Austin Business Journal – stay current on Austin area business news with ABJ’s daily updates. Searchable index to back issues.

BizJournals.com - catch up on business news & information from business newspapers throughout the U.S.

CNNMoney.com – this is the business and personal finance news section of Cable News Network (CNN)

Central Texas Better Business Bureau – view consumer and business reviews, reports, and ratings. Check out a business or charity. File a complaint about a business or charity.

The Book Hive

Kids Reads

Online! Citation Styles

Research & Documentation Online

The OWL at Purdue

Sonoma State University Research & Citation Guides

Son of Citation Machine

Sources: Their Use and Acknowledgement

City of Georgetown

Williamson County

Texas House of Representatives

Texas Senate

Texas Legislature

Texas State Government

All Hotels

Bed and Breakfast.com

Exploritas (formerly Elderhostel) travel programs with an educational focus and content. This is the new name and new site for Elderhostel, the world’s leader in not-for-profit lifelong learning and educational travel.

Expedia.com

Priceline.com

Travelocity

Corporate Information – offers snapshot of company financials & ratings – both free & fee sections

Hoovers Online - analysis of companies, industries, and people in business – both free & fee sections

InfoUSA – business marketing focus – both free & fee sections

Securities & Exchange Commission - search EDGAR for archived disclosure documents from 1994 to previous day

ThomasNet® – search to find manufacturers, distributors, and service providers. This site also has industry news and product trends, as well as access to millions of 3D CAD drawings and thousands of product catalogs.

Metacritic – compiles reviews from respected critics and publications for film, video/dvd, books, music, television, & games.

Rotten Tomatoes – organizes & collects reviews from a variety of sources (newspaper, online, magazines) and averages them into a single score. The site has over 7 million readers each month. With more than 250,000 titles and 850,000 review links in its ever-growing database, RT offers a fun and informative way to discover the critical reaction on movies neatly summarized via the Tomatometer.

Screen It! – provides parents with access to detailed information on content of movie & video entertainment. Not affiliated with any political, social, or religious group. Fee for some Services

Movie Review Query Engine – this is a searchable index of published and available movie reviews, as well as, the leading movie blogs. Also contains news, interviews, and user discussion forums.

Google Book Search

Library of Congress American Memory

Digital Quaker Collection – Earlham School of Religion

Documenting the American South

University of Texas Perry-Castaneda Historical Map Collection

Child Care and Early Education Research

Education Research Information Center (ERIC)

The Educator’s Reference Desk: Resource Guides

National Center for Education Statistics (NCES)

Acronym Finder – a searchable database of more than 750,000 abbreviations and acronyms about computers, technology, telecommunications, and the military

AllWords.com – an English language dictionary for crossword solvers – has multi-lingual search capability

American Heritage Dictionary – 4th Edition – has over 90,000 entries, features 10,000 new words and senses, 70,000 audio word pronunciations, 900 full-page color illustrations, also language notes and word-root appendixes (contains some advertising)

American Sign Language Browser – Michigan State University’s online American Sign Language browser, contains video of thousands of ASL signs plus interesting information about the signs themselves – requires a browser that supports frames and the ability to embed quicktime movies

Amo’s Online Crossword Puzzle Dictionary – contains more than 170,000 words

Anagram Server – a product of Wordsmith – specializing in the art of rearranging letters of one word or phrase to form another word or phrase – contains links to other Wordsmith sites

Dictionary.com – a multi-source dictionary search service – each definition is followed by its source and a link to the source – contains both audio and spelled pronunciations – also citation notes

EnglishClub.com [ESL Resource] – a site for learners or teachers of English as a Second Language – contains lesson plans, games, etc. – access is free

Hyperdictionary – combines an English, Computer, Video, Dream, & Medical Dictionary plus a thesaurus

Merriam-Webster Online – based on the print version of Merriam-Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary, 11th edition – includes the main A-Z listing of the Collegiate Dictionary, as well as the Abbreviations, Foreign Words and Phrases, Biographical Names, and Geographical Names sections of that book – also includes 1,000 illustrations and 25 tables – omits some sections that cannot readily be reproduced in HTML

Thesaurus.com – produced by Dictionary.com, LLC – uses Roget’s II: The New Thesaurus

OneLook Dictionaries – searches in over 600 online dictionaries, including general, legal, and foreign dictionaries, as well as, specialized resources such as The Cadillac Performance Dictionary – provides links to the cited resource

yourDictionary.com

Wordsmyth: The Educational Dictionary-Thesaurus

Visual Dictionary Online

Internal Revenue Service Tax forms and instructions from 1992 to present, tax regulations, tax guides, etc.

Social Security Administration

U.S. House of Representatives

U.S. Senate

U.S. Supreme Court Decisions

White House

Post Offices

USA.gov The official web portal of the U.S. Government. Apply for government benefits, renew your driver’s license, or find other government resources. Millions of pages of resources.

Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System

Babel Fish Translation – offers machine translation of individual words, short paragraphs, or whole web pages from one to another of 12 languages, including Russian, Chinese, Japanese, and Korean

Free Translation Service

Learn Spanish

Yamada Language Guides a directory of language resources on the Web listed by name of language. Covers more than 100 languages.

MDBG Chinese-English Dictionary - more than just a dictionary, this site offers Chinese language study tools such as: flashcards, quizzes, and text annotation. Audio pronunciation is provided for several forms of Chinese including Mandarin and Cantonese. The site provides instructions on how to enable Chinese language characters in Windows XP and Vista.

WordReference.com

U.S. Census Bureau Gazetteer

Geni.com This is a genealogy-based social networking web site. Users enter their biographical information to create their personal family tree, then invite family members to join. Family tree information is only available to members of the tree.

Geni.com Blog Contains tips on using geni.com, plus news and information about the web site. Postings also include hints on doing your own genealogical research.

NARA: National Archives and Records Administration: The Genealogy Page

Family Search Internet Genealogy Service

Cyndi’s list of Genealogy Sites on the internet

Genealogy Toolbox

Roots-L

Williamson County Genealogical Society

American Local History Network- Williamson County, TX

Texas Genealogy TXGenWeb Project

Roots-L Texas

Texas State Library Genealogy Collection

Search for Ancestors

WorldCat for Genealogists This bibliographic database contains information on over 125 million items owned by 69,000 libraries worldwide.

American Family Immigration History Center

Bogus Genealogies This is an excellent article from Ancestry Daily News published by Ancestry.com

Black Voices: African American and Black Culture Community - contains a wide variety of content & services. Good site to consult for people & current events in the black community.

The Big Cartoon Database – the definitive web compendium for those interested in the history of animation. Does not provide original cartoons for viewing or downloading, but does provide links.

The Internet Movie Database – contains over 2,250,000 filmographies covering some 180,000 movie titles & over 560,000 people. Search by: actor, director, writer, composer, cinematographer, editor, production designer, costume designer, or producer.

Internet Broadway Database – created by the Broadway League (a trade association). Contains historical information about shows produced on Broadway, as well as, theatres in general.

National Public Radio – producer and distributor of noncommercial news, talk, and entertainment programming.

The Official Academy Awards Database – contains the record of past Academy Award winners and nominees. The data is complete through the 2008 (81st) Academy Awards.

TV.com – in addition to covering today’s television, this site provides in depth coverage of more than 20,000 shows dating back to 1941, as well as the 450,000 cast and crew members who made it all happen.

American Medical Association Physician Select, [On-line doctor finder by name and specialty]

Drug Digest

Gray’s Anatomy of the Human Body

Medicine Net

Merck Manual of Medical Information

Personal MD

Texas Department of Health

WebMD

Human Anatomy Online

Healthfinder - coordinated by the Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion (ODPHP) and its health information referral service, the National Health Information Center

AIDSInfo

Centers for Disease Control & Prevention

Intelihealth

KidsHealth

MayoClinic.com

MEDLINEplus

The Merck Manual Home Edition

National Institute of Mental Health

National Institutes of Health (NIH)

Office of Minority Health (OMH)

Paralysis Resource Center: Christopher and Dana Reeve Foundation

• Bibliomania - offers free full-text for more than 800 classics in literature, drama, & poetry. Study guides are also available.
• Project Gutenberg- this is the oldest digital library. It offers full text for over 28,000 public domain books. The project has expanded to include audio books and sheet music.
• Poets.Org- this is the award-winning web site of the Academy of American Poets. Offerings include thousands of poems, hundreds of poet bios, essays, interviews, and poetry recordings. Other items of note are the National Poetry Map, an events calendar and lessons plans for teachers.
• Sparknotes
• The Encyclopedia Mythica
• The Online Books Page
• Perseus Digital Library
• Poetry Foundation
  

World Anthem Database – a collection of national anthems from around the world

AllMusic – look up an out-of-print recording, check out reviews of new releases, or simply explore the world of music

Opera Glass – this site offers detailed information on many operas, including: libretti, source texts, synopses, performance histories, discographies, rôle creators, plus pictures, background information and much, much more.

Public Domain Music – this site has a listing of 3,500 songs that are in the public domain (published in 1922 or earlier). It offers information on sources for the music or lyrics for these songs.

5-Step Genealogical Process

How to Start your family history

The following web sites provide access to a wide variety of government information materials. You will find everything from court decisions to research studies to statistical data, there are even some online versions of U.S. government films. Resources also include sites for international organizations and foreign governments.

Open CRS: Open Congressional Reports for the People

Congressional Research Service Reports on WikiLeaks

Public.Resource.Org

Eurostat

FAOSTAT

Yearbook of the United Nations

World Bank World Development Report 2009

United Nations Environment Programme

UNdata: A World of Information

The Stars and Stripes (in France) – 1918-1919

SmallTownPapers Newspaper Archive

Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers

Trains.com

Civilian Marksmanship Program

Single Action Shooting Society

Cowboy Mounted Shooting Association

OnGuard Online Tips from the federal government and the technology industry to help you be on guard against Internet fraud, secure your computer, and protect your personal information.

Bare Bones 101: A Very Basic Web Search Tutorial

Email Etiquette

Evaluating Internet Information – Finding Information on the Internet: A Tutorial

How the Net Works

Internet Search Tutorial

Learn the Net

Netiquette Home Page

Avalon Project: Documents in Law, History, and Diplomacy

Maps of War

The Bill of Rights Institute

The Constitution of the United States – Emory University

The Constitution of the United States – U.S. Archives “Charters of Freedom”

Constitution Day Resources from the Library of Congress

American Law Sources On-line

Council on Foreign Relations

Austin Public Library

The Library of Congress

Modern Language Association Language Map – uses data from the 2000 Census to create maps and tables for the number of people speaking one of thirty languages plus seven less commonly spoken groups of languages in the United States. Results can be viewed as color-coded maps by Mainland United States, state, county, or zip code; or in table format by entire U.S., state, county, zip code, metropolitan area, or town.

Literacy Council of Williamson County

Texas Education Agency GED Preparation

America’s Job Bank – Search by category or keyword, then by zip code or state for geographic location.

Monster.com – Lists over 200,000 jobs, including international job listings. Also provides resume storage, company information, and career advice.

Yahoo! Careers – Job searching by keyword, job categories, location, salary, and experience level.

Careerbuilder.com – Job searching by keyword, city, state, or by category. Advanced search allows more specific search such as salary, job type, posting date, etc.

Net-Temps – Full-time and contract jobs. Apply by copy and paste resume in online application form directly or create an account and post your resume online. Search by keywords, limited to city or state.

Spherion Jobs – Job searching in accounting, finance, sales, marketing, manufacturing, engineering, law, human resources and technology. Searching can be done through location, keyword and job category. Resume tips, and room to store cover and thank-you letters.

Thingamajob.com- Job Search by category, key word and location. Owned and operated by Allegis Group. Contract and permanent positions available.

Williamson County Sun – published on Wednesdays & Sundays. Library maintains archive copies for current year and microfilm of issues from 1877 to present.

Austin American Statesman – free registration on site provides access to current issue and searchable archives. Articles from 1996 to present are also available through the TexShare database Gale InfoTrac Newspapers. GPL subscribes to print. Holdings are maintained for current month plus previous 2 months.

Austin Chronicle – independent, locally owned & operated Austin alternative newsweekly. Free access to current issue & archives. Issues from 1995 to present are available. GPL does not subscribe to print.

Dallas Morning News – free registration on site provides access to current issue and searchable archives. Full text archived articles available for purchase.  Articles from 2000 to present are also available through the TexShare database Gale InfoTrac Newspapers.

Fort Worth Star Telegram – access to current edition and past 7 days. Access to searchable archives back to 1990. Full-text archived articles available for purchase. Articles from 2000 to present are also available through the TexShare database Gale InfoTrac Newspapers.

Houston Chronicle Interactive – access to current edition only. Articles from 1996 to present are also available through the TexShare database Gale InfoTrac Newspapers.

Round Rock Leader – free access to current & archived issues. Site archives contain issues from 20 November 2000 to present. Published Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays. GPL archives current month’s print copies only.

San Antonio Express-News

Food & Nutrition Information Center

Cooking Light

The Gale Encyclopedia of Diets : A Guide to Health and Nutrition
Covers topics such as dieting and popular diets, dietary concerns, nutritional basics, and the effects of a person’s dietary choices on one’s health. Topics are organized around the development and history of a diet, its basic principles, any key figures that influence the trend, and any public or regulatory concerns associated with the practice. Provides information across all age groups from infants to the elderly.

The Democratic National Committee

The Republican National Committee

Project Vote Smart

Fact Check

Open Secrets

Vote Texas

Online Library of Liberty – contains electronic versions of classic books about individual liberty. Wide coverage includes the disciplines of economics, history, law, literature, philosophy, political theory, religion, war and peace. The Library also contains bibliographic information about the books as well as other “metadata” about the authors and editors.

NationalIssues.com – everything political

To assist Georgetown residents in achieving their lifelong learning goals, the Georgetown Public Library provides exam proctoring for individuals who are resident GPL card holders in good standing or non-resident GPL card holders who have been members for at least 90 days. Exams can be either paper-pencil or online. There is no charge for this service. More detailed information on the proctoring service is available by clicking on the title Exam Proctoring Information Handout below. The Student Request for Proctor form is also available below. Once you have completed the Student Request for Proctor form, you may fax it to 512.930.3764. To make arrangements to have an exam proctored or for more information please contact our Proctor Coordinator, Suzette Davidson at 512.931.7615.

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U.S. Food & Drug Administration

U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission

National Highway Traffic Safety

AARP – non-profit membership organization for persons 50 and over – news, tips for healthy living, retirement planning, and lots more – much of the site is free

The Retire Early Home Page – free site with focus on  saving & investing for retirement

Social Security Administration – agency site – forms & publications – locations & contact information

What You Need to Know About Retirement Planning - part of the About.com network (NYT), an online neighborhood of experts

MapQuest

Texas Parks & Wildlife

TravelTex The official site of Texas Tourism

Discover America The official Travel & Tourism website of the United States of America.

Texas Department of Transportation Travel information, road conditions, driver information, toll road information,airport information, weather conditions, and more.

Perry-Castañeda Library Map Collection