Berkshire Athenaeum Internet Links
Searching the Internet:
Search engines and other tools for finding information on the Internet
- AltaVista
- Ask.com
- Dogpile
A meta search engine - Google
Includes an image search tool.
- Infoplease
Online version
of Information Please almanac.
- ipl2
A searchable collection of websites you can trust.
Created by merger of the Internet Public Library (IPL) and Librarian's Internet Index (LII). A free RSS feed listing sites added is available.
- LibrarySpot
- refdesk.com
Searchable collection
of links to online Fast Fact sources.
- Web Exhibits
Online museum
of educational web sites in art, science, technology, history.
- Yahoo!
- Yahoo! Kids
A web guide for kids
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Quick Reference:
Sources for quickly locating a fact
- Bartlett's Familiar Quotations
- Calendar Zone
Collection
of links to sites about holidays; historical calendars; calendars from traditions
and countries around the world; tools and facts relating to calendars.
- Currency Converter
Multi-lingual currency converter with exchanage rates for 164 currencies, from
1990 to current.
- Distance Calculator (How Far is It?)
- Encyclopedia.com
From reference publisher Cengage Learning, searchable access to a variety of specialized dictionaries and encyclopedias by Oxford University Press and Columbia Encyclopedia.
- Find a Grave
Directory of burial sites of famous dead people. - Flags of the World
From CIA World Factbook.
- Free Translation
Machine translation. English to Spanish, Russian, Chinese, Portuguese
and other languages; also translates to English.
- Google Maps
- How Stuff Works
- InfoPlease
Online verstion of Information Please almanac.
- Internet Movie Database
Search for movies by title, actor, director, plot keyword, memorable quote.
Includes review, full cast and crew, trivia, links to reviews.
- Mapquest
For mapping out a trip, requesting driving directions.
- Merriam-Webster Online
Online dictionary and thesaurus. - National Weather Service
Local and national weather forecasts and warnings.
- The Old Farmer's Almanac
Companion site to the print almanac.
- Pulitzer Prizes
- This Day in History
- World Time Server
Find the correct time for anyplace in the world. - Yahoo! Maps
Map any street in the U S or Canada; request driving directions.
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Arts
- AskArt.com
The American artist's bluebook, with biographies, images and auction records
relating to 52,000 American artists.
- International Music Score Library Project
Music scores available free of charge. Strong on classical music with growing presence of folk music.
- Lester S Levy Sheet Music Collection
Contains over 29,000 pieces of music. Focuses on American music 1780 - 1960.
- Project Norman
Norman Rockwell Museum's collections of original artworks, archival objects, and the artist's catalogue raisonné available in digital format
- Smithsonian American Art Museum
Provides guidance and links to resources on researching the value and history of a personal artwork.
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Books & Resources for Readers
- abebooks.com
Searches catalogs of thousands of independent booksellers. Good for
collectible, rare or out of print books. - amazon.com
Large online bookstore. Includes reviews from standard media sources
and from readers.
- BookBrowse.com
Focuses on current fiction and nonfiction. Many resources for book club
readers. - BookSpot
A resource center for bookrelated cotent: includes children's & young
adult books; comic books; mysteries; poetry; romance; science fiction.
- ipl2: Literature
- Local Authors & Illustrators
Compiled by Forbes library in Northampton.
- Novelist (In Library Use)
Use novels you have read to find more novels to enjoy. Search by title, author or
keyword. Available for home use with your library card.
- Novelist (Home Access: Enter library card number)
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Business Resources
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College & Financial Aid
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Consumer Information
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For Kids & Their Parents
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For Teens
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Government, Law & Statistics
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Health & Medicine
- Cancer.gov
From the National Cancer Institute. - ClinicalTrials.gov
Regularly updated information about federally and privately supported clinical
trials for a wide range of diseases and conditions. Contact information provided.
- Directory of America's Hospitals
From U S News & World Report
- HealthCare.gov
Website launched in compliance with the Affordable Care Act as a tool to provide consumers and small businesses information about public and private health care options as well as information about the ongoing implementation of the ACA.
- Lab Tests Online
Information to help patients understand lab tests and lab test results. Includes
test descriptions, conditions, screening guides. - Massachusetts Physician Profiles
From the Massachusetts Board of Registration in Medicine. Physician Profiles show
education, training, medical specialties, disciplinary actions within the
last ten years.
- Massachusetts Senior Care Association
Health care services offered to older adults and people with disabilities in Massachusetts. Searchable facility directory.
- Medicare
Offical U S Government site for Medicare. Available in Spanish. - MedInfoRus
Medical Information in Russian.
- MedlinePlus
For consumers researching a health question. Links to self-help groups,
medical dicitonaries, the U S Pharmacopeia, health organizations, databases.
From the National Library of Medicine. Available in Spanish.
- Mold (Indoor exposure)
CDC site answers frequently asked questions about indoor molds and their health effects.
- Nursing Home Compare (Medicare)
Provides information about the performance of every Medicare and Medicaid
certified nursing home in the U S. - PubMed
National Library of Medicine database of medical articles.
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Job Searching
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Libraries & Librarianship
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Local
- Berkshire Chamber of Commerce
- Berkshire Eagle
- Berkshire Grown
A community based non-profit organization supporting local food & farms.
- Berkshire Grown's Map-o-licious
Enter your zip code in the Find box to locate nearby Berkshire food & farms.
- BerkshireNet
- Berkshire Regional Planning Commission
- Berkshire Visitors Bureau
Where to stay, what to do, where to eat in the Berkshires.
- Berkshires Live
Community driven calendar of happenings in Great Barrington, Pittsfield, Stockbridge, Lenox, Lee, Sheffield, and the surrounding areas. Covers music, art, theater, dance, film, books, and community events.
- Discover Pittsfield
Activities in Pittsfield. Site maintained by city's Office of Cultural Development.
- Downtown Inc.
Organization works in support of downtown Pittsfield.
- Farmers Market Search
A resource from the U S Department of Agriculture for finding local Farmers Markets.
- GE/Housatonic River Cleanup
Includes reports, correspondence and other documents relating to GE cleanup of PCB contaminated sites in Pittsfield.
- iBerkshires.com
A Berkshire County Community Guide. From Boxcar Media.
- Pittsfield Gazette
Companion site to Pittsfield's newsweekly.
- Trustees of Reservations
Membership organization that works to preserve, for public use and enjoyment, properties of exceptional scenic, historic, and ecological value in Massachusetts.
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Phone Books & Directories
- AnyWho Directory
- Area Decoder
Type in city name to find area code. Type in code to find city and
country. International.
- Switchboard
One of the largest phone directory databases online. Find persons or
businesses. Search by telephone number.
- WhitePages.com
Find persons or businesses. Search by telephone number.
- Zip Code Lookup
From the U S Postal Service.
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Updated May 2013.