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Come in and visit WEPL's Information Desk staff. We'll be happy to help you find a book to read or the answer to that difficult question. This page consists of links to other sites and areas of our site which may contain helpful information for our visitors.  

Arts:

• Cleveland Museum of Art
• Cleveland Orchestra
• The Internet Movie Database
• Playhouse Square Center
• Rich M's Discographies

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Automobiles:

• CarPrices
• Edmund's Online
• Kelly Blue Book
• NADA

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Business:

• 411 Stocks
• Better Business Bureau
• Hoover's Online
• Insurance Guide
• Live Business and Investment Feed
• NAICS(North American Industry Classification System)
• NetLibrary: Through netLibrary, you can read or download a variety of books through your personal computer.
• OhioBiz - Search Ohio's business, community, organization and education-related Web sites.
• Small Business Administration
• Thomas Register
• Wall Street Journal

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Careers/College:

• 2005 Ohio Colleges and Universities
• CareerBoard
• Career Web
• Cleveland Classifieds
• FAFSA
• fastWEB
• Kaplan
• Lake Education Assistance Foundation
• Learnatest.com - Your online practice test resource for children and adults.
• Monster.Com
• NationJob Network
• Occupational Outlook Handbook
• Willoughby-Eastlake Schools  

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Consumer Information:

• Consumer Information Center - Most comprehensive U.S. government Web site for consumer information and feedback.
• ConsumerSearch - This resource reviews products, analyzes other reviews, and provides top-rated products listings.
• Consumer World - The most comprehensive directory of consumer products and information on the Web.
• Guide to Self-Storage - Everything you ever wanted to know about self-storage, but were afraid to ask.
• National Do Not Call Registry - the site to register for the national do not call list for telemarketers.
• No Free Money.com - Popular myths and information about "free" money.
• Nursing Home Compare Information - The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services have developed an online tool for looking up nursing homes and comparing their performance on different quality measures.
• Ohio Consumer’s Counsel - Provides utility-related information to consumers and helps Ohioans resolve problems with their utility companies.
• Ohio Department of Insurance - Long Term Care Insurance Shoppers Guide
• Ohio Medicare Supplement and Medicare + Choice Shoppers Guide
• Public Utilities Commission of Ohio (PUCO) - Compare electric and natural gas utility rates or get competitive local telephone information.

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Current Events:

• CNN Interactive
• Live News Feed
• Live Weather Feed

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Education:

• Home Education's Homeschooling Information
• Homeschooling Resources
• Ohio GED Test Centers

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Genealogy:

• Ancestry Library Edition - Ancestry Plus has been replaced by the publisher with Ancestry Library Edition (Proquest). The Passenger & Immigration Lists (P.I.L.I.) are no longer included in this database.
• Cleveland Necrology File
• Cyndi's List of Genealogical Web Sites
• Ellis Island
• Family Search (Church of Jesus Christ of the Latter Day Saints)
• Federation of Eastern European Family History Societies
• Genealogy Home Page
• GenWeb Project
• Morgan Ohio Library Imprints - 1796 - 1850, is a private library open to everyone with an interest in Ohio History and the History of the Book. Search the List of Ohio School Catalogues and City Directories Index or Quick Browse 68,000 Ohio Names and Businesses. 
• Morley Library Genealogy Page
• National Archives and Records Administration
• Ohio Historical Society
• Roots Web (For a direct link to Lake County, Ohio information)
• Social Security Death Index
• Stephen P. Morse
• Vital Records Information
• Western Reserve Historical Society
• World GenWeb Project
• Yahoo Genealogy

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Government:

• Census Bureau Online
• GPO Access
• U.S. Department of State Home Page
• Federal Register
• 50 States
• FirstGov - One-stop website to all government online services
• Frequently Used Sites - U.S. Government Information
• GovEngine.com - Comprehensive directory of Official Federal, State, and Local Government and Court links.
• Governor Taft
• Library of Congress
• Ohio Capital Connection
• Ohio Revised Code
• Ready.Gov - U.S. government's campaign to help families protect themselves in the event of terror attacks.
• Secretary of State
• THOMAS: Legislative Information on the Internet
• Uncle Sam's Migrating Documents
• White House

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Health Information:

• ChronicIllnet
• Cleveland Clinic
• Clinical Trials
• Golden Buckeye Rx Discount program
• Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations - performance reports on health care facilities available in a searchable database.
• Lake Hospital System 
• Medicare Reform Fact Sheet (pdf file)
• Merck Manual Online
• Mental Health Net
• MEDLINEplus
• University Hospitals of Cleveland 
• West Nile in Ohio

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Legal:

• Find Law -  Run by the Thompson/Westlaw Corporation, offers free sources and tools for the public
• Lake County Law Library
• Law About… - The Legal Information Institute that is run through Cornell law school and offers citations to the actual cases and statutes of law in various areas. 
• Ohio Statewide Legal Services - Site provides information to low income Ohioans about access to legal help and their legal rights.
   

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Local:

    Communities

• Eastlake
• Lakeline
• Timberlake
• Waite Hill
• Willoughby
• Willoughby Hills
• Willowick

     Radio Stations

• WDOK 102.1 (Contemporary)
• WMJI105.7 (Rock Oldies)
• WCLV 104.9 (Classical)
• WMMS 100.7 (Rock)
• WGAR 99.5 (Country)
• WELW1330 (Local)

    Sports Teams

• Cleveland Indians
• Cleveland Browns
• Cleveland Cavaliers
• Cleveland Crunch
• Cleveland Barons
• Lake County Captains

    TV Stations

• WKYC TV 3
• WEWS TV 5
• WJW Fox 8
• WOIO TV 19
• WVIZ/PBS TV 25
• WUAB TV 43
• WBNX TV 55

   Community Resources & Other Local Sites of Interest

• Cleveland Live
• Cleveland Playhouse
• The Encyclopedia of Cleveland History
• Lake County - information on county leaders, offices, etc.
• Lake County Family & Children First Council
• Lake County Free Net
• Lake County General Health District
• Lake County Historical Society
• Lake Hospital System
• LakeTran
• News Herald
• Plain Dealer
• Playhouse Square Center
• Rock'n'Roll Hall of Fame
• RTA Bus Schedules
• United Way of Lake County
• Willoughby Eastlake Schools

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Maps:

• MapQuest

Readers' Market -- What to Read Next:

• BookBrowser
• North Coast Neighbors
• Novelist
• On-Line Book Club
• Overbooked - Overbooked specializes in literary and genre fiction information.
• Publishers Weekly Bestseller Lists
• RCA eBooks
• Reader's Advice
• ReadThisNow - Ohio's live online web site for readers. The convenience of technology with the wisdom of librarians to bring together readers and their next good book. A service of the State Library of Ohio and WEPL.

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Recreation/Travel:

• Discover Ohio - Ohio's most comprehensive travel planning website.
• Expedia.com - Good information for planning a trip or vacation
• Fodor Travel Guides 
• Frommer’s Travel Guides  
• Live Sports Feed
• Live Travel  Info Feed
• Mile By Mile - Provides travelers a list of attractions and various types of lodging, including B&B’s  and inns, along North American Highways
• Mobil Travel Guides 
• Park Net (National Park Service)
• Priceline.com
• Ohio State Parks Directory
• WEPL Kitchen (Cooking Info and Recipes)

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Reference:

• Asknumbers.com - Online conversions between different metrics of length, weight, temperature, pressure, energy, frequency and more.
• Cleveland Public Library
• Digital Librarian
• Facts On File
• How Stuff Works
• Information Please
• Internet Public Library
• Internet Tools
• KnowItNow (Live, online reference assistance form librarians, the original information experts.  A service of the CLEVNET Library Consortium.) 
• Library Catalog
• Lives, The Biography Resource
• Ohio Historical Society
• Ohio Memory Online Scrapbook - Discover primary sources from archives, historical societies, libraries, and museums that document Ohio's past from prehistory to 1903.
• OneLook Dictionaries
• OPLIN (Ohio Public Library Information Network)
• WEPL Online Resources - WEPL offers a wide variety of databases to help meet your informational needs.  Research your family history, check the latest information on an international company, explore the arts, take practice tests, or find the perfect photo for your school report.  

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Voter Information:

• Annenberg Political Fact Check - This site checks the facts behind political claims and advertisements.

• Center for Voting and Democracy - This site encourages fair voting and representation. They advocate education, research, and analysis to get voters to the polls.

• League of Women Voters  
• Ohio Citizen Action
• Ohio Voter Registration Info
• On The Issues - non-partisan information for voters in the Presidential election
• OpenSecrets.org - Sponsored by the Center for Responsive Politics, this site is dedicated to educating the public about campaign finances. Users can look up contributors to political campaigns.
• Project Vote Smart - Project Vote Smart, a citizen's organization, has developed a Voter's Self-Defense System to provide you with the necessary tools to self-govern effectively: abundant, accurate, unbiased and relevant information. As a national library of factual information, Project Vote Smart covers your candidates and elected officials in five basic categories: biographical information, issue positions, voting records, campaign finances and interest group ratings.
• Rock The Vote
• Your Vote Matters -  Every vote counts! Register to vote @ your library. The Willoughby-Eastlake Public Library, the American Library Association and Working Assets bring you online voter registration. Register to vote online or update your existing registration. Fill out the required fields, print your completed registration and mail it the Secretary of State's office. In order to vote in an upcoming election, the properly completed voter registration form must be postmarked thirty (30) days before the upcoming election to be valid. Looking for voter resources? Look no further than your library!

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