General Reference & Search Engines:

Links to Reference Information

• Anywho.Com. . .Check out the reverse telephone lookup! Find just about anyone, anyplace, anywhere!
  
  
• Biographies On-Line. . .Over 20,000 single paragraph biographies - quick information when you need it
  
  
• Childcare Seekers Directory. . .Includes listings of some childcare providers in the Capital District
  
  
• Consumer Information Center. . .Free downloads on cars, children, employment, health, housing, small business, more
  
  
• Encyclopedia.Com. . .Over 17,000 encyclopedia articles that also link to other Internet sites for more information
  
  
• Galaxy Reference. . .Vast warehouse of useful information, people finders, quotes, etc.
  
  
• Intelihealth. . .Two million pages of health and nutrition information from Johns Hopkins University
  
  
• Internal Revenue Service. . .Information, forms, publications
  
  
• Internet Public Library. . .Incredible: Multi-media references, complete books on line, etc.
  
  
• Library of Congress
  
  
• National Archives. . .Includes the Federal Register and links to the US Congress
  
  
• NYS Education Department Home Page. . .Access to the State Library, VESID Home Page, more
  
  
  • Education Department publications - including Spanish versions!
    
    
  • Workforce Preparation and Continuing Education. . .Information about GED testing
  
  
• NYS GOER Employee Orientation Handbook
  
  
• NYS Government Home Page. . .Access to all state agency web sites
  
  
• Partnership for Prescription Assistance. . . brings together America’s pharmaceutical companies . . . to help qualifying patients who lack prescription coverage get the medicines they need through the public or private program that’s right for them.
  
  
• Social Security Administration. . .Includes information on PASS plans, benefits calculator and more!
  
  
  • Medicaid "Buy-In" information as of Fall 2003
    
    
  • Social Security Administration - PASS Plans. . .Information on how to set up a PASS and who to contact for help
    
    
  • Social Security Administration - Publications. . .Includes the "Red Book"!
    
    
  • Social Security Administration - Work Incentives. . .Information on work incentive programs
    
    
  • Social Security E-News. . .An electronic news bulletin - this site is very useful!
  
  
• USA Today. . .On-line version of the magazine. Look under "Classified" for job hunt tips and self-employment information
  
  
• U.S. Census. . .Census information and demographics
  
  
• WhitePages.Com. . .Allows a global search for any state and the reverse lookup sometimes works better than "Anywho.Com"

• Alta Vista search engine. . .Index to millions of sites on the World Wide Web - great for research
  
  
• Google.com. . .An "intelligent" search engine. Simple to use, very fast, and some say it is the best search engine ever!
  
  
• Search Engine Guide. . .Learn about how search engines work - submit your search to multiple search engines!
  
  
• Yahoo!. . .An easy search index to use - one of the most popular sites on the Internet