Arts (Movies, Music, etc.)

• Artcyclopedia
• Internet Movie Database

Automotive

• Autotrader-largest resource for buying a car online
• Edmund's Price Guide
• Kelly Blue Book - price guides
• MSN Carpoint - ratings, price guides
• NADA - price guides

Books/Literature

Book Buying - New

• Amazon.com
• Barnes and Noble
• Borders on the Web

Book Buying - Used

• ABAA Booknet
• Advanced Book Exchange
• Alibris
• Bibliofind

Cliff Notes

• Novel Guide
• SparkNotes.com

Discussions

• Reading Group Choices

eBooks

• netLibrary
• Short Stories - full text, available in .prc format for Palm Pilots

Lists

• BDL Adult Reading Lists
• BDL Young Adult's Lists
• BDL Children's Lists
• Booklists for Young Adults
• New York Times Best Seller lists
• Oprah books

Plays & Poetry

• American Poems
• Sites With Scripts

Reader's Advisory

• AllReaders.com - extensive reader's advisory
• AwardWeb - literary awards
• Based on the Book - list of books that have become films.
• Book Browser
• Book Forager
• Booklists for Young Adults
• FictionDB.com - for Western, Romance, and Mystery genres
• Overbooked -also list of "Best of 2000" sites
• Reader's Services at the Morton Grove Public Library - has a "match book" database
• What's Next - searchable database of novels in series

Reviews

• Booklist
• Comics Get Serious: Graphic Novel Reviews
• Kirkus Reviews
• Library Journal
• New York Times Book Review
• Publisher's Weekly

Business / Finance

• Better Business Bureau
• Bigcharts.com
• Corporate Information
• County Business Patterns (by U.S. Census Bureau)
• Edgar (complete SEC filings for public companies)
• Finance.yahoo.com
• Global Edge (international business reference desk)
• Hoovers
• Michigan Economic Development Corporation
• Thomas Register -must register for free membership first

Computers

• Computer Training for Senior Citizens
• Learn 2 Typing tests & tutorials
• Learn the Net
• Library Instruction Tutorials
• Online Lesson - for Office software
• Richard Truxall's Short Guides
• Shareware.com - free software
  
• TechTutorials - directory of free tutorials
  
• TLN's New User Tutorial

• Background Notes (published by the State Dept.)
• CIA World Fact Book- basic statistics and maps

Directories

• AT&T Toll-Free Directory
• Bigfoot Directory
• Internet 800 Directory
• Michigan Libraries Directory
• Net@address
• switchboard.com
• Yellow pages
• Zip+4 Code Lookup

Education

• Community College Directory
• Detroit News School Rankings (includes Brighton Schools)
• ERIC Database (Education Research and Information Clearinghouse)
• FastWeb Scholarship Search
• Fed. Student Financial Aid Handbook (FAFSA)
• S&P School Evaluation Services (excellent for stats & comparisons)
• U.S. News & World Report College Ranking

Employment / Career

• Michigan Works
• Monster.com
• Occupational Outlook Handbook

General Reference

• Bartleby.com
• FindArticles.com-more than 300 magazines and journals dating back to 1998, almost all full-text and free
• Information Please
• List of Journals in Access MI Databases
• Old Farmer's Almanac

History

• American Highway Project
• American Memory from the Library of Congress
• Biography of America
• Kapppler's Indian Affairs: Laws & Treaties
• USA 1840-1960 -encyclopedia
• Year by Year in the 20th Century

Law / Legislation

• Findlaw.com - Quick and easy way to find legal info
• LLRX ( Law Library Resource Exchange )
• Michigan Compiled Laws
• Michigan Freedom of Information Committee
• Michigan Friend of the Court Child Support Formula (2001)
• Thomas-legislative/congressional information on the Net
• U of M's Document Center -links to every document known!

Language

• BabelFish
• FreeTranslation.com - English to French, Spanish, Italian, Portugese, Norwegian and French, Spanish, and German to English
• ESL: Self-Study Quizzes
• ESL Programs in Michgan - list of sites by the Mich Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages (MITESOL)

Librarian-Compiled/Interests

• Digital Librarian: Librarian's Best of the Web
• Librarian's Index to the Internet
• Library Spot
• Michigan Electronic Library
• State Library Web Sites

Local Information

• Brighton Room - Local History Links
• See Community Information
  • Brighton's City Page
  • Brighton Township
  • Genoa Township
  • Green Oak Township (from Liv County's site)
  • Livingston County

Maps

• 1992 Agricultural Atlas of the United States
• Great Lakes Information Network - detailed maps of Great Lakes
• Library of Congress's Map Collection:1544-1999 - huge variety of subject-specific maps with historical context
• MapQuest - U.S. Maps
• PCL Map Library - world maps
• Terraserver.com - offers aerial photos of many areas at the backyard level.
• Topozone.Com - topographical maps of US with elevations

Medical

• ADA Accessibility Guidelines
• Drug Index
• Mayo Health
• MedlinePlus
• PubMed by National Library of Medicine (PubMed Tutorial)

Michigan

• Michigan Compiled Laws
• Michigan Friend of the Court Child Support Formula (2001)
• Michigan Freedom of Information Committee
• Michigan - Most commonly requested public acts and laws
• A Citizen's Guide to State Government - by the Michigan Legislature
• Michigan Manual
• Michigan Statutory Will
• State of Michigan official home page
• State License Search - requirements for state licensing of various jobs/ businesses/ organizations

Product/Consumer

• Barpoint.com - find the product manufacturer by the sku/isbn/upc barcode.
• Consumer Reports Online
• Domania.com - selling prices of houses, search by address, get houses in the area
• Epinons.Com
• Productopia

Science

• Electronics Tutorials
• Encylopedia of Integer Sequences
• The Image.com-Minerals/Gemstones
• Tree Identification Site
• Human Anatomy Online

Statistics

• American Fact Finder (Census)
• Bureau of Census
• FedStats
• Guinness Book of World Records
• Statistical Abstract of the U.S.
• U.S.A Counties - Census

Travel

• Expedia.com - all-purpose travel site
• Local Harvest - find small farms, markets, produce stands in U.S
• Savvy Traveler -searchable, browsable travel site
• Travelocity.com - all-purpose travel site

U.S. Government

• Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance
• GPO Access
• Roadless Area Conservation Final Rule and Final Environmental Impact
• Social Security Administration
• U.S. Federal Gov't Agencies Directory
• U.S. Government Manual