Stoneham Public Library

Internet Links By Subject

Internet Links By Subject

Books / Business / Child Care / Consumer Info / Directories of all Kinds / Disabilities / Education / Employment / Genealogy / Health / Legal / Massachusetts / Movies, Music & TV / Reading Suggestions & Book Awards / Recipes / Search Engines / Stoneham / Taxes / Time & Money / Travel & Maps / US Government / Weather


Books

  • Abebooks: the largest online marketplace for used, rare, and out-of-print books.
  • Amazon Book: the earth's biggest bookstore.
  • Barnes and Noble: online bookstore with out of print titles and reviews.
  • Bibliofind: database of 1500 booksellers dealing in four million old, used and rare books.
  • BookBrowser: guide for avid readers featuring reading lists, book reviews, forthcoming titles, and author information.
  • Bookfinder: used and rare book search.
  • BookWire: links to book reviews,author information & book awards.
  • New York Review of Books: a searchable archive of full text reviews back to 1996.
  • New York Times: book reviews from the New York Times Book Review.
  • Powells City of Books: the largest new and used physical bookstore in the world.

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Business

  • Annual Reports Library: links to over 1000 company annual reports. Just click on the Annual Reports Gallery in the Links section.
  • Big Charts: a great site for investment information.
  • Bonds Online: information on bonds, treasuries, and municipals.
  • CEO Express: lots of business facts and links in a handy format.
  • Companies Online: A directory of U.S. companies, searchable by name, location, type of business, or telephone number.
  • http://www.eventuring.org/eShip/appmanager/eVenturing/eVenturingDesktop">Kauffman eVenturing: Information for small business owners, divided into 3 sections: Starting your Business, Growing your Business, and Supporting Entrepreneurship.
  • Hoover's Online: free company profiles.
  • Massachusetts Office of Business Development: for help starting, relocating, or expanding a MA business.
  • Search SEC EDGAR Archives: publicly traded corporations filings required by the SEC.
  • SBA, Small Business Administration: information on publications, loan programs, and local offices of the SBA.
  • Thomas Register: a resource for finding companies and products in North America.

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Child Care

  • Child and Family Web Guide: A directory of child development resources rated by experts at Tufts University.
  • Child Care Circuit: A Massachusetts based private non-profit organization providing child care referrals, training and parent & provider services locally and nationwide.
  • Massachusetts Office of Child Care: information for families, child care providers, and child care consultants from the Massachusetts Office of Child Care Services. Lists all MA licensed child care providers by town.

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Computers & Technology

  • C|NET: provides expert and unbiased advice on technology products and services to inform users and expedite purchasing.
  • Download.com: the most comprehensive and useful resource on the Web for digital downloading.
  • Junkbusters: a leading consumer resource on the control of junk communications and the protection of privacy.
  • PDAStreet: the most complete 3rd party resource on the Internet for information relating to PDAs and similar devices.
  • Price Watch: the fastest way to find a great street price on a computer product.
  • Symantec Security Response: up-to-date information on computer virus threats and security advisories.

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Consumer Info

  • Appliance 411: links to sources for manufacturers and repair parts for home appliances.
  • Autozone: repair guides offer detailed information about your vehicle - everything from step-by-step repair instructions to wiring diagrams free on the web.
  • Better Business Bureau: links to Boston's Better Business Bureau for area business information .
  • Consumer Price Index: published by the federal Bureau of Labor Statistics; updated on the 15th of each month.
  • Consumer World: a public service site which has gathered over 1700 useful consumer resources on the Internet and categorized them for easy use.
  • Household Products Database: information on over 4,000 consumer brands and their chemical ingredients.
  • Kelly Blue Book: links to automobile consumer site for new and used car prices.
  • Leadfusion: helps consumers take control of their finances, with online loan applications, daily rate quotes, glossaries and tips. Includes calculators for buying a house, car, credit card, stocks, bonds, mutual funds.
  • NADA: price guides for new and used trucks, cars, recreational vehicles, aircraft, marine vehicles, and manufactured housing.

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Directories of all Kinds

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Disabilities

  • Disability Exchange: Sponsored by Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital in Boston; central resource for disability related information, services, and products.
  • Microsoft : How to customize Microsoft products for various types of disabilities; includes features built into Microsoft products and software that can be purchased.
  • Massachusetts Office on Disability: State agency that advances legal rights, supportive services, accommodations and accessibility for citizens with disabilities.
  • Talking Books from the Perkins School for the Blind: the Library provides free services to Massachusetts residents of any age who are unable to read traditional print materials due to a visual or physical disability.

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Education

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Employment

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Genealogy

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Health

  • Centers for Disease Control: Health topics A-Z with links to statistics.
  • Consumer Health Center: Treadwell Library at MGH with health information and links.
  • Health Care Proxy Forms: Health proxy forms and other advance directive information from the Massachusetts Medical Society.
  • Healthfinder.gov: free guide to reliable health information from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
  • Massachusetts Physician Profiles: a comprehensive look at over 27,000 physicians licensed to practice medicine in Massachusetts.
  • Mayo Clinic: consumer-oriented online health resource provided by the physicians and scientists of the Mayo Clinic .
  • Medlineplus.com: health info from the National Library of Medicine.
  • Merck Manual Home Edition: full-text online version of the Merck Manual specifically written for the layperson with up-to-date, understandable medical information.
  • Oncolink: cancer information provided by the University of Pennsylvania Cancer Center which includes menus, journals, consumer information, personal experiences, causes and prevention information.
  • Physician Select: American Medical Association's physician information site .
  • PubMed: National Library of Medicine site which includes over 14 million citations for biomedical articles back to the 1950s.

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Massachusetts

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Movies, Music, & TV

  • Crazy About TV: episode titles, original air dates, cast lists, plot descriptions and trivia.
  • All Music: reviews and rates recordings of all types of music; artist biographies and discographies.
  • Billboard.com: reviews of CD's and concerts; previews of upcoming releases; current chart information.
  • Historic America Sheet Music: over 3000 pieces from 1850-1920, along with cover art and ads.
  • Internet Movie Database: everything you ever wanted to know about every movie ever made.
  • Leo's Lyrics: contains over 120,000 song lyrics.
  • Ultimate Band List: biographies and discographies with links to fan pages and concert information.

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Reading suggestions and book awards

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Recipes

  • All Recipes: includes recipes, menu ideas, meal prep tips, cooking terms, and more.
  • Bed and Breakfast Inns Online: 2,000+ recipes - innkeeper tasted, guest approved.
  • Cook's Thesaurus: a cooking encyclopedia that covers thousands of ingredients and kitchen tools.
  • Epicurious: includes recipes from Gourmet and Bon Appetit magazine, featured menus, extensive drink recipes .

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  • Google: Access to over three billion web pages.
  • Hotbot: Wired Magazine's search engine.
  • Lycos: general purpose search service.
  • Metacrawler: query done in multiple search engines.
  • RefDesk: Information about almost everything.
  • Yahoo: A very popular search site arranged by subject.

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Stoneham

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Taxes

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Time & Money

  • Currency Converter: exchange rates for the 164 currencies for any day since 1 January 1990 to current.
  • Calendar Zone: comprehensive calendar catalog: celestial, cultural, historic, holidays, religious, etc.
  • World Clock: 130 world cities listed for current times plus a full list available of cities or continents.

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Travel & Maps

  • Expedia.com: vacation information and shopping for low fares.
  • GORP: Great Outdoor Recreation Pages with hiking articles and maps.
  • How far is it?: find the distance between your choice of places.
  • Mapquest: enter a starting point and destination for directions and maps.
  • PARKNET: the National Park Service Place on the Web.
  • Travelocity.com: one stop shopping for low fares on flights, car rentals, lodging, and vacation packages.
  • U.S. Department of State: Consular Affairs, travel information for the world.
  • Virtual Cities: guide to accommodations and restaurants throughout the United States, Canada, Mexico, and the Carribbean

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US Government

  • Census Bureau: United States census data plus links to regional and state census bureaus.
  • Centers for Disease Control: U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services. Health topics A-Z with links to statistics.
  • Code of Federal Regulations: access to the CFR titles online.
  • Consumer Price Indexes: Bureau of Labor Statistics site for CPI information.
  • Copyright Office: forms and publications for information on copyright laws.
  • FEDSTATS: access to full range of statistics and information provided by 70 government agencies.
  • FedForms: one stop shopping for forms needed for the top 500 government services.
  • Federal Register: official publication for Presidential documents, as well as, rules from federal agencies and organizations.
  • FirstGov: the official government gateway to information.
  • IRS: Internal Revenue information and forms.
  • Kennedy Space Center: information on planned, current, and historical flights.
  • Statistical Abstract: statistics from the Census Bureau and other government agencies.
  • THOMAS: legislative information on the Internet.
  • U.S. House of Representatives: send a message to your Congresspeople or find information on pending bills or laws.
  • U.S. Senate: biographies of Senators, listings of committees, and information on touring the Capitol.
  • Vote Smart Web: information on candidates and elected officials.
  • White House: home pages of the President, Vice President and First Lady plus information on the Cabinet, speeches, and a digital Library

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Weather

  • Intellicast: USA and World weather reports including specific reports for the National Parks plus USA and World ski reports.
  • Boston Weather: National Weather Bureau's Boston field office.
  • National Weather Service: weather reports for the nation.
  • Wunderground: look up the five day forecast for your area, or check the conditions on any day back to 1994

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Updated April 2006.