A resource for librarians and others.

Please add subjects and links to websites that will help answer reference questions.

Consumer Health:

Medline Plus

Mayo Clinic

Entertainment:

All Music

All Movie

Internet Movie Database

TV.com

Genealogy:

Social Security Death Index

Legacy Obituaries Search

Ellis Island Records

Myths/Urban Legend:

Snopes: "following the more expansive popular (if inaccurate) use of "urban legend" as a term that embraces not only urban legends but also common fallacies, misinformation, old wives' tales, strange news stories, rumors, celebrity gossip, and similar items."  Determines if these myths are fact or fiction.  Good place to check on accuracy of emails that are constantly forwarded.

Newspapers:

News Link

News Directory

Real Estate:

Yahoo Real Estate

Zillow

Stocks:

Big Charts Historical:"This historical quotes tool allows you to look up a security's exact closing price."