issues for news/sports; 1
year for reviews; updated constantly
- Valley
Advocate
PARENTING
- American
Academy of Pediatrics Parenting Corner
- Quick access to reliable
information on children's safety and care.
- National
Child Care Information Center
- Massachusetts
Adoption Resource Exchange
PHONE BOOKS
- Yellow Pages
- Big Yellow
Search by category or by name and state of business.
Bigbook
GTE Super Pages
- AT&T Toll Free
Directory
- Internet 800 Directory
- Residential
- Switchboard
Telephone Directories on the
Web
International, annotated directory. Gateway to
available international directories on the Web.
REFERENCE WORKS
- Merriam-Webster's
Collegiate Dictionary, 10th Edition
Bartlett, John. 1901. Familiar
Quotations
Foreign Language, specialty
and technical dictionaries
- Citation Machine
- An interactive Web tool to generate APA and
MLA style citations
- Every Rule
- Rules for games, etiquette, sports and more
- Columbia Gazeteer
- Comprehensive and accurate encyclopedia of
geographical places and features
- Acronyma
- Searchable database of acronyms and abbreviations
- Area Codes for
the United States, Canada and the Caribbean
- Codes listed numerically and alphabetically
- Blue Book of Grammar
and Punctuation
- A brief guide to English grammar and punctuation
- ONLINE!
- A guide to citing electronic sources in various
styles.
- YourDictionary.com
- Speciality dictionaries, thesauri, rhyming
aides and phrase look-ups.
RELIGION
Gateway sites
- Finding
God in Cyberspace
An excellent starting point for research in religion.
Many links to specific sites.
- BeliefNet
The largest independent and non-affiliated spiritual
website. Articles, devotionals, sacred text searches and more
- Association of Religion
Data Archives
- Provides free access to quality religious
data
Specific Religions
Baha'i
Texts and information about the Baha’i fellowships.
Zen
Buddhism
Database of Zen centers in the U.S. and abroad.
Christianity
There are so many Web sites dedicated to
Christian content that it would be difficult to include all of
them here. Below are just a few that have been selected as most
useful by Booklist.
Catholic Online
Orthodox Christian
Foundation
Texts and liturgy of the Greek Orthodox Church
Hindu Universe
Website for the Global Hindu Electronic Networks,
a project of the Hindu Students Council.
Islam
Website developed and maintained by the Department
of Religious Studies at the University of Georgia.
- Al-Islam.org
Website maintained by the Digital Islamic Library
Project (DILP), a registered Non Profit Organisation that operates
through the collaborative effort of volunteers based in many
countries around the world.
Judaism
Shamash
Created by the Jewish Internet Consortium. Links
to organizations, libraries, museums, schools. FAQs about Judaism.
REVIEWS AND LITERARY CRITICISM
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- Directory of Book
Reviews on the Web
A comprehensive directory with links to book reviews organized
by category
- The LitBlog Co-op
Links to many literary blogs
- New
Pages Guide to Review Sources
Links to daily newspaper book reviews, college paper reviews
and reviews in alternative press sources.
- Arts and Letters Daily
Maintained by the Chronicle of Higher Education. Links to reviews
and articles on literary, philodophical and political topics.
- Overbooked
- Features book lists by theme or genre, readers'
advisory and other materials of interest to readers.
- BookWire - The First Place
to Look for Book Information
New York Times Book Reviews
Reviews from Sunday and weekday editions with backfiles to 1980.
Complete free registration for access
Mr. William
Shakespeare and the Internet
Complete works online, frequently asked questions, links to other
Shakespeare resources on the web.
Simon & Schuster
Homepage
Bestsellers, new releases, resources for reading groups, educators
and librarians
- Random House
New books, reading guides and resources for readers
- Author, Iris Karas
Former Longmeadow resident publishes Organizing
Elizabeth
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SCIENCE
- Animals
Animal Image
Collection
Good site for animal pictures
- All
About Birds
- EELink
Endangered Species
- US
Fish and Wildlife Service Endangered Species Site
- Entomology
Index of Internet Resources
- Insect related information
on the Internet
Chemistry
ChemCenter Home
Page
Periodic Table
Environment
Rainforest Action Network
- Space
The Galaxy Page
(tours of solar system)
NASA Ames Space Science:
Introduction (for high school and college students)
The
Nine Planets
- Hubble
Page
Other
Academic
Press Dictionary of Science and Technology
Full entries for over 130,000 terms, plus audio
capacity. Listen to the pronunciation of medical and scientific
terminology.
SEARCH ENGINES
Subject Directories
Librarians Index to the Internet
Sites selected and reviewed by librarians.
Infomine
A list of resources from the Arts through
Zoology selected by librarians at the University of California.
Yahoo!
The most commonly used commercial subject
directory on the Internet.
Basic Search Engines
The remarks associated with selected
search engines are based on evaluations by Library Journal's
Webwatch
- About
Alta Vista
Ask
- Cuil
Go.com Search
Google
- Lycos Internet Directory
Search Bug
Use for locating information on organizations
META Search Engines
- Dogpile
- WebCrawler Search
SENIOR CITIZENS
- AARP WebPlace
Elderhostel
- Greater Springfield Senior
Services
- Five College Learning in
Retirement
- Mass. Dept. of Public Health
Division of Health Care Quality
- Check out nursing home and long-term care
facilities throughout Massachusetts.
800 Age Info
- This site lists information on approximately
40,000 services and programs in Massachusetts for elders.
- Medicare
- Social Security Online
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SOCIAL SCIENCE
Economics
Economics
- Directory (Yahoo)
Geography
Geography
- Directory (Yahoo)
Regions (Yahoo)
Sociology
Sociology
- Directory (Yahoo)
SPORTS
ESPNET SportsZone
GolfWeb
SportsLine USA
TRAVEL
Fodor's on the Web
Lonely Planet
Rough Guides
- Travelocity
- Concierge.com
Orbitz
TripAdvisor.com
Reviews and recommendations for hotels, resorts,
inns, vacations, travel packages, vacation packages, travel guides
and lots more.
Universal Currency
Converter
Access-Able Travel Source
- Information for travelers with special needs,
a directory of TTY numbers, a list of accessible cruise ships,
and travel suggestions.
- Pets on the Go
- Listings of pet-friendly hotels and other
travel accomodations for pets.
- Traveler's
Health from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control
- U.S.
Customs Service
WEATHER
- National Weather Service
- The Weather Channel
- The Weather Underground
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