Useful Web Sites

Children's Sites
(http://www.bcgov.net/bftlib/children.htm#Homework)
(Internet Sites for students to explore for homework -- and just for fun!)

Colleges and Universities
[See also Student Financial Aid ]

• College Board (http://cbweb10p.collegeboard.org/fundfinder/html/fundfind01.html) Find facts about the schools of your choice and use "LikeFinder" to find colleges that are
  similar. "The Side-by-Side" feature lets you compare two or three colleges at a time!

• CollegeNET (http://www.collegenet.com) Search for colleges and universities by name, location, tuition and majors -- plus financial aid information!

• College Rankings (http://www.library.uiuc.edu/edx/rankings.htm) Links to sites that rank undergraduate, graduate, business, law and international college programs (NOTE: University of Illinois librarian Daniel Burgard does not endorse any of the sites; he also includes sites that argue against college ranking sources

Funding Sources

Grant Proposal Writing

• Basic Elements of Grant Writing (http://www.cpb.org/grants/grantwriting.html)
  The Corporation for Public Broadcasting, provides this online handbook for beginning grant writers.

• Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (http://www.cfda.gov/default.htm)
  Features include "Applying for Federal Assistance" and "Developing and Writing Grant Proposals".

• EPA Grant-Writing Tutorial (http://www.epa.gov/seahome/grants/src/grant.htm)
  Though specifically a guide for environmental programs, this site offers many general principles, including effective presentation of the proposal and completing the paperwork.

Grant Resources

• Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (http://www.cfda.gov)
  "A government-wide compendium of Federal programs, projects, services and activities which provide assistance or benefits to the American public" with "financial and nonfinancial assistance programs" administered by Federal agencies. Features include "Applying for Federal Assistance" and "Developing and Writing Grant Proposals".

• Council of Foundations (http://www.cof.org/) See what role foundations play in your community, how to start your own foundation -- and what the Council does to support foundations.

• Development Resource Center (http://www.drcharity.com/) Fund raising, marketing & public relations ideas, and other non-profit information and resources.

• Foundation Center Online (http://fdncenter.org/) Do you have a project that needs funding? Try the these at-your-fingertips resources: Electronic Reference Desk / Frequently Asked Questions / Online Librarian / Links to Nonprofit Resources / Orientation / The Foundation Center's / User-Friendly Guide to Funding Research and Resources / Prospect Worksheet / Proposal Writing Short Course / Glossary / Common Grant Application Forms /

• GuideStar (http://www.guidestar.org/) A searchable database of more than 700,000 nonprofit organizations in the United States.

• Internet Nonprofit Center (http://www.nonprofits.org/) "Home to donors and volunteers. Information on more nonprofits than any other site in the world!"

• Joseph and Matthew Payton Philanthropic Studies Library
  (http://www-lib.iupui.edu/special/ppsl.html)
  The Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis Library's comprehensive coverage of fund raising, voluntarism, and nonprofit organization management can be located throughout this web site.

• National Charities Information Bureau (http://www.give.org)
  Consumer information about charitable organizations in the United States.

• National Institutes of Health (http://www.nih.gov/) for a wide variety of information on health, grants and funding opportunities, news and events, scientific resources and agencies.

• Philanthropy Journal Online (http://www.philanthropyjournal.org/)
  News and articles about foundations, fundraising, nonprofit organizations, volunteers, relevant technology ... and much more.

• Charity Navigator (http://www.charitynavigator.org/) "Your Guide to Intelligent Giving," the site works to advance a more efficient and responsive philanthropic marketplace by evaluating the financial health of America's largest charities.
  
  
• Guidestar.org (http://www.guidestar.org/) "Connecting people with nonprofit information" with specific areas for businesses, grantmakers, nonporofit organizations, government, donors, media, researchers and higher educational institutions.
  
  
• Idealist (http://www.idealist.org) Search for activities, services and publications of 16,000 nonprofit organizations.
  
  
• Philanthropic Advisory Service, (http://www.give.org) a core program of the Council of Better Business Bureaus' Foundation, provides donors and potential donors with information on nationally soliciting charitable organizations and advice on sound giving practices.

Student Financial Aid

• CollegeNET (http://www.collegenet.com/) Search for colleges and universities by name, location, tuition and majors -- plus financial aid information!

• FAFSA on the Web (http://www.fafsa.ed.gov) Apply directly online for Federal Student Aid on this U. S. Department of Education site, which includes a list of frequently-asked questions.

• FinAid (http://www.finaid.com) (The Smart Student Guide to Financial Aid) For loans, scholarships (and other types of aid), applications, answers to questions, "Beyond Financial Aid" (testing, admissions & career placement) -- even calculators for funding!

• Financial Aid Resource Center (http://www.theoldschool.org/) A resource for every type of student, with many types of financial assistance (federal, state and scholarships). Tools include calculators for college costs, loans and total payments.
  
  
• Paying for College (http://www.collegeboard.com/paying) Advice from Collegeboard.com on saving money for college, obtaining financial aid and scholarships, and what do once you receive the assitance. The "Education Loan Center" guides you through the process of borrowing money for your education.
  
  
• Scholarship Help.org (http://www.scholarshiphelp.org/index.htm) is an online handbook to success in winning scholarships. You'll find advivice on college costs, types of scholarship, judging the application, personal assessment, identifying and evaluating opportunities, preparing the essay, letters of recommendation, interviews, and scholarship renewals. This site also includes and Internet guide and a college directory by state.
  

• Students.gov (http://www.students.gov/) opens "the student gateway to the U. S. government." An initiative of the U. S. Department of Education, the site is "one place to find what you want, instead of searching the entire web. We've done the legwork, so you save time and have more success finding what you need.

Health and Medicine

• MEDLINEplus, (http://www.medlineplus.gov/) from the National Library of Medicine, contains information of dozens of diseases and conditions, with links to quality, readable health information. MEDLINEplus can help you locate
  health-related dictionaries, databases and libraries, and includes links
  to MEDLINE, the world’s largest collection of references to and
  abstracts from medical journals.

• PubMed (http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/PubMed/) provides free access to the MEDLINE medical abstracts. Searching is user-friendly anddoes not require special training or a medical background.

Law and Legislation
(State and Local Resources)

• Code of Laws of South Carolina (http://www.scstatehouse.net/code/statmast.htm)
  Full-text access (minus annotations) to the state laws of South Carolina! See also:
  and South Carolina General Assembly Current Legislation (http://www.scstatehouse.net/html-pages/legpage.html).

• South Carolina General Assembly (http://www.scstatehouse.net/) (for state Senate and House): Bills, sponsors, committees and past legislation.

• South Carolina Bar Association (http://www.scbar.org/) Among the reference resources are "Law Links" by category, a lawyer directory and locator, as well as a by-topic "Lawline" page.

• South Carolina Reference Desk (http://www.law.sc.edu/refdessc.htm)
  (Coleman Karesh Law Library, University of South Carolina School of Law) The state-information pages include "The Courts and the Bar", "The Legislature", "The Executive", and "Reference Sources" (with links to items such as the Children's Law Project, directories, bibliographies, SC Reference Room: Libraries list, and Law Reviews, and to sites such as South Carolina Government and the South Carolina Bar).

Local Ordinances and Planning
(http://www.bcgov.net/bftlib/ordin.htm)

• Beaufort County Comprehensive Plan

• Beaufort County Ordinances and Beaufort County Council Minutes
  

• Town of Hilton Head Ordinances

Library Services for Users with Disabilities

• South Carolina State Library Services for the Blind and Physically Handicapped (http://www.state.sc.us/scsl/bph/)
  Find general and specific information about the Talking Book Program and links to Internet resources.
  

See also: Aging and Disabilities (Services and Resources)

Literature

• Bibliomania (http://www.bibliomania.com) Hundreds of searchable, online full texts of Fiction / Poetry / Non-Fiction ~ (Important classic works) / Reference (Literature and Language).

• The Complete Works of Shakespeare Online (http://www.tobeornottobe.com/shakespeare) Can't find a copy of Hamlet, Romeo and Juliet, or Macbeth? Never fear -- this Web site has all Shakespeare's plays at the click of your mouse!
  
  

• The English Server (http://eserver.org) Search the web site of the Carnegie Mellon University English Department for over 30,000 works on a wide range of disciplines and interests. See especially the links for full texts of poetry and fiction!

• Genreflecting and Reader's Advisory (http://www.genreflecting.com) Match your favorite type of fiction to the authors who write it best! This site covers many genres (Adventure/Suspense, Christian Fiction, Crime and True Crime, Fantasy, Historical, Horror, Mystery and Detection, Romance, Science Fiction and Western) as well as reading that goes "Beyond Genres" (African American, Children's Fiction, Easy Reads, Native American, Recreational Nonfiction, Teen Fiction, Transborder/Latino and Women's Fiction).
  
  

• Internet Public Library (http://www.ipl.org/div/subject/browse/hum60.60.00/) Links to selected sites offering full texts classic works.

• Project Gutenberg (http://ibiblio.org/gutenberg)An online "virtual library" of thousands of electronically stored books -- mostly classics -- that can be downloaded for free.

• Representative Poetry Online (http://rpo.library.utoronto.ca/display/index.cfm) (University of Toronto English Department) Search for full text of over 2100 poems by poet, first line, timeline, days of the year, or keyword. Includes a glossary and classic works of poetry criticism.

• What's Next! (http://www.kdl.org/libcat/whatsnext.asp) This Kent District Library page helps you search adult fiction in series (a "series" is two or more books linked by characters, settings, or other common traits). Great source for sequels!

Science Fair Projects and Experiments

| Return to Home Page | Website User Agreement | Last Revised 6-5-07. Send comments on this web page to Webmaster. Copyright © 2007, Beaufort County Library, SC All Rights Reserved.
Beaufort County Library, 311 Scott Street, Beaufort, SC 29902 || Telephone: (843) 470-6504 Fax: (843) 470-6542