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The Internet Public Library

Shmoop Learning Guides and Teacher Resources

Directory of Open Access Journals

Reference

CIA World Fact Book County Profiles

Anywho.com Phone books across the U.S.

USA.gov U.S. Government Web Portal

National Agriculture Library Agricultural Research Service, U.S. Dept. of Agriculture

Occupational Outlook Handbook Career research

Local

Find-It! Illinois Directory of web sites created by the State of Illinois

Illinois Blue Book Directory of Illinois government

Illinois Legal Aid Helping Illinois residents solve their legal problems

Illinois Crash Facts & Statistics Information on motor vehicle crashes

Illinois Newspaper Project Illinois Illinois newspapers identified and cataloged

Illinois Regional Archives (IRAD) Local government records. Useful for genealogy research.

Community Online Resource Directory (CORDlink) Physical, mental, social, financial, and legal services near Mattoon

Statistics

U.S. Statistical Abstract

American Factfinder Census Data

U.S. Criminal Justice Statistics

Digest of Education Statistics U.S. Dept. of Education

Uniform Crime Reports Crime in the United States, Hate Crime Statistics, and Law Enforcement Officers Killed and Assaulted reports from the FBI.

Medicine

Mayo Clinic Consumer Health

Medline Plus National Library of Medicine and National Institutes of Health

Merck Manual

Taxes

IRS Federal

Illinois Illinois Dept. of Revenue

Miscellaneous

American Memory Collection Images from the National Digital Library

PBS Video

ILoveLibraries.org

Internet Movie Database

NOLO Legal help in plain English

Snopes Urban Legends Reference Pages

Museum of Hoaxes Blog of hoaxes