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General Reference Resources

Beginner's Guides	MarcoPolo
Biography.com	Nobel Prize Internet Archive
Fact Monster	Noodletools (bibliography help)
Homeworkhelp.about.com	Old Farmer's Almanac
Information Please Almanac	Proquest Direct
The Internet Archive	refdesk.com
Internet Public Library (IPL)	WWW Virtual Library
Librarians' Index to the Internet	Yahooligans
Lives (biography resources)	Middle School Hub
Lucidcafe Library Index	High School Hub

Electronic Media Resources

BBC (London)	The History Channel
CapitalNews9	National Geographic Channel
Channel One.com	PBS
CNN	WMHT - Channel 17
CNN Student News	WNYT - Channel 13
CSPAN	WRBG - Channel 6
Discovery School.com	WTEN - Channel 10
ESPN	WXXA - Channel 23

Print Media Resources

Daily Gazette	Times Union
The Evangelist	USA Today
New York Times	Wall Street Journal (classroom edition)
NewspaperLinks (around the nation)

Specialized Dictionary

Acronym Finder
The Internet Picture Dictionary
The Kanji SITE (writing Japanese)
Rhyme Zone
Merriam-Webster Word Central
OneLook Dictionaries
Online English to Japanese to English Dictionary
Tech-Along Technology Glossary

Government

U. S. House of Representatives

U. S. Supreme Court

New York State Government

New York State Governor

New York State Senate

New York State Assembly

New York State Court of Appeals

City of Schenectady

New York State - Local Governments Directory

First Gov - U. S. Government Official Web Portal

Senator Charles Schumer

Senator Hillary Clinton

Congressman Michael McNulty

New York State Senator Hugh Farley - District 44

New York State Senator Neil Breslin - District 46

New York State Government Information Locator

New York State Education Department

New York State Department of Health

New York State Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV)

United States - Internal Revenue Service (IRS)

New York State Department of Taxation and Finance