Whittemore Public Library

Whittemore Public Library
PO Box 356
405 4th Street,
Whittemore, IA 50598
Phone: 515-884-2680
Fax: 515-884-2323
Email: whittpl@ncn.net
Sandy Long, Director

Sandy Long has been a librarian since June 1986. She became the Assistant Director in January 1988 and has been the Director since October 2000. She is certified as a Public Librarian in the State of Iowa. In her time away from the library she enjoys spending time with her family and grandchildren, reading, baking, and her horses. She welcomes comments and suggestions about the library from the public.

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Federation of Tax Administrators: Information and links of value to tax administrators and the general public alike. Includes links to state tax agency home pages, state tax forms and electronic filing sites, general information on state tax structures.
US Department of Labor/Bureau of Labor Statistics: Impartial, timely, and accurate statistical data relevant to the needs of site users and to the social and economic conditions of the United States, its workers, and their families. Includes the Consumer Price Index.
Thomas Register: A comprehensive resource for industrial information, products, services, CAD drawings. Search by company, brand, and product/service.
Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis/ What's a dollar worth Calculator: Calculator uses the Consumer Price Index (1913 through 2006) as a measure of the average change in prices over time in a market basket of goods and services.
Internal Revenue Service/US Department of the Treasury: U.S. tax information for individuals, businesses, corporations, international businesses, partnerships, small businesses/self-employed, charities and nonprofits, government entities, tax professionals, the retirement plans community, and the tax exempt bond community.
Iowa Department of Revenue: Iowa tax information for individuals, businesses, local government, and tax professionals, including: online services, tax forms, and publications.
Iowa Department of Economic Development: Links and information aimed at improving the economic well-being of the state of Iowa in the areas of business development, travel, careers, and community development.
Business in Iowa: Links and information about expanding, relocating or starting a business in Iowa. Biosciences, advanced manufacturing, and information solutions/financial services are highlighted.
Starting a Business in Iowa: Helpful links and information about starting a big or small business in Iowa.
Investing in Iowa Business: Links and information about equity funds in Iowa, the Venture Network, tax credits for investments, business accelerators to accelerate business growth, and the Iowa Entrepreneur Network.
Site Consultants for Iowa Business: Statistics and data about Iowa, a list of project managers at the Iowa Department of Economic Development, links to other state agencies, and a statewide site and building locator. Back to Top
JobStar Central: Resume and career guide information, job listings by state, job fairs, job banks, and more.
JobStar Central Guides for Specific Careers: Links to sites offering information on careers. Find out what kind of education or training is required, what it is like for people currently working in a specific field, what you can earn, and more.
Monster Career Center Jobzilla: Select your area of interest, and see which career might be for you. This site includes information about the skills and education required for different jobs, gives the employment outlook, and links to information on related careers.
Occupational Outlook Handbook: This site includes descriptions of different occupations, educational requirements, salaries, working conditions, and more.
Resume Help: Resume Examples & Free Cover Letter Writing Help. Free resume writing examples and samples. Research how to write a resume and cover letter. Site offers resume writing samples, job interview tips. Back to Top

American Association of Retired Persons: AARP is a nonprofit membership organization of persons 50 and over dedicated to addressing their needs and interests. There is information on health and legal issues, travel, money and work, family and home, fun and games, learning and technology, and issues and elections.
Best of the Best Business Web Sites: Selected by the Business Reference and Services Section (BRASS) of the American Library Association.
Carfax: This site provides vehicle history reports.
Clothing care and stain removal guide: Iowa State University Extension Clothing care and stain removal site. There are stain removal tips and a quick and easy stain removal guide.
Consumer Information Center: This Consumer Information Center in Pueblo, Colorado contains free full text version of hundreds of the best federal consumer publications available on cars, children, employment, federal programs, food and nutrition, health, housing, money, small business, travel, hobbies and more. There is an A-Z Index of U.S. Government Departments and Agencies.
Consumer Information Collection: Consumer information sites from West Virginia University Libraries. You can find almanacs, biographies, calendars, dictionaries and thesauri, encyclopedias, style manuals, weights and measures, and more.
Consumer Product Safety Commission: An independent federal regulatory committed to protecting consumers and families from products that pose a fire, electrical, chemical, or mechanical hazard or can injure children. The CPSC works to ensure the safety of consumer products - such as toys, cribs, power tools, cigarette lighters, and household chemicals. Recalled products and safety alerts on specific products are included.
ConsumerReports: Subscription required to see full articles. Provides ratings, buying guides, product reviews and consumer information from the experts at Consumer Reports magazine. Find out what the best products are for appliances, automobiles, baby and child care products, electronics, foods, health & family, and recreation & home improvement.
ConsumerSearch: This site pulls together all sources of reviews on products. You can choose a quick comparison or a detailed review. ConsumerSearch lets you look at what online and offline reviewers say about everything from bread makers and digital cameras to snow blowers and weight- loss programs
Consumer's Guide to Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy: This Web site includes tips on using the latest advances in energy-saving products and practices. We provide tips for using less electricity in your home - including home offices and electronics. Tips for saving fuel on the road will keep more money in your pocketbook. And we tell you how to use the power of renewable resources, like the Sun, at home.
Edmunds.com: The mission of this comprehensive car site is to: empower automotive consumers by providing complete, clear, timely, accurate and unbiased information needed to make informed purchase and ownership decisions. There pricing, car reviews, and ratings for new and used cars. There are discussion forums and tips for purchasing cars.
Environmental Protection Agency: This site contains gas mileage (MPG) information, greenhouse gas emissions, air pollution ratings, and safety information for new and used cars and trucks. You can compare vehicles, find the lowest gasoline prices, and find out about hybrid and alternative fuel vehicles
FirstGov for Consumers: A "one-stop" link to a broad range of federal information resources available online. It is designed so that you can locate information by category -- such as Food, Health, Product Safety, Your Money, and Transportation. Each category has subcategories to direct you to areas within individual federal web sites containing related information.
Food Safety: Iowa State University Extension provides information food safety information to consumers, foodservice managers and employees, and other site visitors on safe food handling practices. Questions regarding the safe preparation and handling of food can be answered here.
Home Energy Saver: This is a do-it-yourself energy audit tool. There are resources to help make your home more energy efficient.
Homefair: Compares the cost of living in hundreds of U.S. cities.
Kelley Blue Book: This Kelley Blue Book site has pricing for new and used cars. There are reviews and ratings and as well as insurance and financing information.
Kiplinger: This site provides you with down-to-earth advice on managing your money and achieving financial security. There are interactive calculators, up-to-the-minute business news, stock and mutual fund quotes, deposit account yields and credit rates. "Getting Started" articles will introduce you to common financial concepts and show you how to get the best deals.
Iowa Attorney General: This Iowa Attorney General site gives the conditions that must be met for your car to be considered a lemon and what you can do about it
Mymoney: This site was set up by the Financial Literacy and Education Commission with the purpose of improving the financial literacy and education of persons in the United States. To reach the widest number of people possible, the Commission established a website and a toll-free telephone number to coordinate the presentation of educational materials from across the spectrum of federal agencies that deal with financial issues and markets.
Quotesmith: Quotesmith.com owns and operates Insure.com, a comprehensive online consumer insurance information service that caters to the needs of self-directed insurance shoppers. Insure.com provides a comprehensive array of comparative auto, life and health quotes, including a vast library of originally authored insurance articles and decision-making tools that are not available from any other single source. Visitors can now obtain instant quotes from more than 200 leading insurers, achieve maximum savings and have the freedom to buy from any company shown. The Company provides up-to-the-day accurate quotes for several lines of insurance including auto, motorcycle, life, individual & family medical, group medical, short term medical insurance, dental, Medicare supplement, homeowners, travel
Reference Resources: Consumer Information: n extensive listing of consumer information web sites compiled by Duke University Libraries.
Student gateway to the U.S. government: This is an official U.S. government web site designed for college students and their families. Our mission is to provide you with easy access to information and resources from the U.S. government - all the info you need, in one place, from all parts of the government
Social Security Online: The official site of the U.S. Social Security Administration. It has information on social security numbers, retirement benefits, disability, Medicare, and other issues related to social security.
Tom's Hardware: For computer buffs and IT professionals looking for the latest hardware tips, gaming enthusiasts who want to meet other fans, businesspeople who need the best mobile devices, and electronics enthusiasts who are building a state-of-the-art home office. It is a comprehensive source of today's news and analysis of current computer technology.
Underwriters Laboratories: This agency develops standards and test procedures for materials, components, assemblies, tools, equipment and procedures, chiefly dealing with product safety and utility. You can check to see what products are already certified, submit products for testing, and read warnings regarding unsafe products.
Weather Underground: Weather Underground is committed to delivering the most reliable, accurate weather information possible. There are weather conditions and forecasts for over 60,000 U.S. and international cities.
U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA): An independent federal agency established by Congress to assist, counsel, support and protect the interest of small business concerns and to assist them in their start-up and growth. There is information on the state and national level for starting, financing, and managing small businesses. Back to Top; The purpose of this site is to promote access to high quality information that will assist users in the study of education policies, especially as related to teacher preparation. The AACTE Education Policy Clearinghouse is designed to help people access information on education policy at the national, regional, or state level.
The Educator's Reference Desk: Provides access to the ERIC Bibliographic Database (RIE and CIJE), as well as the searchable AskERIC question archive, which links to a variety of primary Internet resources including FAQs for educators, listserv archives, lesson plans, and more. If you are researching a large topic, Resource Guides collect search results of both Net and bibliographic information on a wide array of topics. ERIC Database search covers the years 1966 to present.
ERIC: Education Resources Information Center: This free database from the United States Department of Education indexes a variety of education-related articles. Some resources are available for free online while others must be obtained elsewhere. The site includes the ERIC Thesaurus.
Gateway to Educational Materials: This is a great site for teachers looking for lesson plans on a wide range of subjects. According to a review in WIRED, "GEM evaluates resources from federal, state, university, nonprofit, and commercial sites and compiles a database of lesson plans accessible through a simple search. There are currently over 140 organizations supplying over 7,000 documents to the database."
House Committee on Education and the Workforce: The committee that monitors legislation on education, child labor, school food programs, workers' compensation, vocational rehabilitation, labor wages and hours, and work incentive programs.
National Center for Education Statistics: "NCES is the primary federal entity for collecting and analyzing data that are related to education in the United States and other nations." Look here for statistical information on all levels of education. The site includes an encyclopedia of education statistics, an FAQ, activities for children, and a catalog the best search engine based on the information you have, and other resources for teachers.
Peterson's Education Center: Online, searchable versions of the popular Peterson's educational guides. Active sections are private college-preparatory schools, undergraduate colleges, graduate and professional study and
U.S. Department of Education: Compiles a variety of information relating to government initiatives and educational programs at all levels, education-related grants (look under OERI) and statistics (NCES), and departmental publications. News bulletins about department activities are added frequently. Statistics retrieval is unreliable, but otherwise the information provided seems current. It also provides access to individual state education departments. Searchable index and searchable department phone directory available. Back to Top
National Archives: Genealogists/Family Historians: A great starting place for genealogical research, how-to tips for beginners and experts, links to primary sources world-wide, and databases of family trees.
National Archives: State Archives: Genealogists may need to get information from state archives and historical societies. Here is contact information as of January, 2006
Cyndi's List: A categorized and cross-referenced index to genealogical resources on the Internet, 261,000+ links for family history! (as of 9/1/06)
Repository of Primary Sources: A listing of over 5000 websites describing holdings of manuscripts, archives, rare books, historical photographs, and other primary sources for the research scholar.
Iowa Genealogical Society: IGS is a non-profit organization whose mission is to create and foster an interest in genealogy and to aid others in researching their family history. IGS was founded in 1965 by a small group of dedicated genealogists who met in members' houses and carried the original collection in an orange crate. Today our 3,000+ members are worldwide and the book collection alone spans the length of over five football fields.
State Historical Society of Iowa: A main repository of Iowa historical and genealogical information.
Society of American Archivists: Organizations, associations and groups related to or of interest to the archival profession. Back to Top
American FactFinder from U.S. Census Bureau: Source for population, housing, economic, and geographic data including American Community Surveys.
FirstGov.gov: The U.S. Government's official Web portal providing links to government information at all levels of government by topic and by organization.
Iowa General Assembly: Iowa law, legislators, lobbyists, legislative bills, agencies, and activities, and useful publications.
Iowa Publications Online: Electronic depository for documents produced by Iowa state agencies and intended for use by the general public.
Iowa State Boards and Commissions: Searchable list of commissions by interest, board name, department, and state code.
State and Local Government on the Net: Frequently updated directory of official state, county, and city government Web sites. Also provides links to national organizations, multi-state sites, etc.
National Agricultural Statistics Service Iowa Office: Source for up-to-date statistics on Iowa farm production and prices.
State of Iowa: State's official Web portal providing links to Iowa state agencies, Iowa county government sites, and Iowa cities with Web sites. Also includes links to information on Iowa tourism, business, education, employment, etc.
Patents, Trademarks, and Copyrights: Iowa Patents and Trademark Depository Library Web site providing resources for inventors and entrepreneurs and a link to the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office to perform searches.
State Data Center of Iowa: Source for population, housing, business, and government statistics about Iowa. Back to Top
Decorating Arrangements: Dozens of articles about interior decoration. The "Design Styles" section features information about styles such as Art Deco, Asian, French country, rustic, shabby chic, and Shaker. Includes home tours, and design ideas for specific rooms and for items, such as baskets, candles, lamps, and window treatments. From Home and Garden Television.
Do It Yourself Home Repair, Improvement and Remodeling: The site contains a large collection of tips, tricks, and tutorials covering a variety of subjects, from appliance care to pet care to woodworking. You can scan a list of subjects or search with keywords. There is also a free monthly newsletter.
Epicurious: Everything for food lovers - cooking videos, recipes, articles, cookbook reviews, and information on wine and restaurants.
Family Conversations and Family Mealtimes: This site describes how a family eating dinner together "is a simple, effective way to reduce the risk of youth substance abuse and to raise healthier children." It also provides a short list of discussion topics such as sharing childhood memories and discussing books and movies.
The Garden Gate: This is an annotated directory of selected gardening sites and contains useful original material. "The Garden Gate offers gardeners and nature lovers a carefully-selected and well-organized collection of links to informative and interesting horticulture sites around the world."
The Garden Web: Here's the place to order all those gardening catalogs you love to read! In addition, you'll find lots of useful gardening information, including an extensive list of public gardens in the U.S. by state and type.
Home Gardening: This site provides "ecologically sound, science-based practices" for gardening and lawn care. Features illustrated growing guides for specific flowers and vegetables, a tutorial on designing flower gardens, lawn care tips and techniques, and fact sheets on gardening techniques, avoiding pests and diseases, and lawns.
Home Improvement Encyclopedia (Better Homes & Gardens): This online resource for home repair and improvement has five sections: Plumbing, Wiring, Carpentry, Decks, Masonry and Concrete. In addition, there are several special sections: Project Calculators (paint, drywall, wallpaper, lumber, and concrete), Tools, Encyclopedia , and Glossary .
Home Maintenance and Repair: "Full text articles on topics of home maintenance and repair. Includes information on stains, cleaning, minor household fixes," and more. Searchable, and browsable by topic. From Michigan State University Extension.
Home and Family: Home and family topics include aging, children, clothing, family relationships, housing, parenting, finances, food, nutrition and health.
Psychology Today: Parenting Center: Collection of articles about the psychology of parenting. Subjects include adoption, division of labor, fatherhood, grandparenting, child development, communication, child abuse, child neglect, sex education, technology, discipline, and more. From Psychology Today magazine.
RecipeSource (formerly SOAR): The Searchable Online Archive of Recipes currently indexes around 70,000 recipes, including those for restricted diets, kids, special occasions - even treats for your pet. Particularly useful for browsing ethnic recipes.
USDA Hardiness Zone Map: Will your plant survive in Iowa's climate? Check the online version of the government publication showing the growing conditions in areas across the USA.
Wine Lover's Page: Learn all about wine with links that include a pronouncing glossary, vineyard weather, food-wine matches, and tasting notes on over 50,000 wines.
Yard and Garden: Provides how-to tips and gardening basics. Topics include flowers, fruits, houseplant, lawns, trees and shrubs, vegetables and herbs, weeds and pests. Back to Top
ALA/ALSC Great Web Sites for Kids: Looking for something fun or educational on the Web? You're likely to find it here on this list of kids' sites recommended by the Association for Library Service to Children, part of the American Library Association.
B.J. Pinchbeck's Homework Helper: Everyone could use a little help with their homework, and this is the perfect place to go. For the past 8 years, 17-year-old BJ and his dad have collected over 700 sites that can help you with many of your homework questions.
Homework Center: Take a look at this homework site and you will find an astounding amount of links organized by subject, tips on how to evaluate Web sites and how to use search engines.
The Homework Spot: HomeworkSpot.com is a free homework information Web site that features the very best K-12 homework-related sites for the best resources for English, math, science, history, art, music, technology, foreign language, college prep, health, life skills, extracurricular activities and much more.
KidsSpace @ The Internet Public Library: Find many resources for homework and fun. They also have a TeenSpace.
Kids Stuff Homework Help: This Web site by Salt Lake County Library Services provides links to informational Web Sites on all subjects. Back to Top
General Resources: All about Iowa.
Agriculture: All about Iowa agriculture.
Education: All about Iowa education.
Government: All about Iowa government.
Health: All about Iowa health.
History: All about Iowa history.
Politics: All about Iowa politics.
Statistics: All about Iowa statistics.
Travel and Tourism: All about travel and tourism. Back to Top
50states.com (States and Capitals): Whether you are writing a report or planning a trip, this guide to the 50 US states is a great resource. Provides pictures of state symbols, statistical information and links to many other related sights.
Arthur Site: Fans of Marc Brown's favorite aardvark will enjoy this site!
Children's Music Web: If you can't remember the words to a favorite song or want to learn a new one, be sure to check this one out.
Ed Emberly: Books, Drawing and Activities for Kids
Nickelodeon: If you're a Nick watcher, checkout this site for some of your favorites!
PBS Kids: Website with games and more focused on PBS programming for children.
Scholastic Kids: Games, puzzles and information on Scholastic titles.
Sea World: Planning a trip? Travel to Sea World without leaving your chair! Back to Top
American Library Association: The American Library Association is the oldest and largest library association in the world. Its mission is to promote the highest quality library and information services and public access to information.
Awesome Library: Awesome Library organizes the Web and provides resources, carefully reviewed for usefulness and appropriateness. In order to be included in the Awesome Library, resources need to meet all of the standards: only child-safe links; useful for teachers, students ("kids" or "teens"), parents, or librarians; "real stuff" (actual documents, projects, pictures, and discussion groups); current; load quickly; small percentage of "dead" links; and best version available.
Internet Public Library: The Library is a public service organization and learning/teaching environment and hosted by the School of Information & Library Studies of the University of Michigan. The suppliers for the site uphold the highest standards of professionalism, including commitments to equality of access, and intellectual freedom. In particular, they endorse the principles of the Library Bill of Rights.
Federal Depository Libraries: Federal publications and other information products are made available for free public use in Federal depository libraries throughout the United States. In addition to the publications, trained librarians are available to assist in their use
Friends of Libraries, U.S.A.: Provides resources, services, and networking opportunities for Friends, Trustees, and Foundations across the country to increase and enhance their efforts on behalf of public, academic, and school libraries.
Iowa Library Association: Promotes the development of the libraries that all Iowans depend on for information and lifelong learning. The Association provides leadership, education and support to enable its members to meet the challenges of providing quality library service to all Iowans.
Iowa Library Directory: A listing of all public libraries in Iowa, maintained by the State Library of Iowa
Kathy Schrock's Guide for Educators; Ready Reference, Librarian and Copyright Resources.: A categorized list of sites useful for enhancing curriculum and professional growth. It is updated often to include the best sites for teaching and learning.
Library Service Areas in Iowa: Iowa's Library Service Areas provide consulting, continuing education, interlibrary loan and reference services to libraries throughout the state. There are seven Library Service Areas, each serving a part of Iowa; each Area is governed by a seven-member Board of Trustees.
Libraries in the Yahoo Directory: Find libraries near you, or search for a specific type of library
Library Spot: A virtual library resource center for educators and students, librarians and their patrons, families, and businesses exploring the Web for valuable research information. The site's stated purpose is to break through the information overload of the Web and bring the best library and reference sites together with insightful editorial in one user-friendly spot. Sites featured are hand-selected and reviewed by an editorial team for their exceptional quality, content and utility.
LibWeb: Libraries on the Web; academic, public, national, state, special and school
Public Libraries: The mission of this site is to serve people with an easy access to the use of public libraries and promote reading. This goal is made possible through participation of local libraries. It is meant to be a very resourceful site for individuals, families, schools and organizations.
State Library of Iowa: The State Library of Iowa actively champions libraries. Its two roles are improving library services in Iowa and delivering specialized information services to state government and to Iowans. Its mission is to advocate for Iowa libraries and to promote excellence and innovation in library services, in order to provide statewide access to information for all Iowans.
WWW Virtual Library: Site is arranged by specialized areas. Unlike commercial catalogues, it is run by a loose confederation of volunteers, who compile pages of key links for particular areas in which they are expert; even though it isn't the biggest index of the Web, the VL pages are widely recognized as being amongst the highest-quality guides to particular sections of the Web. Back to Top
Consumer and Patient Health Information Section (CAPHIS): Web sites you can trust from the Consumer and Patient Health Information Section (CAPHIS) of the Medical Library Association. These general web sites for consumers and professionals are usually lists of links to other sites, although some contain original material. To find information on a particular disease, each site has either a search engine or a list of topics.
DocFinder: Contains the licensing background and disciplinary information of physicians and other health care practitioners in Iowa. This site is based on data from the Iowa Board of Medical Examiners.
Hardin MD: At this site you will find a "list of lists" to comprehensive resources in health-related subjects, published by Hardin Library for the Health Sciences at the University of Iowa. There are pictures of diseases and conditions as well as links to other web resources.
HealthFinder: This site offers a free gateway to consumer health and human services information from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services in Spanish and English. Healthfinder links to carefully selected information and Web sites from over 1,500 health-related organizations. There is health news, consumer guides, and information on diseases, injuries, and prescription drugs.
Household Products: On this site you will find health and safety information on household products. It discusses safety hazards and adverse effects. You can enter the name of a household product and the site provides explanations and health information related to automotive products, landscaping, pesticides, cleaning supplies, pet care products, materials relating to arts and crafts, personal care and home maintenance.
Information for Healthy Living - Health Insurance: This is a list of recommended web sites on health insurance. It includes sites on medicare, choosing health plans, paying for nursing home care, low cost insurance for children, dental insurance, mental health care, and managed care.
Intelihealth: This is a consumer health information web site from Harvard's Medical School. There is a medical dictionary, drug resource center, and information on diseases and conditions. There is information on healthy lifestyles, nutrition and fitness.
Iowa Department of Inspections and Appeals' (DIA) Health Facilities Division (HFD): This site includes a directory of long-term care facilities and inspection report cards for a wide variety of health care facilities in Iowa. Visitors to this web site will find a variety of useful information to assist them in the selection of a long-term health care provider.
Kids Health: KidsHealth is the largest and most-visited site on the Web providing doctor-approved health information about children from before birth through adolescence. There are sites for parents with practical parenting information, a kids site with homework help, and a teen site with answers, advice and straight talk.
Mayo Clinic Health: This consumer health web site from the Mayo Clinic contains an extensive database on diseases and conditions, a Healthy Living Center, healthy lifestyle planners, and drug information. There is a symptom checker and a first aid guide.
MedlinePlus: MEDLINEplus provides up-to-date, quality healthcare information from the world's largest medical library, the National Library of Medicine at the National Institutes of Health in English and Spanish. MedlinePlus brings together authoritative information from NLM, the National Institutes of Health (NIH), and other government agencies and health-related organizations. MedlinePlus also has extensive information about drugs, an illustrated medical encyclopedia, interactive patient tutorials, and latest health news.
Merck Manual: Based on the Merck Manual, this Merck & Co. publication explains disorders, who is likely to get them, their symptoms, how they're diagnosed, how they might be prevented, and how they can be treated. Information about prognosis is also provided.
PubMed: PubMed provides access to over 14 million citations in MEDLINE, PreMEDLINE and other related databases, with links to participating online journals. MEDLINE contains bibliographic citations and author abstracts from more than 4,800 biomedical journals published in the United States and 70 other countries. The database contains dating back to the mid-1960's . Coverage is worldwide, but most records are from English-language sources or have English abstracts.
Resources for Health Consumers: This page suggests guidelines for finding the highest quality health information on the web. There are recommended web sites and information on patients' rights and health records.
U of I Consumer Health: This site contains consumer health resources from the Hardin Health Sciences Library at the University of Iowa. There are Iowa cancer resources, medical tests and procedures, drug information, and links to other consumer health web sites. Back to Top
CBS Sportsline: All sorts of current sports information, including news, standings, box scores, injury reports, statistics, and game recaps. Contains sections on Major League Baseball, NBA, NFL, NHL, College Football, College Basketball, and many more both in the United States and in Europe. Simple navigation and a search function is available
CNN/SI: Up-to-date news, scores and results from all manner of sports, plus feature articles.
ExtremeSports.com: Online guide to extreme sports (aka the X-Games), including sport descriptions, photographs, schedules and results
The History of Traditional Games: This site is broken up into three main sections; Traditional Board Games from around the World, Traditional English Pub Games, and Traditional English Garden Games. Each section has separate, detailed pages on the history of such games as Billiards, Croquet, and Backgammon, as well as links to other historical type game sites. One added feature is a list of references used for finding the material for each profile.
Rulescentral.com: This site is a "comprehensive resource for Rules Enthusiasts, Sports Fans and Participants, and Games Players." It offers rules for a wide variety of activities: sports, cards, board games
Sport! Science@The Exploratorium: Learn about the science behind sports, including ice hockey, balls, and rock climbing. Also includes a sports science links and bibliography section, and the opportunity to ask a question about sports and science.
The Sporting News: The Vault: This archive includes histories of the Super Bowl, the Final Four, and the World Series. It also has scrapbooks of articles and photos about famous athletes.
Sports Almanac: Find facts and figures about different kinds of sports.
Sports Media: A gateway site with links to all sorts of physical education resources on the web. Includes links to lesson plans, coaching resources, organizations, and more.
The Sports Network: All sorts of current sports information, including scoreboards, standings, schedules, statistics, and news. Sections include MLB, NFL, NCAA Football, NHL, NBA, and PGA. Searchable.
Women in Sports: Biographies of female athletes indexed by sport and by name; biographies of women in the sports business.
Yahoo! Sports: Scores, Recaps, News, Schedules, Statistics and Standings for a variety of sports. Back to Top
All Music Guide: Look for information on your favorite artists, songs, and style of music.
ACT Test Prep: Sample tests, tips, and other information from ACT, Inc.
BLS Career Information: Get information about careers that might interest you based on your favorite subjects in school.
Collegeboard.com: SAT: A full-length SAT practice test and scoring guide.
Health Information from FDA for Teens: Health information from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. Includes articles on topics like playing a sport with exercise-induced asthma, how loud music affects your ears, and how to prevent STD's. From FDA Consumer Magazine.
Teenreads: A great place to find book reviews by other teens, author interviews, and information about new titles
U.S. News.Com Education: A very useful source for students selecting a college or university Back to Top
Better Business Bureau: This site can be searched by company name, phone number, or web address to find out whether a travel operator has a good or bad rating.
CDC Travel: This Center for Disease Control travel site gives travel health-related information by destination on vaccines, health threats, etc. There are resources for yellow fever vaccination clinics and private travel clinics. There are links to all the state health departments and guidelines for safe food and water and mosquito and tick protection.
Freetrip: This site lets users ask for routes that avoid tolls or favor scenic roads. You can also select lodging and camping facilities along the way.
Flight Arrivals: This site gives arrivals and departures for all commercial flights over the United States and Canada. There is also flight delay and schedule change information.
Insure My Trip: There are 100 travel insurance plans from 16 leading companies listed with price quotes. The site also has current travel warnings, consular information sheets, packing tips, atm locations, currency conversion, and traveler's health information.
Mapquest: Offers driving directions in the United States and Europe as well as maps for the United States and abroad. There is a subscription service that lets you download information into your mobile phone.
Oanda: Gives conversions for 164 major currencies around the world, plus a printable currency cheat sheet.
Passports: This State Department Site explains how to obtain, replace or change a passport. Applications and forms can be downloaded for ordering and renewing passports. There is also travel information and news on where passports are required.
Seat Guru: This site has information on airline seating, in-flight amenities, and airline information. It contains detailed seat map graphics with in-depth seat specific comments denoting seats with limited recline, reduced legroom, and mis-aligned windows.
Time and Date: This site has a world site that gives current time in cities all over the world. There are international calling codes, a sunrise and sunset calculator, a distance calculator for figuring out the distance between two cities, current and past daylight savings time around the world and a time zone converter.
Transportation Security Administration: This site provides tips on safe traveling and contains lists of permitted and prohibited items allowed on planes. There is information on what to expect from the screening procedure and tips for packing and traveling with children.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection: This site contains rules for bringing items back from your trip for U.S. citizens. There are answers to frequently asked questions posed by U.S. residents who travel outside the United States and travel advisories.
Webflyer: This site covers the ins and outs of frequent flyer miles and includes details on every major hotel and airline program. There are articles on such topics as miles and airline bankruptcies. There is a mileage converter that shows you how to convert miles or points between frequent flyer programs.
XE.com: Gives conversions for 21 major currencies around the world. Back to Top
e-democracy: United States: The goal is to improve voter participation. Includes information about current and upcoming elections. Sponsored by Minnesota E-Democracy.
FactCheck.org: This "nonpartisan, nonprofit, consumer advocate" site monitors the factual accuracy of statements from major U.S. political figures. The site is sponsored by the Annenberg Public Policy Center of the University of Pennsylvania.
Follow the Money: Tracks political contributions in all 50 states. Published by the National Institute on Money in State Politics.
League of Women Voters: The League of Women Voters is a nonpartisan political organization which works to improve our systems of government and impact public policies through citizen education and advocacy. The League is a grassroots organization, working at the national, state and local levels. The site includes information about contemporary issues such as campaign finance reform, clean air and the Voting Rights Act
League of Women Voters of Iowa: The League in Iowa's aim is to ensure citizens are informed about issues and prepared to play their part in community building and government. Through candidate debates, issue forums, community dialogues, on-line discussions and more, the League helps Americans arrive at answers to issues of local, regional, state, and national concern.
New Voters Project: Dedicated to encouraging newly eligible voters to get involved in the election process and to vote
Opensecrets.org: Information from the Federal Election Commission about campaign contributions to Congress, the political parties, and the presidential campaigns - provided by The Center for Responsive Politics
The Polling Report: An independent, nonpartisan resource on trends in American public opinion.
Project Vote Smart: Information on political issues, campaigns, and candidates, including voting records for both federal and state officials. Identify your representatives by entering your zip code. As a national library of factual information, Project Vote Smart covers your candidates and elected officials in five basic categories: biographical information, issue positions, voting records, campaign finances and interest group ratings.
Voter Information / First Time Voters: Information on how and where to register to vote in Iowa, where to vote and how to find your precinct, absentee voting. From the Iowa Secretary of State's office. Back to Top

Library Board Members

Bob Meyer, President
Gary Erdman, Vice President
Peggy Lenz, Trustee
Marie Elbert, Trustee
Marlys Simonson, Trustee
Twila Wichtendahl, Trustee
Elton Wood, Trustee
Donna Muller, City Council Representative

Mission Statement

Sunday: Closed
Monday: 2:00 - 6:00 p.m.
Tuesday: 8:30 - 10:30 a.m. and 2:30 - 8:30 p.m.
Wednesday: 2:30 - 5:30 p.m.
Thursday: 2:30 - 8:30 p.m.
Friday: 2:30 - 5:30 p.m.
Saturday: 9:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.

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