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A Web Search	A+ Data Bases (go to 'About Us' for information on databases)	Bath County
Books	Buena Vista	Business
Consumer Information	Dictionaries and Translation	Disability Resources-General
Disability Resources-Local	Education and Schools	Employment & Jobs
Entertainment Guides	Federal Government	Federal Government Agencies
Financial Aid-Education	Genealogy -- African-American	Genealogy-General
Genealogy-Local	Grants and Other Funding Resources	Health-Alternative Medicine
Health-Cancer Information	Health-Children	Health-Disability Resources
Health-Facilities	Health-General Information and Provider Search	Health-Government Resources
Health-Local	Health-Mental Health and Substance Abuse	Health-Seniors
Legal Resources	Lexington	Libraries
Local Art	Local Artists	Local Attractions
Local Attractions-Museums	Local Clubs	Local Music
Local Musicians	Local Organizations	Local Theatre
Maps and Directions	Movie Theatres and Listings	Movie Theatres-Art Cinemas
Movies--Parents' Guides	Newspapers	Outdoor Recreation
Parenting	Radio	Reference
Rockbridge County	Tax Information	Television
Universities and Colleges	Virginia State Agencies	Virginia State Government
Voter Information	Weather and Climate

A Web Search Alta Vista Ask.com Dogpile Galaxy Go.com Google HotBot Lycos Yahoo! TOP OF PAGE	A+ Data Bases (go to 'About Us' for information on databases) Critical Companions FindItVirginia Gale Databases HeritageQuest (at home) HeritageQuest (In-Library) Kids InfoBits LearningExpress Library Something about the Author TOP OF PAGE	Bath County Bath County Chamber of Commerce Bath County Demographics Bath County Historical Society Bath County Web Page TOP OF PAGE
Books Advanced Book Exchange Alibris (used books) Bookfinder BookPage BooksnBytes Cat Tail Run Hand Bookbinding New York Times Book Review Sylvan E-Books Washington Post Book World What do I read next? {Database) TOP OF PAGE	Buena Vista Buena Vista City Homepage Buena Vista Community Profile Buena Vista Demographics Visitor's Center-Buena Vista TOP OF PAGE	Business Business and Company Resource Center (Database) Business Week Forbes Library of Virginia Guide to Starting a Small Business The Motley Fool Thomas Register of American Manufacturers U.S. Small Business Administration Virginia Business Information Center Walker's Research eDirectory TOP OF PAGE
Consumer Information Annual Free Credit Report Better Business Bureau Consumer World Federal Do Not Call List Kelley Blue Book NADA TOP OF PAGE	Dictionaries and Translation Dictionary.com Translator Google Translate Language Dictionaries Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary TOP OF PAGE	Disability Resources-General ADA Information Center for the Mid-Atlantic Region ADA.gov American Association of People with Disabilities Disability Resources on the Internet State Disabilities Resource Locator VA Board for People with Disabilities VA Department for the Blind and Vision Impaired VA Department for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing VA Department of Rehabilitative Services VA Disabilities Services Agency Organization Listing TOP OF PAGE
Disability Resources-Local Hoofbeats Therapeutic Riding Center Rockbridge Area Community Services Board Rockbridge Area Disability Services Board Rockbridge Area Occupational Center Rockbridge Area Transportation System (RATS) The Talking Book Center (Staunton) Virginia Relay (telephone communication for hearing impaired/speech disabled) Voice of the Blue Ridge (for the visually impaired) Woodrow Wilson Rehabilitation Center (Fishersville) TOP OF PAGE	Education and Schools Bath County Schools Buena Vista City Schools GED Online Help HEAD START/TAP Lexington City Public Schools Organization of VA Homeschoolers Peterson's Guide to Private Secondary Schools Rockbridge County Schools Roots and Shoots School Garden VA Dept. of Education VA Public Schools VA School Board Association Policy Manual-Lexington City Schools Yellow Brick Road Early Learning Center TOP OF PAGE	Employment & Jobs Career Cafe (Valley Work Force) Career Magazine CareerBuilder CareerOneStop Federal Jobs Digest Job Corps JobHunt Monster Board Occupational Outlook Handbook Rockbridge Area Occupational Center (RAOC) U.S. Government Jobs VA Employment Commission TOP OF PAGE
Entertainment Guides All Movie Guide All Music Guide Internet Movie Database Old Time Music TOP OF PAGE	Federal Government GovEngine.com House of Representatives Recovery.gov Senate Supreme Court U.S. Constitution White House TOP OF PAGE	Federal Government Agencies Farm Service Agency FedStats Free Patent Search Internal Revenue Service Social Security Administration U.S. Census Bureau U.S. Deparment of Labor U.S. Department of Agriculture U.S. Department of Education U.S. Geological Survey U.S. Small Business Administration TOP OF PAGE
Financial Aid-Education CollegeNet Scholarship Search FAFSA FastWeb FinAid Peterson's Financial Aid Guide TOP OF PAGE	Genealogy -- African-American Afican-American Cemeteries Online African Voices African-Ancestored Mailing Lists AfriGeneas Cyndi''s List: African-American Family Tree Magazine African -American Toolkit Free African Americans National Archives: African-American Research USF Africana Heritage Project TOP OF PAGE	Genealogy-General American Family Immigration History Center Church of Latter Day Saints Genealogy Search Cyndi's List HeritageQuest (from home) HeritageQuest (in-library) Library of Congress Local History Reading Room National Archives Roots Web Social Security Index U.S. Census Bureau USGenWeb TOP OF PAGE
Genealogy-Local A Guide to Genealogical Resources at the University of Virginia Books on Rockbridge County History Rockbridge Area Genealogical Society Rockbridge County Genealogical Web Project Rockbridge County Marriage Bonds 1778-1801 Rockbridge Historical Society Washington & Lee University Special Collection TOP OF PAGE	Grants and Other Funding Resources Chronicle of Philanthropy Federal Agency Funding Search FundsNet GiveSpot Grantsmanship Center's Directory of Local Grant Resources The Council on Foundations-Community Foundation Locator The Foundation Center VA Foundation for the Humanities TOP OF PAGE	Health-Alternative Medicine Alternative Medicine at Healthfinder.gov Complementary and Alternative Medicine at MedlinePlus HealthWorld Online NIH National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine TOP OF PAGE
Health-Cancer Information American Cancer Society Association of Cancer Online Resources Mesothelioma National Cancer Institute NCI Office of Cancer Complementary and Alternative Medicine TOP OF PAGE	Health-Children Commonwealth Autism Service Dr. Greene FDA Children's Health Page Kids' Health Kluge Children's Rehabilitation Center TOP OF PAGE	Health-Disability Resources CDC Disability and Health Webpage Nutrition for people with disabilities (Illinois Center on Health, Nutrition, Physical Activity, and Disability) TOP OF PAGE
Health-Facilities Augusta Medical Center-Fishersville Carilion Roanoke Community Hospital Carilion Roanoke Memorial Hospital Carilion Stonewall Jackson Hospital (Lexington) Lewis-Gale Medical Center-Salem Rockingham Memorial Hospital-Harrisonburg Speech, Language, Hearing Applied Laboratories at James Madison University University of VA Health System Woodrow Wilson Rehabilitation Center-Fishersville TOP OF PAGE	Health-General Information and Provider Search American Medical Association American Medical Association Physician Finder FamilyDoctor.org Health A to Z HealthGrades.com HealthWeb: Health Statistics Magill's Medical Guide MedlinePlus (TRY ME FIRST!) PubMed-Medical research database TOP OF PAGE	Health-Government Resources Centers for Disease Control and Prevention HealthFinder.gov National Institutes of Health National Mental Health Information Center U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) VA Center for Health Statistics VA Department of Health TOP OF PAGE
Health-Local Benjamin Borden Health Center--Kendal at Lexington Carilion Stonewall Jackson Hospital (Lexington) Central Shenandoah Health and Human Services Directory Rockbridge Area Community Services Rockbridge Area Free Clinic Rockbridge Area Hospice TOP OF PAGE	Health-Mental Health and Substance Abuse Mental Health Services Locator (SAMHSA) National Mental Health Information Center NIH National Institute of Mental Health Rockbridge Area Community Services Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) Substance Abuse Treatment Facility Locator (SAMHSA) TOP OF PAGE	Health-Seniors American Association of Retired Persons (AARP) Benjamin Borden Health Center--Kendal at Lexington Elderweb Medicare Senior Navigator TOP OF PAGE
Legal Resources Blue Ridge Legal Services Code of VA (searchable) FindLaw Martindale-Hubbell Lawyer Locator VA Administrative Code (searchable) Washington & Lee Law School TOP OF PAGE	Lexington City Webpage Community Profile Demographics Lexington/Rockbridge Chamber of Commerce Live the Lex-Perience Visitor's Center TOP OF PAGE	Libraries ALA Bill of Rights Dabney S. Lancaster Community College Learning Resource Center George C. Marshall Foundation Library and Archives Internet Public Library Library of Congress Library of VA LOC Gateway to LIbrary Catalogs Talking Book Center, Inc. Virginia Military Institute Library Washington & Lee University Libraries WorldCat TOP OF PAGE
Local Art Artisans on Washington Street Artists in Cahoots Lexington Art Gallery Nelson Street Gallery Neon Bamboo Studio Eleven W&L Kamen Gallery W&L Staniar Gallery W&L Tucker Multimedia Center Gallery W&L Williams School Art Galleries TOP OF PAGE	Local Artists Cy Twombly Rockbridge Arts Guild Sally Mann TOP OF PAGE	Local Attractions Boxerwood Gardens Lexington Valley Vineyard Natural Bridge Rockbridge Vineyard Stonewall Jackson Cemetery VA Gold Orchard VA Horse Center Valley of VA Wildflowers & Antiques TOP OF PAGE
Local Attractions-Museums Brownsburg Museum Project Cyrus McCormick Farm George C. Marshall Museum Natural Bridge Wax Museum Professor Cline's Haunted Monster Museum & Dino Kingdom Robert E. Lee Chapel & Museum Stonewall Jackson House The Toy Museum at Natural Bridge Virginia Military Institute Museum Wade's Mill TOP OF PAGE	Local Clubs Boy Scouts-Stonewall Jackson Area Council Buena Vista Lions Club Girl Scouts of VA Skyline Council Lexington Jaycees Lexington Kiwanis Club Lexington Sunrise Rotary Club VA Canals and Navigation Society TOP OF PAGE	Local Music Acoustic Fridays at the Patisserie Maury River Fiddler's Convention Virginia Music (select Shenandoah Valley region for local events!) TOP OF PAGE
Local Musicians Carol Elizabeth Jones Chris Leva and the Guano Boys Garth Newel Gary Ruley James Leva John McCutcheon Larry Keel Mando Mafia Mike Seeger Nothin' Fancy Robin & Linda Williams TOP OF PAGE	Local Organizations Project Horizon Rockbridge Area Conservation Council Rockbridge Area Habitat for Humanity Rockbridge Area SPCA Rockbridge YMCA United Way of Lexington-Rockbridge County TOP OF PAGE	Local Theatre American Shakespeare Center's Blackfriar's Playhouse-Staunton Lenfest Center for the Performing Arts-Washington & Lee University in Lexington Southern Virginia University Theatre-Buena Vista Theatre at Lime Kiln-Lexington TOP OF PAGE
Maps and Directions Google Maps Map of the Counties of Virginia MapQuest Maps On Us Rand McNally Maps Yahoo! Maps TOP OF PAGE	Movie Theatres and Listings Buchanan Theatre Charlottesville Movie Listings Harrisonburg Movie Listings Hull's Drive-In - Lexington Roanoke Movie Listings Yahoo! Movies Local Listings TOP OF PAGE	Movie Theatres-Art Cinemas Grandin Theatre (Roanoke) Vinegar Hill Theatre (Charlottesville) Visulite Cinemas (Staunton) TOP OF PAGE
Movies--Parents' Guides Film Ratings Kids In Mind Parent Previews Screen It! Entertainment Reviews TOP OF PAGE	Newspapers Charlottesville Daily Progress Chicago Tribune Christian Science Monitor Lexington News Gazette Los Angeles Times Lynchburg News and Advance New York Times Richmond Times Roanoke Times Rockbridge Advocate Rockbridge Weekly Staunton Daily News Leader USA Today Washington Post Waynesboro News-Virginian TOP OF PAGE	Outdoor Recreation American Camp Association Appalachian Trail Conservancy Applewood Llama Trekking Blue Ridge Parkway George Washington and Jefferson National Forest Glen Maury Park, Buena Vista James River Canoe Livery The Glorious Twelfth (English Sporting Clay School) Wilderness Canoe Company TOP OF PAGE
Parenting American Camp Association Child and Family Web Guide Family Resource and Referral Center (Child Care) PBS Parents' Guides U.S. Dept. of Justice Sex Offender Public Registry TOP OF PAGE	Radio 3WZ (WREL Lexington, 96.7 FM) WMRA (Out of Harrisonburg, in Lexington 89.9 FM) WVVTF (NPR Radio out of Charlottesville, in Lexington 101.9 FM) TOP OF PAGE	Reference Bartlett's Familiar Quotations Community Contact List RefDesk Science.gov Statistical Resources Toll-Free Directories Wikipedia World Almanac World-wide Telephone Directories Yahoo! People Search Zip Codes TOP OF PAGE
Rockbridge County Fine Arts in Rockbridge (FAIR) Glasgow, VA History of Goshen Rockbridge Area Community Profile Rockbridge Area Information Line (RAIL) Rockbridge County Demographics Rockbridge County Government Webpage Rockbridge Forum Rockbridge Online Rockbridge Partnership The Maury Service Authority TOP OF PAGE	Tax Information 1040.com Economic Stimulus Payments Information Center Internal Revenue Service Virginia Department of Taxation TOP OF PAGE	Television Fox 21/27 (Lynchburg) WBRA Blue Ridge Public TV (PBS Roanoke) WDBJ 7 (CBS Roanoke) WSET 13 (ABC Lynchburg) WSLS 10 (NBC Roanoke) WVPT 51 (PBS Harrisonburg) TOP OF PAGE
Universities and Colleges College Net Dabney S. Lancaster Community College Graduate School Rankings Hollins University Mary Baldwin College Peterson's Guide to Colleges and Universities Southern Virginia University State Council for Higher Education for Virginia VA Colleges and Universities Virginia Military Institute Washington & Lee University TOP OF PAGE	Virginia State Agencies Dept. of Environmental Quality Dept. of Game & Inland Fisheries Dept. of Motor Vehicles (DMV) Dept. of Transportation Dept. of Vital Records VA Dept. of Social Services VA Mass Appraisal Network VA Natural Resources Conservation Services VA Soil & Water Conservation Districts VA State Corporation Commission TOP OF PAGE	Virginia State Government Code of VA Commonwealth of VA Governer Tim Kaine Stimulus Funds Supreme Court of VA VA General Assembly VA State and Local Government on the Net VA Statewide Information & Referral System VA Statistics (Weldon Cooper Center, UVA) VA Town Hall TOP OF PAGE
Voter Information Federal Election Commission OpenSecrets VA State Board of Elections VoteSmart (Don't know who represents you? Click here!) TOP OF PAGE	Weather and Climate National Integrated Drought Information System National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Old Farmer's Almanac The Weather Channel U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's Climate Change Website VA State Climatology Office TOP OF PAGE