• ILLINET Online- Illinois college library catalogs
• Northern Illinois Library System Catalog
• Virtual Illinois Catalog

Arts, Culture, Food

• Artchive
• Bartleby- quotes, great books, etc.
• Cuisine Net- restaurant reviews
• Culture Finder- search for arts events
• DW3 Classical Music Resources
• Epicurious
• Internet Movie Database
• Recipe Source
• RecipeLand- over 40,000 recipes
• Rotten Tomatoes- movie reviews
• Smithsonian Institution
• Songfile- find lyrics, sheet music, etc.
• World Wide Arts Resources- your first stop for arts online

Books and Libraries

• Amazon
• Barnes and Noble
• Illinois State Library
• Internet Public Library
• Library of Congress

Business & Finance

• Better Business Bureau
• EDGAR- U.S. Securities and Exchange
• Financial Times Online
• SCORE- for small businesses
• The Motley Fool
• U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
• U.S. Small Business Administration

Common Homework Project Help

• Endangered Species Home Page
• First Americans
• Great Books Home Page
• Greek Mythology
• Literary Criticism Collection
• Literary Index- Gale Group
• Literary Resources on the Net
• Literature (Virtual Library)
• Online Style Manuals- for research papers
• Science Fair Project Resource Guide

Education

• FAFSA- financial aid
• Fastweb- scholarship search
• Homeschool World
• Illinois Student Assistance Commission
• National Home Education Network
• Online Directory of Illinois Colleges
• Student Gateway to the U.S. Government

For Kids

• ALA's 700+ Great Sites
• Ask Jeeves for kids
• B.J. Pinchbeck's Homework Helper
• Discovery Channel School- homework help
• KidsClick Web Search
• PBS Kids
• Sparknotes- study guides for every subject
• Yahooligans- search engine
• Yuckiest Site on the Internet

Government and Law Resources

• Decisions of the U.S. Supreme Court
• DefenseLink
• FindLaw- search for lawyers or anything within the field of law
• FirstGov- guide to government
• GPO Access- official government info at your fingertips
• Illinois Compiled Statutes
• Illinois Department of Revenue
• Internet Legal Resource Guide
• IRS Forms and Publications
• Thomas: Legislative Info
• White House

Health

• Achoo- Gateway to Healthcare
• America's Doctor
• HCFA- Medicare and Medicaid
• Health A to Z- family health site
• HealthFinder.gov
• HealthWeb: Health Statistics
• Mayo Clinic Online
• Online Medical Dictionary
• Rx List- Internet Drug Index
• Web MD
• Wellness Web- alternative and conventional medicine

History and Genealogy

• American Ancestry
• American Civil War Homepage
• Civil War Maps
• Database of Illinois Civil War Veterans
• Genealogy Online
• Historical U.S. Census Browser
• Illinois Links by State and County
• Illinois Trails History and Genealogy
• Rootsweb Genealogical Date Cooperative
• Social Security Death Index

Illinois Government Officials

• Attorney General Lisa Madigan
• Governor Rod R. Blagojevich
• Lt. Governor Pat Quinn
• Secretary of State Jesse White
• State Senator Denny Jacobs
• U.S. Representative Mike Boland
• U.S. Representative Lane Evans
• U.S. Senator Peter Fitzgerald
• U.S. Senator Richard Durbin

Illinois Links

• 50States- Information on every state
• Census Quick Facts
• Illinois Department of Revenue
• Illinois History Resource Page- excellent site with many links
• Outfitters- various Illinois information
• State Government Main Page
• State of Illinois Home Page
• Vital Records
• Vote Smart- Illinois government information

Jobs

• America's Job Bank
• Career Resource Homepage
• CareerPath.com
• Civil Service Test Center
• Federal Jobs Digest
• Job Bank USA
• Jobs in Illinois
• Monster.com
• Yahoo! Careers

Local Links

• Village of Thomson
• City of Savanna
• City of Mt. Carroll
• Carroll County

Media

• ABC
• CBS
• Chicago Tribune
• CNN
• Fox News
• NBC
• New York Times
• Online Newspapers
• Quad City Times
• Rockford Register Star
• Washington Post

Pages for Parents

• AMA Adolescent Health
• Babies Online- create your baby's first web page
• Baby Names
• Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books
• Children's Literature Web Site
• Mamamedia adults
• Parenting Magazine
• Parents' Guide to the Information Superhighway
• Parent's Place- for expectant parents

People

• AnyWho
• Biography.com
• People Search-Bigfoot
• US Census Online

References

• Encyclopaedia Britannica
• Fast Facts
• FedStats
• Free Translations- translates words and phrases into and from many languages
• Guinness World Records
• Information Please World Almanac
• Internet Public Library
• Kelley Blue Book
• Online Dictionaries
• RefDesk
• Statistical Resources
• Time Ticker- world time zones

Science and Nature

• American Birding Association
• Astronomy
• Electronic Zoo
• Extreme Science
• How Stuff Works
• NASA
• Physics Web
• Webgarden
• WebMath- get help with math problems
• Why Files- Science behind the news
• Wind and Sea- NOAA

Search Engines

• About
• AltaVista
• Ask Jeeves
• Dogpile
• Excite
• Go
• Google
• HotBot
• Librarians' Index of the Internet
• Lycos
• Metacrawler
• MSN
• Northern Light
• Yahoo

Sports

• Basketball
• Bowling
• Chicago Bears
• Chicago Bulls
• Chicago Cubs
• ESPN
• Extreme Sports
• Football
• Golf
• Great Outdoor Recreation Pages
• Hunting
• IL Sports Hall of Fame and Museum
• Major League Baseball
• Major League Soccer
• Nascar
• University of Illinois

Travel

• Expedia- maps and travel info
• Fodors
• Frommers- budget travel
• Map Quest- where to go, how to get there
• Travelocity