These World Wide Web Sites have
been selected because of their excellence. The Web Sites contain
information that will be useful in research, or interesting
because of the worlds they open. This page is always under
construction. Empty cells provide space for new sites to be
added.
Local
Index
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relevant information. The Topic Index contains only the most
popular subject areas. Please scroll this page to see the full
range of websites available below
Bookwire
Miscellany of book related sites
including authors' web sites and various 'famous' libraries in U.S.(I
had trouble leaving this site; VERY interesting)Also book
reviews.
General
BusinessFile ASAP 1995 - Oct 1998 with access to backfile
(1980 - 1994) Use this database to find articles on:
Finance, Acquisitions Mergers, International Trade, Money
Management, New Technologies Products, Local Regional
Business Trends, Investments and Banking
Health Reference Center 1994 - Oct 1998 Use this
database to find articles on: Fitness, Pregnancy, Medicine,
Nutrition, Diseases, Public Health, Occupational Health
Safety, Alcohol, and Drug abuse, HMOs, Prescription Drugs,
etc.
Acxiom InfoBase Phone Directory contains business
and residential listings from United States telephone
directories. Search by name, address, city, state, zip code,
phone number, business heading or SIC code.
HELIN
Search Rhode Island
College and University catalogs.
Publishers
Catalogues
Links to Publisher's Home Pages in the
U.S. and around the world. This link goes to the U.S. page. For the
rest of the world follow the link to the Publisher's Catalogues Home
Page.
Sponsored by the State of Rhode Island, this flexible,
tax-advantaged IRC section 529 college savings program helps
make investing for higher education easier.
Welcome to the Rhode Island Bar Association online. Our
Web site is Virtual intended as a resource for members of
the association and the general public. You will find
information about choosing a lawyer and general information
on a variety of legal issues.
The Rhode Island Sea Grant College
Program conducts research and outreach on important marine
issues. Outreach topics include coastal management and
fisheries, aquaculture, and seafood safety. Rhode Island Sea
Grant is one of 30 federal-state partnerships that make up
the National Sea Grant College Program.
Weather.Com
The weather channel. Know your forecast!
Xplore
Science
Links to many science sites including
Hubble Telescope, Scientific American,The Why Files.
These Web Sites have been selected
to meet informational needs only. Inclusion of a Web Site on these
pages does not imply endorsement of, agreement with, or promotion
of any information, opinions, or statements contained on any Web
Site linked to this page. The Greenville Public Library does not
provide advice, opinion, or preference on any matter of health or
law, or on any other matter treated in linked sites. We suggest
that patrons seek health and medical advice only from qualified
professions.
American
Cancer
Society
Contains information on specific cancers
as well as cancer statistics.
Healthfinder
From the Department of Health and Human
Services; links to consumer health and human services web
sites.
How
to Stop Smoking
From the Rhode Island and Massachusetts
Departments of Health
Kids
Health
Helpful information about all aspects of
children's health including links for kids, parents, and
professionals.
License
2000
This Web Site provides public access to
all information on all individuals, facilities and other entities
licensed or certified by the Department of Health State of Rhode
Island.
Mayo
Health Oasis
The Mayo Clinic's Web site; keyword
searching available.
National
Mental Health Association
Website of the National Mental Health
Association. Information on a variety of mental health topics for
adults and children
Rhode
Island Department of
HealthContains
R.I.Department of Health Board of Medical Licensure and Discipline,
The Health Professional Database Provided by AIM, and The Association
of State Medical Board Executive
Directors.
Rhode
Island Health Center
Association
The Rhode Island Health Center
Association's mission is to improve the quality and delivery of
primary health care in Rhode Island, particularly for medically
indigent and under-served people. We coordinate activities and
services for our 14 member community health centers.
The Tufts
University Nutrition Navigator is the first online rating and review
guide that solves the two major problems Web users have when seeking
nutrition information: how to quickly find information best suited to
their needs and whether to trust the information they find there. The
Tufts University Nutrition Navigator is designed to help you sort
through the large volume of nutrition information on the Internet and
find accurate,useful nutrition information you can trust.
ParentLinkRI
Parenting a child between the ages of 9
and 17? Then this website is for you! We heard from parents just like
you. They told us they wanted information about raising pre-teens and
teens. They want to know what services are available in their own
community. On this website you will find programs and information to
help you:
* Feel comfortable talking to your 9 to 17 year-old about sex, peer
pressure, drug and alcohol use, and other topics;
* Improve family communication;
* Build better relationships; and
* Teach responsibility.
You will also find information about local
resources for yourself and your pre-teens/teens. Services covered
include:
* After-school programs;
* Recreation;
* Special health care;
* Education; and
* Many others.
The Encyclopedia of Television includes more
than 1,000 original essays from more than 250 contributors and
examines specific programs and people, historic moments and trends,
major policy disputes and such topics as violence, tabloid television
and the quiz show scandal. It also includes histories of major
television networks as well as broadcasting systems around the world
and is complemented by resource materials, photos and bibliographical
information.
Native
American NavigatorThe Native American
Navigator is an interface for geographical, historical, topical and
key-wordbased student inquiry on topics related to Native American
history and culture.
Curators from the RISD Museum were
amazed and fascinated when they
discovered the contents of the house at 514 Broadway in
Providence, Rhode Island in 1989. Rooms shut forty-two years
earlier were filled with some of the finest textiles and
clothing from the first half of the century.
Best
Travel
Good source for travel information links
such as currency and weather information.
Images
of Rhode Island: The Millennium
Project.
This is a vast and growing collection of local images from the
archival collections of Rhode Island Libraries. The database is
searchable by key word. The Moore and Gaudreau
collections will be of great interest to Greenville Public Library
patrons.
Lonely
PlanetTravel
guide with history, photographs, and information on
countries.
Mapsfor any location in the
United States from national to street level detail!