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Categories
Autos  -  Books  -  Business & Finance  -  Colleges/Financial Aid
Consumer Information  -  Espanol  -  Food & Recipes  -  Gardening
Genealogy  -   Government  -  Health  -  Home Repair  -  Jobseekers
Legal  -  Local Community  -  Maps & Driving Directions  -  Movies & TV
News & Newspapers  -  Reference Tools  -  Taxes & Tax Forms   -   Telephone & Zip Code Directories  -  Travel

Autos
Kelly Blue Book - www.kbb.com
Edmund’s Used Car/Truck Pricing - www.edmunds.com
National Automobile Dealership’s Assoc. - www.nadaguides.com
Vehicle history reports - www.carfax.com
Lemon cars - www.defect.com
Manheim Gold - www.manheimgold.com

Books
Book Browser - www.bookbrowser.com
Book Reporter - www.bookreporter.com
NY Times Best-seller Lists

Business & Finance
Identity Theft Assistance
Federal Trade Commission
Nasdaq - www.nasdaq.com
Bankrate - www.bankrate.com
Value Line - www.valueline.com
BigCharts - www.bigcharts.com (get historical quotes)
Hoovers - www.hoovers.com
Thomas Register - www.thomasregister.com
Chamber Biz - www.uschamber.com/sb (small business resources)

Small Business / Entrepreneurship Links
State of Illinois Business Portal A combined source of State of Illinois resources on starting and running a business. Links to agencies, non-profits, and service suppliers.
Illinois Entrepreneurship Network Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity center for information and web links for and about entrepreneurs.
Entrepreneur.com The web domain of Entrepreneur Magazine, this site covers everything from startup guides, to money and marketing, to career guides and searches on CareerJournal.com (The Wall Street Journal's career ads).
SCORE - Service Corp. of Retired Executives Guidance offered from successful retirees. The web site offers many templates, free software suggestions, trade show links, and general training as well as links to local chapters of the orgainzation.
United States Small Business Administration Features instruction and direction on seeking loans, grants, and information from the SBA. Includes:
  - Womens Online Business Center
  - Start Up guide
Plainfield Chamber of Commerce Local networking for business and industry.

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Colleges/Financial Aid
U.S. News and World Report College Rankings - www.usnews.com
Go College-the Collegiate Websource - www.gocollege.com
Peterson’s Education Resource - www.petersons.com
Scholarship Resource Network - www.srnexpress.com
College Board - www.collegeboard.com
Federal Financial Aid - www.fafsa.ed.gov
The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) College Opportunities On-Line - http://nces.ed.gov/ipeds/cool/

Consumer Information
Consumer Reports Magazine - www.consumerreports.org
Consumer Price Index - www.bls.gov
Better Business Bureau - www.bbb.org
Internet Service Providers List - www.thelist.internet.com
Consumer Product Safety Commission - www.cpsc.gov
Consumer Search - www.consumersearch.com

Espanol
MEDLINE Plus-Informacion de Salud - http://medlineplus.gov
CNN en espanol - www.cnnespanol.com
Univision - www.univision.com

Food and Recipes
Cooking Light Magazine - www.cookinglight.com
Betty Crocker - www.bettycrocker.com
Epicurious Recipe Finder - www.eat.epicurious.com

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Gardening
Illinois Farmer’s Markets - www.urbanext.uiuc.edu
Gardening Guides - www.gardenguides.com
Gardening Calendar
Lawn Talk UIUC Extension Services
Gardening with Annuals
Gardening with Perennials
Houseplants
Herb gardening

Genealogy
Newberry Genealogy Site
Jewish Genealogy Databases
Polish Genealogical Society of America
Kendall County Genealogy
Cyndi’s List of Genealogical Websites - www.cyndislist.com
Latter Day Mormon Church Genealogy Site - www.familysearch.org
U.S National Archives & Records Admin. - www.archives.gov
Roots Web - http://searches.rootweb.com
Illinois State Archives Genealogy Research Site
Will County, IL Genealogy
Lineages - http://www.lineages.com/InfoCenter/FirstSteps/index.cfm
Beginning Genealogy - www.archives.gov
Ellis Island - www.ellisisland.org
Catholic Cemeteries Chicago - www.catholiccemeterieschicago.org
Cemetery Transcription Library - www.internment.net

Government
Illinois State - www.state.il.us
White House - www.whitehouse.gov
Federal Government Gateway - www.firstgov.gov
Thomas Legislative Information OnLine
Will County - www.willcountyillinois.com
Plainfield Village - www.plainfield-il.org
Will County Government Info
http://www.ilga.gov

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Health
Health Web - www.healthweb.org
Med Line Plus - www.medlineplus.gov
Merck Medical Manual - www.merckhomeedition.com
eMedicine - www.edmedicine.com
Medicare - www.medicare.gov
Will County Health Department - www.willcountyhealth.org

Home Repair
Do-It-Yourself - www.diynet.com
Home Improvement - www.hometime.com
Home and Garden TV - www.hgtv.com

Jobseekers Resources
Job Hunters Bible - www.jobhuntersbible.com
Calculate Salaries - www.salary.com
American Jobs - www.americanjobs.com
Chicago Tribune Classifieds - www.chicagotribune.com
Jobs in Education Field
Monster - www.monster.com
Illinois Job Bank
Illinois Skill Match - www.illinoisskillsmatch.com
Jobs In Chicago - www.jobsinchicago.com
College Grad Resumes - www.collegegrad.com/resumes
www.onestopcoach.org - portal to fed funded sites
www.rileyguide.com/prepare.html - choosing a career
www.job-hunt.org - once you have a goal
www.khake.com - not requiring a college degree
www.mylifecoach.com - online version of Strong Interest Inventory
www.careervoyages.gov - interest area based on first/second/and third choices in a list.
careerbuilder.com
hotjobs.com
craigslist.org
www.usajobs.gov - 20K federal government jobs
www.firstgov.gov/agencies/federal/all_agencies/index.shtml - estimate salary for hundreds of occupations.

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Legal
Illinois Compiled Statutes
Free Legal Forms
American Bar Association Law Information
Consumer Law - www.consumerlawpage.com
Federal Law
Find Law - www.findlaw.com
Find a Lawyer - www.lawyers.com

Local Community
Plainfield School District 202
Plainfield Chamber of Commerce - www.plainfieldchamber.com
Plainfield Humane Society - www.plainfieldhumane.com
Village of Plainfield - http://www.plainfield-il.org

Maps and Driving Directions
Rand McNally - www.randmcnally.com
Mapquest - www.mapquest.com
Yahoo Maps - http://maps.yahoo.com

Movies and TV
WLS - www.abclocal.go.com/wls
CBS - www.cbs2chicago.com
Fox - www.foxchicago.com
Internet Movie Database
NBC - www.nbc5.com
PBS - www.pbs.org
WGN TV
Discovery - www.discovery.com
Lifetime - www.lifetimetv.com

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News and Newspapers
Chicago Sun Times
Chicago Tribune
CNN
Enterprise Newspapers
New York Times
USA Today
Plainfield Sun
Joliet Herald News
Daily Southtown
Crains Chicago Business
Barrons

Reference Tools
Cost of living
Country Watch - www.countrywatch.com
Historical Dates
Information Please Almanac - www.infoplease.com
Internet Public Library - www.ipl.org
Measurements
RefDesk - www.refdesk.com

Taxes and Tax Forms
IRS - www.irs.gov
Illinois Dept. of Revenue - www.revenue.state.il.us
Other State Tax Agencies

Telephone Directories and Zipcodes
AnyWho - www.anywho.com
Big Book - www.bigbook.com
Yellow Pages - www.smartpages.com
SwitchBoard - www.switchboard.com
Zip codes
White Pages - http://whitepages.com

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Travel

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