There are many sites on the Internet that can be particularly helpful in doing research. Here are a few with brief descriptions:
www.infoplease.com – current almanac for brief facts
www.kbb.com – Kelly Blue Book for auto information
www.biography.com – brief biographies of thousands of people
http://www.bls.gov – career information
www.state.me.gov – access to all the information about Maine government. You can substitute any state’s two-letter abbrevation for me.
www.mayoclinic.com – extensive and accurate medical information
ursus.maine.edu – Catalog of the University and other large libraries
www.ipl.org – librarian’s index to the Web that also includes access to publications throughut the world
www.medweb.emory.edu/MedWeb/ – Emory University publishes extensive medical research