Science
IPL'S
Science Fair Resource Page
links to help you from project start to finish
The Why Files
Why are you hungry? Why is the ocean growing more acidic?
Stars and
Constellations
From the Washburn Observatory
Physics.org
Your guide to physics on the web
Periodic Table of Elements on
the Web
Click on an element to find out more info
Regents Exam Prep Center
Pick your subject and review
Math
Ask
Dr. Math
Convert it! @
Convertit.com
Includes measurements and currency
Literature
Refdesk 's Literature
Page
Links to literature published electronically
Litfinder
Literature
Resource Center
Simply type in the novel, play, short story or author's name - results
may include:
Literary Criticism (straight from reference books), biographies, topic
and work overviews, primary documents,
book reviews, and additional sites.
Bartleby.com
Literary terms
from Virtual Salt
History
U.S. Historical Documents
from the University of Oaklahoma Law School
Electronic versions of historical documents in chronilogical order -
from Colonial times to the present
Our
Documents.gov
Issues
and Controversies in American History
Includes the case for and against different issues, including primary
documents, articles and essays.
Also includes bibliography (books the database used to compile the
information), suggested websites
and more!
Constitution of
the United States
Emory Law School
EBooks (Print
Books Online)
You can browse real books online! The content is the SAME!
They are just digitally entered and placed online. Search in the search
boxes for your topic.
Scroll to the bottom of the entry for the citation.
Credo
Reference
Gale
Virtual Reference Library
Project Gutenberg Downloadable
books that are in the public domain.
Art and Music
Oxford
Art Online
Oxford
Music Online
Mythology
Greek Mythology
Mostly information about characters featured in myths
Mythology Guide
contains copies of myths
Theoi
Theoi Greek Mythology - information about characters, including
some full myths
Greek Mythology
Ebooks about Greek Mythology
Encyclopedia of Religion in the GALE
VIRTUAL REFERENCE LIBRARY
Who's Who in Classical Mythology & Brewer's Dictionary of
Phrase and Fable, available in CREDO
REFERENCE CENTER
Inventions
Scientists, Inventors and Explorers
(http://www.juliantrubin.com/sciencebiography.html)
This site offers links to biographic information about different
scientists. You can look at information on Natural and Social
scientists by the subject they study. Different links are posted
for each area of science, including time lines and scientist's
biographies. This site should be used for historical information
regarding specific sciences.
The Great Idea
Finder History Page
(http://www.ideafinder.com/history/index.html)
Select Invention Facts and Myths and look
for your invention! This site also includes inventor biographies,
timelines, and innovation articles. The
Great Idea Finder site was created by
the Vaunt Design Group to promote the progress of science and useful
arts by providing a showcase for innovation.
Famous
Inventions-A History of Inventions at About.com
(http://inventors.about.com/library/bl/bl12.htm)
A list of famous inventions from A-Z. Most entries have
substantial information regarding key moments in the development,
and information about the inventor.
Famous Inventors - The History of Famous Inventors at About.com
(http://inventors.about.com/library/bl/bl1_1.htm)
A list of famous inventors from A-Z. Some entries have information
about the inventor taken from primary sources, such as speeches and
letters. Entries also contain links for other related topics (for
example, the history of the windshield wipers may have links to the
inventions of automobiles).
MIT's Invention
Dimension
http://web.mit.edu/invent/invent-main.html
Includes the Inventor of the week, the inventor's handbook and a links
& resources guide.
Zoom School from
Enchanted Learning
http://www.zoomschool.com/inventors/
Archive of the history of hundreds of inventions.
Citations
Son of Citation Machine
(http://citationmachine.net/)
Select the style of Citation you need (in high school, you usually will
use MLA style), then select the type of source you need cited (book,
website, article) and fill in the particulars.
Easybib
Commercial site where creating an MLA citation is free. APA citations
have to be paid for.
Get an Article
Magazine
and Newspaper Databases
From Home - you need to type in your library
barcode, located on your library card.
Type your subject in the search box. You may want to click the "FULL
TEXT" box in order to only search for articles that
are available exactly as they appeared in the magazine and/or journal.
If you need "scholarly" journal articles, you should click the
box to mark "peer-reviewed".
Encyclopedias
Grolier's Online
Britanica Online
Ebooks
- Through the Credo Reference
Center
Biography
Biography
Resource Center - type the name of the person you need information
about in the search box.
Includes biographical essays from different reference books, such as
Who's Who, Newsmakers and World Biography.
SAT Help
FreeRice.com
Vocabulary Help (for every word you correctly define, the site donates
20 grains of rice to starving people).
Learning
Express Library - Click on College Preparation, then click
on SATS. Take timed practice tests.
AP Test Prep
Learning Express
Library-
Type the subject and AP in the search box at the top left hand corner,
then take a timed practice test.
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