Online Resources

Abbreviations.com is the world's largest and most comprehensive directory and search engine for acronyms, abbreviations and initialisms on the Internet. Abbreviations.com holds hundreds of thousands of entries organized by a large variety of categories from computing and the Web to governmental, medicine and business and it is expanding daily.

Population finder, people, housing, business & government. Data, tools and factsheets. Brought to you by the US Census Bureau.

ASES Programs Make a Difference! For more than 50 years, the nonprofit American Solar Energy Society has been leading the renewable energy revolution. Through our various programs we are increasing the use of solar energy across the U.S.

Autotropolis.com is dedicated to consumers who are researching and buying new or used vehicles.The site provides interactive tools for car shoppers to complete their research.

• Check out a business or charity
• File a complaint
• Use the resource library
• Use the dispute resolution services
• Compliment a business
• Find a local bureau

Grand County Business and Economic Development Association (BEDA) is launching the Main Street Efficiency Initiative February 1, 2011. Through this Program, small- and medium-sized businesses will be eligible to receive up to $2000 in energy efficiency rebates for facility assessments, lighting retrofits, re-commissioning services, and setback thermostats.

The World Factbook provides information on the history, people, government, economy, geography, communications, transportation, military, and transnational issues for 266 world entities. Our Reference tab includes: maps of the major world regions, flags of the world, a physical map of the world, a political map of the world, standard time zones of the world map, a kids page.

The new and revised Colorado Grants Guide is the premier online funding tool specifically created for nonprofit and community-based organizations in Colorado. The guide is produced by the Community Resource Center, a nonprofit with 30 years of experience connecting grant-seekers with grant-makers. This guide will provide you with: Continuously updated funder profiles, library access via an Internet connection, an easy-to-use “search screen”, a quick way to target funders who are interested in your funding needs and, immediate access to a foundation’s website (when available).This online guide is available for use on any public access computer at all 5 Grand County Library District locations. Logins are restricted to one person per branch at a time.  Please see a staff member for assistance.

ConsumerReports.org is your trusted one-stop shopping resource complete with: 1000+ Ratings, reviews, expert buying advice, product comparisons, consumer user reviews, and product video clips. Proven product reliability data. Complete product specifications. Frequently updated information. Quick recommendations. A Shop Online feature. 100% unbiased because we take no outside advertising. This is a paid database through Grand County Library District. When you visit the site below, you will be instructed to type in your library card number (whole number, no spaces). The EBSCO databases available to you will be listed after you sign in.

At ConsumerSearch, we strive to make our content objective and precise; at no point are our editors influenced by advertising or other commercial considerations. Our goal is to report the truth about what experts and users are saying as well as important developments in each product category we cover.

Health information for the whole family. Health tools, smart parent guide, healthy living, seniors, over the counter drug guide, conditions A-Z, men & women, and more. This site complies with the HONcode standard for trustworthy health.

As the only online reference site created specifically for libraries, Britannica Online® Public Library Edition contains comprehensive content for all patrons—from elementary students to college students, from business professionals to curious seniors. Whether it’s frogs or physics, gardening or geography, Britannica Online® Public Library Edition covers it all. Extensive and thorough yet intuitive and fast, this powerful collection delivers trustworthy information. This is a paid database through Grand County Library District. When you visit the site, you will be instructed to type in your library card number (whole number, no spaces). 
 

Use this site to get rid of the Energy Hogs in your home, and start saving money and energy. Check out their kids website, teacher resources, tax credit info, energy audits and more.

Today, Federal Student Aid performs a range of critical functions that include, among others:

• Educating students and families on the process of obtaining aid;
• Processing millions of student financial aid applications each year;
• Disbursing billions of dollars in aid funds to students through schools;
• Enforcing financial aid rules and regulations;
• Servicing millions of student loan accounts, and securing repayment from borrowers who have defaulted on their loans; and
• Operating information technology systems and tools that manage billions in student aid dollars.

Contemporary Authors provides complete biographical and bibliographical information and references on more than 120,000 U.S. and international authors.Contemporary Literary Criticism contains an extensive collection of critical essays on contemporary authors. This is a paid database through Grand County Library District. When you visit the site below, you will be instructed to type in your library card number (whole number, no spaces).

Glassdoor is a free career resource helping job-seekers and students get an inside look at over 28,000 companies-including company salaries, reviews and interview questions posted anonymously by employees and job seekers.

NIH is the nation’s medical research agency - making important medical discoveries that improve health and save lives.

The International Children's Digital Library (ICDL) is a research project funded primarily by the National Science Foundation (NSF), the Institute for Museum and Library Services (IMLS), and Microsoft Research to create a digital library of outstanding children's books from all over the world. The materials in the collection, all presented in the original languages in which they were published, reflect similarities and differences in cultures, societies, interests, and lifestyles of peoples around the world.

KeyTrain is the complete interactive training system for career readiness skills, based on ACT's WorkKeys^® assessment system and the National Career Readiness Certificate. Please call Granby Workforce Center Phone: (970) 887-1857 or granby@cwfc.net to get your username and password for FREE today!


 

The official U.S. Government site for Medicare. Health & drug plans, facilities & doctors, eligibility, coverage, application, manage your health.

All music in the Mutopia Project is free to download, print out, perform and distribute.1672 pieces of music are now available.

Nationalatlas.gov™ contains a remarkable range of products and services to meet the diverse needs of people who are looking for maps and geographic information about America. Within this Web site, we offer the following products and services.

• Printable maps
• Wall maps
• Dynamic maps
• Map articles
• Map layers

Games and music by educational topic:

• Reading Games
• Letter Games
• Number Games
• Math Games
• Literacy Games
• Spelling Games
• Vocabulary Games

Family friendly Refdesk has three goals: (1) fast access, (2) intuitive and easy navigation and (3) comprehensive content, rationally indexed. Each day on the Net begins anew with a visit to First Things First. To stay current with additions to refdesk, see New Sites Added during the week. Other features include Indispensable Sites and Editor's Picks. 

We are the online teacher resource that is designed to help busy Kindergarten through High School teachers.

• 42,000+ lesson plans
• 9,000 free printable worksheets
• rubrics
• teaching tips
• worksheet makers
• web quests
• math worksheets
• teacher resources

Official information and services from the U.S. government. CareerOneStop: Tools and Resources for Job Seekers Employment Assistance and Services – Local and Regional Programs of the U.S. Department of Labor. Employment for Visitors to the U.S. Government Jobs and Kids' Career Sites.