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Business & Investment College, Career & Jobs
Genealogy Health & Medicine Homework Helpers
Internet Search Engines Law Tax Information
Texas U.S. Government

Local Links

City of La Grange

Fayette County Texas

Fayette County Genweb

La Grange Area Chamber of Commerce

Newspapers

Houston Chronicle

Austin American Statesman

Dallas Morning News

USA Today

Books & Readers Advisory

Bartleby.com - Bartleby.com publishes the classics of literature,
nonfiction, and reference free of charge.

Bookwire - The first place to look for book information on the Web.

Publishers Weekly - Book reviews and new releases.

WorldCat.org - WorldCat.org lets you search the collections of libraries in
your community and thousands more around the world.

Business & Investment

AnnualCreditReport.com - The official site set up by the big three credit reporting agencies to help consumers obtain their free annual credit reports.

Bigcharts - BigCharts provides access to investment research tools such as interactive charts, quotes, industry analysis, intraday stock screeners, as well as market news & commentary.

CnnMoney.com - Business news and information from the editors of CNN and Money Magazine.

EDGAR - Corporate information on companies required to file with the
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.

College, Career & Jobs

COLLEGENavigator - See and compare profiles of over 7,000 colleges and
universities across the nation.

FAFSA - Fill out a FAFSA (free application for student aid) at this site from the U.S. Department of Education.

Texas Workforce Commission - Local, state, and nationwide job search tools, including a link to classified ads in Texas newspapers and information
on employment laws and the job market.

Genealogy

Ancestry.com - must be a paid subscriber or be using a public computer in the Fayette Public Library or Fayette Heritage Museum/Archives.

FamilySearch - The largest collection of free family history, family tree, and genealogy records in the world.

TexShare Databases - Texas State Library Databases include Heritage Quest.
(Must have a username and password from the library)

Health & Medicine

MEDLINEplus - service of the U.S. National Library
of Medicine and the National Institutes of Health, provides consumer health
information in English and Spanish.

PDRhealth.com - Based on the Physicians' Desk Reference database, this site is designed to put critical health information into the hands of consumers.

WebMD - health and medical news and information.

Homework Helpers

Great Sites! - Web sites for kids and the adults who care about them from the
American Library Association.

WFY Homework & Research Links - Sites recommended by APL's Wired for
Youth librarians.

Internet

Librarian's Index to the Internet - A comprehensive index to the Internet
designed for public library customers.

google.com - search engine

yahoo.com - search engine

Yahoo!Mail - Register and log-on wherever you have Web browser
access to send and receive e-mail—free from Yahoo!.

Law

Findlaw - Index to many legal resources, including primary legal sources, government
resources, and WWW sites.

Public Library of Law - A free online legal research site from Fastcase.

State Bar of Texas - Access more than 50 pamphlets, handbooks, and videos on legal issues that affect Texas citizens and young people in their everyday lives.

Texas Law Help - Learn about legal rights and responsibilities, locate local Legal Aid offices, find free legal information, and obtain information about Texas courts.

Tax Information

IRS.gov - Official site of the Internal Revenue Service

Texas

Handbook of Texas Online - Searchable encyclopedia of Texas history,
geography, and culture.

Portal to Texas History - A digital gateway to the rich collections held in Texas libraries, museums, archives, historical societies, and private collections hosted the
University of North Texas Libraries.

State of Texas Government Information - Information on Texas state agencies, tourism, and doing business with the state.

Texas Legislature Online - Online site for the Texas Legislature.

Texas State Library - Internet information for/from/about
the Lone Star State.

Who Represents Me? - Enter your address to find who represents you in the Texas Senate, Texas House of Representatives, U.S. Senate and
House of Representatives, and the State Board of Education

U.S. Government

American Fact Finder - Your source for population, housing, economic,
and geographic data from the U.S. Census Bureau.

USA.gov - an easy-to-search, free-access website designed to give you
a centralized place to find information from local, state, and
U.S. Government Agency websites.

Congress.org - Online site for Congress

FedStats - Statistics from more than 70 agencies of the U.S. government.