Education
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ERIC
A
federally-funded clearinghouse for educational
information. |
Charter Schools
A
comprehensive web site providing information about charter
schools and a directory to locate one in your state. |
College
Rankings
The
University of Illinois at Urbana links to many recent
articles on college comparisons. |
Educational Excellence
for Hispanic Americans
A White House commission
designed to strengthen the nation's capacity to provide
high quality education, and increase opportunities for
Hispanic Americans to participate in and benefit from
Federal education programs. |
FastWeb
Users
create a personalized profile to gain access to the
program's directory of 400,000 scholarship opportunities. |
Federal Student Aid Gateway
The Federal Student Aid Gateway is a source for free information, guidance and tools
for federal student assistance. From the U.S. Department of Education's office of
Federal Student Aid. |
FinAid
A comprehensive annotated collection of information about
student financial aid on the web. |
Florida Department
of Education
Official web site includes information on schools, colleges, and the
FCAT. |
Florida
Distance Learning Reference
& Referral Center
A
reference and referral service designed to complement
the primary services provided by the distance learner's
local library. |
Internet Public Library
The
"official" Internet library. |
Janice
Walker's MLA-Style Citations of Electronic Sources
Excerpts from The Columbia Guide to Online Style for bibliographic citations from electronically-accessed sources. |
Learning Express Library
A leading source for online test preparation materials and practice
exams. Take practice tests for GED, SAT, FCAT, fire fighter, postal
worker and many more. |
Lexile BookDatabase
Lexile Book Database is useful to find books that are similar to the
student's reading level. This database contains tens of thousands of
English and Spanish fiction and non-fiction trade-book titles from
over 450 publishers. All titles are processed with whole-text
measurement using the Lexile Analyzer. |
Libweb
(1,000 Libraries on Six Continents!)
Links
to state, academic, public and special libraries. |
Live
Homework Help Online
Free one-on-one homework assistance for grades K-12 in a variety of
subjects, students in introductory college courses, or adult learners. A library card is required to access this service
from home. |
The National Center
for Education Statistics (NCES)
Located within the Institute of Education Sciences in the U.S.
Department of Education, this is the primary federal entity for
collecting and analyzing data related to education. |
Palm
Beach County
School Board
The official School
Board web site contains information about every school in Palm Beach
County. |
Palm
Beach Community Educator
Your Guide to District News, Adult and
Community Education Classes. |
Petersons
A
useful site with a search engine to locate different
colleges and universities. Also contains sample SAT
questions and test. |
TheSchoolReport.com
Free
reports on school districts: lists average class size,
student/teacher ratio, test scores, etc. (requires
frames). |
Universities.com
Here
is a search engine for finding colleges. |
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Law
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Legal Resources
The Palm Beach County Library System
holds legal materials such as statutes, codes, and regulations for
local, state and federal law, with the largest collection at the
Main Library. The Library also owns helpful resources such as legal
encyclopedias, self-help guides, and books of legal forms. In
addition, our Legal Research @ your library webpage contains links
to a wide variety of online legal resources to assist users with
their information needs. |
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Social
Issues
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211 Get Connected
An extensive database of social agencies designed to help
you local service organizations. |
Aging
With Dignity
Living
Will information: where you can download the "Five
Wishes" living will form. |
Children's Home Society of
Florida
CHS is a
nationally accredited agency, making a difference in the
lives of nearly 100,000 Florida children and families each
year. |
The
Institute
for Global
Communication
Links
to communities and organizations promoting progressive
issues. |
Mental
Health Net
A
directory of links to mental health resources; includes
its own search engine. |
The
Resource
Directory for
Older People
Intended
to serve a wide audience, this directory from the
Administration on Aging contains names, addresses, and
phone numbers of organizations which provide information
and resources on matters relating to the needs of older
persons. |
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.