• AltaVista
  
• Ask Jeeves
  
• Barebones Internet Tutorial
  
• Dogpile
  
• ExciteHome
  
• Google
  
• HotBot
  
• Infoseek
  
• Metacrawler
  
• WebCrawlerSearching
  
• Lycos
  
• Yahoo!
  

• Essex High School Library
• Essex Home Page
• Essex Junction Waste Water Treatment Facility
• VILLAGE OF ESSEX JUNCTION, VT, USA

Vermont Sites (Some include all of  New England)

• Vermont Department of Libraries
• Vermont Automated Library System
• Vermont Newspaper Project
• State of Vermont Homepage  
• Get Info Vermont 2-1-1- Champlain Valley United Way links to government programs, community-based organizations, support groups and other local resources.
• Vermont Historical Society Home Page
• Landscape Change program - Visit this web site and upload images of Vermont as it was in the past
• Vermont Center for Rural Studies
• Burlington Free Press & Rutland Herald Index
• Fletcher Allen Community Health Resource Center
• Vermont Natural Resources Council
• New England Towns.org - Vermont

Tax Forms

• Federal tax forms
• State Tax Forms

General Reference

• AcademicInfo Subject Guides and Educational Resources
• AccuWeather
• Adherents.com - most comprehensive source for statistics on religious adherents.  Search by religion or location etc.
• American Memory Project - Historical Documents and images
• AsiaSource Biography.com
• Britannica .com
• DeskRef - Quick Reference Links   - 30 categories including Household, Biography, Concumer, Writing and much more from the Ramapo Catskill Library System (N.Y.)
• Foundation Finder
• The History Channel
  
• How stuff works
• Index to How To Do It Information
• Information Please
• Internet Public Library - Pathfinders at this site are useful when searching a subject.
• Khan Academy - videos covering everything from basic arithmetic and algebra to differential equations, physics, chemistry, biology and finance.
• Librarian's Index to the Internet(Sunsite)
• A list of web resources compiled by Marylaine Block
• New Hampshire State Library Reference & Information Service   - A great site for quick general reference such as dictionaries, directories. calculators, statistics and much more.
• Nobel e-museum -  lists prize winners
• OneLook - search many on-line dictionaries at once
• Popular Science - 137 years of Popular Science full text
• Research-It! - now called iTools - Includes tools in areas of language, finance and maps as well as basics.
• SatireWire  
•  Search Systems Public Records Locator  "Largest free public records database collection." Search by keyword or browse by state, Canadian provinces, or country. You can track things like farm subsidy recipients, child support payments, corporate records, automobile lemon records, campaign contributions, physician discipline records,etc.
• TIPTOP: the Internet Pilot to Physics

Antiques and Collecting

• Antiques Road Show
• Curioscape.com
• Icollector. com
• Kovel's Antiques and Collecting Online

Business Information

• Bigchart - Historical stock quotes
  
• Companies Online
• Inflation Calculator - How much would $100 in 1899 be worth now, etc.
• Forbes
• Hoover's Online
• International Business and Technology
• Let's Talk Business - Attracting Retail and Service Businesses to your community
  
• Online Annual Report Service
• Quicken Small Business
• ThomasRegister of American Manufacturers - ID:Brownell; Password:Brownell
• ThomasRegional
• U.S. Business Advisor

Catalogs at Other Area Libraries

• Chittenden Central Supervisory Union 13 Library Catalogs
• Saint Michael's Library Catalog
• University of Vermont Library Catalog - Voyager
• Vermont Department of Libraries Catalog - connects to other Public Libraries and State colleges catalogs

College Information

• College Board Online Home Page
• Department of Education - Federal student aid
• Directory of Colleges
• Fast Web
• FinAid - The Financial Aid Information Page
• Free Application for Federal Student Aid -FAFSA
• Peterson's Education Center
• Peterson's Grad Channel - school selection data
• Vermont Student Assistance Corporation
• VSAC - A free online planning and preparation tools

Consumer Information

• Better Business Bureau
• ChildSafety on the Information Highway
• Consumer World Resources
• Consumer Reports
• Edmunds Automobile Buyers Guide
• Kelley Blue Book - New Car Prices and Blue Book Values
• MortgageLoan calculators - Various home loan calculators provided by MortgageLoan.com.
• NADA - includes many kinds of Vehicles
• U.S. Consumer Guides and Protection

Genealogy

• AncestryHometown- World Tree
• Cyndi's List - A list of Genealogical Sites on the Internet
• Family Search - a geanological resource provided by the Mormons.
• Family Tree Maker
• HeritageQuest
• National Archives and Records Administration Genealogy
  
• RootsWeb
• Social Security Death Record Index
  
• USGenWebProject
• Vital Records Information U.S.

Government Information

• American Factfinder - U.S. Census Bureau
• FEC(Federal Election Commission) Info - campaign finance information interpreted by a private company!
  
• The CIA World Factbook
• ConsumerPrice Index
• ForeignEmbassies in Washington DC
• GPO Access    U.S. Gov. Printing Office - 1000 databases for full text of official legislative and regulatory info.
• Historical U.S. Census data browser - 1790 to 1970
• IRS Tax Forms
• Government Information Xchange --Top Page (graphics)
• EPA -  Envirofact Data Warehouse
  
• Project Vote Smart
• Patent and Trademark Office
• THOMAS: Legislative Information on the Internet
• US Embassies around the world
• U.S.Judicial Branch Resources (Supreme Court)

Job Hunting and Preparation on the Web

• America's Career Infonet - includes labor statistics trends, salary info by job and geography, required skills, state demographics and career tools - connected to the federal Department of Labor.
  
• America's Job Bank
• CareerBuilder
• Career Path - allows visitors to search major newspapers in the U.S. at once, or limit to geographic domains
• Careers
• Flipdog
• Green Careers Guide
• Jobstar - both a career guide and a job bank includes how to build your resume and research companies.
• Monster College- Job network for college students and recent graduates
• Learning Express -  provides an interactive online learning platform of practice tests and tutorial course series designed to help students and adult learners succeed on the academic or licensing tests they must pass.
• Monster Board: Jobs
• Occupational Outlook Handbook
• Princeton Review Career Quiz - analyze your skills and interests and attempt to steer you toward a career.
• Salary Expert  - database for salary and benefits statistic for over 30,000 jobs across the U.S.
• Wetfeet - online recruitment for employers, also organized starting point for those considering new or first careers.
• What Color is Your Parachute  - Jobhunter's bible online supplement to the book.
• Library jobs
  • Jobs in New England
  • Vermont Library Association Jobline

Law Information

• American Law Sources on line
• Attorney.org
• Cornell Univ. Legal Info Institute
• Duhaime's Law Dictionary
• Immigration law at Siskind, Susser, Haas & Chang 
• Paul Donovan's Legal Reference Resources for Public Librarians
• United States Code
• Vermont Services Law Line of Vermont, Inc -  this noncommercial legal web site being developed in conjunction with Vermont Legal Aid  to explain the law in many areas including: Housing, Family, Government Benefits, Consumer, Abuse, Health and Taxes.
• Vermont State Statutes on line
• Legal Directories
  • Martindale-HubbellLawyer Locator
  • Welcometo West's Legal Directory
• Legal sites for non-lawyers
  • CourtTV Law Center
  • FindLaw:Internet Legal Resources
  • NoloHome Page

Library Resources - Books

• AbeBooks - For locating new & used books, textbooks, and out of print materials.
• Addall - A search engine for locating books and comparing prices.
• Addison Public Library - Reader's Corner - Author Sites
  
• Alibris 
• Amazon
• ArcCat - A cooperative catalog describing archival and manuscript collections held by various Vermont institutions listing unpublished materials, e.g.records of governmental agencies, individuals, organizations and businesses.
• Barnes and Noble
• Bookfinder - A search engine for locating books and comparing prices.
• Bookwire
• Citing Resources
• Higginson Book Company - offering the Genealogical Community More than 15,000 quality book and map reprints since 1965
• Prize winning books  
• Library Media and PR
• Librophile - free downloadable audiobooks

Medical Help

• AIM DocFinder
• Alternative Medicine Home Page  
• Buying Medicines and Medical Products on line - this FDA sites gives some advice
  
• Centersfor Disease Control and Prevention Home Page  - Updates on vaccinations, flu and other diseases. 
• Chronic Condition Information Network
• Family Doctor
  
• Food and Drug Administration Home Page
• Internet Mental Health
• HealthFinder - basic health info for consumers with links to full-text publication, support groups and other agencies.
• Mayo Clinic Health Oasis - easy-to-read format with lots of visuals on a huge variety of topics.
• MedicineNet
• MEDLINE plus  - Excellent source of info on diseases and drugs -also includes a good Medical Desk Dictionary.
• The Merck Manual of Medical Information--Home Edition
  
• National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NCAM)
• OfficialAmerican Medical Association (AMA) Home Page
• OncoLink,The University of Pennsylvania Cancer Center Resource
  
• Virtual Hospital
• Vermont Department of Health
• Vermont Community Health Information
• Vermont Flu Clinic Listings
  
• Your Surgery   -  note: do not use "search procedures", but use "search" on the upper right.
• Individual Diseases
  • Alzheimer's
  • American Cancer Society
  • Cancer Monthly - This resource was created by parents who lost children to cancer, and contains the clinical results of hundreds of different cancer treatments used in over 20 countries. It also includes the newsletter Cancerwire.
  • My Cancer Place - My Cancer Place is modeled after Myspace, and is a comprehensive virtual community for cancer patients and their loved ones.
  • Health Search Plus - Health Search Plus is Cancer Monthly's web search tool.
  • Diabetes
  • Heart
  • Prostate

Media

• Internet Movie Database
• Movie Review Query Engine
• Moviefinder
• Oscars Awards
• Peabody Awards for broadcasting media
• PBS Online
  
• Vermont Public Radio
• Vermont Public Television

Newspapers

• Boston Globe
• The Christian Science Monitor
• TheNew York Times on the Web
• N-NET - thousands of  United States newspapers are list here  

Retirement

• AARP Homepage
• Administration on Aging
• Senior Net - information of interest to the over 50 age group

Schools - Local (CCSU)

• Chittenden Central Supervisory Union
• Essex High School
• Albert D Lawton Intermediate School
• Thomas Fleming School
• Summit Street School
• Hiawatha Elementary School
  
• The Center for Technology, Essex
  
• Westford School
  --School Boards/Board Meeting Minutes--
  
• Essex Junction School District Prudential Committee
  
• Union #46 School Board
  
• Chittenden Central Supervisory Union School Board
  
• Westford School Board
  

Sports

• CBSSportsLine
• ESPNETSportsZone
• Just Play! Sports Health Reference Information on the Web
• SIRC Sport Resource Center
• SportingNews
• Worldwide - CBS Sportsline

Telephone & Zip Directories

• Allpages - Internet U.S. Yellow Pages
  
• Anywho   - Can search whole U.S. or limit;   ATT Tollfree also available here
• Infospace - Links to city guides, gov., classifieds, public records,  reverse address feature, world wide e-mail...
• Superpages 
• Switchboard   -  Has direct links to community info, restaurants, gov., entertainment ...  
• Zip code directory USPS

Travel

• Bed & Breakfast Inns on-line
• First Traveler's Choice
• Elderhostel
• Expedia
• Fodor's
• Lanier's Travel Guides
• Map Blast
  
• Map Quest
• Online City Guide
• ParkNet - National Parks
• New England Innkeepers Association
• Travel New England
• Travelocity
• TravelWeb
• U.S. State Department Travel Warnings and Consular Information Sheets
• Yahoo! Travel