| Books | General searches | Music |
| Directories | Kids' resources | Newspapers |
| Gardening | Medical Resources | Sites for seniors |
| Genealogy | Meta searches | Usenet |
| UHLS Online Databases | Upper Hudson Library System (UHLS) contracts for a number of exciting databases, including The Columbia Granger's World of Poetry Online, Grolier Online Encyclopedia, Hoover’s Online (business and industry resource), Info Trac (health reference), Business and Company Resource Center, Custom Newspapers, New York State Newspapers, National Newspaper Index, Informe (Spanish-language periodicals), Junior Edition - K12, Twayne's Author Series, Learn a Test, Reference USA (directory) and Times Union online. You will need your Brunswick library card (or a card from any other UHLS member) to use these databases. Go to the page from the link at left, click on the database you want, and follow the instructions as they appear on your screen. |
| Library Reference | Brunswick Library's own list of reference-oriented websites, including general reference, government, medicine |
| Internet Archive | Fascinating historical archive of what the World Wide Web looked like back in ancient times (say 1996). See what Brunswick Library used to look like. The site has 100 terabytes of archived pages. |
| The Word Spy | This Web site [is] devoted to recently coined words and phrases, old words that are being used in new ways, and existing words that have enjoyed a recent renaissance. These aren't "stunt words" or "sniglets," but new words and phrases that have appeared in newspapers, magazines, books, press releases, and Web sites. |
| Greater
Capital Region Human Services Directory |
The Greater Capital Region Human Services Directory contains valuable information, such as profiles and contact information, on over 2,000 nonprofit organizations, public agencies, self-help groups, and other community resources |
Directories
| Beaucoup | Directory of Search Engines | A good place to start searching | |
| Yahoo | General Catalog/Engine | Organized by humans; updated daily; some reviews available | Busy during peak hours; commercialized |
| Librarians'
Index to the Internet |
General Catalog/Search Tool | Organized by librarians; current, fun, and full of gems. | Smaller than commercial sites. |
| FirstGov | Catalog/Search Tool | The first-ever government website to provide the public with easy, one-stop access to all online U.S. Federal Government resources. Also has links to state and local governments | |
| Thomas | Special Purpose Search Engine | Full-text search of all legislation in the United States Congress, back to 1989. Includes links to the Congressional Record. | |
| YourCongress | Tracking Service and Information Source | "YourCongress.com is the only site that combines irreverent articles, behind-the-scenes information, and the revolution[ary] YourCongress.Watch tracking services to give everyone an easy and entertaining way to find out what's going on in Congress." |
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MetaSearch Engines
| AskJeeves | Allows natural language queries (for example, "Why are computers difficult to use?") |
| Dogpile | Searches several different search engines |
| ixquick | "You can perform natural language or complex boolean searches with Ixquick. Ixquick supports phrases, wildcards, omitted terms, must-have terms, parentheses, and other modifiers such as NEAR, because Ixquick knows which search engines can cope with which complex searches." Does pictures and news; available in multiple languages |
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General Search Engines
| Alta Vista | Very big |
| "Google uses sophisticated text-matching techniques to find pages that are both important and relevant to your search. For instance, when Google analyzes a page, it looks at what those pages linking to that page have to say about it. Google also assigns higher relevance to pages in which your query terms appear near each other." | |
| Hotbot | Fast, big, excellent help section |
| Teoma | "Instead of ranking results based upon the sites with the most links leading to them, Teoma analyzes the Web as it is organically organized ... to determine which sites are most relevant." The search engine which powers AskJeeves. |
| WiseNut | "WiseNut's mission is to become the leading provider of advanced technology and services in the Internet search market. ... The company's patent-pending ranking technology has been heralded for its ability to deliver exact results every time." |
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Usenet Search Engines
| Groups at Google | Best tool for searching Usenet. Easy to limit searches by date,
group, hierarchy, etc. Can also post. The archives go back through
1981 have been re-posted. Formerly Deja.com (formerly DejaNews.com) |
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Kid's Resources
| KidsClick | Catalog for Children | Organized by librarians; updated daily; high-quality and fun | Still small. Try Yahooligans if you don't get any hits with KidsClick. |
| Yahooligans | Catalog for Children | Well-organized, well-maintained--a great homework site. | Commercial, like Yahoo |
| Ben's Guide |  "This
site provides learning tools [to] teach how our government works,
the use of the primary source materials of GPO Access, and how one
can use GPO Access to carry out their civic responsibilities. Ben's
Guide provides [locator services] to U.S. Government Web sites developed
for kids." |
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| Encyclopædia Britannica | The world-famous reference source has gone online with a free site. Britannica also has a subscription site at www.eb.com | ||
| WikiPedia | A Wiki is "(n.) A collaborative Web site comprised of the perpetual collective work of many authors." The Wikipedia project is a collaborative effort to create an online encyclopedia. It looks comprehensive, and the articles are well-linked, so you can find additional information about the contents. However, bear in mind its collaborative nature and the fact that contributions can come from anywhere. | ||
| Periodic Table | An online, interactive periodic table from Los Alamos National Laboratory's Chemistry Division | ||
| Mapquest's World Atlas | Maps of about anywhere in the world, along with capitals, pictures of flags, population information. | ||
| CIA World Factbook | A longtime useful print publication, the CIA has its facts and figures about just about everything geopolitical online. Economy, population, even flags! | ||
| highway.tv's World Guide | Need fast facts about a country for a report? Visit highway.tv's "Countries" Note - uses popups | ||
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Book Sites
| Book Lovers' Sites | Sites for anyone who loves books |
| The Internet Library | Links to free public domain text files of books from libraries around the world! |
| bartleby.com | "The preeminent Internet publisher of literature, reference and verse providing students, researchers and the intellectually curious with unlimited access to books and information on the web, free of charge." |
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Gardening Site
| Gardening Sites | How does your garden grow? Where can you go on the Internet to find out? |
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(A very few) Genealogy Sites
| Cyndi's List | Site Listing | Categorizes and lists many many genealogy sites |
| Rootsweb | Searches and Lists | Has the Roots Surname List (thousands of surname queries); hosts US GenWeb, numerous surname and area mailing lists. |
| FamilySearch | Searches | LDS (Mormon) Church - sponsored site for surname searches, other links |
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Newspapers
| Times Union | The Albany, New York Times Union |
| Troy Record | The Troy, New York Record |
| Daily Gazette | The Schenectady, New York Daily Gazette - Online edition requires a paid subscription |
| Saratogian | The Saratoga Springs, New York Saratogian |
| Metroland | Albany's award-winning weekly |
| The New York Times | All the news that's fit... - Requires (free) registration for some content |
| ecola.com | Worldwide newspaper links from ecola.com |
| onlinenewspapers.com | Huge collection of links to online newspapers |
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Senior Sites
| Senior Sites | Brunswick Library's own Sites for Seniors, with links ranging from Social Security to entertainment |
| Seniors and Libraries Connect | Upper Hudson Library System's collection of links to local, internet, money, health and more. |
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Music Sites
| Old
Songs Directory of Folk Music Resources |
The Capital District's very own Old Songs maintains a directory of folk and traditional music resources |
| Music | Brunswick Library's own links to music sites. Questions about Jimi Hendrix's 'Scuse Me While I Kiss This Guy? You'll find an answer here! |
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