Found this on one of my New Mexico home schooling lists--- oh my goodness there are a ton of links
here....I have not had time to check them all out so use them at your own
risk!

 Have fun homeschooling.

Lori

****************************************************************************************************************

 FOR BOOKLOVERS
 AllReaders.com _http://www.allreaders.com/_
 (http://www.allreaders.com/)
 Special feature: the "Gordonator," a system of
 classifying books under many
 searchable fields that allows the computer to find
 a selection of books that
 most resemble one you've selected.

 How To Find Out of Print Books
 _http://marylaine.com/bookbyte/getbooks.html_
 (http://marylaine.com/bookbyte/getbooks.html)
 My page on strategies and resources, which
 librarians are free to copy and
 hand out to their patrons. Part of my website,
 BookBytes.

 MGPL Webrary - Booklist Index
 _http://www.webrary.org/rs/FLbklistmenu.html_
 (http://www.webrary.org/rs/FLbklistmenu.html)

 Online Books Page
 _http://digital.library.upenn.edu/books/_
 (http://digital.library.upenn.edu/books/)
 A directory of 19,000+ books available free online

 Resources for Readers
 _http://marylaine.com/readers.html_
 (http://marylaine.com/readers.html)
 -- a presentation I did for River Bend Library
 System.

 Waterboro Lib Blog
 _http://www.waterborolibrary.org/blog.htm_
 (http://www.waterborolibrary.org/blog.htm)

 Links to book reviews, author interviews, online
 articles and web sites
 about books, and more.


 FOR KIDS
 Crafts for Kids
 _http://www.enchantedlearning.com/crafts/_
 (http://www.enchantedlearning.com/crafts/)
 "crafts projects using materials found around the
 house, like egg cartons,
 cardboard, paper, boxes, string, crayons, paint,
 glue, etc."

 Games Kids Play _http://www.gameskidsplay.net/_
 http://www.gameskidsplay.net/
 "rules for playground games, verses for jump-rope
 rhymes, and much more."

 Internet Picture Dictionary
http://www.pdictionary.com
 kid-level, with cartoon illustrations. Includes
 some word games.

 Kids Click - Web Search for Kids by Librarians
 _http://sunsite.berkeley.edu/KidsClick!/_
 (http://sunsite.berkeley.edu/KidsClick!/)
 a good master directory of kids' sites; the search
 engine searches just
 those chosen sites.

 World of Reading - Book Reviews for Kids, by Kids
 [Ann Arbor District
 Library] _http://worldreading.org/_
 (http://worldreading.org/)
 Browse by subject, search by title or author, or
 browse by the country
 reviewers come from to find what books are popular
 with kids in other countries.



 FOR SENIORS
 FirstGov for Seniors - Travel and Leisure
 _http://www.seniors.gov/travel.html_
 (http://www.seniors.gov/travel.html)

 Grandparents' Web _http://www.cyberparent.com/gran/_

 (http://www.cyberparent.com/gran/)


 MedlinePlus - Seniors' Health

_http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/seniorshealthgeneral.html_

(http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/seniorshealthgeneral.html)




 SeniorLaw Resources
 _http://www.seniorlaw.com/resource.htm_
 (http://www.seniorlaw.com/resource.htm)


 Senior Living _http://seniorliving.miningco.com/_
 (http://seniorliving.miningco.com/)
 Along with AARP, one of the best comprehensive
 sites, with topically
 organized links, articles, a discussion forum, and
 a human guide to answer
 questions.





 FOR SPANISH SPEAKERS
 HispanicOnline.com _http://www.hispaniconline.com_
 (http://www.hispaniconline.com)


 Información Gubernamental en Español
 _http://library.nevada.edu/govpub/egovpub.html_
 (http://library.nevada.edu/govpub/egovpub.html)
 Guide to Spanish-language government web sites.

 MEDLINEplus Informacion de Salud de la Biblioteca
 Nacional de Medicina
 _http://medlineplus.gov/esp/_
 (http://medlineplus.gov/esp/)
 What many of us have been waiting for -- MedlinePlus
 in Spanish.

 Para los Ninos
 _http://www.multcolib.org/libros/ref/spkids.html_
 (http://www.multcolib.org/libros/ref/spkids.html)

 SOL-PLUS _http://www.sol-plus.net/index.htm_
 (http://www.sol-plus.net/index.htm)



 FOR LIBRARIANS
 ExLibris _http://marylaine.com/exlibris/_
 (http://marylaine.com/exlibris/)

 Librarians Index to the Internet _http://lii.org/_
 (http://lii.org/)

 Library Link of the Day
 _http://www.tk421.net/librarylink/_
 (http://www.tk421.net/librarylink/)

 LISNews _http://www.lisnews.com/_
 (http://www.lisnews.com/)

 The Virtual Chase _http://www.virtualchase.com/_
 (http://www.virtualchase.com/)

 Web4Lib and Web4Lib Archive
 _http://sunsite.berkeley.edu/Web4Lib/_
 (http://sunsite.berkeley.edu/Web4Lib/)
 and
 _http://sunsite.berkeley.edu/Web4Lib/archive.html_
 (http://sunsite.berkeley.edu/Web4Lib/archive.html)





 FOR TEENS
 Bettendorf Public Library Teens Page
 _http://www.bettendorflibrary.com/teen/index.htm_
 (http://www.bettendorflibrary.com/teen/index.htm)


 High School Hub
 _http://www.highschoolhub.org/hub/hub.cfm_
 (http://www.highschoolhub.org/hub/hub.cfm)
 in addition to the usual subject categories,
 includes a good reference
 collection and handy things like college prep quiz,
 guides to misspelled words,
 musical terms, world capitals, etc.

 IPL TeenSpace _http://www.ipl.org/div/teen/_
 (http://www.ipl.org/div/teen/)

 TeenLink: for Teen Readers, Writers and Dreamers -
 NYPL
 _http://www2.nypl.org/home/branch/teen/index.cfm_
 (http://www2.nypl.org/home/branch/teen/index.cfm)


 UT Career Services - What Can I Do with This Major?

_http://career.utk.edu/mike/students/majors/majorsindex.asp_


(http://career.utk.edu/mike/students/majors/majorsindex.asp)



 ART
 ArtCyclopedia: the Fine Art Search Engine
 _http://www.artcyclopedia.com/_
 (http://www.artcyclopedia.com/)

 ArtsEdge: the National Arts and Education
 Information Network
 _http://artsedge.kennedy-center.org/_
 (http://artsedge.kennedy-center.org/)


 Daryl Cagle's Professional Cartoonists' Index
 _http://cagle.slate.msn.com/_
 (http://cagle.slate.msn.com/)


 International Art Museum Directory - ArtSeek
 _http://www.artseek.com/institutions/museums/_
 (http://www.artseek.com/institutions/museums/)


 Metropolitan Museum of Art's Timeline of Art History

 _http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/splash.htm_
 (http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/splash.htm)



 BUSINESS
 Business.com: the search engine for business
 information
 _http://www.business.com/_
 (http://www.business.com/)
 -- search for products and services in a directory
 containing more than
 400,000 listings within 25,000 industry, product and
 service subcategories.

 Business Daily Review
 _http://businessdailyreview.com/_
 (http://businessdailyreview.com/)
 A daily roundup of the best feature stories and
 book reviews in business
 magazines' online editions.

 Free Complete Toolkit for Boards
 _http://www.managementhelp.org/boards/boards.htm_
 (http://www.managementhelp.org/boards/boards.htm)


 Hoover's Online: the Business Network
 _http://www.hoovers.com/_
 (http://www.hoovers.com/)
 free company "capsules" include address, phone, web
 site, key execs, stock
 info, business description, number of employees,
 sales, subsidiaries, top
 competitors, recent news stories. Paid members can
 get even more info here.

 Smart Money _http://smartmoney.com/ _
 (http://smartmoney.com/ )
 a magazine, a collection of tools, a guide to
 personal finance, and more.
 Like Hoover's, has a stock screener.



 COMPUTING AND INTERNET
 About-the-Web Internet Guide - an Internet Guide for
 Newcomers
 _http://www.about-the-web.com/_
 (http://www.about-the-web.com/)

 Annoyances.org _http://www.annoyances.org/_
 (http://www.annoyances.org/)
 "the most complete collection of information
 assembled for and by actual
 users of Microsoft Windows." Shows you how to
 enable features you do want, turn
 off the annoying ones you don't, improve
 performance,troubleshoot, customize
 your display, icons, keyboard mapping, etc.

 InfoPeople How To Guides
 _http://www.infopeople.org/howto/_
 (http://www.infopeople.org/howto/)
 topics like html, web page design, adding security
 to public terminals,
 evaluating internet sources, etc.

 PC Magazine - Top 200 Web Sites
 _http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,4149,912123,00.asp_
 (http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,4149,912123,00.asp)

 The top 5 sites, in their opinion, for virtually
 every subject.

 Webopedia - Online Dictionary for Computer and
 Internet Terms
 _http://www.pcwebopedia.com/_
 (http://www.pcwebopedia.com/)


 ZDNet _http://www.zdnet.com/_
 (http://www.zdnet.com/)
 Great resource for tech news, virus info,
 downloads, reviews of software and
 hardware, articles, and more.



 CONTROVERSIAL ISSUES
 Almanac of Policy Issues
 _http://www.policyalmanac.org/_
 (http://www.policyalmanac.org/)


 Homework Center -- Social Issues

_http://www.multnomah.lib.or.us/lib/homework/sochc.html_

(http://www.multnomah.lib.or.us/lib/homework/sochc.html)

 for each issue, resources neatly divided into
 "support," "oppose," and
 "legislation."

 FACSNET Top Issues
 _http://www.facsnet.org/issues/apd/aptoday.php3_
 (http://www.facsnet.org/issues/apd/aptoday.php3)
 A service from AP for reporters, this "annotated
 digest provides Internet
 and FACSNET links to enhance depth and analysis in
 reporting selected
 Associated Press stories." It provides links to
 primary sources -- speeches, news
 releases, government reports, laws, statistics, etc.
 -- for current news
 stories.

 Hot Paper Topics
 _http://library.sau.edu/bestinfo/Hot/hotindex.htm_
 (http://library.sau.edu/bestinfo/Hot/hotindex.htm)
 the page I designed for Best Information on the Net


 Public Agenda Online: Public Opinion and Public
 Policy
 _http://www.publicagenda.com/_
 (http://www.publicagenda.com/)
 Nonpartisan issue guides and public opinion on
 critical public issues. The
 guide on abortion, for example, includes an
 overview, a digest of recent news
 stories, facts and trends in graph form, a guide to
 who the players are and
 how to reach them, areas of public consensus and
 division, cautionary notes on
 survey findings, and more.



 EDUCATION
 Colorado Virtual Library for Kids
 _http://aclin.org/_ (http://aclin.org/)
 Click on Teachers; sites for kids may be searched
 by grade level, subject,
 and state curriculum guidelines

 Homeschooling Information from the National Home
 Education Network - For
 Librarians
 _http://www.nhen.org/librarian/default.asp?id=193_
 (http://www.nhen.org/librarian/default.asp?id=193)

 Tells librarians what kind of support home schooling
 parents want from
 libraries.

 Kathy Schrock's Guide for Educators
 _http://school.discovery.com/schrockguide/_
 (http://school.discovery.com/schrockguide/)


 ThinkQuest: Library
 _http://thinkquest.org/library/index.html_
 (http://thinkquest.org/library/index.html)


 Virtual Middle School Library
 _http://www.sldirectory.com/virtual.html_
 (http://www.sldirectory.com/virtual.html)
 -- note the resource page for school librarians.



 FOOD AND NUTRITION
 BuzzToolBoxBlog - Cookin' with Google
 _http://www.buzztoolbox.com/archives/000010.shtml_
 (http://www.buzztoolbox.com/archives/000010.shtml)
 Type in ingredients you have available and ask for
 recipes containing them;
 you'll get Google results.

 a Culinary World Tour -- international recipes.
 _http://www.gumbopages.com/world-food.html_
 (http://www.gumbopages.com/world-food.html)

 Fast Food Facts _http://www.olen.com/food/_
 (http://www.olen.com/food/)


 Food Allergy Network _http://www.foodallergy.org/_
 (http://www.foodallergy.org/)


 the Food Timeline
 _http://www.gti.net/mocolib1/kid/food.html_
 (http://www.gti.net/mocolib1/kid/food.html)


 NutritionData's Nutrition Facts Calorie Counter
 _http://www.nutritiondata.com/_
 (http://www.nutritiondata.com/)


 Vegetarian Resource Group _http://www.vrg.org/_
 (http://www.vrg.org/)




 GOVERNMENT INFORMATION
 FirstGov - Frequently Asked Questions of the US
 Government
 _http://www.firstgov.gov/Contact/Faq.shtml_
 (http://www.firstgov.gov/Contact/Faq.shtml)


 Forms from the Feds
 _http://exlibris.memphis.edu/govpubs/forms.htm_
 (http://exlibris.memphis.edu/govpubs/forms.htm)


 Google Uncle Sam _http://www.google.com/unclesam_
 (http://www.google.com/unclesam)


 Government Guide -- Searchable, browsable guide to
 online federal, state and
 local government resources. Input your zip code
 before you search or browse,
 and your results will highlight (but not limit to)
 your local government
 resources.
 _http://www.governmentguide.com/main.adp_
 (http://www.governmentguide.com/main.adp)


 Stateline.org: Your Source for State News
 _http://www.stateline.org/_
 (http://www.stateline.org/)
 State government news with links to state
 statistics and keyword search
 through news stories across or within states



 University of Michigan Documents Center
 _http://www.lib.umich.edu/govdocs/_
 (http://www.lib.umich.edu/govdocs/)


 HEALTH
 Diagnostic Tests: the Family Health Guide

_http://www.health.harvard.edu/fhg/diagnostics.shtml_

(http://www.health.harvard.edu/fhg/diagnostics.shtml)

 Answers the doctors rarely have time to give you
 about the test they've
 scheduled you for: what it's for, how to prepare
 for it, what will happen, what
 risks there may be, what you have to do afterward,
 and how long before you get
 the results.

 Kids Health
 _http://kidshealth.org/index_noflash.html_
 (http://kidshealth.org/index_noflash.html)
 Medical experts of the Nemours Foundation offer
 advice on physical and
 emotional health issues. Separate access points for
 parents, kids, and teens. The
 section for Teens takes their questions seriously
 and offers responsible
 advice. The section for Parents offers both medical
 and parenting advice. A new
 section has been added on kids' worries about war.

 Medical Reference for Non-Medical Librarians
 _http://denison.uchsc.edu/outreach/medbib3.htm_
 (http://denison.uchsc.edu/outreach/medbib3.htm)


 Medline Plus _http://medlineplus.gov/_
 (http://medlineplus.gov/)
 The best single one-stop source. Includes
 authoritative info for laypersons
 on medical conditions, drug info, medical
 dictionaries and encyclopedias,
 doctor finders, and hospital finders. Also includes
 sections on the specific
 health concerns of men, women, children, and the
 elderly.

 SupportPath.com _http://www.supportpath.com/_
 (http://www.supportpath.com/)
 A central spot for finding support groups, bulletin
 boards, FAQ files and
 primary organizations for a wide variety of medical
 conditions. Use with
 caution. Support groups will tell patients what
 doctors cannot: what it's like to
 have the disease, and how it, and the treatments,
 affect day to day life.



 HISTORY
 Best of History Web Sites
 _http://www.besthistorysites.net/_
 (http://www.besthistorysites.net/)


 DoHistory _http://www.dohistory.org/_
 (http://www.dohistory.org/)


 Historical Maps

_http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/historical/index.html_


(http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/historical/index.html)



 History Detectives -- like the PBS show, this
 explains how and where to go
 about answering historical questions.
 _http://www.pbs.org/opb/historydetectives/_
 (http://www.pbs.org/opb/historydetectives/)


 HyperHistory

_http://www.hyperhistory.com/online_n2/History_n2/a.html_


(http://www.hyperhistory.com/online_n2/History_n2/a.html)

 shows the simultaneity of events in history, arts,
 science and technology

 Internet Modern History Sourcebook
 _http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/modsbook.html_
 (http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/modsbook.html)
 or any of the other sourcebooks Prof. Halsall has
 provided, women's history,
 history of science, history of Islam, etc. Rich
 source of primary documents,
 organized to teach both chronology of events and
 important themes..



 HOW TO...
 AutoSite Maintenance - Trouble Shooting Guide
 _http://autosite.com/garage/symptoms/trblsht.asp_
 (http://autosite.com/garage/symptoms/trblsht.asp)


 DIY - the Do It Yourself Network
 _http://www.diynet.com/_
 (http://www.diynet.com/)


 Free Checklists for Home Maintenance and Repair and
 for Better Living

_http://www.checklists.com/homemaintenanceandrepair.html_


(http://www.checklists.com/homemaintenanceandrepair.html)



 Gardeners Net _http://gardenersnet.com/_
 (http://gardenersnet.com/)


 Handyman USA _http://www.handymanusa.com/_
 (http://www.handymanusa.com/)


 Hints from Heloise _http://www.heloise.com/_
 (http://www.heloise.com/)




 IMAGE SOURCES
 Collection Finder: American Memory

_http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/collections/finder.html_

(http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/collections/finder.html)



 Ditto.com _http://ditto.com/_ (http://ditto.com/)
 An image search engine. AlltheWeb and Google both
 have good image search
 engines as well.

 Finding Images and Sounds on the Web
 _http://marylaine.com/images.html_
 (http://marylaine.com/images.html)


 Princeton 3D Models Search Engine
 _http://shape.cs.princeton.edu/search.html_
 (http://shape.cs.princeton.edu/search.html)


 Virtual Museums Exhibits
 _http://www.museumstuff.com/exhibits/index.html_
 (http://www.museumstuff.com/exhibits/index.html)




 LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE
 Common Errors in English
 _http://www.wsu.edu/~brians/errors/index.html_
 (http://www.wsu.edu/~brians/errors/index.html)


 the Language Construction Kit
 _http://www.zompist.com/kit.html_
 (http://www.zompist.com/kit.html)
 How better to get kids to care about the rules of
 language than by letting
 them construct their own?

 the Word Spy _http://www.wordspy.com/index.asp_
 (http://www.wordspy.com/index.asp)


 World Wide Words _http://www.quinion.com/words/_
 (http://www.quinion.com/words/)


 Academy of American Poets _http://www.poets.org/_
 (http://www.poets.org/)


 Internet Public Library: Literary Criticism
 _http://www.ipl.org/div/litcrit/_
 (http://www.ipl.org/div/litcrit/)


 Today in Reading, Toronto Public Library
 _http://www.tpl.toronto.on.ca/rec_day.jsp_
 (http://www.tpl.toronto.on.ca/rec_day.jsp)




 LAW
 American Bar Association LawInfo
 _http://www.abalawinfo.org/_
 (http://www.abalawinfo.org/)


 Legal Information Institute at Cornell
 _http://www.law.cornell.edu/_
 (http://www.law.cornell.edu/)


 Library Law _http://www.librarylaw.com/_
 (http://www.librarylaw.com/)


 LLRX.com - Short Takes: 50 Recommended Links for
 Legal Researchers
 _http://www.llrx.com/extras/shorttakes7.htm_
 (http://www.llrx.com/extras/shorttakes7.htm)
 From law librarian Sabrina Pacifici, one of the
 founders of LLRX.




 The Virtual Chase _http://www.virtualchase.com/_
 (http://www.virtualchase.com/)
 A guide to legal research from law librarian Genie
 Tyburski



 MEDIA AND JOURNALISM
 Epguides.com _http://www.epguides.com/_
 (http://www.epguides.com/)
 Find out what happened on the episodes you missed
 of your favorite shows.

 TV Acres - The Web's Ultimate Guide to Television
 Program Facts
 _http://www.tvacres.com/homepage_tv_acres.htm_
 (http://www.tvacres.com/homepage_tv_acres.htm)

 A subject guide to "Characters, Places, and Things
 that appeared on
 television programs broadcast in the USA from the
 1940s to the present."

 CyberJournalist _http://www.cyberjournalist.net_
 (http://www.cyberjournalist.net)


 J-Lab: Cool Stuff [Interactive News Experiments]
 _http://www.j-lab.org/coolstuff.html_
 (http://www.j-lab.org/coolstuff.html)
 Includes some projects that would be wonderfully
 helpful to citizens, such
 as the NHPR Budget Balancer ("Allocate funds for
 the state budget in 11
 different areas for your ideal and "best guess"
 budgets, then compare your spending
 priorities to the actual state budget").

 Journalists Toolbox
 _http://www.journaliststoolbox.com/_
 (http://www.journaliststoolbox.com/)




 MUSIC
 AMG All Music Guide _http://www.allmusic.com/_
 (http://www.allmusic.com/)


 ArtistDirect Network _http://www.artistdirect.com/_
 (http://www.artistdirect.com/)


 SongFacts.com _http://www.songfacts.com/_
 (http://www.songfacts.com/)


 This Day in Music _http://www.thisdayinmusic.com/_
 (http://www.thisdayinmusic.com/)


 Wedding Song Library
 _http://www.weddingromance.com/music/index.html_
 (http://www.weddingromance.com/music/index.html)


 Worldwide Internet Music Resources
 _http://www.music.indiana.edu/music_resources/_
 (http://www.music.indiana.edu/music_resources/)




 NATURE AND ENVIRONMENT
 American Field Guide
 _http://www.pbs.org/americanfieldguide/_
 (http://www.pbs.org/americanfieldguide/)
 Over 1200 PBS video clips of American wilderness


 eNature.com _http://www.enature.com/main/home.asp_
 (http://www.enature.com/main/home.asp)
 Includes online field guides to birds, butterflies,
 native plants,
 seashells, and more. Also, regional wildlife guides
 by zip code, "bird of the day,"
 "ask an expert," and more.

 Environmental Protection Agency
 _http://www.epa.gov/epahome/index.html_
 (http://www.epa.gov/epahome/index.html)


 The Green Guide: Informing Today's Choices, Shaping
 Tomorrow's World
 _http://www.thegreenguide.com/_
 (http://www.thegreenguide.com/)
 "the premiere consumer source for practical everyday
 actions benefiting
 environmental and personal health." You'll find
 product reports, label-reading
 advice, good ideas, news on community initiatives,
 etc.


 Natural History Museums and Collections
 _http://www.lib.washington.edu/sla/natmus.html_
 (http://www.lib.washington.edu/sla/natmus.html)


 Science Webcams

_http://www.bottomquark.com/sections.php?op=viewarticle&artid=11_

(http://www.bottomquark.com/sections.php?op=viewarticle&artid=11)


 Where you can watch rhinos, hissing cockroaches, the
 US base in Antarctica,
 or even move a robot arm to stack blocks or build a
 model railroad -- and
 lots more besides



 REFERENCE
 Bartleby _http://bartleby.com/_
 (http://bartleby.com/)

 Search through a wide variety of online reference
 books and texts.

 Epinions.com _http://www.epinions.com/_
 (http://www.epinions.com/)

 view users' opinions (and submit your own) of a
 variety of consumer
 products, services, restaurants, media, etc.

 Glossarist _http://www.glossarist.com/_
 (http://www.glossarist.com/)
 -- compare with OneLook Dictionary Search
 _http://onelook.com/_
 (http://onelook.com/)


 How Stuff Works _http://www.howstuffworks.com/_
 (http://www.howstuffworks.com/)


 RedLightGreen _http://www.redlightgreen.com/_
 (http://www.redlightgreen.com/)


 UT Library Online - Perry-Castaneda Library Map
 Collection
 _http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/index.html_
 (http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/index.html)




 RELIGION
 Adherents.com _http://www.adherents.com/_
 (http://www.adherents.com/)

 "a growing collection of over 41,000 adherent
 statistics and religious
 geography citations -- references to published
 membership/adherent statistics and
 congregation statistics for over 4,200 religions,
 churches, denominations,
 religious bodies, faith groups, tribes, cultures,
 movements, ultimate concerns,
 etc."

 American Academy of Religion Syllabus Project
 _http://www.aarweb.org/syllabus/default.asp_
 (http://www.aarweb.org/syllabus/default.asp)


 BeliefNet _http://www.beliefnet.com/_
 (http://www.beliefnet.com/)
 -- "a multi-faith e-community...We try to achieve
 our mission by providing
 information and inspiration. Our site has an
 extraordinary collection of
 experts and scholars. We give you spiritual tools
 such as prayer circles, kits to
 help you celebrate births, weddings, and other life
 milestones, as well as
 commemorate deaths. Most important, we help you to
 learn from each other
 through a breathtaking array of discussions and
 dialogue groups."

 Congregational Resource Guide
 _http://www.congregationalresources.org/_
 (http://www.congregationalresources.org/)
 "a joint effort of the Alban Institute and the
 Indianapolis Center for
 Congregations," this site provides news and
 resources for all congregations on
 issues like building programs, administration,
 leadership, congregational
 vitality, and more .

 Internet Sacred Text Archive
 _http://www.sacred-texts.com/index.htm_
 (http://www.sacred-texts.com/index.htm)
 A comprehensive site where sacred texts, poetry and
 myths of the world's
 religions can be viewed -- not just the major ones,
 but those of the ancient
 near east, native Americans, neopaganism, the tarot,
 Greek, Roman and Norse
 mythology, Baha'i, Nostradamus, and more. Another
 useful feature is the
 hyperlinked timeline of sacred texts.

 Religion Newswriters Association Reference Library

_http://www.religionwriters.com/library/library.shtml_


(http://www.religionwriters.com/library/library.shtml)

 Links to religious magazines and newspapers,
 denominations, demographics,
 faith-based organizations, and more.



 SCIENCE
 Engines of Our Ingenuity
 _http://www.uh.edu/engines/_
 (http://www.uh.edu/engines/)


 Science Gateway
 _http://www.academicinfo.net/subsci.html_
 (http://www.academicinfo.net/subsci.html)


 SciTech Daily Review _http://www.scitechdaily.com/_
 (http://www.scitechdaily.com/)


 Super Science Fair Projects
 _http://www.super-science-fair-projects.com/_
 (http://www.super-science-fair-projects.com/)
 -- The most useful thing about this site is the
 process it demonstrates,
 with a timeline, a project log, a step-by-step
 outline, a discussion of
 scientific method, and a feature on how judges
 think.

 WhyFiles: the Science Behind the News
 _http://whyfiles.org/_
 (http://whyfiles.org/)
 Teaching science at the point of interest.



 SEARCH TOOLS YOU MIGHT NOT HAVE COME ACROSS
 Daypop - a current events/weblog/news search engine
 _http://www.daypop.com/_
 (http://www.daypop.com/)


 FindSounds _http://www.findsounds.com/_
 (http://www.findsounds.com/)


 Kartoo _http://www.kartoo.com/_
 (http://www.kartoo.com/)
 -- visualizes search results

 Specialty Search Engines
 _http://searchenginewatch.com/links/specialty.html_
 (http://searchenginewatch.com/links/specialty.html)
 -- Danny Sullivan of Search Engine Watch helps you
 narrow the universe you
 search through

 WebCam Central _http://www.camcentral.com/_
 (http://www.camcentral.com/)




 SPORTS
 Baseball Index _http://www.baseballindex.org/_
 (http://www.baseballindex.org/)
 -- a catalog of baseball literature, this offers
 citations to nearly
 200,000 documents, articles, books, films,
 recordings, cartoons, etc., stretching
 way back in time (search results on "Tiger Stadium"
 included an article from
 1912). Subscribers get more, but anyone can search
 and view up to 50 citations
 for free.

 the President's Council on Physical Fitness and
 Sports
 _http://www.fitness.gov/_ (http://www.fitness.gov/)


 The Sporting News _http://www.sportingnews.com/_
 (http://www.sportingnews.com/)


 the Ultimate Bass Fishing Resource Guide
 _http://bassresource.com/html/contents.html_
 (http://bassresource.com/html/contents.html)
 Includes a beginners' guide, award-winning
 equipment and accessories, an
 extensive archive of articles, local fishing
 information, a photo wall, and
 more.

 USGA Database of Amateur Golf Tournaments
 _http://www.usga.org/DATG/index.asp_
 (http://www.usga.org/DATG/index.asp)
 Search by tournament participation (boys, girls,
 senior men, etc.),
 location, or date.

 Wildernet _http://www.wildernet.com/_
 (http://www.wildernet.com/)




 STATISTICS
 FedStats: One Stop Shopping for Federal Statistics
 _http://www.fedstats.gov/_
 (http://www.fedstats.gov/)


 Governing: the Daily Digit
 _http://governing.com/digit.htm_
 (http://governing.com/digit.htm)


 Lycos 50 _http://50.lycos.com/_
 (http://50.lycos.com/)


 Polling Report _http://www.pollingreport.com/_
 (http://www.pollingreport.com/)


 Special Issues - Gary Price's List of Lists
 _http://www.specialissues.com/lol/_
 (http://www.specialissues.com/lol/)


 Statistical Resources on the Web
 _http://www.lib.umich.edu/govdocs/stats.html_
 (http://www.lib.umich.edu/govdocs/stats.html)



 TIME-WASTING PLACES
 Bookworm

_http://www.popcap.com/gamepopup.php?theGame=bookworm_


(http://www.popcap.com/gamepopup.php?theGame=bookworm)



 Elfwood Science Fiction and Fantasy Art
 _http://elfwood.lysator.liu.se/elfwood.html_
 (http://elfwood.lysator.liu.se/elfwood.html)


 Fortean Times _http://www.forteantimes.com/_
 (http://www.forteantimes.com/)


 JigZone: Daily Jigsaws Online
 _http://www.jigzone.com/_
 (http://www.jigzone.com/)
 -- doubles as mousercise practice.

 Thinks.com - brain games, puzzles and pastimes
 _http://thinks.com/index.htm_
 (http://thinks.com/index.htm)