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EMPLOYMENT & CAREERS
| Rhode Island Job Bank | Monster Board |
| Careerbuilder | Career OneStop |
| Federal Job Search | Opportunity Nocs Nonprofit Organization Classifieds |
| Occupational Outlook Handbook | Dictionary of Occupational Titles |
| The Nonprofit Career Center | Occupational Information Network |
| Department of Labor and Training | NetworkRI Services for job seekers and employers |
| International Careers and Jobs | Job Interview.net |
| ProJo Jobs from the Providence Journal |
| Save the Bay | RI Department of Environmental Management |
| Narragansett Bay | Narrow River Preservation Association |
| URI Cooperative Extension | RI Habitat Restoration |
| Healthy Landscapes a collaborative effort with URI Cooperative Extension Programs and the Town of North Kingstown | R.I. Sea Grant R.I. Sea Grant College Program conducts research and outreach on important marine issues |
| Land Trust Alliance: national leader of the private land conservation | Greenways Alliance of Rhode Island the Rhode Island Affiliate of the East Coast Greenway Alliance |
| RI Land Trusts | Coastal Resources Management Council |
| Designation of Public Rights-of-Ways to the Tidal Areas of the State of RI | Public Access to the Shore in each RI town |
| Farm Fresh Rhode Island |
FINANCE
| Yahoo! Finance Includes stock quotes and mutual fund information | Morningstar |
| Consumer Action Website Federal Citizen Information Center Info about obtaining your credit report | Treasury Direct Savings Bond Calculator and Savings Bond Earning Reports |
| CBS Marketwatch | Bankrate.com |
| Bureau of the Public Debt Online - Savings Bonds information | Currency Converter |
| Mortgage 101 | Oanda - the currency site |
| Rate.net | Big Charts.com |
GENEALOGY
| Standard Times Obituary Index Index to help find obituaries in the Standard Times from 1888-1945. Microfilm of the Standard Times is available at the Reference Desk. | RI USGenWeb Project Maps includes the Atlas of RI and Providence Plantations by D.G. Beers & Co., 1870 |
| Rhode Island Historical Society | Ellis Island Records |
| National Archives and Records Administration | RI Cemeteries Database Home Page |
| Family Search Sponsored by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints | Family Tree Magazine – Free genealogy charts and forms |
| Genealogy Homepage | CYNDI's List |
| U.S. Genweb Project | Broderbund Genealogy |
| Rootsweb | World GenWeb Project |
| RI Genealogical Society |
GEOGRAPHY
| Background notes | Flash Earth - satellite and aerial imaging |
GOVERNMENT
| Contacting the Congress | U.S. Census Factfinder |
| White House The official White House site | U.S Census Bureau |
| THOMAS - Legislative Information on the Internet | Embassy World |
| U.S Census Bureau | US Tax Code |
| Students.gov Provides answers to your questions on education, career, government and more | Ben's Guide to U.S. Government for Kids Includes text of some historical documents. |
| RI.GOV The newly launched official RI site, your portal to all state government information | FirstGov Your first click to the U.S. Gov |
HEALTH
| Medline Plus brings together authoritative health information from government agencies & health-related organizations | Healthfinder A service of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services |
| Medicare | United States National Library of Medicine |
| LabTests Online | Hospice Education Institute |
| Internet Drug Index | Mayo Clinic |
| U.S. News & World Report’s Best Hospitals Rankings | Locating Health and Medical Information on the Web A bibliography of web sites |
| National Women's Health resource Center | Medicare - Nursing Home Comparison |
| Calculate Your Body Mass Index | DocFinder U.S. |
| Vegetarian Resource Group | RI Board of Medical Licensure and Discipline |
| Guide to Diagnostic Tests Harvard Medical School | |
| Specific Health Issues | |
| Alzheimer's Association | Medline - Alzheimer's page |
| American Cancer Society | Medline - Cancer page |
| National Comprehensive Cancer Network an alliance of 19 of the world's leading cancer centers | RI Cancer Council |
| Breastcancer.org | Medline - Breast Cancer page |
| American Heart Association | Medline - Heart Diseases page |
| American Diabetes Association | Medline - Diabetes page |
| National Alliance on Mental Illness | Medline - Mental Health page |
| Rhode Island Health Sites | |
| Care New England Parent organization of Butler Hospital, Kent Hospital, Women & Infants Hospital, VNA of CNE and CNE Wellness Centers. | Lifespan RI hospitals that are Lifespan partners |
| Health Coverage for the Uninsured in RI | R.I. Department of Health |
| RI BMLD Docfinder | RI Dept. of Health Nursing Home Performance Measurement and Reporting |
| RI Durable Power of Attorney for Healthcare Information & Form (click on link at center of page below seal) | RI Meds - A program that offers Safe, affordable prescription drugs (Office of the Secretary of State) |
| RI Health Web Query System - RI Dept. of Health Statistics | South County Hospital Includes their own E-Library of recommended health websites |
| RI Board of Medical Licensure and Discipline | |
| Massachusetts Health Site | |
| MA Physician Profiles | |
| Rhode Island Historical Society | NETOP - RI Historical Society's Online Catalog |
| National Register of Historic Places | US Historical Documents Full text documents |
| Time Capsule 1800-2002 | History Sourcebooks - historical texts |
| De Imperatoribus Romanis: A Online Encyclopedia of Roman Emperors | Any Day in History |
| URI Cooperative Extension Education Center | House and Garden eHow |
| Healthy Landscapes a collaborative effort with URI Cooperative Extension Programs and the Town of North Kingstown | iVillage GardenWeb |
| GardenGuides | House Net |
| Cooking | |
| Global Gourmet | Recipe Source Recipes from around the world |
| Epicurious | Kitchen Link |
| Italian Food Forever |
| North Kingstown Charter and Ordinances | |
| Rhode Island | |
| Rhode Island General Laws | Rhode Island Rules and Regulations |
| RI Durable Power of Attorney for Healthcare Information & Form(click on link at center of page below seal) | RI Landlord-Tenant Handbook |
| United States | |
| United States Code | First Amendment Center |
| Miscellaneous | |
| Attorney directory from Martindale | The Consumer Law Page |
| FindLaw: Internet Legal Resources, including free legal forms | American Civil Liberties Union |
| Ocean State Libraries RI Public Libraries | Rhode Island State Library |
| InRhode the shared library catalog of the HELIN Library Consortium, combines the library resources of eleven academic libraries and fifteen health sciences libraries into a single unified database. (OSL cardholders cannot place holds on titles in In Rhode. Contact the North Kingstown Free Library Reference Department if you would like to make a request for an interlibrary loan from these libraries.) | |
| World Cat 1.3 billion items in more than 10,000 libraries worldwide | R.I. Public Libraries Survey of Materials in Languages Other than English |
| NUWC - Naval War College Library | RISD - Rhode Island School of Design/Providence Athenaeum catalog |
| NYPL Digital Gallery | NETOP - RI Historical Society's Online Catalog |
MAGAZINE ARTICLES
| AAA TripTik Directions | Mapquest |
| Yahoo! Maps | MapBlast |
| USGS National Map Viewer | Rhode Island USGenWeb Project Maps |
| Historic USGS Maps of |
Maps of Europe |
| NOAA Nautical Charts | National Atlas - Printable Maps |
| Printable Maps - Nations & States - Perry-Castaneda Library Map Collection | |
| Microsoft TerraServer USA - USGS digital aerial photographs and topographical maps | |
| Calculators Online | WebMath |
| Online Conversion Measurement conversion | Roman Numeral Converter |
| MacTutor History of Mathematics Archive | |
| Volcanoes | Tornado Project Online |
| How Stuff Works | WebElements - the periodic table on the WWW |
| Inventors | Physics Tutorials |
| Music From Around the World | Lyrics Search Engine |
| Stories of the Operas (The Met) | Rhode Island Chorus Page |
| Santa Cruz Public Libraries Sheet Music Catalog |
NEWSPAPERS
| Providence Journal | North East Independent |
| Local newspapers - including Narragansett and Standard Times | South County Independent |
| Ecola Newspapers from around the world | Boston Globe |
| Online Newspapers from The Internet Public Library |
NORTH KINGSTOWN SITES
| Home Page of the Town of North Kingstown - Town of North Kingstown Calendar |
North Kingstown Demographics - RIEDC Community Profile |
| Vision Appraisal Technology Revaluation Data | North Kingstown Charter and Ordinances |
| North Kingstown Chamber of Commerce | North Kingstown Community Profile Network |
| North Kingstown/ Museums and Associations | |
| Wickford Art Association | Wickford Village Association |
| Gilbert Stuart Museum | Smith's Castle |
| USS Saratoga Museum | Quonset Air Museum |
| North Kingstown/ Miscellaneous | |
| Historic Wickford, a pictorial tour of Wickford | Quonset Development Corporation |
| North Kingstown School Sites | |
| NK School Dept including all school sites | NK Schools Curriculum Department |
| North Kingstown High School Media Center |
PHONE NUMBERS
| International
Phone Numbers Includes U.S. numbers |
Any Who Directories A criss-cross directory. Also includes directory of Toll-Free numbers. |
| SuperPages Find businesses, products and services in your area. |
READING & LITERATURE
| Sequels and Series from the LA Public Library | American Literature Resources Authors, including RI |
| Additional Readers' Web Sites | Literature & Author library databases |
| If You Like... Finding aids for different types of fiction, some nonfiction. Part of a library web site in New Zealand. | Booklist Center -Web's largest collection of book lists |
| Literature Network | Great Books Foundation |
| Center for the Book, Library of Congress | RI Center for the Book |
| The Romance Reader | Online Literary Criticism Collection |
| Translatum Includes foreign language dictionaries | Babelfish Translation |
| Poetry Web Sites: | Bartleby.com A searchable poem database, quotations and more |
| Academy of American Poets | Magnolia selected full-text poetry sources online |
| American Verse Project | Poetry Foundation - Poetry Tool |
| FastFacts | Librarians' Index to the Internet |
| Web of Online Dictionaries | One Look Dictionaries |
| Virtual Perpetual Calendars | Library Spot |
| e How - how to do everything! | Ask RI RI's Statewide Reference Resource Ctr. |
RHODE ISLAND INFORMATION
| RI State Sites | |
| RI.GOV portal to all state government info | RI A-Z List of Agencies |
| RI.GOV Search Indexes pages from over 136 state agency Web sites nightly and includes links to other state databases | RI Voter Information Center Search by address to find your polling place, to view sample ballots, and to find your current elected officials. |
| Rhode Island Office of the Secretary of State | State Government Information Page |
| State of Rhode Island General Assembly Check on the status of a bill etc. | RI Building Codes |
| RI Attorney General | |
| RI Business | |
| Rhode Island Corporations | RI Small Business Development Center |
| RI Demographics | |
| U.S. Census 2000 - City & Town Information | RIEDC - Community profiles of RI cities & towns |
| RI Images | |
| Aerial Photos of Rhode Island | Rhode Island State House Virtual online tour |
| RI Tourism | |
| Visit Rhode Island The Official Tourism Division Site | South County, Rhode Island |
| Visit New England/RI | Daytripper's Guide to Rhode Island |
| Public Access to the Rhode Island Coast | |
| RI Misc. | |
| RI Tax Forms | Rhode Island Job Bank |
| ParentLinkRI connecting parents of kids ages 9-17 with programs and resources in their communities | Rhodeirish.Net Rhode Island's Irish connection |
| R.I. Vendor Information Program |
| Crossroads RI | RI Dept. of Elderly Affairs |
| Family Service of Rhode Island | Elderhostel |
| Talking Books Plus Regional Library for the Blind and Physically Handicapped | Beechwood House Senior Center -North Kingstown Dept. of Senior and Human Services |
| Accessible Rhode Island Venues | American Association of Retired Persons, AARP |
| RI Durable Power of Attorney for Healthcare Information & Form (click on link at center of page below seal) | The Point RI Resource for Seniors & Adults with Disabilities |
| Medicare | Medicare Prescription Drug Coverage for RI |
| The URI Feinstein Center for a Hunger Free America | Ask Rhody, from RI Executive Office of Health & Human Services, increasing access to services |
| Ocean State Soccer | North Kingstown Soccer Association |
| Rhode Island Soccer Leagues | Pawtucket Red Sox |
| Boston Red Sox | Remy Report |
| Major League Baseball | New England Patriots |
| National Football League | Boston Bruins |
| Providence Bruins | National Hockey League |
| New England Revolution | United States Tennis Association |
| Major League Soccer | PGA |
| LPGA | NCAA College Sports |
| RIIL - includes current standings & schedules for High School sports | ESPN |
| NASCAR | ESPN College Sports |
| Official website of the Olympic movement | 2008 Summer Olympics |
| ATPTennis Men's Professional Tennis | WTA Tour Women's Professional Tennis |
| Yahoo Ski and Snow |
| Talking Books Plus Regional Library for the Blind and Physically Handicapped |
| Internal Revenue Service | US Tax Code |
| RI Tax Forms | MA Tax Forms |
| CT Tax Forms | All States Tax Forms |
| Tax Foundation a comprehensive resource for information on taxes and spending in the 50 U.S. states |
| Passports - U.S. Department of State | Currency Converter |
| Air Travel | |
| T.F. Green Airport (PVD) | World Airport Guide |
| Flytecomm Airline flight tracking | FlightView Another flight tracking tool |
| Airline Safety Records | |
| Bus | |
| RI Public Transit Authority | Peter Pan Bus Line |
| Ferry | |
| Block Island Ferry | Block Island High Speed Ferry |
| Vineyard Fast Ferry | |
| Train | |
| Amtrak | |
| Miscellaneous Travel Info | |
| How Far Is It? Calculates the distance between world cities | World Chambers of Commerce |
| Bed & Breakfast.com | Virtual Cities' Bed and Breakfast List |
| Trip Advisor | Travel Warnings |
| National Park Service | MapQuest |
| Vegetarian Resource Group | Dog Friendly.com |
WEATHER
| National Weather Service | Monthly Tide Charts |
| URI Graduate School of Oceanography Real-Time Weather Data from URI's Narragansett Bay Campus | Hurricane Preparedness from the RI Coastal Resources Management Council |
| National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration | Old Farmer's Almanac Sun & Moon Rise & Set Calculator |
| Weather Underground -includes historical weather data |
ZIP CODES