River Falls Public Library

Helpful Internet Links

• Consumer Information
• Email - Free and web-based
• Health and Medicine
• Income Tax Information
• Job Seekers
• Magazines, Newspapers, and TV Stations
• Search Engines
• Senior Citizen Links
• Telephone and People Directories
• Universities, Colleges & Schools Sites
• Wisconsin, Minnesota, and Distance-learning programs

Consumer Information

• The Better Business Bureau
• Consumer Information Center - from the US government
• Consumer Reports Online - subscription required
• Consumer Search - from about.com, includes product reviews
• FirstGov for Consumers
• Minnesota Attorney General
• National Charities Information
• National Do Not Call Registry
• State of Wisconsin Consumer Information
• Wisconsin Office of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection
• Wisconsin Attorney General
• Wisconsin's No Call - stop unwanted telemarketing
• Wisconsin's Lemon Law
• Wisconsin Tenant Resource Center

Vehicles

• Edmund's Automobile Buyer's Guide
• Kelley Blue Book Prices
• N.A.D.A. Price Guides
• Yahoo's Automotive List

Email - Free and Web-based
Some of the more common and/or locally used email providers

• AOL - America Online Mail (not free)
• HotMail
• Comcast (not free)
• Gmail
• PressEnter web email (not free)
• SBC email (not free)
• Yahoo email
• Directory of other email providers from Yahoo

Health and Medicine

• Health Databases at Ebsco (for Wisconsin residents)
  
• Healthfinder Consumer Health and Human Services Information
• The Mayo Clinic Health Information from the Mayo Clinic
• MedlinePlus from the National Library of Medicine, search medical journals
• NetWellness Health Information from Ohio State University
• OncoLink University of Pennsylvania Cancer Center Resource
• US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
• Yahoo's Diseases and Conditions Links

Job Seekers

Federal and National Jobs

• America's Job Bank
• CareerBuilder
• Chronicle of Higher Education - Job Openings
• Indeed - One search, all jobs
• Monster.com
• NationJob Online Jobs Database
• USA Jobs - Federal Government Jobs

Minnesota Jobs

• Employment in Minnesota - resources from the state of Minnesota
• Jobseeker - Minnesota WorkForce Center
• Metronet - Minnesota Libraries Jobline
• Minneapolis Star Tribune Online Employment Ads
• St Paul PioneerPlanet Employment Ads
• University of Minnesota - Employment

Wisconsin Jobs

• Eau Claire Leader-Telegram Employment Ads
• Employment in Wisconsin - resources from wisconsin.gov
• Job Center of Wisconsin - Department of Workforce Development
• River Falls Journal Employment Ads
• School District of River Falls - Employment Opportunities
• University of Wisconsin - River Falls Employment
• Wisconsin Department of Corrections Employment Opportunities
• Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction - Teaching Positions
• Wisconsin JobNet Job Search
• Wisconsin Job Seeker - from wisconsin.gov
• Wisconsin Job Site - Where job seekers and libraries connect
• Wisconsin's Worknet

Magazines, Newspapers and TV Stations

Magazines

• Magazine article databases at Ebsco
• Atlantic Unbound | The Atlantic Monthly
• Congressional Quarterly Inc
• Consumer Reports Online
• Good Housekeeping
• Harper's Magazine
• JAMA Journal of the American Medical Association
• Maclean's Magazine
• Money Online
• Motor Trend ONLINE
• The Mother Jones WireInteractive
• MS Magazine
• The Nation Digital
• National Geographic
• The New Republic
• Newsweek
• People Online
• Reader's Digest World
• The Saturday Evening Post
• Smithsonian Magazine
• Time
• The World & I magazine
• U.S. News Online
• Utne

Newspapers

• Newpaper articles at ProQuest
• USNPL - US Newspaper List
• Eau Claire LeaderTelegram
• Hudson Star-Observer
• Madison CapitalTimes
• Milwaukee Journal Sentinal
• Minneapolis Star Tribune
• The New York Times
• New Richmond News
• Pierce County Herald
• Red Wing Republican Eagle
• River Falls Journal
• Rivertowns.net
• St. Paul Pioneer-Press
• USA Today
• The Wall Street Journal

TV Stations

• TPT 2 - Twin Cities Public Television
• WCCO 4
• KSTP 5
• KMSP 9 FOX OnLine
• KARE 11
• WPT 28 - Wisconsin Public Television
• UPN 29

TV Networks

• ABC
• CBS
• CNN
• FOX
• NBC
• PBS
• UPN

Search Engines

• About.com - Search Engines and Directories A to Z
• AltaVista
• Ask
• Beaucoup
• Dogpile
• Excite
• Google
• HotBot
• KidsClick! Web Search
• Kid's Tools for Searching the web
• Live Search
• Lycos
• WebCrawler
• Yahoo

Senior Citizens

• AARP American Association of Retired Persons
• ElderHostel 
• ICMA - Retirement services to public sector employees 
• Medicare Homepage
• Social Security Homepage
• Medicare Rights Center A Nonprofit Organization devoted to insuring Medicare Rights
• National Council of Senior Citizens A nonprofit activist organization dedicated to senior and retirement issues
• NRTA National Retired Teachers Association
• National Senior Citizens Law Center
• Senior Corps Helps people age 55 and older find service opportunities through the Corporation for National and Community Service
• Volunteer Match
• Yahoo's Senior Guide
• Yahoo's Guide to Travel

Telephone and People Directories

• Switchboard Home Page
• Yahoo's People Search
• Reverse Telephone Directory
• Yahoo's List of Telephone & People Directories

Education Universities, Colleges & Schools

• FAFSA Free Application for Federal Student Aid
• Peterson's College Guide
• Testing and Education Reference Center - library card needed
• Yahoo's US Colleges and Universities

Minnesota

• Minnesota Private Colleges and Universities
• Minnesota State Colleges and Universities
• iSeek - Minnesota's gateway to career, education, employment and business information
• University of Minnesota

Wisconsin

• University of Wisconsin at River Falls
• Wisconsin Private Colleges and Universities
• Wisconsin Public University System
• Wisconsin Technical College System

Distance Learning

• Distance Learning on the Net
• Minnesota UM Independent and Distance Learning
• Peterson's Distance Learning
• Wisconsin UW Distance Learning
• Yahoo's Distance Learning Links