Better Business Bureau
Provides business reliability reports and consumer information on over 2 million businesses and service organizations. Includes options to file complaints online as well as locate your local BBB.

Consumer Search
Best products in office and electronics, sports, health & fitness, garden and household tools, photography/video, personal finance, and automotive supplies.

Consumer Reports
New and used car pricing, reliability and safety; recommended models; negotiating tips; short articles about news and trends in the auto industry; links to selected online sources of information; tips on insurance and financing and more. Ratings and reports for specific vehicles can be viewed only by subscribers however, library cardholders can access articles from the print version of Consumer Reports through the Ebscohost’s MasterFile Premier databases on the library's list of online resources under newspapers.

CallerComplaints.com
CallerComplaints.com - This website allows users to submit and view phone numbers of telemarketers. It notes that "[u]nlike government reporting websites, these reports are publicly published for the world to see." Search, or browse by area codes, most searched numbers, and recently filed complaints. The submission form has a place to submit the caller name (if known), caller type (such as debt collector), and complaint details.

Household Products Database
Health and safety information on common household products. Search by product name, ingredients, or keyword search for things such as acute health effects, chronic health effects, carcinogenicity, or first aid.

Consumer World
Contains over 900 consumer resources. Find an ATM machine anywhere in the world, file a consumer complaint with a state agency, read 100s of consumer booklets, find a low rate credit card or mortgage, and much more.

Epinions
Find a host of reviews written by consumers on a multitude of products and services. All reviews are posted, unedited, and the reader has the option of voting on the review itself and how "trustworthy" they found it to be.

Top

Automobiles

The Gold Book
An interactive guide to collector car values. The data are based on records of verified private transactions and auction results.

Edmunds Automobile Buyer's Guide
Used car prices back to 1990, safety information, and updates on new vehicles.

Kelley Blue Book
Look up trade-in and retail values for used cars, motorcycles, personal watercraft, or snowmobiles. The site also includes reviews, price information for new cars, and an interactive "lemon check" in which you can enter a car's vehicle identification number (VIN) and check its title history.

NADA Appraisal Guides
Retail prices on all types of used vehicles including cars, trucks, boats, truck campers, motor homes, motorcycles, ATVs and snowmobiles.

Car Talk
Gives a humorous but helpful and accurate information on buying, selling, and owning a car. Based on the NPR show Car Talk.

Fuel Economy
A U.S. Environmental Protection Agency site which allows you to compare gas mileage (MPG), greenhouse gas emissions, air pollution ratings, and safety information for new and used cars and trucks. There are also gas mileage tips, a page to search for cheapest gas in your area, and a page of links to other sites about automobiles, safety, and the environment.

Top

Credit Cards and Reports

CreditRatings.comA for-profit organization devoted to educating consumers about credit cards. Find objective information on credit card offers including terms and conditions, credit repair, credit scores, crdit calculators, id theft, and much more.

Equifax
Order your credit profile here.

Experian (Formerly TRW)
An "information solutions" company. Whether that’s through pre-screen for credit offers, sophisticated fraud prevention systems, database development and analysis, specialized lists, or customized mailings, it's here to provide decision support to you at every step of the way.

National Foundation for Consumer Credit
National nonprofit network designed to provide assistance to people dealing with stressful financial situations.

TransUnion Corporation
For information about your credit report, including how the information on the report is gathered to form the report.

Top

Opt-Out

Catalog Choice
This free service offers an easy way to arrange for specific merchants to stop sending you their paper catalogs. Catalog Choice complements the Direct Mail Marketing Association's Mail Preference Service (see the link to the DMA site below) because opting out through the DMA program may not eliminate catalogs of merchants from whom you have ordered in the past.

Opt-Out Prescreen
Use this Opt out site or call 1-888-5OPTOUT (888-567-8688) to stop receiving preapproved credit offers.

Junk Mail Opt-Out by the DMA (Direct Marketing Association)
The DMA maintains a database of consumers who want to curtail unsolicited mail. The catch is that only DMA members must abide by the pledge to take your name off their lists. You can opt out by mail for free, but opting out online will cost you.

Top

Charities

Charity Navigator
Thousands of charities are rated based on information provided in informational tax returns (IRS Form 990).

Guidestar: The Donor's Guide to the Charitable Universe
Philanthropic Research, Inc., provides objective information to help donors evaluate charities. The online database includes more than 1.7 million nonprofit organizations in the United States.

Give.org
Tips for donors and evaluations of hundreds of charitable organizations. Created by the Better Business Bureau Wise Giving Alliance.

Top

New Jersey

New Jersey Consumer Law
Designed to help you understand and negotiate the legal maze and become an informed consumer. The creators of the website, ATLA-NJ, believe their goal of protecting New Jersey’s families can be achieved by education and having resources available.

New Jersey Office of Consumer Protection
The Office of Consumer Protection (OCP) is the primary investigative section for consumer complaints. The main responsibility of the OCP is to enforce the Consumer Fraud Act and its regulations. Also, the OCP is the central clearinghouse for consumer complaints and referrals.

NJ Department of Consumer Affairs: Identity Theft
New Jersey passed the Identity Theft Prevention Act on January1, 2006. Use this site to learn how to place a security freeze on your credit report in addition to many other helpful suggestions. A toll-free number to the NJDOCA is also included.

Top

Federal

Federal Citizen Information Center
The Consumer Information Center, Pueblo is a one-stop center for federal consumer publications on topics such as cars, children, money, food, health, and housing- many of which are available in PDF format. There are also thousands of names, addresses, telephone numbers and electronic addresses of corporations, trade groups, state and local consumer protection offices and federal agencies.

Consumer.gov
The federal government has developed this site as a portal to online consumer resources from many federal agencies. You can search for documents or browse for information in categories such as food, money, health, careers, children, technology and education, home and community, and more. The Consumer’s Resource Handbook, Federal Blue Pages Directory, and Older People’s Resource Directory are available via the Directory Assistance link on the left-hand side of the home page.

Federal Trade Commission: Consumer Protection
A service of the FTC's Office of Consumer Protection. You can read the full text of guides and alerts on a variety of consumer-related topics plus detailed information to help you protect yourself from identity theft, and the steps to take if it occurs.

U.S. Federal Trade Commission: Complaint Assistant
The FTC's Complaint Assistant will guide you though the process of registering a complaint online with the FTC. According to a statement on the Web page, “While the FTC does not resolve individual consumer problems, your complaint helps us investigate fraud, and can lead to law enforcement action.”

Consumer Product Safety Commission
An independent federal regulatory agency created by Congress in 1972, the CPSC strives to protect the public from "unreasonable risks of injuries and deaths associated with consumer products." Product recalls can be found here: browse the monthly report of product recalls or search recalls by product type, or company. The consumer may also report an unsafe product to the CPSC via this site.

eConsumer.gov
The website is produced collaboratively by several countries providing a form for submitting a complaint that can be forwarded to a member country or an alternative dispute resolution service. The site also offers links to online shopping tips produced (in English) by member countries.

Top

Career Resource Center
Links and resources compiled by the Rahway Public Library. Access this site to find a number of resources pertaining to the job search process. Available tools include a resume builder, online interview practice, vocational and aptitude tests, job search sites, and much more!

Career Builder
Well-regarded job search site includes a Personal Search Agent and job listings from across the country.

Career Onestop
Learn about different careers, discover education and training opportunities, and gain insights into creating a polished resume.

IMDiversity
Providing career and job information to all minorities, specifically African Americans, Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders, Latino/Hispanic Americans, Native Americans and women.

Job Hunt
Search for jobs as well as access tutorials, support groups and services to make the job hunt easier.

Job Search Engine
Search for jobs by category, location, and keyword.

Mom Corps
Search for a professional job but with flexibile hours. This site offers great opportunities for working mothers.

Monster
Offers thousands of job listings, sample resumes and job search letters, self-assessment guides, email counseling, as well as company profiles.

Nation Job
Offers job listings and specialized features including a section promoting jobs in specific employment categories, information on individual companies and communities.

Riley Guide
Introduces you to online job searching. Here you can access resources that will help in your job search.

Simply Hired
Job search engine that searches thousands of job sites and companies. Includes tools to help you find local jobs and research those companies.

Snag-a-job
Resource to locate hourly and part-time jobs. Get job hints and practical advise regarding employment.

USA Jobs
The official employment site of the United States Government. A one-stop resource for federal jobs and employment information and forms.

Workforce New Jersey
Offers services for workers and employers to build a better workforce. For job seekers job search assistance, career development plus links to information on unemployment, disability, and worker’s compensation.

Mayo Clinic Health
This website is directed by a team of Mayo Clinic physicians, scientists, writers, and educators. Explore guides to diseases and conditions, symptoms, nutrition, healthy living, tests and procedures, as well as prescriptions and over the counter medications. Get a free personalized healthcare manager, subscribe to newsletters and RSS feeds.

Merck Manuals
Access the full text of several highly regarded Merck Manuals. Included are the following: The Merck Manual of Diagnosis and Therapy, The Merck Manual of Medical Information--Second Home Edition, The Merck Manual of Geriatrics, The Merck Manual of Health & Aging, and The Merck Veterinary Manual.

Familydoctor.org
All of the information on this site has been written and reviewed by members of American Academy of Family Physicians. Find information on man health conditions. Health topics concern particularly men, women, children, seniors. Included are many videos and tutorials as well as smart patient guide top healthcare management decisions.

WebMD
Information written and edited by a team of doctors and medical writers on an array of topics including: diseases and conditions, symptoms, healthy living, mental health, prescription and non-prescription drugs, herbs, diet, and nutrition. Locate a physician, therapist, acupuncturist, massage therapist, chiropractor, naturopath, physical therapist, or health professional by zip code. You can also compare hospitals by condition or procedure.

HealthNation
A website that uses video to inform you about medical conditions. The videos are divided into general health, men's health, women's health, and "true life stories," which detail how one person faced medical conditions in their lives.

Intelihealth
Explore broad categories of diseases and conditions, healthy lifestyle, and general health concerns. The site also includes a medical dictionary. Other resources available are an “ask-an-expert” section among other interactive tools.

MedicineNet
An excellent, easy-to-read, site featuring health information geared to the layman. The material is written, reviewed, and/or edited by board certified physicians. It has current health news from Reuters News Service with doctors’ comments on certain hot topics. Searchable sections of the site include diseases and conditions, procedures and tests, medications (including over-the-counter as well as prescription drugs), a medical dictionary, and a section giving tips on healthy living. The website is operated by WebMD. .

NOAH
The website provides access to high quality full-text consumer health information in English and Spanish. The information is selected by librarians and health professionals. Explore health topics by body system, procedures and medicine including complementary and alternative therapies, or use search engine either in Spanish or English.

PDRHealth – Physicians Desktop Reference
The electronic version of the reference source The Physicians Desk Reference. This site includes information on diseases, surgeries, diseases and conditions, drugs and supplements, alternative therapies, and drug interactions. Use the interactive features to get personalized treatment options, pros and cons of treatments, plus possible side effects. This is a commercial site that includes advertising.

Top

Alternative Medicine

Whole Health MD
Learn how to incorporate alternative therapies and supplements from doctors. Sections include health conditions, reference library with articles on foods, vitamin supplements, meditation, and prescription safety.

National Center for Complimentary and Alternative Medicine
Become an informed consumer of alternative medicine by understanding choices available in healthcare including acupuncture, homeopathy, and dietary supplements. You can also read about the current research and clinical trials.

Top

Kids Health

Kids Health
Topics range from growth and development, staying healthy, illnesses, and treatments for children and teens. There are sections that help kids and teens understand these issues plus a section that explains adult health concerns to children. There is also a section for parents to understand topics on child health issues as well as tips for caring for a seriously ill child.

Keeping Kids Healthy
Aimed at parents, this site covers an enormous number of topics including nutrition, vaccinations, first aid, safety, growth schedules, medication, and pediatric issues from newborn to adolescent.

American Academy of Pediatrics
Parents' guides to children and teen health, safety, and fitness concerns. Browse by age, health topic, and special topics such as navigating the health care system

Top

Physicians and Other Healthcare Providers

AMA Physician Select
Provides information on more than 690,000 licensed doctors of medicine (MD) and doctors of osteopathy (DO). You can search by name or medical specialty. Information includes the physician’s medical training, specialty, location of practice, and whether the physician is an AMA (American Medical Association) member and board certified. Includes physicians that have been accredited by the American Medical Accreditation Program (AMAP). In addition, there is a wealth of education resources, newsletters, and access to state/specialty medical societies.

American Board of Medical Specialties
Click on "Who's Certified" to search a database of board certified physicians for their certification status, location by city and state, and specialty. Please note: the "Who's Certified" search service requires user registration.

State Board of Chiropractors
This site from the State Board of Chiropractic Examiners provides information on chiropractors licensed to do business in New Jersey. Search for a chiropractor by name and you will get their contact information and any disciplinary history. Also included is a complaint form if you have a problem with your chiropractor.

American Dental Association (ADA) Member Directory
This directory of dentists allows users to search for a dentist by location and specialty. The site includes links to state and local dental societies. This site also includes information on oral health topics in English and Spanish.

DoctorFinder
From the American Medical Association, this directory of doctors includes brief biographical information.

Find a Nurse-Midwife
A service of the American College of Nurse-Midwives with directory information and advice.

Top

Hospitals

American Hospital Directory
Provides information for over 6,000 hospitals based on information from Medicare, hospital cost reports, and other files obtained from the federal centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. Find out which clinical services are provided at each hospital, their teaching status, as well as their patient and financial statistics.

America’s Best Hospitals
The online version of America’s Best Hospitals which is published by U.S. News & World Report every year. U.S. News reviewed over 6,000 hospitals in the United States. Of these only 205 appear in the rankings for best hospitals. Using "Best Hospitals Finder" one can search for the most regarded hospitals by specialty, geographical area and by name.

HealthGrades Hospital report cards grade the performance of more than 5,000 hospitals. The hos
pital report card uses a five star rating system to grade performance in cardiac surgery, cardiology, orthopedic surgery, back and neck surgery, pulmonary/respiratory treatment, vascular surgery, and obstetrics for all U.S. hospitals. Physician report cards and nursing home report cards are available for a fee.

Top

Lab Tests

Lab Tests Online
Designed to help you, as a patient or family caregiver, to better understand the many clinical lab tests that are part of routine care. These are the tests most commonly used to diagnosis a broad range of conditions and diseases.

Descipher
Interpret a range of clinical laboratory tests by matching test results with conditions and diseases. Users may browse by laboratory test or disease.

Top

Prescriptions

Healthsquare
Brought to you by the publishers of the Physician Desk Reference, this site allows users to browse prescription drugs by name of drug or medical condition they treat. Access information on symptoms, diseases and conditions, and health maintenance.

Consumer Drug Information
Read the safety alerts on medications posted by U.S. Food and Drug Administration plus facts sheets on other approved drugs.

RxList
An easy to use pill identifier by color, shape, or imprint code. In addition to prescription information there is an explanation of diseases, conditions, and medical tests.

Top

New Jersey

HealthyNJ
This web site is provided by the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey (UMDNJ). Find information about diseases and medical conditions and other information useful for staying healthy both mentally and physically. Join a discussion group or chat room on health topic. Click on “Reference Desk” to get a collection of medical web sites including medical dictionaries, medical textbooks, physician directories, and drug information.

New Jersey Department of Health and Senior Services
Provides information important to New Jersey residents on a wide variety of topics including: HMO Report Cards, Nursing Home Performance Reports, training and education in medical fields, medical reports on diseases and conditions, and New Jersey health statistics. Click on "Health Topics A-Z" to get information and reports diseases in the news.

New Jersey Doctor List/New Jersey Healthcare Profile
Officially called New Jersey Health Care Profile, this site is from the New Jersey Dept. of Consumer Affairs and the New Jersey State Board of Medical Examiners. The profiles provide information about a physician's education, licenses, internships, residencies, and board certifications. It also includes any disciplinary actions, hospital restrictions and malpractice payments.

Medical Society of New Jersey (MSNJ) Physician Finder
"Physician Finder" is written and published by the Medical Society of New Jersey. Search by a physician’s last name, specialty, or hospital affiliation. This service will provide information on doctors such as medical school attended, year of graduation, hospital affiliations, and internships and residencies. Physicians included are members of the Medical Society of New Jersey.

Top

Federal Information Sources

CDC Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
The CDC is a government supersite for medical and health information. Fact sheets, brochures, and CDC journal articles are included on topics such as diseases, chronic conditions, parasitic infections, and virus outbreaks. Health data is made available from the National Center for Health Statistics. The CDC is an excellent resource for travelers’ health. This website includes vaccine recommendations for travelers of all ages.

Healthfinder
A service of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services that provides access to many government and non-profit organizations’ publications and websites. It is especially useful for providing information on specific diseases, health and nutrition, and alternative medicine.

Medicare: The Official U.S. Government Site for People with Medicare
Resources include up-to-date information about Medicare coverage, a supplier directory, a nursing home directory, information about prescription drug assistance programs, and much more.

Top

National Library of Medicine

What is the National Library of Medicine? NLM, the National Library of Medicine, is the world's largest medical library and the creator of MEDLlNE which provides access to health science journals cited back to the 1950s. Websites within the National Library of Medicine include:

MEDLINE Plus
Reliable website on up-to-date consumer health information. Resources include more than 650 health topics, clinical trials on prescription and over-the-counter drugs, a medical encyclopedia, news stories, interactive tutorials, and directories of health care providers. MEDLINE Plus is also available "en espanol.”

ClinicalTrials.gov
Provides easy access to information on over 9,000 clinical studies sponsored by the National Institute of Health, other federal agencies, and private industry.

National Institute of Health
General health information site covering health conditions by body locations/systems, procedures and therapies, as well as quick links to health topics for specific age groups.

NIH Senior Health
Health topics for older individuals in formats tailored to their unique needs. Users of this site have the option of reading and listening to the information presented on this site.

Tox Town
A consumer-friendly, interactive guide to toxic substances commonly encountered at everyday locations like schools and office buildings.

Top

Black History (on Bio.com)
Use a timeline, featured biographies, and other entries into important African-American people and times. Includes a virtual tour of the Apollo Theater.

Hispanic Heritage
A free resource of Gale Cengage Learning, this simple-to-use website offers biographies, a timeline, and outside links, all about Hispanic history. You can also learn more about Spanish holidays, music, and other topics.

First Nations Histories
A Compact Histories site on Native Americans. Choose the name of the tribe you are interested in, and the site will bring you down to a brief description, along with a link you can click to get even more information.

Local History

Merchant and Drover’s Tavern Museum
Take a look into the 19th century at Rahway’s historical site. Get news on the latest happenings at the museum and browse multimedia and genealogical information from the neighboring Rahway Cemetary.

Rahway New Jersey History
Part of the city’s official website. Read the story of Rahway from its 17th century roots to modern times. Includes outside links to important names from Rahway’s past.

State History

New Jersey history (from official state website)
The state website presents an online table of contents related to New Jersey's past and present. Read a history of New Jersey, its connections with the Underground Railroad, get a list of NJ governors, and see historical documents, maps, and more.

U.S. History

A Biography of America
This website is based on a video series and telecourse on American history. All 26 parts of the course are present online and in interactive forms, including links, maps, a list of key events, and the videos themselves (along with transcripts).

A Chronology of U.S. Historical Documents
Take a cyber walk through the history of America through the documents that shaped our country. Going by year, read full text from the Magna Carta, the Mayflower Compact, the Declaration of Independence, presidential speeches, and more!

World History

HistoryWorld
An extensive look at world history through interactive narratives and timelines. Each entry is further embellished by links within the text from one entry to another. Also included are links to Google searches on important people and topics.

Best of History Websites
A portal to world history across the Internet. Retrieve lists of links by topics and subtopics such as Prehistory, Ancient/Biblical History, and World War II. You can also find games and information for educators.

On This Day
History happens somewhere every day. This series of online timelines will show you which events, birthdays, and deaths happened on a given day of the year.

Top

APA and MLA Citation Game
Play an interactive game and learn how to correctly format APA or MLA citations for some of the most commonly used books, journals, and the websites. This site also provides practice in putting citation elements (Title, Author, etc.) into the correct MLA or APA style order. Users may also review a chart comparing APA (American Psychological Association) and MLA (Modern Language Association) citations and drag and drop parts of citations into the appropriate order.

Bibme
Create bibliographies in the APA, MLA, Chicago, Turabian formats using the auto-fill menu or manually. After creating a free account, users can save their bibliographies and download them once they have added all of their sources. Once the bibliography is saved users can edit or tag it and then create a bibliography from all saved work with common tags. There is no limit to the number of saved bibliographies.

Top

Gateways to Literature on the Web

Internet Public Library Literary Criticism Collection
The Literary Criticism Collection brings together hundreds of critical and biographical sites with annotations. The links are international in scope and cover American, British, Canadian, French, German, Italian, Russian, Spanish, Latin American, Japanese, and Chinese writings. Search by author, title, or nationality/literary period.

Bartleby Library
Searchable collection of American and English literature including thousands of full-text poems, novels, plays, essays, and other works in the public domain, as well as close to 100,000 quotations. Includes access to The Cambridge History of English and American Literature, and Brewer's Dictionary of Phrase and Fable.

Voice of the Shuttle
The Voice of the Shuttle offers a wide range of links to scholarly resources in the humanities. Its English literature section contains links to general English and American literature resources, departments, literary periods, minority and other literatures in English, authors, genres, theory, and cultural studies.

Literary Resources on the Net
Maintained by Jack Lynch of Rutgers University. The mission of the site is to point to "sites on the Internet dealing with English and American literature, excluding single electronic texts.” Links to literary resources are grouped into categories including: Classical & Biblical, Medieval, Renaissance, Eighteenth-Century, Romantic, Victorian British, Twentieth-Century British and Irish, American, Theatre and Drama, Ethnic Nationalities. The website is searchable.

Literary Vocabulary
Need to find a literary term? Try here! In addition to the vocabulary list there are links to general literature websites, downloadable poetry, and classical, medieval and renaissance literature websites. There are also sections on grammar and rhetoric.

Author Guides
This A-Z directory is an index of indexes. It contains pointers to individual author guides or other cumulative documents that deal with specific writers. Not included are the many authors from genres such as science fiction or romance as the compiler believes other web directories can do a better job.

The Victorian Web
This is the place to start when researching the Victorian era (1837-1901). This website features articles on political history, social history, economics, gender, philosophy, religion, science, technology, genre and technique, visual arts, theater, and popular entertainment. Contains biographies and the works of dozens of authors.

SparkNotes
Online study guides to around 150 literature classics. Each SparkNote contains sections on context, characters, overall summary, chapter-by-chapter summary, and study questions. SparkNotes are available online at no charge.

Top

Fairy Tales, Myths, and Fable

Encyclopedia Mythica
An online encyclopedia that covers mythology, folklore, and legends. Entries include gods and goddesses, heroes, legendary creatures and beings from all over the world many with illustrations, pronunciation keys, and genealogical information. Features annotated links to related resources.

SurLa Fairy Tales
SurLaLune Fairy Tales features 49 annotated fairy tales, including their histories, similar tales across cultures, modern interpretations and over 1,500 illustrations. Also discover over 1,600 folktales & fairy tales from around the world in more than 40 full-text e-books. While there is advertisement on the website, this compilation of fairy tales with interpretations and histories plus links to other sites is useful for the study of fairy tales.

Top

Literary Awards

Literary Prizes and Awards
Lists of awards presented for adult and children's literature, including the Edgar Allen Poe, Nebula, and other genre fiction, Newbery and Caldecott Medals, as well as awards specific to other countries. Both the current and past award winners are provided.

Top

Shakespeare

Mr. Shakespeare and the Internet
Annotated guide to Shakespeare resources available on the web. The site Includes a timeline, chart of contemporary events and publications, and a biography quiz. Links included are a selection to full-text works, study guides, information on the Elizabethan theater, literary and historical criticism, Renaissance studies, and educational resources such as courses and lesson plans.

Shakespeare Searched
Search for keywords within Shakespeare’s plays and sonnets by using the drop down menu to select a particular character or work. This search engine is designed to provide quick access to passages from Shakespeare's plays and sonnets. Search results can be viewed by topic (such as love or death), work, and character. Also included are options to view surrounding text of the passages and citations.

The Folger Shakespeare Library
The website of the world renowned collection of Shakespeare materials offers a number of online resources for teachers and students including a biography of William Shakespeare, introductions to each of the plays and poems, an extensive archive of lessons plans on the plays, and podcasts and videos about teaching and performing the plays.

Top

Poetry

Modern American Poetry
Modern American Poetry is a collaborative effort that aims to provide "a single clearinghouse for some of the best criticism on the best poets of our time." One can find biographical information, bibliographies, criticism, commentary, and links to online copies of works on major modern American poets.

Poets.org
The official website of the American Academy of Poets offers essays, interviews, extensive bios, online copies of poems, audio clips, internal links to related poets, selected bibliographies, and external links on more than 500 American poets.

Representative Poetry Online
Historical anthology of English poetry from the early medieval period to the beginning of the twentieth century. This online anthology edited by members of the English Department of the University of Toronto contains 3,162 poems from 500 poets. Biographical information and criticism about many of the poets listed in the anthology is also included.

Top

African American Literature

African American Writers: A Celebration
Large directory of links to online resources and a selected bibliography. Links cover historical and contemporary writers from the James E. Walker Library, Middle Tennessee State University.

African American Women Writers of the Nineteenth Century
Part of the Schomburg digital library collection consisting of 52 published works by 19th-century black women writers. A selection from the published works of fiction, poetry, biography and autobiography, and essays are included. Keyword searching within each work or throughout the collection is available. Featured authors or works include Phillis Wheatley, the Narrative of Sojourner Truth, and Harriet A. Jacobs' Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl.

The African American Book Club
As well as being a book club, this site has information about authors and poets, and book excerpts to read and poetry to hear. You can learn about popular and interesting new books and classic titles. The site includes reviews of books, author profiles, discussion boards, literary events and more. Previews of soon-to-be published books are available. Navigate through lists or use customized Google search box to discover adult and children’s authors plus specific writers in different genres, poetry, Harlem Renaissance, gay and lesbian.

Top

Teen Literature

YALSA Book Awards
From the American Library Association’s teen services division list of books recommended by teen librarians and teens. Select from graphic novels, best books, audiobooks, quick picks, paperback awards winners plus authors who have contributed to teen literature.

Reading Rants
A booklist and book review site for teenagers, their “parents”, or other adults working with teens. Browse the website to find a good book to read or peruse the booklists to explore titles by theme.

Guys Read
Find a book to read by topic or author.

Top

Clusty
Results of this search engine are grouped into subtopics or keywords which can help further focus your query. By clicking on the keyword, the results are reordered showing websites that focus on that subtopic. Click on the magnifying glass on the right hand side of the results to see a preview of each page.

Exalead
Results are displayed in a list format with a thumbnail preview of each webpage. This engine is great for advanced searchers as it allows Boolean operators including NEAR and NEXT. Users can also refine their search by site and domain type (i.e. .org, .edu, .com) and limit results to PDFs, Word documents, Power Point presentations, and other file types. Exalead’s excellent multimedia and image search can be refined by size, file type, and orientation. Users can even create accounts to save sites and pictures. Customizable portals allow access to other search engines.

SpaceTime
All results are organized in a scrolling image display of each webpage. SpaceTime allows you to toggle back and forth between the search results featured on Google, Wikipedia, Amazon, and Answers.com. Results can also be limited to images.

Nexplore
Nexplore’s three search-result display options (summary view, gallery view and line view) and three website preview options (thumbnail preview, window preview and pane preview) allows users to personalize their search. Further options for even more personalization allow users to limit results to podcasts, blogs, the news, videos, and images. Individual accounts allow users to save or discard results.

MelZoo
The results of your search appear in a column on the left. By clicking on or by moving to an entry, a preview of the page appears on the right. Me1Zoo is an excellent way for getting a sense of the breadth of information available as well as for deciding whether or not to visit a page.

Trovando
Access multiple search engines, tools, and reference sources.

State Tourism Office
Access the state tourism websites from one resource! Other available features include reservations, travel tips and special events.

New Jersey Tourism
Discover attractions, arts and cultural events, festivals, as well as recreational and sports facilities. Planning tools and downloadable guides are also available.

Are We There Yet?
Plan family New Jersey daytrips to state historical sites, museums, and environmental centers. Site also includes Pennsylvania, Delaware, New York and Connecticut.

New Jersey Dog Travel Guide
This site lists places to take your dog around the state including hotels, restaurants, parks, dog parks, day kennels, and emergency veterinarians. If you are traveling further, you can also select another state’s or countries dog guides.

Fun and Adventure in NJ
Includes links to a wide variety of 'Things to do in NJ', including zoos, amusement parks, parasailing, auto racing, outdoor recreation, and more. Click on the general area you're interested in and you will be provided with a list of places with links to their website. You can also search by place name.

New Jersey Leisure Guide
Find attractions, events and restaurants throughout the state. Explore events by categories including children, romantic, and leisure activities. Each category also lists a set of links to different websites.

Top