Recommended Web Sites
The following web sites were selected with the aim of being useful to
residents of Virginia, particularly in the counties we serve. The Pamunkey
Regional Library is not responsible for the content of the web sites listed
below. Please let us know if there are any broken links or if you have
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Children &
Young Adults | Colleges and Universities
Community
Information |
Consumer Information
Emergency Preparedness & Response Genealogy
Federal
Government | 50+ | Financial Aid
State
& Local Government | Health
| Home Schooling
Image Finders
| International | Job Search | Libraries
News | Schools |
Science |
Search Engines
| Subject
Guides
Tax Information (Federal and State) | Virginia Arts & Culture
Virginia Indians |
Voters' Information
Children and
Young Adults
Accelerated Reader List (Hanover)
Accelerated Reader Lists (Goochland) (author) (title)
(book level)
Child Safety on the Information Highway (en Espanol)
and
(alternate link)
FEMA for Kids
GetNetWise
Great Sites
Hamilton-Holmes Elementary School Library
KidsClick
Kids' Search Tools
Presidential Timeline
Hamilton-Holmes Middle School QuizList Interactive
(for King William County Accelerated Readers)
Acquinton Elementary School
QuizList Interactive
(King William County Accelerated Readers)
Science Fair Project
Resource Guide
Stately Knowledge
Teen Reading
Teen Safety on the Information Highway
(en Espanol)
Who Is My
Legislator?
top
Colleges and Universities
College Navigator
J. Sargeant Reynolds Community College
MIT OpenCourseWare
Randolph-Macon College
University of Richmond
Virginia Commonwealth University
Virginia Union University
top
Community Information
Ashland's 150th Anniversary
Central Virginia's Community Online
Chesapeake
Bay Program Web Site
Department for the Blind and Vision Impaired
Hanover ICare
King and Queen County's
Information Trail
Mattaponi and Pamunkey Rivers Association
National Federation of the Blind
Newsline
Virginia Cooperative Extension
West Point, Virginia
Hanover County Community Corner
top
Consumer Information
Attorney General of
Virginia's Consumer Assistance Page
Consumer.gov
Consumerist
Consumer Product Safety Commission (Recalls)
Digital TV Converter Box
Program
Patient Advocate Foundation
The Squeaky Wheel
Virginia's Certified Organic Growers and Producers
Virginia Medicare Supplement Insurance Premium Comparison Guide (PDF)
Virginia Office
of Consumer Affairs
top
Emergency
Preparedness & Response
American Institute of
Philanthropy
American Society for the
Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA)
Animal Emergency Response
Network
Better Business Bureau Wise Giving Alliance
Bush-Clinton Katrina Fund
CampusRelief.org
Consumer Guidance
Craigslist online community
Department of Labor, Natural
Disaster Assistance Programs
Disaster
Help
Disaster
Recovery
Federal
Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)
Hurricane
Insurance Information Center(HIIC)
National Mail Service Updates (USPS)
National Voluntary Organizations Active in
Disaster (NVOAD)
Network for Good
Red Cross
Salvation Army
United
States Department of Homeland Security
United
States Government official web portal
Virginia Department of Emergency
Management
top
50+
American Association of Retired Persons
(AARP)
Elderhostel
SeniorNavigator.com
SeniorNet.org
top
Financial
Aid
FAFSA
top
Genealogy
Goochland County Historical
Society
Hanover County Historical Society
King and Queen County Museum
King William County
Historical Museum
Our
Documents
The USF Africana Heritage Project
VAGenWeb
Virginia Genealogy
(from the University of Virginia library)
top
Government / Federal
Census Bureau
FedStats
Open Congress
United States Code
USA Services
(formerly
Government Information Xchange)
top
Government / State &
Local
City of
Richmond
Code of Virginia
Commonwealth of Virginia
Goochland County
Hanover County
Hanover
County Code
Hanover County's Adopted Budget for Fiscal Year 2008
Hanover
County's 2007 Comprehensive Annual Financial Report
Hanover County's
2007
Population and Housing Data Report
Henrico County
King
and Queen County
King William County
Town
of Ashland
Virginia General Assembly
Virginia
Information Technologies Agency (VITA) formerly the Virginia Information Providers Network (VIPNet)
Virginia's Judicial System Forms
Who
Is My Legislator?
top
Health
Health-Related Web Sites
Virginia's
Pandemic Flu DVD
top
Home Schooling
VAHomeschoolers (formerly Virginia Home Education Association)
Home Educators of Virginia
top
Image
Finders
AltaVista
Images
Cities
around the World
Google's Image File
Lycos
Multimedia
Shorpy
WebPlaces
International
Asia Observer
Black Stump (Australia)
International Art Search Engine
Masterseek
Te Puna Web Directory (New
Zealand and the Pacific Islands)
Job Search
CareerBuilder.com (formerly Headhunter.net)
CareerConnect
Hanover Career Student Resource,
Inc.
Hanover County Employment Opportunities
Virginia Department of Human Resource
Management
Virginia Employment Commission
top
Libraries
Archive.org
British Library
Chesterfield
County Public Library
Henrico County Public Library
J. Sargeant Reynolds Community
College Library
Library of Congress
Library of Virginia
National Archives
National Library Service for the Blind and
Physically Handicapped
New York Public Library
City of Richmond Public
Library
Virginia Commonwealth University
Libraries
Department for the Blind &
Vision Impaired Library & Resource Center
Virginia Public Library Web Sites
Virginia Library Association
top
Newspapers
Current Newspapers
Central
Virginian
Daily Press
Goochland Courier
Goochland Gazette
Herald-Progress
Mechanicsville Local
New York Times
Rappahannock Times
Richmond.com
Richmond Times Dispatch
Tidewater Review
Today's Front Pages
USA Today
Wall Street Journal
Washington Post
Historical Newspapers
Richmond Daily Dispatch
(1860-1865)
top
Schools
Public Schools
Hanover County Public Schools
Goochland County Schools
King William County Public Schools
King & Queen County Public Schools
Virginia
Department of Education
West Point School System
Private Schools
Aylett Country Day School
Hanover Academy
Liberty
Christian School
top
Science
Astronomical Applications
Dept. of the U.S. Naval Observatory
The Society of Environmental Journalists
top
Search
Engines
AltaVista
Ask.com
Excite
Google
MetaCrawler
WebCrawler
top
Subject
Guides
Librarians' Internet Index
Internet Public Library
ResourceShelf
Yahoo
top
Tax Information and Forms (Federal and State)
Commonwealth of
Virginia Department of Taxation home page
Commonwealth of Virginia State Tax Forms
Federal Tax Forms
Internal Revenue Service (IRS)
top
Virginia Arts and Culture
Celebrate Ashland's 150th Birthday
Children's
Museum of Richmond
Frontier
Culture Museum
Monticello, home of Thomas Jefferson
Montpelier Center for Arts and
Education
Poetry Society
of Virginia
Richmond Ballet
Science Museum of Virginia
Virginia Historical Society
Virginia Museum of Fine Arts
Virginia Museum of Natural History
Virginia Opera
Virginia Ballet Theatre
top
Virginia Indians
The following
Virginia Indian Tribes
are recognized by the Commonwealth of Virginia, as of May 2008:
Chickahominy
Eastern Chickahominy
Mattaponi
Monacan Indian Nation
Nansemond
Pamunkey
Rappahannock
Upper Mattaponi
These Virginia tribes (except for Pamunkey) are listed on the
Bureau of Indian Affairs' List of Petitioners
(PDF)
as seeking status as tribes recognized by the U.S. government. Others listed
as petitioners include the following tribes and/or nations:
Ani-Stohini/Unami Nation
United Cherokee Indian Tribe of
Virginia
Wicocomico Indian
Nation
Cheroenhaka (Nottoway) Indian
Tribe
No Virginia tribes are included in the federal
Tribal Entities List
(PDF) as of May 2008.
More Recommended Web Sites on Virginia's Indians
American Indians in Children's Literature (book recommendations)
Oyate (book recommendations, all
tribes)
American Indian Resource Center, College of William & Mary
United Indians of Virginia
Virginia Council on Indians
Monacan
Ancestral Museum in Amherst County
Monacan Village at Natural Bridge in Rockbridge County
Pamunkey Indian Museum in King William County
Chief Powhatan's deerskin cloak, decorated with
shell beads ("roanoke")
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Voters' Information
Voting and Election Related Web Sites
