Getting Started
Web Searches
- Librarians' Index To The Internet
- Yahoo
- Google
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The C|Net Search Page - You can start searches for several search engines directly from this page.
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Infoseek - One of the most precise and easy to use search tools on the Web.
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Lycos - Lycos database currently has about 1.8 million documents indexed with 5000 being added each day.
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Yahooligans - This is a subject tree and searchable index especially geared toward children ages 8 through 14.
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Metacrawler - Allows you to search several search engines at the same time.
General Reference
Consumer Sites
Education
Genealogy
 Heritage Quest-
Family Search - Seacrh for ancestors and other information
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US GenWeb Project - A group of volunteers working together to provide Internet websites for genealogical research in every county and every state of the United States.
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Find A Grave - See the graves of thousands of famous people from around the world. Find the graves of ancestors, create virtual memorials, add 'virtual flowers' and a note to a loved one's grave, etc.
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Genealogical Research in Vermont - This page was designed by the Vermont Historical Society Library to help you identify research resources in Vermont family history and genealogy.
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RootsWeb - The oldest and largest free genealogy site, supported by Ancestory.com.
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Vermont Vital Records - This page contains information about where to obtain copies of Vermont vital records, such as birth & death certificates, marriage licenses & divorce decrees.
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Access Genealogy - Information on genealogy in Vermont.
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The Genealogy Page - National Archives and Records Administration's genealogy page describes its census, immigration, and military records holdings.
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Cyndi's List of Genealogy Sites on the Internet - More than 184,200 links to genealogy sites on the Net.
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Quickfacts for Vermont - Quickfacts of Vermont Census Information
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Census Records - Census Records from 1790 to 1930
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Census Data from 2000 - Vermont Census Data from 2000 from the Vermont Department of Libraries
Health
- National Library of Medicine - The world's largest medical library and the creator of MEDLINE®
,provides information about NLM programs and services.
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PubMed® - Provides free access to MEDLINE® a database of over 11 million
references to journal articles from 4,300 worldwide health science journals cited back to 1966.
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Consumer Health Resources - This is consumer health resources developed by the biomedical libraries.
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Food & Drug Administration - You can look up FDA-labeling for new drugs approved since 1998 and find an exhaustive rundown
on efficacy and safety. Also, look up drug-safety labeling changes since 1996 and alerts on drugs, dietary supplements and other products.
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InteliHealth - Aetena U.S. Healthcare's portal gets content from Havard Medical School, though it is not all academic.
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Medscape - The latest news and information in 30 health categories, written by and for health care professionals.
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OncoLink - Addresses both the clinical and human sides of cancer. Run by the University of Pennsylvania Cancer Center.
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Quackwatch - Your Guide to Health Fraud, Quackery, and Intelligent Decisions. Run by retired psychiatrist Dr. Stephen Barret
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YourSurgery.com - Thoroughly details 50 surgical procedures, from heart valve surgery to Lasik vision correction.
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Jobs
Travel
- DeLorme - DeLorme is a leading provider of mapping products and solutions for the consumer and professional markets.
- Expedia.com - A site to get deals on airline tickets and hotels.
- Cheaptickets - Get deals on airline tickets and hotels.
- Travelocity - Get deals on hotels, flights, and cruises.
- Priceline - Name your own price on hotels, car rentals, and air fare.
- Sky Auction - Bid on flights around the world.
- BedandBreakfast.com - This site lists more than 27,000 small homes and inns worldwide, searchable by amenity, keyword or location.
- QuikBook - Specializes in "distresses" inventory, or hotel rooms that would otherwise go unsold. Rates at its network of 600 properties run from 20% to 60% off regular prices.
- Vacation Spot - This site's 25,000-plus properties include inns, villas, cottages, bed & breakfasts, even chateaux.
Vermont
Vermont Government
Poetry
Book Suggestions
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Bookwire - A searchable collection of links about books.
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Authors on the Web - Interviews, reviews, quotes, bibliographies of articles about authors for both classic and contemporary writers.
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The Booklist Center - Includes lists prepared by authorities in dozens of fields as well as comprehensive listings of award winning books complete from the first year of the award to the present.
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Childrens Book Council - The Childrens Book Council is a non-profit trade organization dedicated to encouraging literacy and the use and enjoyment of childrens books
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FrugalFinder.Com - A resource to locate Rare, Hard-to-Find, and Out-of-Print Books.
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