Other Useful Web Sites

• Consumer Services** (Includes sites recommended by Smart Money Magazine)

• Baby Products: www.babycenter.com

• Bill Paying Online: www.quicken.com 

• Books: www.amazon.com 

• Books (Rare): www.alibris.com

• Autos: www.autoweb.com

• Cameras: www.outpost.com

• Careers (Job Hunting): www.monster.com

• Clothing: www.nordstrom.com

• Computer Hardware: www.necx.com

• Computer Software: www.buy.com 

• Credit Cards: www.bankrate.com

• Education (College Prep): www.review.com

• Education (College Research): www.embark.com and www.campustours.com 

• Education (Financial Aid--General Information): www.finaid.org

• Education (Financial Aid--Scholarships): www.fastweb.com

• Education (Textbooks): www.bestbookbuys.com and www.textbooks.com

• Flowers: www.flowerbud.com

• Furniture: www.furniture.com

• Gardening: www.garden.com

• Gourmet Food: www.tavolo.com or www.cajungrocer.com

• Groceries: www.peapod.com

• Hardware: www.cornerhardware.com

• Health Care (Medical Information): www.onhealth.com

• Health Care (Physician Referral):  www.healthgrades.com

• Health Care (Prescription Drugs): www.planetRX.com 

• Homes (Buying and Selling): www.realtor.com or www.owners.com

• Homes (Home Improvement): www.ourhouse.com

• Homes (Mortgages): www.E-loan.com

• Homes (Moving): www.homefair.com or www.virtualrelocation.com

• Immigration Information: www.immigrationlinks.com 

• Insurance: Quicken Insurance www.insuremarket.com

• Office Management: www.onebox.com

• Personal Loans: www.LendingTree.com

• Phones (Best Telephone Deals): www.decide.com or www.ubundle.com 

• Toys: www.eToys.com 

• Travel: www.expedia.com or www.lowestfare.com 

• Travel (Business Travel): www.biztravel.com 

• Travel (Hotel Reservations): www.Travelocity.com 

• Travel Gear: www.rei.com 

• Videos and DVDs: www.checkout.com 

• Wine: www.wine.com or www.rarewine.com 
  

• Customs and Cultures

  • Ethnic Americans - Organizations and Resources

    • African Immigration in the Modern Era http://www.clis.umd.edu/~mddlinddl/791/communities/html/africanmd.html

    • Asian American Immigration http://www.kimsoft.com/asam-org.htm

    • Asian American Links http://www.aarising.com/aalink/

    • Asian American Links http://a-s.clayton.edu/dfisher/asian.htm

    • Asian American Supersite http://www.tiweb.com/

    • European Americans http://jasmine.esu10.k12.ne.us/~staffdev/EuropeanAmericans.html

    • General - Ethnic Americans http://www.ameasite.org/

    • General - Ethnic, Religious, and National Index http://feefhs.org/ethnic.html

    • German Americans http://www.german-usa.com/

    • German Greek American Information http://www.dictyon.com/ntarl/greek.html

    • Greek American Business Internet Directory http://www.grab.com/

    • Hispanic Americans http://www.slcc.edu/b10/deidre/race8/index.html

    • Who Are Hispanic Americans? http://www.ed.gov/pubs/FaultLine/who.html

    • Hungarian American Coalition http://194.149.31.100/hac/

    • Indian Americans - National Federation of Indian Association, Inc. http://www.sourceindia2.com/nfia/index.htm

    • Iranian Americans http://www-path.eecs.berkeley.edu/~soheila/madar-pedar.html

    • Italian Americans - National Italian American Foundation http://www.niaf.org/

    • Middle Eastern Americans http://www.sjpl.lib.ca.us/Outreach/cultures/midint.htm

    • Polish American Association http://www.polish.org/

    • Polish American Network Website http://pan.net/

    • Russian Americans - Yellow Pages http://webideas.com/yellowpages/eng/index.htm

    • Swiss Americans - Swiss Clubs in US by State http://www.swissemb.org/clubs/html/listing.html

    • Swiss American Web http://www.usasiwss.org/swissweb/

    • Ukranian Americans http://www.ukrweekly.com/   

  • International Recipes - 1000's of International Recipes and Cooking Tips http://creative-homeliving.com/world_kitchen/home.stm 

  • Wedding Customs from 31 Countries http://member.aol.com/MJKarl/ethnic.htm

  • World Cultures: Concepts and Terms for Individual Cultures and Historical Periods http://www.wsu.edu:8080/~dee/ 

• Entertainment

  • AudioFind - Listen to Music on the internet. http://www.audiofind.com/

  • Broadcast.com: Listen to live radio http://www.broadcast.com

  • Internet Movie Database - Listing of over 170,000 movie titles. http://www.imdb.com

  • MIDI Jukebox  http://www.officetowers.com/Cyborg/jukebox.htm

  • MP3 - Moplay 1.2+ - Download and play music on the internet. http://www-inst.eecs.berkeley.edu/~ctsay/mp2win32.html

  • Real Player F2 - Listen to Music while you surf the web. http://www.real.com/products/player/

• Financial

  • Answer Financial Queries http://www.financenter.com/calcs.html

  • Company Sleuth - Get information about companies you do business with or invest in. http://www.companysleuth.com

  • Federal and State Tax Information http://coast.lib.uncivil.edu/govdocs/taxes.htm

  • Foreign Currency Converter http://www.xe.net/currency/

  • INSWeb: Find Cheaper Insurance http://www.insweb.com

  • MasterCard/Cirrus ATM Locator http://www.mastercard.com/atm

  • Non-Resident Alien Taxation - Memo Issued by the State of Florida, but Guidelines Apply Nationwide http://www.upfa.fsu.edu/control/nonsident.html

  • US Tax Treaties (Countries that have tax treaties with the US) http://www.immigrationlinks.com/research/gov01.htm

  • Visa ATM Locator http://www.visa.com/atms

• Health

  • AMA Physician Select On-Line Doctor Finder http://www.ama-assn.org/aps/amahg.htm

  • American Cancer Society http://www.cancer.org 

  • CDC Travel Information: Stay Healthy Overseas http://www.cdc.gov/travel/

  • CenterWatch - Clinical Trials Listing Service http://www.centerwatch.com 

  • Consumer's Health Site http://www.cbs.healthwatch.com 

  • Discovery Health Online http://www.discoveryhealth.com/DH 

  • Dr. Koop's Health Community (Library of Online Resources) http://www.drkoop.com

  • Hardin Meta Directory of Health http://www.lib.uiowa.edu/hardin/md 

  • InteliHealth: Look up Home Health Info http://www.intelihealth.com/IH/ihtlH

  • Johns Hopkins University Health Center http://www.intelihealth.com 

  • Mayo Clinic Health Oasis: Look up Medical Info http://www.mayohealth.org

  • National Cancer Institute http://cancernet.nci.nih.gov 

  • National Institutes of Health's Gateways http://www.nih.gov/health 

  • National Women's Health Information Center http://www.4women.gov 

  • Tufts University Nutrition Navigator http://www.navigator.tufts.edu 

  • University of Pennsylvania Cancer Center http://www.oncolink.com 

  • WebMD National News Center http://www.webmd.com 

• Immigration Web Sites

  • Australia Government Immigration Site: http://www.immi.gov.au/ 

• Internet Search Engines

  • AltaVista: http://www.altavista.com

  • Excite: http://www.excite.com

  • GoTo: http://www.goto.com

  • HotBot: http://www.hotbot.com

  • Infoseek: http://www.infoseek.com

  • iTools--Choose from various Search Engines: www.itools.com

  • Lycos: http://www.lycos.com

  • WebCrawler: http://www.webcrawler.com

  • Yahoo: http://www.yahoo.com

• Language / Dictionaries

  • Definition of words from 545 Dictionaries http://www.onelook.com

  • Dictionary.Com--Dictionary / Thesaurus, etc.:  http://www.dictionary.com 

  • English Testing - Educational Testing Service http://www.ets.org

  • Free Online Dictionary of Computing—Computer Terminology: http://wfn-shop.princeton.edu/foldoc/  
  • Hypertext Webster Interface—Get a definition and hyperlink to related words: http://gs213.sp.cs.cmu.edu/prog/webster
    
    

  • Learn Languages Online

    • Chinese - Mandarin and Shanghai http://moby.ucdavis.edu/Coursepages/Cantonese_1-3/hotlink.htm

    • French http://hyperion.advanced.org/12447/contents.html

    • German http://206.211.90.98/german/

    • Italian http://www.cyberitalian.com/

    • Japanese http://www.gis.net/~gensure/japanese.htm

    • Spanish http://www.umr.edu/~amigos/Virtual/

  • LegalDefinitions.com: Dictionary of Legal Terms: http://www.legal-definitions.com/

  • Look up Foreign Words: A Web of Online Dictionaries http://www.facstaff.bucknell.edu/rbeard/diction.html

  • Medicine Net: www.medicinenet.com/mni.asp?articlekey=518
    
    

  • NetLingo—The Language of the Internet: www.netlingo.com/index.html

  • Notable Citizens of Planet Earth—Information on Historical Figures: www.tiac.net/users/parallax
    
    

  • OneLook Dictionaries: Look up a Word http://www.onelook.com

  • Online Language Translator http://babelfish.altavista.com/cgi-bin/translate?

  • Phrase and Fable Dictionary: www.mk.net/~dt/Bibliomania/Reference/PhraseAndFable
    
    
  • Semantic Rhyming Dictionary: www.cs.cmu.edu/~dougb/rhyme.html
    
    
  • Sign Language--The Basic Dictionary of American Sign Language: http://www.masterstech.com/ASLDict.html
    
    
  • Tech Encyclopedia—Computer Terminology: http://www.techweb.com/encyclopedia/defineterm.cgi
    
    

  • Translation Dictionaries Online (for Free) http://dictionaries.travlang.com/

  • WashingtonPost.Com Business Glossary--Business, Financial, and Real Estate terms: www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/business/longterm/glossary/glossary.htm
    
    

• Mail / Shipping

  • DHL Worldwide Express: Track a Package http://www.dhl.com

  • FedEx http://www.fedex.com

  • InterShipper: Find the Best Shipping Rate http://www.intershipper.net

  • MoversNet: Forward your Mail http://www.usps.gov/moversnet

  • UPS http://www.ups.com

  • United States Postal Service http://www.usps.com

  • US Postal Service ZIP+4 Code Lookup: Look up ZIP Codes http://www.usps.gov/ncsc/lookups/lookup_zip+4.html

• People Search

  • Adoption Search--Names and Addresses of Everyone Born on a Specific Date: http://locateme.com/adopt.htm
    
    
  • AnyBirthday.com--Search for Any Person's Birthday: http://www.anybirthday.com/
    
    
  • AnyWho.com--Find a Business or Person in the US: http://anywho.com/
     
    
  • AT&T Net Find: http://www.att.net/find/
    
    
  • Cyndi's List--Great Genealogy Web Site: http://www.cyndislist.com
    
    

  • Family History Research Center http://www.kindredkonnections.com/
    

  • Find Family on the Internet www.bighugs.com

  • Genealogy Research Online - WorldGenWeb http://www.worldgenweb.org/

  • Find Current Telephone numbers http://www.anywho.com

  • Find Phone numbers, E-mail addresses, Etc.. http://www.switchboard.com

  • InfoSpace—People Search: http://206.129.166.101/people.html
    
    
  • PC411—Phone Numbers and Addresses: http://www.pc411.com
    
    
  • Phonebooke—Find who owns certain phone numbers: www.phonebooke.com
    
    

  • Switchboard--Find Phone #s, E-Mail Addresses, etc.:  http://www.switchboard.com/

  • The Ultimates: White Pages http://theultimates.com

  • USPS Zip+4 Code Lookup—Find US Postal Zip Codes: http://www.usps.gov/ncsc/lookups/lookup_zip+4.html
    
    

  • WhoWhere?: Find e-mail addresses http://www.whowhere.lycos.com

  • Yahoo! People Search—Phone Number and E-mail searcher: www.yahoo.com/search/people/email.html
    
    
  • Zip2—Find Business Addresses, Phone Numbers, and How to Get There: www.zip2.com
    
    

• Reference / Encyclopedias

  • Britannica Online: www.eb.com
    • Britannica Encyclopedia--Free Version: www.Britannica.com
      
      
  • CIA World Factbook--International Statistics, Maps, and Other Data: www.odci.gov/cia/publications/factbook 
    
    
  • Compton’s Encyclopedia Online: www.comptons.com
    
    
  • Electric Library: www.elibrary.com
    
    

  • Employment Opportunities - Search Over 230,000 Job Opportunities http://www.monster.com/
    

  • Employment Opportunities - Jobs and Careers http://gopher.gla.ac.uk/Otherdepts/Careers/worldjobs.html

  • Encarta Online: http://encarta.msn.com/EncartaHome.asp
    
    

  • English Language Programs http://www.petersons.com/elp/

  • Every Rule--All kinds of rules, from games to warfare: www.Everyrule.com 

  • FedStats: Get Government Stats http://www.fedstats.gov

  • Foreign Study Programs of US Students http://www.petersons.com/studyabrd/us.html

  • Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia Online: http://gme.grolier.com/
    
    

  • International Law - Documents and Treaties http://www.un.org/law/

  • LibrarySpot--Almanacs, Databases, Calculators, etc.: www.libraryspot.com 

  • Martindale's - Extensive Reference Site including calculators, world maps, foreign dictionaries, business and travel information, and hundreds of other outstanding topics. http://www-sci.lib.uci.edu/HSG/Ref.html

  • Researchpaper.com: www.researchpaper.com
     
  • Telephone--International Dialing Codes: http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/dialing.html
    
    

  • USNO Master Clock Time: Set your watch http://tycho.usno.navy.mil/what.html

  • US Colleges and Universities http://www.petersons.com/

  • Vital Records - How and Where to Obtain Birth, Death, Marriage and Death Certificates http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/howto/w2w/w2welcom.htm

  • Web Calendar - Keep track of important dates, events, etc. http://www.briefcase.com

  • World Clock--International Time Zones: http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/

  • World Wide Web Virtual Library: http://vlib.org/Overview.html
    
    

• Travel / Maps

  • Airline On-Time Statistics http://www.bts.gov/ntda/oai/

  • Bestfares.com: Find the Best Airfare http://www.bestfares.com

  • Census Tract Street Locator (Look up street adresses by state or county) http://tier2.census.gov/ctsl/ctsl.htm

  • DeLorne CyberMaps http://www.delorne.com/CyberMaps

  • Etakguide: www.etakguide.com

  • Judicial Assistance to US Citizens Abroad (From US State Department) http://travel.state.gov/judicial_assistance.html

  • Mapquest - Maps, City Guides, Driving Directions, etc. http://www.mapquest.com

  • Maps On Us--AutoPilot: http://www.mapsonus.com

  • Microsoft Expedia Maps: www.expediamaps.com/DrivingDirections.asp

  • Passport Services and Information (From US State Department) http://travel.state.gov/passport_services.html

  • Services and Information for US Citizens Abroad (From US State Department http://travel.state.gov/acs.html

  • TheTrip.com FlightTracker http://www.thetrip.com/usertools/flighttracking

  • Tips for Americans Residing Abroad http://travel.state.gov/americansabroad.html

  • Virtual Relocation: Get help relocating http://www.virtualrelocation.com

  • Visa Requirements for Entry to Foreign Countries:  http://travel.state.gov/foreignentryreqs.html

  • World Time--Time Zone Converter: http://www.timezoneconverter.com/ 

  • Weather Reports: http://www.weather.com

• US History

  • The Declaration of Independence http://www.constitutionfacts.com/doi.shtml

  • The Declaration of Independence - A History From the National Archives) http://www.nara.gov/exhall/charters/declaration/dechist.html

  • Ellis Island - the National Immigration Museum http://www.ellisisland.org/

  • Ellis Island--Ship Manifests from 1892-1924: http://www.ellisislandrecords.org 

  • History Channel - Great US and World History Site http://www.historychannel.com/

  • Immigration & the US - good resource for information on the history of immigration in the US http://www.usc.edu/isd/archives/ethnicstudies/immig_main.html

  • Inaugural Addresses of the Presidents of the United States http://www.cc.columbia.edu/acis/bartleby/inaugural/index.html

  • National Historic Landmarks (US) http://www.cr.nps.gov/nhl/index.htm

  • Presidents of  the United States - Historical Facts on All US Presidents http://www.ipl.org/ref/POTUS

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