Internet Resources
The Lake County Library System provides access to a curated directory of Internet resources organized by subject.
These links are selected to help you quickly find reliable and valuable information.
If you have difficulty accessing one of these resources, the problem may be in the configuration of your browser or your internet service provider.
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Better Business Bureau (BBB)
The Better Business Bureau Online, helping consumers and businesses maintain an ethical marketplace.
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Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA)
The Bureau of Economic Analysis Survey of Current Business and other BEA publications are available online in PDF form.
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CPA Directory
Largest online directory of Certified Public Accountants and CPA firms.
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Florida Business Guidelines
Guidelines developed by the Florida Department of State to help businesses know what records to keep, and how long to keep them.
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Florida Division of Corporations
Sunbiz is Florida Division of Corporations online information, research, and electronic processing service center. Here you can directly access the Divisions business entity, lien information, and image databases. File your Florida business online or download and print copies of filed documents and forms to use when filing.
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Service Corps of Retired Executives (SCORE)
Service Corps of Retired Executives is a resource partner with the U.S. Small Business Administration dedicated to aiding in the formation, growth, and success of small business nationwide.
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U.S. Small Business Administration
The United States Small Business Administration
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AARP - Work and Retirement
The American Association for Retired Persons (AARP) website on work and retirement has useful sections on job hunting especially tailored to the job seeker over 50. Sections include what to do if you have lost your job, writing résumés, preparing for interviews and more. AARP Also includes a Job Search page to search by type of job and/or location.
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CareerBuilder.com
CareerBuilder not only is a place to find and apply for jobs but there job matching technology scans your resume for keywords, remembers what you've searched for, collects details from jobs you've applied to; then delivers jobs to you that match your interests.
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CareerSource Central Florida
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Central Florida Employment Council
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FloridaJobs.com
A free online resource to all job seekers and is a valuable one for new college grads and first-time job seekers.
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Indeed.com
Search thousands of local jobs from job sites, newspapers, associations and company career pages.
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Senior Community Service Employement Program (SCSEP)
If you are 55 or older, unemployed and looking to reenter the workforce, you may qualify for the Senior Community Service Employment Program (SCSEP). Programs are administered in each of Florida’s 67 counties as identified in the Directory of Senior Community Service Employment Program (SCSEP) Projects.
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Federal Government
Click to go to Federal Government links on this page.
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Florida Health Finder
Connects Florida with health care information.
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Health Insurance Marketplace
The Health Insurance Marketplace is a new way to get coverage that meets your needs.
Starting October 1, 2013, you can come here to fill out an application and see your plan choices. In the meantime, we can help you get ready.
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Lake County Community Resources Guide
The Lake County Community Resource Guide is a database of resources available to people in our community. These agencies and programs have a common goal of helping people in our community in a variety of ways. Each agency and program represents a "piece of the puzzle" in terms of helping people solve problems and reach their full potential. Information is available through an online database, and through a 600-page PDF document.
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Lake County Comprehensive Plan 2030
The new Lake County plan titled “Planning Horizon 2030” provides flexible guidelines for policymakers, land managers and land users about how to conserve, rehabilitate or develop an area.
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Local Government
Click to go to Local Government links on this page.
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State Government
Click to go to State Government links on this page.
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USA.gov
Government Search and Directory site
Local Government
State Government
Federal Government
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Lake County Community Resources Guide
The Lake County Community Resource Guide is a database of resources available to people in our community. These agencies and programs have a common goal of helping people in our community in a variety of ways. Each agency and program represents a "piece of the puzzle" in terms of helping people solve problems and reach their full potential. Information is available through an online database, and through a 600-page PDF document.
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Lake County Comprehensive Plan 2030
The new Lake County plan titled “Planning Horizon 2030” provides flexible guidelines for policymakers, land managers and land users about how to conserve, rehabilitate or develop an area.
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Lake County Convention and Visitors Bureau
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Lake County Government
Web site of the Lake County Government - Board of County Commissioners
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Lake County Historical Museum
The Museum offers an exciting and informative view of the history of Lake County. There is always something to see and do. Every month, new exhibits are on display and the museum offers a variety of programs for your enjoyment.
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Lake County Public Schools
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Lake County Supervisor of Elections
Just turned 18 or just moved to Lake County? Register to Vote.
Cities and Communities
Government Offices
Public Libraries
Academic Libraries
Internet Libraries
Library Cooperatives
Multi-Library Resources
Presidential Libraries
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Dwight D. Eisenhower Library and Museum
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Franklin D. Roosevelt Library and Museum
The Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum is America's first presidential library -- and the only one used by a sitting president. It was conceived and built under President Roosevelt's direction and opened to the public in 1941. The Library's mission is to foster research and education on the life and times of Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt, and their continuing impact on contemporary life.
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George Bush Library and Museum
The mission of the George Bush Presidential Library and Museum at Texas A&M University is to preserve and make available the records and artifacts of George H.W. Bush, 41st President of the United States. We promote civic literacy and increased historical understanding of our national experience, and foster a community of public service and volunteerism. We accomplish this mission by offering rich educational and public programs, original museum exhibits and access to our archival holdings.
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George W. Bush Presidential Library and Museum
The Library is the repository for textual, audiovisual, and electronic Presidential records created or received throughout the Administration of President George W. Bush as well as other donated collections.
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Gerald R. Ford Library and Museum
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Harry S. Truman Library and Museum
he Harry S. Truman Library, the first Presidential Library to be created under the provisions of the 1955 Presidential Libraries Act, was established to preserve the papers, books, and other historical materials relating to former President Harry S. Truman and to make them available to the people in a place suitable for exhibit and research.
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Herbert Hoover Library and Museum
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Jimmy Carter Library and Museum
The Jimmy Carter Library actively solicits material of Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter, material of major figures in the Carter administration or among the Carters' political or close personal friends, material of similar figures of secondary importance when they document significant aspects of the Carter administration, and material of President Carter's family.
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John F. Kennedy Library and Museum
The John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum is dedicated to the memory of our nation's thirty-fifth president and to all those who through the art of politics seek a new and better world.
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Lyndon B. Johnson Library and Museum
The Lyndon Baines Johnson Presidential Library holds more than 45 million pages, an extensive audiovisual collection, and 2,000 oral history interviews. Some collections—both textual and audiovisual—have been digitized for the web (see Online Collections, below) but many more are only available for research in person at the library
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Nixon Presidential Materials
The collections of the Nixon Library are are now all located at the Library in Yorba Linda, California.
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Ronald Reagan Library and Museum
As a Presidential library administered by the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA), the Reagan Library, under the authority of the Presidential Records Act, is the repository of presidential records for President Reagan’s administration. Our holdings include 50 million pages of presidential documents, over 1.6 million photographs, a half million feet of motion picture film and tens of thousands of audio and video tapes. Additionally, the Library houses personal papers collections including documents from Reagan’s eight years as governor of California.
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William J. Clinton Presdential Library and Museum
The Clinton Presidential Library and Museum is located within the Clinton Presidential Center and Park. The Center includes the Clinton Foundation (Little Rock office) and the University of Arkansas Clinton School of Public Service. In addition to the archival collection and research facilities, the Clinton Presidential Library and Museum features exhibits, special events, and educational programs. The museum includes replicas of the Oval Office and the Cabinet Room. Permanent exhibits utilize documents, photographs, videos and interactive stations. A timeline and alcoves highlight domestic and foreign policy, as well as life in the White House.
Special Libraries
Associations
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Florida Literacy Coalition
Florida's Adult and Family Literacy Resource Center. Information on upcoming workshops, statistics, and funding related to literacy programs.
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National Center for Family Literacy (NCFL)
The National Center for Family Literacy is a nonprofit organization supporting family literacy services for families across the United States. NCFL supports the four-component national family literacy program model which brings parents and children into the learning environment together Today, the organization is known worldwide as the leader in family literacy.
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ProLiteracy
ProLiteracy Worldwide is a nonprofit international literacy organization based in Syracuse, NY, that was formed by the 2002 merger of Laubach Literacy International and Literacy Volunteers of America, Inc. ProLiteracy Worldwide is now the oldest and largest nongovernmental literacy organization in the world and pursues a mission of sponsoring educational programs that help adults and their families acquire the literacy practices and skills they need to function more effectively in their daily lives.
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Starfall
Primarily designed for children in first grade, Starfall.com is an easy to use and kid-friendly site that helps children learn to read.
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The Center for Adult English Language Acquisition (CAELA)
CAELA replaces the National Center for ESL Literacy Education (NCLE), also housed at CAL, which (since 1989) has provided information and technical assistance to professionals who work with adult English language learners. In the meantime, this Web site will be transitioning to meet the needs of the new Center while continuing to serve the needs of practitioners, programs, and states who work with adult English language learners.
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Carey Hand Funeral Home Records
Contains records and ledgers on services provided at the Carey Hand Funeral Home. Materials include memoranda regarding the death and burial of deceased individuals, registers of the death, burial and payment information, plots in the Greenwood and Palm cemeteries, financial records, cremation records, ambulance service records, vault storage records, and Central Florida Veterans and Orlando Airbase Servicemen's death, burial, and military information. The records are particularly useful in historical and genealogical research on the Orlando and Central Florida area from 1891 to 1955.
Portions of this collection are available online at the Central Florida Memory website (cfmemory.org).
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Central Florida Memory
Central Florida Memory is a cooperative project begun in 2002 by three institutions: The University of Central Florida Library, The Orange County Regional History Center, and The Orange County Library System.
The long-term intent of the project is to provide an online platform and focal point for gathering, preserving, and disseminating the documents, artifacts, and stories of the history of Central Florida. Our interest is in much more than just providing access to or heightening awareness of this history. This project provides educational resources and tools to enhance the delivery of instruction of history at all levels.
This initial start-up phase of the project focused on Central Florida during the years 1880 - 1930, a booming time of transition from pioneer frontier, to the early development of the citrus industry, to established towns, cities, and transportation networks.