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General Reference
APA Style Guide
Barltlett's Quotations
Calculator Currency Converter
Dictionary of Slang
Google
Information Please Almanac
Merriam-Webster's online
MLA Style Guide
Official U.S. Time
Old Farmers Almanac
Popclock (U.S. and World population)
Perpetual Calendars
Weights and Measures Converter
Search Engines
Yipee: Welcome to the Cloud
Google
Yahoo
Ask.Com
Art
Local Art In Ruins
as220
Great Buildings Collection
Providence Architecture
Rhode Island State Council on the Arts
Museums
Galleria degli Uffizi
The Getty
Musee du Louvre
The MetMuseum
Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History
MOMA
Museum of Fine Arts/Boston
The National Portrait Gallery
RISD Museum
Miscellaneous
American Institute for Conservation of Historic and Artistic Works
Ask Art
Kovels - antiques & collectibles
Sears Archives
Sothebys
flickr.com
www.dpchallenge.com – Digital Photography
Digital Photography
New York Public Library's Digital Gallery
Odessa Museum of Western and Eastern Art
Google Images
Graffiti Archaeology
Shutterfly – Edit, Share, Order your digital photos
Automobiles
Car Talk (a wide range of automotive information)
Kelley Blue Book (used car prices)
NADA (used car prices)
RI Division of Motor Vehicles
Books & Publishing
Book Sellers - used and rare book prices
Abebooks
Alibris
Amazon
Brattle Bookshop
Cellar Stories
Book Reviews and Recommendations
BookPage
BookSpot
BookWire
Overbooked
Populist Books
Shopping for Books
Complete Review of Books
Amazon.com
Barnes & Noble
borders.com
Business
Rhode Island Small Business Recovery Program
Every Company Counts - Rhode Island Economic Development Corporation
Chamber of Commerce Directory (U.S.)
Providence Business News
Stock Quotes-Yahoo Finance
Urban Ventures
Computers & the Internet
Zdnet.com – Shareware
Versiontracker.com – Shareware
PC World Magazine
Mac Addict Magazine
living.cnet.com
Skype
Symantec (anti-virus information and software)
CNET (computer and electronics reviews and downloads)
Internet Archive "Wayback Machine"
Consumer Information
Better Business Bureau
Consumer Protection Unit-RI Dept. of Attorney General
Epinions (consumer product reviews)
Federal Trade Commission Bureau of Consumer Protection
U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission
Education
Teachers
Educational Resources Education Center (reports on federally funded education research topics from the U.S. Department of Education)
Education Journals Online
InfoWorks: Data for RI schools; assessment, Socioeconomic and spending facts
Lesson Plans-from Discovery.com
RI Certification
RILINK:Rhode Island Library Information Network for Kids
RI Dept. of Education
Lesson Plans-from PBS.com
Educators links
Learningtimes.org – Development Community for Education and Training
PBS TeacherSource
rif.org: Reading Is Fundamental
American Museum of Natural History: Resources for Learning
Scholastic.com Class Homepage Builder
Students
Black Excel College Help Network
College Board online
College Source Online: college information from the Career Guidance Foundation
FAFSA: Free Application for Federal Student Aid
FinAid: information about financial aid
GED: High School Equivalency Diploma Program
Petersons College Guide
RI Colleges and Universities
The Student Center Network
Inkspot Resource For Young Writers
World Citizen's Guide
Ask Alice – General Health Questions
kidshealth.org/teen/
Connexions direct – Information and advice for young people
Startheregoplaces.com – Find your career in Business and Accounting
Elections & Politics
Providence and RI Election Information
Elections Division-RI Secretary of State
Find your city (Providence) council person
Political Parties with presidential candidates on the 2000 RI ballot Constitution Party
Democratic Party
Green Party
Natural Law Party
Reform Party
Republican Party
Politics
Guide to U.S. Politics & other Parties
Inside Politics (information on state and local politics)
Operation Clean Government
Employment
Bostonjobs.com
BostonWorks (Boston Globe Classifieds)
Federal Job listings from the OPM
Indeed.com
Job Center (Providence Journal Classifieds)
Job-Hunt
JobsInRI.com
Monster Job Board
Occupational Outlook Handbook (career information from the U.S. government)
Jobs
EmploymentCrossing.com
indeed.com
simplyhired.com
jobster.com
monster.com
hotjobs.com
RI Job Exchange
flipdog.com – Job info
workplacefairness.org – Workplace info
guru.com
Freelance Talent – Freelance Talent
hotjobs.yahoo.com
careers.state.gov – US Department of State
High Tech Jobs for Computer Professionals
America’s Job Bank
Companies with RI openings
Thingamajob
net-temps.com – Contract, Temp, Direct-hire Jobs
Entertainment
Movies
Academy Awards
All Movie Guide
Internet Movie Database
Hollywood Video
Radio
Radio Station locator - Television
Academy of Television Arts and Sciences
CoxNet
TV Acres (TV show information and trivia)
TV Guide
TV Station Locator
TV Tome (TV show information and trivia)
Theater
Internet Broadway Database
Tony Awards - Providence Theater
Black Repertory Theater
Newgate Theater
Ocean State Follies
Perishable Theater
Providence Performing Arts Center
Sandra Feinstein-Gamm
Trinity Repertory Company
Food, Home & Gardening
All Recipes
Better Homes and Gardens
Epicurious
Food and Nutrition Information
Food Network
Home and Garden Television
This Old House
URI College of the Environment and Life Sciences
All Recipes
Better Homes and Gardens
Epicurious
Food and Nutrition Information
Food Network
Home and Garden Television
This Old House
URI College of the Environment and Life Sciences
Food and Recipes
Cook’s Thesaurus
All food site
Gourmet Spot
Food 411
Cooking For Engineers
Cook's Illustrated, America 's Test Kitchen
Cooking Light
The Food Section
The Splendid Table from American Public Media
Genealogy
American College of Heraldry
Cyndi's List
Ellis-Island Online
FamilySearch
RootsWeb
Social Security Death Index (Powered by FamilySearch)
USGenWeb
United States Vital Records Information
Rhode Island Genealogy Resources
RI Historical Cemeteries Transcription Project
RI USGenWeb
Roots Web's RI Resources
Geography & Countries
Background Notes (provided by U.S. State Department)
CIA World Fact Book
Country Studies
Flags (American)
Flags of the world
Nation Master (statistical information on the countries of the world)
U.S. Geological Survey (maps)
U.S. State Department Travel Advisories
United Nations
Government
Federal
FirstGov (official U.S. government web portal)
Government Documents (GPO)
U.S. Congress
U.S. Judiciary
U.S. Presidency
United States Government Manual (directory of U.S. government agencies and organizations)
Library of Congress
US Senate
IRS
FBI
The White House
U.S. General Services Administration
Rhode Island
Rhode Island General Laws
State of Rhode Island (official state web portal)
Providence
City Ordinances
City of Providence
Grants & NonProfits
Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance
Charity Navitagor
Chronicle of Philanthropy
Foundation Center
GrantsNet-U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Guidestar-National Database of Nonprofits
National Center for Charitable Statistics
National Institute of Health-Grants and Funding Opportunities
Rhode Island Foundation
Health
Center for Disease Control
Dr. Weil (medical advice and information)
Healthfinder (U.S. Department of Health)
MedlinePlus (National Institutes of Health & National Library of Medicine)
RI DocFinder
Web MD
National Institute of Health
Cancernutritioninfo.com – Cancer Care
Mayoclinic
Living to 100: Life Expectancy Calculator
HIV STOPS WITH ME
American Heart Association
History
Ancient Greece
History Channel
HistoryNet
Presidents of the U.S. - White House
U.S. National Archives and Records
Primary Sources
American Memory
Over 7 million digital items available from more than 100 historical collections compiled by the Library of Congress
British Pathe Media Archive
75 years of 12 million images from Pathecinema newsreels
European Documents
Selected translations, transcriptions, and facsimiles from Western European primary documents
Making of America
A digital library covering American social history from the antebellum period through reconstruction
Internet History Sourcebooks
Primary source material covering the Ancient, Modern and Medieval world. Subsidiary sourcebooks include Africa, India, East Asia and the Islamic world.
Our Documents
Documents of American history from the National Archives
The Vietnam Project
Documents of American history from the National Archives
What Did You Do in the War Grandma?
An Oral history of Rhode Island women during WWII conducted by students at South Kingstown High School
Conducting Primary Source Research
Do History
Teaches the researcher how to piece the past together using one woman's 18th Century diary as a case study
A guide to organizing and publishing oral history interviews
Using Primary Sources on the Web
Housing
HUD in RI (includes section 8 housing search)
Home Center (Providence Journal Classifieds)
Rentprov
RI Housing Resources Commission
RI Living (Real Estate listing search)
Law & Legal
Find Law (legal resources)
Legal Database Locator
Legal Information Institute (legal information and court cases and decisions from Cornell University)
Legislative Information (federal bill status and history)
Martindale-Hubble Law Directory (directory of law offices and lawyers)
Rhode Island Bar AssociationReturn to Top
Libraries & Library Catalogs
Brown University Libraries (Josiah search)
Facts About Rhode Island Libraries
HELIN: RI Higher Education Library Information Network
Library of Congress
Ocean State Libraries
OLIS Libraries Organizations
RISD/Athaneum
SAILS: Southeastern Automated Integrated Library Service
Literature
Electronic Poetry Center-U. of Buffalo
English Electronic Text Archive-U. of Virginia
Find a Poet A searchable database of poets and their poetry through the American Academy of Poets
Literary Movements
Perseus Digital Library-Tufts (Contains a range of primary and secondary materials for the study of Literature, Classics and the Humanities)
Project Gutenberg
Shakespeare-The Complete Works
Magazines
National Geographic
Newsweek
Time
US News & World Report
Rhode Island
Providence and East Side Monthly
Rhode Island Monthly
Museums
New England
Boston Children's Museum
Boston Science Museum
Heritage Harbor Museum
Mashantucket Pequot Museum
Mystic Seaport
Museum of Fine Arts Boston
New Bedford Whaling Museum
New England Aquarium
Providence Children's Museum
RISD Museum
Roger Williams Museum of Natural History and Planetarium
National and International
American Museum of Natural History
British Museum
Musee Online (Directory)
Smithsonian
Music
All Music Guide
ASCAP
Boston Symphony Orchestra
BMI
Celestial Harmonies
Classical Music
Copyright for Music Librarians
Cultural Equity
Dirty Linen
Harmonia Mundi
I Hear America Singing
International Music Score Library Project
Library of Congress National Jukebox
Putumayo World Music
Rhode Island Philharmonic
RootsWorld
Sheet Music Consortium
Worldwide Internet Music Resources Yahoo Music Indices
News & Newspapers
Local News
Channel 6 (ABC)
Channel 10 (NBC)
Channel 12 (CBS)
Newspapers
NewsLink
Newspaper Index
Rhode Island Newspapers
Newport Daily News
Pawtucket Times
Providence Journal
Providence Phoenix
Westerly Sun
Woonsocket Call
National Newspapers
Boston Globe
New York Times
USA Today
Washington Post
Pets
Pet Finder (adopt a pet)
Pet Place (information for pet owners)
Pet Source (information for pet owners)
Veterinarian Directory
Providence
City of Providence
Downtown Providence
History of Providence
Providence Plan (Statistics and demographic information about Providence and its neighborhoods)
Providence Preservation Society
Providence Convention & Visitors Bureau
Waterfire
Religion & Mythology
BeliefNet (information on world religions)
Bible Gateway (passage and word search of many different bible versions)
Catholic Encyclopedia
Encyclopedia Mythica (mythology)
Religion Online (full text religious documents and scriptures)
Religious Resources (directory of religious resources on the internet)
Religious Tolerance (promotes religious tolerance and freedom, describes religions, discusses controversial topics)
Resources en Español
CNN en Espanol
FirstGov en Espanol
MedlinePlus en Espanol
Mundo Latino
Periodicos en Espanol
Verizon Superpages en Espanol (Directorio telefónico en línea con mapas, páginas amarillas, y más)
Wikepedia en Espanol (la enciclopedia libre)
Yahoo en Espanol
Rhode Island
City of Providence
Contacts for RI cities and towns
HeritageQuest* from the library
HeritageQuest* from your home
Moving to Rhode Island
Rhode Island Government ~ ri.gov
Rhode Island History
Rhode Island Historical Society
Rhode Island State Archives
United Way 2-1-1 of Rhode Island
Travel Rhode Island
Visit Rhode Island
*available throught the SRRC to all OSL cardholders from anywhere
Science, Technology & Math
Discovery Channel
First Gov for Science (science information from the federal government)
How Stuff Works
Math Forum (math resources and help for students and teachers)
National Inventors Hall of Fame
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute
Why Files (the science behind the news)
Sports & Recreation
News
ESPN
Olympics Official Site
Sports Illustrated
Teams
Boston Bruins
Boston Celtics
Boston Red Sox
New England Patriots
Pawtucket Red Sox
Providence Bruins
Recreation
East Coast Greenway (bicycling)
Hiking and Walking
Recreation.gov (recreation information from the federal government)
Tax Forms
Federal Tax Forms
RI Tax Forms
U.S. State Tax Forms
Telephone Directories
AnyWho (contains a reverse look-up by telephone number)
Canada 411
International
Switchboard (contains a reverse look-up by telephone number)
Verizon Superpages
Transportation & Travel
Amtrak
Convention & Visitors' Bureau Directory
Expedia
Lonely Planet Travel Guides
Mapquest
MBTA (Boston)
Rhode Island Public Transit Authority
T.F. Green (PVD) Airport
Travel New England
Weather
AccuWeather
Intellicast
Maine Harbors: Tides and Weather for the New England Mariner
National Weather Service
Weather Channel
Weather Underground (contains historical weather data)
