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Associations
Action Without Borders Organization Search
GuideStar: The Donor's Link to the Nonprofit Universe is for charitable givers who want financial and other info on charitable organizations.

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Books & Publishing
Amazon.com Books lets you order books online.
Reading Group Choices - Wealth of information for starting book discussion groups.
Advanced Book Exchange is an on-line consortium of used, rare, and antique book dealers with a searchable inventory file.
Barnes & Noble deals exclusively in newer titles, with online ordering available and lots of newsy features.
Book Browser is an online reader's advisory service.
New York Times Bestseller Lists
The Book Page
Bookwire
ALA Booklist
Oprah's Book Club Update and Backlist
The Romance Reader
PubList.com is a searchable database of information on periodicals.
Internet Public Library, the original virtual library, was created by faculty and students at the University of Michigan.
How to Find Out of Print Books, Book Dealers and more
Booklists for Young Adults

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Employment & Careers
Michigan Career Portal
Michigan Civil Service Job Vacancies
Michigan Office of Labor Market Information features official statistics on state employment, with projections of employment trends and occupational wages by county.
MichWorks - the MESA job search site.
America's Job Bank lists state employment service offices.
CareerPath
Federal Government Job Listings
FedWorld Job Search
HotJobs.com
The Monster Board contains nationwide job listings and sites for posting resumes.
NationJob Online Jobs Database
Net-Temps
Occupational Outlook Handbook is the best resource for information about employment trends, salaries, and training and educational requirements for various vocational and professional occupations.
Online Career Center
Plus Jobs
RileyGuide - Directory of online job sites and career resources.
The Salary Calculator computes how much you'd have to earn in various cities in the U.S. to match your current living standard. Good resource for job-seekers planning to re-locate.
Grants & Fundraising (see also Associations)
University of  Michigan research, scholarship and creative activity
Information About Grant Proposals
Investment & Finance
CEOExpress is a comprehensive site for business reference information
FCS Net Financial Pages features links to all the major U.S. and international stock exchanges and lots more.
Annual Reports Library has useful tips on how to locate annual reports.
CNN Financial News Markets Update
Netstockdirect - Offers access to more than 1,600 companies that sell shares direct to individuals.
Savingsbond.gov -First stop for Savings Bonds
Federal Reserve Bank
Small Business Resources
Michigan Small Business Development Center
Welcome Business USA
MoneyHunt - Include template for writing a business plan.
Franchise Handbook Online
U.S. Business Advisor
Government Contractor Resource Center
Small Business Advisor
Taxation
IRS Tax Forms and Instructions
I Can E-File -- Free Tax Software
Michigan Tax Forms available in PDF format through the Michigan Electronic Library. You need Adobe Acrobat Reader to display and print the forms (see below, "Computers & Internet --- Freeware/Shareware Sites," for an Acrobat download link.
State Tax Resources
Port Huron Tax Forms
Miscellaneous
Commerce Business Daily lists notices of proposed government procurement actions, contract awards, sales of government property, and other procurement information.
Better Business Bureau of Detroit also serves all of eastern Michigan.
Consumer Price Index Summary
Consumer Information Center is the online version of the famed Pueblo, Colorado, catalog.
Inflation Calculator is a program that converts dollar values from one year to another based on rates of inflation.
Yahoo! Currency Converter

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Computer & Internet
Chat Sites
Free E-Mail
Freeware & Shareware Sites
Programming
Tutorials & Glossaries
Web Design
Miscellaneous
Chat Sites
TalkCity
Excite Chat
Yahoo Chat
Free Email. These are advertiser-supported websites that offer free web-based email accounts to everyone.
HotMail
MailCity
EMU: Email Universal
For a comprehensive listing of free email services, see Free Email Address Directory
Freeware & Shareware Sites
Juno is free email software for home use, if you want to avoid paying ISP fees just for email.
DaveCentral Freeware/Shareware Software Archives
Download WinZip so you can expand compressed and archived files on Windows operating systems.
Educational Freeware
Gamedowner Free and Shareware Sites for PC
Compression Freeware/Shareware Utilities
Adobe Acrobat Reader displays PDF file formats often used in online government documents
RealAudio offers the RealAudio program for real-time audio playback and RealPlayer for real-time audio and video playback on the World Wide Web.
Programming
Compendium of HTML Elements
HTML Interfaces Using CGI Scripts
Beginner's Guide to JavaScript
Dynamic HTML Index
Matt's Script Archive
The CGI Resource Index
CGI City
NCSA Imagemap Tutorial
Tutorials & Glossaries
INFOMINE Internet Enabling Tools
University of Rochester Libraries Webtools is an excellent guide for anyone wanting to build a website. It covers everything.
Techweb Technology Encyclopedia
PC Webopaedia
Glossary of Internet Terms
Multimedia File Formats on the Internet explains what different filename extensions mean and how you can best work with particular file formats.
Almost Every File Format in the World with definitions and links.
What's a "Cookie" and How Does It Work?
Web Design
Webmaster T's World of Design is a great resource for website designers and developers.
webreference.com, the Webmaster's Reference Library is another excellent resource with continuous updates and news about the latest developments in software.
Leo's Icon Archive
Web Developers Journal
Miscellaneous
CNET - Great starting place for all things computer. Software. Hardware. Prices. Reviews. Downloads. News. How To's.
ZDNET - Excellent computer site similar to CNET.
Protonic.com is an online community that provides free technical support to computer users. Staffed by volunteers.
Current Internet Hoaxes, Urban Legends, and Other Digital Lies keeps you up-to-date on fake virus alerts, bogus news stories, and other assorted rumors that propagate online.
Reading Email Headers from Stopspam.org helps you decode those weird strings of text so you can track down spammers and make their lives miserable.
Center for Democracy and Technology is an advocacy group especially concerned with keeping the Net free of government regulation and oversight. See also their Guide to Online Privacy.
Wired Safety - WiredSafety provides help, information and education to Internet and mobile device users of all ages. We handle cases of cyberabuse ranging from identity and credential theft, online fraud and cyberstalking, to hacking and malicious code attacks.

Parents Guide to Cyberspace is highly recommended for parents whose kids know a lot more about the Internet than they do.
Information War is a site that is totally obsessed with civil liberties, privacy, cyber-terrorism, corporate espionage, and all that neat stuff.
Internet2 Project is the direction of the Internet for the future.
Internet Traffic Report

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Consumer: Auto, Home & Diet
Consumer Search - Similar to Consumer Reports but Free.
POWERhouse- Here you can find how much electricity is consumed by typical household appliances. Requires shockwave viewer.
U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission is a federal regulatory agency compiling an annual list of important recalls and product hazards for children's products, toys, etc.
Ask the Builder
Apartments.com is a free database of rental listings from Knight-Ridder's 31 daily newspapers, searchable by region and city.
BestPlaces.net - Helping you find your own best place.
Car and Driver
Lemon Car Check gives car history just enter zip code and VIN number.
Kelley Blue Book for used car prices.
RV's- R- Us
Auto Loan Calculator
Sci.electronics.repair FAQ for do-it-yourself tips on repairing TVs, VCRs, camcorders, microwaves, stereos, etc.
Crafts Fair Online
Curioscape: Directory for Antiquing and Collecting
Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Network - U.S. Dept. of Energy
National Parent Information Network
Whole Family Center
My Pyramid - United States Department of Agriculture
How To Do Almost Anything has directions to do just about anything with staff-written step-by-step instructions.

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Education
Area Schools & Colleges
Financial Aid & Scholarship Information
Homeschooling
Homework Assistance
State Colleges & Universities
Miscellaneous
Area Schools & Colleges
Algonac Community School District
Anchor Bay School District
Baker College
Capac Community Schools
East China School District
Fair Haven Elementary School
Marysville Public Schools (includes information on the City of Marysville)
Memphis High School
Palms Elementary School
Port Huron Area School District
Port Huron High School
St. Clair County Community College
St. Clair Intermediate School District
Financial Aid & Scholarship Information
FinAid, a comprehensive guide to financial aid resources for higher education.
Students.gov
Financial Aid Resource Center
CollegeNET includes a top-notch scholarship database.
Student Guide from the U.S. Department of Education
Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) Online
Title IV School Code List
Homeschooling
National Home Education Network encourages grassroots state and local homeschooling groups and individuals with information, networking, and public relations on a national level.
Michigan Homeschool Organizations
Home Education Magazine's Homeschooling Information and Resource Pages
Homework Assistance
Study Web has loads of quality links to all subjects for all educational levels.
Homework H(e)aven helps 10th graders to college sophomores research a topic on the Internet.
Comcast Online Schoolyard
B.J. Pinchbeck's Homework Helper is maintained by a kid for kids.
Awesome Library for Students, Teachers, and Parents is a virtual K-12 school library.
Ms. Smith's English Page
Shepherd Junior High School WWW Edu-Links
Cool & Useful Student Resources is an all-subjects site for high school students.
AcademyOnLine.Com is an upper-level high school/college site.
State Colleges & Universities
CollegeSource Online -- full text! -- This resource features over 13,000 college catalogs representing 2-year, 4-year, graduate and professional schools with links to the institutions' web sites.  It also provides helpful links to college-related resources.
Central Michigan University
Eastern Michigan University
Michigan State University
Michigan Technological University
Northern Michigan University
Oakland University
University of Michigan
Wayne State University
Western Michigan University
Miscellaneous 
Peterson's Education Center
Students.gov
College Board Online is the Internet home of the College Entrance Examination Board, and features information on financial aid, careers, and the SAT.
Michigan Occupational Information System (MOIS)
Educational Freeware
National Youth Violence Prevention Resource Center
e-School News Online
College Textbook Exchange
Distance Education Clearinghouse is U of Wis. widely recognized site for distance education from Wisconsin, national and international sources.

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Entertainment - Movies and Television
Michiguide - Michigan Broadcast Guide. Michigan news, weather, radio, television, newspapers and links to more.
Country Music Television - Watch videos and skip the commercials.
Oscar.com - Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
All Movie Guide
Internet Movie Database is by far the best site for movie buffs, trivia freaks, and reference librarians.
Movie Trailers - If you get bored, here are some movie trailers for upcoming movies.
Screen It! Entertainment Reviews for Parents gives you the complete tally of objectionable "naughty bits" in various species of popular entertainment productions.
Kids in Mind - Rates movies according to levels of sex, violence, and profanity plus detailed information about the movies.
Roger Ebert's Movie Reviews (searchable by title, actor, director, and rating).
Top Ten Weekend Box Office Receipts
Ultimate TV, a site totally devoted to television, features video-clip previews of upcoming TV shows.
Yahoo/TV Guide Area Television Programming Schedules
Wild Feed TV features video clips of television outtakes captured from satellite feeds-- the stuff the networks edit prior to air-time, for various reasons
International Lyrics Server
Rotten Tomatoes  -rates recent movie releases at theatres and on video.
ENN: Entertainment Network News
TV Link: Film & Television Website Archive
Dead People Server is a handy tool for settling trivial arguments about the breathing status of celebrities.
Script-o-rama - a good source for film scripts
RadioInfo is a directory of radio stations.

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NOTE: Online genealogy sites very rarely contain primary source material, but they are great for locating and establishing contacts with genealogical researchers and locating physical repositories of source materials.

Family Search Internet Genealogy Service by LDS
Ancestry HomeTown - NOTE: This is the public version. For the full version try MEL.org
Family TreeMaker Online
Ellis Island Records
USGenWeb brings together sites from across the country.
St. Clair County MIGenWeb
St. Clair County, MI - Index to Death Records - 1864-1974
Michigan County Histories
Genealogy Gateway to the WWW
Everton's Genealogical Helper is the online version of the popular magazine.
Cyndi's List
Genealogy Mailing Lists
RootsWeb Genealogical Data Cooperative is a good place to begin online researching of a particular surname.
Social Security Death Index
Genealogical Death Indexing System (GENDIS), Michigan
Surname to Soundex Converter finds the U.S. Census Soundex code for a given surname.

Sanilac Jeffersonian Newspaper Index of births, deaths, and marriages.
Available in Html (Internet) version or Excel 2000.

Sanilac Jeffersonian Index, 1876-1920 -- Internet version
Sanilac Jeffersonian Index, 1876-1920 -- Excel 2000 version

Sanilac Jeffersonian Index, 1921-1950 -- Internet version
Sanilac Jeffersonian Index, 1921-1950 -- Excel 2000 version

Sanilac Jeffersonian Index, 1951-1970 -- Internet version
Sanilac Jeffersonian Index, 1951-1970 -- Excel 2000 version

Sanilac Jeffersonian Index, 1971-1990 -- Internet version
Sanilac Jeffersonian Index, 1971-1990 -- Excel 2000 version

 
 

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Government & Law
City/Local Government
State Government
Federal Government
Foreign/International
Law
Politics
Census and Statistics
City/Local Government
City, Township, and County Government addresses, phone numbers and links.
City of Port Huron
GovEngine - Comprehensive directory of Official Federal, State, and Local Government and Court.
Official City Sites, comprehensive directory of U.S. municipality websites.
State Government
Michigan House Republicans - Links to free publications Living Wills, Michigan Constitution, Michigan Taxpayers Guide and more, click on publications.... useful for more than Republicans.
50 States - Basic Information on all 50 states
State Tax Resources
FirstGov a guide to State and Federal Government information pertaining to Business, Agriculture, Consumers, Environment, Arts and Sciences, etc. A great place to start looking for Gov't info.
Michigan State Senate
Michigan House of Representatives
Michigan Legislative Information Web links to Michigan Compiled Law, Michigan Manual, Michigan Administrative Code.
Michigan Administrative Code
Michigan Register 
Michigan Constitution
GovEngine - Comprehensive directory of Official Federal, State, and Local Government and Court.
Michigan Sex Offenders Registry
Federal Government
TheGovSpot - is a popular citizens' site for government links, documents and FAQ's.
United States House of Representatives
United States Senate
Supreme Court of the United States
United States Slip Laws
White House Home Page
IRS Tax Forms and Instructions
Ben's Guide - Ben's Guide to U.S. Government information for Kids
American Factfinder
GPO Access gives online access to the Federal Register, Code of Federal Regulations, U.S.Code, Public Laws, Supreme Court decisions, and more.
FirstGov a guide to State and Federal Government information pertaining to Business, Agriculture, Consumers, Environment, Arts and Sciences, etc. A great place to start looking for Gov't info.
GPO Access Mirror Sites
Congressional Directory
Contacting the Congress has an easy-to-use image map for locating names, addresses, phone numbers, email addresses, and biographical information about members of the U.S. Congress.
U.S. Government Manual
Congressional Email Directory
Congressional Record
U.S. Census Bureau
Black Congressional Monitor (BCMONITOR) - a twice-monthly newsletter covering the US Federal Government. 
Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance
Federal Trade Commission
National Archival Information Locator (NAIL) is a searchable database created by the National Archives. This is a finding aid, not a repository of source material.
U.S. Patent and Trademark Office Patent Databases
FDLP Desktop - Federal Depository Library program
FDLP Electronic Collection
Enhanced Shipping List Service
Documents Data Miner
Federal Bulletin Board
New Electronic Titles
Government Information Locater Service
GPO Access Databases
Catalog of U.S. Government Publications
Browse Topics
U.S. Government Online Bookstore
Needs and Offers List
Federal Agency Internet Sites
GovEngine - Comprehensive directory of Official Federal, State, and Local Government and Court.
Kappler's Indian Affairs: Laws and Treaties
Foreign/International
Chiefs of State and Cabinet Members of Foreign Governments
Law
Martindale-Hubbell - Find a Lawyer, Get Legal Assistance.
Free Advice.com
FindLaw Internet Legal Resources
CataLaw: Metaindex of Law and Government
Selected Michigan Public Acts by Category Popular acts such as the Lemon Law, Whistleblowers Protection Act, and Freedom of Information Act.
Lemon Car Page
Selected Michigan Public Acts Listed Alphabetically by Popular Name
Michigan Compiled Laws
Internet Law Library
THOMAS, U.S. Congress Online
Copyright Clearance Center
American Civil Liberties Union
Guide to Using the Freedom of Information Act
Law Library Resource Xchange
Politics
Elections U.S.A.
Vote Smart provides information on political candidates.
Democracy Network
Federal Election Commission

 

Census and Statistics
Census Bureau
Commonly Used Geographic Codes - School codes, county codes, and other cluster codes....
FedStats, "one-stop shopping" for federal government statistics.
Southeast Michigan Council of Governments (SEMCOG) 
The Economy at a Glance from the Bureau of Labor Statistics is a good source for the latest stats on unemployment, inflation (CPI), average earnings, and more.
Statistical Abstract of the United States, 1996 from the Census Bureau.
County and City Data Book Online features both the 1988 and 1994 editions.
Official Federal Government Poverty Thresholds
Stat-USA focuses on economic data.
Michigan Census Information
Michigan Center for Geographic Information
Bureau of Labor Statistics Most Requested Data Sets includes tabular data on employment, earnings, and Consumer Price Index figures.

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Health & Medicine
Alternative Veterinary Medicine Primer - Task Force For Veterinary Science
American Cancer Society
American Diabetes Association
American Heart Association
American Medical Association

AMA Physician Select may be used to locate information on physicians nationwide.

Arthritis National Research Foundation
Blonz Guide to Nutrition, Food Science, and Health
Cancer News on the Net
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
CHID (Combined Health Information database)
Discovery Health
  Diseases, Disorders, and Related Topics
Dr. Koop
Family Doctor - Self care flow charts
Food and Drug Administration
For Women
Health Central
Health A to Z
HealthFinder
Health Scout
HealthWeb is a comprehensive guide to health and medicine resources compiled by medical librarians.
Herbs.org
HospitalWeb
Intelihealth
Internet Health Library
Medical Matrix
Medscape
Mental Health Info
The Merck Manual
The Merck Veterinary Manual
Michigan Office of Health Services Disciplinary Action Reports lists state disciplinary actions recently taken against health professionals.
  National Center for Biotechnology Information
National Mental Health Association
Netsweat - Fitness site.
  Oncolink - Abramson Cancer Center of the University of Pennsylvania
On Health
PubMed - freely available version of Medline
RxList: The Internet Drug List
Rx List
St. Clair County Medical Society
Thrive Online
Your Surgery.com
WebMD

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History
Michigan Historical Center 
HistoryNet
Greek Civilization Home Page designed for middle-school students.
EarlyAmerica full text primary source documents from newspapers, maps, and writings.
HyperHistory OnLine
Civil War
Civil War Maps
Ancient History
Geo History
History Channel
Drop Zone - Comprehensive oral history of WWII.
History Place - Dedicated to students, educators, and all who enjoy history.

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Art and Museums
Entertainment - Movies & Television
History
Literature
Music
Costume Page offers costuming resources online.
Humbul Gateway is Oxford University's general humanities resource.
Encyclopedia Mythica has thousands of articles on mythology and folklore.
Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy
Biography.Com from Arts & Entertainment Television Network.
Free Translation
Travlang's Translating Dictionaries
Lives, The Biography Resource presently largest biography site on the web.

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