Addresses and Telephone Numbers:

• Any Who: Internet Directory Assistance (From AT&T, a telephone yellow pages, white pages and reverse look-up site
  

• ZIPcode Look-up Directory -- use this handy tool to find ZIPcodes.

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Dictionaries and Encyclopedias

• Encyclopedia Britannica and more from

• YourDictionary.com -- 1500+ dictionaries representing more than 230 languages)

• Phrase Finder -- Meanings and Origins of Phrases, sayings, cliches and quotes. Phrases are arranged alphabetically. There is a search feature that will search both the list and the discussion board that drives it.

• Babelfish Translation service--Translate phrases and entire websites from 11 languages into English, and vice versa!

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Books, Reading & Literature

• Literature Resources from

• New York Times Bestseller List

• Great reads...if you like -- If there's a particular author you like and you have read all she/he wrote, find someone else who writes in the same style!

• Maine Writers Index

• Historical Fiction for the young at heart--this great list is broken down by region and time.

• Online Literary Criticism Collection -- From the Internet Public Library -- over 1000 sites with critical and biographical information on British and American writers.

• Information for Reading Groups

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Business & Investing

• Business Resources from
• State of Maine Financial Education Resources
• Investment Research Guides-- This information provided by Humboldt State University Library has good links to many investment resources.
• Ohio State University's Virtual Finance library --A great portal to sites for information about finance, banking, and investing.

• Hoovers.com -- Basic company information

• BigCharts --This site is most useful for its historical stock quotes.

• The Foundation Center -- Raising money for a worthy cause? This should be your first stop!

• Sample Business Plans -- This site provides lists of small business types and a corresponding sample business plan, profile or book about the business with sources provided after each entry

• Yahoo Finance -- This site for investing and personal finance provides U.S. and international stock quotes with minimal delay when markets are open, as well as historical stock quotes and other market information.

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Careers, Employment & Jobs

• Maine Career Center: This site has links to employment assistance (resume and interview tips), job fairs, employment services for veterans, regional and state job banks, and unemployment resources.
• Career One Stop -- Career information,  resumes, interview tips, and finding jobs.

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History and Genealogy

• Country Studies (from the Library of Congress) Up-to-date, accurate information about the countries of the world

Genealogy:

• Cyndi's List of Genealogy Sites on the Internet
• Family Search from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints
• First Parish Cemetery in York, Maine -- Scroll down the first page to access the Alphabetical Burial Index

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Health

• Health Resources from
  
• MedlinePlus -- From the National Library of Medicine, MEDLINEplus will direct you to reliable  information to help answer health questions.
  

•  Information on the H1N1 Flu in Maine

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Newspaper & Magazine Articles

• Newspaper & Magazine Articles from

• York Weekly

• The York Independent

• The Portsmouth Herald

• News & Newspapers Online -- This site collects links to virtual newspapers and news sites from around the world.

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