Basic Tools
The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
The New International Webster’s Dictionary of the English Language
MARVEL!
LibrarySpot
Internet Public Library
Merck Manual of Medical Information, Home Edition http://www.merck.com/mmhe/index.html
Complete Guide to Prescription and Non-Prescription Drugs
www.medlineplus.gov
Guinness Book of World Records www.guinnessworldrecords.com/default.aspx
Occupational Outlook Handbook (GPO) http://www.bls.gov/oco/
Peterson’s Four Year Colleges www.petersons.com
United States Government Manual
www.gpoaccess.gov/gmanual/index.html
Web Resources
Business, Finance and Employment
Federal forms including small business forms
Job Bank from the Maine Dept. of Labor
http://198.182.162.220/default.asp
Job listings and employers for Maine www.jobsinmaine.com
Maine Small Business Development Center www.mainesbdc.org/
Money management resources
www.fdic.gov/consumers/consumer/news/cnwin0607/index.html
Small Business Administration www.sba.gov
Stock quotes (current and historical) http://bigcharts.marketwatch.com/
800 numbers for live business and service customer service reps www.gethuman.com
Consumer guides and protections http://www.usa.gov/Citizen/Topics/Consumer_Safety.shtml
Consumer Price Index http://www.bls.gov/cpi/home.htm
Consumer top-rated products in 13 categories www.consumersearch.com
How products are made www.madehow.com
How to do just about anything www.ehow.com
Kelley Blue Book (Vehicle pricing/appraisal) http://www.kbb.com/
Edmunds (Vehicle pricing/appraisal/reviews) http://www.edmunds.com/
Product recalls www.recalls.gov
College information (also links to book sales) www.petersons.com
Country information
Background Notes (U.S. State Dept. information about countries)
http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/bgn/
CIA World Fact Book
https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook /index.html
Dictionary of units
of measurement and conversions
Graphing calculator http://www.coolmath.com/graphit/index.html
Help citing research in several styles http://citationmachine.net
Math help and tutorials http://www.sosmath.com/
Mathematic calculations http://www.martindalecenter.com/Calculators2.html
Newspapers by state and country http://www.ipl.org/div/news/
Presidents of the US www.ipl.org/div/potus
Strunk & White’s Elements of Style http://www.bartleby.com/141/
Entertainment
Celebrities (living & deceased) from all fields www.wa-wd.com
Great books online http://www.bartleby.com/
Movie Database www.imdb.com
Musical styles from popular to obscure with reviews, out of print, etc. www.allmusic.com
Readers’ advisory and library catalog http://www.librarything.com/
600,000+ images from the New York Public Library http://digitalgallery.nypl.org
Art online http://www.artcyclopedia.com/
Currency converter http://www.xe.com/ucc/
Library of Congress www.loc.gov
Library of Congress American Memory Project - virtual library & museum
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/index.html
Maine Memory Network - virtual library & museum http://www.mainememory.net/
MapQuest http://www.mapquest.com/
Maps -- political, physical, weather, natural resources www.nationalatlas.gov
National Weather Service www.nws.noaa.gov
Telephone directories
www.anywho.com (reverse look-up)
Translations (not always perfectly)http://babelfish.altavista.com
Yellow Pages, White Pages, maps and directions http://www.anywho.com/
Zip Code look-up http://zip4.usps.com/zip4/welcome.jsp
Diet, weight loss, physical fitnesswww.smallstep.gov
Evaluating health information on the Internet
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/evaluatinghealthinformation.html
Food diary, calorie counter, health and fitness forums http://www.thedailyplate.com/
Maine Board of Licensure in Medicine (Includes Docfinder, a Maine directory of physicians and physician assistants) http://www.docboard.org/me/me_home.htm
Mayo Clinic www.mayoclinic.com
National Institute of Mental Healthwww.nimh.nih.gov
National Library of Medicine http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/
Nutrition information www.nutrition.gov
Patient resources and physician locator http://www.mainemed.com/patients/index.php
Recipes
Internet Legal Research Group (legal forms, research, lawyers, etc.) http://www.ilrg.com
Kid’s portal to the US Government http://www.kids.gov/
Legal help: HelpME Law http://www.helpmelaw.org/
Maine Law and Legal resources list http://www.maine.gov/portal/government/law.html
Maine Statutes http://janus.state.me.us/legis/statutes
US Government’s official web portalhttp://www.usa.gov/
To compare Search Engines:
http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/TeachingLib/Guides/Internet/SearchEngines.htmlBareBones 101: A basic tutorial on searching the web
Computer mouse and keyboard tutorial by the City of Mesa (Arizona) Library
Computer mouse tutorial
Computer tutorials based on pictures http://inpics.net
Email verification http://verify-email.org/
Email from any computer (Mail2web) http://mail2web.com/
Learn the Netin English (also French and Spanish)
Open source office products: http://www.openoffice.org/
Reviews of tech products and services http://reviews.cnet.com/?tag=hd_ts
Tips, tricks and tech help http://help.cnet.com/?tag=hd_ts
Training for Microsoft Office products online
Tutorials for Microsoft programs http://mistupid.com/tutorials/
Typing course http://www.typing-lessons.org/
WebJunction Maine (Global online community for library staff to share ideas, access resources, and
enroll in online courses.) http://me.webjunction.org/do/Home
Focus on Maine
Maine Attorney General’s Consumer Law Guide
http://www.maine.gov/ag/consumer/consumer_law_guide.shtml
Maine Senate and House Register
http://www.maine.gov/portal/government/legislature.html
State Maps
www.maine.gov