ART and MUSIC

• Artchive
• Artcyclopedia
• AskArt - appraisal and values, auction prices
• All Classical Guide
• BBC Music - for all genres
• Eyes on Art
• Hermitage Museum
• Hewlett Public Library - wide selection of music links
  
• Metropolitan Museum of Art
• Museum of Modern Art
• New York Public Library Picture Collection Online - over 30,000 images from books, magazines, newspapers and original photographs, prints and postcards, mostly created before 1923.
• Patchogue-Medford Public Library Song Index Online - scroll to bottom of page for classical and popular song indexes.
• Smithsonian American Art Museum - ask Joan of Art your American Art questions.

  AUTO & TRUCK RATINGS

• Autobytel
• AutoSite
• Autotrader
• AutoVantage
• Cars.com
• CarsDirect.com
• Consumer Reports Online - Cars, Trucks
• Edmunds Automobile Buyer's Guides
• Insurance Institute for Highway Safety
• Kelley Blue Book
• MSN Autos
• NADAguides.com
• National Highway Traffic Safety Administration

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BALDWIN, LONG ISLAND & VICINITY

• Baldwin Chamber of Commerce
• Baldwin Council Against Drug Abuse
• Baldwin Fire Department
• Baldwin Public Schools
• Long Island.com
• The Long Island Association
• Long Island Crisis Center
• Long Island Government Web Page
• Long Island Libraries
• Long Island - Our Story
• Long Island Page of Pages
• Long Island Politics.com
• Long Island Sound Foundation
• Nassau County
• New York City
• St. Christopher's RC Church and School
• Town of Hempstead
• Webscope - The Long Island Web Site

Local News

• Baldwin Herald
• Freeport-Baldwin Leader
• Long Island Business News
• Newsday
• News 12

Timetables

• Bridgeport-Port Jefferson Ferry
• Cross Island Ferry Services
• Long Island Bus Schedules
• Long Island Railroad
• Long Island Railroad - Baldwin Schedule

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BUSINESS

• AAAdir.com (directory of banks)
• AllBusiness.com
• BankRate.com
• Bplans.com - business plans
• BusinessWeb
• Federal Trade Commission - Franchises and Business Opportunities
• Legal Information Institute (full text of Title 12 of US Code)
• Long Island Business News
• MLA Language Map Data Center - uses data from the 2000 United States census to display the locations and numbers of speakers of over thirty languages. Can search by zip code.
• Salaryexpert.com - salary benefit, cost of Living, compensation data by zip code
• Small Business Administration - U. S. Government
• Small Biz (from Business Week Online)
• Small Business Advisor
• Small Business Assistance Page - U.S. Dept. of the Treasury
• Thomas Register - industrial products, services, manufacturers
• ZD Net's Company Finder - find high-tech firms and their products

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CHARITIES

• American Institute of Philanthropy
• Big Brothers Big Sisters of Long Island
• Charity Navigator
• Give.org - Better Business Bureau Wise Giving Alliance reports
• Goodwill Industries of Greater New York
  
• Interfaith Nutrition Network
• National Center for Charitable Statistics
• Salvation Army

  
  
  

• AddAll - book searching and price comparison
• AllExperts.com - oldest & largest free Q&A service on the Internet
  
• AnnualCreditReport.com - fight identity theft by monitoring your credit report. Request your free credit report online, by phone or by mail.
• AskAnOwner - send questions directly to owners who have hands-on experience
• Better Business Bureau - New York City, Mid-Hudson, and Long Island Regions - can be translated into Spanish
• Consumer Action Handbook online - Know how and where to get action with this directory of thousands of companies, consumer protection offices and Better Business Bureaus, as well as national consumer organizations. Available free in print from Consumer Information Catalog (see below) and in Spanish here.
• Consumer Information Catalog - issued quarterly. Order from approximately 200 free or low-cost government publications.
• Consumer Reports Online - for articles from 1984 to present (excluding last three months), go to EBSCO on our Magazine/Databases page.
• ConsumerSearch
• Consumerworld
• Econsumer.gov - site for cross border e-commerce complaints
• Federal Citizen Information Center Knowledgebase
• Federal Trade Commission for the Consumer
• FirstGov for Consumers
• Fuel Economy
• gethuman - Shortcuts to get human customer service
• HeatingHelp.com - information about heating systems, both old and new
• Household Products Database - health and safety information on household products
• Medlineplus - health information from the National Library of Medicine
• My Simon - compare products and prices from around the web
• Nassau County Office of Consumer Affairs
• New York State Consumer Law Help Manual
• New York State Consumer Protection Board
• New York State Office of the Attorney General - Nassau Regional Office
• Pennysaver
• Recalls.com - from the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission
• Town of Hempstead - visit sections 'town resources', 'citizen services'
• Town of North Hempstead - housing information for affordable homes, home repairs and low-income seniors.
• TreasuryDirect - a financial service website that lets you redeem securities from the U.S. Treasury Department in paperless electronic form.

Consumer Credit Counseling

• America Saves - financial planning advice
• Association of Independent Consumer Credit Counseling Agencies - search for credit counselor services in your area
• Myvesta - nonprofit consumer education organization
• National Foundation for Credit Card Counseling - search for credit counselor services in your area
  


Consumer Fraud

• Federal Trade Commission - information about identity theft
• Identity Theft Resource Center
• Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) - joint operation from the FBI and National White Collar Crime Center
• National Fraud Information Center
• Privacy Rights Clearinghouse
• Credit Reporting Agencies
  • Equifax
  • Experian
  • TransUnion

• allrecipes.com
• Barbecue'n on the Internet
• Beef.org
• Beer Advocate
• Epicurious.com
• Fast Food Restaurant Locator
• Fodor's
• Food Dictionaries
• New York Food Museum
• The Recipe Link
• Restaurant Row
• US Department of Agriculture's Center for Nutrition Policy
• Vegsource.com - for vegetarians.
• Wine Lovers' Page
• Zagat Restaurant Guides

• College Board
• Collegenet
• College Opportunities Online Locator (COOL) - See and compare profiles of nearly 7000 colleges and universities throughout the nation.
• College Rankings - compiled by the University of Illinois Education Library
• FAFSA - free application for Federal Student Aid
• Fastweb.com
• Federal School Codes - for FAFSA applications.
• FinAid
• National Center for Education Statistics - national database of school demographic information
• New York State Teacher Certification Examinations
• Sallie Mae - nation's leading provider of educational funding
  
• School Matters - compare schools with these snapshots of academic performance
• Vocational School Directory

EMERGENCY & RELIEF INFORMATION

• American Red Cross
• CDC Emergency Preparedness & Response - includes bioterrorism, chemical and radiation emergencies, mass casualties, natural disasters, severe weather, and recent outbreaks and incidents
• Department of Homeland Security
• Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)
• Long Island Crisis Center - (516) 679-1111
• National Weather Service
• New York City Office of Emergency Management
  
• New York State Emergency Management Office
• Ready.gov - from the United States Department of Homeland Security
• Resources for Children and Their Parents and Educators for Dealing with Tragedy - selected by the American Library Association
• U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
• U.S. Department of Energy

ENTERTAINMENT

• Books on Film (from BookSense.com)
• Broadway.com
• Internet Movie Database
• Kids-In-Mind (movie reviews for parents)
• Moviefone
• Newsday.com Entertainment Section
• Screen It! (movie reviews for parents)
• Ticketmaster
• Ticketweb
• TV Guide

• Brooklyn Botanic Garden
• Butterfly Web Site
• Compostinfo.com
• Free Trees and Plants
• The Garden Gate
• Gardening for Kids
• National Gardening Association
• Sachs Butterfly House - Butterfly gardening
• University of Maryland's Home and Gardening Information Center - click on Garden, Yard & Home.
• Web Garden
  
  

GENEALOGY

• American Demographics Magazine
• Ancestry.com
• Ellis Island's American Family Immigration History Center
• FamilySearch - Genealogy Site developed by the Mormon Church
• FamilyTree
• Cyndi's List of Genealogy Sites - links to almost 250,000 sites
• Genealogy.com
• Genealogy Today
• German-American Genealogy - offered by the German consulate
• Irish Genealogy
• JewishGen Family Finder - database of Jewish names
• Long Island Genealogy
• Long Island's Page of Pages - click on Genealogy
• My Family
• Rootsweb - start your search here
• USGenWeb Project - websites in every US county and state
• U.S. National Archives and Records Administration - Genealogy Research
• Vital Records Index
• WorldGenWeb Project - resources for countries worldwide

GOVERNMENT

FEDERAL

• Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance
• Federal Reserve System
• Federal Resources for Educational Excellence
• The Gateway to Educational Materials
• HUD: Homes for Sale
• National Transportation Safety Board
• Office of the Clerk - U.S. House of Representatives
• Patent and Trademark Office
• Social Security Online
• Supreme Court of the United States
• Thomas - Legislative information on the Internet
• United States Budget
• United States Bureau of Labor Statistics
• United States Census Bureau
• United States Code
• United States House of Representatives
• United States Senate
• United States State Department - Passport and visa information under Travel and Living Abroad.
• USA.gov - a government website that provides easy access to all online U.S. Federal Government resources
• The White House
• Zip Codes

STATE

• New York State
• New York State Archives
• New York State Assembly
• New York State Education Department - GED testing dates/schedules
  
• New York State Senate
• STAR: School Tax Relief Exemption

LOCAL

• Long Island Government Web Page
• Long Island Politics.com
• Nassau County
• Nassau County Property Reassessment
• Town of Hempstead

SPECIAL INTEREST

• Center for Responsive Politics
  
• EmbassyWorld (includes map search)
• Vote411 - information about voting options, election dates, candidates, polling places, registration deadlines and voting machines, from the League of Women Voters

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HEALTH

• American Heritage
• American Presidents
• The History Net
• Presidential Timeline of the Twentieth Century - presidential libraries and their digitized collections

HOME IMPROVEMENT

• About.com Home Repair
• Bob Vila's American Home
• Concrete Network
• Danny Lipford - Home Improvement Expert
• Home Depot
• Home Maintenance and Repair
• Lowe's Home Improvement Warehouse
• Natural Handyman Article Index
• Roof Help

• CBS MarketWatch
• CNN Money
• CNN Money Cost of Living Calculator - see how far your salary would go in another city.
• 401K Source
• 411Stocks
• Good Money - Socially responsible investing
• InvestorGuide
• Kiplinger
• Kiplinger.com Calculators
• MoneyCentral
• Morningstar
• The Motley Fool
• NASDAQ
• New York Stock Exchange
• Quicken.com
• Savings Bonds
• Silicon Investor
• TheStreet.com
• Superstar Investor
• Yahoo! Finance
• U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission - SEC Filings & Forms (EDGAR)

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LAW

• American Health Lawyers Association - Guide to Legal Issues in Life-Limiting Conditions
  
• Consumer Law Page
• Copyrights
• Death Penalty Information Center
• FindLaw
• LawGuru.com
• LawHelp.org/ny - Help for low-income New Yorkers. Now available in Spanish and more than 20 other languages.
• Lawsonline
  
• Legal Information Institute - Cornell Law School
• Martindale-Hubble Lawyer Locator
• Nolo.com - Self-help Law Center
• Patents and Trademarks
• The People's Law School - from the New York Bar Association, "a series of seminars on today's most important legal topics, presented in plain language by top legal experts."

LITERATURE

• Encyclopedia Britannica on Shakespeare
• Gale Literary Index
• Literary Index: Internet Resources in Literature
• Pulitzer Prizes
• Shakespeare Online
• Today in Literature
  

• AJR NewsLink - links to newspapers, radio and TV stations in the U.S. and worldwide
• Chicago Tribune
• Christian Science Monitor
• HeadlineSpot.com
• Long Island Business News
• The New York Times
• News and Newspapers Online - local, national and international
• Newsday
• Stateline.org - state news
• USA Today
• The Washington Post
• WCBS NewsRadio 880

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OUTREACH SERVICES

• Better Business Bureau - To see information in Spanish, click on "En Español."
• Described and Captioned Media Program - Free tape services for the deaf and/or hard-of-hearing via mail delivery, including some in Spanish. Formats include DVD, VHS, CD-ROM and streaming video via computer.
• C.A.S.A. (Coordinated Agency for Spanish Americans) - Services for the Hispanic population of Nassau County.
• Citizenship Initiative Program - Free assistance to Nassau and Suffolk county residents who are trying to become United States Citizens.
• Colorín Colorado - for Spanish-speaking parents and children. Also in English.
• Firstfind.info - over 650 web site links designed for adults with limited literacy skills.
• ¡Informese Aqui! - Nassau Library System's Spanish/English site geared to the Latino community.
• LawHelp.org/ny - Help for low-income New Yorkers. Now available in Spanish and more than 20 other languages.
• Mousercise - teaches new computer users how to use a mouse (in Spanish)
• Nassau BOCES
• Nassau/Suffolk Law Services
• National Institute for Literacy
• New York State Department of Motor Vehicles - Spanish language publications.
• New York State Education Department - GED testing dates/schedules.
• NOAH - New York Online Access to Health
• USA.gov - the official web portal to government information in Spanish.

PARENTING

• Afterschool Alliance
• ALA Resources for Parents & Kids - from the American Library Association
• Baby Center
• Bright Futures Guidelines
• Bully-Free for Me!
• Center for Learning Differences
• Child Abuse Prevention Services
• KinderStart.com
• Long Island Crisis Center
• Nassau Library System ParentsPage
• National Center for Missing and Exploited Children
• National Parent Information Network
• New York State Office of Children and Family Services
• Pregnancy and Parenting - from iVillage.com
• Project Safe Neighborhoods
• Reading Rockets - information about teaching kids to read and helping those who struggle.
• Robyn's Nest - the Parenting Network.
• Teen Education and Crisis Hotline

PEOPLE SEARCH

• AnyWho.com - find a business or person
• Reunion.com - "Find old friends, classmates, relatives, lost loves"
• Reverse Phone Directory - search by phone number
• Superpages - online Yellow Pages
• Switchboard.com - Yellow Pages, White Pages, and maps
• Teldir.com - includes international directories
• WhoWhere? - People and Business search
• Yahoo! People Search - White Pages, email directory, and reverse phone lookup
• ZabaSearch - people search

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REAL ESTATE

• Best Places - compare cities including taxes and living costs
• CNN Money Cost of Living Calculator - see how far your salary would go in another city.
• Environmental Protection Agency - search by zip code for environmental facts about an area including pollution statistics
• HUD On Your Side
• International Real Estate Digest
• Moving.com
• Nassau County Property Reassessment - Land records viewer
  
• Owners.com
• Realtor.com
• Tax Foundation - get state and local tax information
• Yahoo! Real Estate

• Greatest Engineering Achievements of the 20th Century
• Hazardous Chemical Database
• How Stuff Works
• Instructional Resources in Biology
• NASA
• Science.gov - collaborative effort of 12 federal science agencies with search engine
• Science@NASA - email subscriptions to NASA update
  
  

SENIORS

• AARP
• AARP's online seminars and courses
• BenefitsCheckup (National Council on the Aging)
• Elderhostel
• First Gov for Seniors - health,security, work, retirement, travel & leisure information
• Friends and Relatives of the Institutionalized Aged
• HealthGrades.com
• Medicare
• Merck Manual of Geriatrics
• MyZiva.Net - nursing home information on 17,000 local and national facilities.
• Nassau County Department of Senior Citizens Affairs
• National Council on the Aging
• National Senior Citizen Law Center
• New York State Senior Housing Guide
• Nursing Homes in New York State
• The Palace - devoted to great classic films of the '30s and '40s
• Sassy Seniors
• Senior.com
• SeniorJournal.com - news and links for seniors
• Social Security
• ThirdAge

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SPACE

• LiveSky
• NASA

SPORTS

• ESPN
• International Olympic Committee - info on all the Olympic Games since 1896 and more
• Legends of Hockey Net - search NFL players by position, team, place of birth and achievements