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Articles & News

Newseum – Today’s Front Pages

Front pages from more than 665 newspapers from 53 countries.

Online Newspaper Directory for the World

Read thousands of newspapers available several languages.

Snopes

Fact-check articles for accuracy.

Books & Reader's Advisory

Biblioboard

Enjoy the full collection of 350 titles. These eBooks are offered in an unlimited use. This platform includes an assortment of rich historical and carefully curated multimedia content, as well as high-quality open access journals, textbooks, and other open educational resources. The indie authors included in this collection will earn royalties for their work.

Book Series in Order

Figure out which book comes next in a series or what else an author has written.

BookPage

BookPage is a discovery tool for readers, highlighting the best new books across all genres. Enjoy their digital editions for direct access to issues.

Bookriot.com

Explore podcasts, book lists, and more, covering all genres and embracing diversity.

Goodreads.com

A great place to find book reviews and book lists by fellow readers, and to track your own reading.

LibriVox

LibriVox provides free audiobooks from the public domain.

Project Gutenberg

Project Gutenberg is a library of over 60,000 free eBooks.

WorldCat.org

WorldCat.org lets you search the collections of libraries in your community and thousands more around the world.

Business & Investment

AnnualCreditReport.com

The official site set up by the big three credit reporting agencies to help consumers obtain their free annual credit reports.

BigCharts

BigCharts provides access to investment research tools such as interactive charts, quotes, industry analysis, intraday stock screeners, as well as market news & commentary.

CNNMoney.com

Business news and information from the editors of CNN and Money Magazine.

EDGAR (SEC Filings & Forms)

Corporate information on companies required to file with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.

Entrepreneur’s Guide

A helpful, reliable resource for anyone interested in starting a business in Pennsylvania. It clearly outlines the information you need, including: writing a business plan, financing your business,choosing a site, registering your business name, laws, regulations and licenses, general tax information, tax credits and incentives and more.

SCORE

SCORE is a nonprofit association dedicated to educating entrepreneurs and helping small businesses start, grow, and succeed nationwide. SCORE is a resource partner with the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA), and has been mentoring small business owners for more than forty years.  The site includes valuable templates and tools to help construct business plans, accounting & management, legal issues, technology, and much more.

U.S. Patent and Trademark Office

Search the Trademark and Patent Databases. Tutorials from UT's Engineering Library will help make your search more productive.

U.S. Small Business Administration

The Small Business Administration site is full of tools, templates, and links to other organizations that are helpful to small businesses.

Cemetary Records

Cemetery Junction

Directory of cemeteries linked to transcriptions entered by volunteers on a wide variety of sites around the Internet. The focus is on the United States and Australia.

Find a Grave

Growing, searchable database of cemeteries and gravesites.

Interment.net

Over 3 million cemetery records in nearly 8 thousand cemeteries submitted by volunteers around the world. Also includes photographs, history, maps of cemeteries and driving directions.

Nationwide Military Gravesite Locator

Search most of the 120 Department of Veterans Affairs' national cemeteries for burial locations.

US Cemetery Records

US cemetery transcription listings listed by state. Browse these listings for particular cemeteries in each state that have interments found online.

College, Careers & Jobs

AtoZdatabases

AtoZdatabases is the premier Reference, Research, Marketing, Mailing Lists/Sales Leads, and Job-Search Database. The database includes 30 million business & executive profiles, over 220 million residents with interests, hobbies and lifestyles information, over 7 million real-time job listings, 2 Million new businesses, over 12 million healthcare professionals, over 12 million new movers, 2 million new homeowners, and much more. The databases are ideal for sales leads, mailing lists, market research, employment opportunities, background searches, finding friends, relatives and a whole lot of other possibilities.

BrainFuse JobNow

Online learning, including job coaching, resume assistance, interview practice, and adult learning including GED prep, U.S. Citizenship prep, and MS Office Essential Skills Series. Also includes Spanish-speaking support.

BrainFuse LearnNow

Online learning, including school, college, career, computers, ESL, and lifelong learning. Also includes test preps.

Careerrookie.com

Job listings for people early in their careers, seeking internships or entry level work.

COLLEGENavigator

See and compare profiles of over 7,000 colleges and universities across the nation.

Download our job search guide here.

FAFSA

Fill out a FAFSA (free application for student aid) at this site from the U.S. Department of Education.

Glassdoor.com

Get an inside look at companies with thousands of current and former employee reviews in addition to a job search engine.

Idealist.org

Search job listings in non-profit organizations.

Indeed.com

Search job listings

LinkedIn.com

Social media designed to build your professional network. Also includes job listings.

Monster.com

Search job listings.

O*Net at Onetonline.org

Search occupational data and learn about the hiring outlook in different fields, as well as matching skills with occupations.

PA CareerLink

PA CareerLink® Lehigh Valley is an employment center that connects employers and job opportunities with qualified job seekers.

Resume.com

A free tool that allows you to create your resume and print or save it.

Simplyhired.com

Search job listings.

Snagajob.com

Search job listings.

Directories

Yellow Pages

Search for phone numbers for people and businesses.

Zabasearch

Search for people by name from information in public record databases.

Entertainment

allmusic

Explore the world of music — all genres and styles are covered.

ESPN.com

All the sports news and updated scores.

Internet Movie Database

Film information including reviews, plot summaries, awards, bios, etc.

TV Guide Entertainment Network

Not just TV — music and movies, too.

Genealogy

Cindy’s List

Large selection of resources from around the web devoted to genealogy.

Encyclopedia of Greater Philadelphia

From abolition and the American Revolution to yellow fever and zoning (with cheesesteaks, rowhouses, and hundreds of other topics in between), the digital Encyclopedia and its print volume will offer the most comprehensive, authoritative reference source ever created for the Philadelphia region.

FamilySearch

The largest collection of free family history, family tree, and genealogy records in the world.

GENUKI (Genealogy of the United Kingdom & Ireland)

This large collection of genealogical information pages run by volunteers covers England, Ireland, Scotland, Wales, the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man. Includes a link to the UK National Archives. GENUKI is the British equivalent of the USGenWeb site

National Archives

Resources for Genealogists from archives.gov.

RefDesk

This site is an aggregation of 70 different resources around the web.

USGenWebProject

A volunteer project to provide Internet sites for genealogical research in every county and state of the U.S. Includes access to the USGW Digital Library transcription project and a variety of other special projects and sites.

Health & Medicine

Center for Disease Control

Get scientific guidelines about how to prevent diseases and what to do if you get sick. Includes detailed guidance on COVID-19.

ClinicalTrials.gov

This registry of over 130,000 clinical trials conducted worldwide and includes the trial's purpose, participant eligibility, and location.

Healthcare.gov

Healthcare.gov will help you prepare for the introduction of the Affordable Care Act. The site provides information about shopping for health coverage using the new Health Insurance Marketplace, health provider comparisons and more.

Hospital Comparison

Resources for hospital comparison.

LactMed

Drugs and Lactation Database with drugs to which breastfeeding mothers may be exposed. Includes information on levels of substances in breast milk and infant blood, possible effects on nursing infants and on lactation, potential alternate drugs and links to breastfeeding resources.

MEDLINEplus

MEDLINEplus, a service of the U.S. National Library of Medicine and the National Institutes of Health, provides consumer health information in English and Spanish.

National Library of Medicine

The National Library of Medicine provides free health information to libraries, health professionals, and consumers around the world. The information originates from the National Institutes of Health.

NIH Senior Health

NIH Senior Health is a government website designed with the needs of older adults in mind. The site provides accurate health and wellness information for people 60+.

PDRhealth.com

Based on the Physicians' Desk Reference database, this site is designed to put critical health information into the hands of consumers.

PubChem

PubChem is the world's most extensive collection of freely accessible chemical information. Search chemicals by name, molecular formula, structure, and other identifiers. Find chemical and physical properties, biological activities, safety and toxicity information, patents, literature citations, and more.

Home Schooling

Askpauline.com

Askpauline.com is dedicated to homeschooling in Pennsylvania.

BrainFuse HelpNow

Online learning, test prep, and homework help service, including live one on one assistance.

BrainFuse HelpNow

Online learning, test prep, and homework help service, including live one on one assistance

Pennsylvania Dept of Education: Home Education

Homeschooling law and resources, including a list of local, state, and national organizations.

Homework

BrainFuse HelpNow

Online learning, test prep, and homework help service, including live one on one assistance.

BrainFuse HelpNow

Online learning, test prep, and homework help service, including live one on one assistance

Homework Helpers

BrainFuse HelpNow

Online learning, test prep, and homework help service, including live one on one assistance.

BrainFuse HelpNow

Online learning, test prep, and homework help service, including live one on one assistance

Notable Children’s Digital Media

Interactive apps and websites selected by librarians for children 14 years of age and younger.

Internet

Bare Bones 101

More detail related to search engines.

Best Search Tools

Links to recommended search engines from Infopeople.

New Internet User Tutorial

Designed to help people who have never used a computer before, this tutorial concentrates on using the mouse and other basic skills.

Useful Reference Sites

Sites recommended by the Library of Congress (Alcove 9).

Law

Findlaw

Index to many legal resources, including primary legal sources, government resources, and WWW sites.

Judge Donald E. Wieand Law Library (Lehigh County)

Access legal information and pathfinders with sample forms for common legal issues.

Public Library of Law

A free online legal research site from Fastcase.

Pennsylvania

Who Represents Me?

Enter your address to find who represents you in Congress.

Real Estate

Lehigh County Assessment Office

Search assessment records for Lehigh County.

Trulia

Check real estate listings, see crime trends, school reviews, and more.

Zillow

Check real estate listings and more.

Seniors

AARP

Administration on Aging

Benefits Check Up

Eldercare Locator

Family Caregiver Alliance

Meals on Wheels

Medicare

National Council on the Aging

Senior Living Map

Tax Information

Internal Revenue Service Web Site

Get your forms and publications here.

Local (Parkland) Tax

Tax office of the Parkland School District.

PA Department of Revenue

Find PA tax forms or padirectfile.

U.S. Government

American FactFinder

Your source for population, housing, economic, and geographic data from the U.S. Census Bureau

Citizen and Immigration Services

Check here for forms and information on fees, fingerprints, laws, and regulations.

Fuel Economy Website

U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Fuel Economy Website.

Library of Congress

The Library of Congress catalog and more — copyright information, links to government sites, and a guide to the Web.

Publications.USA.gov

Download or print hundreds of free consumer, medical, & health information.

Social Security Administration

The official website of the Social Security Administration.

The White House

Keep track of the issues, signed legislation, and appointments from the Executive branch.

THOMAS: Legislative information from the Library of Congress

Legislative information of the U.S. Congress, including floor activities, bills, laws, committee information, and more.

USA.gov

USA.gov is an easy-to-search, free-access website designed to give you a centralized place to find information from local, state, and U.S. Government Agency websites.

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