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Berkshire Athenaeum Internet Links Searching the Internet Quick Reference Arts Books and Resources for Readers Business Resources College and Financial Aid Consumer Information For Kids For Teens Government, Law & Statistics Health & Medicine Job Searching Libraries & Librarianship Local Phone Books & Directories Searching the Internet: Search engines and other tools for finding information on the Internet All the Web AltaVista Ask.com Dogpile A meta search engine FindArticles Over 10 million free articles in more than 500 magazines and journals dating from 1984. Google Includes an image search tool. Infoplease Online version of Information Please almanac. Librarians' Internet Index Websites you can trust: A project of University of California librarians who select, describe and organize only quality websites. A free weekly email newsletter listing sites added is available. LibrarySpot MassAnswers.org A 24/7 service: Connect to a librarian by web-based chat. 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Out of the ordinary teen booklists. Teen Ink Written by teens. Urban Legends Reference Pages Back to Top Government, Law & Statistics Abandoned Property From the Massachusetts Department of State Treasurer American Bar Association Bureau of Labor Statistics (US Department of Labor) City of Pittsfield Official site. Code of the City of Pittsfield Code of Massachusetts Regulations Provides access to those sections of the CMR that are available online. MapStats Demographic, geographic and business statistics for states, counties, cities, congressional districts. Nolo Press Leading, respected publisher of self-help legal guides offers accessible articles on a wide variety of legal topics: family law; immigration; employer/employee; wills; bankruptcy. Back to Top Health & Medicine Cancer.gov From the National Cancer Institute. ClinicalTrials.gov Regularly updated information about federally and privately supported clinical trials for a wide range of diseases and conditions. 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Back to Top Job Searching America's Job Bank BerkshireCareers.com Search jobs; post resumes; post job openings. From the publisher of the Berkshire Eagle. BerkshireJobs.com View employers; search jobs; post resumes; post job listings. From Boxcar Media. Massachusetts Department of Workforce Development Monster.com Largest online jobs database on the web. International. Occupational Outlook Handbook For each profession or occupation, provides information about required education and training; salary; job prospects; working conditions. From the U S Department of Labor. Back to Top Libraries & Librarianship AcqWeb For librarians working in acquisitions and collection development. Berkshire Community College Jonathan Edwards Library CD Hotlist C/WMARS Electronic Form WMRLS ILL Title Request Form Highwire Press Archive of free full-text science articles. Innovative Users Group Internet Public Library Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners MCLA Freel Library Massachusetts Performers & Programs Directory Programming resource for librarians Massachusetts Trial Court Law Libraries Springfield Library's Directory of the Web Springfield Library's Reference Desk Bookmarks UMass Amherst Catalog Video Librarian Virtual Catalog WMRLS Williams College Libraries Back to Top Local Berkshire Chamber of Commerce Berkshire Eagle Berkshire Grown A community based origanization supporting local food & farms. BerkshireNet Pittsfield-based Internet service provider. Berkshire Regional Planning Commission Berkshire Visitors Bureau Where to stay, what to do, where to eat in the Berkshires. Downtown Inc. Organization works in support of downtown Pittsfield. iBerkshires.com A Berkshire County Community Guide. From Boxcar Media. Pittsfield Gazette Companion site to Pittsfield's newsweekly. 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