Ways to Support your Library

Contribute to our Endowment - the interest supports the library budget.

Arrange for planned giving through bequests or trusts.

Join the annual fund appeal to the community.

Give a Memorial or Honor Gift - In memory of a loved one, or in honor of an event or a person.

Sponsor one of our community programs.

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The Martha Canfield Library

SEARCH ENGINES AND WEBSITES OF INTEREST
Search Engines

Meta-search engines

General search engines

Subject Catalogs

Ready Reference

Libraries On-line

infotrac.galegroup.com/itweb/vol_a5 - use Library card barcode number as the password, use all

characters, if it won't work try substituting any number for the last character
web2.dol.state.vt.us - Vermont library catalogs online
library.usask.ca/catalogs/world.html - links to on-line catalogs
loc.gov - Library of Congress
sunsite.Berkeley.edu - click on Collections
lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem

News

news.altavista.com - a wide range, very good keyword searching
www.alltheweb.com/?cal-news
news.yahoo.com
www.moreover.com/news - will e-mail news updates
www.newslink.org - links to all types of print and broadcast
www.totalnews.com

People

www.four11.com
www.switchboard.com
many search engines have people search capability

Business directories

www.superpages.com - Verizon business
www.worldpages.com - links to international businesses

Government

www.whitehouse.gov
www.fedworld.gov - lists agencies not on-line, with contact info
www.ntis.gov - source for summaries of reports and documents available elsewhere
www.ustreas.gov
www.census.gov
vvww.irs.gov - download tax forms
vvww.vermont.gov - State of Vermont, links to state government and legislature, jobs, tourist and more.

Medical

www.medlineplus.gov - links to other medical websites and medical periodicals

Patents

www.uspto.gov - good place to start

Science - general

www.scicentral.com
www.eurekalert.com
For more technical info, proprietary databases are best, available at some libraries

Business and Investing

Human Resources

www.dejanews.com - newsgroups
www.liszt.com - mailing lists

Gated Sites

infotrac.galegroup.com/ltweb/vol_a5 - Vermont Online Library. need password (see Libraries on-line, above)

online.wsi.com - Wall Street Journal on-line
www.factiva.com - Dow Jones and Reuters
www.lexis-nexis.com - good for legal as well as general
www.dialogweb.com - a long-time favorite of librarians

Other Websites

www.mapquest.com - maps and route planning
www.gutenberg.net - Gutenberg Project, full-text literature in the public domain.
net.gurus.com/isp - lists of local and national Internet Service Providers
airline.iecc.com - basics on travel info and making reservations, airline news
www.theonion.com - an alternative press
www.eff.org/pub/CAF/law/copyright-FAQ - copyright frequently asked questions
www.techtv.com - site of TechTV network, lots of computer info
www.10sites.com - links to top websites
www.top9.com - links to more popular websites