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Public Library I-Share
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Find other libraries in the US and the world. SWAN
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in the System Wide Automated Network (SWAN) of the Metropolitan Library System.
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Internet Sites
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Oak Park Public Library but are recommended as useful in finding information.
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Free Reference Sites
List of websites recommended by the American Library
Association's Reference and User Services Association Machine-Assisted Reference
Section All Recipes
Search more
than 25,000 recipes and 30 subject categories. There is free registration where
members can submit their own recipes. Recommended by the Reference and User Services
Association of the American Library Association. AltaVista's
Babel Fish
Get translations of individual words, paragraphs up to 150
words, or whole web pages into various languages. Besides Western European languages,
Russian, Chinese, Japanese, and Korean are offered. Recommended by the Reference
and User Services Association of the American Library Association. American
Hospital Directory
Link to hospital websites and basic statistics using
the free look-up tool. View data on total numbers of beds, discharges, patient
days, gross patient revenue, and Medicare claims. Subscribe for more details.
Recommended by the Reference and User Services Association of the American Library
Association. American Memory
Find written and spoken words, images, maps, and more maintained by the Library
of Congress. AmericanPresident.org
Find information about the Presidency in History and the Presidency in Action.
This is an excellent source about the presidents for highschool teachers and students,
undergraduates, and the general public. Recommended by the Reference and User
Services Association of the American Library Association. Answers.com
Search and cross-index over 100 online research tools. Some of the tools
included are Who2, Wikipedia, The Columbia Electronic Encyclopedia, and Merriam
Webster's Dictionary. Recommended by the Reference and User Services Association
of the American Library Association. Ben's
Guide to the United States Government for Kids
Find information about
how the US government works and locate primary sources. This site provides tools
for K-12 students, parents, and teachers. Teachers will find curriculum links.
Recommended by the Reference and User Services Association of the American Library
Association. ConsumerSearch
Find consumer information. More than 50 researchers are employed by the site
to identify and rank certain products. A Fast Answers page summarizes the research.
Links are provided to The Full Story page for additional information. Recommended
by the Reference and User Services Association of the American Library Association.
Digital History
Get
in depth historical resources without advertising. There is an interactive timeline
of US history from 1590 to the present, as well as lesson plans for teachers and
classroom handouts. Recommended by the Reference and User Services Association
of the American Library Association. Directory
of Open Access Journals (DOAJ)
Find reseach articles. The aim of DOAJ
is to increase the use of scientific and scholarly journals. To date there are
1,954 free, full-text journals. Recommended by the Reference and User Services
Association of the American Library Association. Download.com
Dowload more than 30,000 free and trial-version programs, including music,
games, and utilities. Recommended by the Reference and User Services Association
of the American Library Association. Encyclopedia
of Chicago
Find historical information, maps, and more maintained by the
Chicago Historical Society, the Newberry Library, and Northwestern University. Federal
Citizen Information Center
Get "answers to questions about consumer
problems and government services" with this one-stop source. The site contains
the free offers, call to consumer action, and dozens of links. Recommended by
the Reference and User Services Association of the American Library Association. Illinois
Clicks
Search Internet sites on a variety of subjects maintained by librarians
in Illinois. Internet Public Library
Search Internet sites on a variety of subjects maintained by the University of
Michigan School of Information. Librarian's Internet
Index
Search Internet sites on a variety of subjects maintained by librarians
in California and Washington. Modern
Language Association Language Map
Learn about languages. This site uses
data from the 2000 US census to display the locations and numbers of speakers
of thirty languages and three groups of less commonly spoken languages in the
US. Recommended by the Reference and User Services Association of the American
Library Association. National
Criminal Justice Reference Service
Find justice and substance abuse information
that supports research, policy, and program development worldwide. It contains
very good statistics. Recommended by the Reference and User Services Association
of the American Library Association. NationMaster.com
Search this huge compilation of data taken from sources such as the CIA World
Factbook, UN World Health Organization, World Bank, UNESCO, UNICEF, and World
Resources Institute. This is the place to find country statistics and maps. Recommended
by the Reference and User Services Association of the American Library Association. New
York Times Article Archives 1851-1995
Search over 15 million New York
Times articles with abstracts, from September 1851 to December 1995. Full text
articles costs $2.95. Recommended by the Reference and User Services Association
of the American Library Association. Nutrition.gov
Search nutrition information from many government databases. Recommended
by the Reference and User Services Association of the American Library Association. OFFSTATS:
Official Statistics on the Web
Search statistics from countries, government
agencies, and intergovernmental organizations. It is easy to find statistics that
compare countries in various categories. Recommended by the Reference and User
Services Association of the American Library Association. PubMed
Search over 15 million citations for articles from over 4,800 biomedical
journals and magazines from the US and 70 other countries. It provides links to
many full-text article sites. Recommended by the Reference and User Services Association
of the American Library Association. United
States Naval Observatory, Astronomical Applications Department
Find all
types of astronomical information. Recommended by the Reference and User Services
Association of the American Library Association. Webrary
Search Internet sites on a variety of subjects maintained by Morton Grove Public
Library. Wikipedia
Find information
in this online encyclopedia compiled and edited by its readers. Articles can be
translated into over 150 languages available on the site. Recommended by the Reference
and User Services Association of the American Library Association. | 
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