Keep the following rules in mind when searching the web:
1. Always search more than one search engine
2. Refine your search (change and/or modify the words you search with - try synonymns)
3. Consult reliable web domains including .gov, .mil and .edu
4. Follow the 30 minute rule - if you can't find what you want in 30 minutes, ask a librarian for help!

Try These! New to the page...

The Quest - for 8th graders at NHS

Visual Dictionary Online ~ Merriam-Webster

Search Engines

Google
Yahoo
Ask
Alta Vista
Scirus.com (for scientific information only)

State & Local Information

North Hampton School
North Hampton Youth Association
Town of North Hampton
New Hampshire Historical Society
SeacoastNH.com ~ America's smallest seacoast
NH State Government Online
Seacoastonline
Sixth Grade Online

Books & Authors

Downloadable Audio Books
Bookbrowser/Barnes and Noble
Book TV [C-Span] ~ Explore non-fiction books here
Booksense
Overbooked
Amazon
Arts & Letters Daily
BookFinder.com ~ Search for new, used, rare and out of print books

Arts & Entertainment

Internet Movie Database
Movie Review Query Engine
PBS
Portsmouth Music Hall
Seacoast Repertory Theatre

Reference

Best free reference web sites 2006 (American Library Association)
CIA world Factbook ~ offers profiles of every country in the world along with a selection of reference maps
Internet Public Library ~ includes an extensive list of ready reference sources as well as useful subject collections in a wide variety of fields
Librarians Index to the Internet
NH State Library
Kelley Blue Book
NHSL Best of the Internet ~ subject directory of select internet resources chosen by the NHSL staff

Legal

American Bar Assn.
HG:Worldwide Legal Directories

Medical

Harvard School of Public Health~Department of Nutrition
Healthfinder
Mayo Foundation for Medical Education & Research
MEDLINEplus
National Library of Medicine
National Institute of Mental Health
Quest Diagnostics
WebMd
Healthline

Employment

FedJobs Career Central
Monster
NHworks
New Hampshire Employment Security

Museums

Strawbery Banke
Museum of Fine Arts
Currier Museum of Art
Seacoast Science Center
Portsmouth Children’s Museum

Directories

Switchboard
Yahoo! People Search
The Internet 800 Directory

Travel

Expedia
Orbitz

Genealogy

Ancestrylibrary.com
Cyndi's List of Genealogy Sites
Family Search
RootsWeb
US GenWeb Project
The American Civil War Homepage
Canadian genealogy and history
Ellis Island Records
Genealogy Page: National Archives and Records Administration
Genuki: the UK and Ireland Genealogical Information Service
The Mayflower Society
General Bureau of Land Management  

Subject Directories

Internet Public Library
KidsClick
Librarians' index to the Internet
Biography.com ~ Includes short biographies of over 25,000 people

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