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Homework helpers               

  • Encyclopedia Britannica This database from Britannica includes the complete updated Encyclopedias, selected articles from more than 70 magazines and a  subject guide to selected web sites.
     

  • B.J. Pinchbeck's Homework Helper B.J., now 14 years old, and his dad started this site in 1996. B.J. says, "If you can't find it here, then you just can't find it."
     

  • Homework Spot  Resources for students, parent, and teachers. This site has grade-appropriate categories. Popular with home schoolers.
     

  • Kids Connect Are you a Kindergarten-12th grade student looking for information on the Internet for a report or project to do for school? Let KidsConnect, the on-line question answering and referral service help you out.


Health

  • Clinical Trials A clinical trial is a study to answer questions about drugs or  new therapies.  Here you can find out what Clinical Trails are ongoing or recruiting patients.
     

  •  FamilyDoctor.org Hundreds of one-page handouts on common medical conditions, herbals, medicines and drug interactions.  From the American Academy of Family Physicians.
     

  • Medline A database of international medical literature going back to 1966 for doctors and scientists.
     

  • Medline Plus The first place to go for patient education on the Internet.  Compiled by the National Library of Medicine.  Current, accurate and dependable.
     

  • New York State Department of Health Click on Disciplined Doctors to determine whether or not a doctor has been disciplined.
     

  • Cancer.gov The first place to go for any question about cancer.  From the National Cancer Institute. 

Hospitals  (Click on any name to take you to that web site)

       Erie Area

         Hamot Medical Center

        Saint Vincent Health System     Erie Veteran's Hospital

Buffalo Area

          Millard Fillmore Health System   Buffalo Children's 

        Roswell Park Cancer Institute   Buffalo Veteran's 

        Buffalo General Hospital 

   Cleveland Area

          Cleveland Clinic 

           Rainbow Babies and Children's Hospital

Government issues

  • First Gov  This site offers a powerful search engine that searches every word of every U.S. government document in a quarter of a second or less.  Includes a separate search engine for the United States Patent and Trademark Office. (1976-date).
     

  • GPO Access  Official Federal government information from the US Government Printing Office.  Included here are popular regulatory materials such as the Federal Register (1994-date) and The Code of Federal Regulations, critical Congressional products such as the Congressional Record (1994-date) and Congressional Bills, and important business materials such as Commerce Business Daily (CBDNet).
     

  • International Trademark Association  Listings for nearly 3,000 registered trademarks and service marks with their generic terms and indicates capitalization and punctuation.
     

  • New York State Assembly  Information on bills, hearing, laws, committees and more.
     

  • New York State Legislature  Current Congressional legislative information, a service of the Library of Congress.
     

  • United States Copyright Office  Key publications, including informational circulars, application forms for copyright registration and links to the copyright law.
     

Tax Forms

Genealogy

  • American Memory  American Memory is a gateway to rich primary source materials relating to the history and culture of the United States.  The site offers more than 7 million digital items from more than 100 digital collections.  Enter the name of your hometown to find historical images.
     

  • Cyndi's list of genealogy sites on the web  A categorized & cross-referenced index to genealogical resources on the Internet.
     

  • NY GenWeb  Link to each County within New York State, where you will find wealth of county related genealogy information.
     

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