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Web Resources

Search Engines

A search engine is designed to search for information on the World Wide Web. Information may consist of web pages, images and other types of files. (Source: Wikipedia.)

AllTheWeb

AltaVista

Ask

GigaBlast

Google

HotBot

MSN Search

Meta Search Engines

A meta search engine sends user requests to several other search engines and/or databases and aggregates the results into a single list or displays them according to their source. Another way to look at it, is that Meta Search engines enable users to enter search criteria once and access several search engines simultaneously. (Source: Wikipedia.)

IxQuick

Vivisimo

Surfwax

Dogpile

Clusty

Mamma

Ithaki

http://www.ithaki.net/indexu.htm

KillerInfo

www.killerinfo.com

Kartoo

www.kartoo.com

Webcrawler

www.webcrawler.com

Quick Reference

Various free online dictionaries, encyclopedias and quotation sources.

Bartlett's Familiar Quotations

http://www.bartleby.com/100/

Famous Quotes and Authors - searchable and browseable by author or topic
http://www.famousquotesandauthors.com/
Merriam-Webster Online Dictiionary

http://www.merriam-webster.com/home.htm

OneLook Dictionaries

http://www.onelook.com/

YourDictionary.com

http://www.yourdictionary.com/

Thesaurus.com

http://thesaurus.reference.com/

InfoPlease

http://www.infoplease.com/

Encarta Online

http://encarta.msn.com/artcenter_/browse.html

Almanacs, Calendars and Statistics

The CIA World Factbook

https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/index.html

The Farmer's Almanac

http://www.almanac.com/

The Calendar Zone

http://www.calendarzone.com/

The 10,000 Year Calendar

http://calendarhome.com/tyc/

The World Time Server

http://www.worldtimeserver.com/

This Day in History

http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history.do

Biographies and Celebrities

Biographical Dictionary

http://www.s9.com/

Biography.com

http://www.biography.com/search/

Dead People Server

http://www.dpsinfo.com/dps/index.html

Find A Grave

http://www.findagrave.com/

Calculators and Measurement

Currency Converter

http://www.oanda.com/converter/classic

Measure 4 Measure

http://www.wolinskyweb.net/measure.htm

How Far Is It?

http://www.indo.com/distance/

Reference Collections

(Links to sites of larger ready reference collections that are "free" on the Internet.)

The Internet Public Library

http://www.ipl.org/div/subject/browse/ref00.00.00

Bartleby.com

http://www.bartleby.com/

RefDesk.com: Fast Facts

http://www.refdesk.com/fastfact.html

LibrarySpot

http://www.libraryspot.com/

National and International Phone Books and Directories/International Calling Code finder/Zip code finder

BigBook powered by Superpages.com

http://www.bigbook.com/
White pages
http://www.whitepages.com/
Superpages
http://www.superpages.com
Switchboard
http://www.switchboard.com/
Anywho powered by AT&T
http://www.tollfree.att.net/tf.html
Infobel – International phone listings
http://www.infobel.com/World
Area Code Decoder provides you with current information
related to area codes, city codes, and country codes.
http://decoder.americom.com/
U.S. Post Office – Zip code look-up
http://zip4.usps.com/zip4/welcome.jsp
Calling Codes for countries around the world
http://www.countrycallingcodes.com
Free Phone Rates Comparisons
http://abtolls.com/
International Calling Codes
http://www.the-acr.com/codes/cntrycd.htm

Weather

National Weather Service

http://www.nws.noaa.gov/

Weather Underground - including historical data back to 1994

http://www.wunderground.com/

Consumer Help

Government Sites

Massachusetts Office of Consumer Affairs and Business Regulation

http://www.mass.gov/?pageID=ocahomepage&L=1&L0=Home&sid=Eoca

U.S. Consumer Gateway

http://www.consumer.gov/

U.S. Consumer Product Safety Division

http://www.cpsc.gov/index.html

U.S. Consumer Information Center

http://www.pueblo.gsa.gov/

Other Web resources for consumers

The Better Business Bureau

http://welcome.bbb.org/

Consumer Reports Online

http://www.consumerreports.org/cro/index.htm

ConsumerSearch.com

http://www.consumersearch.com/

ConsumerWorld.com

http://www.consumerworld.org/

Edmunds Car research

http://www.edmunds.com/

Guide to charities and non-profits

http://www.guidestar.org/

Lowermybills.com

http://www.lowermybills.com/

Measuring what a dollar is worth

http://www.measuringworth.com/

Employment

Web sites for seeking employment

Jobs Plus America

http://www.plusjobs.com/

America's Job Bank

http://www.ajb.dni.us/

Boston Herald Jobfind

http://www.jobfind.com/

Boston Globe BostonWorks

http://www.bostonworks.com/

Worcester Telegram WorcesterWorks

http://www.worcesterworks.com/

Career Builder

http://www.careerbuilder.com/

Federal jobs and employment information

http://www.usajobs.opm.gov/

Flip Dog

http://www.flipdog.com/

Yahoo Hotjobs

http://www.hotjobs.com/

Job Bank USA

http://www.jobbankusa.com/

Job Hunt

http://www.job-hunt.org/

Google's Job Search

http://directory.google.com/Top/Business/Employment/Job_Search/

Job Web

http://www.jobweb.com/

Job Star Central

http://jobsmart.org/tools/resume/index.htm

Massachusetts Department of Workforce Development
http://masscis.intocareers.org/default.aspx

Massachusetts Department of Labor

http://www.detma.org/DETJobServices.htm

Monster

http://www.monster.com/

Nation Job
http://www.nationjob.com/

Studentjobs.gov

http://www.studentjobs.gov/

Workforce Central Career Center

http://www.workforcecentralma.org/
Hireculture: Massachusetts Arts-related jobs
https://www.hireculture.org/
Library Jobs in Massachusetts - from the MA Board of Library Commissioners
http://mblc.state.ma.us/jobs/find_jobs/index.php
Center for Women & Enterprise (CWE), a "non-profit organization dedicated to
helping women start and grow their own businesses"
http://www.cweonline.org

Retirement and Savings Issues

Retirement Savings Calculators

tinyurl.com/AARPcalculator

cgi.money.cnn.com/tools

www.kiplinger.com/tools

www.choosetosave.org/calculators

Retirement Planning and General Retirement Issues

Resources from the U.S. Financial Literacy and Education Commission
http://www.mymoney.gov/retirement.shtml
Social Security Administration
www.socialsecurity.gov
Understanding the Benefits
A publication of the Social Security Administration (PDF format)
http://www.ssa.gov/pubs/10024.pdf
What Every Woman Should Know
A publication of the Social Security Administration (PDF format)
http://www.ssa.gov/pubs/10127.pdf
AARP
http://www.aarp.org/money/
AARP Foundation's Reverse Mortgage Education Project
http://www.aarp.org/money/personal/reverse_mortgages/
Information for those with a "traditional defined benefit (DB) pension"
www.pbgc.gov
SmartAboutMoney from the National Endowment for Financial Education
http://www.smartaboutmoney.org/
Women’s Institute for a Secure Retirement
http://www.wiserwomen.org/

Saving and Investing

Savings and Wealth Resources from the Consumer Federation of America
http://tinyurl.com/consumerfed-org
Security and Exchange Commission (SEC) Investor Information
http://www.sec.gov/investor.shtml
Invest Wisely: An Introduction to Mutual Funds (SEC publication)
http://www.sec.gov/investor/pubs/inwsmf.htm
Internal Revenue Service's guide to individual retirement arrangements (IRAs)
www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/p590.pdf
Consumer finance information from the Federal Citizen Information Center (Pueblo, CO)
http://tinyurl.com/moneypuebloFCIC
Financial Literacy site of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants
www.360financialliteracy.org

Finding a Financial Advisor

Find a certified financial planner near you
(from the Certified Financial Planner Board of Standards)
www.cfp.net/learn

Locate a fee-only financial advisor
(from the National Association of Personal Financial Advisors)
http://findanadvisor.napfa.org/Home.aspx

Avoiding Scams and Con Artists

Scam Alerts
(from the North American Securities Administrators Association)
http://www.nasaa.org//investor_education/Investor_Alerts___Tips/

Disciplinary Rulings Against Personal Financial Advisors
(from the North American Securities Administrators Association)
http://www.nasaa.org/issues___answers/enforcement___legal_activity/3074.cfm

Check Out/Investigate Brokerage & Investment Firms and Individual Advisors
(from the Securities Exchange Commission (SEC))
http://www.sec.gov/answers/crd.htm

Scam Alerts & Enforcement Actions from the Mass. Securities Division
http://www.sec.state.ma.us/sct/sctidx.htm