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Any good reference collection provides quality resources and the means to search them. This page is no exception. The web links and books listed here have been carefully checked for authority, currency and usefulness.

Web Search Tools

Google
http://www.google.com
The biggest search engine on the web today.
Alta Vista
http://www.altavista.com
The granddaddy of all search engines.
Ask Jeeves
http://www.askjeeves.com
Uses natural language questions.
Dogpile
http://www.dogpile.com
One of the web's meta-search engines. Returns results from more than one individual search engine.
Yahoo
http://www.yahoo.com
One of the most popular search engines on the web.
Yahoo en Espanol
http://www.espanol.yahoo.com
Yahoo in Spanish.

Current Events

USA Today
http://www.usatoday.com
ABC News
http://www.abcnews.com
CBS News
http://www.cbsnews.com
NBC News
http://www.msnbc.com
CNN en Espanol
http://www.cnnenespanol.com

Finding People and Numbers

Switchboard.com
http://www.switchboard.com
U.S. directory information. Searches the white pages, the yellow pages, or by phone number.
People Search
http://www.people.yahoo.com
Telephone directory information and email address lookup.
Zip Codes
http://www.zipcodes.com
U.S. zip code search.
Quien/Donde
http://spanish.whowhere.lycos.com
Name, address, telephone search in Spanish.

Government - Federal

Administration for Children and Families
http://www.acf.dhhs.gov/ U.S. Department of Health and Human Services site to assist individuals and groups with resources, data, publications and contacts for family assistance.
Federal Tax Forms
http://www.irs.gov/forms_pubs/forms.html
Printable forms for filing your federal taxes.
Firstgov
http://www.firstgov.gov Gateway to federal information on the internet.

Government - Local

Ohio Counties and Municipalities
http://www.oplin.lib.oh.us/index.cfm?ID=3-30-1099
Web page links for Ohio's counties and municipalities.

Government - Ohio

Ohio.gov
http://www.state.oh.us
Home page for the state of Ohio. Gateway to other Ohio government sites.
Ohio's Laws, Rules & Constitution
http://www.state.oh.us/ohio/ohiolaws.htm
Searchable text of the Ohio Constitution and the Ohio Revised Code.
Ohio Tax Forms
http://www.state.oh.us/tax/global_forms.html
Printable forms for filing Ohio state income tax.
Ohio Vital Records Information
http://www.vitalrec.com/oh.html
Information about where to obtain copies of birth and death certificates, marriage licenses and divorce decrees for the state of Ohio.

Other Ohio Sites

Ohio Bicentennial
http://www.ohio200.org
Home page for the statewide festivities surrounding Ohio's bicentennial celebration.
Ohio Census
http://www.odod.state.oh.us/osr/cen2000.htm Census Bureau "Census 2000" information for Ohio.
Ohio County Profiles
http://www.odod.state.oh.us/osr/profiles/default.htm Population and other statistics for each of Ohio's counties.
Ohio Fairs and Festivals
http://www.oplin.lib.oh.us/index.cfm?ID=3-94-980
Links to Ohio County Fairs, Ohio Festivals and the Ohio State Fair.

Ohio's Libraries

Ohio Libraries
http://www.oplin.lib.oh.us/products/fal
Web page links for Ohio's local public libraries.

Miscellaneous Sites of Interest

Better Business Bureau
http://www.bbb.org/bbblookup/BureauSearchResults2.asp
Addresses, phone numbers, email addresses, and websites of the Better Business Bureaus serving Ohio.
Cyfernet
http://www.cyfernet.org/profdata/view.asp Database for children, youth and families professionals.
FindArticles.com
http://www.findarticles.com
Published articles that you can search for free. Constantly updated, dating back to 1998 from more than 300 magazines and journals.
I Village
http://www.ivillage.com
Website which links to a variety of women's issues including parenting and family concerns.
Ohioline
http://ohioline.osu.edu/lines/fami.html
The Ohio StateUniversity site with links on family issues from infants to seniors.
Tufts University Child and Family WebGuide
http://www.cfw.tufts.edu
Gateway to sites about children including daycare, development, helath, parenting, and education.


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