Selected Web Sites and Search Services

Online News

• Newslink for online U.S. and international news resources
• Boston Globe Free search of 15 years of Globe staff articles; fee required for full-text retrieval.
• CNN
• FactCheck.org Annenburg Political Fact Check-a consumer advocate for voters
• Google News
• IssueSource.org  Massachusetts Politics and Policy Online
• Library of Congress - Newspaper and Current Periodical Reading Room 
• New York Times on the Web  No fee for email registration; some free archives
• Online Newshour (PBS) In-depth news analysis; online forums on current issues
• Salon.com News
• Telegram and Gazette Online

Weather

• Worcester weather (NOAA)
• National Weather Service Weather by zip code; climatic studies
• Mount Washington - see web cam views
• Space Science and Engineering Center University of Wisconsin
• Plymouth State College Weather Center Extensive satellite and radar maps, historical weather events

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Reference

Finding People

• Switchboard Search U.S. telephone directories (residential and business listings)
• Yahoo! People Search

Finding Places

• Google Maps
• MassPort Flight schedules, parking for Logan; links to regional airports; bridges, ports
• United States Post Office
• Yahoo Travel

Finding Jobs

• Classifieds: Telegram and Gazette
• Monster.com Most popular job search tool on the Internet
• The Riley Guide--Employment Opportunities and Job Resources on the Internet

Listserv and Blog Directories

• CataList, the official catalog of LISTSERV lists
• Bloglines

Internet Studies/Standards

• Pew Internet and American Life Reports
• Internet Society
• World Wide Web Consortium
• Watchfire WebXACT - free online service for testing web content for quality, accessibility, and privacy issues, such as Section 508 and the W3C's WCAG.

Internet Domains 

• DirectNic WhoIs - find the registered owner of a domain name in the central Shared Registry System.
• .Gov Registration Government domain registration and services
• InterNic (Internet's Network Information Center)
  Directions for registering a second-level domain name; lists many competing ICANN-accredited registrars.
• ICANN (Internet Corporations for Assigned Names and Numbers) Coordinates the Internet's unique identifier systems including domain names and IP numbers

Government Databases and Agencies

Federal

• USA.gov  Information portal for the U.S. federal government; links to state and local resources
• Archive.gov - The National Archives
• Bureau of Labor Statistics National and regional data, keyword search
• CIA
• FedStats Gateway for searching statistics from numerous government agencies
• Internal Revenue Service
• National Center for Education Statistics includes tables, surveys, search for schools and libraries
• National Institutes of Health (NIH)
• National Center for Biotechnology Information
• THOMAS: Legislative Information on the Internet Search by topic, title, or bill number; Constitution and historical documents
• United States Supreme Court
• U.S. Census Bureau Home Page Economic statistics, indicators; tables and maps

State

• Mass.Gov Official portal for the Commonwealth's agencies and online services
• MGL Chapter/Section Links Search the Massachusetts General Laws
• The General Court of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts Legislature and budget
• Massachusetts Department of Public Health
• Massachusetts Land Records  Find property transfer values; search by address or owner. "One page viewer" displays deeds, mortgages.
• Massachusetts Trial Court Law Libraries
  Pathfinders Annotated bibliographies (from Mass. Trial Court Law Libraries)
• State and Local Government on the Net Directory of official state, county, and city government web sites
• Voting Ballot Information (Massachusetts)

Local

• City of Worcester, Massachusetts 
• Worcester Registry of Deeds (or go to Massachusetts Land Records for transfer search)
• Worcester Assessing Department Valuations  Search real estate assessed values by owner name or address

Comprehensive Search Services /Portals

• Google
• Ask
• Yahoo

Subject Catalogs

• The Internet Archive provides "access for researchers, historians, and scholars to historical collections that exist in digital format"
• Librarians' Index to the Internet A reliable guide to categorized and evaluated Internet resources for librarians and public library users
• Infomine Scholarly Internet Resource Collections
• Internet Public Library

Libraries

• Library of Congress
• QCC Alden Library
  ACRL (Association of College and Research Libraries)
• American Library Association
• LibDex Worldwide index of library catalogs
• Worcester Public Library .

  • Browse WAULS (Worcester area Union List of Serials)

  • Home Access to Mass Online Databases requires library card if accessed from remote location

  C/W MARS Search central Massachusetts library server (Central/Western Massachusetts Resource Sharing)
• Boston Public Library
• Massachusetts Library and Information Network
• New York Public Library
• UMASS/Amherst Library System

Museums

• Museum Computer Network  Search museum sites worldwide
• Ecotarium  Worcester, Massachusetts
• The Louvre Museum
• The Smithsonian Institution Home Page
• Worcester Art Museum

Film Reviews

• Movie Review Query Engine Search mechanism for many reviews on the Web; all reviews are indexed by film title.

• MPAA - Movie Ratings - Motion Picture Association of America

Sites for Browsing

• Child and Family Web Guide at Tuft's University
• EarthCam - Major city views and subject search 
• FAIR (Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting)
• Federal Bureau of Investigation includes Parent's Guide to Internet Safety
• Great Web Sites for Kids compiled by a division of the American Library Association
• The NASA Homepage

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January, 2009