SOCIAL STUDIES

 

Current Events

 

BBC News

http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/index.shtml

 

Flying Inkpot News (International Newspaper Links)

http://www.inkpot.com/news/

 

New York Times Learning Network

http://www.nytimes.com/learning/

 

Newspaper Links

http://www.newspaperlinks.com/home.cfm

 

Newstrawler

http://www.newstrawler.com/nt/nt_home.html

 

Online News Hour
http://www.pbs.org/newshour/
 

Online Newspapers from Around the World: Internet Public Library

http://www.ipl.org/div/news/

 

Rocket Info

http://www.rocketnews.com/2corporate/searchengine.html

 

Government

 

American Choices: Understanding Foreign Policy Debates
http://www.americanchoices.org/

 

American Museum of the Moving Image--The Living Room Candidate: A History of pResidential Campaign Commercials 1952-2000 (Requires Real Player)
http://livingroomcandidate.movingimage.us/index.php

 

Code of Virginia

http://leg1.state.va.us/000/src.htm

 

Economic Statistics Briefing Room

http://www.whitehouse.gov/fsbr/esbr.html

 

Elections 2004
http://www.lib.umich.edu/govdocs/elec2004.html

 

FedStats

http://www.fedstats.gov/

 

FindLaw

http://www.findlaw.com/

 

First Amendment Center
http://www.firstamendmentcenter.org

Free Expression Clearinghouse

http://www.freeexpression.org/

 

Freedominfo.org

http://www.freedominfo.org/

 

Governments on the WWW

http://www.gksoft.com/govt/

 

Legal Information Institute: Supreme Court Collection

http://supct.law.cornell.edu/supct/index.html

 

Oyez Project (Supreme Court Cases)

http://www.oyez.org/oyez/frontpage

 

Project Vote Smart

http://www.vote-smart.org/

 

Social Statistics Briefing Room

http://www.whitehouse.gov/fsbr/ssbr.html

 

U.S. States & Territories (Virginia Government Sites Included)

http://www.loc.gov/law/guide/usstates.html

 

History

 

The African-American Mosaic

http://lcweb.loc.gov/exhibits/african/intro.html

 

American Memory

http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/amhome.html

 

American President
http://www.americanpresident.org/

 

American Presidents:  Life Portraits

http://www.americanpresidents.org/

 

Ancient World Mapping Center
http://www.unc.edu/awmc/

 

The Avalon Project at Yale Law School (African American Biography, Autobiography & History)

http://www.yale.edu/lawweb/avalon/treatise/african_americans.htm

 

Best of History Web Sites

http://www.besthistorysites.net/index.html

 

A Chronology of US Historical Documents

http://www.law.ou.edu/hist/

 

Exploring Ancient World Cultures

http://eawc.evansville.edu/index.htm

 

The Greeks: Crucible of Civilization

http://www.pbs.org/empires/thegreeks/

 

History—American & British: Rutgers University

http://www.libraries.rutgers.edu/rul/rr_gateway/research_guides/history/history.shtml

 

Holocaust Teacher Resource Center

http://www.holocaust-trc.org/

 

Life in Elizabethan England: A Compendium of Common Knowledge

http://renaissance.dm.net/compendium/

 

Middle Ages

http://www.learner.org/exhibits/middleages/

 

National Women’s History Project: Biographies

http://www.nwhp.org/tlp/biographies/biographies.html

 

POTUS: Presidents of the United States

http://www.ipl.org/div/potus/

 

Women’s History Month

http://www.gale.com/free_resources/whm/index.htm

 

U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum

http://www.ushmm.org/

 

Country & Culture Studies

 

Andanzas al Web Latino

http://lib.nmsu.edu/subject/bord/latino.html

 

Asia Source

http://www.asiasource.org/

 

Ask Asia

http://www.askasia.org/

 

Background Notes (Country Profiles)

http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/bgn/

 

Black History: Exploring African-American Issues on the Web

http://www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/BHM/AfroAm.html

 

Black History Month

http://www.gale.com/free_resources/bhm/index.htm

 

CIA World Factbook

http://www.odci.gov/cia/publications/factbook/index.html

 

Countries & Cultures

http://www.mtmercy.edu/lib/culture.htm

 

Flags of the World

http://flagspot.net/flags/

 

Global Edge

http://globaledge.msu.edu/ibrd/ibrd.asp

 
INCORE Internet Country Guides

http://www.incore.ulst.ac.uk/cds/countries/index.html

 

InfoNation

http://www.un.org/Pubs/CyberSchoolBus/infonation/e_infonation.htm

 

Information Please: World

http://www.infoplease.com/world.html

 

International Database (Statistics)

http://www.census.gov/ipc/www/idbnew.html

 

Latin American Network Information Center

http://lanic.utexas.edu/

 

Library of Congress: Country Studies

http://lcweb2.loc.gov/frd/cs/cshome.html
 

Map Machine
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/mapmachine

 

Middle East Network Information Center

http://link.lanic.utexas.edu/menic/

 

Native Web: Resources for Indigenous Peoples Around the World

http://www.nativeweb.org/

 

Tourism Offices Worldwide Directory

http://www.towd.com/

 

 

 

 

 

SCIENCE & MATH

 

Advanced Placement Digital Library
http://apdl.rice.edu/DesktopDefault.aspx

 

Amazing Environmental Organization Web Directory

http://www.webdirectory.com/

 

American Veterinary Medical Association

http://www.avma.org/

 

Chemical Elements

http://www.chemicalelements.com/

 

DNA Interactive
http://www.dnai.org/index.html

 

Endangered Species Program

http://endangered.fws.gov/

 

Environmental Education on the Internet

http://www.eelink.net/

 

IPL: Science Fair Project Resource Guide

http://www.ipl.org/div/kidspace/projectguide/

 

The Math Forum: Internet Mathematics Library

http://mathforum.org/library/
 

National Institute of Environments Health Sciences:  Fact Sheets & Pamphlets

http://www.niehs.nih.gov/oc/factsheets/fsmenu.htm

 

National Weather Service: Tropical Predictions Center

http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/index.shtml

 

Periodic Table of Elements

http://pearl1.lanl.gov/periodic/default.htm

 

PubMed Central: An Archive of Life Science Journals
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?db=PubMed

 

SciCentral (Research News & Journals)

http://www.scicentral.com/

 

Sierra Club: Critical Ecoregions Program

http://www.sierraclub.org/ecoregions/

 

 

 

 

REFERENCE

 

A&E Biography

http://www.biography.com

 

Bartleby.com (Reference Books Online)

http://www.bartleby.com/

 

Encarta Encyclopedia

http://encarta.msn.com/encnet/refpages/artcenter.aspx

 

Free Internet Access to Public Records

http://www.brbpub.com/pubrecsites.asp

 

Internet Public Library

http://www.ipl.org/

 

Library Spot

http://www.libraryspot.com/

 

The Quotations Page

http://www.quotationspage.com/

 

Refdesk.com

http://www.refdesk.com/

 

Reference Shelf

http://libraries.ucsd.edu/refshelf.html

 

Stately Knowledge (50 States)

http://www.ipl.org/div/kidspace/stateknow/skhome.html

 

States and Capitals

http://www.50states.com/

 

UC Berkeley: Finding Information on the Internet—A Tutorial

http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/TeachingLib/Guides/Internet/FindInfo.html

 

 

 

 

ELECTIVES

 

The Arts

 

All Music Guide

http://www.allmusic.com/

 

Art History Resources on the Web

http://witcombe.sbc.edu/ARTHLinks.html

 

The Artchive

http://www.artchive.com/core.html

 

The Artcyclopedia

http://www.artcyclopedia.com/

 

ArtSource: Art Journals Online

http://www.ilpi.com/artsource/journals.html

 

Business

 

Bpubs.com:  The Business Publications Search Engine

http://www.bpubs.com/

 

Global Edge

http://globaledge.msu.edu/ibrd/ibrd.asp

 

Small Business Administration

http://www.sba.gov/

 

Health

 

American Heart Association: Fitness Center

http://www.justmove.org/home.cfm

 

Centers for Disease Control & Prevention

http://www.cdc.gov/

 

CyberDiet

http://www.cyberdiet.com/reg/index.html

 

Diseases, Disorders & Related Topics

http://www.mic.ki.se/Diseases/index.html

 

The Fitness Jumpsite

http://www.primusweb.com/fitnesspartner/

 

Healthfinder

http://www.healthfinder.gov/

 

Medline Plus

http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/

 

Merck Manual

http://www.merck.com/pubs/mmanual/

 

Nutricise: Personalized Nutrition Counseling

http://www.nutricise.com

 

State Health Facts Online

http://www.statehealthfacts.kff.org/cgi-bin/healthfacts.cgi

 

Web MD Health

http://my.webmd.com/webmd_today/home/default

 

Journalism

 

Journalism.org
http://www.journalism.org/

 

Psychology
 

The Psi Cafe: A Psychology Resource Site
http://www.psy.pdx.edu/PsiCafe/
 

Psychiatry Online
http://www.priory.com/psych.htm
 

Psychology WWW Virtual Library
http://www.dialogical.net/psychology/index.html

 

 

 

CAREER EDUCATION

 

College Profiles

http://www.collegeprofiles.com/

 

College View

http://www.collegeview.com/

 

Go College

http://www.gocollege.com/

 

Occupational Outlook Handbook

http://www.bls.gov/search/ooh.asp?ct=OOH

 

The Princeton Review

http://www.princetonreview.com/

 

 

 

 

 

EDUCATION

 

About.com: Secondary School Educators

http://7-12educators.about.com/

 

Busy Teachers’ Web Site

http://www.ceismc.gatech.edu/busyt/

 

Discovery Channel: Lesson Plans Library

http://school.discovery.com/lessonplans/

 

Education World

http://www.education-world.com/

 

Gateway to Educational Materials (GEM)

http://www.thegateway.org/

 
The Educator's Reference Desk

http://www.eduref.org/

 

Kathy Schrock’s Guide for Educators

http://school.discovery.com/schrockguide/

 

LD Online

http://www.ldonline.org/

 

MarcoPolo (Lesson Plans & Resources for All Subjects)

http://www.marcopolo-education.org/index.aspx

 

PBS TeacherSource

http://www.pbs.org/teachersource/

 

Resources for Teaching about the Americas

http://retanet.unm.edu/

 

Smithsonian Center for Education and Museum Studies

http://educate.si.edu/

 

Study Stack
http://www.studystack.com/java-studysta/frames.jsp

 

Web English Teacher

http://www.webenglishteacher.com/