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Librarians' Web Picks
Internet Directories
These Internet directories are arranged by subject to help
you to locate high quality websites.

Internet Public Library
http://www.ipl.org/
Librarians Index to the Internet
http://lii.org/
Search Engines
Use search engines to locate web pages.
Altavista
http://www.altavista.com/
Ask Jeeves
http://www.ask.com/
Excite
http://www.excite.com/
Go.com
http://infoseek.go.com/
Google
http://www.google.com/
HotBot
http://hotbot.lycos.com/
Ixquick search many search engines at once
http://ixquick.com/
Lycos
http://www.lycos.com/
Metacrawler search many search engines at once
http://www.metacrawler.com/index.html
Northern Light
http://www.northernlight.com/
Webcrawler
http://www.webcrawler.com/info.wbcrwl/
Yahoo
http://www.yahoo.com/

Books
Advanced Book Exchange access used, rare and out-of-print
books
http://www.abebooks.com/
Amazon online bookstore
http://www.amazon.com/
Barnes & Noble online bookstore
http://www.bn.com/
Bibliofind access rare and used books
http://www.bibliofind.com
Book Browser: The Guide for Avid Readers
http://www.bookbrowser.com/
New York Review of Books
http://www.nybooks.com/

Business
BigCharts investment information including historical stock
quotes
http://bigcharts.marketwatch.com/
Boston Public Library Kirstein Business Branch
http://www.bpl.org/research/kbb/kbbhome.htm
Central Register and Good & Services Bulletin
http://www.sec.state.ma.us/PublicationSubscriptionPublic/Login.aspx?Retu
(THIS LINK FOR IN-LIBRARY USE ONLY. ASK REFERENCE LIBRARY TO
LOGIN.)
Hoover's Online information about private and public
companies
http://www.hoovers.com/
North Central Massachusetts Chamber of Commerce serving
business in North Central Massachusetts
http://www.northcentralmass.com/
Thomas Register directory of North American manufacturers
http://www.thomasregister.com

Consumer
Autotropolis
New and used vehicle reviews, buying guides and more
http://www.autotropolis.com/
Better Business Bureau serving Central Massachusetts and
Northeast Connecticut
http://www.worcester.bbb.org/
Edmunds new and used car prices and reviews
http://www.edmunds.com/
Federal Consumer Information Center includes information on
the latest recalls and consumer scams
http://www.pueblo.gsa.gov/
Guidestar: The National Database of Nonprofit Organizations
http://www.guidestar.org/index.jsp
Kelley Blue Book new and used car values
http://www.kbb.com/
N.A.D.A. new and used prices of aircraft, boats, cars,
motorcycles, recreational vehicles and more
http://www.NADAguides.com/

Education
American Universities links to the websites of institutions
of higher education
http://www.clas.ufl.edu/CLAS/american-universities.html
FinAid - information about student financial aid
http://www.finaid.org/
Higher Education Information Center - includes information
about career, schools, and financial aid for Massachusetts
residents
http://www.heic.org/
Massachusetts Department of Education includes school
district profiles and MCAS information
http://www.doe.mass.edu/
MTEL - Massachusetts Tests for Educator Licensure includes
Test Information Booklets to assist with exam study
http://www.mtel.nesinc.com/index.asp

Employment
America's Job Bank post resumes and search job listings
http://www.ajb.dni.us/
Boston Works the Boston Globe's online job listings
http://jobs.boston.com/texis/js
Career Center of North Central Massachusetts provides
services to job seekers and employers in North Central
Massachusetts
http://www.ccncm.com/
FedWorld search for federal government jobs
http://www.fedworld.gov/jobs/jobsearch.html
Massachusetts Division of Employment and Training file a
claim, get training, and find a job
http://www.detma.org/
Massachusetts Job Bank Massachusetts section of America's
Job Bank
http://www.ajb.org/ma/
Monster.Com
http://www.monster.com:80/

Genealogy
Cyndi's List links to genealogy websites
http://www.cyndislist.com
RootsWeb the oldest and largest free online community for
genealogists includes many search tools and links
http://www.rootsweb.com/
Sue's Genealogy Garden in New England a genealogist from
Leominster, MA traces the Gardner/Garnet and the Pierce/Pers
families of Massachusetts
http://members.aol.com/sueg476/index.html

Government
Congresssional Directory
http://www.gpoaccess.gov/cdirectory/index.html
Consumer Price Indexes
http://www.bls.gov/cpi/
Core Documents of U.S. Democracy provides links to
historical documents as well as current U.S. Goverment
information
http://www.gpoaccess.gov/coredocs.html
FedWorld the gateway to U.S. government information
http://www.fedworld.gov/index.html
FirstGov.gov the official gateway to all U.S.Government
information
http://www.firstgov.gov/About.shtml
Foreign Embassies in Washington, DC
http://www.embassy.org/embassies/
GPO Access the source for documents published by the Federal
Government
http://www.access.gpo.gov/su_docs/
State and Local Government on the Net
http://www.statelocalgov.net/index.cfm
THOMAS United States legislative information
http://thomas.loc.gov/
United States Census Bureau's American Fact Finder the
source for population, housing, economic and geographic data
http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/BasicFactsServlet
United States Federal Government Agencies links to federal
government websites
http://www.lib.lsu.edu/gov/fedgov.html
United States Government Manual
http://www.gpoaccess.gov/gmanual/index.html
United States House of Representatives
http://www.house.gov/
United States Senate
http://www.senate.gov/
USPS The United States Postal Service
http://www.usps.com/
The White House includes pages for the President, Vice
President, and the first lady
http://www.whitehouse.gov/

Health
AARP Health Guide including Medicare Interactive Counselor
http://www.aarp.org/health/healthguide/
AHRQ: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
http://www.ahrq.gov/consumer/
American Medical Association Physician Select locate a
physician by name or specialty
http://www.ama-assn.org/aps/amahg.htm
Cancer.gov: National Cancer Institute
http://www.cancer.gov/
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
http://www.cdc.gov/
Drugs.com
http://www.drugs.com/
FamilyDoctor.Org from the American Academy of Family
Physicians
http://familydoctor.org/
Health on the Net Foundation: promotes and guides the use
reliable online medical and health information
http://www.hon.ch/
Healthfinder: your guide to reliable health information,
sponsored by the Office of Disease Prevention and Health
Promotion
http://www.healthfinder.gov/
HIV InSite: a gateway to HIV and AIDS knowledge from the
University of California Sn Francisco School of Medicine
http://hivinsite.ucsf.edu/
KidsHealth: "the Web's most visited site about children's
health"
http://hivinsite.ucsf.edu/
MayoClinic.com
http://www.mayoclinic.com/
Massachusetts Community Health Information Profile (MassCHIP)
http://masschip.state.ma.us/
Massachusetts Board of Registration in Medicine Physician Profiles
information about Massachusetts physicians, including
malpractice and disciplinary actions
http://profiles.massmedboard.org/MA-Physician-Profile-Find-Doctor.asp
Massachusetts Health Quality Partners
quality ratings of physicians' groups and offices including
patient experiences
www.mhqp.org
MEDEM: an information partnership of medical societies
http://medem.com/MedLB/medlib_entry.cfm
MEDLINEplus health information from the National Library of
Medicine
http://www.medlineplus.gov/
Medpedia
http://www.medpedia.com
My Health Care Options
information about Massachusetts hospitals
http://hcqcc.hcf.state.ma.us/
NOAH: New York Online Access to Health
http://medem.com/MedLB/medlib_entry.cfm
PubMed the National Library of Medicine's database of over
12 million articles published in medical journals
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi
WebMD
http://www.webmd.com

Legal
Code of Federal Regulations
http://www.access.gpo.gov/nara/cfr/cfr-table-search.html
Code of Massachusetts Regulations
http://www.lawlib.state.ma.us/source/mass/cmr/index.html
Federal Register
http://www.access.gpo.gov/su_docs/aces/aces140.html
General Laws of Massachusetts
http://www.state.ma.us/legis/laws/mgl/index.htm
Live Justice - Legal Assistance Corporation of Central
Massachusetts - helping low-income residents with housing
problems
http://www.livejustice.org/
Martindale-Hubbell locate a lawyer by name or type of
practice
http://www.martindalehubble.com/
Massachusetts Trial Court Law Libraries includes
Massachusetts-specific information on over 50 legal topics
http://www.lawlib.state.ma.us/
United States Code the general and permanent laws of the
United States
http://www.gpoaccess.gov/uscode/index.html

Leominster Area
Atlantic Union College
http://www.atlanticuc.edu/
City of Leominster, Massachusetts
http://www.leominster-ma.gov
Commonwealth Communities City of Leominster
http://www.state.ma.us/cc/leominster.html
Fitchburg State College
http://www.fsc.edu/
Helping Hands: A Resource Guide for Those in Need
http://www.dennisrosa.com/pdf_files/helping_hands.pdf
Johnny Appleseed Trail
http://www.appleseed.org/
Leominster Access Television
http://www.leominster.tv
Leominster Historical Society
http://www.leominsterhistorical.org/
Leominster Land Trust
http://www.leominsterlandtrust.org
Leominster Public Schools
http://www.leominster.mec.edu/
Leominster Trail Stewards
http://leominstertrailstewards.org/
Literacy Volunteers of the Montachusett Area
http://www.literacyvolunteersmontachusett.org
MART:
Montachusett Regional Transit Authority
http://www.mrta.us/
MBTA Website
http://www.mbta.com/
Monoosnoc Brook Greenway Project
http://www.ourbrook.org/
Monoosnoc
Trail Map
Montachusett Regional Transit Authority
http://www.mrta.us/
Mount Wachusett Community College
http://www.mwcc.mass.edu/
North Central Massachusetts Chamber of Commerce
http://www.northcentralmass.com/
Sentinel & Enterprise
http://www.sentinelandenterprise.com/
Sholan Farms
http://www.sholanfarms.com/
Thayer Symphony Orchestra
http://www.thayersymphony.org/
WEIM Radio
http://www.weim.com/

Libraries
Boston Public Library
http://www.bpl.org/
Fitchburg Public Library
http://www.fitchburgpubliclibrary.org/
Fitchburg State College Library
http://www.fitchburgstate.edu/academics/library/
Library of Congress
http://lcweb.loc.gov/
Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners
http://mblc.state.ma.us/
Medical Library and Resource Center, HealthAlliance Hospital
Leominster
http://www.umassmemorial.org/healthallianceip.cfm?id=3371
Mount Wachusett Community College LaChance Library
http://mwcc.edu/lib/
Ritter Memorial Library, Lunenburg
http://www.lunenburgpubliclibrary.org/
State Library of Massachusetts
http://www.state.ma.us/lib/
Talking Book Library Worcester
http://www.worcpublib.org/talkingbook/index.htm
Worcester Public Library
http://www.worcpublib.org/

Massachusetts
Massachusetts Official Homepage
http://www.mass.gov/portal/index.jsp
Central Register and Good & Services Bulletin
http://www.sec.state.ma.us/PublicationSubscriptionPublic/Login.aspx?Retu
(THIS LINK FOR IN-LIBRARY USE ONLY. ASK REFERENCE
LIBRARIAN TO LOGIN.)
Citizen's Guide to Massachusetts State Services
http://www.state.ma.us/sec/cis/ciscig/
Commonwealth Communities statistics about Massachusetts
Cities and Towns
http://www.state.ma.us/cc/
Constitution of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts
http://www.state.ma.us/legis/const.htm
General Court of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts
https://malegislature.gov/
Massachusetts Commercial Driver's License Manual
http://www.mass.gov/rmv/cdlmanual/index.htm
Massachusetts Division of Professional Licensure
http://www.state.ma.us/reg/home.htm
Massachusetts Driver's License Manual
http://www.mass.gov/rmv/dmanual/index.htm
Massachusetts Registry of Motor Vehicles
http://www.state.ma.us/rmv/index.htm
Massachusetts Unemployment Insurance
http://www.mass.gov/lwd/unemployment-insur/
MISER Massachusetts Institute for Social and Economic
Research demographic information about Massachusetts
http://www.umass.edu/miser/
Title 5 Septic System Regulations
http://www.state.ma.us/dep/brp/wwm/t5pubs.htm
U.S. Census 2000 data for Massachusetts
http://www.census.gov/census2000/states/ma.html

Newspapers
Boston Globe
http://www.boston.com/globe/
Boston Herald
http://www.bostonherald.com/
Sentinel & Enterprise
http://www.sentinelandenterprise.com/
Worcester Telegram & Gazette
http://www.telegram.com/
Google News
https://news.google.com
Newslink U.S. Newspapers listed by state
http://newslink.org/statnews.html
Newspapers of the World
http://www.actualidad.com/index.html

Recreation & Entertainment
Internet Movie Database information about movies, actors,
directors
http://us.imdb.com
MassBike Online information about bikeways in Massachusetts
http://tdc-www.harvard.edu/massbike/index.htm
Ticketmaster seating charts for many venues in the greater
Boston are available
http://www.ticketmaster.com/

Reference
Census Bureau POPClocks estimates of current U.S and world
population
http://www.census.gov/main/www/popclock.html
Core Documents of U.S. Democracy provides links to
historical documents as well as current U.S. Goverment
information
http://www.gpoaccess.gov/coredocs.html
Country Studies On-line a comprehensive description and
analysis of a country or region's historical setting,
geography, society, economy, political system, foreign
policy, and national security
http://lcweb2.loc.gov/frd/cs/cshome.html#toc
FedStats statistics from over 100 federal agencies
http://www.fedstats.gov/
50States.Com basic information about all 50 states
http://www.50states.com/
Foreign Exchange Currency Converter exchange rates for 164
world currencies
http://www.oanda.com/convert/classic
How far is it? calculates distance between two points
http://www.indo.com/distance/
Mass Moments —daily almanac of Massachusetts history
http://www.massmoments.org/
Official United States Time Clock
http://www.time.gov/timezone.cgi?Eastern/d/-5/java
Song Lyrics Libretti- a list of worldwide Internet song
lyrics resources
http://www.music.indiana.edu/music_resources/songlyr.html
Statistical Abstract of the United States a collection of
social and economic statistics
http://www.census.gov/statab/www/
United Nations Country at a Glance statistics about member
nations
http://www.un.org/Pubs/CyberSchoolBus/infonation/e_glance.htm
Useful expressions and greetings in 26 languages
http://www.nypl.org/branch/central/dlc/df/useful.html
Zip Code Look-Up
http://www.usps.com/ncsc/

Tax Forms
Internal Revenue Service forms and publications
http://www.irs.ustreas.gov/formspubs/
Massachusetts Department of Revenue
http://www.mass.gov/dor/forms/
State Tax Forms for all 50 states
http://www.taxadmin.org/fta/link/forms.html

Telephone Numbers
AnyWho: Internet Directory Assistance white pages, yellow
pages, toll-free numbers and reverse look-up.
http://www.anywho.com/
Infobel international telephone directories
http://www.infobel.com/world/default.shtml
Reverse Phone Directory links to a number of reverse phone
directories
http://www.reversephonedirectory.com/

Textbook Rentals
Please note that we do not endorse any of these websites. We
are offering these links so that students can investigate
alternate ways to obtain textbooks.
Chegg
http://www.chegg.com/
CampusBookRentals.Com
http://www.campusbookrentals.com/
BookRenter.Com
http://www.bookrenter.com/

Travel
Bureau of Consular Affairs, U.S. Department of State
includes country entry requirements and current travel
warnings
http://travel.state.gov/
Mapquest online maps, driving directions and road trip
planners
http://www.mapquest.com/
Parknet the National Park Service
http://www.nps.gov/
Passport Services, U.S. Department of State
http://travel.state.gov/passport_services.html

Weather
Accuweather Leominster, MA
http://www.accuweather.com/adcbin/local_index?thisZip=01453&btnZip=Go&nav=home
Weather Channel Leominster, MA
http://www.weather.com/weather/local/01453
National Weather Service Forecast Office Boston, MA
http://www.erh.noaa.gov/er/box/index.html
Weather Underground Leominster, MA - current and historical
weather reports
http://www.wunderground.com/cgi-bin/findweather/getForecast?query=01453
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