Links that you might find useful.
To get info from the Internal Revenue Service
To see Publication 17, a guide to doing individual tax returns.
To get the status of your refund
Most of my clients are in California, here is the link for the FranchiseTax Board
Refund status for CA
For those of you in other states, Google usually works well if you just enter taxes and the state you are interested in.
Valuation guide for donated items, for use with Schedule A and for 8283