Morgantown Public Library System

Internet Links

Children's Resources

• American Library Association's Great Web Sites for Kids
• Ask for Kids -- A kid-friendly web portal
• Internet Public Library for Kids -- Information you can trust
• SlimeKids -- Literary resources and book trailers for kids
• Yahoo! Kids -- Entertainment hub for kids

Reader's Corner

• Amazon.com Bestsellers -- Bestselling books on Amazon.com (updated hourly)
• Goodreads -- Share favorite book recommendations with friends
• Booksense Bestsellers -- Bestsellers in independent bookstores
• New York Times Bestsellers -- Organized by book format and includes reviews
• USA Today Bestsellers -- The week's 150 top-selling books
• 1900-1995 Bestsellers -- Historical list of bestselling hardcover books for each year
• Project Gutenberg -- Free eBooks of works in the public domain

Reference Links

• Dictionary.com -- Online dictionary and thesaurus
• Internet Public Library -- Collection of reliable electronic information
• Quiz Hub -- Collection of academic quizzes for K-12 students
• Ref Desk -- Online reference materials on many topics
• Wikipedia -- Communally edited encyclopedia

Search Engines

• Allonesearch -- Search U.S. businesses
• Ask.com -- Search engine featuring questions and answers
• Google -- A search engine with many features (such as free email)
• Hotsheet -- Internet portal with a focus on major sites around the web
• Internet Movie Database -- Online database of movies and tv shows
• Yahoo! -- Internet portal and search engine

Local Job Opportunities

• CareerBuilder -- Post your resume or search local and nationwide employment
• Dominion Post -- Help wanted ads
• TeleTech Jobs -- Careers at TeleTech
• Indeed -- Local and nationwide employment
• Job Applications -- Find hundreds of online applications and printable job forms
• Manpower -- Temporary and full-time opportunities
• Monster -- Post your resume or serach for local and nationwide employment
• Simply Hired -- Local job opportunities
• Snag a Job -- The #1 source for hourly employment
• USA Jobs -- Local federal jobs
• Workforce WV -- Morgantown's local job service
• WV Division of Personnel -- State employment opportunities
• WVU Human Resources -- Temporary and full-time opportunities

Career Training

• CNA Classes -- Train to become a certified nursing assistant
  • WV CNA Classes -- CNA courses/programs in the state of WV
• WV College Mapping Tool -- Find the right college for you in WV

News Sources

• Local
  • The Daily Athenaeum -- West Virginia University's student newspaper
  • The Dominion Post -- Morgantown-based newspaper (registration required)
  • Quarter's Worth -- Monongalia County Schools Newsletter
• National
  • CNN -- Official homepage of CNN news
  • Fox News -- Official homepage of Fox News
  • MSNBC -- Official homepage of MSNBC
  • New York Times -- Newspaper
  • Wall Street Journal -- Business newspaper
  • USA Today -- Newspaper
• International
  • Al-Jazeera -- Arabic news organization
  • BBC -- British news service
  • CNN International -- World news from CNN
  • Deutsche Welle -- German news agency
  • France 24 -- International news from France
  • NDTV -- New Delhi-based news service
  • Russia Today -- Russian-based news agency
• Politics, Pop Culture, and Sports
  • E! Online -- Entertainment news
  • ESPN -- Sports news from around the world
  • TMZ -- Entertainment news and celebrity gossip
  • Real Clear Politics -- Political polls and commentary

West Virginia Links

• Morgantown and the Surrounding Area
  • Cheat Lake Zine -- A zine containing information on Morgantown, WV and the Cheat Lake Area.
  • Greater Morgantown Community Trust -- Donate to help the community.
  • Mainstreet Morgantown -- Organziation dedicated to maintaining and promoting downtown Morgantown
  • Morgantown Web Site -- Contains information on Morgantown, WV.
  • Mountain Line Transit -- Information on schedules and riding the bus around Morgantown
  • Service League of Morgantown -- Local volunteer group
  • West Viriginia University -- Offers useful information for applicants, current students, and alumni
  • WVU Libraries -- Home page of the West Virginia University Libraries
• Monongalia County
  • Monongalia County -- Contains information on Monongalia County.
  • Monongalia County Board of Education -- Contains information on Monongalia County schools.
  • Monongalia County, WV -- Contains information on Monongalia County, WV with a list of links to other WV sites.
• West Viriginia
  • West Virginia Home Page -- Official West Virginia site
  • West Virginia Library Commission -- A list of sites related to the libraries and government of West Virginia.
  • Rootsweb -- West Virginia geneaology & historical sites