Dictionaries
   Encyclopedias
   Catalogs
   Directories

• Artcyclopedia provides links to electronic images of the works of more than 5,000 artists.
• World Wide Arts Resources
• National Gallery of Art Washington, D.C.
• The Art Institute of Chicago
• Museum of Contemporary Art - Chicago

Music

• All-Music Guide
• Billboard
• Chicago Symphony Orchestra
• Grammy Awards
• Lyric Opera
• Ravinia
• WFMT Fine Arts Network
• Harmony Central This Internet resource for musicians has a wide variety of links.
• The Ultimate Band List Bands, radio stations, clubs & concerts, charts, and news.
• POLLSTAR Find when and where to catch your favorite musical acts.

Movies

• All-Movie Guide
• Ebert & Roeper
• Hollywood Online Movies, TV, DVDs, Entertainment News, and Celebs
• Internet Movie Database Film facts.
• Oscar.com
• Reel.com
• Roger Ebert
• Rotten Tomatoes
• Movielink Searchable by ZIP code, film or theater for listings.

Television

• PBS
• TV Guide Online Search listings of programs both locally and for any region nationwide.

Sports

• Chicago Cubs Official site with this year's schedule
• Chicago White Sox Official Site with this year's schedule
• Schaumburg Flyers
• Kane County Cougars
• National College Athletic Association
• National Junior College Athletic Association
• ESPNET SportsZone
• CBS Sportsline
• CNN/SI from Cable News Network and Sports Illustrated.
• The Sporting News

Literature

• Bartleby Library Great books online, featuring American and English poetry.
• Indispensable Writing Resources Compiled by Dr. Randall S. Hansen of Stetson University, Florida.
• netLibrary The "Next Generation Library" offers the world's largest library of eBooks (electronic books). Titles in the public domain are free for viewing online or downloading.
• NoveList Plus A comprehensive readers' advisory resource for fiction and nonfiction.
• SparkNotes Online study guides to literature.

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Business and Investment

• Reference USA (American Business Disk) Business information. This product is for Rolling Meadows Library card holders only. Please have your card at hand when accessing this site.
• The Universal Currency Converter Allows you to perform interactive foreign exchange rate conversion on the Internet.
• Standard and Poors

Consumer Information

• Federal Consumer Information Center A service of the U.S. government.
• CompareNet, the Interactive Buyer's Guide Product comparison information. Categories include: Automotive, Electronics, Home & Garden, Home Office, Service, Software & Peripherals, and Sports & Leisure.
• Consumer Reports The #1 consumer magazine online. There is much information here for free, but users must register and pay for full access to all articles.
• Consumer World® is a public service site which has gathered over 1700 of the most useful consumer resources on the Internet, and categorized them for easy access.
• Consumer Search ratings and reviews from hundreds of print magazines and online sources.
• Productopia, "the essential online resource for consumers deciding what to buy and where to buy."
• Thomas Register of American Manufacturers

Cars

• Auto-By-Tel Pricing, research, market report, and links to local dealers.
• CarPoint from Microsoft Network; refers customers to dealers.
• Car Prices New and used prices 1989-1998, financing, insurance, classifieds, and title check.
• Edmund's Automobile Buyer's Guides
• Kelley Blue Book New Car Pricing and Bluebook Values
• N.A.D.A. Appraisal Guides

Job Search

• Career Development Resource Exchange (CADRE)
• The Definitive Chicago Area Job and Career Guide Compiled by Frances Roehm of the Skokie Public Library.
• Hot Jobs Search by keyword, location, job type or company.
• Job Source Network Directory to thousands of job sites worldwide.
• The Monster Board Career searches, employers' profiles, resumes on-line.
• Net-Temps is an employment portal targeted specifically to the contract and temporary employment markets.
• Quintessential Career and Job-Hunting Resources Guide Compiled by Dr. Randall S. Hansen of Stetson University, Florida.
• The Riley Guide--Employment Opportunities and Job Resources on the Internet
• USA Jobs The U.S. Government's official site for jobs and employment information provided by the United States Office of Personnel Management.
• WetFeet Inside insight on jobs and careers.

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Law and Government

• FindLaw: Internet Legal Resources
• LawSmart Services Free legal documents and forms.
• Martindale-Hubbell Lawyer Locator
• Self-Help Law Center from Nolo, "America's leading source of self-help legal information."

Taxes

• Internal Revenue Service: IRS-The Digital Daily Forms and publications available at this site for free downloading.
• Tax Forms: Federal & State Links to sites for downloading forms.
• Illinois Dept. of Revenue Official Site  www.revenue.state.il.us
• Tax Policy Special Report The Washington Post's special report on U.S. tax policy is a must-read for anyone concerned about their taxes.
• The Tax Prophet® Written by Robert Sommers, J.D., columnist for the San Francisco Examiner.
• TurboTax for the Web from Quicken.
• U.S. Tax Code On-Line

Voter Information

• Cook County Election Department
  Find out where you vote and information regarding candidates and referendum
• Project Vote Smart
  Information regarding candidates and referendum

United States

• GPO Access Online documents from the U.S. Government Printing Office.
• C-SPAN The online window to Congress; includes the Congressional Directory.
• Social Security Administration
• United States Postal Service Home Page
• stateline.org Facts and information on the fifty states.
• National Center for State Courts
• Congress on the Internet
• 50 States and Capitals Almost everything you need to know about the states. Also has news about the new state quarters.
• United Nations

Illinois

• IGI: Illinois Government Information
• Cook County Clerk's Office
• Cook County Assessor's Office Useful for the Residential Assessment Search.
• City of Chicago Home Page

Rolling Meadows

• City of Rolling Meadows Official homepage of the City of Rolling Meadows

Education

• Illinois High School Association Use this site to read announcements and to check on sports and other activities.
• U.S. News rankings and ratings.
            2004 College Rankings
           2004 Graduate Schools Rankings
• College Net for college catalogs and information on scholarships and financial aid.
• FinAid, the Financial Aid Information Page This page provides a free, comprehensive, independent, and objective guide to student financial aid.
• Federal Student  Aid Application Complete your Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) form online.
• ISAC OnLine The Illinois Student Assistance Commission (ISAC) is a one-stop financial aid center for all your college planning needs. ISAC helps make higher education accessible for students and their families.
• ILLINOISMentor™ Student information management system for college-bound students of all ages. From the Federation of Independent Illinois Colleges and Universities.
• The National Institute for Literacy
• School District 214 Community education courses that are offered online.

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Newspapers

• The Chicago Tribune
• The Chicago Sun-Times
• The Daily Herald
• Pioneer Press Publisher of the Rolling Meadows Review

Magazines

• Time Magazine
• Newsweek Magazine
• Better Homes and Garden
• Premiere Magazine
• Oprah
• Road & Track

General Information

• Searching for Information on the World Wide Web
• Libweb National and international libraries on the World Wide Web.
• The Library of Congress
• Librarians' Index to the Internet
• Argus Clearinghouse

Encyclopedias

• Britannica.com The encyclopedia online.
• Information Please Almanac

Dictionaries

• OneLook Dictionaries Over 2 million words in almost 500 dictionaries indexed.
• Acronym Finder Look up 132,000+ acronyms/abbreviations and their meanings.
• Language Dictionaries and Translators
• Your Dictionary Now linked to more than 400 dictionaries of over 130 different languages.
• Artcyclopedia provides links to electronic images of the works of more than 5,000 artists.

Telephone Directories

• GTE SuperPages
• InfoSpace
• Smart Pages (formerly Ameritech)
• Switchboard
• The Ultimates

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Science

• New Scientist: Planet Science Excellent site from the United Kingdom's top popular science magazine.
• Math.com The world of math online.
• The Nine Planets Take a tour of the solar system; excellent photographs of the planets and their moons.
• Periodic Table: WebElements Learn about the chemical elements in multimedia.

Weather

• Intellicast Weather USA and international.
• Tom Skilling's Weather Page Current readings and forecast for Chicagoland from WGN-TV.
• Weather.com

Social Sciences

• The Time Service Department Master clock from the U.S. Naval Observatory, the official source of time in the United States.
• The World Population Counter Current world population.
• Information Please The famous almanacs integrated with Random House Webster's Dictionary and the Columbia Encyclopedia. This Website offers millions of up-to-the-minute facts and statistics covering just about everything.

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 History

The Rolling Meadows Historical File Online

The Rolling Meadows Library houses images, articles, and artifacts about the city of Rolling Meadows from before its founding to the present day. As part of a grant from the State of Illinois the library is converting many of the items in its Historical File to digital form for viewing over the Internet.
http://www.digitalpast.org/

Geography

Maps

• Atlapedia Online contains full color physical and political maps as well as key facts and statistics on countries of the world.
• Vicinity Corporation's MapBlast! Custom-make your own map at this interactive site.
• How Far Is It?This service uses the University of Michigan Geographic Name Server and a supplementary database of world cities to find the latitude and longitude of two places, and then calculates the distance between them (as the crow flies). It also provides a map showing the two places, using the Xerox PARC Map Server.
• MapsOnUs Complete travel planner with maps, routes, yellow pages, and weather reports.
• MapQuest! What's the best route from Biloxi to Bogalusa? This free, interactive street atlas of the continental United States does everything but drive you there.
• TopoZone The Web's center for topographic map users and outdoor recreation enthusiasts. This site works with the United States Geographical Survey to create the Web's first interactive topographical map of the entire United States.

Travel

• Rough Guides
• Lonely Planet
• Currency Conversion Calculator Use to find exchange rates for foreign currency.
• What Time Is It? "The Net's most complete database of world time."
• The Universal Currency Converter Allows you to perform interactive foreign exchange rate conversion on the Internet.

U.S. State Department

• Bureau of Consular Affairs
• Travel Warnings & Consular Information Sheets
• Rulers This site contains lists of heads of state and heads of government (and, in certain cases, de facto leaders which don't occupy either of those formal positions) of all countries and territories.
• 50 States and Capitals Almost everything you need to know about the states. Also has news about the new state quarters.

Weather

• Intellicast Weather USA and international.
• Tom Skilling's Weather Page Current readings and forecast for Chicagoland from WGN-TV.
• Weather.com

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