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Sites for Seniors

From among the millions of web pages on the Internet, we've selected a few sites that we think are useful or will entertain you.

Internet Searching

Google Accessible Search. Accessible web search for the visually impaired
Firstfind.info. Easy to find, easy to use websites in plain & simple English

Internet Training and Curricula

Mousercise. Practice using the mouse online
Mousing Around. Palm Beach County (Florida) Library System. Learn about cursors and moving the mouse around, then practice online and even play games with what you've learned!
Information Millionaire Curriculum. Warren Newport Public Library, Gurnee, Illinois Lake Villa District Library, Lake Villa, Illinois. Curriculum of grant to help older adult use the Internet and other online resources.
Internet 101. A starting point for Internet beginners.
New user tutorial. TLN (The Library Network) Technology Committee (MI)

Senior Issues and Continuing Education

SeniorNet
AARP
ThirdAge
FirstGov for Seniors
Prairie State Legal Services Senior Handbook
Elderhostel, Inc.

E-mail Accounts for Free

Hotmail
Yahoo

Free Electronic Greeting Cards

E-cards

Fun Sites

E-bay. Online auctions
Allrecipes. Recipes!
FoodTV. Favorite chefs & recipes from cable tv.
Amazon.com. Books, reviews, and more.
International Movie Database. Titles, cast lists, summaries, and more.
Oprah.com. TV host's site, with show info and list of book club books.

Consumer, Health and Financial

NADA. Cars -- new & used prices.
Carfax. Vehicle history reports.
Consumer Reports Online
MayoClinic.com
Merck Manuals Online. Several manuals online in full text, including The Merck Manual of Health & Aging and The Merck Manual, second home edition.
Physician's Desk Reference. Call The Urbana Free Library Adult Reference desk at 217 367-4405 to get the user login and password to access this database.
Savingsbonds.gov
Yahoo! Finance. Stock quotes, company information & more.
New York Stock Exchange

Genealogy, Locating People, and Government

Ancestry.com. This entire database is available to use in The Urbana Free Library Archives.
Cyndi's list
Classmates.com
Military.com
Firstgov.gov. Portal to government information.
Illinois Department of Aging, Circuit Breaker & Illinois Cares RX Forms
Illinois Benefits
Illinois Cares RX
Social Security
Social Security Death Index
Medicare

News

News-Gazette Online. Champaign-Urbana's local paper.
New York Times on the Web. News & Book reviews.
CNN
Weather.com. Look up your town and get weather and storm alerts.