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Gathered
here are a collection of informational resources on a
wide variety of topics. Please remember that these
are all external links; none of these Web sites are
owned or managed by the Wyomissing Public Library.
How To Evaluate Web Sites:
• Evaluating Web Sites:
Criteria and Tools:
http://www.library.cornell.edu/olinuris/ref/research/webeval.html
• Thinking Critically About World Wide Web
Resources:
http://www2.library.ucla.edu/libraries/college/11605_12337.cfm
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Evaluating Web Pages (Techniques to Apply and Questions
to Ask):
http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/TeachingLib/Guides/Internet/Evaluate.html
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How to evaluate a Web page:
http://lib.colostate.edu/howto/evalweb.html
• Hoaxbusters:
http://www.hoaxbusters.org
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Search Engines:
• Yahoo!:
http://search.yahoo.com
• Bing:
http://www.bing.com
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Altavista:
http://www.altavista.com
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Exalead:
http://www.exalead.com/search
• Webcrawler:
http://www.webcrawler.com
• Lycos:
http://www.lycos.com
• Ask.com:
http://www.ask.com
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Dogpile:
http://www.dogpile.com
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Current Events:
• BBC News:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/
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CNN:
http://www.cnn.com
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HeadlineSpot:
http://www.headlinespot.com
• Newspapers US and
Worldwide:
http://www.refdesk.com/paper.html
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Reuters:
http://www.reuters.com/news
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Reading Eagle:
http://readingeagle.com/
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Sports:
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Phillies:
http://philadelphia.phillies.mlb.com/
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Eagles:
http://www.philadelphiaeagles.com/
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76ers:
http://www.nba.com/sixers/
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Flyers:
http://flyers.nhl.com/
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Ballparks:
http://www.ballparks.com
• ESPN:
http://espn.go.com
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MLB:
http://www.mlb.com
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NASCAR:
http://www.nascar.com
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NBA:
http://www.nba.com
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NFL:
http://www.nfl.com
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SportQuest:
http://www.sirc.ca/online_resources/sportquest.cfm
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WNBA:
http://www.wnba.com
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Travel:
• Amtrak:
http://www.amtrak.com
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Citysearch:
http://www.citysearch.com
• Currency
Converter:
http://www.oanda.com/converter/travel
• Mapquest:
http://www.mapquest.com
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Tourism Offices Worldwide:
http://www.towd.com
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Travel Channel:
http://www.travelchannel.com
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Travelocity:
http://www.travelocity.com
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Yahoo! Maps:
http://maps.yahoo.com
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Health:
• American Academy of
Pediatrics, Children's Health Topics:
http://www.aap.org/topics.html
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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention:
http://www.cdc.gov
• WebMD:
http://www.webmd.com
• Family Doctor:
http://familydoctor.org
• Healthy Minds:
http://healthyminds.org
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Men's Health Network:
http://www.menshealthnetwork.org
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National Library of Medicine:
http://www.nlm.nih.gov
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Pennsylvania Dept. of Health:
http://www.health.state.pa.us
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Woman's Health Links:
http://www.ama-assn.org/ama/pub/category/209.html
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Business:
• Better Business
Bureau:
http://www.bbb.org
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Pennsylvania Open for Business:
http://www.paopen4business.state.pa.us
• Expo World:
http://www.expoworld.net
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Free Management Library:
http://www.managementhelp.org
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Invention Dimension:
http://web.mit.edu/invent/invent-main.html
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International Business Customs:
http://www.executiveplanet.com
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Ultimate Trade Show Directory:
http://www.tsnn.com
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US Small Business Administration:
http://www.sba.gov
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Legal:
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FindLaw:
http://www.findlaw.com
• Guide to Law Online:
http://www.loc.gov/law/guide/nations.html
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Internet Law Library:
http://www.lectlaw.com/inll/1.htm
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Legal Information Institute:
http://www.law.cornell.edu
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THOMAS:
http://thomas.loc.gov
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Miscellaneous:
• Old Farmer's Almanac:
http://www.almanac.com
• Dictionary.com:
http://www.dictionary.com
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Columbia Encyclopedia:
http://www.bartleby.com/65
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Wikipedia:
http://www.wikipedia.org
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Creative Quotations:
http://www.creativequotations.com
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National Weather Service:
http://www.nws.noaa.gov
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Internet Movie Database:
http://www.imdb.com
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TV Zap:
http://www.tvzap.com
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