Useful Web Links
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Automobile

• Autopedia
  Manuals for cars, boats, motorcycles, tractors and more.
• Kelley Blue Book
  New and used car values. Automotive information, service and owner's manuals.
• Purchase Repair Manuals
  Auto, motorcycle, tractor service and owner's manuals.
• Used Car Guide
  New and used car values.

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Books & Literature

• All About Romance
  Reviews, message boards, and lists of romance novels.
• Amazon.com
  Online bookstore for new and used books.  Includes reviews.
• Bibliofind
  Link to locating rare or out of print books.
• Book Browser
  On Barnes & Noble website. Includes author interviews and upcoming books.
• bookclub@ket
  KET program which introduces a book by a Kentucky author each month.
• Literary Criticism
  Selected biographical and critical websites about authors and their works.
• Online Book Club
  Introduces new books each week through e-mail to readers.
• SparkNotes
  Online literature study guides.
• WorldCat
  Search libraries to locate an item.

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Business & Investing

• Investor Guide
  Financial and investment information designed for individual investors.
• Motley Fool
  The mission of the Motley Fool is "to educate, enrich and amuse individual investors".
• Small & Minority Business Development (Kentucky)
• ThomasNet
  Industrial information from Thomas Register.
   

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Community Information

• City of Frankfort
• Clubs & Organizations
• Helpful Phone Numbers
• Franklin County Clerk

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Consumer Information

• Consumer Guide
  Reviews thousands of products as well as new cars each year.
• Consumer World
  Offers product reviews by experts.
• Epinions
  Provides consumer reviews and product evaluations.
• Federal Citizen Information Center
  Provides information about consumer issues and the government.

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Education

• Collegeboard.com
  Sign up for SAT and college planning.
• FAFSA
  U.S. Dept. of Education application for federal financial aid.
• Fastweb
  Scholarship search site.
• Finaid
  Information about student financial aid.
• GEDonline
  Online GED preparation.
• Kaplan Test Prep and Admissions
  Testing information and some free practice tests.
• Kentucky Department of Education
• Kentucky Mentor
  Site for Kentucky's independent colleges.
• Kentucky Virtual Adult Education
• Peterson's
  College search, financial aid, and test preparation.
• Title IV Codes
  Look up school codes.
• Universities.com
  Distance learning information.
• U.S. Department of Education

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Employment

• Federal Jobs
• Jobs.com
• Monster.com
• Career Overview
• State of Kentucky Job Listing

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Entertainment

• Billboard
  Web site of Billboard Magazine covering music, video and home entertainment.
• Lyrics.com
• Movie Database
• Movies in Central Kentucky
  Yahoo site, movie schedules.
• Puzzlemaker
  Can use to print puzzles with your own word lists.
• Recipe Archive

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Genealogy

• Cyndi's List
  Index to online genealogy sources.
• Family Search
  Church of Latter-Day Saints site for family history research.
• Genealogy of Franklin County
  Kentucky GenWeb site for Franklin County.
• KDLA
  Kentucky Department for Libraries & Archives
• Kentucky Historical Society
  Links to genealogy resources at the Kentucky History Center.
• Kentucky Vital Records
• Social Security Death Index
• U.S. Vital Records

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Government

• American Factfinder
  U.S. Census Bureau site for population, housing, etc. Includes community factsheets.
• Census Bureau
• Federal Tax Forms
• Kentucky Legislature
  Information on the Kentucky Legislature with links to the Kentucky Revised Statutes and other publications.
• Kentucky State Data Center
  Kentucky Census Information.
• Kentucky State Government
• Kentucky State Telephone Directory
• Kentucky Tax Forms
• Social Security Online
  Official website of the Social Security Administration.
• Thomas
  U.S Legislative information.

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Health & Medical

• American Medical Association
  Patient information includes "Doctor Finder" and medical information.
• Franklin County Health Department
• Frankfort Regional Medical Center
• Healthfinder
  U.S. Dept. of Health & Human Services site provides links to government & non profit health information.
• Health.gov
  Route to federal health information.
• Health AtoZ
  Site developed by health care professionals.
• Mayo Clinic
• MedicineNet
  Provides medical information for consumers.
• MedlinePlus
  Provided by the National Library of Medicine & the National Institutes of Health
• Merck
  Merck Manual of Medical Information, Online Version.
• PubMed
  Includes links to some full text articles.
• Rx List
  Information on drugs for consumers and medical personnel.

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Law

• Allaw.com
  General legal information and how to find a lawyer.
• ALSO! (American Law Sources Online)
• FindLaw
  Legal information for students, attorneys and individuals.
• Free Advice
  Helps individuals and small businesses find answers to legal questions.
• Internet Legal Resource Group
• Kentucky Legislature
• Kentucky Revised Statutes
• Law Library @ U of L
• NoLo - Law For All
  Mission is to help individuals get information to handle their own legal matters.

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News

• Frankfort State Journal
• Lexington Herald Leader
• Louisville Courier Journal
• TV Channel 3 WAVE
• TV Channel 11 WHAS
• TV Channel 18 WLEX
• TV Channel 27 WKYT
• TV Channel 32 WLKY
• TV Channel 36 WTVQ
• TV Channel 41 WDRB
• TV Channel 56 WDKY

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Reference

• In Motion: The African-American Migration Experience
• Library Spot
  Award winning site that provides links to reference sites.
• Notable Kentucky African Americans Database (NKAA)
  Sponsored by the University of Kentucky Libraries. 
• One Look Dictionaries
  Website for general and specialized dictionaries.
• Primary Documents in American History
  Links to digitized documents from the Library of Congress collections.
   

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Schools

• Capital Day School
• Good Shepherd School
• Frankfort Christian Academy
• Frankfort Independent Schools
• Franklin County Schools
• Kentucky State University

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Science

• Discovery Channel
• Fun Science
  Simple science experiments.
• Inventors Hall of Fame
  Database of inventions & inventors.
• NASA
• World of Science
  Covers astronomy, biography, chemistry, math and physics.

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Sports

• ESPN
  Comprehensive information on major sports.
• KHSAA
  Kentucky High School Athletic Association
• Sporting News

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Travel

• Amtrak
• Kentucky Tourism
  Kentucky Department of Travel site includes a calendar of events.
• Lonely Planet
  Extensive travel information on worldwide locations.
• Mapquest
  Plan trips with detailed travel directions and maps.
• Orbitz
  Online travel planning service.
• Travelocity
• U.S. Travel Warnings
• Weather
  The Weather Channel website.

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