Research Databases and Other Resources
Aging
- AARP – American Association of Retired Persons
- Alzheimers Association
- Alzheimers Disease Education and Referral Center
- American Geriatrics Society Foundation for Health in Aging
- Assisted Living Directory
- Assisted Living Facilities
- Assisted Living Federation of America
- Eldercare Locator
- Hospice Foundation of America
- My Senior Care Finder
- National Association of Area Agencies on Aging
- National Center for Assisted Living
- National Institute on Aging Information Center
- The Alliance for Aging Research
Art
Auctions
Automotive
Beekeeping
Book and Reading Databases
- American Library Association
- Barnes and Noble Review
- Book Clubbish – Sign up for email newsletter
- Book Crossing – release books “into the wild” for a stranger to find
- Book Mooch – Give Away Books, Get Books You Want
- Bookbrowse – Your Guide to Exceptional Books
- BookPage – Magazine
- Books on the Knob
- British Library
- Classic Reader
- Criminal Element – Mysteries, Thrillers and All Things Killer
- Digital Public Library of America
- Digitalbook.io – Free audiobooks
- European Library
- Europeana Collections – artworks, artefacts, books, films and music from European museums, galleries, libraries and archives
- Goodreads
- Google Books
- Hathi Trust Digital Library
- Justia Virtual Chase – Legal Portal
- Library of Congress
- Library Thing – A home for your books. Enter what you’re reading or your whole library. It’s an easy, library-quality catalog
- LibriVox – free public domain audiobooks
- Librivox- Free Audiobooks Online
- Literature Map – gives suggestions of similar authors
- Loyal Books – free audiobooks and ebooks
- New York Public Library Digital Gallery
- New York Times – Books Section
- Open Culture – free audiobooks
- Open Library – Internet Archive
- Oprah’s Book Club
- Paperback Book Swap
- Poetry Foundation
- Project Gutenberg – Free eBooks
- Story Place – Children’s Digital Learning Library
- Storynory – free audio stories for kids
- The Big Thrill Online Magazine – Magazine of the International Thriller Writers
- ThoughtAudio – free classic literature and philosphy audiobooks
- U.S. Government Publishing Office
- What Should I Read Next?
- Whichbook – enables millions of combinations of factors and then suggests books which most closely match your needs
- Wikibooks – Open-Content Textbooks Collection That Anyone Can Edit
- Worldcat – Find Items in Libraries Near You
Business
Computer Training
Economics
Education
- 4 Tests – Your Free Practice Exam Site
- Affordable Colleges Online
- AHEAD – Association on Higher Education and Disability
- Best Grad Schools – U.S. News & World Report
- College Board
- College Board Scholarship Search
- College Degrees Online – Compare Online Degrees at Accredited US Colleges
- CollegeNET
- Common App
- Distance Learning
- Educational CyberPlayGround
- EdX – Free Online Courses by Harvard, MIT and More
- Fastweb – Connection to Scholarships, Colleges, Financial Aid and More
- Finaid – The Smart Student Guide to Financial Aid
- GMAT Exam
- Go College – Helping Students Succeed in School
- GradSchools.com – Graduate School Directory
- GRE
- GreatSchools.net
- Harvard Online Courses
- HEATH Resource Center at the National Youth Transitions Center
- LearnOutLoud.com
- Open Culture – Free Cultural and Educational Media on the Web
- Princeton Review
- Scholarship Page – Find scholarships for free
- Scholarships and Grants
- Scholarships.com – College Scholarships and Grants Search
- Social Work Degrees
- Teach for America
- Test Prep Review – Free Online Practice Tests
- The Best Colleges – Ranks the Best Colleges
- The Best Colleges Choosing an Online School
- The Internet TESL Journal
- University of Minnesota – Learning Abroad Center
Elections and Voting
Employment
- About Career Planning
- Americas Career InfoNet
- Career One-Stop
- CareerBuilder
- Careerjet – Employment Search Engine
- CareerLab
- CareerOneStop
- Civic Ventures
- CvTips.com
- Federal Jobs Net
- GlassDoor
- HUDs Step Up Jobs Program
- Indeed.com
- Job Case.com
- Job-Hunt.org
- LIBjobs
- LinkUp
- LIScareer.com
- LiveCareer -Recruiter-approved career tools to help you land the job
- Monster.com
- My Perfect Resume
- O*NET Online
- Resume Builder
- Resume Training and Templates from ZipRecruiter
- Salary Information from ZipRecruiter
- Simply Hired
- SnagAJob.com
- The Info Pros Survival Guide to Job Hunting
- The WorkPlace
- USA Jobs
- What Jobs are Hiring Now? from ZipRecruiter
- Workforce Alliance
- ZipRecruiter
Employment for retirees
Environment
Fact Checking
Family caregiving
- American Diabetic Association
- American Dietetic Association
- Americans for Better Care of the Dying
- Bright Focus Foundation
- Caregiver Action Network
- Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services
- Children of Aging Parents
- Department of Veterans Affairs
- Employee Benefit Security Administration
- Family Caregiver Alliance
- Family Caregiving 101
- Food and Drug Administration
- Justice in Aging
- Meals on Wheels Association of America
- National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys
- National Council on the Aging Benefits Checkup Program
- National Hospice Foundation
- National Organization for Rare Disorders
- NeedyMeds – Be Medwise
- Patient Advocate Foundation
- Visiting Nurse Associations of America
- Well Spouse Association
Finances
- Annual Credit Report
- Consumer Credit Counseling of San Francisco
- Debt Collection Answers
- DebtAdvice.org
- Fannie Mae
- Federation of Tax Administrators
- Financial Web
- Freddie Mac
- Frugal Village
- Geezo.com
- Groupon
- Housing Information (A Project of Consumer Action)
- Mint.com
- National Foundation for Credit Counseling
- OptOutPrescreen.com
- Pension Rights Center
- StockTwits
- Suze Orman
- TheSimpleDollar.com
Food
Food Preservation
Gaming
Gardening
Genealogical societies
Genealogy
Government
- C-SPAN Video Library
- CIA World Factbook
- CIA-Central Intelligence Agency
- DisasterAssistance.gov
- FedSpending.org
- GovSpot.com
- GovTrack.us
- Grants.gov
- IRS
- Public.Resource.Org – Making Government Information More Accessible
- Sunlight Foundation
- The House of Representatives
- The National Security Archive
- The United States Senate
- The White House
- U.S. Census Bureau
- U.S. Congress
- U.S. Congressional Votes Database
- U.S. Government Publishing Office
- UNdata
- USA.gov
Health
- AllergicChild.com
- Alzheimers Association
- American Board of Medical Specialties (ABMS)
- American Cancer Society
- American Dental Association (ADA)
- American Heart Association
- American Medical Association
- American Parkinson Disease Association
- Autism Research Institute
- Autism Speaks
- C-Health
- Cancer Resources from Oncolink
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- CHADD – Improving the Lives of People Affected by ADHD
- Children with Diabetes
- COBRA
- ConsumerLab.com
- DrDonnica.com
- Familydoctor.org
- Flu.gov
- Food & Nutrition Information Center
- Food Allergy Research and Education
- FoodKeeper
- Habits of the Heart
- HealingWell.com
- Health Happens in Libraries
- Health Information for Older People
- Health on the Net Foundation
- Healthcare Blue Book
- Healthcare.gov
- Healthfinder.gov
- Healthline
- Healthlinks
- HIV InSite Gateway to HIV and AIDS Knowledge
- Human Anatomy Online
- HungryGirl
- JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association
- Kids Health
- Kids with Food Allergies
- LiveStrong.com
- Male Health Center
- Mayo Clinic
- Medicare Rights Center
- Medicare.gov
- Medline Plus
- Medscape
- Mesothelioma Center
- Mesothelioma Fund
- Mesothelioma Guide
- National Cancer Institute
- National Center For Learning Disabilities
- National Health Council
- National Health Information Center
- National Institutes of Health
- National Network of Libraries of Medicine
- PubMed
- Shape
- SparkPeople
- The Autism Community in Action
- The Beauty Brains
- The DailyPlate
- The Encyclopedia of Surgery
- The Icarus Project
- The MERCK Manual Medical Library
- The Mesothelioma Cancer Alliance
- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
- Third Age
- U.S. FDA Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition
- U.S. National Library of Medicine
- WebMD
- World Health Organization (WHO)
History
- American Journeys
- AmericanRhetoric.com
- Black Freedom : Struggle in the US
- Constitute – The World’s Constitutions
- Conversations with History
- Digital History
- Digital Scriptorium Projects
- Docs Teach: teaching with documents from the National Archives
- Documenting the American South
- Europa-European Union
- Europeana
- GPO Access
- Hagrett Library Rare Map Collection
- Historical Text Archive
- History Channel
- Karpeles Manuscript Library
- Locating Primary Sources on the Web
- National Union Catalog of Manuscript Collections
- NationMaster.com
- Online Library of Liberty
- Presidential Recordings Program
- Repositories of Primary Sources
- Smithsonian: History and Culture
- Talking History
- The Alfred Russell Wallace Page
- The Hiroshima Peace Culture Foundation
- The History Place
- The Library of Congress
- U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum (USHMM)
- UNdata
- Vision of Humanity
- Women Working: Open Collections Program
- Woodward and Bernstein Watergate Papers
Home exchange
Language and translation
Movies and television
- Aint It Cool
- Allmovie
- AT&T Live
- Atrocity Guide – You Tube
- blip.tv
- Defunctland – You Tube
- Free Documentary – You Tube
- Funny or Die
- IMDb – The Internet Movie Database
- MRQE: Movie Review Query Engine
- National Geographic _You Tube
- Noclip – Video game documentaries
- Real Stories – You Tube
- RogerEbert.com
- Rotten Tomatoes
- SnagFilms
- The Film Experience Blog
- VICE – You Tube
- Wendover Productions – You Tube
Moving
Multimedia
- Ad Access
- Audio Archive
- Bensound – royalty free music
- Clipart Library – Free Open ClipArt
- CoolText.com
- dig.ccMixter – musicians upload music that you can use in projects for free
- Digital Collections – Library of Congress
- Flickr
- Free Digital Photos
- GifAnimations
- Gimp Savvy
- Google Images
- Google Video
- LIFE Photo Archives hosted by Google
- Living Room Candidate
- mFiles – Music Files – free downloads
- NASA Images
- Open Photo
- PBS Video
- Pixabay – royalty free music downloads
- PodcastAlley.com
- The Morgue File
- World Digital Library
Music
News and magazines
- Access Newspaper Archive Institutional Version
- Catalog Choice
- Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers
- Country Watch
- Directory of Open Access Journals
- FindArticles at BNET
- Internet Library of Early Journals
- National Geographic Society Publications Index
- New York Public Library – Articles and Databases
- Providence Journal
- Table of Contents of Journals of Interest to Classicists TOCS-IN
Parent and child
- Advocates for Youth
- AHC Arts & Crafts
- American Academy of Pediatrics
- AskDrSears
- Baby Name Wizard
- Common Sense Media
- Disney Family
- Drug and Substance Abuse Information
- Figure This! Math Challanges for Families
- Great Websites for Kids
- Hoagies Gifted Education
- Kids Health
- Letterboxing North America
- Reading is Fundamental
- Reading Rockets
- STOP Cyberbullying
- StopBullying.gov
- Surfing the Net With Kids
- Teaching Parents Tech
- The Baby Center
- The Exploratorium
- U.S. Department of Education
Public records
Reference
Resources
Science
Search engines
- Answers.com
- Ask Jeeves
- Bing
- DogPile
- Excite Web Search
- Find Music by Lyrics
- FindSounds
- Google Book Search
- Google Scholar
- Google Shopping
- Google Videos
- GovEngine.com
- HotBot
- Internet Archive
- KartOO
- Placeblogger
- Smartpage.com – most private search engine
- Starting Point to the Web
- Technorati
- TVEyes – the Search Engine for Broadcast
- Whitepages
- Wolfram|Alpha
- Yahoo! Search
- Yippy
- Youtube
Seniors
Software
Sustainability
- Alliance to Save Energy
- Building Materials Reuse Association
- Building Performance Institute
- BuildingGreen.com
- Energy Star
- EPA Recycling Resource
- Freecycle
- Going Green At Your Library
- Green Depot
- Green Roof Plants
- GreenBiz.com
- GreenBuilding.com
- National Association of Home Builders
- Northeast Sustainable Energy Association
- ReGreenProgram.org
- ReuseMarketplace.org
- TreeHugger.com
- U.S. Green Building Council
- USPS Recycle
- Yellow Pages Goes Green
- YouRenew.com
Travel
- AirfareWatchdog
- BedandBreakfast.com
- Best Trip Choices
- BusJunction
- Cheapoair
- CouchSurfing
- CruiseCompete
- CruiseDeals
- FareCompare.com
- Google Transit
- GoToBus.com
- HomeAway.com
- Hostelworld.com
- Hotwire.com
- ItsEasy Passport and Visa Services
- Jetsetter
- Kayak.com
- MegaBus
- Mobissimo Travel
- National Geographic Traveler
- Orbitz
- Passport Services Office
- rentalo.com – Vacation Rentals, Hotels and Bed and Breakfasts
- Road Scholar
- smarterTravel
- STA Travel
- The Contrarian Traveler
- TripAdvisor
- TripIt
- Vayama
- VRBO
- Yapta
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