THE DOLORES PUBLIC LIBRARY PRESENTS
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BOOKS, AUTHORS & LITERATURE
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ACLIN's Colorado Business & Consumer Resources - links to Colorado's Small Business Administration, Business Assistance Center, and Office of Business Development as well as an online Business Start-up kit.
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Aurora Public Library's Virtual Business Library - links to carefully evaluated sites dealing with general business resources, careers, investments, relocation, small business, international business, and statistics.
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Business Resource Center - advice on everything from business plans to financing options.
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Business Resources on the Web - maintained by the University of Miami.
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BusinessWire - a corporate news release service.
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CompaniesOnline Search - Database of information on 60,000 publicly and privately held companies. A service of Dun and Bradsteet and Lycos.
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Franchise Handbook: On-Line - includes a directory of franchises.
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Small Business Advisor - information to assist the entrepreneur in starting and operating a successful business.
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U.S. Small Business Administration - includes 31 most asked business questions, business plans, minority small business and more.
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WomenBiz - for women business owners and entrepreneurs.
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Aurora Public Library's Virtual Business Library - links to carefully evaluated sites dealing with general business resources, CAREERS, investments, relocation, small business, international business, and statistics.
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Career Resource Homepage - maintained by Rensselaer's Career Development Center, this is a comprehensive and well-organized index to the job and employment resources on the Internet.
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Federal Jobs Central - includes a search tool for federal jobs.
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Occupational Outlook Handbook - the Government's premier career reference book on occupations and tomorrow's job market.
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Overseas Jobs - search their database, subscribe to their newspaper, or link to international or summer job resources.
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Princeton Review - get a glimpse of the real you and start the process of figuring out what career is right for you with their Birkman Career Style Summary.
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Colleges and Universities - alphabetical list of over 3000 college and University Web sites.
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Colorado Department of Education - includes CO school districts, standards based education, educator information and services, etc.
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Education World
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Fort Lewis College- Durango's own four year college.
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Home Schooling Resources - homeschooling information for everyone from the slightly curious to the veteran activist.
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Monte Vista's Online Academy - offers a high school diploma that can be earned through their distance learning program.
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Peterson's Education Center - searchable databases of graduate study, colleges and universities, K-12 schools, distance education, etc.
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U.S. Department of Education - news, grant information, online publications for parents and children, etc.
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Innkeepers Share Their Culinary Delights - gourmet recipes from the kitchens of Inns across the US and Canada.
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FoodWeb - FoodWeb is a World Wide Web site dedicated to the purchase, preparation, study and enjoyment of food.
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Recipe Finder - desserts, dips, appetizers, meals, and more.
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Vegetarian Society of Colorado - recipes, information on vegetarianism, links to other Web resources, Colorado dining guide, etc.
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Biography - browsable, searchable biographical dictionary based on theCambridge Biographical Encyclopedia.
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Family Tree Maker Online - the place to find and share your family history from the creators of Family Tree MakerTM, the #1-selling genealogy software.
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Plains & Peaks' WWW
Genealogy Sites - links to many genealogy resources.
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Social Security Death Index - the Death Master File from the Social Security Administration contains over 50 million records created from SSA payment records.
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United States Vital Records Information - where to get vital records from each state, county and territory in U.S. and includes genealogy links by state.
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West (PBS series) - includes biographical dictionary of historical figures significant in the history of the West.
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Code of Federal Regulations -
The Code of Federal Regulations contains the text of public regulations issued
by the agencies of the Federal government.
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Colorado Government
- includes elected officials, state agencies, tax forms, etc.
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Digital Daily -
clever daily tax publication by the IRS that has the look of an old-time
newspaper.
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FedWorld - a comprehensive central
access point for searching, locating, ordering and acquiring government and
business information.
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Government Information Sharing Project
- created and maintained by the Oregon State University Library,
the project provides Web access to a variety of federal statistical information
issued on CD-ROM and distributed through the Federal Depository Library Program.
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La Plata County Government
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Patent Server Home Page - access
to over 26 years of U.S. Patent & Trademark Office patent descriptions
as well as the last 17 years of images.
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Thomas - legislative information
on the Internet courtesy of the U.S. Congress through its library.
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U.S. Patent & Trademark Home Page - information about applying for patents and trademarks.
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University
of Colorado Government Publications Library - includes Colorado by
the Numbers, an online statistical abstract of Colorado.
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White House - includes
today's releases, a virtual library of speeches and documents, a tour, a section for kids, and more.
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ACHOO: The Internet Health Directory - Yahoo-like browsable and searchable directory of Internet accessible medical resources.
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ACLIN's Health & Medicine - provides
health information for Colorado residents with emphasis on state and local
resources.
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Hardin Meta Directory of Internet Health Resources (Hardin MD) - a massive list of lists by medical specialty that leads to other lists before you can choose a resource.
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Health A to Z - browsable and searchable database of health information, exclusively cataloged by medical professionals.
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HealthWeb - a collaborative project designed to provide organized access to health-related Internet resources, sponsored by the Committee on Institutional Cooperation (CIC) and the Greater Midwest Region of the National Network of Libraries of Medicine.
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Medical World Search - The search engine recognizes medical terms in queries and automatically expands them into synonyms and more specific medical phrases, then searches for these terms in the contents of medically relevant Web pages.
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MedicineNet - features an online medical glossary and information on diseases as well as a pharmacy section with information on generic and brand name drugs.
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Merck Manual of diagnosis and Therapy (16th edition, 1992) - a browsable, searchable version of the medical reference standard with figures, tables, and index.
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MedScape - a free service that features thousands of full-text, peer-reviewed articles, medical news, free Medline searching, and Medline full-text document delivery for a fee. MedScape requires registration, but no fee.
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Medline from HealthGate - offers free search interface to Medline, the database of medial literature produced by the National Library of Medicine. Can limit search to only those citations that include an abstract. Offers full-text document delivery for a fee.
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HISPANIC & LATINO RESOURCES
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Fantastico - [Spanish search engine] El único buscador en español que le permite buscar en los grupos de noticias, imagenes y webs en otros idiomas!
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Hispanos Unidos - Forum dedicated to serving the Hispanic community - includes information on health, entertainment, careers, etc.
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Lando's Latino
Links - maintained by Orlando Archibeque, Social Science Bibliographer
at the Auraria Library in Denver, CO.
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LatinoWeb - Virtual information center for Latino resources for the purpose of empowering the Latino community.
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El Mundo latino - [Spanish search engine] Mundo Latino fue uno de las primeras webs hispanas que se presentaron en Internet hace más de 2 años. Desde entonces pasaron más de un millón personas por nuestras páginas. La web tiene mucha fama y prestigio y hemos ganado varios premios importantes. Cada mes salen artículos sobre nuestra web o nuestras actividades en la prensa.
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Yupi - [Spanish search engine] Este canal de navegación fue creado pensando en los millones de personas de habla hispana alrededor del mundo que constantemente navegan por el Information Super Highway con fines personales o comerciales, o en busca de información y entretenimiento.
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Human-Language Page - a comprehensive catalog of language-related Internet resources which includes language lessons, translating dictionaries, native literature, translation services, software, language schools.
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TravLang's Foreign Languages for Travelers - phrase books for over 40 languages with audio pronunciation guides.
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ACLIN - telnet search of the catalogs and information databases of many Colorado Libraries.
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CARLWEB - web search of the UNCOVER journal index or the catalogs and information databases of many CARL and MARMOT Libraries.
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Library of Congress - exhibitions and research
tools, as well as access to the library catalog.
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Library Servers via WWW - links to libraries.
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Dr. HTML - web page authors and the people who maintain web pages can use Dr. HTML to check spelling, validate HTML structure, check the links on a web page to make sure they still work, and more.
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Learn2 - has instructions on all the essential and esoteric life skills your parents forgot to teach you.
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Parent's Place - articles on parenting as well as opportunities for parenting dialog and shopping.
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American Stock Exchange - market summary includes volume, most active, largest percentage gains and declines.
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Currency Converter - convert 164 currencies to another currency using the rate of exchange 1990 to the present.
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FinAid - the financial aid information
page for students.
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Finance on the WWW -
maintained by the Institute of Finance and Banking at the University of
Göttingen.
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Financial Times- offers the highlights of today's newspaper. Requires registration but no fee.
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The Foundation Center - for grantseekers
and grantmakers.
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HomeOwners Finance Center - latest interest rates and market trends, mortgage calculator, mortage dictionary.
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Yahoo Finance - enter a stock symbol and get detailed stock quotes, detailed views of selected stocks, chart views, analyst opinions, links to company news, SEC reports, and concise company profiles.
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American Indian Ethnobotany Database - searchable database of plants used as food, drugs, dyes, and fibers by Native Americans.
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Envirotext - includes the full text of over 2500 Native American Treaties, Presidential Executive Orders and memoranda relating to the U.S. Native American policy.
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Index of Native American Resources on the Internet - culture, language, history, art, nations, genealogy, organizations, activist sites, etc.
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NativeTech's Links to Native American Resources - comprehensive list of subject links in frame format.
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Southern Ute Tribe - history,
enterprises, government, etc.
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NEWS & NEWSPAPERS
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The Democratic Party - hearings, news, get active, what's hot.
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GOP Mainstreet - The Republican National Committee page.
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National Political Index - an index of substantive political information for voters, political activists, political consultants, lobbyists, politicians, academicians, and media editors.
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Area Code Lookup - this
site, covering the U.S. and Canada, leads to much more than just area codes.
You can find yellow and white page directories as well as maps.
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Switchboard - anyone with a Web
browser can look up the names, phone number and street addresses of friends,
colleagues and businesses.
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Virtual Facts on File - an extensive collection of links to ready reference sources.
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Zip Code Lookup - a U.S. Postal Service site.
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SPORTS & RECREATION
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CIA World Fact Book - basic information on countries of the world.
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City Net - browsable and searchable information on cities around the world.
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Fodors Travel Service - hotel and restaurant
finder, personal trip planner, cruise news, and more.
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Great Outdoor Recreation Pages (GORP) - the "attractions" page features extensive information on National Parks & Forests, Wilderness & Wildlife Areas, Marine Sacntuaries, National Seashores & Historic Sites, Cultural Sites, and Battlegrounds.
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Hotel & Travel Index Online - browsable and searchable database of hotel links on the Web from the publishers of the print version.
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Lonely Planet Travel Guides -
latest travel information, from their authors, researchers, and fellow travellers.
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Map Collection at the U of Texas at Austin - includes world maps by region as well as a collection of historical maps.
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MapQuest Interactive Atlas - enter a street address to generate a zoomable map or calculate a route for driving between U.S. cities.
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Preview Travel - searchable database with access to flight schedules and fares for 700 airlines, as well as hotels and car rentals. Requires registration, but no fee.
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Travelocity Hotel, Car, Airline Reservations - searchable database which uses Sabre reservation service for airline flights. Requires registration, but no fee.
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CNN Weather - U.S. and world forecasts, weather maps, storm centers, and allergy reports.
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Intellicasts World Weather Forcasts - current and four-day forcasts for selected cities worldwide as well as a weather almanac and links to satellite images.
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World Climate - searchable database with 85,000 records of world climate data by city name.
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Last revised Februray 1998