ART and MUSIC

• Artcyclopedia
• AskArt - appraisal and values, auction prices
• BBC Music - for all genres
• Hermitage Museum - the Russian State Museum
• Hewlett Public Library - wide selection of music links
  
• Metropolitan Museum of Art
• Museum of Modern Art
• New York Public Library Digital Gallery - access to over 700,000 images digitized from the The New York Public Library's vast collections, including illuminated manuscripts, historical maps, vintage posters, rare prints, photographs and more.
• Patchogue-Medford Public Library Song Indexes Online - classical and popular song indexes can be found on this page.
• Smithsonian American Art Museum - search the collections or ask Joan of Art your American Art questions.

  AUTOS & TRUCKS

• Autobytel
• Autotrader
• Cars.com
• 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
• The Long Island Association
• Long Island Convention and Visitors Bureau - includes calendar of events
• Long Island Crisis Center
• Long Island Government Web Page
• Long Island Libraries
• Long Island Politics.com
• Long Island Sound Foundation
• Nassau County
• New York City
• Town of Hempstead

Local News

• Baldwin Herald
• Freeport-Baldwin Leader - featured on bottom left of page
• Newsday - some content free

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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BOOKS AND BOOK REVIEWS

• ALISweb - our library catalog
• Book Browse - more than 20,000 book reviews, reader reviews, critical reviews and book excerpts
• Book Clubs Resource - "a guide to book clubs and reading groups"
• BookCrossing - recycle your books and make someone's day
• Booklist - from the American Library Association
• Booknotes.org - archive of C-SPAN's award-winning author interview program
• BookPage - pick up your free copy near the Reference Desk
• BookTV - Each weekend, Book TV features 48 hours of nonfiction book-related programming. View streaming video and more here.
• BookWire - book industry news and more
• Fantastic Fiction - All about your favorite authors: this site features short biographies, lists of new and upcoming books, series lists and awards won. Includes full list of books by the author and a list of titles they recommend.
• "If You Like..." - a handy reference guide to authors and genres from the Hennepin County Library
• Internet Public Library's Online Literary Criticism
• National Book Foundation
  
• New York Times Book Review
• Oprah's Book Club
• Project Gutenberg - the first and largest single collection of free electronic books, or eBooks.
• What's Next™- Books in Series Database of Kent (Michigan) District Library - Search series fiction with this resource

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BUSINESS

• AllBusiness.com
• Bplans.com - some free sample business plans
• Federal Trade Commission - Franchises and Business Opportunities
• Long Island Business News
• Small Business Administration - U. S. Government
• Thomas Register - industrial products, services, manufacturers

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CHARITIES

• American Institute of Philanthropy - a nonprofit charity watchdog and information service
• Better Business Bureau - info for both charities and donors
• Charity Navigator - rates charities
  
• National Center for Charitable Statistics

  
  
  

• AddAll - book searching and price comparison across 40 online bookselling venues
• 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.
• Bankrate.com - provides free rate information on financial products, including mortgages, credit cards, automobile loans, money market accounts, certificates of deposit, checking and ATM fees, home equity loans and online banking fees.
  
• 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. Choose from approximately 200 free or low-cost government publications.
• Consumer Reports Online - some information is available without a paid subscription.
• Econsumer.gov - site for cross border e-commerce complaints
• Federal Trade Commission for the Consumer
• Fuel Economy
• gethuman - shortcuts to get human customer service
• Household Products Database - health and safety information on household products
• 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'
  
  

Consumer Credit Counseling

• America Saves - financial planning advice
• Association of Independent Consumer Credit Counseling Agencies - search for credit counselor services in your area
• 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
• Beef.org
• Epicurious.com
• Fodor's - restaurant reviews
• Food Dictionaries
• New York Food Museum - a virtual museum
• US Department of Agriculture's Center for Nutrition Policy
• Vegsource.com - for vegetarians
  
  
  

• College Answer - answers to paying-for-college questions, from Sallie Mae
• College Board
• College Navigator - see and compare profiles of colleges and universities throughout the nation, from the National Center for Education Statistics
• FAFSA - free application for Federal Student Aid
• Federal School Codes - for FAFSA applications.
• National Center for Education Statistics - national database of school demographic information
• New York State Teacher Certification Examinations
  
  
  

EMERGENCY & RELIEF INFORMATION

• American Red Cross
• Catastrophe Readiness Clearinghouse - this site seeks to empower every individual by providing information that leads to positive action in advance of an emergency. Compiled by the Middle Country Public Library.
• 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
• U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

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

• EBSCO
• Flu.gov - Know what to do about the flu
• Gale (Science and History)
• Gale (Current coverage from around the world)
  
  

• 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
• Acme How To - step-by-step troubleshooting and repair of common household problems.
• Bob Vila's American Home
• Danny Lipford - home improvement expert
• HGTV - do-it-youself and home design programs and information from the cable channel.
• Natural Handyman Article Index
• Renovation Nation - from cable channel Planet Green, how to repair and renovate with using environmentally friendly products and methods.
• This Old House - videos demonstrating reapir, remodeling and design, from the TV show.
  
  

• Bankrate.com - the Web's leading aggregator of financial rate information. Mortagages, home equity loans, credit cards, savings, CD/IRA rates - you can find and compare them all here.
• Bankrate.com's Safe and Sound - Is your bank safe? Now you can find out.
• BauerFinancial - "We analyze banks and credit unions...very carefully."
• 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
  
• Lawyer Directory from Martindale-Hubbell
• Legal Information Institute - Cornell Law School
• 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 Hope for Homeowners - Housing and Urban Development program to assist homeowners seeking to avoid foreclosure. HUD has more information on avoiding foreclosure at http://www.hud.gov/foreclosure
• 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
• The Sports Network

TAX FORMS

• Federal Tax Forms
• New York State Tax Forms
• Out-Of-State Forms

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TAX TIPS

• American Society of IRS Problem Solvers
• Internal Revenue Service
• New York State Department of Taxation and Finance
• Tax and Accounting Sites Directory
• United States Treasury Department

TRAVEL

• Center for Disease Control & Prevention - travelers' health
• Passports
• Transportation Security Administration - general public information
• U.S. Department of State's Travel and Living Abroad

• Airports in America
• Betterbidding.com - Priceline and Hotwire help
• Fieldtrip.com
• Fodors
• Free Trip
• Frommer's
• Lonely Planet

• Oanda.com - currency converter
• Project Visa - visa and embassy information
• Universal Currency Converter

• Mapquest
• Maps.com - more than just maps
• Maps On Us
• Rand McNally
• SubwayNavigator - worldwide subway maps
• Yahoo Maps

• Expedia.com
• Orbitz.com
• Travelocity

Miscellaneous

• Costco - offers members discounted prices on vacation packages.
• FareCompare - allows you to compare cheapest flights from one location to another
• Lastminutetravel.com
• Mobissimo
• SeatGuru - "the ultimate source for airplane seating, in-flight amenities and airline information
• Sidestep - searches for best airfares on various airline sites.
• Smarter Travel - news of travel discounts.
• TripAdvisor - reviews of vacations, hotels, resorts, vacation and travel packages

Speciality

• Petswelcome.com
  
  

VOLUNTEERS

• Best Buddies - enhance the lives of people with intellectual disabilities by providing opportunities for one to one friendships.
• Big Brothers Big Sisters of Long Island
• Girl Scouts of Nassau County
  
• Long Island.com
• Long Island Cares
• Long Island Volunteer Enterprise (LIVE)
• VolunteerMatch.org

Also check out the participating organizations from Baldwin Public Library's 2010 Volunteer Fair

WEATHER

• National Hurricane Center - from the National Weather Service, hurricane history and awareness and the Tropical Prediction Center
• National Weather Service
• The Weather Channel
• Weather Underground
• Yahoo! Weather