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Agriculture
MAC Link List Extension Guidesheets from university research centers in the world Agriculture Network Information Center (AgNIC) USDA Economics and Statistics System 300+ reports & datasets from U.S. Dept of Agriculture
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Associations Unlimited including IRS nonprofit database Restricted to State Government PC's.
[back to top] Biography FT=full text of articles is available online
Biography & Genealogy Master Index Restricted to State Government PC's. Biography.com Biographical Dictionary NobelPrize.org The official web site of the Nobel Foundation The Pulitzer Prizes POTUS -- Presidents of the United States
[back to top] Business and Consumers FT=full text of articles is available online
The Better Business Bureau BizLink a mega-site with links to Starting a business, Forms, Company research, International business, Investment & personal finance, Career Corner, Taxes from PMCLC Consumer World Corporate Information Research Site Daily Stocks Stocks Search Engine Edmund's Automobile Buyer's Guides Federal Citizen Information Center Main Page Hoover's Company Information Internet Sources for U. S. Corporate, Industrial, and Economic Information Morningstar	ReferenceUSA largest US business/government & residential directory with look-up by address, phone number, and by type of business, size & location; business details include executives, number of employees, estimated sales, maps, etc.; residential details include USA census housing data & maps. Restricted to State Government PC's. Thomas Register of American Manufacturers The Universal Currency Converter Vanguard Group Financial information on a wide range of topics including, IRAs, tax law and investing strategies What's a Dollar Worth? Consumer Price Index (CPI) Calculation Machine Yahoo! Stock Quotes and Information
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SD Dingell-Johnson Reports (fisheries research)
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BRAINTRACK University-Index -- a directory of universities on the internet; includes international listings as well as US College Board Online CollegeNET The Distance and Education Training Council Education World Where Educators Go To Learn Educator's Desk Reference 2,000+ lesson plans, 3,000+ links to online education information, and ERIC ERIC or via Educator's Desk Reference, SearchERIC, or via SDLN FAFSA on the Web online applications for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) fastWEB! Financial Aid Search Through the Web Federal Financial Aid for Students FinAid The Financial Aid Information Page	Federal Resources for Educational Excellence Globewide Network Academy Distance Learning Catalog gre.org: Graduate Record Examinations High School Debate Topics Internet School Library Media Center Library-in-the-Sky Office of Postsecondary Education Peterson's Education Center: Graduate and Professional Study Peterson's Education Center: Undergraduate Study SD EdWeb connecting educators, students & parents to the WorldWide Web Distance Education Clearinghouse University of Wisconsin-Extension, its partners and other UW institutions
[back to top] Entertainment: Music, TV and Movies
All-Music Guide I Saw It On TV A Guide to Broadcast Programming Sources The Internet Movie Database Earth's biggest movie database AJR (American Journalism Review) and NewsLink comprehensive listing of newspaper, magazine, & tv sites. Books or Magazine articles
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Ancestry.com AncestryLibrary (available only on PC's located in SD libraries & on SD campuses) Cyndi's List of Genealogy Sites on the Internet Dalby Database search records from Minnesota. Ellis Island search immigration records (free registration) Everton's Genealogical Helper FamilySearch sponsored by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints FEEFHS -- Federation of East European Family History Societies Genealogical Research at the National Archives	Genealogy Resources from the South Dakota Department of Health, Vital Records office. details availability of SD birth, death, & marriage records at the state & county level Genealogy.com Italian Genealogy JewishGen The Official Home of Jewish Genealogy SD State Archives Genealogical Resources South Dakota Birth Records With Birth Dates Over 100 Years RootsWeb Genealogical Data Cooperative The USGenWeb Project Vital Records Information
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American City & County Magazine Serving city and county officials with monthly features about local government issues, trends, products and services. Depositories for government publications Cities Online Directory of municipal home pages provided by the US Council of Mayors (website). General Code Publishers Corp. Municipal codification and document management systems. LGov.org Local government information technology professionals share and exchange information. Municipal Code Corporation Over 500 municipal codes listed by state. Municipal Codes Online Links to city and county codes and ordinances around the United States. Produced and maintained by the Seattle Public Library (website).	Muninet Guide and Review Municipal website directory and newsletter designed for city, village county and other civic officials providing information on web sites in over 40 categories of local government related websites. National Association of Counties National organization representing county governments in the United States. NewsDirectory.com: City Governments Links to roughly two thousand US city government web sites, sorted by state. U.S. Conference of Mayors Official non-partisan organization for cities with populations exceeding 30,000. Provides links to major city leadership, urban policy information and political news relating to municipal and urban issues. South Dakota Government Information From the South Dakota State Library
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Associations Unlimited including IRS nonprofit database Restricted to State Government PC's. Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) Council on Foundations Foundation Center Online	GuideStar 600,000 non-profits drawn from IRS documentation GrantsWeb from the Society of Research Administrators Internet Nonprofit FAQ South Dakota Grant Directory Currently under construction as of December 2007
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Alternative Medicine Homepage gateway to alternative, complementary, innovative, & integrative therapies from the University of Pittsburgh's Falk Library Diseases, Disorders and Related Topics Sponsored by the Karolinska Institute Library, Sweden's largest medical library, this is a truly amazing list of diseases; available in English or Swedish. healthfinder US Gov't consumer health and human services info HealthLink Plus reliable, recent, and authoritative information from sites selected by Public Library of Charlotte & Mecklenburg County HealthInfoQuest pathfinders for cancer, diseases & conditions, drugs & nutritional supplements, health-related homework, etc.; funded by the National Library of Medicine KidsHealth Children's Health & Parenting Information Mayo Clinic Health Tools for healthier lives	OBGYN.net The Obstetrics & Gynecology Network OncoLink A University of Pennsylvania Cancer Center Resource Psych Central Dr. John GROHOL's Mental Health Page Rosenthal Center for Complementary & Alternative Medicine covers aging, acupuncture, botanical/herbal medicine, chiropractic, homeopathy & cancer treatments; funded by the National Institutes of Health SAVE Suicide Awareness \ Voices of Education MedlinePlus (links to websites, medical encyclopedia, USPDI patient drug info, & pre-formulated MEDLINE searches) from U.S. National Library of Medicine/ NLM PubMed (free access to MEDLINE 11 million+ citations & more) from U.S. National Library of Medicine/ NLM
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America's Story have fun with history from the Library of Congress Best of History Web Sites features links to K-12 history lesson plans, teacher guides, activities, games, quizzes, etc. Photos West Digital Image Collections by Denver Public Library National Council of the Lewis & Clark Bicentennial
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America's Job Bank Career Magazine Careers.org CareerBuilder monster.com the online career center monsterTRAK Occupational Outlook Handbook (federal)	The Salary Calculator relocation, cost of living, real estate SD Bureau of Personnel Job Openings SD Department of Labor Labor Market Information Center South Dakota's Job Bank
[back to top] Law and Legislation -- See also Government
Attorney: Directory from Martindale Court TV FindLaw: Internet Legal Resources FindLaw: Directory Legal Information Institute Minnesota Legislative Reference Library	Nolo: Self-Help Law Center State Bar of South Dakota www.statecapitals.com Visalaw.com Immigration Laws and Forms
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American Indian History and Culture Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History Civilization.ca: Native Clothing Lakota na Dakota Wowapi Oti Kin Lakota Dakota Information Home Page Lakota Winter Counts Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History National Museum of the American Indian Native Web WWW Virtual Library - American Indians Index of Native American Resources on the Internet
[back to top] Reference -- See also Libraries FT=full text of articles is available online
Academic Info college & research-level resources organized in 3 areas: general reference, student center, and 13 subject gateways AcqWeb's General Reference Resources Books or Magazine articles Digital Librarian A librarian's choice of the best of the web organized by subject Encyclopedia Britannica Info Please All the knowledge you need INFOMINE Wonderful site with great links to everything imaginable; from author biographies to the proper way to cite an Internet source in a research paper; also has great financial, scientific and political information. Internet Public Library Reference Desk Single best source for facts Librarian's Internet Index Websites you can trust LibrarySpot The best of libraries, newspapers, encyclopedias, maps and more	LitFinder (formerly Poem Finder and Story Finder) Full Text search 800,000 poem citations/excerpts, 85,000 full-text poems, children's poems by topic and thousands of full-text short stories indexed and grouped by genre, as well as explanations, biographies, pictures, and more. Restricted to State Government PC's. PD Info: public domain music Science.gov Gateway to science information provided by U.S. Government agencies, including research and development results. The Virtual Reference Desk Features "AskA+" Internet-based question-and-answer services Voice of the Shuttle Humanities related sites, primarily academic in nature...everything from Anthropology to Women's Studies. Xrefer A reference engine, providing free access to the world's largest collection of encyclopedias, dictionaries, thesauri and quotations
[back to top] Rural Issues
Council of State Governments Organization forecasting policy trends for the community of states, commonwealths and territories on a national and regional basis. Center for Rural Affairs One of the nation’s leading rural organizations known for it's pioneering work to rebuild rural America and it's national work to reform federal policy. Center for Rural Health Connects resources and knowledge to serve people in rural communities. National Association of Counties (NACo) National organization that represents county governments in the United States. Rural Assistance Center (RAC) A rural health and human services "information portal."	Rural Policy Research Institute (RUPRI) Provides unbiased analysis and information on the challenges, needs, and opportunities facing rural America. South Dakota Association of County Commissioners To promote and improve county government in South Dakota. South Dakota Municipal League The cooperative improvement of municipal government in South Dakota Office of Rural Health Policy (ORHP) Promotes better health care service in rural America.
[back to top] Weather, Geography, and Travel
Astronomical Data Services US Naval Observatory's page: lists things such as Sunrise, Moonrise, Moonset, Phases and some information on Stars, Comets, Eclipses and other celestial phenomena CIA World Factbook DeLorme: EarthaMaps freetrip.com Intellicast Interactive Weather Information Network MapQuest! National Geographic Map Machine Perry-Castaneda Library Map Collection (2100 map images, including 700 US maps & many historical maps) South Dakota Climate & Weather Provides historical precipitation, heating degree days, growing degree days, temperature averages for Airport Stations and Automatic Stations, as well as frost predictions, climate maps, archived radar maps, and current weather & time-lapse radar	SD Dept. Of Transportation Construction & Winter Road Conditions United Nations Cyberschoolbus Information about United Nations member countries. US Board on Geographic Names Basic information, such as lat/long, population, zip code, for cities or places (primarily in the US). USGS Mapping Information GNIS United States and Territories U.S. Gazetteer US Census Bureau, search for U.S. locations by city, county or ZIPcode and link to census data The Weather Channel Yahoo! Maps
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