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Atlases
- US Census Bureau Cartographic Information
- US Geological Survey
- Modern Language Association US Language Map
Almanacs
- Census Bureau American FactFinder
- UVA Geostat Center - US Historical Census Information (1790-1960)
- CIA World Fact Book
- United Nations World Population Database
Dictionaries/Thesauri
- Merriam Webster Online Dictionary and Thesaurus
- Biographical Dictionary
- Glossary of Rhetorical Terms
General Instructional Resources
- Blue Web'n
- Marco Polo
- Kathy Schrock's Guide for Educators
- Federal Resources for Educational Excellence
- Webquest Page at San Diego State University
Encyclopedias
- Encyclopedia Americana
- Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia
- La Nueva Enciclopedia Umbre
- New Book of Knowledge
- New Popular Book of Science
- America the Beautiful
- Lands and Peoples
- World Book
(See the librarian to get login and passwords for home use.)
Literature
- American Writers
- Cyberguides
- Discover Shakespeare: Folger Shakespeare Library
- Geoffrey Chaucer Website
- Guys Read
- The Classroom Electric
Dickinson, Whitman, and American Culture. - Teen Reads
- UNC Library of Southern Literature
News Sources and Current Events
Plagiarism
Quotations
Science
U. S. and World History
- American Memory Collection at the Library of Congress
- Arizona Archives Online
- Avalon Project at Yale
- American Presidents: Life Portraits
- Domesday Book
- German Resistance Memorial Center
- History Matters the U.S. Survey Course on the Web
- Northwest Digital Archives
- Online Archive of California
- Rocky Mountain Digital Archives
- Smithsonian Photographs
- The Geography of Slavery in Virginia
- UNC Documenting the American South
Primary Resources for the Study of Southern History, Literature, and Culture. - U.S. National Archives
- U.S. National Archives EYEWITNESS
- Verterans History Project