Charlotte-Glades Library System
Reference Links
- Banking
- Business
- Charlotte County
- Collectibles
- Consumer
- Countries
- Encyclopedias
- Employment
- Florida
- Forms
- Genealogy
- History
- IRS Tax Forms
- Legal and Government
- Medical and Health
- Newspapers
- Poetry
- Search Engines
- Statistics
- Tax Forms & Help
- Telephone Directories
- Vital Records
FDIC Institution Directory
Search a bank’s income and expenses, assets and liabilities, as well as performance and condition ratios.
Bankrate.com
Click on research your bank located on the lower left side of the page. Then select banks/thrifts. You can see how a particular bank is rated. You can search by state or city or by institution’s name.
Savings Bonds
Bureau of the Public Debt Online
Click savings bond calculator located under “What are your bonds worth”. Then click get started. Choose the series and denomination of your bond from the series and denomination drop down boxes. Enter the two-digit month (e.g. 01, 12) and four-digit years (e.g. 1986). Click the Add button.
Business Links
- Enter your Charlotte—Glades Library Card Number in both the Username and Password boxes. You can then select the Business Database or the Residential Database.
- To search residential phone numbers, enter the last name, first name, city and state in the appropriate search boxes.
- To search phone numbers, enter the ten-digit phone number in the phone digit box at the bottom center of the page. Do not use hyphens between the digits. Example: enter 9419999999 instead of 941-999-9999
- To search for a particular company, first click on the Business Database. Enter the name of the company in the company name box in the quick search section. Click search now—it gives you information on employee size, estimated sales, and credit ratings. Linkage arrows up will take you to the corporate headquarters of that company; linkage arrows down will take you to the subsidiary of that company.
Searching for a type of business or service in a certain geographic area involves several steps:
- Step 1: Click custom search top left middle of page
- Step 2: Click heading or SIC under yellow pages
- Step 3: Click create search form - a black oval box
- Step 4: Enter type of business or service in yellow page heading box
- Step 5: Click search now-black oval box
- Step 6: Take down the SIC number or numbers
- Step 7: Click the back button twice to the quick search/custom search page
- Step 8: Click primary SIC under yellow pages
- Step 9: Click city and state under geography selects
- Step 10: Click create search form
- Step 11: Enter SIC code or codes in square boxes
- Step 12: Go down page and select state and city name
- Step 13: Click search now
Hoover’s Online Obtain company data, such as basic financial information and company officers.
MyFlorida.Com
Find out about starting a business in Florida, as well as business licenses, permits and regulations
Florida Department of State Forms
Obtain Florida corporation forms (profit and non-profit)
Small Business Administration (SBA)
Contains detailed information on how to start, finance and expand a small business. Has a good example of constructing a business plan under the starting portion of the site.
Big Charts
Search for historical stock quotes. Some stocks go back to 1970.
Bank Rate Monitor
Research credit cards, money markets, mortgages, and personal loans.
Charlotte County Links
Charlotte County Tax Collector
Click on record search on the bottom of the page. You can search real property records, tangible personal property records, as well as sales records.
Our Town Charlotte
Contains links to clubs and organizations, as well as education and employment.
Charlotte County Government Departments
Click on the department of your choice.
Charlotte County Government Online
Can search County Charter, Board of County Commissioners, Clerk of the Circuit Court, Property Appraiser, and Tax Collector.
Charlotte Physicians Directory
Can search by doctors’ name, or specialty.
Charlotte Sun-Herald
This newspaper has free news archives. You can search their archives from 1996 to the present. Just click search under the quick search box—located on the upper right portion of the site.
Charlotte County Codes of Ordinances
City of Punta Gorda
Click onto various city administration departments of the city of Punta Gorda.
County of Charlotte Property Appraiser
Click record search then select real property records. You can search by Parcel ID, street address or owners name.
Collectibles Links
Collector Online Club Directory
Locate addresses and phone numbers of antiques and collectible clubs.
Antiques Resource Index
Links to antique related resources.
Consumer Links
Consumer Search
Compare the cost and value of a variety of items
Edmunds
Obtain prices and reviews for new cars, new trucks, and used vehicles.
Kelly Blue Book
Obtain used and new car prices.
NADA Guides
Check pricing on automobiles, boats, and recreational vehicles.
Countries
World Factbook
Obtain information about a particular country’s geography, government, and economy.
Employment Links
Charlotte Job Spot
Click job search. Then select a job category or click to view all jobs.
Sun-Herald Classifieds
Click on employment. Select a category or view all jobs.
Charlotte County Public Schools
Go down the page to human resources and click on employment opportunities.
Charlotte County Human Resources
View full-time and part-time positions.
City of Punta Gorda Human Resources
View job opportunities.
Florida State Job Search
Search for job vacancies in the state of Florida. You can click and search positions in various geographical regions of Florida.
Monster Jobs
Search jobs Nationally.
Job Bank
Search jobs Nationally.
SnagaJob
Source for hourly employment.
Encyclopedia Links
Florida Links
Florida State Courts
A great site to obtain family law forms. Click on Opinion and Rules on the left side of the page. Then click on Family Law Forms under court rules.
Florida Government Information Locator
A card catalog of Florida government information on education, business, tourism, consumer issues, history, and culture.
Online Sunshine
Search State House and Senate bills from 1995 to present.
Forms Links
US Government Printing Office
This siteprovides access to the goverment's printing office.
Genealogy Links
Ancestry.com
Enter last name, first name, and state of ancestor or individual. Can also find social security death index, census records, and military records of a particular individual.
Charlotte County Genealogical Society
Cyndi’s list of Genealogy Sites
Contains links to several genealogy web sites.
History Links
The History Net
Has selected and somewhat limited information on a number of historical topics, including world history, American history, Civil War, World War II, and personality profiles
IRS Tax Forms Links
IRS Tax Forms and Publications
List of the State Revenue sites
Legal and Government Links
Charlotte County
Charlotte County Government Web site
Select a department from the quick navigator drop down box
City of Punta Gorda
Click on various city administration departments of the city of Punta Gorda.
Charlotte County Codes of Ordinances
Select frames under new sites. Then wait a few seconds for chapters to load. You can search by chapter or do a keyword search at the top of the page.
Florida
Florida State Courts
A great site to obtain family law forms. Click on Opinion and Rules on the left side of the page. Then click on Family Law Forms under court rules.
Florida Government Information Locator
A card catalog of Florida government information on education, business, tourism, consumer issues, history, and culture.
Online Sunshine
Search State House and Senate Bills from 1995 to present.
Myflorida.com
Click on find an agency to locate various state agencies. Or click on e-government services for driver’s license renewal, fishing and hunting licenses, unemployment and reemployment, and corporate filings and searches. Select a various branch of Florida state government.
Florida Electronic Federal Depository Library
This site offers information on various counties in Florida. Just click on the county and obtain information about the local government, statistical information on the county, as well as county school district information.
Federal
Findlaw-Lawcrawler
Code of Federal Regulations
Easier to search by title number than keyword.
Constitution, Statutes and Codes
Can search U.S. Constitution. U.S. Code, Uniform Commercial Code, as well as many individual statutes.
Thomas-US Congress on the Internet
Authoritative source for searching legislative information.
Welcome to GPO Access
Contains official Federal Government information, including Code of Federal Regulations, Federal Register, Congressional Record, US Code, as well as information on the Legislative, Executive, Judicial, and Regulatory divisions of the Federal Government.
Medical and Health Links
Virtual Hospital
A digital health sciences library designed to meet the information needs of patients and health care providers.
ABMS Directory of Board Certified Medical Specialists
Check if a particular physician is board certified; or locate a Certified Physician in a selected specialty—can search geographically. You will need to register first. Click on Who's certified then Click on register for search service and complete information. you will need an e-mail address to register.
AMA Physician Select
Provides basic information on most licensed physicians in the United States. Can search for a physician by name or medical specialty.
Charlotte Physicians Directory
Can search by physician’s name or specialty.
Merck Manual
Provides easy to use medical information.
Children’s Health
Provides health information about children from neo-natal through adolescence
Medline Plus
Features directories of physicians and hospitals, as well as information on medical diseases and conditions.
RX List - Internet Drug Index
Good site for drug information. Can search by brand name, generic name and pharmacological category.
Nursing Home Compare
Find out a particular nursing home’s inspection results or information about their staff. Select a state and then a county, or search by zip code.
Practitioner Profile Information
This site contains self- reported information about a Florida Physician’s education and training, their liability claims and any disciplinary action.
Newspapers
AJR Newslink
Search newspapers, radio and television stations by individual states. Also contains links to many magazines.
Charlotte Sun-Herald
This newspaper has free news archives. You can search their archives from 1996 to present. Just click search under the quick search box - located on the upper right portion of the site.
Internet Public Library Newspapers
Provides access to many papers all over the world and in many languages.
Newspaper.com
Search newspapers individually by foreign county. Additionally, can locate a United States paper individually by state.
Newspaper Links
Can search U.S. dallies, business papers, and college newspapers. Contains a list of newspaper archives throughout the United States.
Poetry Links
International Library of Poetry
Search for poets by name. Contains many links to individual poets.
Search Engine Links
Statistics Links
Fed Stats
Search Federal Statistics alphabetically.
University of Michigan Documents Center
Contains a wealth of statistical information, but somewhat difficult to use. Categories are listed alphabetically on the left side of the site.
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Allows the option of searching by keyword. Good source for economic and labor related data.
Tax Forms & Help
Internal Revenue Service: Department of Revenue
Site provides IRS tax forms and publications, the Digital Daily, and IRS E-File. Access the downloadable forms. IRS E-File offers electronic filing help and services for both individual and business customers.
AARP Tax-Aide
Offers tax help, location sites, links to IRS publications and forms, resources, and volunteer opportunities.
Florida Department of Revenue
This site provides links to Child Support Taxes, the Unemployment Tax Collection Program, Property Tax, the Tax Law Library, and tax forms, including Intangible Tax. It also covers business and government information for the state of Florida.
Telephone Directory Links
AT+T Anywho Directories
Search individual and business phone numbers. Can locate toll free numbers by business name or category.
555-1212.com
Can search white and yellow pages, area and country codes, and reverse lookup.
Canada 411
Locate businesses and individuals throughout Canada.
Bigbook.com
This site is similar to a national yellow pages. Can search by business name or category, such as rental cars in Portland, Oregon. Additionally, can obtain a map of a particular location and its surrounding area.
Provides both business and residential phone numbers.
Vital Records Links
Vital Records Information
Can search by state. The site lists the mailing address and cost of a particular record.
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