Automotive	Chicagoland Arts & Entertainment	Consumer Resources
Genealogy	Health	History
Illinois & Local Government	Job Hunting & Employment	Social Services
Travel	U.S. Government

Automotive

• Autobytel - largest new car buying service
• AutoCheck
• Cars.com - a comprehensive online resource
• Edmunds - ratings and prices
• Illinois Department of Transportation - road information
• Kelley Blue Book - prices
• NADA - prices for used cars, boats, RVs, motorcycles, airplanes, and snowmobiles
• Rules of the Road - PDF manual

Chicagoland Arts and Entertainment

• Auditorium Theatre
• Brookfield Zoo
• Chicago Bears
• Chicago Blackhawks
• Chicago Bulls
• Chicago Cubs
• Chicago Fire
• Chicago Museums - website listing and addresses
• Chicago Opera Theater
• Chicago Symphony Orchestra
• Chicago White Sox
• City of Chicago
• Lincoln Park Zoo
• Lyric Opera of Chicago
• Mayor's Office of Special Events
• Metromix - Chicago-area entertainment options
• Taste of Chicago

Consumer Resources

• Better Business Bureau
• Card Ratings - choose your best credit card
• Consumer Action Handbook - from US GPO
• Consumer Reports - some free information and indexing
• Consumer Search - finds product reviews

Genealogy

• African Ancestored Genealogy
• Ancestry.com
• Ellis Island Records
• FamilySearch - Latter Day Saints' genealogy site
• Genealogy.com
• Genealogy Today
• RootsWeb - genealogy research resources
• Surname Search

Health

• AllRefer Health
• CPR
• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
• Chicago Red Cross
• Cook County Public Health
• Food and Drug Administration
• Harvard Guide to Diagnostic Tests
• Health A to Z - Your family health site
• HealthGrades - rates healthcare providers
• HealthFinder - consumer information
• Hospice Net - variety of information and a directory
• Illinois Department of Professional Regulation - discipline records
• KidsHealth - Information for kids, parents, & teens
• Mayo Clinic
• Medicare - HMO and nursing home ratings
• MedicineNet - doctor-created site
• Merck Manual
• National Cancer Institute
• RX Assist
• Vitals.com - find a doctor and ratings
• WebMD

History

• African-American Mosaic - LC resource guide
• America’s Wars
• American History
• Anne Frank: The Secret Annex - Interactive house to find Anne Frank’s hiding place
• Civil Rights Movement
• Colonial America
• Discovering American Women’s History
• DuSable Museum of African American History
• European History
• Great Depression
• Holocaust Links
• Life Quotes – More than 36,000 quotations from over 6,000 famous people
• Medieval History
• Virtual Jamestown
• World War I
• World War II Links

Illinois and Local Government

• ChicagoInfo - Chicagoland agencies
• CodeRED - Emergency Notification System
• Constitution Study Guide - US and Illinois Constitutions
• Cook County - see also the Sheriff's list
• Cook County Assessor
• Illinois Hardest Hit Program –
• Illinois State Police
• LegINFO - Illinois lawmaking
• Secretary of State - business forms and archives
• State of Illinois - government and travel information
• Understanding the Illinois Constitution
• Vote-Smart

Job Hunting and Employment

• Career Builder
• College Internships
• Employer Locator
• IDES: Illinois Department of Employment Security
• Illinois JobLink
• Indeed
• Job Interview Questions
• Job Video Library
• Monster
• Occupational Outlook Handbook
• Recruiters’ Directory
• Simply Hired
• State and Local Government on the Net
• Tweet My Jobs

Social Services

• AARP
• Blood Donor Centers
• Community Organization Guide - local groups
• DisAbilities - resource for Americans with disabilities
• GuideStar - nonprofit organizations
• Hunger - feed the world with a click
• Give - donate to charity by shopping
• Red Cross
• Rich Township Food Pantry - 708-748-6722
• Social Security
• South Suburban PADS

Travel

• Amtrak
• Chicago Airport System (Gary-Chicago, Midway, & O'Hare Airports)
• Expedia
• Fodor's Travel Online
• Fommers.com
• Greyhound Bus Lines
• Lonely Planet
• Metra - commuter rail information
• National Geographic Travel
• National Park Service
• North American Road Guides
• PACE Bus
• Passports
• Priceline
• Travel Brochures - get brochures for free
• Travel Creek - travel advice on destinations
• Travelocity
• U.S. Department of State International Travel

U.S. Government

• Department of Education
• Department of Health and Human Services
• Department of Housing and Urban Development
• Department of Justice
• Department of Labor
• Department of State
• Department of Transportation
• Department of Veterans Affairs
• Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
• Federal Communications Commission
• Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)
• Federal Reserve System
• Federal Trade Commission
• FirstGov - searches U.S. government web sites
• NASA
• National Transportation Safety Board
• Office of the President
• Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)
• Small Business Administration
• Social Security Administration
• Supreme Court of the United States
• U.S. Commission on Civil Rights
• U.S. Constitution
• U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission
• U.S. Federal Courts
• U.S. House of Representatives
• U.S. National Archives & Records Administration
• U.S. Senate
• U.S. Tax Court