General Sites |
Exploring Florida
A social studies resource for students and teachers that
includes thousands of Florida resources in all subject areas. |
Florida Census Data
Census year 2000 data for Florida. |
Florida
Department of Law Enforcement
Contains a Citizen's Resource Center which includes searchable
databases of sexual predators and missing children. Also contains
information on domestic violence, Internet safety, and computer
crimes. |
Florida Department of Revenue Tax Forms
Download various tax forms for the State of Florida. |
Florida
Electronic Library
A gateway to various Internet resources and serves as a virtual
library of materials from Florida libraries, archives, and museums.
It includes the Florida Memory Project and the PALMM collections
which contain digital images of texts, photographs, maps, reports,
documents, and other materials related to Florida and its history. |
Florida Guide to Nursing Homes
Links to the Nursing Home Watch List
which identifies Florida facilities that failed to meet minimum standards. |
Florida Kids
Florida Department of State programs about Florida. They have
pages on our museums, Florida folk life, archaeology, history, and more. |
Florida Licenses
Search records for professionals and
businesses required to be licensed under Florida's Department of
Business and Professional Regulation. This database
includes information on complaints filed by consumers. |
Florida Lighthouse Association
Contains photos, history, current status, and visitor
information for Florida lighthouses. |
Florida State Archives
Search the official state archives, provided by the Bureau of
Archives and Records Management. Photographs from
Florida's past can also be accessed through this site. |
Health and Medical
Information
The
library's Community Health Information Service provides links to
health and medical web sites including Florida sites for looking
up physician licenses, locating health care facilities, finding
health statistics, and much more state-related information. |
Palm Beach County
Property Appraiser
Search
the Property Appraiser's Public Access system to find information on
real property including current appraisal, taxes, and recent sales. |
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Government |
Building Code Standards
The Florida Building Code
and the Palm Beach County amendments to the Code (PDF
file, requires Adobe Reader). |
Criminal Justice
Commission
This site includes crime,
courts, and corrections statistics for Palm Beach County
and links to sites with similar statistics for the state
of Florida and the United States. It also links to
local, state, and federal agencies of law enforcement,
corrections, and the courts. |
Department
of Highway and Motor Vehicles
Contains information on how to renew you driver's license and auto
registration online or by phone, and how to limit public access to
personal information contained in your motor vehicle and driver's
license records. Also contains information about what to do if
you become a victim of driver' license fraud or identity theft. |
E-Government Services
Local, state and federal government
offices serving Palm Beach County are providing a variety of
services via their Internet websites. |
Florida
Codes of Ordinances
Database
of Florida city and county codes of ordinances. |
Florida
Statutes
A
fully searchable electronic version of the Statutes. |
MyFlorida
The
State of Florida's Internet information portal, MyFlorida.com is a resource tool to locate state
government information. It allows users to search
through databases and participate in online services
available to citizens, businesses, state employees, and
visitors of Florida. |
Online Sunshine
Official site of the Florida
legislature. Access the text of bills. Track
a bill's status as it progresses through the legislative
process. And check how Senate and House members
voted on bills. |
PBCLS
Government Research Services
Thousands of links to Florida government sites are
available through the library's Government Research
Service. Includes links to legal resources,
including the Florida Administrative Code, Florida Law,
and Florida Case Law. |
State
of Florida
Telephone Directory
The
State of Florida's search tool for people, agencies, schools, etc. |
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Business |
Florida Division of Corporations
Search for active and inactive registered corporations. |
Palm Beach County Purchasing Dept.
All of the County's Requests for Proposals and Invitations for Bids
are listed on the Purchasing Department's website. |
The following Internet sites have been selected for
their value as reference sources. Although reviewed by library staff
at the time of inclusion in this list, the Palm Beach County Library
System is not responsible for their contents.