Agriculture:

MooMilk - http://www.moomilk.com
Provides information on the dairy industry for the professional or cow lover.

National Agricultural Library - http://www.nalusda.gov
One of four national libraries in the U.S., it is a major international source for ag information. It is a gateway to many other resources.

U.S. House Committee on Agriculture - http://www.house.gov/agriculture

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Art and Architecture:

Art on the Web - http://www.bc.edu/bc_org/avp/cas/fnart/Artweb.html
Over 1200 links to everything about art; maintained by Boston College

Artcyclopedia - http://www.artcyclopedia.com
Has indexed 700 leading arts sites and links to 80,000 works by 7,000 different artists.

Internet ArtResources - http://artresources.com
A multitude of resources, including information about artists, galleries, museums, reviews and articles.

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Autos:

Autoweb.com - http://www.autoweb.com
Guides consumers through every stage of vehicle ownership process.

AutoWorld.com - http://www.autoworld.com
Large database of new and used vehicles.

Kelley Blue Book - http://www.kbb.com
Used car values, new car previews, and other information about buying and selling autos.

Safety Problems and Issues - http://www.nhtsa.dot.gov/cars/problems/
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration's information about recalls and other safety issues concerning automobiles.

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Biography:

Biographical Directory of the United States Congress - http://bioguide.congress.gov/biosearch/biosearch.asp
Searchable database provides biographical information for the members of Congress from 1774 to present.

POTUS - http://www.ipl.org/ref/POTUS/
Background information on the presidencies. Links to biographies, historical documents, audio and video files, and links to other presidential sites include.

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Bookstores:

abebooks.com - http://www.abebooks.com
Is a network of overy 6800 independent booksellers dealing in used and antiquarian books.

Add All Used and Out of Print Books - http://www.addall.com/Used/
Use to search for used and rare books, comparing prices and services among 41 on-line bookstores.

amazon.com - http://www.amazon.com
Huge book, music and video store.

Borders.com - http://www.borders.com
Web site for the large bookstore chain.

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Business Information:

Consumer Price Index Calculator - http://woodrow.mpls.frb.fed.us/research/data/us/calc/
Calculates the difference in cost of goods from year to year. Also provides a list of the rate of inflation since 1913.

FinanCenter.com - http://www.financenter.com/
Publishes research on financial products and services. Source for web calculators that compute borrowing, investing, and spending options.

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Careers & Jobs:

America's Job Bank - http://www.ajb.dni.us/
Partnership between US Department of Labor and state operated Public Employment Service. Provides job seekers with largest pool of active job opportunities available anywhere. For employers it provides rapid national exposure for job openings.

Career Builder - http://www.careerbuilder.com/JobSeeker/Index.htm
Features jobs from 75+ career sites, personalized job hunting tools, skills certification, and articles.

Chronicle of Higher Education - http://chronicle.com/jobs/

College Grad Job Hunter - http://www.collegegrad.com/book
Targets recent grads and entry level jobs exclusively.

Job-Hunt.org - http://job-hunt.org/
Directory of Internet and Web career and employment resources, selected and organized for quick and easy use.

Monster.com - http://www.monster.com/
Features include resume management, careers network, expert advice on job seeking and free newsletters.

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Education Information:

American School Directory - http://www.asd.com
Find vital school information on all 108,000 K-12 schools in America.

The College Board - http://www.collegeboard.com
Students can register for SAT online and practice online with actual SAT questions.

EduHound - http://www.eduhound.com/
A highly specialized educational directory with resource links offered free to educators, students and parents.

FinAid! - http://www.finaid.org/
Comprehensive annotated collection of information about student financial aid on the web.

National Public School Locator - http://www.nces.ed.gov/ccdweb/school/
Helps locate correct name, address, telephone number, NCES ID number, etc. for all school districts as reported by state education officials in each state.

Peterson's Home Page - http://www.petersons.com/
Consistently organized information about educational opportunities at all levels and gives access to Peterson's databases as well.

Student Guide - http://studentaid.ed.gov/guide
Most comprehensive source of student financial aid from U.S. Department of Education.

US News College and Career - http://www.usnews.com/usnews/edu/eduhome.htm
Provides information on college and careers from U.S. News and World Report.

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Genealogy:

FamilySearch - http://www.familysearch.org/
Provided by the Latter Day Saints, this site provides access to millions of records in the Family History Library, provides research guidance, and links to other sites of interest.

Social Security Death Index - http://www.ancestry.com/main.htm
Contains records of deceased persons who possessed Social Security records.

Vital Records Information - http://vitalrec.com/
Where to obtain vital records (birth,death, marriage certificates and divorce decrees) from each state, territory and county of U.S.

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Government Information:

FirstGov - http://www.firstgov.gov/
Government site that searches government Web pages.

Governments of the WWW - http://gksoft.com/govt/
Comprehensive database of governmental institutions on the World Wide Web: parliaments, ministries , offices, law courts, embassies, city councils, etc.

Historical United States Census - http://fisher.lib.virginia.edu/census/
Data presented here describe the people and economy of the US for each state and country from 1790 to 1960.

Public Record Databases - http://www.searchsystems.net/
Provides an access point to over 2000 local, state and federal public record databases.

SearchGov.com - http://www.searchgov.com
Searches government information on the Internet.

US Census Bureau - http://www.census.gov/
Official site of the United States Census Bureau; loaded with information.

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Health and Fitness:

Cyberdiet.com - http://www.cyberdiet.com
Features a vast array of nutritional information, interactive tools and more to help users reach their goals. The information is peer-reviewed, submitted by licensed dietitians as well as other health care providers. All are free of charge.

FitnessZone - http://www.fitnesszone.com
Features an exclusive on-line health and fitness magazine, gym and health club locator, and selection of fitness equipment.

healthfinder - http://www.healthfinder.gov
Free gateway to reliable consumer health and human services information web sites developmed by JS Department of Health and Human Services.

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Humanities:

Infonation - http://www.un.org/Pubs/CyberSchoolBus
Infonation is an easy-to-use, two step database that allows you to view and compare statistical data for the member states of the United Nations.

WWWomen.com - http://www.wwwomen.com
Offers the largest collection of exclusively female oriented web links online.

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Legal Information:

LawCrawler - http://lawcrawler.findlaw.com/
Provides access to a comprehensive and fast growing online library of legal resources for use by legal professionals, consumers, and small businesses.

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Maps & Geography:

50states.com - http://www.50states.com/
Provides information on the 50 states and their capitals with links on interest.

EarthaMaps - http://www.earthamaps.com/
Provided by DeLorme, a leading publisher of maps, atlases, mapping software, and online mapping applications.

How Far Is It - http://www.indo.com/distance/
Uses data from US Census and a supplementary list of cities around the world to find the latitude and longitude of two places, and then calculates the distance between them. It also provides a map showing the two places, using the Xerox PARC map server.

Maps On Us - http://www.mapsonus.com
Locate maps and plan driving routes.

MapQuest - http://www.mapquest.com
Generates maps, provides driving directions, as well as business, leisure and around town access to lodging, dining and other city information including yellow/white pages, maps of scenic drives, national parks and airports. Topographic maps also available.

TerraServer.com - http://www.terraserver.com
Largest online atlas of high-resolution satellite imagery and aerial photography.

WorldFactbook - http://www.odci.gov/cia/publications/factbook
CIA's publication on countries of the world.

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Medical Information:

Medical World Search - http://www.mwsearch.com
A search engine that operates over a selection of the most high quality medical sites on the Web and facilitates searching by using a medical thesaurus that understands medical terminology and searches related terms automatically.

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Museums:

The Franklin Institute Online - http://www.fi.edu
Mission is to stimulate interest in science, promote public understanding of science, and strengthen science education.

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Time:

Calendar Zone - http://www.calendarzone.com
Provides resources and links to many different kinds of calendars including celestial, historic, and religious.

Festivals.com - http://www.festivals.com
Web site devoted exclusively to the worldwide festival industry and the premier resource on the Internet for festivals and community events around the globe.

Global Metric Time Service - http://www.globalmetric.com/time
An extensive database of over 1500 cities and towns, in 177 individual time zones, across 237 countries. Provides the local time for a specific location, correctly adjusted for daylight savings time.

Official U.S. Time - http://www.time.gov/
This government web site provides the official time, accurate within 1 second, of every time zone in the United States.

timeanddate.com - http://www.timeanddate.com
Provides information about the World Clock, time zones, and calendars, and features time calculators and countdown capabilities.

Time Zone Converter - http://www.timezoneconverter.com/cgi-bin/tzc.tzc
Converts the time in one time zone to the time in another worldwide.

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Travel:

Arthur Frommer's Budget Travel Online - http://www.frommers.com
Provides information on dicscounted fares, hotel reservations, and everything travel related.

Excite Travel - http://travel.excite.com
Thousands of links to hotels, airlines, auto rentals, etc.

Hotelguide.com - http://www.hotelguide.ch
International hotel directory representing over 60,000 hotels in 200 countries, offers searching capabilities in 6 languages, secure online reservations, detailed free information, and a currency converter..

Travelocity.com - http://www.travelocity.com
One-stop travel site provides secure online reservation capabilities for air, car, hotel and vacation reservations, plus access to a vast database of destination information.

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Weather:

Historical Weather Database - http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/weather/historical/historical.htm
Temperature and precipitation for 2000 cities worldwide, including highs, lows and averages.

Interactive Weather Information Network - http://iwin.nws.noaa.gov/iwin/graphicsversion/main.html
Government site that provides local, national, and international weather.

Old Farmer's Almanac - http://www.almanac.com
Website for North America's oldest continuously published periodical.

weather.com - http://www.weather.com
Official site of the Weather Channel, features current conditions and forecasts for over 1,700 cities worldwide, along with local and regional radars. Includes weather related news, educational material, weather glossary, storm encyclopedia, and seasonal features.

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