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Selected Reference Links

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Arts, Music Automotive Biography Books Careers and Education Citation Styles
Countries Facts Federal Gardening Health, Hospitals History, Genealogy
Law Libraries, Digital Collections Money, Business, Identity Theft Resources Newspapers Patents Rhode Island
Science, Nature Search engines, Directories Tax Information Television, Media Travel, Transportation, Maps Weather, Hurricanes, Disaster Preparedness

ARTS AND MUSIC


Arttix--info/tickets for Rhode Island Arts events
Courthouse Center For the Arts
Culture Coalition--Arts and History Collaborative of Southern RI
Hera Gallery
Kingston Chamber Music Festival
South County Art Association
Wakefield Civic Band


Askart.com--information about American artists
Smithsonian Archives of American Art

AUTOMOTIVE

Edmunds Automotive Information
Kelley Blue Book
NADA Vehicle Pricing Guides

BIOGRAPHY

Author Biographies--PopulistBooks.com
Mathematician Biographies
New York Times Obituaries--use "skingstown" for both ID and Password

Oliver Hazard Perry

BOOKS

Amazon.com
Abebooks.com Rare Books
Barnes and Noble
Bauman Rare Books
Library of Congress Center for the Book
Recommended Reading

CAREERS AND EDUCATION

Rhode Island Job Bank
What Color Is Your Parachute

College Board (SAT's, etc.)
College Planning Center of Rhode Island
Colleges and Universities in Rhode Island
CSS Profile
FAFSA
Rhode Island Department of Education
Rhode Island Higher Education Assistance Authority

Americorps
United States Air Force
United States Army
United States Coast Guard
United States Marine Corps
United States Navy
Peace Corps
Rhode Island National Guard

CITATION STYLES

APA Style FAQ's
Guide to Citation Style Guides
MLA Style FAQ's
Citation Style for Research Papers from Long Island University The Citation Machine--Landmark Project
21st Century Information and Fluency Project--all kinds of citation tools
Oregon School Library Information System "Citing Sources" Page

COUNTRIES

Background Notes: Countries of the World
BBC Country Profiles
Foreign Government Resources on the Web
United Nations

FACTS

Fast Facts
Information Please Almanac
1UpInfo--online encyclopedia and gazeteer

FEDERAL

Congressman James Langevin
Senator Sheldon Whitehouse
Senator Jack Reed


U.S. Census
U.S. Government Agency Websites
U.S. Government Publications Online
United States House of Representatives
United States Senate
United States Supreme Court
White House

GARDENING

URI Cooperative Extension
URI Master Gardeners
National Gardening Association

HEALTH, HOSPITALS

Selected Online Health Resources--50 links to hospitals, physicians, and more

HISTORY, GENEALOGY

History of water power on the Saugatucket--go to Page Five
Smith's Castle
South County Museum
Rhode Island Marine Archaeology Project
Rhode Island Genealogical Society
Rhode Island Historic Sites Open to the Public
Rhode Island Historical Preservation and Heritage Commission
Historical and Architectural Resources of South Kingstown, Rhode Island: A Preliminary Report
Historical and Architectural Resources of other RI cities and towns
Rhode Island Historical Society
Rhode Island State Archives
Royal Charter of 1663

Library of Congress American Memory Collections--browse historical photographs and more
Chronology of U.S. Historical Documents
Documents in the News

Constitution of the United States
The Bill of Rights
Constitutional Amendments
Declaration of Independence

Cyndi's list of Genealogy Sites on the Internet
Family Search--free LDS genealogy site
Mashantucket Pequot Museum and Research Center Library Catalog
New Bedford Public Library Whaling Collection Archives
Pettaquamscutt Historical Society
U.S. Census Historical Data Browser
Washington County, RI: U.S. Genweb Project Home Page

LAW

Rhode Island General Laws
Rhode Island Judiciary
Rhode Island State Law Library
U.S. Supreme Court
U.S. Supreme Court--Multimedia Archive
Cornell Law School Legal Information Institute
Findlaw

Rhode Island Digest of Labor Laws
Rhode Island Employer Handbook

LIBRARIES, DIGITAL COLLECTIONS

AskRI.org--R.I. Statewide Reference Resource Center
Providence Public Library
HELIN Consortium (8 RI academic and some health science libraries)
InRhode Library Catalog (10 RI academic libraries, 13 health science libraries)
Ocean State Libraries--RI's Public Library network (formerly CLAN)
Rhode Island School Libraries (RILINK)
Rhode Island Library Services (OLIS)
Talking Books Plus--Regional Library for the Blind and Physically Handicapped
Rhode Island Library Association
Rhode Island State Archives
Rhode Island State Law Library
Rhode Island State Library

New England Library Association
Library of Congress
State Archives
Presidential Libraries
American Library Association

Repositories of Primary Sources in the Eastern US and Canada
Brown University Digital Collections
Brown University Steering Committee on Slavery and Justice--Repository of Historical Documents
Harvard University Web-Accessible Collections
New York Public Library Digital Collections
Cornell University Library Digital Collections
Mystic Seaport Libraries
Solvay Process Digital Collection (Hazard Family business near Syracuse, New York)
Valley of the Shadow--Digital Archive of 2 Communities in the Civil War

MONEY, BUSINESS, IDENTITY THEFT RESOURCES

Charity Navigator--unbiased evaluations
Choose to Save--a non-commercial financial education resource
Getting Fiscally Fit

Finding Historical Stock Prices
Morningstar
Value Line
New York Stock Exchange
Nasdaq

U.S. Dept. of Justice Identity Theft Page

NEWSPAPERS

Narragansett Times
South County Independent
Providence Business News
Providence Journal
Providence Journal Databases--current and archives to 1983
Westerly Sun
Chariho Times
Providence Phoenix


Boston Globe
Online Newspapers in New England
Google News
New York Times
Wall Street Journal Editorial Page
Washington Post


International Herald Tribune
Latin American Newspapers
Newspapers from Around the World
World Press Review

PATENTS

U.S. Patent and Trademark Office

RHODE ISLAND

Historical and Architectural Resources of South Kingstown, Rhode Island: A Preliminary Report
Historical and Architectural Resources of other RI cities and towns
Rhode Island Contractors' Registration Board--oversees providers of contracted construction services
Rhode Island Historical Society
AskRI.org--R.I. Statewide Reference Resource Center
Rhode Island State Archives
Rhode Island State Building Codes
Rhode Island Census Data 2000
Rhode Island Constitution
Rhode Island Economic Development Corporation
Find Your Rhode Island Elected Officials
Rhode Island Resource Recovery Corporation
Rhode Island Tourism Division
Rhode Island Historic Sites Open to the Public
Rhode Island Landlord-Tenant Law
Rhode Island State Agencies
Rhode Island State Government
Rhode Island Division of Taxation

Save The Bay
South County Museum

SCIENCE, NATURE

Cornell Lab of Ornithology
Birdsource
Arkive--endangered and protected species
NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day Index
Rhode Island Wild Plant Society
Envirolink Network--clearinghouse for environmental information
University of Rhode Island Graduate School of Oceanography Outreach Programs
Roger Williams Park Zoo

SEARCH ENGINES, DIRECTORIES

All Pages Business Directory
Altavista
Ask.com
AskRI.org--R.I. Statewide Reference Resource Center
Dogpile
Google
Lycos
Metacrawler
Yahoo

TAX INFORMATION

IRS
Rhode Island Division of Taxation
Connecticut State Tax Forms
Massachusetts State Tax Forms

TELEVISION, MEDIA

CNN
ABC
CBS
MSNBC
PBS
National Public Radio
WGBH Channel 2
WLNE Channel 6
WJAR Channel 10
WPRI Channel 12
WSBE Channel 36

TRAVEL, TRANSPORTATION, MAPS

Amtrak
Peter Pan Bus Lines (formerly Bonanza Bus Lines)
Kingston Railroad Station
Logan Airport
MBTA
Rhode Island Department of Transportation
RIPTA Bus schedules
T.F. Green Airport
National Highway System
Mapquest
Rhode Island Bike Maps
Windows Live Local--aerial views of U.S. cities

WEATHER

Channel 6 Weather (ABC6) 
Channel 10 Weather (NBC10)

American Red Cross Disaster Preparedness Information
American Red Cross Disaster Preparedness for People with Disabilities
RI Department of Health Hurricane Preparedness Page
State of Rhode Island Hurricane Preparedness Page

Disaster Preparedness Resources for Pets
Humane Society of the U.S.--"Pets and Disaster" brochure

National Hurricane Center
National Weather Service
NWS Current Watches, Warnings, and Advisories for Rhode Island
National Weather Service Local Forecast
National Weather Service Marine Forecasts

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This page updated February 2, 2007.