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Art & Antiques
  • Kovels Online
    Offers prices and collecting tips from America's antique experts, Ralph and Terry Kovel.
  • Web Gallery of Art
    This remarkable art history site offers over 10,000 images dating AD1100 to 1800. Helpful comments and guided tours of famous buildings add to this site's appeal.
  • Artcyclopedia
    Offers an alphabetical listing of artists, subjects, mediums and art movements through history.
Baby Boomers Business
  • Yahoo! Finance
    Good overall investment site on the web, with stocks, bonds, mutual funds, news, earnings, splits and more! Check out the research and education section for top performers, real time and after-hours quotes.
  • Big Charts
    An excellent site for historical quotes as well as information about the best and worst performing stocks within an industry.
  • Corporate Information
    Corporate profiles of 20,000 companies and links to over 350,000 companies in 100+ countries. Corporations are indexed by state, country and industry.
  • Pittsburgh Technology Council Online Membership Directory
    Contact information and company descriptions for the more than 1,400 member companies of the PTC, representing a diverse cross section of technology and services. The directory may be searched by name, industry, service/specialization, address, zip code and keywords.
Computers
  • CNet
    Hardware and software reviews, internet service provider information, technology news, e-business and web authoring information and lots more!
  • ZDNet
    Much like CNet, but also includes technology career information and a personal tech section with info about electronics and home entertainment.
  • PC World.com
    How-tos and interactive tools to help you solve your computer problems. Also has selected articles from the magazine!
  • Computer Links of Interest
    A collection of sites for all sorts of computer-related subjects, from tutorials to job- hunting, by the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh.
Consumer Information
  • Better Business Bureau
    Reports on fraudulent business and fundraising practices. Contains database of reports on businesses, nonprofits and charities. Complaints may be registered online.
  • NADA Used Vehicle Values and Appraisal Guide
    Price information for new, used and classic cars, boats, RVs, motorcycles, ATVs, snowmobiles, and more
  • Consumers Union
    Website of the nonprofit publisher of Consumer Reports
  • Organic Consumers Association
    Website for the nonprofit organization focused on promoting the views and interests of organic and socially responsible consumers
Cooking
  • Allrecipes
    Recipes for everything from soup to nuts. Features "Dinner in an Instant" and "Meal of the Day."
  • Epicurious
    A fantastic site for recipes, menus, and articles on food, including recipes from Gourmet and Bon Appetit.
  • Pasta Recipes Made Easy
    Clear and simple pasta and pasta sauce recipes designed to be easy for anyone to understand. Site created by a Brit who married into an Italian family who loves to cook (and has the patience to teach him!)
  • Taste of Home
    Home recipes from Taste of Home and three other Readers Digest-affiliated food magazines with familiar, everyday ingredients and easy-to-follow instructions.
Entertainment
  • Internet Movie Database
    Provides information about more than 250,000 movies and television titles. Searchable by actor, director, production crew, or filming location.
  • American Film Institute
    Top 100 lists for greatest film, funniest, thrillers, bests of the year and more.
  • Rotten Tomatoes
    Movies rated on scale of 0-100%, or "rotten" to "fresh". Multiple reviews for each movie.
  • All Music Guide
    Comprehensive information on all types of music. Offers reviews, performance credits, track titles and much more. Browse by genre or search by artist, album and song title.
  • Classical Net
    Provides information on the composers and features over 1500 CDs. Also has suggestions for buying classical music and links to a wide array of classical music sites.
  • Billboard Online
    Online companion to the print magazine. Includes are music reviews, news, and some of the charts from the past week.
Genealogy
  • American Family Immigration Center (Ellis Island)
    More than 22 million passengers and members of ships' crews entered the United States through Ellis Island and the Port of New York between 1892 and 1924. Information about each person was written down in ships' passenger lists, known as "manifests." You can search these millions of records for information on individual Ellis Island passengers through this web site.
  • Cyndi's List
    The largest directory of genealogical sites on the Internet, Cyndi's List categorizes more than 265,000 links to genealogy-related web sites. A great place to go to find sites on all types of topics genealogical.
  • FamilySearch.Org [by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints]
    Searchable database of the largest genealogy organization in the world. For over 100 years, FamilySearch, a service of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, has been actively gathering, preserving, and sharing genealogical records worldwide. Familysearch.org is a free online genealogical service they provide.
  • North Hills Genealogists
    The North Hills Genealogists is a group of people interested in genealogy and in researching their family histories. Located in the North Hills of Pittsburgh, PA, their members have common interests in the geographic areas north of the city. Many of their members also live in this area. They publish a regular newsletter, coordinate projects, and meet monthly at Northland Public Library. (Check their website calendar to confirm meeting dates.)
  • US GenWeb Project
    This non-commercial project provides free genealogy websites for genealogical research in every county and every state of the United States. Organization is by county and state, and this website provides you with links to all the state genealogy websites which, in turn, provide gateways to the counties.
  • WorldGenWeb Project
    The WorldGenWeb Project is a non-profit, volunteer-based organization dedicated to providing genealogical and historical records and resources for world-wide access. The WorldGenWeb Project is divided into 11 World Regions. Each region is divided up by countries and each country is divided into individual provinces, states, or counties (terms vary depending on administrative divisions).
  • Western Pennsylvania Genealogical Society
    The Western Pennsylvania Genealogical Society is a non-profit organization of amateur and professional family historians and genealogists dedicated to the study and preservation of family history. Since 1974, members of WPGS have helped trace family roots in Western Pennsylvania while preserving important local and regional records.
General Reference
  • RefDesk.com
    Facts and links to more facts! National and international news, facts-of-the-day, reference resources, dictionaries, encyclopedias and a lot more.
  • Merriam-Webster Online
    Provides access to both Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary and Thesaurus in English, as well as access to 1800 dictionaries for 230 other languages!
  • Calculators Online Center
    Alphabetically indexed links to all types of calculators and tables.
  • Statistical Abstract of the United States
    A wide range of statistics are available here, provided by the United States Bureau of the Census.
Health & Medicine OTHER HEALTH & MEDICINE INFORMATION Home & Garden
  • Home and Garden Television
    Provides comprehensive information for the home enthusiast. Step-by-step instructions for thousands of projects and tips from some of America's best homebuilders, remodelers, interior designers, gardeners, craft experts and lifestyle hosts.
  • DIY: Do It Yourself Network
    All sorts of projects including home improvements, arts and crafts, decorating and design.
  • Organic Gardening
    Provides in-depth, zone-based advice and solutions for organic gardens. Check out the archives for a wide variety of past articles from the magazine.
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