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Online Resources marked with # are available at library computers only. Vendor licensing restrictions do not allow home access.
search.more.net
# provides
access to the online resources made available to MOREnet. It makes
searching easier by providing, a quick and easy way to search through all the provided databases. Search.more.net also
contains a Homework Help section that brings all the relevant
resources for K-12 students together in one spot.
Chillicothe
Newspaper Archives Copies of the Chillicothe newspapers from
1889-2006.
NetLibrary is a collection of 6000 electronic books called
EBooks. After registering at the library, you may browse these books on your home computer.
Livingston
County Library Card Catalog
WorldCat
Interlibrary Loan
HeritageQuest
Online #
is designed to help those interested in history and genealogy search
and use data from the 1790-1930 U.S. Federal Censuses, the full text of
more than 20,000 family and local histories, a subject index of 6,300
local history and genealogy periodicals through PERSI, and a database
of Revolutionary War pension and bounty-land warrant files.
LearningExpress Library
is a comprehensive, interactive online learning platform of practice
tests and tutorial course series designed to help patrons—students and
adult learners—succeed on the academic or licensing tests they must
pass. You'll get immediate scoring, complete answer explanations, and
an individualized analysis of your results. Click on a category to the
right so that you can start on your path to success right now.
Newsbank
Newspapers
provides the full text of news features, special interest stories,
editorials, daily columns, letters to the editor, sports reports, death
notices, obituaries and more from Missouri publications Kansas City
Star, St. Louis Post-Dispatch and Springfield News-Leader. A broad
spectrum of nationwide newspapers are also available: Chicago Tribune,
New York Post, Wichita Eagle, Washington Post, Des Moines Register,
Louisville Courier Journal, Tulsa World and Christian Science Monitor. (In Library Use)
Newsbank
Newspapers (Home
Use)
National
Library of Medicine
American Journalism
Review Newslink
Justice Information Center
Internet
Resources
Please
note: The library is not responsible for the content or policies of external sites. Please
notify the library of any problems you encounter in accessing or using these websites.
Missouri
State Library
The
major functions of the State Library are: to provide direct library and
information service in support of the executive and legislative
branches of Missouri state government, to provide library service to
blind and physically handicapped residents of Missouri, and to promote
the development and improvement of library services throughout the
state.
Automobile
Research & Pricing Guides
- 123Car - Provides a list of lemon law resources by
state
- AutoWeb - Listings for dealers, manufacturers, parts, and used cars
- Car and Driver
- Current articles, a buyer's guide, and highlights of 40 cars that
made people smile, steam and scream through the years - available in
print at OPL & OIC
- Car Prices - Pricing guide on new and used vehicles
- Car Talk - The official site of Click and Clack (AKA Tom and Ray Magliozzi)
- Edmunds - New and used online buying guides with reviews, advice, and pricing comparisons - available in print at OPL
- Kelley
Blue Book - Provides values on new and used cars, trucks, and vans, including invoice and MSRP
- NADA Appraisal Guides - Offers prices and information for new and used cars, trucks, motocycles, SUVs,
manufactured homes and RVs - available in print at OPL & OIC
Career Resources
Local
& Regional Resources...
National Job Resources...
- Federal Jobs
Current job openings from the U.S. Office of Personnel Management,
includes on-line application and resume options.
- Monster.com
Search for jobs by geography and description.
- NationJob Network
Conduct your own search or sign up and let P.J. Scout do the searching for you.
- Career Journal from the Wall Street Journal
Career resources and job search from the Wall Street Journal.
- Cool Works
Job listings for national parks, resorts, ranches, camps, and cruise
ships
Consumer Information
General...
- ConsumerSearch
Product reviews help to identify the best choices at the most
competitive prices. Categories include electronics, health and fitness,
office, home and family, lawn and garden, automotive, and more. A
distinctive feature is the evaluation of the reviews - which ones are
most reliable and comprehensive, how frequently items are tested, etc.
- Consumer Guide
The editors of Consumer Guide offer a wide range of product reviews and
price guides. Categories include new and used automobiles, office
machines, sports and recreational equipment, home audio and video,
housewares, appliances, and more.
- Better Business Bureau
Locate the nearest BBB, file complaints online, get consumer guidance
tips, check out companies or charities, and learn about product
recalls. To see a list of product categories, click on the "Consumer
Guidance" link.
- Epinions.com
Registered members share their unbiased ratings of products, services,
and travel destinations. The easy-to-use format offers a wide range of
opinions and even provides users with the opportunity to rate the
reviewers.
- Consumer Agencies
From Consumer World, this valuable list of advocacy groups and
professional organizations links to dozens of specific interests -
privacy rights, credit, fraud, insurance, bankruptcy, remodeling, toy
safety, and much more.
For Car Owners and Buyers...
- Edmund's
The World Wide Web's first automotive site (since 1994) offers complete
resources for evaluating, appraising, buying, and selling new and used
cars. Included are reviews, road tests, incentive and rebate news,
financing tips, maintenance advice, and more.
- Kelley Blue Book
The publisher of the well-known "blue book" provides side-by-side
comparisons, customized new car pricing, used car values, links to
lemon checks, warranty advice, decision guides, previews or upcoming
models. Vehicles also include motorcycles, street and dirt bikes, ATVs,
scooters, mopeds, personal watercraft, and snowmobiles.
- Car Talk
Tom and Ray Magliozzi, hosts of National Public Radio's popular "Car
Talk" program, feature questions and answers about mechanical problems,
safety guidelines, links to lemon reports and service bulletins, advice
on choosing a mechanic, and much more.
- NADA
The publisher of the National Automobile Dealers Association "Official
Used Car Guide" offers invoice pricing for new cars, used car pricing,
values for boats, personal watercraft, and RVs, vehicle specifications,
and model comparisons.
BBB Auto Line
- The Better Business Bureau system administers
BBB AUTO LINE
to help automobile manufacturers and individual customers resolve
disputes concerning alleged manufacturing defects. Thirty-four
companies participate in this program. This informal, out-of-court
settlement mechanism is free to consumers.
- Consumer Resources:
AutomobileThis
handy collection of links from Consumer World includes a summary of
state lemon laws, a list of manufacturers' home pages, a link to the
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration's database, car reviews,
technical service bulletins, recalls, dealer costs, and more.
Product-Specific Resources...
- Insure.com
Insurance rate comparisons, industry news and trends, safety
information, a "lawsuit" library, and numerous other features are
available. - Entertainment Software Rating Board
Check ratings and content information for video games, computer games, and online games.
- Registered ID Number Database
Clothing manufacturers and apparel-related information are featured;
input the "RN" number from clothing labels to identify the manufacturer.
- National Foundation for Consumer Credit
Learn basic information about credit reports, debt collection and
bankruptcy; links to all three major credit bureaus are provided.
- Guidestar
Access information about charities and nonprofit organizations:
mission, programs, leaders and financial data. For many organizations,
copies of the IRS Form 990 are available.
Genealogy
- Cyndi's List
The mega-hubsite of the genealogical world. Cyndi Howells has brought
together every possible site of interest to genealogists.
- UsGenWeb Project
An easy-to-use quick way to orient yourself to resources available for
a given state, county, or city. It does not include the resources
themselves.
Forms and Basic Search Information...
-
US Census
Forms From
Census extraction forms are doubly valuable: not only do they
allow researchers to see the format and column headings for
various census years (especially if the schedules themselves are
hard to read), they also provide a clean and convenient method
for extracting and filing important information you find. - GenealogySearch.org - Everything you need for genealogical research online including free software links, forms and charts.
-
PBS Ancestors Series
The companion web site to the PBS family history and genealogy
television series.This excellent site provides straightforward
instruction on beginning genealogical research as well as GIF
and PDF files of key genealogical
charts and
forms.
Other
Sites...
- Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System
This National Park Service site includes a database of more than
230,000 African-American troops who served in the Civil War.
- Family History Library
The largest genealogical society in the world is sponsored by the
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. You can access its card
catalog and key databases online. If you only go to one site, this is
it. It is packed with information, indexes, and practical tools.
Included is the complete SourceGuideTM with hundreds of finding aids
and research papers.
- Missouri
State Historical Society
Founded in 1898 by the Missouri Press Association and a trustee of the
state since 1899, the State Historical Society of Missouri is the
preeminent research facility for the study of the Show Me State's
heritage. Housed in Ellis Library on the University of
Missouri-Columbia campus,
- Missouri
Historical Society Museum
Here
you will find all the information you need to become acquainted, or
reacquainted, with the Missouri Historical Society facilities,
programs, exhibitions, and community involvement. Whether you are
preparing for a visit to the museum or library and research center,
looking for resources for research, checking on membership benefits or
volunteer opportunities, or merely engaging in that often rewarding
practice of "surfing the 'net," you will find this site both a
pleasurable journey and a learning experience.
- National Archives and Records Administration, Genealogy Page
This outstanding site is packed with genealogical tips, guides, and
practical information for obtaining federal records as well as indexes
like the Index to all Veterans Who Died in the Korean War.
- Social Security Death Index
Searches can be limited by city, county, or state and modified by birth
year, month or day. This site only works for people who were covered by
Social Security and who are dead. The Ancestry site has a few records
such as the Social Security Death Index that are free, but many more,
such as the U.S. Census, that are fee-based.
Health Information
General...
- MEDLINEplus
If you're looking for health information on the web, this site should
be your first stop. MEDLINEplus is the National Library of Medicine's
web site for consumer health information and is composed of a selective
list of authoritative health information sources from The National
Institute of Health and other organizations. The core of MEDLINEplus is
the health topics, but the site also has drug information, current
health news, dictionaries, directories, and a list of other resources.
- AMA Guidelines for Medical and Health Information on the Internet
If you are going to search for health information on the Internet, it's
a given that you want to find good, accurate, useful information. You
owe it to yourself to learn to evaluate and judge the quality of a web
site offering medical information. These guidelines, especially the
"Principles for Content", are excellent.
- Healthfinder
Healthfinder is a gateway to selected reliable consumer health and
human services information. Healthfinder was developed by the United
States Department of Health and Human Services and can lead you to
numerous organizations, databases, web sites, and other resources which
produce reliable information for the public.
- WebMD - Better information. Better health.
The leading source for trustworthy and timely health and medical news and information.
Doctor
Information...
- American Medical Association
This site is probably most useful for itsDoctor
Finderwhich will allow you to search for a physician by location and/or medical specialty.
- Choice Trust/Health Pulse
You may search for a doctor by name or area of practice. For a fee,
this site will also allow you to get sanction information about your
doctor.
Drug
Information...
- MEDLINEplus
MEDLINEplus has a good selection on drug information.
- RxList: The Internet Drug Index
A good online version of a pill book. This web site includes everything
from how a drug should be used to side effects. A very thorough source
of drug information.
Specific
Conditions...
Legal
Reader’s Advisory
General
Interest...
- Oprah's Book List
Oprah's lists, plus other information about her authors, etc.
- Readinggroupguides.com
You needn't be in a reading group to use this site. The books suggested
are usually thought provoking and there are suggestions and help for
reading them. If you do have a reading group, the questions for each
book may be of help to you.
- What's Next
If you are reading a series and can't remember what book is next, or an
author has several series and you want to know which book goes where,
this site is a good one to try.
Specialized
Interests...
- Horror Writers Association
This site contains a list of the annual Stoker Awards, a few lists of
the Top 40 type and a number of links to other horror web sites.
- All About Romance
Go about half way down the page to the text and click on "printable
lists" for some interesting choices in a variety of romance types.
There are a number of other fun topics on this site.
- The Mystery Reader
Do you like "cozies" or "thrillers"? Only looking for new mystery
titles? Like a good historical mystery? This site not only lists them,
but rates them for you.
- Science Fiction Site: The Best in Science Fiction & Fantasy
Not only lists books, but interviews with authors and lots of other information.
- Star Wars Novels
A great site with the Star Wars books listed by series and in order.
- Western Writers of
America
A list of all the Spur Award winners from 1953 to the present.
Recreation
Tax Information
- Federal Tax Forms & Publications
Currently being phased out and replaced by a newer page, this is the
IRS official tax information page until sometime in late spring/early
summer 2001.
- Missouri Tax Forms & Publications
Updated Official website of the Missouri Department of Revenue.
- Yahoo! Tax Center
This site has a refund estimator, tax guides, tax advice, as well as
forms/publications available for downloading.
- U.S. Tax Code Online
The entire U.S. Tax Code/Statute is here along with a fairly useful search engine.
- International Tax Site
Tax information from a great many international countries (many of which provide some information in
English).
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