Animals Art Awards Biography Birmingham Black History Books Business Calendars Careers

Cars Census Copyright Crime Dictionaries Directories Education Entertainment Genealogy General Reference Government

Alabama Government (U.S.) History (Southern) History (U.S.) History (Women) History (World) Hoaxes Homeschooling Inventions Legal Information Literature Maps

Medical Money Movies Music Obituaries Periodicals Puzzles Quotations Religion Relocation Research Papers

Science Sex Offenders Sports Statistics Tickets Travel Trussville Unclaimed Property Zip Codes

 

 

Animals

 

Endangered Species http://endangered.fws.gov/index.html (Part of the official U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service page. Allows the user to search a database of endangered species.)

 

American Veterinarian Association http://www.avma.org (The official web site of the AVA. Includes animal related news updates and links to veterinary resources.)  

 

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Art

 

Metropolitan Museum of Art http://www.metmuseum.org (Includes a timeline of art history, as well as 3500 works of art in an on-line art collection.)

 

National Gallery of Art http://www.nga.gov/collection/index.shtm (Allows the user to search the collection by specific artist, title, or a combination of criteria. Tour the collection thematically by choosing medium and school, or explore in-depth studies that focus on artists, themes, and specific works of arts.)

 

Smithsonian American Art Museum http://americanart.si.edu/index3.cfm (Contains 6000 images listed by subject.)

 

WebMuseum http://www.ibiblio.org/wm (An on-line gallery of famous paintings listed by time period.)

 

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Awards

 

Newbery http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/alsc/awardsgrants/bookmedia/newberymedal/newberymedal.cfm (Reviews of the current Newbery winners, as well as a comprehensive list of past winners and information on the history of the award.)

 

Caldecott http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/alsc/awardsgrants/bookmedia/caldecottmedal/caldecottmedal.cfm (Reviews of the current Caldecott winners, a comprehensive list of past winners, and information on the history of the award.)

 

Nobel Prize Internet Archive http://www.almaz.com/nobel/nobel.html (Information on the winners of the various Nobel prizes.)  

 

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Biography

 

Biographical Dictionary http://www.s9.com/biography (Covers more than 28,000 notable men and women who have shaped our world from ancient times to the present day.)

 

A&E’s Biography http://www.biography.com (Search over 25,000 of the greatest lives, past and present.)  

 

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Birmingham/Jefferson County

 

activeculture.info http://www.activeculture.info (The premier site for events and happenings in and around Jefferson County.)

 

Jeffco InTouch http://www.jeffcointouch.com (Renew your car tag on-line, get information on Driver’s Licenses, etc.)

 

Birmingham Convention and Visitors’ Bureau http://www.bcvb.org (Calendar of events, a list of things to do in Birmingham, and a list of places to plan your next event.)

 

E-pages http://www.e-pages.com (Links to Birmingham businesses and entertainment. Includes employment information as well as free classifieds.)

 

Birmingham Jefferson Convention Complex http://www.bjcc.org (The official site of the BJCC. Includes seating charts and a calendar of events.)  

 

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Black History

 

Black Facts http://www.blackfacts.com (Claims to be the world's largest free on-line database of black history information.)  

   

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Books

 

R.R. Bowker’s Bookwire http://www.bookwire.com (Author interviews, bestseller lists, book statistics. Also includes a calendar to search for literary events near you.)

 

AllReaders http://www.allreaders.com (Choose from hundreds of plot, theme, character, and setting options to find precisely what you're looking for!)

 

Library of Congress http://www.lcweb.loc.gov (Search the Library of Congress Catalog for any book ever published in the United States.)

 

Bibliofind http://www.bibliofind.com (A component of Amazon.com.  A database of out of print books owned by various booksellers.)

 

Bookfinder http://www.bookfinder.com (The ultimate resource for book shoppers. Over 30 million new, used, rare, and out of print books.)

 

Alibris http://www.alibris.com (A database of out of print books owned by various booksellers. Also includes special sections for collectors and libraries.)  

Project Gutenberg http://promo.net/pg (Contains full text books that are no longer protected by
copyright laws.)

The Trussville Library Reader's Advisory Page http://www.trussvillelibrary.com/readersadvisory.htm (An extensive listing of links and informational web sites designed to broaden your reading interests!)

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Business

 

CEO express http://www.ceoexpress.com (Provides links to hundreds of on-line newspapers, both business related and strictly news.  Allows stock quote searches.)

 

1040.com http://www.1040.com (All federal and state tax forms for both the current year and previous years.)

 

IRS Forms http://www.irs.gov (The official web site of the IRS. Contains tax forms, news, and advice.)

 

Thomas Register http://www.thomasregister.com (Same as the print version of the Thomas Register.  Search business listings for companies by product name, company name, or brand name.)

 

Fortune Magazine http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune (The official site of Fortune magazine. Retrieve stock quotes and read articles from the magazine.)

 

All About Forms http://www.allaboutforms.com (5000 legal forms with over 2,000 being FREE. Forms are available in HTML, RTF, and PDF).

 

Bank Rate http://www.bankrate.com/brm/default.asp (A free service that researches financial rates and information. Bank Rate surveys thousands of banks, thrifts, and credit unions on a regular basis to provide information on mortgages, auto loans, credit cards, home equity loans, and other banking products.)

 

Big Charts (stock quotes) http://www.bigcharts.com (An investment charting and research site. Also contains news updates and information on business plans.)

 

Edgar http://www.sec.gov/edgar.shtml (The SEC requires all public companies (except foreign companies and companies with less than $10 million in assets and 500 shareholders) to file registration statements, periodic reports, and other forms electronically through EDGAR. Anyone can access and download this information for free.)

 

411 Stocks http://www.411stocks.com (Award-winning stock information, all in one place.)

 

SIC codes http://www.census.gov/epcd/www/naics.html (Information on NAICS and SIC codes, including a bridge between the two codes.)  

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Calendars

 

Perpetual calendar http://www.CalendarHome.com/tyc (A 10,000 year perpetual calendar.)  

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Careers

 

Alabama Joblink http://joblink.alabama.gov (The official web site of the State of Alabama Career Center. Search job listings and much more.)

Monster http://www.monster.com (A national job search web site that provides searching by location and type of career. Contains 800,000 job listings.)

 

Career City http://www.truecareers.com (Similar to monster.com. Also provides tips on interviewing and resumes and allows posting of resumes.)

 

Career Builder http://www.careerbuilder.com (Claims to have 300,000 job listings.  Similar to the above sites but has more narrowly defined categories of jobs.)

 

America’s Job Bank http://www.ajb.dni.us (Claims to have over a million listings.  Overall content seems to be similar to the other job search sites. Allows the user to set up an automated job search.)

 

What color is my parachute? http://www.jobhuntersbible.com (Designed as a supplement to the book, this site is full of advice for job hunters, including articles and interactive tests. Also includes a free link to e-mail a career counselor.)

 

Elaws Advisors http://www.dol.gov/elaws (Part of the Department of Labor’s official site, this page contains interactive tools that provide information about federal employment laws.)

 

Indeed www.indeed.com  (Search job sites, newspapers, associations and company career pages.)

 

Job Hunt http://www.job-hunt.org (Provides advice for job searching on the web, as well as hundreds of links to the various sites.)

 

Job Smart Salary Surveys http://www.jobsmart.org/tools/salary (Contains links to salary surveys as well as tips on salary negotiation.)

 

Federal Government’s Office of Personnel Management http://www.opm.gov (Job listings of the Office of Personnel Management.)

 

Saludos http://www.saludos.com (Specializes in Hispanic job placement.)

 

Occupational Outlook Handbook http://www.bls.gov/oco/home.htm (The federal government’s handbook on careers. Great for career projects. Contains salary and education information).

 

10 minute resume http://www.10minuteresume.com (Use free, simple on-line forms to create an expertly designed and laid out resume. Receive advice on keywords and tips on what to write by occupation. Select a resume layout for any situation.)  

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Cars

 

Alabama Driver's Manual http://dps.alabama.gov/DriverLicense/Manuals.aspx (A PDF version of the complete Alabama Driver's Manual is listed on this page. It requires Adobe Acrobat Reader to view.)   Click here to download the free Reader for your home computer.  Please read the system requirements and instructions before downloading this software.  Do not try to download this file to a public computer in the library.  The computers in most public libraries already have this software installed.

 

Autotropolis www.autotropolis.com (An automotive research site that provides in-depth new and used vehicle reviews, photos, as well as user forums, blogs, a wiki based engine, etc.)   There is never a fee and Autotropolis does not require a subscription.

 

Kelly Blue Book http://www.kbb.com (Provides both retail and trade-in values for automobiles, taking into account make and model, mileage, and location.)  

 

Edmunds http://www.edmunds.com  (Provides pricing information similar to Kelly Blue Book, but also allows the user to buy or sell a used car through a variety of providers.) 

 

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Census

 

American Fact Finder http://factfinder.census.gov (The easiest and quickest way to find census information on the web.)  

 

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Copyright

 

United States Copyright Office http://www.loc.gov/copyright (Contains information on copyright laws, as well as copyright forms and publications).

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Crime and Criminals

 

Crime Library http://www.crimelibrary.com (Provides hundreds of articles on the most notorious crimes of all time, worldwide crime news, and crime fiction.)

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Dictionaries

 

Translating Dictionaries http://dictionaries.travlang.com (Several foreign language dictionaries, including French, Spanish, German, and Italian.)

 

Your Dictionary http://www.yourdictionary.com (Provides dictionaries and thesauruses for multiple languages.)

 

OneLook Dictionaries http://www.onelook.com (Searches multiple on-line dictionaries simultaneously. Indexes 4,023,912 words in 755 online dictionaries.)  

 

 

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Directories

 

Anywho http://www.anywho.com (Search for people or businesses. Includes reverse look-up by telephone number.)

 

Yellow Pages http://www.yellowpages.com (The on-line version of The Real Yellow Pages.)

 

International Telephone Directories http://www.infobel.com/World (Links to international phone directories.)  

U.S. Blue Pages http://www.officialusa.com/state/state.information/bluepages/index.html (Provides an easy and fast way to search government listings by state, city, area code, agency or service, and keyword.)

 

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Education

 

AskERIC http://www.eduref.org (The federal government’s site for all education issues. Provides access to the ERIC database.) 

Alabama Department of Education http://www.alsde.edu/html/home.asp (The official site of the Alabama Department of Education. Contains news, legilslation relating to schools, and test scores for different school systems.)

GED Resources Page http://www.bplonline.org/services/GED (Birmingham Public Library's GED resources page.)

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Entertainment

 

 

Entertainment Weekly http://www.ew.com/ew (Entertainment Weekly magazine’s web site.  Contains movie reviews, as well as news articles concerning the entertainment industry.)

 

E! Online http://www.eonline.com (The E! network’s web site. Contains news articles, movie reviews, gossip, and TV listings.)  

 

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Genealogy and Heraldry

 

Family Tree Maker http://www.familytreemaker.com (Contains new articles on genealogy related topics.  Sells several different software packages and downloads.)

 

Ancestry http://www.ancestry.com (Provides some free searching, but to access most of their databases, you must pay a monthly fee.  Hoover Public Library subscribes to this.)

 

Rootsweb http://www.rootsweb.com (Claims to be the oldest genealogy site.  Provides free information from ancestry.com.)

 

Cyndi’s List http://www.cyndislist.com (Over 100,000 links to genealogy sites on the web.  The most comprehensive source for genealogical information.)

 

Vital Records Information http://vitalrec.com/#territories (Contains information about where to obtain vital records, such as birth, death, and marriage certificates, and divorce decrees) from each state, territory, and county of the United States.)

 

Birmingham Public Library’s Genealogy Collection http://www.bplonline.org/Sou (The holdings of the largest source of genealogical materials in the Birmingham area.)

 

Mormon Library’s Family Search http://www.familysearch.org (Search the library’s vast records collection for ancestors.  Contains a “share feature,” where researchers can share information through e-mail.)

 

Social Security Death Index http://www.ancestry.com/search/rectype/vital/ssdi/main.htm (A database of deceased persons. Includes name, date, and place of issuance of social security number, and date and place of death.)

 

Heraldry on the Internet http://www.digiserve.com/heraldry (Great source for information on coats of arms, surnames, and heraldry clip-art.)  

Military Records Information http://www.poynter.org (Information on how to find various military records.)

Interment Records www.interment.net (A free on-line library of burial records from thousands of cemeteries across the world. Contains some Trussville area cemetery records.)

 

 

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General Reference

 

Refdesk.com http://www.refdesk.com (Links to hundreds of reference sites, such as on-line dictionaries and encyclopedias, search engines, facts of the day, etc.)

 

Librarians’ Index to the Internet http://lii.org (A subject index to the Internet created by librarians.)

 

Library Spot http://www.libraryspot.com (Contains links to library web sites, a list of useful sites arranged by subject, and answers to frequently asked reference questions.)  

Morton Grove Public Library's Reference Site http://www.webrary.org/ref/weblinksmenu.html (Links are organized by subject according to their Dewey Decimal system call numbers.)

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Government (Alabama)

 

AlaWeb http://www.state.al.us/2k1 (The State of Alabama’s official web site.  Contains links to pages of the Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Attorney General, etc.)

 

Alabama Courts http://www.judicial.state.al.us (The official site of the Alabama Judicial System.  Contains information on all levels of the Alabama courts.)

Alabama Driver's Manual http://www.dps.state.al.us/DriverLicense/Manuals.aspx (A PDF version of the complete Alabama Driver's Manual. Requires Adobe Acrobat Reader to view.)   Click here to download the free Reader for your home computer.  Please read the system requirements and instructions before downloading this software.  Do not try to download this file to a public computer in the library.  The computers in most public libraries already have this software installed.

Code of Alabama http://www.legislature.state.al.us/CodeofAlabama/1975/coatoc.htm (Full text on-line edition of the Code of Alabama 1975).

 

Constitution of Alabama http://www.legislature.state.al.us/CodeOfAlabama/Constitution/1901/Constitution1901_toc.htm (Full text on-line version of Alabama’s Constitution.)  

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Government (U.S.)

 

Census (links to TIGER) http://www.census.gov (The official census site. Includes a link to American Fact Finder, the best source for census information on the web.)

 

FBI http://www.fbi.gov (The FBI’s web site. Contains Uniform Crime Reports, the FBI’s official statistics.  Also contains news and employment information.)

 

NASA http://www.nasa.gov (Includes news, history, NASA webcasts, and scientific and technical information.)

 

Senate http://www.senate.gov (The official site of the U.S. Senate.  Information on senators, bills, committees, etc.  Also includes historical information and a senate calendar.)

 

Thomas http://thomas.loc.gov (The official site for legislative information. Includes full text bills, roll call votes, and historical documents.)

 

State Department http://www.state.gov (Contains State Department press releases, information on countries, information about passports, and travel warnings.)

 

Supreme Court Cases http://www.oyez.org (Descriptions of Supreme Court Cases.)

 

Supreme Court http://www.fedworld.gov/supcourt/index.htm (The federal government’s Supreme Court site.)

 

FindLaw’s Supreme Court cases http://www.findlaw.com/casecode/supreme.html (FindLaw's searchable database of the Supreme Court decisions since 1893. Browsable by year and U.S. Reports volume number.  Searchable by citation or case title.)

 

GPO Access http://www.gpoaccess.gov (The U.S. Government Printing Office’s official site. Contains the Code of Federal Regulations, the Congressional Record, the Federal Register, the U.S. Code, and many other government publications.)

 

USA.gov http://www.usa.gov (The federal government’s searchable index for government information on the web.)

 

Federal Consumer Information Center http://www.info.gov (Links to government information such as work place issues, government employment, and federal loans.)  

 

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History (Southern)

 

Alabama Department of Archives and History http://www.archives.state.al.us (Contains state symbols, famous Alabamians, and Alabama governors.)

 

Alabama Women's Hall of Fame http://www.awhf.org/inductee.html (Contains biographical sketches of notable Alabama women)

Documenting the American South http://docsouth.unc.edu ("A digital publishing initiative that provides Internet access to texts, images, and audio files related to southern history, literature, and culture."  DocSouth currently "includes twelve thematic collections of books, diaries, posters, artifacts, letters, oral history interviews, and songs.")

 

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History (U.S.)

 

 

American Civil War Home Page http://sunsite.utk.edu/civil-war (Created by the University of Tennessee, this site gathers together in one place hypertext links to the most useful identified electronic files about the American Civil War.  Contains links to information about battles, civil war personalities, etc.)

 

Civil War Center http://www.cwc.lsu.edu (Promotes the study of the civil war.  Features an index of civil war sites and a cemetery database.)

 

U.S. Presidents http://www.ipl.org/div/potus (Biographical information on each president. Has both name and subject indexes.)

 

Words and Deeds in American History http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/mcchtml/corhome.html (Created by the Library of Congress, this site contains notable manuscripts of America history that are searchable my name, keyword, subject, or chronology.)

 

LOC’s American Memory http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/amhome.html (Historical collections for the National Digital Library. The site is searchable).

 

50 States http://www.50states.com (Facts about all 50 states, including state flags, birds, mottoes, etc.)

 

White House http://www.whitehouse.gov (The official site of the White House. Contains information about the house itself, along with news about the President and First Lady. Also has full text proclamations, speeches, and press releases.)

 

American Presidents and First Ladies http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/odmdhtml/preshome.html (Official portraits of the American Presidents and First Ladies.)  

 

 

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History (World)

 

World War I http://www.worldwar1.com (Includes biographies, timelines, and documents related to World War I.)

 

CIA World Factbook http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/index.html (A government site based on the print version of The World Factbook. Contains basic information about all countries.)

 

Constitutions of the World http://www.findlaw.com/01topics/06constitutional/03forconst (Constitutions of most countries.  Also has links to other constitution sites.)

 

Constitution Finder http://confinder.richmond.edu (This index offers constitutions, charters, amendments, and other related documents. Nations of the world are listed alphabetically.)

 

Background Notes http://www.state.gov (Provides information on geographic entities and international organizations.  This is a government site that has not been updated since January 2001.)

 

Country Studies http://lcweb2.loc.gov/frd/cs/cshome.html (Contains the on-line versions of books previously published in hard copy by the Federal Research Division of the Library of Congress under the Country Studies/Area Handbook Program sponsored by the U.S. Department of Army.)

 

Ancient Egypt http://www.mfa.org/egypt/explore_ancient_egypt/index.html (Boston’s Museum of Fine Arts’s on-line exhibit).

 

Global Statistics http://www.geohive.com/ (Contains statistics on the human population and Earth in general.)  

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History (Women)

 

Alabama Women's Hall of Fame http://www.awhf.org/inductee.html (Contains biographical sketches of notable Alabama women.)

 

National Women’s Hall of Fame http://www.greatwomen.org (Contains brief biographies of the members of the Women’s Hall of Fame.)

 

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Hoaxes

 

Snopes http://www.snopes2.com (A thorough site on urban legends and hoaxes.  Has a subject index as well as searching capability.)

 

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Homeschooling

 

Home Education Magazine http://www.home-ed-magazine.com (Free online newsletters, discussion boards, a networking list, and selections from the magazine, including articles, interviews, columnists, resources, reviews, and more.)

 

Homeschool World http://www.home-school.com (The official site of Practical Homeschooling magazine and The Big Book of Home Learning.)

 

Curriculum Swap http://theswap.com (A fee-based service.  The oldest continuous curriculum site on the Net.)

 

Homeschool Resource Page http://www.midnightbeach.com/hs (One of the oldest, largest, and most popular homeschooling sites on the Web.)  

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Inventions

 

Inventions http://www.cam-info.net/invent.html#42d (Look for invention information by

inventor, invention, patents, and Nobel prize winners.) 

 

Invent Now! http://www.invent.org

 

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Legal Information

 

Consumer Law Page http://www.consumerlawpage.com (Provides practical legal first aid on accident and insurance claims, defective products, birth defects and cancer caused by toxic chemicals. Learn about financial and corporate fraud, preserving evidence, time limits, what to do before you hire a lawyer, and how to hire the right lawyer.)

 

Nolo http://www.nolo.com (A searchable database of consumer law information. Also includes legal forms.)

 

U.S. Code http://www4.law.cornell.edu/uscode (Full-text, on-line version of the U.S. Code.  Find materials by title and section number.)

 

FindLaw http://www.findlaw.com (A searchable site of legal information for professionals, students, and the general public.)

 

Washlaw Web http://www.washlaw.edu (Maintained by Washburn University School of Law.  Includes links to state and circuit courts.)

 

Free Advice http://www.freeadvice.com (Legal information arranged by subject. Includes a “find a lawyer” service.)

 

Legal Forms http://www.allaboutforms.com (Over 5000 legal forms--2000 are free.)

 

Lawyer Locator http://www.martindale.com/locator/home.html (Martindale-Hubbell’s “locate a lawyer” service.)  

 

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Literature

 

IPL’s Literary Criticism http://www.ipl.org/div/litcrit  (Contains 4745 critical and biographical web sites about authors and their works that can be browsed by author, title, nationality, and literary period.)

 

Literary Resources on the Net http://www.andromeda.rutgers.edu/~jlynch/Lit (An index of literary criticism on the Internet.  Search by a single word, or choose from a list of subjects.)

 

Barron’s Booknotes http://www.barronsbooknotes.com (Free access to Barron’s notes and MonkeyNotes.  Get over 340 free online booknotes.)

 

Bibliomania http://www.bibliomania.com (Free on-line literature with more than 2000 classic texts, study guides to the most read books, and help for teachers.)

 

Literary Criticism Pathfinder www.trussvillelibrary.com/pathfinder.htm (Sources to use for finding literary criticism in the library.)   

 

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Maps and Directions

 

Mapblast http://www.mapblast.com (Includes maps, both with and without directions.)

 

MapQuest http://www.mapquest.com (Includes topographic maps and street maps.)

 

Maps on Us http://www.mapsonus.com (Plan routes and get maps.  Also includes yellow pages and a “find a person” feature.)

 

TIGER http://www.census.gov/geo/www/tiger/index.html (TIGER is an acronym for Topologically Integrated Geographic Encoding and Referencing. TIGER is a digital database of geographic features, such as roads, railroads, rivers, lakes, political boundaries, census statistical boundaries, etc. covering the entire United States.)

 

Alabama Topographical Maps http://alabamamaps.ua.edu (Created and maintained by the University of Alabama, this site contains historical maps, contemporary maps, and maps in the news.)  

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Science

 

Periodic Table http://www.webelements.com/index.html (Information on each element of the periodic table.)

 

Constellations http://www.dibonsmith.com (Information on all 88 constellations --- the myths and the facts.)

 

Science News http://www.sciencenews.org (Featured articles about events in the science world.)  

Super Science Fair Projects http://www.super-science-fair-projects.com (Demonstrates, with a timeline, a project log, a step-by-step outline, a discussion of the scientific method, and an explanation of how judges think.)

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Sex offenders

 

Alabama Dept of Public Safety http://community.dps.alabama.gov (In compliance with the Community Notification Act (Act 98-489), the public can now access information regarding the current known address of criminal sex offenders. Information is also available on the address a criminal sex offender intends to relocate to within the state of Alabama.)

Jefferson County Sheriff's Office Sex Offender Database http://www.icrimewatch.net/index.php?AgencyID=53840 (Locate offenders in your community.)

National Sex Offender Public Registry http://www.nsopr.gov (This database will provide one-stop access to registries from all 50 states and the District of Columbia by the end of 2006.)

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Sports

 

Hickok Sports http://www.hickoksports.com (Sports histories, biographies, glossaries, trivia, calendars, and memorabilia.)

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