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Ready Reference
Dictionary.com
Offers a free dictionary, thesaurus, grammar guide, and links to
foreign language dictionaries
U.S. Postal Service Zip-Code Finder
Telephone
Directories
For national and international phone directories
Mapquest
Provides maps and driving directions both national and international
Business and Finance
Yahoo Finance
For stock reports, company profiles and up to date news about public
companies
MarketWatch
For up to the minute financial news, stock reports, mutual fund
reports, analytical tools
Consumer Information
Massachusetts
Consumer Affairs & Business Regulation
Purpose of this site is to inform and protect consumers. The site
also includes a "Top 10 Consumer Links for Mass. Residents."
Federal
Citizen Information Center
Accesses all consumer publications provided by the government
Law
Massachusetts
Trial Court Law Libraries
Good starting point for Massachusetts as well as federal law. Links
to statutes, case law, forms, online librarian help, and more.
NOLO
Self-Help Law Center
Commercial site whose mission is to provide information about everyday
legal matters.
Martindale-Hubbell's
Lawyer Locator
Online version of the M-H directory of lawyers and other legal personnel.
Education
State
of Mass. Department of Education
Includes school and district profiles and information on the Mass.
Teachers Examination.
Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System (MCAS)-Mass. Dept. of Education
MCAS
Rankings
Provides district and individual school rankings by grade and subject.
Common
Application
Required by many colleges and universities for admission.
Financial
Aid for College Students
Includes information about grants and loans, eligibility requirements,
applying for financial aid, repayment, applying online, and other
useful information.
SAT
Exams
Includes information on registering for the exam, test and registration
deadline dates, fees, and an online registration form.
Genealogy
Hingham
Genealogy
Contains parts of History of the Town of Hingham, Massachusetts
Volumes I-III by George Lincoln.
Hingham
Cemetery
Provides names of persons and their burial plot locations in ‘Old
Ship'/Hingham Cemetery.
Massachusetts
Archives
Includes information about records kept at MassArchives and at other
institutions.
Church
of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints FamilySearch
Comprehensive site containing information about starting family
history, finding ancestors in their records collection, links to
other genealogical websites, and the Family History Library Catalog.
Social
Security Death Index
An index to basic information about people with social security
numbers whose deaths have been reported to the Social Security Administration.
About 98% of the people in the SSDI died after 1962, but some death
dates go back as far as 1937.
Morton
Grove Public Library's Webrary-Genealogy Resources on the Web
Includes links to useful genealogical websites, links to other libraries
with genealogical collections, and information about how to go about
doing genealogical research.
Government
Local:
State:
State Representative Garrett Bradley
Commonwealth of Massachusetts Homepage
Massachusetts Code of Regulations
Federal:
Executive Office of the President
Health & Medicine
Medline
Plus
The best starting place for dependable, up-to-date consumer health
information from the National Library of Medicine, the world's largest
medical library. Links to doctors, hospitals, disease and drug information,
clinical trials, and more.
Massachusetts
Physician Profiles
Mass. Board of Registration in Medicine lists doctors' education,
training, board certification, specialties, malpractice claims,
and disciplinary actions.
Jobs & Careers
Massachusetts Division of Career Services & Massachusetts Division of Unemployment Assistance
Monster.com
Provides national and international job listings
Occupational
Outlook
A national source of career information provided by the U.S. Department
of Labor
Additional Job Search Websites:
Newspapers
Newspapers
Online
Directory of newspapers available online, organized geographically.
Transportation
Massachusetts
Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA)
For bus, boat, commuter rail, and subway schedules, fares, Greenbush
project information, and other information.
Logan
Airport
For flight schedules, flight tracking, parking information, ground
transportation to and from the airport, traffic information, links
to airline websites and other information.
T.F.
Green Airport, Providence
For flight schedules, parking information, Providence area traffic
reports, ground transportation information, etc.
Plymouth
& Brockton Street Railway Co.
Includes bus schedules for Logan Airport, for buses between Boston,
South Shore and Cape Cod, and other schedules and information.
Amtrak
Includes train schedules, fares, and online reservation service.
Greenbush
Project
Website sponsored by CBB Greenbush ( Jay Cashman, Inc. and BalfourBeatty
Const., Inc.) and MBTA. Gives a description of the project, status
reports by town (including photos), a map of the line, and other
useful information.
Local Utilities
Books & Publishing
Amazon
The largest and most popular online bookstore. A great source
for information on books currently in print, as well as used and
rare books through their open marketplace and their partnership
with Bibliofind.com. Reliable information, easy to search.
Advanced Book Exchange
One of the best online resources for out-of-print, rare and
antiquarian books. This website consists of the holdings of some
13,000 booksellers from around the world, providing you the opportunity
to compare prices, condition, and other factors to help determine
which volume is the one for you.
Reading Group Guides
This site currently offers reading guides to over 1600 books.
The guides typically include a brief synopsis of the book accompanied
by numerous questions for discussion. This site also offers helpful
advice for anyone involved in, or hoping to start, a reading group.
Bibliobot
Bibliobot is a very easy-to-use and instantaneous book appraisal
service. With a few pieces of basic information – author,
title, year, etc. – Bibliobot provides an estimate range
from high to low, based on factors of condition and rarity.
Bookwire
The most comprehensive online resource for information about
the book industry, providing access to publisher’s homepages
and book production statistics.
Bookspot
A well-organized portal to the world of books and publishing.
