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Information

Badger Link (http://www.badgerlink.net/) Badger Link contains many valuable resources: Magazine data bases with many full text articles, Newspaper articles in full text, WISCAT- the state library data base- Links to web sites of most Wisconsin public libraries plus lots of great information, Including sites for KIDS!

Manitowoc Public Library (http://www.manitowoc.lib.wi.us/) Link to The Manitowoc Public Library's official web site. Access the LARS Catalog (Shared System) and more great resources.

Internet Public Library (http://www.ipl.org/) Link to reference sites including a guide to writing a research paper and more.

State of Wisconsin (http://www.wisconsin.gov) Link onto the official web site of the State and visit the various state agencies. This site will link you to the State tourism site.

Yahoo (http://www.yahoo.com) This directory and search engine will allow you to search a number of different categories. The sky is the limit!

Wisconsin State Law Library (http://wsll.state.wi.us) This website is a great starting point for finding information of a legal nature. This site is highly recommended for consumer legal information and access to the law.

Taxes

Internal Revenue Service (http://www.irs.gov/) IRS agency web site. Find and download those tax forms. File your taxes electronically. Have questions answered online.

Wisconsin Department of Revenue (http://www.dor.state.wi.us/) Wisconsin income tax site. Find and download state forms. File electronically. Have tax questions answered.

Employment and Careers

Appleton Oshkosh Help Wanted (www.newhelpwanted.com)

Career Builder (www.careerbuilder.com)

Monster.com (http://www.monster.com/)

Wisconsin Job Net (http://www.dwd.state.wi.us/jobnet/mapwi.htm)

Employment Wizard (http://www.nowhiring.com/)

Manitowoc County Job Center (http://www.manitowocjobcenter.org/)

Vocational Rehabilitation (http://www.dwd.state.wi.us/dvr/)

Work Tree National job search portal (http://www.worktree.com/)

USA Jobs (http://www.usajobs.opm.gov/) US Government official site for jobs.

Career One-Stop (http://www.jobbankinfo.org/)

Occupational Outlook Handbook (http://www.bls.gov/oco/)

Fast Web (http://www.fastweb.com/) Need money for college? Try the Internet's largest free scholarship search

FAFSA on the Web (http://www.fafsa.ed.gov/) Apply for financial aid on the web.

Genealogy

If you are interested in searching your family history, try one of these web sites.

Ellis Island On-Line (http://www.ellisislandrecords.org/)

National Archives and Records Administration (http://www.archives.gov/)

Government Land Office, Bureau of Land Management (http://www.glorecords.blm.gov/)

Daughters of the American Revolution (http://www.dar.org/)

Sons of the American Revolution (http://www.sar.org/)

Manitowoc Genealogy and Local History (http://www.manitowoc.lib.wi.us/mtwc/index.htm)

Calumet County Geneology Web Site (http://www.rootsweb.com/)

Genealogy Roots: Calumet County Page (http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~calumet/calumt.htm)

USGenWeb (http://www.usgenweb.org/) Volunteer genealogy project, includes some family histories

Cyndi's List (http://www.cyndislist.com/) This site lists and links you to a wide variety of genealogy sites. If it's not on Cyndi's List it probably doesn't exist!

Family Search (http://www.familysearch.org/) The website of The Church of Jesus Christ of the Latter-day Saints. Obtain all sorts of genealogical information including records from foreign countries.

Wisconsin State Historical Society (http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/genealogy/index.asp) Link to the genealogical resources of the State Historical Society

Vital Records (http://www.vitalrec.com/index.html) Contains addresses and information on finding and sending for vital records.

Government

United States Government (http://www.firstgov.gov/) Portal to search all federal government agencies. Obtain government forms and information. Link allows searches by subject.

White House (http://www.whitehouse.gov/) Visit the official website of the White House. Link up with your president.

Wisconsin Government (http://www.wisconsin.gov/) Wisconsin link to all state agencies. This link allows you to search by subject. Apply for licenses, find lottery results, solve consumer problems, or travel around the state. This site also contains The Wisconsin Statutes and pending legislative bills. This is the link to elected officials.

Calumet County (http://www.co.calumet.wi.us/)

Outagamie County (http://www.co.outagamie.wi.us/)

Brown County (http://www.co.brown.wi.us/)

Manitowoc County (http://www.co.manitowoc.wi.us/)

Winnebago County (http://www.co.winnebago.wi.us/)

Grant Assistance

Small Business Administration (http://www.sba.gov/financing/basics/grants.html) has a variety of grants.

Government Grants (http://www.grants.gov/) portal allows searches of grants

Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (http://www.gsa.gov) - Once you get on this page go into Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) and click on "visit now." This will open the grants information page.

Health and Wellness

Calumet Area Health Resouces http://www.calumetareahealthresources.info/
Check out the Health Web site created by the Brillion, Chilton, Kiel and New Holstein public libraries. This web site was developed through a grant from the Calumet Area Community Heath Foundation (CACHF) by the Brillion, Chilton, Kiel, and New Holstein public libraries to help residents of Calumet County, Wisconsin, find health care services and health information. The Calumet County Health Resources web site expands upon and complements the medical reference materials available at the public libraries in Calumet County.

Medline Plus National Library
(http://www.medlineplus.gov/) of medicine's Online health source

Mayo Clinic
(http://www.mayoclinic.com/) Features a wide variety of material on health and wellness issues as put out by The Mayo Clinic.

Merck
(http://www.merck.com/) Link to the Merck Manual of Medical Information. This publication addresses health issues in layman's terms.

Healthfinder
(http://www.healthfinder.gov/) Gateway to reliable consumer health and human services information developed by U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

Healthweb
(http://www.healthweb.org/) Links to health resources created by Librarians

Quackwatch
(http://www.quackwatch.org/) Site looks at health related frauds, myths, fads and fallacies. Maintained by a nonprofit corporation.

Medicare
(http://www.medicare.gov/) Government site devoted to medicare.

Prevention Magazine
(http://www.prevention.com) Prevention Magazine's official web site

U.S. Department of Agriculture (http://www.nal.usda.gov/fnic/dga/dguide95.html) Contains Dietary Guidelines for Americans as set up by the U.S. Department of Agriculture.

Your Disease Risk
http://www.yourdiseaserisk.harvard.edu/
Pick one of the five diseases (cancer, heart disease, diabetes,osteoporosis, stroke), fill out the questionnaire for it, and determine how at risk you are for that problem, and what you can do to reduce your risk.

Housing

WI Front Door Housing (http://www.wifrontdoorhousing.org) This site is sponsored by the State of Wisconsin Department of Commerce. The site lists affordable housing and allows for the advertisement of housing online for free.

Search Engines

These allow you to search a variety of terms on the Internet

Alta Vista (http://www.altavista.com/)

Ask (http://www.ask.com/)

Dogpile (http://www.dogpile.com/info.dogpl/)

Google (http://www.google.com/)

Area Schools and Colleges

Trinity Lutheran Church and School (http://www.trinitybrillion.org/)

Brillion Public Schools (http://www.brillion.k12.wi.us/)

Reedsville Schools (http://www.reedsville.k12.wi.us/)

Hilbert Schools (http://www.hilbert.k12.wi.us)

Manitowoc Lutheran (http://www.mlhslancers.com/)

Manitowoc Roncolli (http://www.roncallijets.net/)

Fox Valley Technical College (http://www.fvtc.edu/)

Lakeshore Technical College (http://www.gotoltc.com/)

NE Wisconsin Technical College (http://www.nwtc.tec.wi.us/)

UW Center- Manitowoc (http://www.uwmanitowoc.uwc.edu/)

UW Center-Fox Cities (http://www.uwfox.uwc.edu/)

UW-Green Bay (http://www.uwgb.edu/)

Silver Lake College (http://www.sl.edu/)

Lawrence University (http://www.lawrence.edu/)

St. Norbert College (http://www.snc.edu/)

UW-Oshkosh (http://www.uwosh.edu/)

Telephone Directories

Telephone books and web sites are often outdated as soon as they are published. People move or change telephones. On line directories are not routinely updated and it is suggested that you try more than one website to compare information on individuals. Telephone directories do not list unlisted telephone numbers or cell phone numbers.

Telephone numbers can be obtained online through a number of different websites. Here are a few of the online sites available:

yellowpages and smartpages.com (http://www.yellowpages.com)

anywho.com (http://www.anywho.com/)

whitepages.com (http://www.whitepages.com/)

theultimates.com (http://www.theultimates.com/)

infousa.com (http://www.infousa.com/)

switchboard.com (http://www.switchboard.com/)

infospace.com (http://www.infospace.com/)