VIRTUAL REFERENCE DESK

TABLE OF CONTENTS
Automobile Pricing Cards of All Types Classmates Throughout the Country
College Preparation Cool Web Sites Flights, Airline Travel
Freebies and Auctions Gardening Genealogy
Job Hunting Jokes Incredibly Useful Sites
Information Searching Kids Web Sites Local Sites
Maps and Driving Medical Information Net Basics
People Locator - Yellow Pages Information Police Scanner and Fire Reports Reference and Research
Senior Sites Stocks and Mutual Funds Investing Weather

 
AUTOMOBILE PRICING
Auto-By-Tel  http://www.autobytel.com/
Autovantage http://www.autovantage.com
Carpoint  http://www.carpoint.msn.com
Carsmart http://www.carsmart.com
Edmonds http://www.edmund.com
Kelly Blue Book http://www.kbb.com
CARDS OF ALL TYPES
Blue Mountain Cards http://www2.bluemountain.com/
E-greetings http://www.egreetings.com
HiCards http://hicards.com/index.shtml
My Postcards http://www.mypostcards.com
CLASSMATES THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY
Classmates.com http://www.classmates.com
By registering you can look up others who have registered in any school in the country.  By subscribing, you can get information on same people.  Great  info on old friends.
COLLEGE PREPARATION
College Board Online http://www.collegeboard.org
Comparing Schools http://www.collegeview.com
Sat, GRE, Tests  http://www.petersons.com
COOL WEB SITES
Amusing Stock Ideas  http://www.fool.com
Decide What To Do http://www.citysearch.com
For News Junkies  http://www.pointcast.com
Jobs  http://www.monster.com
Nearly Free Software http://www.shareware.com
Nifty Ideas On Anything http://www.learn.com
Radio On Your PC  http://www.broadcast.yahoo.com
Stats, Scores, Stories http://espn.go.com/
Techno-Rich-Fun  http://www.cnet.com
FLIGHTS AIRLINE TRAVEL
Best Fares http://www.bestfares.com
Check Before Leaving The House http://www.henricson.se/mats/upl
Ticket Auction http://www.priceline.com
Travelocity.com http://www.travelocity.com
FREEBIES AND AUCTIONS
All kinds of free stuff  http://www.thefreesite.com
Games http://gamespot.com
Game Demos http://www.dailydemo.com
Web Auction http://www2.warehouse.com
Web Stakes http://www.webstakes.com
GARDENING
Earl The Yard-Care Answer Guy http://www.yardcare.com
Gardenweb http://www.gardenweb.com
The Armchair Gardener http://armchairgardener.com/
GENEALOGY
National Genealogy Site http://www.ngsgenealogy.org
Personal Ancestral File http://www.saintclair.org/paf/
JOB HUNTING
Career Path http://www.careerbuilder.com
Government Jobs Anywhere http://www.ajb.dni.us/
Job Hunting http://www.rileyguide.com
Job Options http://www.joboptions.com
Monster.com http://www.monsterboard.com
Newspapers http://www.newspapers.com
Research Employers http://www.hoovers.com
INCREDIBLY USEFUL SITES
Better Homes & Gardens http://www.bhg.com/
Betty Crocker Recipe's http://www.bettycrocker.com
Birder Home Page http://www.birder.com
City Guide Networks http://www.sidewalk.com
Do It Yourself  http://www.housenet.com
Get Local http://www.local.yahoo.com/
Gifts  http://www.giftinabasket.com
Go Network  http://www.go.com
Helpful House Hints http://www.learn.com
Home Improvement http://www.bhg.com
Homesick Gourmet  http://www.homesickgourmet.com/
How To Do Anything http://www.how2do.com
Martha Stewart http://www.marthastewart.com
Natural Products http://www.mothernature.com
New Stuff, Dirt Cheap http://www.fingerhut.com
Put Paragraphs In Jive http://www.jivenator@jiveon.com
Restaurant Surveys http://www.zagat.com
Ticketmaster Online http://www.ticketmaster.com
Useful Site Of The Day http://www.thisoldhouse.com
INFORMATION SEARCHING
AltaVista http://www.altavista.digital.com
Excite  http://www.Excite.com
Family Websites http://www.ala.org/ICONN/lsnlink1.html
Hotbot  http://www.hotbot.lycos.com
Google http://www.google.com
Lycos  http://www.Lycos.com
Netscape http://www.Netscape.com
Opentext  http://www.Opentext.com
WebCrawler  http://www.Webcrawler.com
JOKES
Laugh of the Day http://www.laugh-of-the-day.com
KIDS WEB SITES
Bess, the Internet Retriever http://www.bess.com
Discovery News Online http://www.discovery.com/area/discoverynews/news1.htm=l
Family Websites http://www.ala.org/ICONN/lsnlink1.html
Kids Hangout http://www.disney.com
The White House http://www.whitehouse.gov/WH/kids/html/home.html
Yahooligans:web guide for kids http://www.yahooligans.com
LOCAL SITES
Allegheny County http://www.Allegheny.pa.us/index.asp
Cinema Listings http://www.cs.cmu.edu/Unofficial/Movies/scheds/movies.html
City of Pittsburgh http://www.city.Pittsburgh.pa.us/
Ethnic Site http://www.nauticom.net/www/maduro/ethnic.htm
Pittsburgh Post Gazette http://www.postgazette.com/
Three Rivers Free Net http://trfn.clpgy.org/ 
MAPS AND DRIVING
Best Greasy Spoon http://www.astro.princeton.edu/~goldberg/diner.html
Best Scenic Drives http://www.byways.org
Disney's Animal Park http://asp.disney.go.com/disneyworld/
How Far is It? http://www.indo.com/distance/
Mapblast http://www.mapblast.com
Maps On Us http://www.mapsonus.com
Mapquest http://www.mapquest.com
Speedtraps http://www.nashville.net/speedtrap
Wacky Side Trips http://www.roadsideamerica.com
MEDICAL INFORMATION
American Medical Assc http://www.ama-assn.org
BH&G Cold and Flu Guide http://www.bhg.com/health/coldflu.html
Columbia Education http://cpmcnet.columbia.edu/texts/guide
Drug Index http://www.rxlist.com
Johns Hopkins Health Information http://www.intelihealth.com
Mayo Health  http://www.mayoclinic.org
Medical Search http://www.medscape.com
NET BASICS
Internet Reference http://www.refdesk.com/
Internet Terms http://www.netlingo.com
Learning The Net  http://www.learnthenet.com
Search The Web http://www.galaxy.com
PEOPLE LOCATOR...YELLOW PAGES INFORMATION
Bigfoot Advanced http://www.bigfoot.com/run?FN=3DBFD_SEARCH_
Bigfoot Directory http://www.bigfoot.com
Look Up A Person http://www.theultimates.com
People Search http://www.whowhere.lycos.com
Zipcode Lookup http://www.usps.gov/ncsc/
POLICE SCANNER AND FIRE REPORTS - LISTEN LIVE
Yahoo Broadcast http://www.broadcast.yahoo.com/
REFERENCE AND RESEARCH
Better Business Bureau  http://www.bbbonline.org
Britannica Online http://www.eb.com/
CIA World Fact Book http://www.odci.gov/cia/publications/factbook/index.html
Dictionaries from Everywhere http://www.yourdictionary.com
Information Please  http://www.infoplease.com
Intelligence Resource http://www.fas.org/irp
Internal Revenue Service http://www.irs.ustreas.gov
Kennedy Space Center  http://www.ksc.nasa.gov/ksc.html
Money Conversions http://www.xe.net/ucc/
NASA Home Page  http://www.nasa.gov
National Geographic http://www.nationalgeographic.com
Old Farmers Almanac http://www.almanac.com
Park Locator by LL Bean http://www.llbean.com/parksearch
Research It  http://www.iTools.com/research-it
Research Museums http://www.si.edu
Scientific Phenomena http://www.knowledge.co.uk/frontiers/sfonline.htm
Statistical Abstracts of the US http://www.census.gov/statab/www/
The Library of Congress http://www.loc.gov/
Time Conversions http://www.timezonesforpcs.com
UFO Black Vault http://www.blackvault.com/
Universe-Space Science http://www.windows.umich.edu
Websters Dictionary http://www.m-w.com
SENIOR SITES
Elderly Health Care http://www.seekwellness.com/
Healthy Living, Love and Finances http://www.thirdage.com
Medicare http://www.seniorlaw.com/
Resources for Computer Training http://www.seniornet.org
STOCKS AND MUTUAL FUNDS INVESTING
EE Bonds http://www.savingsbonds.gov
Fortune Business Resources http://www.fortune.com
Goodmoney Homepage http://www.goodmoney.com
Highest CD rates http://www.bankrate.com
Quicken Stock Search http://www.quicken.com/investments/stocks/search
Stock Market news http://www.thestreet.com
Stockmaster http://www.stockmaster.com
U.S. Treas. Securities http://www.Bonds-online.com
WEATHER
Satellite Pictures of U.S. http://www.goes.noaa.gov
The Weather Channel http://www.weather.com

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    Carnegie Mellon University
    Pittsburgh, PA 15213

    Date last updated: Sept. 12, 2002

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