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Conumer & Business Information
Better Business Bureau http://www.bbb.org/myrtle-beach
Bureau of Consumer Protection https://www.consumer.ftc.gov
Charity Navigator https://www.charitynavigator.org
Consumer Product Safety Commission https://www.cpsc.gov
Edmunds Auto Guide https://www.edmunds.com
Eliminate Unwated Catalogs https://www.catalogchoice.org
Fuel Economy and MPG Ratings http://www.fueleconomy.gov
Gas Buddy http://www.gasbuddy.com
iSeeCars https://www.iseecars.com
Kelley Blue Book https://www.kbb.com
NADA http://www.nada.com
National Insurance Crime Bureau https://www.nicb.org
Product reviews, news & price comparisons https://www.cnet.com
Standard Industrial Classification https://www.osha.gov/pls/imis/sicsearch.html
Vehicle History https://www.vehiclehistory.com
Vehicle Safety Information https://www.safercar.gov

 

Credit Bureaus
Equifax https://www.equifax.com/personal
Experian http://www.experian.com
Free Credit Reports https://www.annualcreditreport.com/index.action
TransUnion http://www.transunion.com

 

Dictionaries / Quotations / Acronyms
Acronym Finder http://www.acronymfinder.com
Bartleby Quotations http://www.bartleby.com/quotations
Dictionary http://www.dictionary.com
Miriam Webster https://www.merriam-webster.com
Rhyming Dictionary http://www.rhymezone.com
Thesaurus http://www.thesaurus.com

 

Education
Affordable Colleges Online https://www.affordablecollegesonline.org
College Rankings http://colleges.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/best-colleges
GED Information http://hcae.horrycountyschools.net/pages/HorryCountyAdultEducation/GED_Testing
Horry County Schools http://www.horrycountyschools.net/pages/Horry_County_Schools
Kahn Academy https://www.khanacademy.org
Online Practice Tests https://www.testprepreview.com
Peterson's (College Information) https://www.petersons.com
US Department of Education https://www.ed.gov

 

Employment
S.C. Dept. of Employment and Workforce (DEW) - Benefits Portal http://dew.sc.gov
S.C. Dept. of Employment and Workforce (DEW) - Job Search Portal https://jobs.scworks.org/vosnet
USA Jobs https://www.usajobs.gov

 

Entertainment
Free Sheet Music https://www.8notes.com
Internet Movie Database http://www.imdb.com
Lottery Results http://www.lotteryusa.com
Metacritic Reviews http://www.metacritic.com
South Carolina Education Lottery http://www.sceducationlottery.com/index.aspx
Urban Legends http://urbanlegends.about.com

 

Financial Information
Bankrate http://www.bankrate.com
Consumer Price Index https://stats.bls.gov/news.release/cpi.nr0.htm
Currency Converter https://www.oanda.com/currency/converter
Salary & Wage Surveys https://www.bls.gov/ces
Stock Quotes (Back to 1985) http://bigcharts.marketwatch.com

 

Genealogy
Civil War Maps http://historicalcharts.noaa.gov/historicals/search
Civil War Soldiers & Sailors System https://www.nps.gov/civilwar/soldiers-and-sailors-database.htm
Family Genealogy & History Internet Education http://www.academic-genealogy.com
Find A Grave https://www.findagrave.com
Grand Strand Genealogy Club https://www.scgsgc.org/
Horry County Historical Society http://www.hchsonline.org
NCHS Vital Records https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/w2w
Roots Web http://home.rootsweb.ancestry.com
SC State Library - Obituaries http://guides.statelibrary.sc.gov/c.php?g=533677&p=4842249#Horry
SC State Library - Resources http://guides.statelibrary.sc.gov/c.php?g=533677&p=3724850
US Gen Web Project:  State by State Information http://www.usgenweb.org

 

Geography / Maps / Travel
Countries A-Z http://www.atlapedia.com/online/country_index.htm
The Fifty States http://www.50states.com
Flight Aware - Live Flight Tracking http://flightaware.com
Google Maps - World Gazetteer http://www.maplandia.com
Mapquest https://www.mapquest.com
Myrtle Beach International Airport http://www.flymyrtlebeach.com
National Map - Small Scale https://nationalmap.gov/small_scale
UT's Online Map Collection http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps
Travel Distance Calculator http://www.mapcrow.info
The World Factbook https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook

 

Government
Citizenship and Immigration https://www.uscis.gov
Internal Revenue Service https://www.irs.gov
National Traffic & Road Closures https://www.fhwa.dot.gov/trafficinfo
Patent & Trademark Office https://www.uspto.gov
South Carolina Government Online Services http://www.sc.gov
South Carolina Legislature http://www.scstatehouse.gov
US Census Bureau https://www.census.gov
US Postal Service http://www.usps.com
US Statistical Abstract https://www.census.gov/library/publications/time-series/statistical_abstracts.html
USA.gov https://www.usa.gov

 

Grants
Chronicle of Philanthropy https://www.philanthropy.com
Foundation Center http://foundationcenter.org
Government Grants https://www.grants.gov

 

Health & Medicine
Centers for Disease Control & Prevention CDC https://www.cdc.gov
LLR - Doctor License Lookup http://www.llr.state.sc.us/pol/medical
Mayo Clinic http://www.mayoclinic.org
MedLine Plus https://medlineplus.gov
National Health Information Center https://healthfinder.gov
RxList http://www.rxlist.com/script/main/hp.asp
South Carolina Health Resources http://www.sc.gov/HealthAndSafety/Pages/default.aspx
US Department of Health & Human Services https://www.hhs.gov
WebMD http://www.webmd.com

 

Learn a Language
BBC Languages http://www.bbc.co.uk/languages
Foreign Language Dictionary http://dictionaries.travlang.com
Foreign Service Institute Language Courses https://www.livelingua.com/fsi-language-courses.php
Google Translate https://translate.google.com
Microsoft Language Translator https://www.bing.com/translator

 

Legal Resources
Civil (non-criminal) Case Assistance http://www.sclegal.org
Free Legal Resources http://www.lawhelp.org/sc
Horry County Police Department http://police.horrycounty.org
Myrtle Beach Police Department http://police.cityofmyrtlebeach.com
SC Law Enforcement Division - SLED http://www.sled.sc.gov

 

Local
AA Meetings (Alcoholics Annonymous) Myrtle Beach Area http://area62.org/lookup.php
American Red Cross http://www.redcross.org/find-your-local-chapter?_requestid=373337
Art in the Park http://discoversouthcarolina.com/products/25769
Coast RTA http://coastrta.com/about-coast-rta
Goodwill http://www.goodwill.org
Horry County - Heroin Coalition http://www.horrycounty.org/Departments/Solicitor/HeroinCoalition.aspx
Horry County Literacy Council https://horrycountyliteracy.org
NA Meetings (Narcotics Annonymous) Myrtle Beach https://www.sober.com/meetings/na
SC Dept of Motor Vehicles http://www.scdmvonline.com
The Sun News http://www.myrtlebeachonline.com
Tide Tables - Springmaid Pier, Myrtle Beach, SC https://tidesandcurrents.noaa.gov/map
United Way of Horry County http://unitedwayhorry.org
United Way 211 South Carolina (Local Assistance) http://www.uwasc.org/2-1-1
Waccamaw Audubon Society http://www.waccamawaudubon.org
 
Locating People
Anywho Phone Directory http://www.anywho.com/whitepages
Area Code Directory https://www.nationalnanpa.com/number_resource_info/area_code_maps.html
Crisscross and Reverse Directory http://www.infobel.com/en/world
Spokeo http://www.spokeo.com
Switchboard - Internet Phonebook http://www.switchboard.com
Whitepages https://www.whitepages.com
ZabaSearch http://www.zabasearch.com/search_menu
Zip Code Directory https://tools.usps.com/go/ZipLookupAction_input

 

MISC Reference
Artcyclopedia http://www.artcyclopedia.com
Biographical Dictionary http://www.s9.com
Calendars https://www.timeanddate.com/calendar
Measurement Converter http://m.convert-me.com/en
Wolfram Alpha http://www.wolframalpha.com

 

Research
Documents of American History https://www.ourdocuments.gov
Guinness World Records http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com
Internet Public Library http://www.ipl.org
Information Please http://www.infoplease.com
Pros and Cons of Controversial Issues http://www.procon.org
Shmoop - Study Guides http://www.shmoop.com

 

Search Engines
Bing http://www.bing.com
Duck-Duck-Go http://www.duckduckgo.com
Google http://www.google.com
Yahoo http://www.yahoo.com

 

Weather
National Weather Service http://www.weather.gov
The Old Farmer's Almanac http://www.almanac.com
The Weather Channel https://www.weather.com
Weather Underground https://www.wunderground.com