Resource Center
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SUGGESTED WEBSITES: H - L
HEALTH & MEDICINE
- AllRefer Health
- CPR
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- Certified Doctor - directory of specialists
- Chicago Red Cross
- Cook County Public Health
- Food and Drug Administration
- HealthGrades - rates healthcare providers
- HealthFinder - consumer information
- Hospice Net - variety of information and a directory
- Household Products
- health and safety information on
household products. - Iwannaknow - info on STDs, etc., for teens
- KidsHealth - Information for kids, parents, & teens
- Mayo Clinic
- Medicare - HMO and nursing home ratings
- MedicineNet - doctor-created site
- Medicine Online
- MedlinePlus
- Merck Manual
- National Cancer Institute
- National Library of Medicine - articles
- NIH Healthfinder - encyclopedia of over 1,600 health topics
- Official ABMS Directory - user name & password at Adult Services
- RX Assist
- Toxnet - access databases on toxicology, hazardous chemicals, environmental health, and toxic releases.
- Toxtown
- Vitals.com - find a doctor and ratings
- WebMD - one of the most popular medical sites online
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HISTORY
- Adflip - print ads from the past, by decade
- African-American Mosaic - LC resource guide
- America on the Move: Park Forest and Chicago Exhibition - Smithsonian National Museum of American History
- Chicago Museums - website listings and addresses
- Digital Public Library of America - a free, open-source resource that makes a number of digital collections and archives (including the Smithsonian, the National Archives, New York Public Library, the University of Virginia, Harvard) across the country available in one place.
- Illinois magazines - about history
- Lincoln Highway
- Park Forest: An Illinois Planned Community
- Park Forest Historical Society
- Park Forest House Museum
- Slave narratives
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HOBBIES
- All Magic Guide - directory of magic, magicians, and illusion, with calendars, events, and links galore
- Astronomy Discussion Page - contains a collection of forums to discuss all things related to amateur astronomy
- Coin Club - information on coin collecting, coin investing, coin dealers, coin clubs, and auctions
- eHAM.net - features news, articles, links, and resources
- GardenGuides - searchable database of gardening information and articles
- Juggling Information Service - comprehensive resource including juggling help, pictures, movies, and Juggler's World magazine archives
- KiteLife - kite flying resource featuring articles, kite plans, event coverage, commentary, and more
- Potters.org - categorized archive of discussions including business needs, glazes, materials, equipment, and techniques
- QSL Net - web server for the amateur radio community
- Radio Control Web Directory - comprehensive directory of links to R/C (radio control) model Web resources
- Rocketry Online - model, high power, and amateur rocketry
- Scale Modeling Central - offers tips and techniques on plastic scale modeling for beginning and intermediate modelers
- Scrapbooking.com - discusses creative and safe storage for your memories, photos, negatives, memorabilia, and textiles
- SurfBirds.com - offers photo quizzes, life list rankings, identification articles, and more
- Trains.com - offers a wealth of information on real and model railroads
- WoodCentral - offers expert advice and an interactive forum for amateur and professional woodworkers
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HOME SCHOOLING
- Core Knowledge - lesson plans by grade level
- Homeschool World - features articles, experts, events, groups, forum, e-mail newsletter, products, and more
- Homeschooler's Curriculum Swap - buy or sell
- HomeschoolingBooks.com
- Homeschool Learning Network - daily themes and lessons, chat, collaborative projects, curriculum library, messageboards, etc.
- Illinois Christian Home Educators - 815-943-7882
- Illinois H.O.U.S.E.
- Illinois Learning Standards - skills by grade level
- K12: Education for a Lifetime - offers home school curriculum and lesson plans
- SELAH - Southside Enrichment for Language Arts and History. Provides local Language Arts classes.
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ILLINOIS & LOCAL GOVERNMENT
- CodeRED - Emergency Notification System
- Constitution Study Guide - US and Illinois Constitutions
- Cook County - see also the Sheriff's list
- Cook County Assessor
- DuPage County
- Illinois Hardest Hit Program - temporary mortgage payment assistance
- Illinois Magazines - about history, state parks, etc.
- Illinois State Police
- Olympia Fields
- Park Forest
- Search Systems - public records databases
- Secretary of State - business forms and archives
- Sheriff's list
- State of Illinois - government and travel information
- Understanding the Illinois Constitution
- Vote-Smart - elected officials, candidates, etc.
- Will County - includes their demographics
- Your Elected Officials
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INCOME TAX
- 1040.com - federal and state tax information, forms, addresses, IRS publications, and electronic tax filing information
- H&R Block Tax Center
- Illinois Department of Revenue
- Illinois I-File - State of Illinois electronic filing site
- IRS e-File - electronic filing site
- IRS: Official Website
- IRS Printable Forms and Publications
- IRS Refund Status
- Jackson Hewitt
- U.S. Tax Code
- World Wide Web Tax - First comprehensive U.S. tax directory on the Web
- Yahoo! Tax Center
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LAW & LAWMAKING
- Attorneys.com
- FedLaw
- Findlaw - find a law or a lawyer
- Hieros Gamos
- Illinois Lawyer Finder
- Illinois Supreme Court + Appellate decisions
- LawCrawler - law directory
- Law Firm directory from Martindale
- Legal Forms
- Legal Information from LexisNexis
- U.S. Code, CFR, etc.
- U.S. Congress - legislative information
- U.S. Supreme Court
- Will County - legal forms to print out
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LIBRARIES & DATABASES
- All Academic - searches for scholarly texts
- Auto Repair Reference Center - Ask Adult Services for User ID/Password
- Bartleby - search for quotes, poems, etc.
- Bibliomania - searchable full-text classics
- Chicago Tribune Historical
- EBSCOhost - research a topic
- FirstSearch - ask us for a password
- Gale Databases
- Heritage Quest Online
- I Love Libraries
- I-Share - University libraries
- Illinois State Library
- Internet Public Library
- Library of Congress
- Metropolitan Library System
- MLS Union List - magazines in local libraries
- Official ABMS Directory - user name & password at Adult Services
- ProQuest Historical Newspapers
- Quoteland - search or browse quotes
- RefDesk - facts of the day and reference tools
- Special Online Databases
- SWAN Online Catalog - our library's titles
- Translations - free service, several languages
- WilsonWeb: OmniFile Full Text - access with PFPL barcode number
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LITERATURE & BOOKS
- Addall.com - book finding search engine that searches many online bookstores
- Amazon - new and used books, etc.
- Book Pickings
- Famous Quotes & Authors
- Barnes & Noble - has reviews, rare and e-books
- Book Finder - open marketplace for books online
- C-Span's American Writers - includes a book club
- Easy Bib - Input your source information & site gives you your citation in MLA, APA, or Chicago Manual format
- Extension 720 - program guide
- Fiction-L - lists of fiction by subject, style, etc.
- Gutenberg eBooks - download e-books for your personal use for free
- Hathi Trust Digital Library - view e-books, search for text in books, find book in libraries
- Literary Awards & Winners
- Literary Criticism
- On-line Books
- PFPL's Readers' Corner
- Urban Legends
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