Glossary of Internet Termswww.matisse.net/files/glossary.html
Internet Safety Awareness www.internet-safety.org/scripts/content.cgi?template=default&args=guides,introduction
The List (find local Internet Service Providers)
www.thelist.com/
Search Engine Watch searchenginewatch.com/
SearchIQ - directory of search engines
www.search.com/?ref=searchiq

Consumer

About.com http://about.com/
Consumer Child Safety Seat Information www.aap.org/family/carseatguide.htm
Consumer Price Index www.bls.gov/cpi/
Consumer World www.consumerworld.org/
Edmunds (Car Price Guide) www.edmunds.com/
Free Downloadsdownload.com.com/2001-20-0.html
Kelley Blue Book Used Car Values and New Car Pricing www.kbb.com/index.html
National Automobile Dealers Association (NADA) www.nada.org/
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration www.nhtsa.dot.gov/
U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission www.cpsc.gov/

Cooking

Cook's Thesauruswww.switcheroo.com/

Costumes

Costumer's Manifesto www.costumes.org/
The Costume Site www.milieux.com/costume/
Costume Gallery www.costumegallery.com/

Countries

CIA's Chiefs of State and Cabinet Members of Foreign Governments www.odci.gov/cia/publications/chiefs/index.html
Library of Congress Country Studies lcweb2.loc.gov/frd/cs/cshome.html
U.S. Gazetteer www.census.gov/cgi-bin/gazetteer
World Fact Book (country data compiled by the CIA)
www.odci.gov/cia/publications/factbook/index.html

Dictionaries and Encyclopedias

Acronym Finder www.acronymfinder.com
Electric Library Encyclopedia www.encyclopedia.com/
Lexicool.com (Directory of BIlingual and Multilingual Dictionaries)
www.lexicool.com
The LOGOS Dictionary (UK) www.logos.it/query.html
One Look Dictionaryonelook.com/
World Wide Acronym and Abbreviation Serverwww.ucc.ie/info/net/acronyms/index.html
yourDictionary.com www.yourdictionary.com/

Economics

Bank Rate Monitorwww.bankrate.com/brm/default.asp
Encyclopedia of Financewww.ameritrade.com/education/html/encyclopedia/index.html
How Much is That? eh.net/hmit/

Education

College and University Rankingswww.library.uiuc.edu/edx/rankings.htm
College Board Onlinewww.collegeboard.com/
Collegenet www.collegenet.com/
College Zone www.collegezone.com/
Community Colleges - Alphabetic www.utexas.edu/world/comcol/alpha/
Community Colleges - By State www.utexas.edu/world/comcol/state/
Federal Aid on-line(Free Application for Federal Student Aid) www.fafsa.ed.gov/
Financial Aidwww.finaid.org/
Illinois School Report Cards www.pioneerlocal.com/cgi-bin/isrc?mode=Refresh&frame_mode=1
National Center for Education Statistics nces.ed.gov/
Occupational Outlook Handbook www.bls.gov/oco/
School District Demographics nces.ed.gov/surveys/sdds/
Title IV School Codes www.fafsa.ed.gov/fotw0405/fslookup.htm
U.S. Universities - By State www.utexas.edu/world/univ/state/

Folklore, Holidays and customs

World Wide Holiday and Festival Sitewww.holidayfestival.com/

Gardening

Garden Gategarden-gate.prairienet.org/
GardenWebwebgarden.osu.edu/
Plants Database plants.usda.gov/

Genealogy

Ancestry.com www.ancestry.com/mainv.htm
Cemetery Junctionwww.daddezio.com/cemetery/
Cyndi's List www.cyndislist.com/
Cyberdrive Illinoiswww.cyberdriveillinois.com
DuPage County (IL) Genealogical Society www.dcgs.org/
Ellis Island Recordswww.ellisislandrecords.org
Family Search www.familysearch.com/
Find a Grave www.findagrave.com/
Gen Web www.usgenweb.org/
Genealogy.com www.genealogy.com/index_r.html
Helm's Genealogy Toolbox www.genealogytoolbox.com/
Illinois State Genealogical Society www.rootsweb.com/~ilsgs/
Roots Web www.rootsweb.com/
Vital Records vitalrec.com/index.html

Government (Federal and State)

Chiefs of State and Cabinet Members of Foreign Governmentswww.odci.gov/cia/publications/chiefs/index.html
Department of Veteran Affairswww.va.gov/
Embassies and Consultates in Washington D.C.www.embassy.org/embassies/
Fedstatswww.fedstats.gov
FirstGov www.firstgov.gov/
Government Printing Office www.gpoaccess.gov/index.html
Illinois General Assembly www.ilga.gov/
Illinois State Telephone Directorywww100.state.il.us/government/esearch.cfm?searchmode=N
Library of Congress www.loc.gov/
Medicare www.medicare.gov/
Military City www.militarycity.com/
Social Security Administration www.ssa.gov/
State and Local Government on the Net: A guide to government sponsored Internet sites www.statelocalgov.net/index.cfm
State of Illinoiswww100.state.il.us/
United Nationswww.un.org/
U.S. Census Bureauwww.census.gov/
U.S. Codewww4.law.cornell.edu/uscode/
U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission www.cpsc.gov/
U.S. House of Representativeswww.house.gov/
U.S. Postal Servicewww.usps.com/ncsc/
U.S. Senatewww.senate.gov/
U.S. Supreme Courtwww.supremecourtus.gov/
Where to Write for Vital Recordswww.cdc.gov/nchs/howto/w2w/w2welcom.htm

Health

A-2-Z Health & Medicine healthatoz.com/
American Medical Association (Physician Select) www.ama-assn.org/
Cancer Net (National Cancer Institute) www.cancer.gov/cancer_information/
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Home Page www.cdc.gov/
Certified Doctor www.certifieddoctor.org/
Directory of Health Organizations Online dirline.nlm.nih.gov/
Family Doctor.orgfamilydoctor.org/
Health Finderwww.healthfinder.gov/
Health Web healthweb.org/
House Hold Products Database householdproducts.nlm.nih.gov/
Intelihealth www.intelihealth.com/IH/ihtIH/WSIHW000/408/408.html
KidsHealth www.kidshealth.org/
Mayo Clinic www.mayo.edu/
Medicare www.medicare.gov/
MEDWEBwww.medweb.emory.edu/MedWeb/
Medline www.nlm.nih.gov/
RX Listwww.rxlist.com
Tox Town, Toxic Chemicals and Environmental Health Risks Where You Live and Work toxtown.nlm.nih.gov/index_content.html
U.S. News and World Report Directory of America's Hospitals www.usnews.com/usnews/health/hospitals/hosp_home.htm

History and Geography

American Civil War Homepagesunsite.utk.edu/civil-war/
America's Story www.americaslibrary.gov/cgi-bin/page.cgi
Best of History Web Sites besthistorysites.net/index.shtml
Chicago Historical Society's History File www.chicagohs.org/history/index.html
Country Studieslcweb2.loc.gov/frd/cs/cshome.html
Exploring Ancient World Cultures eawc.evansville.edu/
Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names Online getty.edu/research/conducting_research/vocabularies/tgn/
History Channel.comwww.historychannel.com/
Ian's Land of Castles inside.bard.edu/academic/specialproj/darling/castle/castles.htm
The Labyrinth: Resources for Medieval Studies Sponsored by Georgetown University www.georgetown.edu/labyrinth/index.html
Picture History www.picturehistory.com/
Renaissancerenaissance.dm.net/
U.S. Gazetteerwww.census.gov/cgi-bin/gazetteer

Homes, Real Estate and Relocation

CyberHomes www.cyberhomes.com/
National Association of Realtorswww.realtor.com/default.asp?hm=on&poe=realtor
Relocation Salary Calculator www.homefair.com/homefair/calc/salcalc.html

Inventions and Patents Inventors Online Museum

National Inventors Hall of Famewww.invent.org/hall_of_fame/1_0_0_hall_of_fame.asp
U.S. Patent and Trademark Officewww.uspto.gov/

Job Search

Career Connector (DuPage Co. Human Resources) www.careerconnector.com/
Career Builder www.careerbuilder.com/JobSeeker/Index.htm?siteid=cmhome
Definitive Chicago Area Job Guide www.chicagojobs.org/
Front Page – Career Magazine www.chicagojobs.org/
JobWeb Home Page www.jobweb.com/
Monster.com www.monster.com/

Languages and Literature and Research

Acronym and Abbreviation List www.ucc.ie/info/net/acronyms/index.html
BabelFishbabel.altavista.com/translate.dyn
Bookragswww.bookrags.com/
Free Translationwww.freetranslation.com/
Online! Citation Styleswww.bedfordstmartins.com/online/citex.html
Pulitzer Prizeswww.pulitzer.org/
Sources: Their Use and Acknowledgementwww.dartmouth.edu/~sources/
Sparknotes - online study guides
www.sparknotes.com/

Law

American Bar Association LawInfo.orgwww.abalawinfo.org/
Code of Federal Regulations www.access.gpo.gov/nara/cfr/cfr-table-search.html
DuPage County Bar Association www.dcba.org/
Electric Law Library lectlaw.com/form.html
Family Lawwww.abanet.org/family/familylaw/tables.html
Federal Courts Finder www.law.emory.edu/FEDCTS/
FindLaw: Internet Legal Resources www.findlaw.com/
Illinois Compiled Statutes www.legis.state.il.us/legislation/ilcs/ilcs.asp
Illinois General Assembly www.legis.state.il.us/
Illinois Lawyer Finderillinoislawyerfinder.com/
LII: Legal Information Institute www.law.cornell.edu/
Martindale-Hubbell Lawyer Locator www.martindale.com/xp/Martindale/home.xml
Nolo Law Centerswww.nolo.com/lawcenter/index.cfm
U.S. Code www4.law.cornell.edu/uscode/
U.S. Copyright Officewww.loc.gov/copyright/
U.S. Supreme Court www.supremecourtus.gov/

Mathematics

Math Forum mathforum.org/
Math2.org www.math2.org/
Measure 4 Measurewww.wolinskyweb.net/measure.htm

Movies, Television, Radio and Theater

Best Seats Chicagowww.bestseatschicago.com/
Internet Movie Databasewww.imdb.com/
Playbillwww.playbill.com/index.php
Radio Guidewww.radioguide.com/
TV Guide tvguide.com/

Museums

Chicago Museums www.cityofchicago.org/Tourism/ThingsToDo/Museums.html
Illinois Tourism www.enjoyillinois.com/
Illinois Prairie Path www.ipp.org/
Illinois Recreation dnr.state.il.us/
Museums of the World vlmp.museophile.com/world.html
Smithsonian Institution www.si.edu/
Virtual Library Museums - directory of online museums
icom.museum/vlmp/

Music

All Music Guidewww.allmusic.com/
Chicago Symphony Orchestrawww.cso.org/
Early Music Chicagoearlymusicchicago.org

Lyric Opera of Chicago

Song Lyrics linkswww.music.indiana.edu/music_resources/songlyr.html

Newspapers, Magazines and Publishing

Newslink (links to newspapers and magazines)
newslink.org/
Daily Herald www.dailyherald.com/
Chicago Suntimes www.suntimes.com/index/
Chicago Tribune www.chicagotribune.com/
Illinois Periodicals Onlinewww.lib.niu.edu/ipo/
Pioneer Press www.pioneerlocal.com/cgi-bin/ppo-newsstand
PubList - directory of periodicals
www.publist.com/

Philosophy

Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophywww.utm.edu/research/iep/

Photography

Photo.net www.photo.net/

Psychology

PsychCentralwww.psychcentral.com/

Recipes

All recipes http://allrecipes.com/
Epicurious eat.epicurious.com/
Recipe Sourcewww.recipesource.com/

Religion

Adherents.com - religion statisticswww.adherents.com/
Virtual Religion Indexwww.rci.rutgers.edu/%7Ereligion/vri/xnity.html

Resume Writing

10 Minute Resume10minuteresume.com/

Science Fair

National Student Research Centeryouth.net/nsrc/sci/sci.index.html
Science Fair Idea Exchangescienceclub.org/scifair.html
Science Fair Handbookwww.eduplace.com/science/profdev/science_fair/
Science Fair Projectswww.ipl.org/div/kidspace/projectguide/
The Ultimate Science Fair Resourcewww.scifair.org/

Sciences-Astronomy, Physics, Chemistry, Earth Science, Paleontology, Zoology

Biological Resourcesbiology.usgs.gov/
Brookfield Zoowww.brookfieldzoo.org/
Chemicool Periodic Table wild-turkey.mit.edu/Chemicool/
General Chemistry Onlineantoine.frostburg.edu/chem/senese/101/index.shtml
Kennedy Space Centerwww.ksc.nasa.gov/
Lincoln Park Zoowww.lpzoo.com/
Math & Science Gateway www.tc.cornell.edu/Edu/MathSciGateway/
NASA www.nasa.gov/
National Geographic Wild World www.nationalgeographic.com/wildworld/
Nine Planetsseds.lpl.arizona.edu/nineplanets/nineplanets/nineplanets.html
Physics Linkwww.physlink.com/
Physics Web physicsweb.org/resources/
Science Daily www.sciencedaily.com/
Science World scienceworld.wolfram.com/
Space Calendarwww2.jpl.nasa/gov/calendar/
Unit Converter digitaldutch.com/unitconverter/
U.S. Geological Survey www.usgs.gov/
Weather Channel www.weather.com/
WebElements Periodic Table www.webelements.com/
Biomeswww.ucmp.berkeley.edu/glossary/gloss5/biome/

Seniors

AARP www.aarp.org/
Access America for Seniors www.seniors.gov/
Elderhostel www.elderhostel.org/welcome/home.asp
Medicare www.medicare.gov/
NIH Senior Health nihseniorhealth.gov/
Senior Net www.seniornet.org/php/
Social Security Administration www.ssa.gov/

Social Services

Access-Able Travel www.access-able.com/
Chicago Area Directory of Organizationswww.chipublib.org/004chicago/clubs/clubsa2z.html
Department of Veterans Affairswww.va.gov/
DuPage Pads Inc.www.dupagepads.org/
Elderhostelwww.elderhostel.org/
Medicare www.medicare.gov/
Senior Net www.seniornet.org/php/
Social Security Administration www.ssa.gov/

Sports and Games

Everyrule.comwww.everyrule.com
Illinois High School Association www.ihsa.org/
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) www.olympic.org/uk/index_uk.asp
Major League Baseball mlb.mlb.com/NASApp/mlb/mlb/homepage/mlb_homepage.jsp
Major League Soccer www.mlsnet.com/
Minor League Baseball www.minorleaguebaseball.com/
National Hockey League www.nhl.com/
National Basketball Association www.nba.com/
The National Football League www.nfl.com/
Women's National Basketball League www.wnba.com/

Statistics

FedStats www.fedstats.gov/
Local U.S. Employment Statistics stats.bls.gov/news.release/laus.toc.htm
National Center for Education Statisticsnces.ed.gov/help/sitemap.asp
Statistical Resources on the Web www.lib.umich.edu/govdocs/statsnew.html
U.S. Census Bureauwww.census.gov/

Taxes

Illinois Dept. of Revenue www.revenue.state.il.us/
IRS, Federal Tax Formswww.irs.ustreas.gov/formspubs/index.html

Telephone Directories

555-1212.com’s Fast Area Code Lookup www.555-1212.com/#SearchArea
AT&T Toll-Free Internet Directory www.anywho.com/tf.html
InfoSpace www.infospace.com/
Illinois State Telephone Directorywww100.state.il.us/government/esearch.cfm?searchmode=N
Telephone Directories on the Web www.infobel.com/teldir/
U.S. Postal Service Zip Code Look-Up www.usps.com/ncsc/lookups/lookup_zip+4.html

Transportation

CTA Bus www.transitchicago.com/
Metra Rail www.metrarail.com/
Pace Bus www.pacebus.com/

Travel

Access-Able Travelwww.access-able.com/
Counsular Affairstravel.state.gov/
Elderhostel www.elderhostel.org/
Fodors Self Planning www.fodors.com/miniguides/index.cfm
Foreign Exchange Rates www.xe.com/ict/
Lonely Planetlonelyplanet.com/
MapQuest! Interactive Atlas Welcome! www.mapquest.com/
Museums of the World vlmp.museophile.com/world.html
WHO: International Travel and Healthwww.who.int/ith/

Weather

Illinois State Climatologist www.sws.uiuc.edu/atmos/statecli/index.htm
Intellicast Weather www.intellicast.com/
Midwestern Climate Center, Current and historical weather data for the nine-state region mcc.sws.uiuc.edu/
National Weather Service www.nws.noaa.gov/
Weather Channel www.weather.com/
Weather Underground www.weatherunderground.com/

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