General Interest
Driving Restrictions
- AMA Physician's Guide to Assessing and Counseling Older Drivers
www.ama-assn.org - Senior Driver Safety www.carinsurancequotes.net
Elder Rights Resources
- National Elder Law Network www.neln.org
- Last Acts www.lastacts.org
- Third Age www.thirdage.com
- GeroWeb http://www.iog.wayne.edu/resources.php
- SRS http://www.ink.org/public/srs/
- Caring Conversations http://www.practicalbioethics.org
- Kansas Bureau of Investigation www.ink.org/public/kbi
Employment
- America's Job Bank www.jobbankinfo.org
- Independent Homeworkers Alliance - work at home www.homeworkers.org
- Kansas Job Bank www.kansasworks.com
- Senior Community Service Employment Program, and the Older Kansans Employment Program http://www.kansascommerce.com/Divisions/WorkforceServices
- Job Accommodation Network http://janweb.icdi.wvu.edu
- Job Corps Alumni Association http://www.jobcorps.gov
- Federal - Civil Service Job Information Center www.usajobs.opm.gov
- Hotjobs.com http://www.hotjobs.com
- Monster.com http://www.monster.com
Grandparent Resources
- Death of a child, help with your grief www.compassionatefriends.org
- Family difficulties - Am. Psychological Association helping.apa.org
History & Genealogy
- Genealogy On line - 56,000 genealogy hyperlinks cross-indexed www.genealogy.com
- History Channel - cable television network www.historychannel.com
- Kansas Historical Society www.kshs.org
- National Archives and Records Administration www.nara.gov
- Write your autobiography - http://www.myautobiography.net
Reference Materials
- My Virtual Reference Desk www.refdesk.com This includes dozens of areas to search and is very comprehensive.
- Information Please Almanac Site www.infoplease.com
This site contains much of the information in its paper counterpart. - Switchboard www.switchboard.com
This is a free, searchable nationwide online directory of residential and business telephone numbers. Users can also add their e-mail addresses to the listing. - Encyclopedia.com www.encyclopedia.com
This contains more than 17,000 articles from "The concise Columbia Electronic Encyclopedia, Third Edition" - One Look Dictionaries www.onelook.com
This site provides a search of multiple on-line dictionaries by specific categories. - MapQuest www.mapquest.com
This site provides interactive mapping and driving directions which guide you to your destination. - All newspapers and most magazines in "world" - search by continent and subject at www.metagrid.com
Magazines
- Business Publishers, Inc. www.bpinews.com
- Disney's Family www.family.com
- Midwest Living www.midwestliving.com
- National Geographic www.nationalgeographic.com
- Parents Magazine www.parents.com
- T.V. Guide www.tvguide.com
- US News & World Report www.usnews.com
News Channels
- Business News - www.cnbc.com
- National / World news - www.msnbc.com
- National / World news - www.cnn.com
- National / World news - http://www.foxnews.com
Newspapers
- Kansas Press Association http://www.kspress.com newspapers in Kansas
- National Press Club www.press.org
- U.S.A. Today www.usatoday.com
- Wall Street Journal www.wsj.com
Television and Radio
- ABC - www.abc.com
- BBC (British Broadcasting) - www.bbc.co.uk
- CBS - www.cbs.com
- CNN - www.cnn.com
- Fox - http://www.fox.com
- NBC - www.nbc.com
- Public Radio - www.npr.org
- Public Television - www.pbs.org
- Spanish Network - Univision - www.kmex.com
- UPN - http://www.upn.com
- Weather Channel - www.weather.com
Seniors' Issues
- AARP Webplace - National home page www.aarp.org
- AARP-Kansas home page http://www.aarp.org/statepages/ks.html
- Access America for Seniors - all govt. sites for seniors www.seniors.gov
- American Society on Aging, home of the National Learning Center www.asaging.org
- National Council on Aging Benefits Checkup
Assists seniors to connect with public assistance benefits - National Consumers League, combat fraud www.fraud.org
- National Council on the Aging, advocacy organization for seniors www.ncoa.org
- Seniors on the internet www.seniornet.org
Senior Recreation and Sports
- 50 Plus Athletes www.50plus.org
- International Amateur Athletic Federation - Governing body of the Olympics www.iaaf.org
- Senior Games (Senior Olympics) www.nationalseniorgames.net
- State Games of America www.stategames.org
- Elderhostel www.elderhostel.org Elderhostel is a non-profit program that provides educational adventure all over the world to adults 55 and over.
- Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks www.ink.org/public/kdwp
- Fit for Life www.iamfitforlife.com
- Fitness Age www.fitnessage.com Find out your fitness age
Travel
- AAA - American Automobile Club travel info www.aaa.com
- BED & BREAKFAST - info on most in the U.S. www.bbchannel.com/associations
- FODORS Travel Guide - Travel Online Inc. www.fodors.com
- Kansas cities and towns, and 105 counties http://skyways.lib.ks.us/kansas.html
- Kansas, Vacation and Travel www.kansascommerce.com
- MAPS and driving directions anywhere www.mapquest.com
- PLANNING Vacations on line www.travelocity.com
- WEATHER information - The Weather Channel www.weather.com
Volunteer Opportunities
Web Searches and Free Software
- Tips for evaluating information found on the web http://www.spry.org/sprys_work/education/evaluating_health_content.html
- General web search www.google.com
- General Web Search www.yahoo.com
- Free scripts, free graphics, free midi files and much more. www.bignosebird.com