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ANTIQUES & COLLECTIBLES

• Antiques Online simple, straight forward, site for antiques
• Antiques Roadshow Online about the TV series, & antique reference site
• Christie's Online one of the premire auction houses
• Curioscape.com list of antique vendors on the web
• icollector.com an eBay live auction partner
• Kovels' Online Antiques and Collectibles Price Guide antiques & collectibles reference site
• Old And Sold Antiques Auction & Marketplace quality, not quantity, good site for beginners
• Sotheby's Online one of the premire auction houses
• TIAS list of vendors and search engine for collectales, 1300+ categories to search from

ART and HUMANITIES

         See also: Images and Pictures

• Art Museums of the World   from Exploring Abroad
• EDSITEment   from the National Endowment for the Humanities
• New York Museum of Modern Art
• San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
• Web Museum Network mirror site: http://webmuseum.meulie.net/wm/
• World Wide Arts Resources search where art is
• Visual Arts Organizations a not very comprehensive list of links
• National Endowment for The Humanities
• National Art Gallery (Mellon)
• Yahoo! Art History Resources
• INFOMINE - Visual and Performing Arts
• Fine Art Resources on the Web from ibiblio (may load slowly)

ASTRONOMY & AEROSPACE

• NRAO  National Radio Astronomy Observatory (VLA...Very Large Array Telescope)
• Hubble Heritage Project Subject Index
• NASA Homepage
• U.S.Naval Observatory sunrise/sunset charts
• The Nine 8 Planets
• NASA Quest  K-12 Internet Initiative
• The International Space Station This site tracks the location of the ISS on a map of the world in real time.
• Gazetteer of Planetary Features from USGS Astrogeology
• Extensive Astronomy Links from MIT

AUTOMOTIVE

• Kelley Blue Book get a estimated value for a car or light truck
• NADA Consumer Car Guides get a estimated value for a car or light truck
• Free VIN check from Autocheck VIN = Vehicle Id Number; See a car's specs.
• Auto Manufacturer's Home pages Acura through Volvo
• Autotropolis's Home page new car research information, and more
• Cars.com, formerly Auto.com automotive research information
• Edmunds.com automotive research information
• NADA, National Automobile Dealers Association, Online automotive research information

BOOKS

         Banned books: see Literature and Literary Criticism
         See also: Journals and Peridoicals

Info about books

• Bookspot  genre links, book winners, teens ...
• Jessa Crispin's book blog  book news, reviews, odd notes, ...
• Teenreads  reading recommendations and commentary
• Children's Literature Web Guide 
• Project Gutenberg free full-text books,  over 17,000 free books in text and pdf form
• Bibliomania  Full-Text Books Onlline
• Latin American Knowledge Harvester  Univ. of New Mexico bibliographic database for Latin America
• New York Review of Books   With Search Engine for Reviews
• Bookpage.com   monthly general interest reviewer of books, including author and illustrator interviews, all ages/types.
• Bookreporter  reviews, author bibliographies, etc.
•   Cozy Mysteries - List of Authors from Madison Public Library
•   Modern Novels Set in the Middle Ages from Univ. of Oregon
•   LibriVox audio books for download
•   Historical Mysteries Crime through Time
•   Coming Soon - some links for Harry Potter fans
  •   If You Like Harry Potter … - books for Harry Potter readers
  •   Harry Potter Readalikes - more books for Harry Potter readers

Books lookup and for purchase

• Abebooks.com   a used book consolidator - mostly used and rare books, some new
• Alibris.com   a used book consolidator - mostly used and rare books, also movies, music and new books.
• Amazon.com  world's largest online bookseller - new and used books, music, video, etc.
• Antiquarian Booksellers' Association of America   consolidated book search, also links to bookseller info and book fairs
• Biblio.com  used, rare, and out-of-print books
• Bookbrowser  a Barnes & Noble search site
• Bookfinder  a Barnes & Noble search site for used books

BUSINESS

• Business Week Magazine Online
• Thomas Register
• NM Economic Development Department
• Small Business Administration, a Federal government Agency
• WebCrawler's Top 10 Business Resources
• Business Resource Center
• CEO Express A List of Links to Business Research Resources
• SEC Federal Securities and Exchange Commission
• Standard and Poor's Online
• US Consumer Information Center Main Page
• Better Business Bureau
• Hoover's Inc.  Information about nearly 14,000 businesses
• Useful Investor Relations Sites from the National Investor Relations Institute
• "How to find a Company's Annual Report Online"
• Zimmerman's Research Guide: Company InformationHow to find out about a company
• CPA Directory on line  Find a Certified Public Accountant by name or zip code.
• Search official New Mexico list of Certified Public Accountants by name or by firm name  
• CPA Directory from cpafinder.com  Find a Certified Public Accountant in New Mexico by town.
• Personal Loans - companies in Socorro, NM

COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES

         See also: Student Financial Aid

• College Rankings  from University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
• U.S. News & World Report Annual Ranking of U.S. Colleges
• New Mexico Tech [NMIMT], Socorro
• University of New Mexico, Albuquerque
• New Mexico State University, Las Cruces
• Western New Mexico University, Silver City
• Eastern New Mexico University, Portales
• New Mexico Highlands University, Las Vegas
• Institute of American Indian Arts, Santa Fe
• International Institute of the Americas, Albuquerque  private not-for-profit
• St. John's College, Santa Fe & Annapolis  private not-for-profit
• College of Santa Fe, Santa Fe  private not-for-profit
• Southwestern College, Santa Fe  private not-for-profit, postbaccalaureate only
• Metropolitan College, Albuquerque (also AZ, OK, & MO)  private not-for-profit
• EdRef™ College Search Directory  detailed information on US colleges
• 50states.com College Directory  detailed information on US colleges
• College Net  admissions services via web

COMPUTERS & INTERNET

• Web Basics from the Virtual Librarian
• Evaluating Websites from UNM
• Libraries, Children and the Internet from American Library Assoc.
• Email resources
• Online Privacy from the Virtual Librarian

INTERNET ONLINE TUTORIALS

• Learn the Net
• PBS Kids Cyberliteracy site
• Citing Internet Resources

SAFE SURFING on the INTERNET

• Stay Alert...Stay Safe 'Netproofing' Program from Canada
• Safe Kids Tips for Parents of Children on Safe-Surfing on the Internet
• Safe Teens Tips for Teen Internet Safe-Surfing

WEB SITE DESIGN

• The Web Developer's Virtual Library   How to Create a Web Site
• HTML Help JUST for Kids   Lissa Explains it All
• Webmaster T's World of Design
• HTML Goodies  Everything you need to know about HTML

DVDs & CDs - Technology

• Burnworld   How to burn CDs & DVDs, etc.

CONSUMERS

• Federal Drug Administration Consumer Information
• Official site: annual free credit reports
WARNING: The three sites below may solicit additional, for-pay services!
• Equifax credit reporting bureau
• Experian credit reporting bureau
• TransUnion credit reporting bureau
• Consumer Information on Almost Everything
• Opinions and Reviews on practically everything
• 419-Legal Fraud and Scam Forum look up scams
• List, or search list of, deadbeat businesses

COOKING AND FOOD

• The Cook's Thesaurus a cooking encyclopedia
• The Global Gourmet articles, recipes, cooking suggestions
• Recipes and more from Epicurious
• Recipe links from Dayle
• Fruit & vegetable information from Fruit & Veggie Guru
• common food substitutions from Kansas State extention
• common food substitutions from Aunt Edna's Kitchen
• Unit convertions for example, tablespoons to cups
• Sensible units the size of real objects and vice versa

DICTIONARIES & ENCYCLOPEDIAS

• OneLook Dictionary Search a combined 970 Dictionaries
• Merriam-Webster's Dictionary with audio
• Online Dictionary for French English, Spanish English, Italian English, and more.
• The Alphabet in American Sign Language
• Acronym finder over 700,000 acronyms )FBI, G7, SNAFU, etc.) defined
• Basic Dictionary of American Sign Language
• Bartleby.com Great Books Online--Encyclopedia, Dictionary, Thesaurus, and hundred more
• Reference from Bibliomania
  • Brewer's Readers' Guide
  • Brewer's Phrase & Fable
  • Webster's Dictionary (1913 Edition)
  • Soule's Synonymes
  • Biographical Dictionary of English Literature
  • The Hobson Jobson Dictionary
  • Grocott's Quotations - Thematic
  • Grocott's Quotations - Alphabetic
  • Roget's Thesaurus
  • Simonds History of American Literature
• Wikipedia.com  The Free Encyclopedia
• Encyclopedia.com free consolidated encyclopedias search
• Encyclopedia Britannica 1911 edition copyright free
• The Devil's Dictionary by Ambrose Bierce; first published as The Cynic's Word Book in 1906. (text file)
• Aphorisms Galore  short quotations organized by topic
• Babelfish from Altavista translates short passages or websites electronically
• Worldlingo.com Translation service, provides estimates online

ENVIRONMENT

• Agricultural Chemicals from the Environmental Protection Agency
• Battery Disposal Guide
• Environmental laws from Environmental Law Net
• Environmental news from the Right-to-Know Network
• Environmental news from the Earth Times
• Environmental resources from Envirolink
• New Mexico Fire News by federal and state agencies in New Mexico
• Abandoned Mines (AML) from the Environmental Protection Agency

GENEALOGY

• Socorro County Genealogy
• Sierra County Genealogy
• Valencia County Genealogy
• Cyndis List of Genealogy Sites on the Internet Award winning, extremely comprehensive site
• New Mexico Genealogy Sites
• Vital Records How to get vital records from 50 states and foreign countries
• Genealogy at Rio Grande Valley Library Special Collections Branch in Albuquerque
• Hispanic Genealogy Research Center
• Native American Genealogy Resources WWWVL links
• Native American Genealogy Resources from Roots.com
• Social Security Death Index
• The USGenWeb Project
• Genealogical Research at the National Archives
• Search the Census Bureau
• Family Search the LDS (Mormons) Genealogy Site
• New Mexico Genealogy Resources
• Online Searchable Death Indexes, Records & Databases This website gathers together links to online death indexes by state and county. Included are death indexes, obituaries, probate indexes and cemetery & burial indexes.
• Obituaries from Albuquerque Journal since 1998
• Obtaining New Mexico Birth Records New Mexico Vital Records - Birth records are confidential for 100 years.
• Obtaining New Mexico Death Records New Mexico Vital Records - New Mexico death certificates are restricted access records.
• New Mexico Death Index Project 1899-1949 Index from USGenWeb
• Grant County, New Mexico Records cemeteries and death records

GOVERNMENTS

         See also:

• JOURNALS AND PERIODICALS
• Politics: Follow the Money
• Politics: Open Secrets
• Disaster Preparedness Links

New Mexico Governmental Sites

Socorro County & City of Socorro Sites

• City of Socorro
• County of Socorro Socorro County Clerk info

New Mexico State-wide Sites & other NM regions

         See also: New Mexico Statistics

• Find-It New Mexico government information locator service
• New Mexico State Government
• State Of New Mexico Roster Congressional, State, Legislative, District & County Officials, in pdf format
• New Mexico Legislature
• NM State Senators and Representatives
• New Mexico County Clerks with e-mail addresses
• New Mexico Laws (Statutes through 2005) updated in August
• New Mexico Legislature Bill Finder
• NM Secretary of State Main Page
• NM Attorney General Main Page
• NM Housing Services Directory from NM Mortgage Finance Authority
• NM State government telephone directory

Federal Governmental Sites

• U. S. Government information from Fed World
• Links to all U.S. Government executive websites ...departments, agencies, commissions, White House, etc.
• U. S. Government information from First Gov
• Open CRS Network - CRS Reports for the People (hard to find government reports)
• Bill and Congressional information from the Library of Congress, also includes past congresses
• U.S. Senators NM and all 50 states
• U.S. Representaties NM and all 50 states
• U.S. Congressional information from Congress.org
• Library of Congress
• U.S. Government Office of Personnel Management Forms and information about working for your Uncle.
• U.S. Government Printing Office
• Federal Drug Administration
• The United States Supreme Court
• U.S. Census homepage and statistics search engine
• American Census Fact Finder
• USCIS.gov Home Page U.S. Citizenship Immigration Services
• US Citizenship Infopass Make Immigration appointments online
• Social Security Forms
• Homeland Security homepage

Other States (US) Governmental Sites

• Colorado State Homepage
• State of Texas Homepage
• Texas Statutes

Other Countries Governmental Sites

HISTORY AND BIOGRAPHY

• Biography.com
• La Herencia Del Norte  Documenting History on the Camino Real
• NM State Archives
• New Mexico Historical Markers
• List of Old West Lawmen from Legends of America
• Notable Citizens of Planet Earth
• Soldiers without Swords African-American Newspapers
• Presidents of the United States
• National Archives and Records Administration
• The 60's Project & the Vietnam Generation
• Handbook of Texas Exhaustive resource for historical and biographical information on the state of Texas
• Jim Crow Museum of Racist Memorabilia

American Civil War
• Southern NM Territory joins the Confederacy as Arizona
• Military operations in Texas, New Mexico, and Arizona. Chapters from The war of the rebellion: a compilation of the official records of the Union and Confederate armies. Series 1.
• military records Feb. 1-Jun 11, 1861. Chapter VII, pp. 502-636 of Vol. 1
• military records Jun 11, 1861-Feb. 1, 1862. Chapter XI, pp. 1-174 of Vol. 4
• military records Feb. 1-Sep. 20, 1862. Chapter XXI, pp. 481-736 of Vol. 9
• The American Civil War Homepage Gr. 8 and up...Site offers many links related to the American Civil War
• Civil War: United States Colored Troops Gr6 and up...Robust collection of information about U.S. Colored Troops in the Civil War
• Civil War Women: Primary Sources on the Internet Gr. 7 and up...Duke University site with links to copies of many primary source documents
• Poetry and Music of the War Between the States Gr. 6 and up

HOME REPAIR

• eHOW.com a site that answers your "How to" questions
• Peter Hotton Home Repair Archives
• This to That  Household adhesive solutions
• Handyman, home repair, and home remodeling with House Doctors Handyman Service

IMAGES and PICTURES

• Digital Camera Resource Page
• Science in images from World Science
• Graffiti (may timeout, just try again)
• NASA photos single entry point for multiple NASA Centers
• Video from CNN
• Copyright free images from Britain
• Royalty Free Images from Corbis
• Great art from the Hermitage
• Austriala in pictures
• 2-free free non-commercial use images
• Photobucket non-free images
• Flickr non-free images
• Fotosearch non-free images
• PicSearch image search
• Google ImageSearch
• Yahoo Image Search
• Ditto Image Search
• Lycos Image Search

INCOME TAX FORMS

• NM Electronic Tax Filing New Mexico electronic tax filing
• 2008 State of NM Tax Forms
• 2007 State of NM Tax Forms
• 2006 State of NM Tax Forms
• State of NM Tax Forms pre-2008 At the bottom of the page
• Federal Tax Forms and Publications Home Page
• Go directly to Federal downloadable forms and instructions picklist
• Go directly to Federal downloadable publications and notices
• Federal Forms for prior years Federal Income Tax materials from 1990-2007
• Turbo Tax a commercial online tax filing vendor
• Tax Forms for all 50 States

INDEXES TO THE WEB

• Google.Com  Fastest and best web search engine according to Time Magazine 8/21/00
• AltaVista
• Excite
• Hotbot
• INFOMINE browse by category
• Lycos
• Northernlight
• Yahoo
• Magellan
• Libraries of Networked Knowledge (BUBL Link) A British searchable national information service for the higher education community.
• WWW Virtual Library
• The Internet Public Library
• Librarians' Index to the Internet

JOBS

• New Mexico Job Bank from NM Dept. of Labor
• Web Sites to Find Your Next Job
• Americas Job Bank
• Occupational Outlook Handbook (OOH), 2006-07 Edition A classic reference about occupations from A to Z.
• Job Star: Career Guide A California Based Site With Loads of Information Useful to Job Hunters Anywhere
• NationJob Online Jobs Database
• Computerwork.com Computer Jobs and Technical Employment in the US and Canada
• Net Temps Contract and Temporary Jobs Online

JOURNALS AND PERIDOICALS

• E-journals.org Providing links to the world's electronic journals
• Infotrac Periodical Search  If using this periodical link outside of the library, call the library [835-1114] and ask for the password
• Access to newspapers and magazines from Access My Library

LAW

• New Mexico Supreme Court Law Library Includes links to NM Statutes, search engine and a few legal forms
• U.S House of Representatives Law Revision Council Replaces Internet Law Library for The U.S. Code of Laws
• U.S. Code of Law
• OyezOyez  Current US Supreme Court news
• FindLaw  Internet Legal Resources
• The Legal Information Institute
• Martindale Hubbell Lawyer Locator
• Internet Legal Resource Guide
• Free Legal Forms for NM
• U.S. Legal Forms
http://www.nmcpr.state.nm.us/nmac/
• New Mexico Statutes Annotated Homepage
• New Mexico Administrative Code
• New Mexico Supreme Court Law Library Forms page
• New Mexico Divorce Forms Needed  Instructions for NM Divorce Forms
• NM Divorce and Domestic relations forms
• ILRG Legal Forms Archive 1,750+ Free Legal Forms and Documents
• Lexis One access to Legal Forms and case law, free but registration required - some docs are only available for $$.
• Self Help Law Center  purchase self-help books

LIBRARIANS' SERVICES

• The Library Privacy Act of New Mexico, NMSA §§18-9-1 to -6
• New Mexico Library Association
• Librarians Index to the Internet
• Internet Library For Librarians
• Library Journal Online
• Booklist   from the ALA
• School Library Journal Online
• AcqWeb A Directory of Web Resources for Aquisitions Librarians
• AcqNet An Edited Listserve for Librarians--With Search Engine
• Ariadne A Magazine on the Internet for Librarians
• The Library Media Project Formerly MacArthur Foundation Library Video Project
• My Virtual Reference Desk
• Firefox plugins for librarians Open WorldCat and other useful resources from the Travelin' Librarian
• "Fair Use" of Copyrighted Images

LIBRARIES

• New Mexico Public Libraries from PublicLibraries.com
• New Mexico Public Libraries from State Library
• New Mexico Supreme Court Law Library
• Libraries on The Web
• LibrarySpot
• Internet Public Library
• Rio Grande Valley Library (ALBQ.) Online Catalog
• Prospector the union catalog for Colorado Research libraries
• Library of Congress
• Libraries at University of New Mexico
• NM State Library
• Santa Fe Public Library
• New Mexico Tech Library Homepage
• Belen Public Library
• Roswell Public Library
• Library Ratings Hennen's American Public Library Ratings

LIBROS

• LIBROS UNM/New Mexico Tech's Online Catalog

LITERATURE AND LITERARY CRITICISM

• Mr. William Shakespeare and the NET
• IPL Online Literary Criticism Guide
• IPL Online Literary Criticism Collection Main Page
• IPL FARQ: Literary Criticism
• Study Web Literary Resource Directory
• New York Review of Books Archive
• American Verse Project Univ. of Mich. Humanities Text Initiative
• Banned Books an ALA site
• Banned Books University of Pennsylvannia
• Freedom of the Press Commentary on First Amendment Issues
• ACLU Banned Books Week '98
• Banned Book Week '99
• The CMU Poetry Index
• iLoveLanguages, a comprehensive catalog of language-related Internet resources

MAPS

• MapQuest can find city and street locations in US and Canada
• Orbizon Roadmaps
• Windows Live Local Roadmaps
• Yahoo Maps
• Flash Earth satellite and map overlays
• Mapblast, from MSN, can find city and street locations worldwide
• Topographic maps of New Mexico downloadable
• New Mexico Resource Geographic Information System (RGIS) downloadable maps, requires ExpressView Browser Plug-in (SID Viewer)
• Arizona Electronic Atlas maps of Arizona
• Perry-Castañeda Library worldwide maps, current and historical, downloadable
• TerraServer-USA aerial photos, and topo maps worldwide, from Microsoft.
• Instituto Nacional de Estadística Geografía e Informática (INEGI) digital maps of Mexico (in Spanish)
• Index to Internet Map Resources from University of Kentucky
• Maps, Gazetteers & Geographical Information from Cyndi's List
• U.S. Gazetteer (place name lookup) from the USGS
• U.S. Gazetteer from the US Census Bureau
• Earth data from the US Geological Survey
• LandSat and aerial data from the US Geological Survey
• USGS Global Visualization Viewer from the US Geological Survey
• International Gazetteer from Falling Rain Genomics, Inc.
• International Gazetteer from the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA)
• Canadian Gazetteer from Natural Resources Canada (NRCan)

MATH AND MEASUREMENT

• History of Measurement from Northern Michigan University
• Index to Conversions from Calculate Me
• On-line Converter from Denmark
• Sensible units the size of real objects and vice versa

MEDICAL AND HEALTH INFORMATION

• Non-Commercial Health Information on the Webfrom the National Network of Libraries of Medicine
• New Mexico Health Data statistics about diseases, births, deaths, etc.
• Anthrax Info from NPR Science Desk
• Anthrax Info on handling mail from NPR Science Desk
• American Diabetes Association
• Merck Manual Online Home health information
• Health Information from the Mayo Clinic via CNN
• Consumer Health Information Coalition of New Mexico
• Infotrac Health Reference Center
• Intelihealth Perhaps the web's best health resource.
• Go Ask Alice Layman oriented health data
• Free Medline : "PubMed" and "Internet Grateful Med" from the National Library of Medicine
• Healthfinder U.S. Govenment's Site with Links to Health Information
• Medical Library
• HealthWorld Online Wellness Resources and More
• Help Center ability Resources on the Net
• Rare Diseases Database
• LASIK FDA Information on laser eye surgery

MONEY & FINANCES

         See also:

• Income Tax Forms
• Consumers
• Busniness

• Financial glossary from MortgageLoan.com
• Mortgage glossary from VA Mortgage Center
• Home buyer links from the federal government
• Financial & Mortgage Calculators from MortgageLoan.com
• Historic foreign exchange rates
• What Is the Money Supply?
• Consumer Price Index
• What is the dollar worth?

MUSIC

• How MP3 Files Work
• MP3.com
pop music links
• Classical music links
• Classical net
book reviews, music, links
• Free Sheet Music
• Lycos Music Search

NAMES

• Hints on naming a baby from Cool Baby Names
• More hints on naming a baby from Cool Baby Names
• Most popular names 1870 to 2004official US gov. site. Also search the popularity of a specific name.
• nice search site for names from Babyname Stats
• short list Boy Names from Best Baby Names
• short list Girl Names from Best Baby Names
• ideas for naming children from the Institute for Naming Children Humanely

NATIVE AMERICANS

• Indigenous Peoples of New Mexico Historical and current links.
• Marilee's Native Americans Resource Elementary and Middle School links.
• WWWVL - American Indians High School and College level links
• ISLMC - Native American page Bibliographies and general links
• We the People: American Indians and Alaska Natives in the United States US Census 2000 special report

NEW MEXICO

         See also: GOVERNMENTS & POLITICS

• Hobbs Public Library's exhaustive list of New Mexico links
• New Mexico Factbook from the NM Economic Devel. Div.
• New Mexico State Archives and Records
• Southern New Mexico Online
• Natural Heritage New Mexico  New Mexico's primary comprehensive biological diversity data center
• NMSU Cooperative Extension Service
• Bibliography of New Mexico Geology
• New Mexico Ornithological Society
• New Mexico Historical Society
• New Mexico Wilderness Alliance

NEW MEXICO - STATISTICS

• New Mexico Census, Economic and Business Statistics
• New Mexico Agricultural Statistics
• New Mexico Educational Accountability
• New Mexico Health Statistics
• New Mexico Labor Statistics
• New Mexico Natural Resources

NEWS

• El Defensor Chieftain Socorro's local newspaper
• Mountain Mail Online Serving Catron & Socorro Counties in New Mexico
• New Mexico Newspapers Online
• Recent polls from Polimetrix, a non-partisan polling firm
• Salon Magazine
• News and Newspapers Online
• Newspaper Archives on the Web
• New York Times
• L.A. Times-Washington Post
• USA Today
• U.S. Newswire

RECREATION and ENTERTAINMENT

• Pro Rodeo from ESPN

REFERENCE DESK

• LibrarySpot
• Gale Group Resources
• Encyclopedia Britannica Online
• New York Public Library Click on NYPL Express for fee based reference and document delivery service.
• My Virtual Reference Desk
• All Reference
• 100 References - Dictionaries, Encyclopedias, Atlases, etc.
• The Old Farmer's Almanac - The original Farmer's Almanac since 1792

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

• National Geographic
• Science Net Science organized by subject
• Periodic Table of the elements
• CyberStacks Science Website Index using the LC Classification System
• Environmental Sites on the Internet from Univ. of Michigan
• Environmental Sites on the Internet from Southhampton Library
• Environmental Protection Agency
• New Mexico Bureau of Geology and Mineral Resources
• Volcano World
• Patent Searching Database Provides fast, easy-to-use access to millions of patents and patent applications.

SEARCH ENGINES

• Google  Site of choice for simplicity and great hits.
• Ask Scot Your guide to finding it on the internet.
• Ask Jeeves Real language search engine
• Search Engines: a Complete Listing as well as Lots of Helpful Information
• FAST Search What it's name says it is...FAST

SEARCH IN SPANISH

• Google en Español
• Yahoo! en Español

SOCIAL SCIENCES

• The Riso-Hudson Type Indicator (Version 2.0)

SOCORRO AND VICINITY

• Socorro government
• Recreation in Socorro
• Magdalena Attrations
• Socorro County Chamber of Commerce
• overview Socorro, New Mexico, U.S.A. from New Mexico Tech
• Population and income data from City Data.com
• San Miguel Mission
• Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge
• Friends of the Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge
• Festival of The Cranes
• Sevilleta National Wildlife Refuge
• El Camino Real International Heritage Center
• New Mexico Tech [NMIMT], Socorro
• Hammel Museum history
• National Radio Astronomy Observatory, Socorro
• Very Large Array Astronomical Radio Observatory
• Langmuir Laboratory for Atmospheric Research near the summit of 10,783-ft South Baldy Peak
• Socorro Historic District Scenic Byway
• Walking Tour Guide of Historic Socorro brochure in PDF format
• The Elfego Baca Golf Shoot part of the Conrad Hilton Open Golf Tournament
• Socorro Striders and Riders
• Socorro Fat Tire Cycling
• History of Socorro County via Socorro Chamber of Commerce webpage
• History of City of Socorro via City of Socorro webpage
• Elfego Baca Collection, 1904-1945 at UNM    with brief bio
• 1964 Socorro UFO Case
• Trinity Site in Socorro, County: site of the first atom bomb explosion
• Socorro Traffic accidents maps

STUDENT FINANCIAL AID

• New Mexico Student Loan Guarantee Corporation
• FinAid: The Financial Aid Information Page
• Funding Your Education: The Student Guide from U.S. Department of Education
• FAFSA Apply for student financial aid through U.S. Department of Education Financial Aid Web Site
• FAFSA School code lookup By state and city
• Request PIN to be used as an electronic signature for a variety of Internet transactions, including FAFSA, Renewal FAFSA and corrections on the Web, and for accessing the National Student Loan Data System.

TEACHING RESOURCES

• Education Internet Guide : Sources for Theory, Practice, Teaching and Research
• Best on the Web for Teachers   selected resources
• Microsoft lesson plans for educators formerlyEncarta Schoolhouse
• A to Z Home's Cool Homeschooling

TELEPHONE DIRECTORIES

• BigBook Business lookup (Verizon) yellow pages lookup using superpages.com
• Yellowpages.com yellow pages lookup from AT&T
• 411.com residential and business telephone and address lookup, includes reverse lookup
• AnyWho integrated residential, business, and, government telephone and address lookup
• Telephone Directories (Switchboard) business, individual address and telephone lookup
• WhoWhere? person or business lookup from Lycos
• Telephonebook.com List of all kinds of online directories, such as Anywho and Switchboard.
• Reverse Telephone Directory
• State of NM Telephone Directory a pdf file
• AllPages.com - US Business Directory - Yellow Pages - Phonebook

TRAVEL

• Global Travel Online Travel Megasite
• Preview Travel Travel Megasite
• Trip Spot
• Travel Channel Travel Megasite
• Travelocity Travel Megasite
• Microsoft Expedia Travel Services Travel Megasite
• Elder Hostel
• Family Travel.com
• Journeywoman
• Southwest Airlines
• U.S State Department Consular Affairs
• U.S State Department Travel Warnings and Consular Information Sheets
• New Mexico Highways Home Page Includes a discussion of the route numbering scheme, speed limits, construction standards, and route markings.

WATER

• State Engineer's Office
• NM Water Resources Research Institute
• 51st Annual NM Water Conference Proceedings WRRI Report No. 340 - Spring 2007

WEATHER

http://nist.time.gov/timezone.cgi?Mountain/d/-7/java
• The Weather Channel
• Current Time Mountain time from the federal government
• Today's Weather from Intellicast
• Full Week's Weather for Socorro from Intellicast
• Today's Weather from the Weather Underground
• United States Extreme Record Temperatures & Differences
• Complete sun and moon data for one day from U.S. Naval Observatory
• Ephemeris data from U.S. Naval Observatory
• Historic precipitation in New Mexico, 1961-1990 from Oregon Climate Service at Oregon State University
• Drought Monitor - New Mexico from University of Nebraska-Lincoln
• New Mexico Groundwater Data from U.S. Geological Survey
• Recent earthquakes in North America from U.S. Geological Survey

ZIP, MAILING and AREA CODES

• Look up zip codes for an address
• Look up zip code by city
• Look up Canadian postal codes
• Look up post codes for the United Kingdom
• Postal code links by Country


• Area code lookup
• Fone Finder  areas codes and more, includes international
• Look up International dialing codes from "Country Calling Codes"
• Look up International dialing codes from "How to Call Abroad"

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This list of sites is not intended to be inclusive, nor are these sites recommended or promoted by Socorro Public Library. The library disclaims any warranty of the information of its usefulness for a particular purpose.

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Last update June 18, 2009