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Welcome to the Eastpointe Memorial Library's  World Wide Web Launch Site. Select any of the links to begin your Internet search.

Search the Web: Search Engines These pages have similar categories of information. Since they use different methods of searching, however, you should try more than one of them if you fail to find the information you seek on the first attempt.

AltaVista: Main Page Includes travel & people finder. Education World (tm) Search Engine Includes curriculum, education news, schools & lesson plans. Galaxy Organized by people rather than computers makes this search engine user friendly. Galaxy provides relevant information on a wide variety of topics. Google Searchable by keyword or topic, this search engine can be filtered simply by clicking on the safesearch link.

Lycos Includes direct links to other search engines.   Metacrawler Searches several sites at once using key words. Search.com Link to various search engines. Sounds This search engine provides links to all kinds of sounds.  From animals to vehicles, find a sound for just about anything. WebCrawler Searching Like most of the others, has links to travel and maps Yahoo The most popular of the search engines.

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Find It Fast: Ready Reference on the Net

Americom Long Distance Area Decoder A lookup service by area, city, county. Ask Jeeves Ask a question in simple English and "Jeeves" takes you to a site that answers the question. Bartlett's Familiar Quotations Search for quotations by author or key words. BigBook A national Yellow Pages. Information Please Almanac Covers almanacs, encyclopedia and dictionary published by Information Please. Library Spot Library and reference sites together with editorials on subjects. Merriam-Webster Dictionary Dictionary and thesaurus online, plus information on language. Nupedia What makes this free online encyclopedia different is that articles are sent in by anyone interested in writing an article.

Official US Time Find out the time in minutes and seconds for your area of the U.S.   Switchboard Find people and businesses. Thor: The virtual reference desk Collection of ready reference materials from the Libraries of Purdue University. Times Around the World Find out the time anywhere in the world. United States Postal Service Information about postal services, including ZIP codes. Virtual Reference Desk Collection of research information. Worldwide Telephone Directories This online directory will assist you in finding telephone numbers for anyone living in Europe, Australia or anywhere else in the world. Yahoo! People Search Find address and phone number. Yahoo Reference Various links to a wide range of subjects.

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Virtual Libraries: Internet Catalogs
about.com 500 expert guides mining the net on thousands of topics. Argus Clearinghouse Miniguide to the web. The Big Eye Carefully selected links to arts, science, history, news, weather, finance, insight and commentary. DMOZ Open web directory organized by volunteers. Internet Public Library Provides library services on the Internet.	Librarian's Index to the Internet (LII) Selected and annotated subject directory to over 4,000 Internet sites. Michigan Electronic Library Links to over 20,000 resources grouped into 14 major subject areas, selected and evaluated by librarians across the country. Northern Light Includes websites, news articles and special collections.

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