Adult Education

Adult Continuing Education Courses Lower Cape May Regional School District Adult Continuing Education Courses

Atlantic Cape Community College Atlantic Cape Community College Continuing Education Program

Cape May County School District Cape May County Technical School District GED, Adult Basic Education, and ESL Programs

Aging

Cape May County Department of Aging provides contact information for a variety of County sponsored programs.

New Jersey Department of Health and Senior Services New Jersey Department of Health and Senior Services

Senior Health and Wellness Education Program - Division of Health Services - Diocese of Camden The Senior Health Education Program is a community service sponsored by the Division of Health Services, Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Camden. The site includes a series of pamphlets in PDF format on senior health and wellness. They include pamphlets on High Blood Pressure, Understanding Stroke, Winter Safety for Seniors, Facts about Alzheimer's, Con Artists, Diabetes and Older Adults, Senior Fitness, When Eyes Show Their Age, How To Be Safe At Home in Your Later Years, and Facts About Aging and Bone Health.

Art - General

Advocates for New Jersey History - Links Links to museums and organizations

Art History Resources on the Web Includes thousands of links to art history resources on the WEB.

Art Images for College Teaching AICT is intended primarily to disseminate images of art and architectural works in the public domain on a free-access, free-use basis to all levels of the educational community, as well as to the public at large. The images displayed on this site have been photographed on location by the author, who consents to their use in any application that is both educational and non-commercial in nature.

Artcyclopedia The mission Artcyclopedia is to become the definitive and most effective guide to museum-quality fine art on the Internet. Its specialized search engine has index over 1800 art sites and offers over 60,000 links to an estimated 150,000 artworks by 8,100 renowned artists

Artlex Art Dictionary For artists, collectors, students and educators providing definition for terms related to art production, criticism, history, aesthetics, and education.

Lambiek Comiclopedia An illustrated compendium of over 9,000 comic artists, listed under last name (or pseudonym).

Art - Organizations

Cape May County Art league "The Nations Oldest County Art League"

Avalon

Avalon Chamber of Commerce Avalon Chamber of Commerce

Avalon Home & Land Owners Association AHLOA

Avalon Performing Arts Council APAC

Avalonpast.com - Where Our Memories Live On Includes photos and stories about Avalon's history. Some commercial content.

Avalon Borough - Government

Easy access to various Avalon Borough departments and information

Avalon Borough Homepage Avalon Borough Homepage

Borough Administration administration

Borough Clerk Borough Clerk's office

Borough Elections elections

Construction Department Avalon Borough construction

Council Meetings Council meetings

Licenses necessary licenses

Municipal Holiday Closings municipal holiday closings

Public Works--Trash and Recycling Information Trash and recycling information

Recreation Department Avalon Recreation Department

Recreation Department Daily Activities Schedule Summer activities

Zoning Department Avalon Zoning Department

Biography - General

Academy of Achievement Biographies of current leaders in the fields of science, sports, art, public service, and business.

Books and Reading

These are sites that provide information about books, as well as free electronic books and audiobooks

Amazon Book Search Find books according to title, author, subject or release date. Then go to our catalog site and request books you want the library to purchase!

Classic Guide to Mystery and Detection This is an educational site containing reading lists and essays on great mysteries, mainly of the pre-1965 era.

Free Audiobook Downloads Download free audiobooks, which are all in the public domain (meaning no one holds a copyright on them or, if they have a copyright, the author has allowed the work to be made freely available to the public)

No Flying, No Tights Graphic novel review site, created by librarian Robin Brenner

Novelist Find new reading material as well as book group discussion questions. Just click the link and enter your library card number.

Reading Room--The NY Times Book Club Blog Read book reviews and add your voice to the fray!

Shannon's Online Introduction to British Golden Age Detective Fiction A graduate project created by our reference librarian, Shannon Wertzberger, this is a basic introduction to the creators, characters and elements of British Golden Age Detective Fiction.

Which Book? This site lets you find books according to your mood, characters, plot, setting or subject matter.

Cape May County - Government

Cape May County Cape May County

Consumer Protection

New Jersey Division of Consumer Affairs The Office of Consumer Protection (OCP) is the primary investigative section for consumer complaints. The main responsibility of the OCP is to enforce the Consumer Fraud Act and its regulations. Information includes but is not limited to: auto leasing, auto and wheel chair lemon laws, charities and fund raisers, home improvement contractors. e-commerce, Kosher food, and identity theft. The site also includes online complaint forms such as telemarketing - "Do Not Call"

U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission The USCPSC's website provides product and safety news, reports on unsafe products, and a wide variety of consumer safety publications.

E-Books

Free electronic books online from a variety of sources on a variety of topics, most are in the public domain, which means they are free of copyright or are authorized for free distribution by the copyright holder.

Bartleby The Project Bartleby site is divided into the categories "reference," where they have dictionaries, encyclopedias, quotation books and the like, "fiction", "verse" and "nonfiction," which includes essays, travelogues, scientific papers, etc.

Bibliomania Contains classics, short stories, drama, author bios., reference, etc. Also has educational supplements for some works, such as study guides and notes for teachers.

Dark Side of the Net Classic, public-domain horror stories provided in full-text.

Gaslight Reviews and discusses one story per week from the Victorian/Edwardian ghost story genre. Contains a terrific archive of texts.

Literary Gothic A website dedicated to Gothic literature, classic horror and suspense stories.

Literature.org A site organized to bring literature to the Internet. Available authors include Dickens, Twain, the Brontes and many more.

Online Books Page A University of Pennsylvania online project featuring thousands of free electronic books. The site also has a "banned books" category and "prize winners" category.

Project Gutenberg The largest project for transcribing and uploading public domain works to the Internet.

Victorian Women Writers Project From the site:"The goal of the Victorian Women Writers Project is to produce highly accurate transcriptions of works by British women writers of the 19th century,"

E-Courses

Carnegie Mellon University Open Learning Initiative Open Learning Initiative is collection of openly available and free online courses and course materials that enact instruction for an entire course in an online format.

Foreign Language Institute language Courses Free audio language courses provided by the Foreign Service Institute. 27 languages to choose from, including Portuguese, Arabic, Swedish, Swahili and more. Listen to each chapter using Windows Media Player and follow along in the text provided on the FSI Language website.

Free-ed. Net Free-ed.Net is a directory of free courses and tutorials for many vocational and academic disciplines.

Massive Free Education List Links to 177 free video courses at University of California Berkeley. May require downloading RealPlayer

MITOPENCOURSEWARE MITOPENCOURSEWARE shares free lecture notes, exams, and other resources from more than 1800 courses spanning MIT's entire curriculum.

Education

A - Z Home's Cool Home schooling curriculum and information.

Atlantic Cape Community College Atlantic Cape Community College

Avalon Elementary School Avalon Elementary School

Cape Christian Academy Cape Christian Academy

Cape May County Special Services School District Cape May County Special Services School District

Cape May County Technical School District Cape May County Technical School District

Holy Spirit High School Holy Spirit High School

Lower Cape May Regional School District Lower Cape May Regional School District

Middle Township High School Middle Township High School

Richard Stockton College of New Jersey Richard Stockton College of New Jersey

The New Jersey Department of Education The New Jersey Department of Education

Wildwood Catholic High School Wildwood Catholic High School

Gardening

HGTV Gardening and Hardscaping HGTV network's guide to gardening

National Gardening Association Gardening articles, zone finder, calculators, buying guides, plant care guides, pest control, etc.

New Jersey Weed Gallery This Rugers Agricultural site identifies common weeds found in New Jersey.

General Reference

General works of reference

Flags of the world World flags

World leaders Leaders of the world

Government - General

Access to Government Documents Government documents

AOL's Government Guide Find your Federal, State, and Local Representatives

Government Attic Access to digitized documents not available elsewhere

GovernmentDocs.org Access to government documents aquired through the Freedom of Information Act

Health

History

American Memory "American Memory provides free and open access through the Internet to written and spoken words, sound recordings, still and moving images, prints, maps, and sheet music that document the American experience. It is a digital record of American history and creativity. These materials, from the collections of the Library of Congress and other institutions, chronicle historical events, people, places, and ideas that continue to shape America, serving the public as a resource for education and lifelong learning."

WWW Virtual Library - History The Virtual Library (VL) is a browsable subject directory of recommended Internet resources, maintained by a "loose confederation of volunteers, who compile pages of key links for particular areas in which they are expert

History - Source Documents

Digital History "This Web site was designed and developed to support the teaching of American History in K-12 schools and colleges." It highlights events in history of the U.S. from the time of the indigenous people to the present, using digitized documents, audio and video clips, and essays. Includes timelines, maps, oral histories, lesson plans, glossaries, links to other websites, and more. From the University of Houston, in partnership with several museums and archives.

Documenting the American South Historical documents relating to Southern American history, provided by the University of North Carolina.

Internet History Source Book is part of a series of sourcebook pages that provides primary material for modern Western civilization. The range of resources on this page cover the Reformation to through World War II. Other sourcebooks are: African , East Asian, Indian , Islamic , Jewish , Women's , Global , Science.

Tarlton Law Library "Law in Popular Culture Collection" An online museum dedicated to the portrayal of law in popular culture, such as film and fiction.

Hospitals

Atlanticare Atlanticare - Click on "Locations" or "Health Services".

Bacharach Institute for Rehabilitation Bacharach Institute for Rehabilitation

Cape Regional Medical Center Cape Regional Medical Center

Shore Memorial Hospital Shore Memorial Hospital

Kids

Linkasaurus Directory of links to Web sites for children "authorized, created or operated by the organization, company or entity." Categories include Celebrities , Toys and Games , Books and Reading , Science Fun , Computers and Video Games , Internet Fun and Searching , Amusement Parks , TV Shows , Food and Nutrition , Comics and Cartoons , and more.

Language

Foreign Service Institute Language Courses Free audio language courses provided by the Foreign Service Institute. 27 languages to choose from, including Portuguese, Arabic, Swedish, Swahili and more. Listen to each chapter using Windows Media Player and follow along in the text provided on the FSI Language website.

Phrase Finder An archive of the meanings and origins of thousands of phrases, sayings and idioms.

Libraries

Cape May County Library Cape May County Library

Free Library of Philadelphia Free Library of Philadelphia

Library of Congress Library of Congress

LibWeb Searchable directory of thousands of library websites from over 100 countries.

Links to New Jersey Libraries Links to New Jersey Libraries

New Jersey State Library New Jersey State Library

The New York Public Library The New York Public Library

Library Organizations

American Library Association American Library Association

New Jersey Library Association New Jersey Library Association

South Jersey Regional Library Cooperative South Jersey Regional Library Cooperative

Movies and Television

Internet Movie Database A database listing various information about feature films, short films, and television series, as well as information about actors, directors and film crews. Includes plot summaries, list of actors and film crew members as well as film ratings, reviews, box office date and more.

Museums

Avalon Free Public Library History Center Home of the Avalon Historical Society

Cape May County Historical Museum Cape May County Historical Museum

Dennis Township Museum and History Center Dennis Township Museum and History Center

Flyertown Toy Train Museum & Operating Model Railroad Flyertown Toy Train Museum & Operating Model Railroad

George F. Boyer Historical Museum George F. Boyer Historical Museum

Greater Cape May Historical Society Greater Cape May Historical Society

Historic Cold Spring Village Historic Cold Spring Village

Learning's Run Gardens Learning's Run Gardens

Millville Army Airfield Museum Millville Army Airfield Museum

Naval Air Station Wildwood Aviation Museum Naval Air Station Wildwood Aviation Museum

Sea Isle City Historical Museum Sea Isle City Historical Museum

South Jersey Railroad Museum South Jersey Railroad Museum

Stone Harbor Museum Stone Harbor Museum

The Historical Preservation Society of Upper Township NJ, Inc. The Historical Preservation Society of Upper Township NJ, Inc.

The Ocean City Historical Museum The Ocean City Historical Museum

The Sam Azeez Museum of Woodbine Heritage The Sam Azeez Museum of Woodbine Heritage

The Wetlands Institute The Wetlands Institute

Wheaton Arts and Cultural Center including The Museum of American Glass Wheaton Arts and Cultural Center including The Museum of American Glass

Music

Artist Direct Information about popular music artists and bands, including biographical info., and discographies.

Bay-Atlantic Symphony Orchestra Bay-Atlantic Symphony Orchestra

Big Band Database Plus Contains information about many of the Swing Era's big bands. Site has many features related to Big Bands and Jazz.

Carolina Classical Connection An Index of Classical Music Website Links

Jazz Research Portal A links directory for the serious Jazz buff developed by the University of North Texas Libraries

Opera Glass Contains performance histories, synopses, libretti, discographies, and other information on dozens of operas and composers. Includes information on librettists, reviews, links to related websites, and more. Maintained by a research scientist at Stanford University.

Red Hot Jazz Archive Red Hot Jazz Archive ( A History of Jazz Before 1930) features hundreds of sound files (requires RealAudio) with information about the bands that played them.

Tuxedo Junction "Tuxedo Junction is our big band web site, where you'll find hundreds of big band songs, articles, photos galore, and musicians' humor!"

New Jersey - History

New Jersey History's Mysteries "This site is dedicated to all the little known and mostly forgotten people, places and events that make New Jersey the interesting state that it is. Pirates, politicians, murderers and heroes have all made their way through New Jersey's history, and the stories and photographs posted here document their journeys. Also, this site features those places and events that were once famous, feared or revered in New Jersey history, but that few today remember. We feature a new story each month, and strive to answer any and all questions about New Jersey history. If you have a question, click on "Questions About New Jersey History." If you want to contact us about anything else, click on "Comments & E-Mail." "

The History of New Jersey The History of New Jersey

New Jersey, State of - Government

NJ Municipal Data Municipal Data

State of New Jersey Official Website NJ State website

News

ABC News ABC News

Access News Access World News is a world-wide newspaper database. It is accessible from outside the library with your library card number as a login. Find local news articles too from the Press of Atlantic City (1988-Present), The Philadelphia Inquirer (1981-Present) and the New York Times (2000-Present), among thousands of other newspapers.

BBC News British Broadcasting Corporation News

Bloomberg News Bloomberg News

CBS News CBS News

CNN CNN

Fox News Fox News

MSNBC MSNBC

National Public Radio National Public Radio

New York Times New York Times

News Balance News Balance attempts to provide a variety of opinions on breaking news from numerous sources.

OnlineNewspapers.Com Links to newspapers both in the United States and around the world.

Philadelphia Inquirer Philadelphia Inquirer

The Christian Science Monitor The Christian Science Monitor

U.S. News & World Report U.S. News & World Report

Washington Post Washington Post

News - New Jersey

Cape May County Herald Cape May County Herald

Seven Mile Times Seven Mile Times

The Bright Side Newspaper The Bright Side Newspaper

The Press of Atlantic City The Press of Atlantic City

Radio And Television Stations

WCAU TV10 NBC WCAU TV10 NBC

WCZT 98.7 The Coast WCZT 98.7 The Coast

WIBG 1020 AM Life Radio WIBG 1020 AM Life Radio

WILW 94.3 FM Oldies 94 WILW 94.3 FM Oldies 94

WJPG 88.1 FM & WJPH 89.9 FM Praise FM WJPG 88.1 FM & WJPH 89.9 FM Praise FM

WPVI TV6 ABC WPVI TV6 ABC

WZXL 100.7 FM WZXL 100.7 FM South Jersey's Rock Station

Reference

Dictionaries Online A dictionary, thesaurus, synonym dictionary and other reference works are featured here.

Flags of the World A site for flags and vexillology (the study of flags), with over 40,000 images. Entries include such information as the country's flag history, flag law, flag variations, flags of political subdivisions, and special departmental flags. Browse by country list, clickable maps, or keyword. Includes a coloring book and a directory of links to other vexillological sites.

Librarians Internet Index Searchable links directory.

The Internet Public Library (IPL) Searchable links directory

Wikipedia Wikipedia is a free, user-created, online encyclopedia featuring extensive information on a variety of subjects. Information is frequently reviewed and can be edited and approved by other users.

Zip Codes Zip code lookup from the United States Postal Service.

Science

Popular Science Archives The entire 137-year archive of Popular Science Magazine for free browsing. Each issue appears just as it did at its original time of publication, complete with period advertisements

Science Daily This well-organized site features breaking science news updated every 15 minutes, daily news stories, and a detailed directory of science and health news items. Links to original sources (mostly university research institutes and government agencies) are provided for all news items. Searchable, or browse by topics such as space, mind and brain, fossils, technology, aging, and robotics. The "encyclopedia" is based on reader-contributed content. From a science writer and editor.

Search Engines

Ask "Ask Jeeves initially gained fame in 1998 and 1999 as being the "natural language" search engine that let you search by asking questions and responded with what seemed to be the right answer to everything. In reality, technology wasn't what made Ask Jeeves perform so well. Behind the scenes, the company at one point had about 100 editors who monitored search logs. They then went out onto the web and located what seemed to be the best sites to match the most popular queries. In 1999, Ask acquired Direct Hit, which had developed the world's first "click popularity" search technology. Then, in 2001, Ask acquired Teoma's unique index and search relevancy technology. Teoma was based upon the clustering concept of subject-specific popularity. Today, Ask depends on crawler-based technology to provide results to its users. These results come from the Teoma algorithm, now known as ExpertRank."

Google "Google has a well-deserved reputation as the top choice for those searching the web. The crawler-based service provides both comprehensive coverage of the web along with great relevancy. It's highly recommended as a first stop in your hunt for whatever you are looking for."

Yahoo "Launched in 1994, Yahoo is the web's oldest "directory," a place where human editors organize web sites into categories. However, in October 2002, Yahoo made a giant shift to crawler-based listings for its main results. These came from Google until February 2004. Now, Yahoo uses its own search technology. In addition to excellent search results, you can use tabs above the search box on the Yahoo home page to seek images, Yellow Page listings or use Yahoo's excellent shopping search engine. Or visit the Yahoo Search home page, where even more specialized search options are offered."

Toy Safety

Mattell's Recall List This list includes Mattel recalls announced since August 4, 1998.

ToyInfo.Org A parent's resource for information about toy safety and recalls

U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission - Toy Hazard Recalls Includes toy recall alert press releases.

U.S. PIRG News and resources related to toy safety.

Transportation - Schedules

AMTRAK Includes schedules and the option of making reservations online.

Cape May - Lewes Ferry Includes schedules and the option of making a reservations online.

NJTransit Includes bus, light rail, and train schedules.

Philadelphia International Airport Departures and arrivals, parking information, and more.

Links Directory