PHPL Links for Adults

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CONSUMER ISSUES (also see AUTOMOBILES )

ACEEE Consumer Resources: The American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy provides guides to home energy savings, energy-efficient appliances and greener cars.
Better Business Bureau: Find out about current scams and fraudulent practices, how to file a complaint, how to get a BBB report on a particular company.
Better Business Bureau of Wisconsin
The Campaign for Safe Cosmetics: A national coalition of nonprofit health and environmental organizations that advocate for laws that protect your health from toxic chemicals.
Consumer.gov: Your resource for consumer information from the federal government.
ConsumerSearch: product information: Offers unbiased consumer product information. Check here before buying that new vacuum cleaner!
Consumer World: Everything Consumer: Listing of more than 2000 consumer resources on the Internet.
Fannie Mae: Website of the nation's largest source of home mortgage funds and the world's largest diversified financial company. Contains information on how to finance the purchase of a home.
Federal Citizen Information Center: Full text versions of hundreds of federal consumer publications.
FTC ConsumerInfo: Office of Consumer and Business Education of the Bureau of Consumer Protection offers the full text of consumer publications on many subjects.
World Privacy Forum: Links and information to help you maintain your medical, telephone, and credit privacy, and more.

COOKING

Betty Crocker: Based on more than 200 Betty Crocker cookbooks, these recipes are searchable by category or ingredients.
Busy Cooks: This site aims to save cooks time with sections such as Freezer Cooking, Make Your Own Mixes, etc.
Cooking Light: The online version of Cooking Light magazine (which the library subscribes to) allows searching of recipes from it and also from Southern Living and Progressive Farmer.
Epicurious: More than 15,000 recipes from Gourmet and Bon Appetit magazines.
CopyKat Creations: Actual (and taste-alike) restaurant or commercial recipes, from Boston Market, Mrs. Fields, Olive Garden, Old bay Seasoning, etc.
Fatfree: The Low Fat Vegetarian Recipe Archive: More than 2500 visitor-submitted recipes in over 50 categories.
Veggies Unite!: Vegan recipes posted by readers.
Food Network Recipes: Recipes from the chefs featured on the Food Network.
GourmetSpot: Attempts to bring the best food and beverage sites together in one convenient spot.
Refdesk.com food links: Huge listing of food and cooking-related websites. This is a great place to start looking for a particular recipe.
RecipeSource: Growing collection of more than 55,000 user-submitted recipes. A good source for hard-to-find recipes.
SavorWisconsin: A comprehensive source for finding Wisconsin Farmers' Markets and Wisconsin Food & Farm businesses.

DIRECTORIES: PHONE, E-MAIL ADDRESSES, ETC.

Residential and business directory. Reverse lookup available.
Canadian Postal Codes: Postal codes (like U.S. zip codes) for Canada.
Switchboard: Search for people, businesses, or websites. This site also offers free e-mail.
Telephone Directories on the Web: Extensive listing of domestic and international electronic telephone directories.
Welcome to Bigfoot: Claims to have the largest, most up-to-date databases for e-mail addresses and residential listings on the web.
Zip Code Lookup and Address Information: U.S. Postal Service site. Find the zip code for a city or the cities covered by a zip code.

EDUCATION

COLLEGES

Black Excel: The College Help Network: College admissions and scholarship service for African-American students.
College & scholarship information: A guide to colleges in the U.S. and some other countries. Includes a scholarship database. Has links to other financial aid resources.
FAFSA: Federal Student Aid official website. File for student loans, locate Federal School Code List, plus general info.
FinAid: Financial Aid Information Page: Huge site for over 183,000 scholarships and loans. Users must register and complete a profile to get a list of relevant funding sources. Free, independent.
MatchCollege.com: Directory of college and university websites. Includes a variety of statistics regarding each school.
U101 College Search: Directory of college, community college, and university websites in the US and Canada. Links to over 3000 schools, organized by state or province.
University of Wisconsin campuses: Links to information about UW System campuses.
Wisconsin Technical Colleges: Site for all campuses and outreach centers statewide.
Wisconsin's Private Colleges and Universities: Links to the websites of independent colleges and universities in Wisconsin.

EDUCATION

Waukesha County Campaign Information: This is a comprehensive source for all local election information.
Wisconsin State Elections Board: Provides district maps, election information, candidate biographies and more. Easily search fro your representatives by entering your address. This is where to find out how to register to vote.
Project Vote Smart: Great website for an informed electorate. Loaded with helpful features and issue information.
The Green Papers: Fantastic comprehensive site for political junkies. Too many features to list!
Wisconsin Taxpayers Alliance: Dedicated to achieving efficient, responsible government through research and education since 1932.

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Pauline Haass Public Library

Reference Links- Page 2

CONSUMER ISSUES (also see AUTOMOBILES )

COOKING

DIRECTORIES: PHONE, E-MAIL ADDRESSES, ETC.

EDUCATION

COLLEGES

EDUCATION

ELECTIONS/VOTING