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Links to interesting sites Accessibility
- Access-Able Travel Source - information and resources for mature
and travelers with special needs
- Accessible Journeys - Accessible Travel Planning, Group Tours, Group Cruises, Individual
Accessible Cruises, Licensed Travel Companions, and Disability
Travel Resources
Addresses
- Switchboard - A digital directory to businesses, people, maps and directions, phone
numbers and zip codes.
Arkansas
- 101 Free things to do in Arkansas - Some of the best things in life are free and they're in
Arkansas. The Natural State has unique events and locations that can
be enjoyed for nothing but the time it takes to get there.
- Arkansas Official State Page - On-line introduction providing
directory to government offices, services, educational facilities,
community offices, tourism, business
Astronomy
- Astronomy Picture of the Day - Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe
is featured, along with a brief explanation written by a
professional astronomer.
Automobiles
- Edmunds -
Provides pricing, unbiased car reviews, ratings, and expert advice.
- Kelly Blue Book - New car pricing, used car values, with ratings and reviews.
- NADA - Includes autos, classic cars, motorcycles, boats, recreational
vehicles and manufactured homes.
Books
- AddALL Book Search and Price
Comparison - Search and Compare among 40+ sites, 20,000 sellers, millions of
books.
- Booklist Online - highly searchable and creatively linked
reviews, columns, and features-all designed to help users find
exactly the right book
- BookLovers -
Useful places on the net on writers and poets, on libraries,
publishers and booksellers, both of new and second hand/antiquarian
books.
- BookPage -
online edition of BookPage
- BookWire -
An online portal into the book industry, to provide librarians,
publishers, booksellers, authors, and general book enthusiasts with
the resources they need.
- Historical Text Archive - High quality articles,
books, essays, documents, historical photos, and links, screened for
content, for a broad range of historical subjects.
- Litrix Reading Room -
Read the Classics Online.
- Online Books Page -
Listing over 25,000 free books on the Web.
- Project Guttenberg - The Internet's oldest producer of FREE electronic books (eBooks
or eTexts)
- World Wide Study Bible - Full Text Bible
Census
Computers
- Learn the Net -
A website dedicated to helping you master the Internet
Consumer Information
- Better Business Bureau - BBB reports provide information on over 2.5 million organizations.
You can also file a complaint and find a local bureau.
- Consumer Information Center -
Federal Citizen Consumer Information Center, Pueblo, Colorado
- Consumer World - A public service, non-commercial guide with over 2000 of the most
useful consumer resources
- Insure - Consumer insurance guide
Educational Resources
Financial
- American Stock Exchange -
A comprehensive resource for investors and issuers seeking the
unique market environment offered at the American Stock Exchange.
- Bureau of Labor Statistics - The Bureau of Labor Statistics is the principal fact-finding agency
for the Federal Government in the broad field of labor economics and
statistics.
- U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission - The mission of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission is to
protect investors, maintain fair, orderly, and efficient markets,
and facilitate capital formation.
Financial Aid
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College Board -
Information on planning for college, finding a college, applying for
and paying for college
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FAFSA on the Web - Complete
your application online
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FastWeb - An
extensive college directory of more than 4000 schools with
information on admissions, financial aid and general information.
Free but you have to register
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FinAid - Comprehensive annotated collection of information about
student financial aid on the web
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Student Guide - Tells about financial aid programs and how to
use them
- Xap
- Planning timelines, test prep tools and financial aid information
Government
- FedWorld - Department of Commerce site that makes
it easy to locate Government
Information
- Government Information Online - a free national online
information service, participating librarians specialize in finding
government information sources of all kinds, and will try to answer
your questions through chat or email.
- U.S. Government Manual -
Provides comprehensive information on the agencies of the
legislative, judicial, and executive branches.
Health
- AMA Doctor Finder - DoctorFinder provides you with basic
professional information on virtually every licensed physician in
the United States. This includes more than 690,000 doctors.
- CDC - Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention, Department of Health and Human
Services
- Clinical Trials Listing Service - the information source for the
clinical trials industry
- Health A to Z - in-depth
content on nearly any medical condition that concerns you.
- HealthFinder - guide to reliable health information sponsored by
the Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion
History
- Ellis Island Immigration Museum - National Park Service preserves the monument
- Find a
Grave - Find the graves of
ancestors and see the graves of thousands of famous people from
around the world.
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Inventor of the Week - dedicated to honoring the acclaimed
and unsung heroes who have helped improve our lives through
invention
- King Center - the official memorial dedicated to the advancement
of the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
- National Geographic Online - History, maps, photography, travel
and more
- National
Park Service - History and culture, parks and recreation,
nature and science, interpretation and education
- National Trust for Historic Preservation - Provides leadership,
education, advocacy and resources to preserve, improve and enjoy
historic places
- Political Graveyard - Comprehensive Source of U.S. Political
Biography
- Virtual Jamestown - digital research,
teaching and learning project that explores the legacies of the
Jamestown settlement and "the Virginia experiment."
Income Tax
Museums
News
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Chicago Tribune -
Founded in 1847, this Pulitzer
Prize-winning newspaper has a daily readership of 1.7 million and
2.7 million on Sunday.
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Indianz -
provides quality news, information, and entertainment from a Native
American perspective
- New York Times - provides
high-quality news and information
Pandemic
Parents
- Charlotte's Web for Parents - helpful information regarding child
development
- Great Web Sites for Kids - American Library Association site
with the Association for Library Service for Children with sites on
many topics
- Kid's Health - the largest and most-visited site on the Web providing
doctor-approved health information about children from before birth
through adolescence, a service of the Nemours Foundation
- Net Mom's Internet Safe House - a family friendly site with
articles, reviews of sites, games and a newsletter by Jean
Armour Polly, librarian and author of Internet Kids and Family
Yellow Pages
- Our Kids -
devoted to raising special kids with special needs
- Parent
Smart - articles to help your child succeed in school
- Safe Kids -
family guide to making the Internet and Technology fun, safe and
productive
Pets
Product Recalls
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US Consumer Product Safety
Commission - The U.S. Consumer
Product Safety Commission is charged with protecting the
public from unreasonable risks of serious injury or death
from more than 15,000 types of consumer products under the
agency's jurisdiction.
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Center for Science in the
Public Interest - CSPI has long sought to educate the
public, advocate government policies that are consistent
with scientific evidence on health and environmental issues,
and counter industry’s powerful influence on public opinion
and public policies
Radio Stations, Local
Reference
- Encyclopedia Smithsonian - helps answer frequently asked questions about the Smithsonian with links to resources on subjects from Art to Zoology
- lanic - Latin
American Network Information Center
Schools
Television, Local
- KARK - Channel
4, NBC
- KASN
- Channel 38,UPN
- KATV - Channel
7, ABC
- KETS - Channel
2, PBS
- KLRT
- Channel 16, Fox
- KTHV -
Channel 11, CBS
Universities and Colleges
Websites of the Week
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Atta texana: An Underground View of an Ant Colony
Old time ant colonies
inspired the engrossing research going on at
Texas A &M University. The have created a 3D model allowing you
a very unique view into the lives of atta texana, which happen
to be a species of leafcutting ants. First take a look at the
"Slide show" section and then take a look at both the tunnel
animation and the immersive system video.
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CDC
Traveler's Health - Before any trip, it might not be a bad idea
to consult this site created by the Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention with travel health information for
over 90 countries.
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Food and Agriculture
Organization of the United Nations -
leads international efforts to defeat hunger
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How To Go Organic
- online collection of
existing
resources for anyone
exploring
how to transition to
organic.
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Law in Popular
Culture Collection -
works of
fiction in all
genres, as well as
legal humor, plays,
comics, pulp
magazines, and
feature films on
video of the image
of the lawyer in the United States and British Commonwealth
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Recipezaar - recipes in every category
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Spalding Base Ball Guides, 1889-1939
- official indoor base ball guides
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USDA Food and Nutrition Information Center -
credible, accurate, and practical nutrition information
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North American
Breeding Bird Survey - bird monitoring program to track
the status and trends of North American bird populations.
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Thomas Jefferson's Library - selected images from works in
Thomas Jefferson's book collection.
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US
Census Bureau Economic Indicators - the most recent data on manufacturing and trade inventories in the
U.S., along with retail and food service sales,
international trade in goods and services, and data on new
home sales.
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Victory Mail Online Exhibit - V-Mail operated during WWII in order to
expedite mail service for American armed forces overseas.
The site provides several sections "Introducing V-mail",
"Operating V-Mail", "Using V-Mail","Letter writing in WWII",
and "References".
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West
Side Story -celebrates the fiftieth anniversary of West
Side Story
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