References

This page uses a collapsible outline. You can show or hide sublevels by clicking the higher level.

Portals
1. Yahoo - www.yahoo.com - good for general search
2. About - www.about.com - network of sites led by expert guides (good for neural networks)
3. Go - www.go.com, Excite - www.excite.com, Lycos - www.lycos.com
4. John Dvorak's personal portal - www.dvorak.org/home.htm
Search Engines
1. Google - www.google.com - winner of PC Magazine's Technical Excellence Award (99Dec)
2. Ask Jeeves - www.askjeeves.com - a meta search engine
3. IXQuick - www.ixquick.com - metasearch
4. Altavista - www.av.com - can translate to/from French, German, Italian, Spanish, . . .
5. Hotbot - www.hotbot.com - good advanced features
6. Metacrawler - www.metacrawler.com
7. Search Engine Watch - www.searchenginewatch.com - evaluates search engines
Specialized References
1. Maps
  1. Google Maps - maps.google.com
  2. Yahoo Maps - maps.yahoo.com - 2 map sizes, 400x400 and 600x600 (2005Feb24)
  3. MSN MapPoint - mappoint.msn.com - 3 map sizes, largest 656x532
  4. Expedia - www.expedia.com - 3 map sizes, largest 656x532, uses MSN MapPoint
  5. MapQuest - www.mapquest.com - 1 map size, 463x353 (2005Feb24)
  6. Auto Club of NY - www.aaany.com - 8.5 x 11 maps (2007Jun25)
  7. Resort Maps - www.resortmaps.com - hand drawn maps of Hamptons, Flemington, ...
  8. Lower Manhattan - www.lowermanhattanmap.com - can search by business
  9. MapServer - www.maptech.com - satellite photos
  10. National Geographic - www.nationalgeographic.com - atlases, maps
2. Verizon SuperPages - www.superpages.com - yellow, white pages with reverse lookup
3. Computer Topics
  1. PC Magazine - www.pcmag.com - product reviews, free utility downloads
  2. WhatIs - www.whatis.com - good for computer terms
  3. Ziff Davis - www.zdnet.com - reviews, downloads
  4. AnswersThatWork - www.answersthatwork.com
4. Dictionaries
  1. American Heritage Dictionary - www.bartleby.com/61
  2. Dictionaries - www.yourdictionary.com - Merriam-Webster
  3. Wiktionary - www.wiktionary.org - open content
    English Proverbs - wiktionary.org/wiki/English_proverbs
    WikiQuote - en.wikiquote.org
5. Kids of All Ages
  1. HowStuffWorks - www.howstuffworks.com
  2. Ask Jeeves for Kids - www.ajkids.com - good for general questions
  3. The Discovery Channel - www.discovery.com - general reference about science
  4. Wikipedia - www.wikipedia.org - multilingual project to create a complete and accurate open content encyclopedia.
  5. Khan Academy - www.khanacademy.org - videos, self-paced exercises, and assessments covering arithmetic to physics, finance, and history.
  6. MuseumofMath - www.momath.org
  7. Encyclopedia Britannica - www.britannica.com - now free, best encyclopedia for depth Jim Seymour (99Dec)
6. Government
  1. FedWorld - www.fedworld.gov
    DoNotCall - www.donotcall.gov - or call 888-382-1222 from your phone. Blocks your number for 5 years.
    Digital TV - www.dtv.gov - FCC info about conversion to DTV
  2. U.S. Senate - www.senate.gov
  3. NASA - www.nasa.gov - National Aeronautics and Space Administration
  4. Hubble Space Telescope Pictures - www.stsci.edu/pubinfo
  5. Census Bureau - www.census.gov
  6. Security and Exchange Commission - www.sec.gov
  7. New York City - www.ci.nyc.ny.us
         MTA - www.mta.info - NYC Transit, LIRR schedules, ...
               LIRR Schedules - mta.info/lirr/html/ttn/lirrtt.htm
               Queens Buses - www.mta.nyc.ny.us/nyct/service/bus/qnsche.htm
               Subway Map - www.mta.info/nyct/maps/submap.htm
               Manhattan Bus Map - www.mta.info/nyct/maps/manbus.pdf
               Queens Bus Map - www.mta.info/nyct/maps/busqns.pdf
         Finance Department - www.nyc.gov/finance - click Property Tax and Assessment Roll to view your info
         Buildings Department - www.nyc.gov/buildings
         Dept Consumer Affairs - www.ci.nyc.ny.us/html/dca/html/hic_jump.html - has Contractor License Check
          Board of Elections - http://vote.nyc.ny.us - click 6-th quick link on left side for poll site locator, sample ballots
         NYC Wasteless - www.nyc.gov/nycwasteless - stuff exchange
           Community Board #11 - www.cb11.org - maintains list of people willing to shovel snow for local residents.
7. AARP LifeAnswers - www.aarplifeanswers.com - navigating life events after age 50 - consultation service 877-217-7800 ext. 104, $75 with one year follow-up
8. Mass Times - www.masstimes.org - lookup Catholic Mass times by ZIP or city
9. Industry Week - www.industryweek.com
10. Legal Information Institute - www.law.cornell.edu
11. EDoc - www.edoc.com/ejournal - directory of journals, magazines on the Web
12. American Registry for Internet Numbers - www.arin.net
  WhoIs - www.arin.net/whois/ - returns domain name for an IP address (SJU 149.68)
13. WebRing - www.webring.com - manages rings of similar web sites
News
1. News - news.yahoo.com
2. CNN Interactive - www.cnn.com
3. MSNBC - www.msnbc.com
4. The New York Times - www.nytimes.com
5. BillMoyers - www.billmoyers.com - http://billmoyers.com/series/moyers-and-company/ videos of series
6. Excite News - news.excite.com - crawls over 300 news sites
7. TotalNews - www.totalnews.com - breaking news
8. Major League Baseball - www.mlb.com - click scoreboard for up-to-the-minute scores
9. National Football League - www.nfl.com
10. Local Stations
  1. NewsChannel4 - www.newschannel4.com
  2. Channel 9 - www.upn9.com - info on elder care
  3. Channel 13 - www.wnet.org - www.savenypbs.org
  4. Channel 5 - www.fox5ny.com - has link to free carfax.com evaluation
  5. 1010WINS - www.1010wins.com
    School Closings - www.1010winsinfo.com/closings/School_status.cfm
  6. NewsRadio88 - www.cbsnewyork.com
11. Weather
  1. Intellicast - www.intellicast.com
    NYForecast USRadarLoop NYRadarLoop NYMetroRadarLoop (full page)
    USRadarLoop NYRadarLoop NYMetroRadarLoop (graphic only)
  2. Yahoo Weather - weather.yahoo.com (uses www.weather.com)
    Bayside - weather.yahoo.com/forecast/USNY0094_f.html
  3. National Weather Service - Eastern Region - www.erh.noaa.gov
    Graphical Forecast - www.erh.noaa.gov/ndfd/graphical/sectors/okx.php
    Upton, NY Loop Radar - weather.noaa.gov/radar/loop/DS.p20-r/si.kokx.shtml - can set loop speed
    NYC Records - www.erh.noaa.gov/okx/climate.html
    NYC Biggest Snow Storms - www.erh.noaa.gov/okx/climate/records/biggestsnowstorms.html
    CENTRAL PARK - 1869 to Present,   Biggest Snow Storms
    26.9" February 11th-12th, 2006
    26.4" December 26th-27th, 1947,          21.0" March 12th-14th, 1888,
    20.2" January 7th-8th, 1996,                  19.8" February 16th-17th, 2003,
    18.1" March 7th-8th, 1941,                   18.0" December 26th, 1872,
    17.7" February 5th-7th, 1978,                17.6" February 11th-12th, 1983,
    17.5" February 4th-7th, 1920,                17.4" February 3rd-4th, 1961,
    16.0" December 19-20th, 1948,             16.0" February 12th-13th, 1899.
    In 1995-96, NYC had 16 snow storms with 76" of snow.
    Blizzards of 1888 and 1947.
  4. Weather Channel - www.weather.com
       Hour by Hour - www.weather.com/weather/hourbyhour/11361
       Northeast - maps/geography/northeastus/index_large.html
       Animated NE - maps/maptype/dopplerradarusnational/northeastradar2100mile_large_animated.html
            (can be stopped)
       Air Quality - health/airquality/cities/us_ny_new_york_city.html
  5. AccuWeather - www.accuweather.com - has RealFeel Temperature - must pay for rain amounts
    NELoop NYSLoop
  6. WNBC - www.wnbc.com/weather wnbc.nbcweatherplus.com
    Doopler4000NYCLoop NYSSnowDepth
12. Traffic Reports
Travel
1. AM NY - www.amny.com
        Guide to NYC - www.amny.com/entertainment/localguide
        Stage - www.amny.com/entertainment/stage - ticket deal links
                Broadway Box - www.broadwaybox.com - broadway show discount codes
        Dining - www.amny.com/entertainment/dining - good search page
2. Newsday - www.newsday.com - Entertainment - www.newsday.com/entertainment
  Weekend on LI - www.newsday.com/entertainment/news/ny-weekendonli,0,2123937.html
3. Long Island - www.longisland.com - Events.longisland.com
4. Nassau County - www.co.nassau.ny.us - Entertainment - www.nassaucountynydevelopment.org/default.asp
5. Yahoo - travel.yahoo.com
  New York City - travel.yahoo.com/t/north_america/united_states/new_york/new_york_city
6. About - home.about.com/travel/index.htm
  New York City - gonyc.about.com/travel/gonyc
  Long Island - longisland.about.com
7. RestaurantWeek - www.nycgo.com/restaurantweek
8. TenBestTravelGuides - www.10best.com
Libraries
1. Library of Congress - lcweb.loc.gov
2. The Internet Public Library - www.ipl.org - public service organization founded at the University of Michigan School of Information
3. NYOnlineVirtualElectronicLibrary - www.novelnewyork.org - requires NYS driver license
4. PublicLibraryofScience - www.plos.org
5. Queens Borough Public - has the highest circulation of any library system in the US
6. NYC
7. TED - www.TED.com - a nonprofit devoted to Ideas Worth Spreading. It started out (in 1984) as a conference bringing together people from three worlds: Technology, Entertainment, Design. Since then its scope has become ever broader.

(This page was last edited on February 11, 2012 .)