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Animals
The Animal Diversity Web
Merck Veterinary Manual
Crittercam Chronicles  from National Geographic
e-Nature

Pets
American Kennel Club
ASPCA
Cat Fanciers
PetsWelcome.com - guide to travelling with your pet

Art
Art History Resources
Artcyclopedia
Grove's Dictionary of Art- patrons need library barcode to access this database
World Wide Arts Resources

Automotive
AARP 55 Alive Classes - Find a class near you.
Automobile Insurance Information - NY State Insurance Department
Department of Motor Vehicles of New York
Driver's Manual Online
Edmund's Automobile Buyer's Guides
Kelley Blue Book
Insurance Institute for Highway Safety
N.A.D.A. Appraisal Guides for Used Cars

Biographies
Astronomers
Explorers
Mathematicians
Pulitzer Prize Winners
Saints & Angels
Women Mathematicians

Book Sites
General Sites
Book Spot
IPL Ready Reference Collection
NY Times Book Page
Pulitzer Prize Winners
Today in Literature

Text Books
Textbookx.com - text books for less
Cegg.com - rent books for the semester
Booksprice.com - searches multiple sites and compares prices

Book Exchanges
Paperbackswap.com
Swaptree.com
Bookmooch.com

Book Reviews
AllReaders.com
Amazon.com
Barnes & Noble
BarnesandNoblereview.com
Bookreporter
Book TV
Library Journal
NY Times
Yahoo Book Review Sites

Books Online
Bartelby.com
IPL Reading Room
Online Books Page

Readers' Advisory
All About Romance
BarnesandNoblereview.com
Whichbook.net
If you like- Hennepin County Library
If you are fans of...- Milwaukee Public Library
Long Beach Public Library Bibliographies
Morton Grove Library Reader's Services
Mystery Reader
Novelist - NoveList is a fiction database that provides subject heading access, reviews, annotations, and much more for over 135,000 fiction titles.  Author Read-alikes, What We're Reading, Book Discussion Guides, BookTalks, and Annotated Book Lists. For school media specialists and teachers there are Picture Book Extenders and articles on Teaching with Fiction.
Novelist K-8 - NoveList K-8 allows you to discover the fiction titles that are popular with young readers as well as titles to use in your classroom. The NoveList Learning Center provides a complete introduction to the product and shows you how to use NoveList to meet the reading needs of your students.
Oprah's Book Club
Overbooked Summer Reading Lists
Romance Reader
SCIFAN

Used & Rare Books
Alibris
Bibliofind
Bookfinder

Business
Bizlink
CNN Money
Librarians' Index to the Internet: Business
Thomas Register
Yahoo! Finance

Career & Employment
CareerBuilder
Careers.org
CareerZone
Consumer Information on Pension Plans from the Department of Labor
Federal Jobs
HempsteadWorks
Monster.com
Nassau County Civil Service Commission
NY State Department of Labor
Occupational Outlook Handbook

Charities
Charity Navigator
National Charity Index (Better Business Bureau)
NY State Attorney General's Office Charities Bureau

Collectibles
Collectors.org
eBay
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Consumer
Automobile Insurance Information
Better Business Bureau Central Web Server for U.S. & Canada
Center for Consumer Health Care Information
Consumer Information Center Main Page
Consumer Product Recalls
Consumer Protection Board (NY State)
ConsumerWorld
     Companies, Complaints
     Shopping
     Money & Credit
     Consumer News & Scam Alerts
Coupons:
    Wow-Coupons.com
    CouponCabin.com
    RetailMeNot.com
    AnyCoupons.com
Good Housekeeping Product Testing Guide
Health Care Evaluation at NCQA
NY City Department of Health Restaurant Inspection Information
Office of the Professions (NY State)
Recalls-from the Federal Citizen Information Center
National "Do Not Call" Registry
Office of Unclaimed Funds (NY State)


East Rockaway and Long Island Community Information
Abrams & Davison Family Genealogy
Community Resource Database of Long Island
Discover Long Island
East Rockaway and Local History
East Rockaway Census 2000 Data
East Rockaway Grist Mill
East Rockaway Library History
East Rockaway School District
East Rockaway School District Report Card
East Rockaway Village Code
East Rockaway Village Website
Government Officials
Hewlett House: A Comprehensive resource and support center for breast cancer concerns
Long Island fishing
Long Island Frequencies & Scanning Information
Long Island Genealogy
Nassau County
Nassau County Parks & Recreation
Nassau County Property Reassessment Website
Town of Hempstead Website
Town of Hempstead Department of Senior Enrichment

Education
Citizenship
Citizenship - Study for US Citizenship test on the computer
US Citizenship Test Study Guide

College
College Code Search
College Entrance Examination Board
CollegeNavigator - College Opportunities Online Locator
FAFSA  Free Application for Federal Student Aid
HESC  New York State Student Aid
NY State Financial Aid
Students.gov
SUNY Learning Network - online education program offering complete degree programs
Title IV School Codes
US News & World Report College & Graduate School Rankings

ESL
ESL- from About.com
New York Schools and ESL Programs

Education, Adult
Distance Learning
GED Information ( NY State)
Literacy Directory - Search over 5,000 literacy programs

Education, Gifted
Gifted Education

Education, Learning Disabilities
LD Online
Internet Resources for Special Children

Education, Lesson Plans, Bulletin Boards and Teacher Resources
Bulletin Board Ideas
Teacher Link
Teachnet Classroom Decor

Education, Nassau County
Nassau County School Districts

Education, New York State
NY State Education Department
NYSTCE Preparation Guides
NY State Teacher Certification
School District Index - Names, addresses and telephone numbers of administrators and principals.

Education, School Search
Search for Private Schools
Search for Public Schools
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Entertainment
AJR NewsLink - Radio & Television Stations
Broadway.com
Internet Movie Database (IMDB)
Internet Broadway Database  (IBDB)
Jigzone
Long Island Convention & Visitors Bureau and Sports Commission
Nassau County Parks, Recreation & Museums - Upcoming Events
The Onion
Playbill - Theatre
Rottentomatoes.com
Screen It - Detailed movie reviews for parents
TKTS Theatre Discount Tickets
TV Guide

Environment
Environmental Protection Agency

Food
AllRecipes.com
Food Safety  & Nutrition- from the International Food Information Council Foundation
NY City Department of Health Restaurant Inspection Information
Recipe Source
Thanksgiving Recipes
Zagat Restaurant Guide


Genealogy
Abrams & Davison Family Genealogy
Cemetery Information - LI Genealogy
Cyndi's List - Cyndi Howell's list of Internet genealogical resources
Department of Veteran's Affairs National Cemetery Administration - assist you in locating burial sites and contacting veterans
Ellis Island
Ellis Island Search In One Step
Family Search
Immigrant Ship Passenger Lists
List of State Offices of Vital Records
Long Island Genealogy
Nassau County History
NY State Vital Records
NYC Death Certificate Applications
Rootsweb
SSDI - Social Security Death Index
Soundex Conversion Program
Suffolk County

Geography
50 States and Capitals
Blank and Outline Maps
Color Landform Atlas of the US
Earthquakes
Geography Links
Long Island Natural Environment Online
MapMachine - from National Geographic
National Geographic Index
State Facts- from the Internet Public Library
World Fact Book
Volcano World

Government
American Experience
The American President
CIA's Chiefs of State and Cabinet members of foreign governments
Department of Homeland Security
East Rockaway Village
Federal Consumer Information Center
FirstGov
GovSpot
Nassau County
New York City
New York State
New York State Codes, Rules & Regulations
New York State FAQs
New York State Topical Links
Passport Information and forms
Political Issues- "Every Political Leader on Every Issue"
Project Vote-Smart
Town of Hempstead
United States  New York Public Library Website for Federal Government Information.
Veteran's Affairs (New York State)

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Health
Alternative Medicine
Alternative Medicine Foundation
Medicinal Herb Garden

Cancer
Adelphi NY Statewide Breast Cancer Hotline & Support
Bone Cancer
Breast Cancer Mapping by Zipcode in NY State
Cancer Guide
Dr. Susan Love's Breast Cancer Website
Hewlett House: A comprehensive resource and support center for breast cancer concerns
National Cancer Institute
OncoLink

Children's Health
Child Abuse Identification & Reporting
KidsHealth.org
National Institute of Child Health & Human Development

Clinical Trials
CenterWatch Clinical Trial Listings

Dental Health
ADA Online
National Institute of Dental Research

Dermatology
American Academy of Dermatology
Dermatology Online Atlas - contains photographs

Digestive
NIDDK - Digestive Diseases - National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases
Crohn's Disease
Ulcerative Colitis - National Digestive Diseases Information Clearinghouse
Ulcerative Colitis - Medline Plus

Disablilities
American Sign Language
Autism - PDD  Resources Network
Cerebral Palsy   
Exploring Autism
Internet Resources for Special Children
NY State Mental Retardation / Developmental Disability Site
Tourette Syndrome Plus
United Cerebral Palsy

Drug Abuse
National Institue on Drug Abuse

General Health Resources
Anthrax  Information from the Center for Disease Control
AMA Medical Library
Center for Consumer Health Care Information
Complete Home Medical Guide- Columbia University Medical Center
Deciphering Medspeak - Medical Library Association
Disease Database - Medical Search Engine
Family Doctor.org - Health information for the entire family from the American Academy of Family Physicians
Hardin Meta Directory of Internet Sources
Merck Manual of Medical Information
New York State Department of Health

Medical Sites
Health Tutorials- from Medline Plus
Healthfinder - free guide to reliable consumer health and human services information, developed by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Infotrac Health Reference Database -ERPL barcode needed
Martindale's Health Science Guide
Mayo Clinic
Medscape- from WebMD
Merck Manual of Diagnosis and Therapy
National Institutes of Health- U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
National Library of Medicine
NOAH -New York Online Access to Health
WebMD

Heart
American Heart Association

Hospitals
HospitalLink- find hospitals in any state
US News and World Report Best Hospitals
New York State Hospital Profile (NYSHP)

Kidney
Kidney and Urologic Diseases - from Information Clearinghouse
National Kidney Foundation

Medicaid, Medicare and Health Plans
Medicaid and Medicare
Health Care Evaluation at NCQA

Men's Health
Medline Plus Men's Health Topics
NY Access to Online Health (NOAH): Men's Health

Mental Health
National Institute of Mental Health

Musculoskeletal Diseases
Karolinska Institutet - includes Arthritis, Bursitis, Orthopedics, Fibromyalgia, Muscular Dystrophy and more

Organ Transplantation
Organ Donation

Physicians and Health Care Professionals Search
AMA Physician Select On-Line Doctor Finder
NY State Physician Profile
Professional Misconduct and Physician Discipline

Pregnancy and Birth
Medline Plus Pregnancy
NY Online Access to Health (NOAH) - Pregnancy

Prescription Drugs
PDR Family Guide to Prescription Drugs
Food & Drug Administration

Senior Citizen's Health
Nassau County Department of Senior Citizens Affairs
Merck Manual of Geriatrics - provides information of clinical relevance on geriatric care

Women's Health
Women's Health Topics - from Medline
National Women's Health Information Center - Search by topic or keyword.  Publications and organizations listed in NWHIC should provide basic information on a specific women's health topic, at a minimum.  More detailed information is available from the primary information sources that NWHIC lists
Breast Cancer Mapping by Zipcode in Ny State
Breast Cancer Resource Center
Dr. Susan Love's Breast Cancer Website
Hewlett House: A comprehensive resource and support center for breast cancer concerns.
                                                                                                                                                      
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History
Regents Prep Exam Center - Global History & Geography
Regents Prep Exam Center - U.S. History & Government

History, African
African History- from Stanford University

History, American
50 States and Capitals
American Cultural History - 19th Century   20th Century - from the Kingwood College Library in Texas
Biography of America-A Biography of America is a telecourse and video series that presents American history as a living narrative.
History Wired - take a virtual tour of selected objects from the vast collections of the National Museum of American History
Library of Congress American Memory Collection
Making of America- "a digital library of primary sources in American social history from the antebellum period through reconstruction"
Nassau County History
National Archives and Records
Native American Tribes -NativeWeb sponsors this collection of resources on indigenous cultures around the World

History, Ancient
Ancient Egypt- from the British Museum

History, Military
The Aerodrome
Army Historical Series
Geometry of War, 1500-1750
Gulf War Chronology-from PBS
The Institute on World War II and the Human Experience
Military.com - Museum & Memorial Guide
US Naval History

History, World
Avalon Project- Yale Law School
TheHistoryNet
Medieval Sourcebook- Fordham University
History Guide-This major metasite located at Lower Saxony State University and Libraries Gottingen, Germany, and containing almost 1,400 links (emphasizing Anglo-American history) has been compiled by both librarians and historians. An exemplary site that provides evaluative criteria and metadata about each link, it should serve as a model for Web historical pages. Surfing History by Donald Altschiller at (http://www.ala.org/booklist/v96/rbb/fe1/45surf.html)

Timelines
Timelines - HyperHistory is an expanding scientific project presenting 3,000 years of world history with an interactive combination of synchronoptic lifelines, timelines, and maps.
More Timelines - from infoplease.com

House & Garden
Better Homes and Gardens
HGTV Library -from Home and Garden Television
Interior Decorating Sites - suggested sites from the Baltimore Public Library

Gardening
Better Homes and Gardens Page
Cornell Cooperative Extension Gardening Guide
Cornell Cooperative Extension of Nassau County (Horticulture Page)

Hotlines
Adelphi NY Statewide Breast Cancer Hotline & Support
Focus Adolescent Services
Health Hotlines - Toll-free numbers from the National Library of Medicine
Help Lines - Hotlines available to Long Islanders in crisis
Long Island Crisis Center
UCLA School Mental Health Project


How To...
eHow
How Stuff Works

Legal
Findlaw index
Findlaw for the Public - Consumer law guides for housing, automobiles, injury, money family work immigration, education and crime
Findlaw, New York State
Nolo Landlord/ Tenant Law Guide
New York State Laws and Regulations
NY State Court Forms
NY State CourtHelp
Senior Law
Touro Law Center - Supreme Court Cases
U.S. Supreme Court 

Library sites
Library of Congress
New York Public Library
Suffolk Web
Dewey Decimal System
Dewey Decimal Guide to Popular Subjects- from Appleton Public Library

Library Fact Files
APL Fast Fact File
Chicago Public Library - Frequently asked reference questions
Hennepin County
Santa Cruz P.L.
Libraryspot
Refdesk.com

Literature and Humanities
American Heritage Dictionary
Merriam-Webster Online
APA Guide
Citation Machine
Literature Resource Center - ERPL barcode needed for access
Internet Public Library Literary Criticism Guide
Poetry Archives
Mary Shelley's Frankenstein
Miscellaneous Anthologies
MLA Guide
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Maps
Google Maps
Mapquest
Yahoo! Maps

Math
Fibonacci Numbers
Geometry of War
History of Mathematics
Mathematical Atlas
Regents Exam Prep Center
The Math Forum: Student Center
Timeline & Biographies

Music
History Behind Musical Instruments - from About.com
Lester P. Levy Collection of Sheet Music - contains over 29,000 pieces of music and focuses on popular American music spanning the period 1780 to 1960. All pieces of the collection are indexed on this site and a search will retrieve a catalog description of the pieces
Music History - from ThinkQuest.com
Musical Instruments - from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Musica Viva - The Internet center for free sheet music downloads and more

Newspaper & Magazines
AJR NewsLink
Ebscohost
Herald Online
Infotrac - ERPL Barcode needed for access
Library of Congress Lists of Newspapers, Periodicals and News Resources
NewsDirectory.com - find a paper for almost any city in the world
Newspapers Online!
NY Daily News
NY Post
NY Times
Newsday
Proquest - ERPL Barcode needed for access.
US News and World Report Online
USA Today - Search

Parenting
American Camp Association. Find a Camp - Search by cost, activities, state or region, day or resident, youth or adult, philosophy, affiliation, session length, physical/mental challenges...
Child Development - from the National Institute of Health
National Parents Information Network Full Text Resources - search or browse the collection of full-text materials in the NPIN Virtual Library
Tufts University Child and Family Web Guide
Zero to Three: Parents

Politics and Elections
American Presidents
Election Results 2004 - from CNN.com
Primary Sources - American Politics
Project Vote-Smart

Real Estate
Cyberhomes
Department of Housing and Urban Development Consumer Information
Home Price Check
Internet Public Library Pathfinder: Buying Your First Home
Mortgage Calculator
Multiple Listing Services of Long Island
Nassau County Property Reassessment Website
Newsday Real Estate
Nolo Landlord/ Tenant Law Guide
Realtor.com

Reference Desk
Argus Clearinghouse - Topical guide which evaluates and describes a wide range of internet sources.
Bartelby.com: reference books such as the Columbia Encyclopedia, Roget's Thesaurus, Gray's Anatomy, Oxford Shakespeare, and more
Dewey Decimal Guide to Popular Subjects- from Appleton Public Library
Dewey Decimal System
Internet Public Library Reference Collection
Librarian's Index to the Internet
Martindale's The Reference Desk

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Religion and Philosophy
Encyclopedia of Philosophy
Guide to Philosophy on the Internet - from the Librarian's Index to the Internet
Saints Index

Science
Animal Diversity Web
BioAgMed Infomine - extensive site for scholarly research information in the fields of agriculture, medicine and biology.
Botany-index of Internet resources from Martindale's
Conversion of Units
Endangered Species
Eric Weissteins' World of Science
Experiments for plants
How Stuff Works
Invention Dimension
NASA (Space Exploration)
National Geographic Index
New Book of Popular Science in Grolier's Databases - ERPL Barcode needed for access
Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases - Dr. Duke's; The chemical properties and medical uses of plants
Regents Prep Exam Center - Chemistry
Regents Prep Exam Center - Physics
Science and Plants-from Science and Plants for Schools
The Why Files

Search Engines and Subject Guides
All-In-One Search Page
Dogpile
Google
HotBot
Martindale's Reference Desk
Metacrawler
Yahoo

Senior Citizens
AARP
AARP 55 Alive Classes - Find a class near you
Caregiving.com - User-friendly site offers six online support groups, survival guides, weekly tips, FAQ'S and access to resources
Continuing Care Accreditation Commision - the nation's only accrediting body for continuing care retirement communities and other retirement communities
Eldercare Locator - Identifies helpful community services across the country
Elderhostel
EPIC - Elderly Pharmaceutical Insurance Program
FirstGov for Seniors - The Social Security Administration's Web Page.  Includes downloadable forms, nursing home information, tax assistance, medicare plan comparisons and more.
Health Care Evaluation at NCQA - NCQA evaluates health care in three different ways: through accreditation ( a rigorous on-site review of key clinical and administrative processes); through the Health Plan Employer Data and Information Set (HEDIS  -- a tool used to measure performance in key areas like immunization and mammography screening rates); and through a comprehensive member satisfaction survey.
Medicaid
Medicare
Nassau County Department of Senior Citizens Affairs
Member of the Family - contains a Registry of Nursing Homes and a Watch list of Nursing Home Violations
Merck Manual of Geriatrics - Provides information of clinical relevance on geriatric care.
National Nursing Home Comparisons - from the Health Care Financing Administration
Senior Law
Town of Hempstead Senior Services - requires a version 5 or higher browser.

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Sports and Recreation
About.com Birding Sites
Bicycling
CNN Sports Illustrated
Great Outdoor Recreation Pages
Long Island Fishing
Spring and Fall Bird Migration Timetables
Where Do You Want to Go Birding Today?
Olympics

Statistics
Bureau of Justice Statistics
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Bureau of Transportation Statistics
Census Bureau's American Fact Finder
Census 2000 Data ( by state, city, town and village).At this site look for the heading Demographic Profile-released 5/23/2002 and then click on Demographic Profile Data Search.  At "Select a State" choose New York from the drip down menu and then tupe in the town, village or CDP.
College and University Campus Crime Statistics
DEA New York State Statistics Concerning Drug Use
East Rockaway Census 2000 Data
FedStats - Gateway to statistics from over 100 federal agencies
Historical Census of the United States (1790-1960)
National Agriculture Statistics Service
National Center for Educational Statistics
National Center for Health Statistics
Sourcebook of Criminal Justice Statistics Online
Statistical Abstracts of the United States

Taxes
Forms and Publications - IRS
New York State Tax Forms
Other States' Tax Forms

Telephone Directories
Switchboard.com

Traffic Information
WCBS.com Traffic
I95 Exit Information Guide
Long Island Railroad
Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA)
Metro Commute
NYC Department of Transportation
NY State Department of Transportation
New York Traffic Information
Traffic.com

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Translation
AltaVista Babelfish
Free Translation
Google Language Tools
Translation at Dictionary.com

Travel
1Travel
Amtrak
Are We There Yet? - the ultimate field trip resource
Best Fares
City Guide (CitySearch.com)
Concierge.com
Elderhostel
Fodor's
Frommer's
Great Outdoor Recreation Pages
Hudson Valley (hvnet.com)
I-95 Exit Information Guide
I Love NY Website
Attractions||| Travel Ideas |||Accommodations ||| Events||| Recreation ||| Regions
Long Island Railroad
Mapquest
Mobissimo (Searches 80 Travel Sites)
National Geographic Index
National Park Service
Passport Information & Forms
PetsWelcome.com
Radio Road Trip: find radio stations on the interstates
State by State Guide to Fall Colors - from About.com
Tourism Offices World Wide Directory
Travelweb: Hotel and Flight Reservations
TripSpot.com
Universal Currency Converter
US Forest Service Guide to Fall Colors
WebFlyer

Volunteering
Guidestar.org - Search GuideStar's database of more than 850,00 IRS-recognized nonprofit organizations
Long Island Volunteer Center
United Way of Long Island
VolunteerMatch.org - volunteers enter their ZIP code on the VolunteerMatch web site to find volunteer opportunities posted by nonprofit and tax-exept organizations.


Weather
YAHOO! Weather


Web & Computer
Computer Literacy 101
Keyboarding Basics
Internet Service Providers
Learn to Type
Mousercize
New Users Tutorial
ZDNet - Reviews, Computer Products
Webopedia

WWW Graphics
About.com Clipart
Altavista Images
Animation Station
BigNoseBird.com - everything you need to build great websites.
CoolText.com - create a logo or button
Free Fonts - 1001 free fonts to download
Google Image Search
Icons Bazaar
Lycos Pictures and Sound on the Web

Zip Codes
USPS Zip Code Look-up

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East Rockaway Public Library
Contact us: eastrockpl@yahoo.com
November 1 2008