Manatee County Government
Selected Websites
Grouped by subject, the following links have been selected by Manatee County library staff.
Please note that the library is not responsible for the content of external Internet sites. If you encounter a "dead" or misdirected link, please let us know so we can fix the problem.
Table of Contents
- Business
- Children's
- Community Organizations and Clubs
- Computer Tutorials
- Find a Doctor or Lawyer
- Genealogy
- Government
- Health and Medical
- History
- Immigration
- Investing (Stocks, Bonds, Mutual Funds)
- Job Search
- Libraries and Book Clubs
- Literacy and Education
- Maps and Travel
- Movies and TV
- News and Weather
- Seniors
- Young Adult
Business
Enterprise Florida, Inc. helps innovative, high growth businesses start up, locate or expand in Florida. Find out why Florida is a great location for your business and why innovative businesses like yours belong in an innovative state like Florida.
Minority Business Development Agency
Online Women's Business Center
SCORE (Counselors to America's Small Business)
Children's
Ben's Guide Ben's Guide to U.S. Government for Kids
Great Websites for Kids HUNDREDS of links to "commendable" websites for children 14 and younger, organized into diverse subject headings. (Special section includes sites of interest to parents, teachers, and caregivers.) Maintained by the ALSC, a division of the American Library Association.
KIDSCLICK! Web Search for Kids by Librarians
Community Organizations and Clubs
Manatee Chamber of Commerce Clubs and Organizations Directory
Manatee County Cultural Alliance Arts Organizations Directory
Sarasota Herald Tribune Clubs Guide
Find a Doctor or Lawyer
American Bar Association Lawyer Locator
American Medical Association Doctor Finder
Florida Doctors Physician profiles provided by the Florida Department of Health
Florida Law Help Provides basic information on a variety of legal situations with a directory to local legal aid agencies.
Genealogy
Cyndi's List of Genealogy Sites
Geni.com - Build your family tree, invite relatives, discover new relatives --and more!
Government
Anna Maria Island Chamber of Commerce
Census United States Census Bureau; your source for population, housing, economic, and geographic data.
Federal Digital System (FDsys) The U.S. Government Printing Office Federal Digital System (FDsys) provides public access to Government information submitted by Congress and Federal agencies and preserved as technology changes.
FloridaPublicRecord.com Search Florida public records statewide for vital information such as death, birth and marriage certificates with official government websites.
Florida State Courts Provides links to family law forms, referral services, legal and court directories and more.
GovEngine "The Premier Federal, State & Local Government Site on the Internet"
USA.gov: "Government Made Easy"
Grants.gov Find and apply for Federal Government grants.
MyFlorida.com: The Official Portal of The State of Florida
OpenJurist.org "Making the laws of the land accessible to the people of the land." Featuring over 600,000 opinions from the U.S. Supreme Court and the U.S. Courts of Appeals from the First, Second and Third series of the Federal Reports.
Recovery.gov Find grants relating to the American Recovery and Investment Act.
Social Security Online The official website of the U.S. Social Security Administration. "Retire Online!"
Health and Medical
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
CoverFloridaHealthcare.com Access to affordable, quality healthcare.
Elder Care Resource Guide for Manatee and Sarasota (Stroke Association of Florida)
Medical License Search (Florida)
National Health Information Center
National Heart Lung and Blood Institute Diseases & Conditions Index
en Español : same as above - SPANISH LANGUAGE version )
National Institute of Mental Health
National Organization for Rare Disorders
Professional Liability Closed Claims (searchable database of insurance claims involving Florida medical practitioners)
Profiles of Florida Physicians and other Medical Practitioners
History
American Rhetoric - Database of and index to over five thousand full text, audio and video versions of public speeches, sermons, legal proceedings... and more!
Best of History - an award-winning portal that contains annotated links to over 1200 history web sites as well as links to hundreds of quality K-12 history lesson plans, history teacher guides, history activities, history games, history quizzes, and more.
Investing (Stocks, Bonds, Mutual Funds)
Historic Stock Quotes and Charts (Bigcharts.com, a Service of Marketwatch)
Yahoo Finance (for company information and stock charts)
Job Search
Bradenton Herald Job Classifieds
FloridaJobs.org (Florida Agency for Workforce Innovation)
Glass Door (An inside look at jobs and companies. Find jobs, salaries, reviews and interviews --all posted anonymously by employees.)
Herald-Tribune Classified Job Listings
Indeed.com ("One Search. All Jobs")
Manatee County Government Jobs (If link does not work using Firefox, try Internet Explorer instead)
Literacy and Education
BEGINNING LITERACY...
www.funbrain.com/ FunBrain - Focuses on math and reading games and activities that will make learning fun.
www.usalearns.org USA Learns
www.rif.org Reading is Fundamental
www.aaamath.com/ AAA Math - Provides interactive lessons with unlimited practice to allow mastery of each mathematical concept.
http://www.sense-lang.org/typing/ Sense-Lang - A free online touch-typing program that's fun and easy to use.
INTERMEDIATE LITERACY...
www.gcflearnfree.org Goodwill Community Foundation Learn Free
www.thebeehive.org/ The Beehive - The ultimate source for the help you need everyday.
www.thewclc.ca/edge The Learning Edge - An online newspaper which focuses on a variety of issues and topics from health matters to workplace issues and beyond.
http://school.discoveryeducation.com/ Discovery Education
explore the basic subjects essential for success.
www.ala.org/greatsites American Library Association Great Sites for Kids
www2.scholastic.com/browse/home.jsp Scholastic - Check out the ‘Parent’ and ‘Kids’ tabs for activities, games, and more.
ADVANCED LITERACY...
learning.blogs.nytimes.com/ The Learning network - Teaching and learning with the New York Times.
www.pinkmonkey.com/index2.asp Pink Monkey - The World's largest library of free online Literature Summaries, with over 460 Study Guides, Book Notes, Chapter Summaries and so much more.
www.awesomestories.com/ Awesome Stories - Enjoy these stories as you see thousands of hand-selected and relevant pictures, slide-shows, videos, audio-clips, documents and other primary sources linked, in context, where you need them.
ESL...
www.eslcafe.com Dave’s ESL Café - Look in the ‘Stuff for students’ section for ESL lessons for the more advanced English speaker.
www.english-daily.com English Daily - Learn English Online
www.englishclub.com/esl-games/index.htm English Club - Have fun and improve your English at the same time.
www.mymanatee.org/library.html Mango Languages - An online learning system where ESL students can learn English from a variety of parent languages.
www.pdictionary.com Picture Dictionary - Learn new vocabulary through pictures.
www.citizenshipstudyguide.com/ Citizenship Study Guide - Free US citizenship test. Study, play, prepare and pass!
GENERAL LITERACY...
www.caalusa.org Council for Advancement of Adult Literacy
www.reading.org International Reading Association
www.national-coalition-literacy.org National Coalition for Literacy
OTHER LITERACY SITES PROVIDED BY THE LITERACY COUNCIL OF MANATEE COUNTY...
http://literacycouncilmanatee.blogspot.com - Literacy Council of Manatee County Tips for Tutors Blog
http://lcmcadultlearner.blogspot.com - Literacy Council of Manatee County Blog for Students
www.proliteracyworldwide.org - ProLiteracy Worldwide & ProLiteracy America
www.literacyflorida.org - Literacy Florida
www.wholechildmanatee.org - Whole Child Manatee
www.floridaliteracycoalition.org - Florida Literacy Coalition
www.verizonliteracycampus.org - Verizon Literacy Campus
www.uwmc.net - United Way of Manatee County
www.dollargeneral.com - Dollar General Literacy Foundation
Maps and Travel
Nineblue.com "Satisfying the needs of traveling families"
Movies and TV
News and Weather
Google Newspaper Archive Search an easy way to search and explore historical newspaper archives.
Stormpulse (current hurricane/tropical storm tracking PLUS storm archive, 1851-date)
Seniors
www.50somethinginfo.com - A directory of health, education, insurance, and entertainment for those over fifty.
Young Adult
Biographical Dictionary (A Wikipedia-type system; everyone can create or edit biographies)
FastWEB (Scholarships and Financial Aid)
Financial Aid Information Page (The Smartstudent Guide to Financial Aid)
(Colleges, Universities, Grad Schools, etc.)
