GENERAL

DexOnline.com
http://dexknows.com/
Official online directory from Qwest, searching businesses, government, and residential listings.

Merriam-Webster Online
http://www.m-w.com/
Online edition of the trusted dictionary and thesaurus.

Encyclopedia.com
http://www.encyclopedia.com/
Contains more than 57,000 articles from the Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition.

United States Postal Service Zip Code Lookup
http://zip4.usps.com/zip4/welcome.jsp
Enter a full or partial address to find the ZIP code.

Time and Date
http://www.timeanddate.com/
Offers a world clock and time zones, as well as a time zone converter and online calendar.

Librarian's Index to the Internet
http://www.lii.org/
Websites you can trust, selected and organized by librarians.

BUSINESS AND FINANCE

Colorado Department of Revenue
http://www.revenue.state.co.us/main/home.asp
Information on driver's licenses, motor vehicle registration, taxes and more.

Colorado Small Business Development Center
http://www.advancecolorado.com/small-business/
Tips on starting and running a small business in Colorado.

Sales Tax and Use Tax Forms
http://www.revenue.state.co.us/TPS_Dir/wrap.asp?incl=salestaxforms
The most-requested tax forms from the Department of Revenue.

Trade Name Database
http://www.sos.state.co.us/pubs/business/main.htm
The Colorado Secretary of State's database of company names, trademarks, etc. Also includes information on uniform commercial code, and other helpful business information.

United States Small Business Administration
http://www.sbaonline.sba.gov/
Advice from the federal government on aspects of running a small business, including opportunities, financing, and training events.

Internal Revenue Service
http://www.irs.gov/
Online presence for the Internal Revenue Service with tax information for both individuals and businesses.

COLORADO

State of Colorado
http://www.colorado.gov
Official site of the State of Colorado.

Colorado Department of Natural Resources
http://dnr.state.co.us/
Parks, Animals, plants, and mineral resources of the State of Colorado.

Colorado Historical Society
www.coloradohistory.org/
CHS is a state agency that preserves the history of Colorado through exhibits, collections, and the Stephen H. Hart Library.

Colorado State Archives
http://www.colorado.gov/dpa/doit/archives/
Preserves and promotes the legal and historical records of the State of Colorado.

Collaborative Digitization Program
http://www.cdpheritage.org/
Libraries, museums, and historical societies working together to make Colorado photographs, recordings, maps, and other publications available in a digital format.

Colorado's Historic Newspaper Project
http://www.coloradohistoricnewspapers.org
Digitized historic newspapers from selected Colorado papers from 1859-1923.

CONSUMER INFORMATION

Consumer Protection, Colorado Attorney General's Office
http://www.ago.state.co.us/consumer_protection.cfm?MenuPage=True
Consumer laws, offical complaint line, and more from the Colorado Attorney General.

Denver/Boulder Better Business Bureau
http://www.denverbbb.org/i4a/pages/index.cfm?pageid=1
Promotes positive relationships between consumers and businesses through education and self-regulation.

Better Business Bureau
http://www.bbb.org/
Research a company or charity before giving them your business, or report an entity that you feel has treated you unfairly.

Consumer Reports
http://www.ConsumerReports.org/
ConsumerReports.org provides ratings, buying guides, product reviews and consumer information from the experts at Consumer Reports magazine and Consumers Union.

EDUCATION

Colorado Department of Education
http://www.cde.state.co.us/
Family literacy, Home schooling, educational news, and contact information for local school districts.

Colorado School Accountability Reports
http://reportcard.cde.state.co.us/reportcard/CommandHandler.jsp
Official reports on school and student performance in Colorado.

United States Department of Education
http://www.ed.gov/index.jhtml
Information on federal education programs and initiatives.

Colorado Commission on Higher Education
http://highered.colorado.gov
Information about Community Colleges and Universities in Colorado.

College Opportunity Fund
https://cofweb.cslp.org/cofapp
In-state undergraduate students can apply here for an educational stipend to help pay their tuition.

College Invest
http://www.cslp.org/
Dedicated to helping students, parents, and schools figure out college financing.

http://www.college-assist.com
A non-profit division of the Colorado Commission on Higher Education, which offers planning tools, scholarships, and savings plans to help families afford higher education.

HEALTH AND MEDICINE

Consumer Health Links
http://hsclibrary.uchsc.edu/consumer-health
The best sites for non-medical people, selected by the librarians at the Denison Memorial Library of the University of Colorado Health Sciences Center.

National Institutes of Health : Health Topics
http://health.nih.gov/
Browse through different categories or search for a specific condition. From the National Institutes of Health.

Medline Plus
http://medlineplus.gov/
Information on over 700 health topics, interactive tutorials, and health news from the National Library of Medicine.

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
http://www.cdc.gov/
Statistics, publications, and health topics on a variety of health issues. From the United States Department of Health and Human Services.

JOBS AND CAREERS

Colorado Job and Career Navigator - Employer Listing
http://navigator.cdle.state.co.us/career/emplist.asp
Find information about different companies and employers in Colorado.

Colorado Department of Personnel and Adminstration
http://www.gssa.state.co.us/announce/Job+Announcements.nsf/$about?OpenAbout
Classified Job Announcements for Colorado State Government jobs.

Connecting Colorado Job Search
http://www.connectingcolorado.com/
Job market where you can search for jobs, post a resume, and find the newest job postings. Guided by the United States Department of Labor.

Colorado Workforce
http://www.coworkforce.com/
Information about unemployment benefits, Worker's Compensation, Public and Workplace Safety, Employment and Training. From the Colorado Department of Labor and Employment.

Colorado Division of Real Estate
http://www.dora.state.co.us/real-estate/index.htm
Renew your Real Estate license online.

Division of Registrations
https://www.doradls.state.co.us/
Renew professions and occupations licenses online.

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Denver Museum of Nature and Science
http://www.dmns.org/
Programs, activities, and exhibits for informal science education.

Colorado Department of Natural Resources
http://dnr.state.co.us/
Parks, Animals, plants, and mineral resources of the State of Colorado.

National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
http://www.nasa.gov/
Official site for news, photographs, and history of United States space exploration.

CNN.Com Science and Space
http://www.cnn.com/TECH/
Recent news and in-depth stories of scientific discoveries.

BBC.co.uk Science and Nature
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sn/
Latest global news from the fields of science and nature.

BBC.co.uk Technology News
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/default.stm
Up-to-date global technology news.

Wired Magazine
http://www.wired.com/
Technology news and limited access to current issues of Wired Magazine.

Science Magazine
http://www.sciencemag.org/
Daily science headlines, research, and career information from the weekly edition of Science Magazine.

How Stuff Works
http://www.howstuffworks.com/
Simple explanations of scientific principles, inventions, health, technology, and more.