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- Edmund's
Buyers Guides
Prices on newand used cars, trucks, vans, sport utility vehicles. - Intellichoice
Valuations for new and used vehicles, including options, mileage, and other considerations. Also, ownership costs, specs, performance, safety, features, and recalls. - Kelly's
Blue Book
Will determine the market value of new and used vehicles, including optional equipment.
- BigBook
A yellow pages for businesses. Searchable by company name, industry type, or by industry index. - Brint.com
"The BizTech Network - A business researcher's metasite. Search business, technology, and management by topic. - Chambers of Commerce
Connect to Chambers of Commerce the world over. - Hoover's
Online
A directory of the names and addresses of thousands of businesses. - Thomas
Register
Information about manufacturers and their products. Searchable by product, company, or brand. The service is free, but you must register online to use it. - U.S.
Securities and Exchange Commission
Financial information about publicly held companies.
- About
Flags
This site has United States and World Flags with color images of each. It also provides information on flag etiquette and customs as well as histories of U.S. flags. - Atlapedia Online
Contains full color physical and political maps as well as key facts and statistics on countries of the world. - Geographic.org
Countries, people, maps and flags. - IPPBR
Kansas Data
Links to economic and statistical reports, graphs, tables, charts, and maps about Kansas counties. (Note: This site may be slow to appear on your screen.) - Kansas Facts/Symbols
Kansas state bird, capitol, flower, tree, and other such facts, with links to sites with more information, such as the state seal and a state map. (Note: This site may be slow to appear on your screen.) - LC Country Studies
An online version of the Library of Congress's Country Studies books. Comprehensive country studies, but currentness varies. Studies are searchable by linked table of contents or keyword. - State Links from Corrections Connection
Links to other states' homepages, departments of corrections, and miscellaneous other state sites. - Universal Currency Converter
Converts dollars into most other countries' currencies and vice versa. - U.S. Gazetteer
Enter a U.S. placename and the U.S. Census Bureau will return information about it from the 1990 census.
Dictionaries, Quotations, Calculators
- Bartlett's Quotations
The main source for famous and infamous quotes. - Dictionaries, Encyclopedias and Thesauruses
A compilation of free Internet resources. - Measure 4 Measure
A collection of interactive sites on the Web that estimate, calculate, evaluate, translate, etc. There are more kinds of useful tools here than we can mention. - PC
Webopedia
A dictionary of computer terms hosted by The Tech Museum of Innovation, a technology museum in California. - ROGET's Thesaurus
Look here for words of similar, or opposite, meaning. - A Web of Online Dictionaries
Links to multilingual and specialized dictionaries, thesauri, and vocabulary aids. There is also an English-language keyword quick lookup feature. - WWWebster Dictionary
The well-known dictionary is available online.
- America's
Job Bank
Employers must register online to list job openings or modify their employer profiles here. Job seekers can search for jobs from a menu, by keyword, or by occupational codes. Includes links to private placement agency sites. - Monster.com
More than 50,000 jobs from around the world are posted. Access employer profiles, post your resume online, look at relocation and apartments. Employers can use this site to recruit online.
General Reference Sites
Refdesk.com is a giant collection of ready reference sites. Too many categories to list here.
- Congress.org
A joint venture of two Washington, D.C. area firms, this site contains a directory of U.S. Congressmen and state officials, a search engine to identify your particular representative, and a link to the THOMAS legislative information Web site. - Federal Election Commission
Information about U.S. federal elections, including funding of candidates for office. - FirstGov
Official U.S. Government portal to 30 million pages of government information, services, and online transactions. Includes a powerful search engine that searches government documents. Also features a topic index to help you locate which government agencies handle what information. - Google's "Uncle Sam"
An engine that searches only federal government web sites from one of the biggest search engines on the Internet. - GovEngine.com
An engine that searches federal, state, county and local web sites all over the country. - POTUS:
Presidents of the United States
Information on presidents, first ladies, cabinet members, elections, and administration highlights. - Ready.gov
Disaster and terrorism preparations from the Office of Homeland Security - THOMAS
A gateway to U.S. legislative information. Includes current actions by the House and Senate, texts of current bills, information about committees and the legislative process. Has links to online versions of historic U.S. documents. Bills of the current congress can be searched by bill number, keyword, or phrase. - U.S.
Census Bureau
U.S. population figures. - U.S. Copyright Office
Information on registering a work for copyright protection (including application forms), hints on copyright law, and other useful publications dealing with copyright regulations in the United States. - White House
Information about the current residents of the Executive Mansion and their doings. Includes a section for kids, and a link to commonly requested Federal services.
Government,
International
Government departments from 200 countries.
- Kansas
Official homepage of the state of Kansas. Links to elected officials and many Kansas public service departments (criminal justice, commerce & housing, aging, personnel, aging, etc.). Keyword searchable. - Kansas Economic and Employment Support Manual
An online version of the Kansas Economic and Employment Support Manual from the SRS.- State of Kansas Office of the Attorney General
Use these links to take advantage of the Kansas No-Call Act. Kansas Residents can complete an online form to register. - State of Kansas Office of the Attorney General
- Missouri
Official homepage of the state of Missouri. Links to elected officials and many Kansas public service departments (criminal justice, commerce & housing, aging, personnel, aging, etc.). Keyword searchable. - States Sites On-line
Links to other states' homepages, departments of corrections, and miscellaneous otherstate sites.
History
& Biography
Entries on more than 19,000 notable men and women. Searchable by birth years, death years, positions held, professions, literary and artistic works, achievements, and other keywords.
Over 20,000 entries, past and present. See the "Find" link to search by letter or enter a name.
Lists important events in modern history for today's date, some with links to sites with more information.
Kansas
& K.C.
The official web site for the state of Kansas, with links to sites with more information.
The web site for the Kansas Press Association, with links to sites of newspapers all over Kansas.
These reports use data from a number of sources to examine the situation and trends in population, income, local economy, housing, household composition, education, health, social environment, public finance, and agriculture in every Kansas county. Prepared by the Office of Local Government, K-State Research and Extension.
Kansas statistics and demographics gathered from many sources by the University of Kansas' Policy Research Institute. Showcases statistics on population, industries, education and many other subjects, all specific to Kansas and its counties. This site includes that Kansas
Statistical Abstract in .pdf format.
MARC serves as the association of city and county governments and the metropolitan planning organization for the bistate Kansas City region. Get reports here on Kansas City's economy, education, transportation, and other items that affect KC residents.
A list of notable Kansans and their fields of endeavor. Some entries are links to web sites with further information.
- CNN.com
Links to national and international news. Stories are also grouped by subject (showbiz, weather, travel, earth). Featured stories are listed as subjects in their own right. - Kansas City Kansan
Local news, sports and classified ads. - Kansas City Star
Metro news, sports and classified ads. - Local, State and National Newspapers Online
Includes links to several regional and national newspapers that the library does not subscribe to. - MSNBC
Includes links to NBC new shows and Newsweek. - NPR
National Public Radio. Audio archives of radio news stories (requires RealAudio Player or RealPlayer to listen). - Time.com
The day's top news stories from Time Magazine. Stories can be browsed by subject (business, entertainment, health, sports) or searched by keyword. - Wyandotte West
Serving Western Wyandotte County and Piper communities. - Yahoo!
News
The day's top news stories plus links to many other news resources.
Phone,
Fax, E-mail
AT&T's directories online.
A searchable address and telephone directory for individuals and businesses. Businesses can be searched from an extensive categories list.
Search for street addresses, phone numbers, and E-mail addresses of individuals and businesses.
Find ZIP+4 codes for a given city or town, or find the ZIP code associated with a place.
Research / Essay Writing
Sample citations for books, magazines, web pages, online databases, encyclopedias and newspaper articles - all following the MLA guidelines.
Schools
Search for information about a college by type (4-year, voc. tech., MBA, Law, etc.). Financial aid and scholarship information are also available. The site allows for online application to some schools (password required).
Links to Web pages about local public K-12 schools.
Statistics
& Demographics
Census 2000 data for states, counties, and smaller areas are now being released on a state by state basis.
Maps with information from the 2000 U.S. Census and prior years.
"A collection of statistics on social and economic conditions in the United States. Selected international data are also included." Also has links to state rankings and state and county profiles.
Stocks
Links to Dow Jones sites, industrial averages and other financial news and information.
Current stock quotes searchable by ticker symbol. Ticker symbols can also be searched. Presents results as numeric or chart display.
Similar to MarketWatch, but quotes are not always as current.
Television Stations, Local Network Affiliates
Time
& Weather
Weather forecasts searchable by city or state. Weather information here is specific to travel, skiing, health and allergies, and aviation. Current U.S. doppler radar is viewable at this site.
Links to the Time Service Dept., U.S. Naval Observatory in Washington, D.C. The site will display the time in various time zones on your computer desktop.
Travel
Information about travel in the U.S. and abroad.
Find distances between any two points "as the crow flies."
Will produce a map or written directions between locations or addresses in the continental
U.S.
Searchable travel information grouped by subject. Includes airline and ground transportation schedules.
Maps or directions for addresses in the U.S.
Voting
Information
Facts on candidates & elected officials, including biographies, addresses, issue positions, voting records, campaign finances, and evaluations by special interests.
Information for each state on how to
register to vote. Includes links to the states' election boards and information on registration
deadlines.
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