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Government (Federal)
White House
The White House site contains general American history information, as well as current news pertaining to the President, press briefings, proclamations, executive orders, and any speeches the president has made on the radio.

United States Senate
United States Senate website allows you to connect with Senators, and learn about Senate committees, legislation, records, art, history, schedules and more.

United States House of Representatives
United States House of Representatives provides information on how to find your representatives, and learn about House committees, legislation, records, art, history, schedules and more.

THOMAS
THOMAS provides legislative information on pending bills and resolutions, committee information and congressional activities.

Census Bureau
The Census Bureau serves as the leading source of quality data about the nation's people and economy.
Government (State of Georgia)
Georgia Government
Georgia.gov provides online access to Georgia government.

Georgia Governor
Georgia's Governor website provides information on the Governor, executive orders, and legislation signed.

Georgia State Senate
Georgia State Senate website provides you with a look at the work of the State Senate, along with information of Georgia's Senators and legislation pending before the Senate.

Georgia House of Representatives
Georgia House of Representatives site provides information on Georgia's elected House members, legislation pending before the House, and historical information relating to the House.

Georgia Secretary of State
The Georgia Secretary of State site includes information on elections, professional licensing, state capitol, business regulations and Georgia corporations.

Government (Local)
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Community Information
Bartow County Resource Directory Guide (PDF)
Bartow County Resource Directory is compiled to assist people helping those in need throughout our community

Bartow Chamber of Commerce
The Greater Bartow Chamber of Commerce offers many programs/services and is engaged on many fronts in the business development arena..

Cartersville City School District
Cartersville City School District provides information on schools and school system of Cartersville, Georgia.

Bartow County School System
Bartow County School System provides information information on schools, school board, departments, job openings, technology.

Cartersville Patch
Cartersville Patch brings you local news, events and more.

The Daily-Tribune Newspaper
The Daily-Tribune Newspaper: Bartow County's only daily newspaper.

WBHF
WBHF - 1450 AM Cartersville, GA.
Consumer Information
Kelly Blue Book
Kelly Blue Book provides authoritative value of your new or used vehicle for free.

Edmund's New & Used Car Guide
Edmund's New & Used Car Guide website website includes all the pertinent information found in the print versions of these very useful guides.

Insurance Institute for Highway Safety
Insurance Institute for Highway Safety includes safety ratings from a non-profit insurance industry organization.

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration provides safety ratings for cars and light trucks based on test conducted by this federal agency.

Better Business Bureau
At the Better Business Bureau website, you can read BBB alerts, file a complaint online, get in touch with your local BBB, and access many online consumer publications through the their library.

US Consumer Gateway
US Consumer Gateway provides access to a broad range of federal information resources available online under categories such as Food, Health, Product Safety, Your Money, and Transportation, with links to other federal web sites containing related information.

US Consumer Product Safety Commission
Consumer Product Safety Commission: official Federal Agency website, including recalls, reports, alerts.

Annual Credit Report
Annual Credit Report is your resource for your free annual credit report online.

Consumers' Checkbook
Consumers' Checkbook is a Washington D.C based non-profit that compares and evaluates products and services for consumers.

Cardflash
Cardflash provides credit card comparisons from Ram Research.

Budget Worksheets
BudgetWorksheets.org contains worksheets for financial planning.
Careers
Georgia Department of Labor
Georgia Department of Labor Includes information for job seekers and employers, news, regulations, statistics and contacts.

AJC Jobs
AJC Jobs is the Atlanta Journal Constitution's online job classifieds.

Careers.ga.gov
Careers.ga.gov explores career opportunities available with the state of Georgia.

JobBank USA
JobBank USA specializes in providing employment and resume information services to job candidates, employers and recruitment firms.

CareerOneStop
Learn about careers, find career information, and locate career resources and advice with CareerOneStop.

Job Central
On US.Jobs, find local jobs and apply online via company employment career.

Occupational Outlook Handbook
Occupational Outlook Handbook is the federal government's bi-annual guide to job categories. It contains current salary data, information on training requirements, working environment, and future demand for different occupations.

GACE Study Guides
Georgia Assessments for the Certification of Educators offers free test preparation material for the GACE.
Genealogy
Bartow County Genealogical Society
The Bartow County Genealogical Society, Inc. has an extensive family research library that is open to the public.

Etowah Valley Historical Society
Etowah Valley Historical Society of Bartow County GA.

Bartow County GA GenWeb
Bartow County GA GenWeb consists of volunteers helping each other. The site contains cemetery records, marriage records, census records, etc.

Georgia State Archives
The Georgia Archives identifies and preserves Georgia's most valuable historical documents.

National Archives and Records Admnistration
The National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) is an independent agency of the United States government charged with preserving and documenting government and historical records and with increasing public access to those documents, which comprise the National Archives.

RootsWeb.com
RootsWeb is the oldest free genealogy website. Search a large database by family name, with links to message boards, family trees, and genealogy mailing lists.

Ellis Island Records
The Ellis Islands Records database contains not only passenger lists for those who came through Ellis Island on their way to settling in the United States, but additional information on immigrant groups, and overviews of immigration patterns from specific countries. The family archive created here will also solicit contributions of personal documents and photos to the Archive.

Cyndi's List
Cyndi's List includes ninety subject categories of links to genealogy sites on the Internet.

The USGenWeb Project
USGenWeb Project is a volunteer project working to provide genealogical information for each state and county in the U. S. Resources available in each county are listed.

Ancestry.com
Some sections of Ancestry.com are available to non-subscribers at home. The fee-based sources are available on the Ancestry Library Edition on GALILEO from the library.

The Local History & Genealogy Reading Room
The Local History & Genealogy Reading Room at the Library of Congress has many bibliographies, guides, and handbooks to download.

Social Security Death Index


AfriGeneas
AfriGeneas is a site for African American genealogy.
Business & Finance (Business)
Thomas Register of American Manufacturers
Thomas Register of American Manufacturers is a great place to look for who produces what for industry, and is searchable by company name or product.

US Business Advisor
US Business Advisor is the official business link to the U.S. Government.

Federal Business Opportunities
FedBizOpps.gov is the single government point-of-entry for Federal government procurement opportunities over $25,000.

Small Business Administration
SBA.gov is the official website for the U.S. Small Business Administration, dedicated to providing support to small businesses.

Scambusters
Scambusters.com because being smart is NOT enough to protect yourself from dangerous Internet scams, frustrating spam, or devious identity theft.
Business & Finance (Grants)
Foundation Center
The Foundation Center is the world's leading source of information on philanthropy, fundraising, and grant programs.

Federal Grants
Grants.gov provides a unified site for interaction between grant applicants and the U.S. Federal agencies that manage grant funds.

GrantWatch
GrantWatch is an up-to-date grants funding website for nonprofit grants, grants for small businesses, federal government grants, foundation grants and more. Subscription site.
Business & Finance (Investments)
New York Stock Exchange
News, current data and other information from official website of NYSE.

Nasdaq-Amex
Official site of The NASDAQ Stock Market featuring free stock quotes, stock exchange prices, stock market news, and online stock trading tools.

Securities and Exchange Commission
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission: official Federal Agency website, including news, legal and other releases and reports, investor education material and other relevant information.

EDGAR Online
EDGAR (Electronic Data Gathering Analysis and Retrieval) is the SEC (Security and Exchange Commission) database of required corporate filings, the source for current SEC electronic corporate filings.

Standard and Poors
Standard & Poor's (S&P) is an American financial services company. It is a division of McGraw Hill Financial that publishes financial research and analysis on stocks and bonds. S&P is known for its stock market indices such as the U.S.-based S&P 500.

Mutual Fund Education Alliance  Investment Center
Mutual Fund Education Alliance  Investment Center is a great resource to research mutual fund companies, the SEC cost calculator, investing worksheets and more.

Big Charts
Big Charts is a stock quote service providing not only current quotes but historical data back to January 2, 1985.

Bank CD Rate Scanner
Bank CD Rate Scanner provides rate comparisons from thousands of FDIC-insured banks.
Diversity & Culture (African-American)
National Civil Rights Museum
National Civil rights Museum includes a collection of Civil Rights artifacts, including Dr. Martin Luther King's speeches and replicas of civil rights monuments.


African American Odyssey
African American Odyssey showcases the incomparable African American collections of the Library of Congress.
Diversity & Culture (Native-American)
National Museum of the Native American
National Museum of the Native American is a part of the Smithsonian Institution.

Hanksville.org
Hanksville.org is a great starting point for Native American research with hundreds of links.

Bureau of Indian Affairs
The Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) is the agency responsible for the administration of federal programs for federally recognized Indian tribes.

American Indian Environmental Office Tribal Portal
The American Indian Environmental Office Tribal Portal is the organization that coordinates the EPA's agency-wide effort to strengthen public health and environmental protection in Indian County.



Diversity & Culture (Latino)
Smithsonian Center for Latino Initiatives


Latin American Network Information Center
Medical
Affordable HealthCare Act
HealthCare.Gov provides information on the new Affordable HealthCare Act, explaining the options and how to enroll.

Medline Plus
Medline Plus provides information for consumers and patients, from the National Library of Medicine and National Institutes of Health.

Healthfinder
Healthfinder is a gateway consumer health and human services information web site from the United States government.

MedicineNet
MedicineNet is an excellent site for disease-specific information, complete drug info and discussion groups, with an online medical dictionary and drug reference, first aid and poison control advice.

Veterinary Partner
Veterinary Partner provides information about the health of your pet.
Law
Bartow County Code of Ordinances
Bartow County Code of Ordinances is a searchable database of the ordinances enacted by Bartow County.

Cartersvlle City Code of Ordinances
Cartersville City Code of Ordinances is a searchable database of the ordinances enacted by Cartersville.

Georgia Code
Georgia Code is a searchable database of the laws enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia

FedLaw
FedLaw is a clearly organized directory of U.S. codes, federal legislation, and Supreme Court and other federal court rulings. Includes links to state laws and governmental materials.

Georgia Legal Aid
Georgia Legal Aid is Georgia's web site guide to free legal information and legal services.

Federal Office of Child Support Enforcement
The Federal Office of Child Support Enforcement contains links to policies, reports, publication, state agency Web sites, and descriptions of state child support programs

National Fair Housing Advocate Online
National Fair Housing Advocate Online provides the general public with timely news and information regarding housing discrimination. It features news, case research, and a guide to federal housing issues.

Nolo
Nolo publishes reliable, plain-English books, software, forms, and this website in order to help people handle their own everyday legal matters or learn enough about them to make working with a lawyer a more satisfying experience.

FindLaw
FindLaw is a searchable Web site with links to federal and state forms, cases, and codes. It provides info about labor laws, employment discrimination, bankruptcy, divorces, and many other topics.

Books

Overdrive Media Console App - Google Play Store | Apple Itunes
OverDrive Media Console allows you to read eBooks and listen to audiobooks from your library.

Libby App - Google Play Store | Apple Itunes
OverDrive Media Console allows you to read eBooks and listen to audiobooks from your library.

Adobe Digital Editions
Adobe Digital Editions allows you to read eBooks from your library on your computer.

Kindle App
Kindle App allows you to read Kindle eBooks (including library books) on non-Kindle devices.

The Bartleby Project
The Bartleby Project is a compilation of eclectic titles in Anglo-American literature, with attention paid to accuracy, edition, and usefulness. These are not just "classics" but other important or useful texts as well, such as Fowler's English usage, with some interesting exceptions.

WorldCat
WorldCat allows you to search the online catalogs of multiple libraries near you at once.
Travel
Cartersville-Bartow County Convention and Visitors Bureau
The Cartersville-Bartow County Convention and Visitors Bureau fosters and sustains the economic development of Bartow County, Georgia and its municipalities through generating the influx of tourism revenue.

Explore Georgia
Explore Georgia is the official tourism website of Georgia. It includes great travel ideas and trip planning tools. All you need to find great vacation experiences, places to stay, activities and dining in Georgia is at your fingertips.

Georgia State Parks
Georgia State Parks lists outdoor recreation opportunities and programs as well as information about State Parks and Historic sites in Georgia.

National Parks Service
National Parks Service allows you to experience your America and discover the joy of the National Parks! Plan your next family vacation.

U.S. Travel Association
U.S. Travel Association includes links to the official tourism agencies of all the US states, as well as several US territories.
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