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News Organizations Local Resources Education and Financial Aid Genealogy
Search Engines Local Libraries Travel RSS Feeds
Government Resources Health Resources Legal Resources Business and Finance Resources
Starting a Small Business Other Websites of Interest    

 

News Organizations:

National Public Radio
Aljazeera in English
Israel News
BBC World News Service
ITAR-TASS Russian News
PanAfrican News Agency
CNN
MSNBC
Google News
WGGB: Channel 40
WWLP: Channel 22
Greenfield Recorder
USA Today
Boston Globe
Boston Herald
Flyby News
AlterNet
New England Cable News
Cursor.org a site with links to national and international newspapers, magazines, online news sites, television and radio links, and commentary.
MASSLive
WFCR (NPR -- Amherst, MA)
WHAI 98.3

Local Resources:

C/W MARS Digital Treasures Project
Greenfield Recorder
MASSLive
WFCR (NPR -- Amherst, MA)
WHAI 98.3
Connecticut Valley Historical Museum
Western MA Genealogical Society
Greenfield Community Television
Weather for Greenfield
Magic Wings Butterfly Conservatory
Historic Deerfield
Franklin County Publications Archive Index
Association for Gravestone Studies
CISA (Community Involved in Sustaining Agriculture)
NESEA (Northeast Sustainable Energy Association)
Western MA Food Bank
Western Mass Web Guide Online
The Greenfield Optimist
Food Pundit (interactive restaurant reviews)
Massachusetts Coalition for the Homeless
FreeGreenfield.com
Community Conservation Resources
WesternMAWorks.com (job searches)

Education and Financial Aid:

Scholarshiphelp.org
Fastweb.com (scholarship search)
Scholarship Resource Network Express
Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA)
FinAid!: The SmartStudent Guide to Financial Aid
College Savings Plans Network
Saving for College
College Answer: the Planning for College Destination
Learning on the Go! (Distance Learning from the Literacy Project)
BBC Languages (Learn a language in your own time! -- French, Mandarin Chinese, Urdu, and more!
Internet Picture Dictionary
Onelook.com (looks up words in more than 900 online dictionaries)
MA Curriculum Frameworks
Education Resources Information Center (ERIC)
StudyGuideZone
CollegeBoard.com
StudyTips.org

Genealogy:

Boston Globe Genealogy Databases (apply for an e-card and use most of the BPL's databases free for six months!)
Cyndi's List
Ancestry.com (requires registering)
RootsWeb
National Archives the U.S. National Archives and Records Administration
Western MA Genealogical Society
Piperpublishing.com Over 500 FREE detailed landowner maps of Masssachusetts from 1871-1876
FamilySearch.org

Search Engines:

Google.com
Alltheweb.com
Yahoo.com
grokker.com
MSN
Clusty
Ask.com
EZ2Find

Local Libraries:

Franklin Medical Center's Consumer Health Library
Massachusetts Trial Court Law Libraries (Franklin Law Library)
Greenfield Community College
Stoneleigh-Burnham School Library
UMASS Amherst Library
Five College Catalog (UMASS, Smith, Mt. Holyoke, Hampshire, Amherst)

Travel:

Bookingbuddy.com (finding travel companions)

Lonely Planet Online (travel information)
Fodor's Online
US State Department Travel Information
Traveler's Heatlh
Travelforkids.com
The Savvy Traveler
SeatGuru.com

Traveling with disabilities

RSS Feeds:

Bloglines.com (web-based RSS Feed Reader)
Free RSS Reader from CNET
What's New/Hot Topics
Boston Globe (scroll all the way to the bottom of the page)
National Public Radio
New York Times RSS Feeds
Fictionwise e-books
World Weather Feeds
Podcastalley.com (features podcasts - shows - for your RSS reader)
RSS Reader Feeds (includes sports, entertainment, politics, education, and International Feeds)
Libraries for My Friends
LibVibe
Job Hunting

Government Resources:

Massachusetts State Government
Town of Greenfield
Federal Government Information
Federal Tax Forms
MA State Tax Forms
Other State Tax Forms
MA Office of Child Care Services
MA Elder Care Services
MA Registry of Motor Vehicles
MA Physician Profiles
Massachusetts Coalition for the Homeless
MA Housing Assistance
Community Conservation Resources
Grants.gov
Portals to the World
National Governors Association
MA Food Stamp Program
EPA.gov

Health Resources:

MA Physician Profiles
Holyoke Consumer Health Library (links en español)
CAPHIS Top 100 Health Websites You Can Trust
NELCWIT (Women in Transition)
Massachusetts General Hospital (Treadwell Library)
MEDLINEplus (Health information from the National Library of Medicine)
MEDLINEplus en español
Asian Language Health Information
MedlinePlus Go Local (information on health services by MA locations)
MA Community Health Information Profile
The Household Products Database
Medinforus (Russian Language Health Information)

Legal Resources:

MA Trial Court Law LibrariesMA Legal Help
MA General Laws
Freepatentsonline.com (US and European Patents)
Consumer's Guide to Legal Help in MA
FreeAdvice.com
NOLO.com Self-Help Law Center

 

 

Business and Finance Resources:

Bloomberg.com
Kiplinger
Money Magazine
Historical Stock Quotes
Dow Jones Newswire
Universal Currency Converter
EDGAR (Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis, and Retrieval)

Starting a Small Business:

Franklin County Community Development Corporation
Starting a Business in MA
MA Office of Business Development

Pioneer Valley Planning Commission

Business Owner's Toolkit
Service Corps of Retired Business Owners
Small Business Administration
U.S Statistical Abstract

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Other Websites of Interest

Springfield Library's Reference Desk Bookmarks Better Business Bureau Wise Giving Alliance The Breast Cancer Site Berger Foundation of Art
Internet Public Library ONLINE! Citation Styles (MLA, APA, Chicago, and more) The Hunger Site US Historical Documents Archive
Cyndi's List (genealogical resources) The Do It Yourself Network The Child Health Site Speegle (a site that searches and reads what is on the screen - speakers or headphones required)
How Stuff Works Global Volcanism Program The Literacy Site All About Birds
ehow.com (Clear instructions on how to do [just about] anything) Tornado Project Online The Rainforest Site A-Z Lyric Universe (More than 50,000 lyrics by 1,500 + artists)
Climatecrisis.net Lewis and Clark Bicentennial The Animal Rescue Site Congress Votes Database
Internet Radio Stations Web Guide to US Supreme Court Research Daily Comics International Olympic Committee
Cars.com Gethuman Database (cheat sheet for getting to talk to a person at many companies) National Archives the U.S. National Archives and Records Administration Urban Dictionary " Urban Dictionary is a slang dictionary with your definitions. Define your world."
Kelley Blue Book Online International Food Information Council Foundation Internet Archive "a digital library of Internet sites and other cultural artifacts in digital form" Archive of Past Hurricane Seasons
Charity Navigator (evaluates and rates charities) AGRICOLA (National Agriculture Library) The Food Timeline "Ever wonder what the Vikings ate? Or who invented the potato chip? ...and why? " Timeanddate.com (Do you need to know the time in over 130 cities? Look here.)
Geocaching.com (has many Greenfield sites -- enter our zip code to check!) Letterboxing.org (Treasure hunts and more!) FamilySearch.org The free and comprehensive genealogy site from the LDS Church. Online Conversion Convert clothing sizes, angles, finance, and much, much more!
Findagrave.com Find out where interesting and famous people are buried. Consumersearch.com tracks reviews, analyzes the top picks, and identifies their top choices. Epinions.com asks for your opinions on the products you have purchased. Preparing, Protecting, Preserving from the Library of Congress provides instructions on saving family artifacts from disasters.
Free Email Addresses in Other Languages Scroll down to the bottom of the page to find these. Online Books Page Over 25,000 free online books from UPENN. LibraryThing Catalog your own books and social network at the same time. LibraryElf Have a hard time keeping track of when your books are due? Let LibraryElf do it for you!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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