Flint Public Library - Ready Reference Links

Ready Reference Links
Flint Public Library Librarians
Favorite "Bookmarks" on the WWW

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Quick Links to some of our Librarians' Favorite Sites for Reference Work:

Search Engines

AltaVista: Main Page http://www.altavista.com/
Dogpile http://www.dogpile.com/
Excite http://www.excite.com/
Go - Infoseek http://infoseek.go.com/
Google - http://www.google.com/
MetaSearch at Highway 61 http://www.highway61.com/
Yahoo! http://www.yahoo.com/

Internet Directories

Internet Public Library http://www.ipl.org/ - A directory begun as a class project at the University of Michigan School of Information and Library Studies.
Librarian's Index to the Internet http://lii.org/ - A directory from UC-Berkeley.
Michigan Electronic Library http://www.mel.org - A directory produced by the Library of Michigan.
Yahoo! http://www.yahoo.com/ - The best known directory of the Internet.

Telephone Numbers

DatabaseAmerica People Finder http://www.infousa.com/
Internet 800 Directory http://inter800.com/
Ultimate Directory: Infospace http://www.infospace.com/
Welcome to 555-1212.com http://www.555-1212.com/mindex.jsp

Reference

Any Day Today-in-History http://www.scopesys.com/anyday/
FACSNET http://www.facsnet.org/ - Useful sites for journalists and others
How far is it? http://www.indo.com/distance/ - calculates distances between places
Information Please http://www.infoplease.com/ - Almanacs, encyclopedias and dictionary
Welcome to InterLotto - On-Line Lottery Information Service http://www.interlotto.com/ - Lottery results from around the country.
Social Security Death Index (SSDI) at Ancestry.com
http://www.ancestry.com/search/rectype/vital/ssdi/main.htm - Search the online version of SSDI
Stumpers http://domin.dom.edu/depts/gslis/stumpers/ - Search the archives of the librarians' listserv of reference questions.

Business & Finance

Big Charts - Charting a World of Investment Information http://www.bigcharts.com/
Companies Online Search http://www.companiesonline.com/

Employment

America's Job Bank http://www.ajb.dni.us/
JobWeb Home Page http://www.jobweb.com/default.asp
Michigan Occupational Information System http://www.mois.org/
Researching Employers http://www.jobweb.com/employ/fairs/default.asp

Health

American Board of Medical Specialties Certified Doctor Home Page
http://www.certifieddoctor.org/
AMA Physician Select http://www.ama-assn.org/iwcf/iwcfmgr206/aps?168514250
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Home Page http://www.cdc.gov/
Medscape http://www.medscape.com/
Merck Manual http://www.merck.com/pubs/mmanual/
Michigan State Medical Society http://www.msms.org/
PDQ Treatment: Cancer Patients http://www.cancer.gov/cancer_information/pdq/

Law & Government

Code of Federal Regulations (searchable) http://www.access.gpo.gov/nara/cfr/cfr-table-search.html
Congressional Directory http://www.gpoaccess.gov/cdirectory/index.html
IRS Form and Publications http://www.irs.ustreas.gov/formspubs/index.html
FindLaw: State Resources http://www.findlaw.com/11stategov/index.html
Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) http://www.aclu.org/
ICLE's Web Links http://www.icle.org/scriptcontent/ICLE_index.cfm?section=home - The Institute of Continuing Legal Education provides information on Michigan law, legislation and court decisions.
Martindate-Hubbell http://www.martindale.com/
THOMAS - U.S. Congress on the Internet http://thomas.loc.gov/
U.S. Census Bureau Home Page http://www.census.gov/
U.S. Copyright Office and Forms http://lcweb.loc.gov/copyright/forms/
U.S. Gazetteer http://www.census.gov/cgi-bin/gazetteer
U.S. Government Auction Sales! 950 Source Directory Guide - Federal & State
http://www.seized.com/
West Legal Directory: Where the World Finds Legal Counsel and Services
http://www.lawoffice.com/

Michigan

Michigan Data http://iwin.nws.noaa.gov/iwin/mi/mi.html - Information on Michigan weather.
Michigan Roads and Travel http://www.michigan.gov/mdot/1,1607,7-151-9615---,00.html - Transportation statistics from MDOT.
Michigan Lottery http://www.michigan.gov/lottery/
Detroit Convention and Visitors Bureau http://www.visitdetroit.com/
Travel Michigan http://travel.michigan.org/

Music

All-Music Guide http://www.allmusic.com/
MGPL Webrary® - Song Index http://www.webrary.org/ref/searchsongs.html - Find out what book includes a song you're looking for.
Search for Lyrics http://www.lyrics.ch/
The original hip-hop (rap) lyrics archive http://www.ohhla.com/index.htm

Used & New Car Prices

Kelley Blue Book New Car Pricing and Bluebook Values http://www.kbb.com/ - Prices from 1979 to present. Also includes motorcycles.
Edmund's Automobile Buyer's Guides http://www.edmunds.com/ - Prices from 1989 to present.
NADA http://www.nadaguides.com - Prices from 1989 to present. Also includes boats, RV's, snowmobiles, motorcycles, etc.

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