Useful Websites

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Great Article on Starting an Import/Export Business

http://www.entrepreneur.com/startingabusiness/businessideas/startupkits/article41846.html

Brooklyn Economic Development Corporation

This website was suggested by Business Library staff for quick access to info about Brooklyn. Click on the tab that says "Brooklyn." http://www.bedc.org/

Congressional Committees

To locate Congressional committees link to http://www.house.gov or http://www.senate.gov. Committee members are listed. Every legislator has a web site which will list his/her committee affiliations.

Tree of Life Web Project

This is a peer reviewed collaborative project written by biologists. The pages are organized heirchically, using principles of cladistics. http://tolweb.org

Government Grants

http://www.grants.gov

Health

Women's health websites

http://www.whealth.org/links Website has many links related to women's health issues

Atlases

http://www.socialexplorer.com/pub/maps/map3.aspx?&g=0 Visually analyze and understand the demography of the U.S. through the use of interactive maps and data reports. Based at Queens College.

Library Best Practices Wiki

http://www.libsuccess.org/index.php?title=Main_Page

Library Instruction Wiki

http://instructionwiki.org/Sharing_resources

Online Philosophy Encyclopedia

A short blurb from their website--"All entries and substantive updates are refereed by the members of a distinguished Editorial Board before they are made public. Consequently, our dynamic reference work maintains academic standards while evolving and adapting in response to new research."

http://plato.stanford.edu/

Guide for Filing a FOIA Request

http://www.bushsecrecy.org/PageIndex.cfm?ParentID=2&CategoryID=8&PagesID=34

Passports

http://www.travel.state.gov/passport Has all information related to obtaining, applying for, renewing passports. Including reporting lost or stolen passports, fees, online applications and downloadable applications.