RECOMMENDED SITES

Search Tools

Altavista	Internet Public Library
Alltheweb	Librarians' Index to the Internet
Digital Librarian	LibrarySpot
DogPile	Lycos
Excite	Michigan e-Library
Google	Teoma
HotBot	Yahoo!

American Stock Exchange	Market Guide--charts, key ratios, statistics
BigCharts--historical stock quotes	Quicken Financial Network
CNN Financial Network	Quote.com
Crain's Detroit Business	Savings Bond Calculator--click on "savings bonds"
Dun & Bradstreet Online	StockMaster
Edgar--SEC filings, etc.	Wall Street Research Network
Hoovers Online	Yahoo! Finance
Insurance News Network--ratings, variable annuities, etc.	General BusinessFile Asap Full-text company, industry and directory information
SCORE--Business Counselors.	Birmingham Principal Shopping District
Small Business Administration	Currency Converter
Automation Alley--Southeast Michigan Technology.	Thomas Register (free registration required)

National	Local
ABC News	Birmingham Eccentric
CBS News	Detroit Free Press
CNN	Detroit News
MSNBC	WDIV-TV Channel 4
New York Times	WJR-AM Radio 760
USA Today	WWJ-NewsRadio 950
YAHOO! News	WXYZ-TV Channel 7
NPR	CBC News
International
IPL Directory of World Newspapers	Yahoo! Worldwide Newspaper Directory

Amazon--World's Largest Bookstore	The Gap
B2B Today--business to business	Better Business Bureau
CD Now-- Music, videos and more!	Kelley Blue Book--new and used car quide
Ebay--Virtual auction	Lands' End
Eddie Bauer	LL Bean
Edmund's--car prices, reviews, ratings	Ticketmaster
FAO Schwarz	Toys R Us
FurnitureFind--brand names at a discount

Infobel World Telephone Directories...most comprehensive site with links to international books	BigBook...complete yellow pages and business white pages for the US
AnyWho...national directory; includes reverse searching	Consumer Yellow Pages...from Yahoo
Switchboard...white & yellow pages	Qwest...national white & yellow pages
Yahoo! People Search	YellowNet...nationwide search by category and name
Infospace...residential, business and fax numbers for US and Canada	YellowOnline...US listings with links to international sites
Bigfoot...phone numbers and email addresses	Zip2...yellow pages with maps but you must know the state
LookUp USA...residential, business and a classified directory
Toll Free	Zip Codes
The Internet 800 Directory...includes 200,000 toll-free numbers	National Zip Code Directory
AnyWho...toll free numbers and lots more	Canadian Postal Codes

American Medical Association	Mayo Clinic Health Oasis
AMA Physician Select-directory of MDs	Medicare Compare
American Cancer Society	MEDLINEplus.gov
Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute	Medscape
Health A to Z	National Library of Medicine
Healthfinder-Govt. sponsored site	Wellness Web
Healthgrades-consumer info on Drs, etc.	Yahoo! Health
Long Term Care	WHO

Health Reference Center--Comprehensive full-text magazine and journal articles on health and wellness.

Local Villages and Municipalities		United States (try www.firstgov.gov)
City of Birmingham		US House of Representatives
Village of Beverly Hills
Village of Bingham Farms		US Senate	White House
Oakland County		Project Vote Smart	Voter Information
Oakland County	League of Women Voters - Oakland County	Oakland County Clerk - Elections	SOS Elections in Michigan
Michigan		Bureau of Labor Statistics
Michigan Government		Internal Revenue Service
Michigan House		Census Bureau
Michigan Senate		Core Documents of U.S. Democracy
Michigan Courts		Social Security Administration
Michigan Tax Forms		US Federal Tax Forms--Back to 1992
City of Detroit Tax Forms		US Tax Forms
Michigan Attorney General - Consumer Complaints

America's Job Bank	Monster Board
Career Builder	Job Web



Local Job Postings
Detroit News-Classifieds	Observer & Eccentric -Classifieds
Michigan Dept. of Civil Service	Michigan Talent Bank
The Bureau of Workers' and Unemployment Compensation	Yahoo! Metro Detroit Classifieds
HotJobs...Michigan jobs

AAA Michigan Travel	Michigan Dept. of Education
Michigan Electronic Library	Michigan Economic Development Corporation
Michigan Festivals and Events	Michigan Legislature Website
Michigan Libraries	Michigan Secretary of State
Michigan Small Business Development Center	Travel Michigan
Virtual Michigan

Amazon...World's Largest Bookstore	Barnes and Noble
Bibliofind...Search for used and rare books	Addall.com...book search and price comparison
Bookweb...American Booksellers Association	Books@Random...Random House Publisher
Bookwire...news, reviews, lots of information	Focus: Fiction...all fiction from the San Antonio Public Library
Reader's Robot...reviews that "reveal the appeal"	Spark Notes...study guides similar to Cliff's Notes but written by students
Access Foundation - Great Books Lists	Dear Reader (formerly Chapter-a-Day)
The New York Times Book Review (Requires free registration).	Village Voice Books
Yiddish Book Center	Black Book Review Online
The Great Books Foundation - Great Books Lists

Community Sites	Metro Detroit Attractions
City of Birmingham	Henry Ford Museum
Bham-Blfd Chamber of Commerce	Detroit Zoo
Birmingham Community House	Detroit Institute of Arts
Birmingham School District	Detroit Symphony Orchestra
Comcast-local cable provider	Detroit Science Center
B'ham Principal Shopping District	Cranbrook Institute of Science
Village of Beverly Hills	Fisher Theatre
Village of Bingham Farms	Masonic Temple
BASCC(Birmingham Area Senior Coordinating Council)	Detroit Opera House
Oakland County Genealogical Society	Metroparks
Oakland Schools	Birmingham Village Players
Oakland Community Profiles	Woodward Dream Cruise
Wireless Oakland
Metro Detroit Sports	Palace of Auburn Hills
Detroit Lions	Meadowbrook
Detroit Red Wings
Detroit Pistons	Local Weather
Detroit Shock
The Weather Channel-Birmingham
Detroit Tigers	Weather Underground - Birmingham
MDOT Traffic Report	Construction Alerts from AAA
SMART Bus