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New
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Search
the Internet
Use a search engine to search the
Internet or browse subject guides.
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Quick
Links
Sites that provide Almanacs,
Dictionaries,
Genealogy,
News, Sports,
Telephone
Directories, Zip Codes.
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Consumer Web Sites
Sites on Automobiles,
Books,
Education,
Health,
Home, Jobs
and Careers, Law, Money, Travel.
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Wisconsin Information
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New and Popular Sites:
- Federal Tax
Forms
- Wisconsin Tax Forms
- Annual
Credit Report - This
central site allows you to request a free credit file disclosure,
commonly called a credit report, once every 12 months from each of
the nationwide consumer credit reporting companies: Equifax,
Experian and TransUnion.
- Ancestry Library
Edition - With more than 1.5 billion names in over
4,000 databases, Ancestry Library Edition includes records from
the United States Census; military records; court, land and
probate records; vital and church records; directories; passenger
lists and more! (In Library Use Only)
- Internet
Safety Awareness - This
site has been put together by the Ela Area Public Library, Lake
Zurich, Illinois, in conjunction with the North Suburban Library
System, and the police departments of Lake Zurich and Hawthorn
Woods, who are providing these materials to help you educate
yourself about safety on the Internet.
- Top Ten Web
Sites for Seniors
- SeniorLAW - SeniorLAW is a program of
Legal Action of Wisconsin, Inc., dedicated to serving individuals
who are 60 and older. Our office is located in Milwaukee,
Wisconsin. This site contains information about the services we
can provide to seniors, a calendar of our upcoming educational
presentations and events, a list of our publications and copies of
some of our publications for you to download, general information
about some public benefits available to seniors, and a special
Medicare+Choice information area where you can learn about new
options available in Medicare health plans and your rights under
these new plans.
- Hotmail and Yahoo! Mail - Free Email providers on the internet
- Learning Express
Library - Interactive
online database features more than 300 practice tests including
ACT, SAT, GED, ASVAB, Firefighter, Police Officer, Paramedic, EMT,
Citizenship, Postal Worker, Real Estate Agent, and many more! Log
on from the library or use your library card from home.
- HeritageQuest Online
- Find ancestors and
relatives in the complete set of US Federal Cenus Records
1790-1930. Also, find information on people and places described
in over 25,000 family and local histories. You MUST use the
computers in the library to access this resource.
- Wisconsin Sex
Offenders Registry - This Web site is designed to enhance public safety by
making the information contained in the Sex Offender Registry
easily accessible to the public.
- Wisconsin Circuit Court Access
- Provide public access to
those records of the circuit courts of Wisconsin in the
Consolidated Court Automation Programs (CCAP) which are open to
public view under Wisconsin's Open Records law.
- Web Sites for
Seniors - a
selection of web sites of interest to seniors.
- Wisconsin's No
Call List - This sight
provides information on how to identify yourself as someone who
does not wish to receive telemarketing calls.
- netLibrary - Over 3,000 ebooks for you to browse
online or checkout. Establish an account using one of the Internet
PC's in the library, then access the ebooks collection from
anywhere!
- BadgerLink- Wisconsin Department of Public
Instruction provides you with access to EBSCO full text magazine
indexes, and UMI full text newspaper indexes. If you cannot access
BadgerLink this way (e.g. America Online users), follow this link
instead: http://www.badgerlink.net/lib_card.htmland use your library barcode
number.
Search
the Internet
- Alta Vista - One of the better search engines on the
Web. Allows simple and advanced searching.
- Big Eye - A small number of sites, but only the
best of the best are listed. Good mix of commercial and nonprofit
sites, as well as links to alternative but authoritative ones.
- Excite - A powerful search engine. Links to web
reviews.
- Google - Google is the librarians' favorite
search site.
- HotBot - One the Web's most powerful search
engines. Allows simple and advanced searching.
- InfoSeek - Another popular search engine. Perform
simple to advanced searches.
- Lycos - A search engine with options. Gives web
reviews and links to popular sites.
- Yahoo! - One of the first search engines on the
Web. Links to popular sites, includes news, stock quotes, sports scores.
Easy to use!
Meta
Search Engines
- What
are Meta Search Engines - When to use them and how do they work?
- Dogpile.com - A multi-search engine.
- MetaCrawler - Another multi-search engine.
- MetaSeek
- A content based
meta-search engine for images including animals, art, buildings,
flowers, geography, landscape, nature, objects, people and more.
- Monster Crawler - The Monstrous tool where you'll Search:
Yahoo, Excite, AltaVista, Infoseek, FAST Search & Lycos with
just one click!
Quick
Links
These
are sites that the reference staff use to find answers quickly:
Almanacs, Dictionaries, Genealogy, News, Sports, Telephone Directories,
and ZIP Codes.
Almanacs
- The Old Farmer's Almanac - Based on the book of the same name,
gives weather forecasts, phases of the moon, sun/moon rise and set
times, and lots more.
- Information Please - Millions of up to date facts and
statistics on all topics. A great reference source that includes
the Information Please Almanacs, Random House Webster's College
Dictionary, and the Columbia Encyclopedia (Sixth Edition).
Dictionaries
Genealogy
- HeritageQuest Online:
Find ancestors and relatives
in the complete set of US Federal Cenus Records 1790-1930. Also,
find information on people and places described in over 25,000
family and local histories. You MUST use the computers in the
library to access this resource.
- RootsWeb Social
Security Death Index - RootsWeb
lets you search the Social Security Death Index. Given a name it
will provide social security number, birth and death dates, the
state the number was issued in, and the city, county, and state of
last residence.
- FamilySearch Internet
Genealogy Service - The
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints: Ancestor Search
searches: Ancestral File, International Genealogical Index
(British Isles, North America, and Finland regions), and web sites
(by last name only).
- Immigration
and Ships Passenger Lists Research Guide - The goal of this guide is to help in
research of immigration records and ship's passenger lists, both
on-line and off-line. The emphasis is on helping those who may be
new to this research, but it includes tips, links, and help that
may be of interest to all.
- RootsWeb.com - Rootsweb site allows searches of over 40
genealogical databases.
- Soundex
Converter - Type in a
surname and this Rootsweb page will give you the Soundex code.
- United States Vital Records
Information - Directory
of national, state, and county offices to contact for vital
records. Maintained by Elizabeth Orsay this site has links to many
other sites.
News
Sports
- Green Bay Packer Page - Official Packers web site.
- NFL - The Official Site of the National Football
League. See the latest scores, statistics and player information.
Links to NFL team sites.
- NBA - The Official Site of the National
Basketball Association. See the latest scores, statistics and
player information. Links to NBA team sites.
- National Hockey League - The Official Web Site of National Hockey
League. See the latest scores, statistics and player information.
- Sports Illustrated Online
- Read the latest sports
news from Sports Illustrated.
- WWW
Women's Sports Page - Site
is dedicated to women's sports. Links to women athletes,
organizations and teams.
Telephone
Directories
- AT&T Toll Free
Internet Directory - Search
AT&T's 1-800 directory by city or business category. Also
includes a regular business and residential nationwide phone book.
- Ameritech Internet Yellow Pages
- Search Ameritech's
Business Yellow Pages by company name and yellow page category.
- InfoSpace - Locate listings of people, businesses,
government offices, toll free numbers, fax numbers, e-mail
addresses, maps and URL's all at one site.
- The Internet 800 Directory
- Search for 1-800 business
numbers. Has over 300,000 current business listings.
- Switchboard - Search for both business and residential
phone numbers and addresses. Has over 11 million business listings
and 106 million residential listings.
- Telephone Directories on the
Web - List of links to
telephone directories from around the world.
ZIP Codes
- USPS
ZIP+4 Code Lookup - United
States Postal Service: given any address will standardize it and
provide ZIP+4 code.
- National Address and ZIP+4
Browser - Semaphore
Corp. provides service similar to above.
- Geographic
Names Information System - US Geological Survey site lets you search any geographical
feature and displays latitude/longitude, elevation, population.
Will also locate the feature on a map or aerial photograph.
- National Address
Server - Site at
University of New York at Buffalo provides standardized address
and ZIP code, then locates address on detailed street map.
Consumer
Sites
Automobile
Sites
- Edmund's Automobile Buyer's Guides
- From the publisher of the
popular books, a site that gives car values and lots more.
- Kelley Blue Book - Look up trade-in values for used cars as
well as MSRP and dealer invoice for new cars.
- Motor Vehicle FAQs
- Wisconsin Department of
Transportation answers frequently asked questions.
- N.A.D.A. - Appraisal guides for automobiles (new,
used, import, classic and special interest), trucks, boats,
campers, snowmobiles, motorcycles and more.
- National Highway Traffic
Safety Administration - NHTSA
site lets you check for recalls, technical service bulletins,
crash test results , and lots of other auto safety information.
Book Sites
- Advanced Book Exchange Inc. - Commercial service for buying and
selling out-of-print, used and rare books.
- Amazon Books - Commercial service for buying and
selling new books.
- Barnes
and Noble - Commercial
service for buying and selling new books.
- Chapter-a-Day - Rediscover the joy of reading with
Chapter-a-Day, a free e-mail service that delivers chapters from
best selling books.
- WisCat
- Wisconsin's state wide
library catalog allows you to search all the libraries in the
state at once!
- TIGER - Search the catalogs of
thirteen libraries in Washington, Dodge, and Jefferson counties.
Education
Sites
- American
Universities - University
of Florida College of Liberal Arts and Sciences' link to American
universities.
- CollegeNET - Guide to colleges in the US and a few
other countries, and has a database of over 500,000 private sector
scholarships.
- Community College Web
- Maricopa Center for
Learning and Instruction's searchable index of more than 900 U.S.,
Canadian and European community colleges.
- FinAid - Links to scholarship and financial aid
sites, as well as providing access to fastWEB, a listing of 180,00
private sector scholarships, grants, and fellowships. Sponsored by
the National Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators.
- Mapping Your Future - Sponsored by administrators of the
Federal Family Education Loan Program, this site provides career
planning information, tips on selecting a school, and lots of advice
about financial aid. Particularly helpful are the "financial
aid calendar", a comprehensive listing of financial aid
sites, and links to college directories. A good place to start for
college and financial aid information.
- Teaching
Tolerance - An Internet
hotlist on teaching tolerance.
Health Sites
- BPL's Health and
Medicine - Berkeley
Public Library's annotated index to health sites.
- Family
Village Guide to Diagnoses - From UW- Madison with an electronic "card
catalog" for finding specific disabilities and diseases.
- Healthfinder - U.S. Department of Health and Human
Services site provides a gateway to online health information. An
excellent source for basic information on diseases and health
problems, and links to more detailed resources.
- MedWeb - Emory University's subject guide useful
for consumers and professionals.
- PubMed - National Library of Medicine provides free
access to MEDLINE, an index to more than 9 million articles in
nearly 4 thousand medical journals.
- Yahoo! - Health Index - Subject guide to other sites, includes
search engine.
Home
- Consumer Information
Center -- Housing - Federal
government site with useful consumer guides and pamphlets.
- Energy Outlet Home Page - Utilities in Oregon provide information
on saving energy in your home, with links to other home sites.
- HomeArts: Home
and Garden - Extensive
magazine style site with household and decorating hints, how-to-do-it
articles, links to other sites, and much more.
- My Menus - Scroll down to the Quick Start section
to search for recipes by ingredient, by nutrition, or by category
(seafood, side dishes, desserts, etc.)
- PestWeb - Links to information and sites about
bugs and weeds.
- SOAR: The Searchable Online
Archive of Recipes (RecipeSource) - Over 55,000 recipes including Holiday
Foods, International Dishes, and Special and Restricted Diets.
Search by keywords or browse through the categories.
- Toilets:
Toiletology; A Complete Course in Toilet Repairs - Award winning site will take you
step-by-step through toilet repair.
- Yahoo Home
and Garden - Link to
hundreds of sites with Yahoo's annotated subject guide or search
engine.
Job and Career
Sites:
- American Job Bank - Nationwide job listings from the U.S.
Department of Labor and State Public Employment Service agencies. Includes
public sector and government jobs.
- America's Employers -
Lists of job opportunities
and links to companies.
- Career Resource Center - A huge directory of job and career
information. Covers all 50 states.
- JobWeb - Current information on employment
opportunities, salaries and other employment information for
college students and graduates.
- The Monster Board - Close to 500,000 listings. Covers entry
level to upper management.
- Occupational Outlook Handbook -
Published by the Department
of Labor this is a useful career guide.
- The Riley Guide - Site is maintained by Margaret Riley,
Internet Columnist for National Business Employment Weekly. Covers
all employment areas.
- State
of Wisconsin Job Opportunities - Search Wisconsin State classified civil
service listings.
- Wisconsin JobNet - Search for employment opportunities in Wisconsin.
Includes Washington County.
Law Sites:
- Wisconsin Circuit Court
Access - This website
provides public access to the records of the Wisconsin circuit courts
for counties using the Consolidated Court Automation Programs
(CCAP) Case Management system. These records are open to public
view under Wisconsin's Open Records law, sections 19.31-19.39,
Wisconsin Statutes.
- Legal Information Institute
- Cornell Law School's site
gives you United States Code, U.S. Supreme Court decisions,
Uniform Commercial Code, lots of other legal information.
- LegalExplorer - State Bar of Wisconsin provides quick
answers to common legal questions.
- Martindale-Hubbell
Lawyer Locator - Online
edition of this popular directory lets you locate lawyers
worldwide.
- Nolo's Reference Library
- Publisher of popular
legal guides provides quick answers to common legal questions.
- State of Wisconsin - Wisconsin statutes, acts and bills,
public hearings, biennial Blue Book, etc.
- THOMAS: Legislative Information on
the Internet - Track
bills and laws in U.S. Congress, includes Congressional Record and
other documents.
- WisBar - Web site for the State Bar of Wisconsin
contains Wisconsin Caselaw, Statutes, Acts, and Court Rules. Also
provides Lawyer Referral and Information Service.
- The World Wide Web
Virtual Library: Law - Indiana
University School of Law provides links to U.S. Code of Federal
Regulations, laws and statutes from other states, tax laws and
forms, and other legal sources.
- SeniorLAW - SeniorLAW is a program of
Legal Action of Wisconsin, Inc., dedicated to serving individuals
who are 60 and older. Our office is located in Milwaukee,
Wisconsin. This site contains information about the services we
can provide to seniors, a calendar of our upcoming educational
presentations and events, a list of our publications and copies of
some of our publications for you to download, general information
about some public benefits available to seniors, and a special
Medicare+Choice information area where you can learn about new
options available in Medicare health plans and your rights under
these new plans.
Money Sites
- Annual
Credit Report - This
central site allows you to request a free credit file disclosure, commonly
called a credit report, once every 12 months from each of the
nationwide consumer credit reporting companies: Equifax, Experian
and TransUnion.
- Bank Rate Monitor - Up-to-date rates for mortgages, car
loans, and home equity loans, as well as credit card rates and
other useful banking information. From the company that publishes
a newsletter of the same name.
- CNNfn - Currencies market. World currency exchange
rates per U.S. dollar from CNN Financial News.
- Financial
Data Finder - Annotated
list of financial and economic data on the Web and elsewhere,
provided by Ohio State University's Dept. of Finance.
- NAIC Online - National Association of Investors
Corporation offers investment advice to young and old, rookie and
experienced.
- SEC EDGAR - Securities and Exchange Commission
filings for public domestic companies.
- Top Money News
- USA Today's Money section
containing financial news stories and investment information.
- Welcome to InterLotto - Lists lottery information.
- Yahoo! Business
and Economy - Subject
guide to economic and investment sites.
- Federal Tax
Forms
- Wisconsin Tax
Forms
Travel Sites
- Hotels and Travel
on the Net - WebScope's
subject guide to hotel and travel sites. Links to airlines,
airports and other travel sites.
- Map Blast - Street atlas of the United States and
Canada produced by Vicinity Corp.
- MapQuest - An interactive street atlas of the
United States provided by GeoSystems. Type in a starting point and
destination and a map will be created.
- USA CityLink - A starting point for searching for
travel information about cities and states. Links to hotels,
visitor and convention bureaus, and cultural events.
- Yahoo! Travel -
Subject guide to travel
sites.
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