Reference Resources

ARCHITECTURE

Art History Resources
Artnet - Artists, Galleries, Events
Ask Art - Artists Bluebook

AUTOMOTIVE

California Department of Motor Vehicles - Official Government Site
California Department of Motor Vehicles - Driver Handbook
Edmund's ® Automobile Buyer's Guide
Kelley Blue Book

BOOKS & READING

Accelerated Reader - Book Finder
BookBrowse
Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers
Dewey Decimal System Summaries
Fantastic Fiction
GoodReads - social cataloging
Google Books
LibraryThing - social cataloging
Library of Congress
LitLovers - good books for book clubs
New York Times Best Sellers Lists
What's Next - Books in Series
WorldCat
WorldCat Local Catalogs

BUSINESS & FINANCE

AtoZdatabases - business database
CalGold - business permit, license, and registration requirements
Edgar - SEC Fillings & Forms
Monterey Bay SCORE
Small Business Administration
U. S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
U. S. Securities & Exchange Commission
Yahoo Finance

CONSUMER INFORMATION

Annual Credit Report
Business and Human Rights Resource Center
California Department of Consumer Affairs License Lookup
Consumer Information from the Federal Government
Consumer Reports
Loan Amortization Table Calculator
Privacy, Identity and Online Security

FOOD & COOKING

AllRecipes
Epicurious 
Food Network
Local Harvest

GENEALOGY

Ancestry.com - Find census, birth, marriage, death records and more.
Cyndi's List of Genealogy Sites
Death Indexes & Records
Ellis Island Family History Center
Family Search - Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Find a Grave
Monterey County Herald Obituary Index - Jan 1, 1995-Nov 22, 2019
Obituaries
Finder from Legacy.com
Social Security Death Index
Where to Write for Vital Records

GEOGRAPHY & MAPS

A to Z : The USA - information about states
BBC Country Profiles
Electronic Map Collection
Geographic Names Information System - GNIS (Online gazetteer)
Google Maps
MapQuest
States Information Directory
World Factbook - Country Profiles compiled by CIA

GOVERNMENT & POLITICS

American Presidency Project
Association of Monterey Bay Area Governments - AMBAG
California Home Page
California Counties Information
CEQA - searchable environmental database of the California Clearinghouse
Congressional Directory
GPO Access - Government Documents
National Archives
U. S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (formerly INS)
100 Civics Questions & Answers (English version)
100 Civics Questions & Answers (Spanish version)
U. S. Government's Official Web Portal

HEALTH & MEDICINE

Consumer Health Complete (EBSCO)
Covered California - Affordable Care Insurance Marketplace
Doctor Finder
Genetic Home Reference
Gray's Anatomy of the Human Body (Bartleby)
HealthCare.gov
Mayo Clinic
Merck Manual
MEDLINE Plus - Health & Drug Information
RxList Pill Identification Tool
Symptom Checker
Understanding Lab Tests
World Health Organization

HISTORY

California History Photos & Documents
Prints and Photographs from the Library of Congress

LAW

Attorneys
California Bill Information (1993-2016, 1999 to present)
California Code of Regulations
California Codes
California Courts - Self-Help Center with forms
California Legal Specialists
California Legislative Information
California Public Safety Codes (Building, Fire, Electrical, Plumbing, Mechanical)
Constitution of the United States
Federal Agencies
FindLaw
Lawyer Directory from Martindale
Legal Help for low-income Californians
Legal Glossary
Legal Information
Legal Information Institute - Cornell Law School
Monterey County Code
Municipal Codes
Nolo Press - Legal Information
State Bar of California - Attorney Search
Supreme Court of the United States
United States Code
U.S. Copyright Office

LOCAL

2-1-1 services available in Monterey County
Alliance on Aging Senior Resource List
Association of Monterey Bay Area Governments - AMBAG
California Crops - Vegetable Research & Information Center
DataShare Monterey County
Family Resources - Sam's Guide to Monterey County
Impact Monterey County
Monterey County Department of Social Services
Monterey County Historical Society
Monterey County Department of Emergency Management
Monterey Craig's List
Monterey Peninsula Wildflowers
Monterey-Salinas Transit Online
National Steinbeck Center

MUSIC

Historic American Sheet Music 1850-1920
National Jukebox - historical recordings from the Library of Congress
Sheet Music Database - Santa Cruz Public Libraries

NEWS

1stHeadlines - Top Breaking News
ABC News
Associated Press News (EBSCO)
CNN News
FOX News
Greenfield News
King City Rustler
KION News Channel
KSBW News Channel
Monterey County Herald
Monterey County Weekly
New York Times
Newspaper Source Plus (EBSCO)
Salinas Californian
San Francisco Chronicle & Examiner
San Jose Mercury News
Voices of Monterey Bay
Web News Harvester (EBSCO)

PHILOSOPHY & RELIGION

Encyclopedia of Philosophy
Sacred Text Archive
Saints & Fathers of the Catholic Church
Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
What the Bible Says About

READY REFERENCE

California Public Records
City Data
Copyright Office - Library of Congress
Country Studies
Encyclopedia of Associations (International, National and Regional) (GALE Group database)
Gale Virtual Reference Library (GALE Group reference eBooks)
Information Please - Almanacs, Atlas, Dictionary, Encyclopedia
National Directory of Nonprofit Organizations (GALE Group database)
Opposing Viewpoints in Context (GALE Group database)
RefDesk.com
Telephone Area Codes
Time & Date - World Clock, Calendar & More
Weather forecasts for the US and the world
World Book Encyclopedia Online
Zip Code Lookup

SCIENCE & NATURE

Animal Diversity
GreenFILE (EBSCO Host database)
Periodic Table of the Chemical Elements
PubChem (Chemical Information)

STATISTICS

City Ratings
DataShare Monterey County
International Statistics from United Nations
U. S. Census Bureau
U. S. Census Bureau Historical Data

TAXES

California Franchise Tax Board
Internal Revenue Service

VOTING/ELECTIONS

California Elections & Voter Information (Secretary of State)
League of Women Voters of California
Monterey County Elections Office (also in Spanish)