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NET. Links from around the world compiled by our News Research staff for use by reporters and editors of The Atlanta Journal-Constitution.
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| Weather & environment
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| Children & families
| Education
| Medicine & health
| Science, energy & technology
| Reference tools
| Crime, law & courts
| Government & politics
| Internet stuff
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| Child & Family Web Guide | Rated lists of resources for parents. |
| FamilyFun | Brought to you by the Disney Co., this site has links to local child and family magazines around the country, including Atlanta Parent and Atlanta on Parenthood.com. |
| Parent Soup | Extensive parenting resource with information broken down by age group. |
| KidsHealth | Practical health advice for parents, teens and kids. |
| Parents' Guide to the Information Superhighway | Detailed site showing how parents can introduce their children to the Internet. |
| Yahooligans! | From the makers of the Yahoo! Directory, a Yahoo! directory for children. Colorful and with lots of links. |
| Librarian's Guide to Cyberspace for Parents & Kids | 700+ Amazing, Spectacular, Mysterious, Wonderful Web Sites for kids and the adults who care about them . |
| FirstGov for Kids | Subject guide to U.S. government sites appropriate for children, parents and teachers. |
| Homework Helper | Includes sites that can help with all kinds of the dreaded after-school, pre-TV watching ritual. |
| KidsClick! | Another web search for kids, developed by librarians |
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| U.S. Department of Education | Official info from DOE, plus access to research and other documents. |
| National Center for Education Statistics | The primary federal source of education statistics. |
| Educator's Reference Desk | The entry point for all things educational: internet links, question archive, and the world's largest searchable database of document and journal article abstracts. |
| SACS - Southern Association of Colleges and Schools | Accrediting body for more than 12,000 public and private educational institutions, from pre-K through university in 11 states of the Southeast and in Latin America |
| The University System of Georgia | Comprehensive information, with links to all USG institutions |
| College News Online | Links to 200+ campus newspapers and magazines |
| College Board Online | News, cost stats, admission test info, etc. |
| Educational Testing Service | Home of the SAT, the GRE, the AP, and all those other standardized college entrance exams |
| Kaplan Test Preparation | Tips on deciding on graduate schools, how to take tests like the GMAT and LSAT, etc. |
| FinAid! | Comprehensive guide to seeking and getting financial aid |
| Financial Aid for Students | Info from the federal government on all federal loan, work/study, and other financial aid programs, including tax breaks. The FAFSA (Free Application for Federal Student Aid) is available at this site |
| Georgia Student Finance Commission | Info on HOPE grants, scholarships and loans. |
| College Fair | US News & World Report's guide to colleges, grad schools, financial aid, careers. |
| College and University Rankings | Links to many ranking services, along with cautionary notes and a discussion of the ongoing controversy over rankings. |
| Peterson's Education and Career Center | The standard college guide online, most of it anyway. |
| American Universities' Home Pages | Direct links to home pages, official and unofficial, for hundreds of universities and colleges around the country. |
| International Universities' Home Pages | Direct links to universities around the world, arranged by country. |
| Historically Black Colleges | Directory of minority institutions by location or name. Info on scholarships, and financial aid. |
| Georgia Department of Education | Get your school's performance report card here. |
| Georgia Independent School Association | Includes membership directory of private schools throughout Georgia |
| Atlanta Public Schools | Atlanta Board of Education, Superintendent, School tours, News, etc. |
| Bartow County Schools | Info on this metro Atlanta school system. |
| Carroll County Schools | Ditto. |
| Cherokee County Schools | All the scoop on this fast growing school system. |
| Clayton County Schools | Same idea as above, but for Clayton County. |
| Cobb County Schools | Basic information about the school system |
| Coweta County School System | News, calendars, and programs |
| DeKalb County Schools | Ditto for DeKalb |
| Douglas County Schools | All you need to know about this county west of Atlanta |
| Fayette County Board of Education | Facts about Fayette schools |
| Forsyth County Schools | Everything you want to know |
| Fulton County Schools | From Fulton too. |
| Gwinnett County Public Schools | A Glance at Gwinnett |
| Henry County Public Schools | From the folks in Henry County |
| Paulding County Public Schools | Another fast growing metro county school system |
| Rockdale County Public Schools | All about their schools |
| Education Locator | Find private and public schools, colleges and libraries. |
| Standardized Testing | Georgia assessment and evaluation resources. |
| Georgia Professional Standards Commission | Preparation and certification information for Georgia teachers. |
| Georgia Association of Educators | "The voice of public education" |
| PTA | The "parent" of most Parent-Teacher associations. |
| Educational Resources | Directory of K-12 web resources. Includes a subject list (scroll down a bit to get to it); art, history, math, etc. |
| Home Schooling | The home page for homeschooling. A comprehensive hodge-podge of homeschool resources. | Charter Schools | Research, state contacts, links to charter schools, and more. |
| Special Education | Links to lots of sites dealing with special education and disabilities. |
| School Safety | Experts, statistics, list of school-associated violent deaths from the National School Safety Center. |
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| Department of Health and Human Services | Main entry point for various DHHS divisions, plus key links to health sites |
| Georgia Division of Public Health | Health stats, notifiable disease stats and info, phone numbers for specific offices, and public health news for Georgia and the region. |
| National Institutes of Health | News, health information, contacts, and links to specific offices. |
| CDC | The main entry point for CDC's information on diseases, statistics. |
| MedlinePlus | The premier consumer site, brought to you by the National Library of Medicine. The site includes information on diseases, drugs, location & credentials of doctors, dentists and hospitals, and other resources. |
| National Center for Health Statistics | Monitoring the Nation's Health from the US Department of Health and Human Services. |
| AMA | The American Medical Association. Also handy, Physician Select is a database of over half a million doctors searchable by name or medical specialty. |
| Health Media Online | Recent headlines and links to major internet and broadcast media providers of health information |
| drKoop.com | Site of the former surgeon general, this is a good general health information site. |
| Merck Manual | Reliable, easy-to-use medical information on diseases, their causes and possible treatments. |
| Achoo | Healthcare links, newsgroups and news. |
| American Hospital Guide | Find financial information and characteristics on US hospitals with this handy search tool. |
| Doctor's Guide | Doctor's Guide to the Internet. Meant for doctors, but pretty useful for savvy laypersons. |
| Healthfinder | Gateway to health related sites and information from the US government. |
| Alternative Medicine | Information on unconventional, unproven, innovative therapies. |
| InteliHealth | Current news and information about a variety of health related topics. |
| Mayo Clinic Health Oasis | Medical site written with the patient in mind. |
| WebMD Health | Consumer health information site. |
| Health A to Z | Health information for families. |
| Washington Post Health Online | Health related stories from all sections of the paper, plus links to specific disease sites and drug information |
| Hoaxes and Rumors | CDC debunks health related false reports. |
| Diseases and Disorders | Alphabetical list of links to specific disease sites from Emory University's Health Sciences Library. |
| Alzheimer Research | A list of Alzheimer sites for the layperson. |
| Oncolink | News, meetings, peer-reviewed journals, statistics on cancer. |
| Mental Health Net | A complete guide to mental health resources on the net |
| Rare Diseases and Disorders | A searchable database of rare disorders, news, information. |
| Partnership for a Drug-Free America | Extensive information on illicit drugs. |
| Electronic Orange Book (FDA) | Approved drug products with therapeutic equivalence evaluations; the products in this list have been approved under section 505 of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act. |
| RxList - The Internet Drug Index | Search drugs by generic name, brand name or imprint code |
| CenterWatch Clinical Trials | Lists clinical trials on various disease, including a summary of the research and contact names. Also includes info on FDA approvals. |
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