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Religion & Mythology
Encyclopedia Mythica:
History, definitions and stories
about mythology.
Window to the Universe-World Mythology: has a great section on
world mythology, especillay Roman and Greek.
Patron Saints
Index:
This site has information on
topics with patron saints, and profiles of those saints. Profiles have
portraits, biographical information, areas of patronage, prayers, links
to related sites, readings, etc.
BBC - Religion & Ethics - Religions: Offers
introductions as well as links and articles to many of the world's
religions.
Sociology & Current Events
Gale Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center: Get information
on both sides of numerous controversial topics.
CQ Researcher: Information on current events.
Careers
ACT's
World-of-Work Map: The World-of-Work map
organizes occupations into six clusters, 12 regions, and 26 career areas
(groups of similar jobs). It graphically shows how occupations
relate to each other according to primary work tasks.
Bureau of Labor Statistics:The Occupational Outlook Handbook is now available online and contains information about every job imaginable. Find out what's involved in a job, eduation required, and what kind of salary to expect.
Government
Library of Congress- State and Local Governments: very thorough
information on state and local governments. Also includes maps.
THOMAS (Library of Congress): Information on how federal legislature
works. Includes information on bills in progress.
Language
Dictionary & Thesaurus - YourDictionary:
The
free dictionary search gives you definitions, thesaurus entries,
spelling, pronunciation, and etymology results for your word. Has over
400 different language dictionaries!
Double-Tongued Word Wrestler
Dictionary: A record of undocumented and under-documented
words from the fringes of English.
RhymeZone: A rhyming dictionary and thesauras. Whether
you are writing that perfect poem or finishing up the best song lyrics
ever, the rhymezone can help.
Science
Try Science:
a way to experience the excitement of contemporary science and
technology through on and offline interactivity with science and
technology centers worldwide.
SETI@home:
SETI@home is a scientific experiment that
uses Internet-connected computers in the Search for Extraterrestrial
Intelligence (SETI). You can participate by running a free program that
downloads and analyzes radio telescope data.
A Periodic Table of the Elements:
The Los Alamos National Laboratory's Chemistry division created this
online version of the table of elements.
It's Elemental - Element Flash Card Game: Need to study for
that Chemistry test? Try these element flash cards!
Virtual Frog Dissection Kit Version 2.2: Yup, you can dissect
a frog from the comfort of your own computer- with no mess!
Human Anatomy Online: "Each topic has animations, 100’s of
graphics, and thousands of descriptive links. Study the anatomy of the
human body. It’s fun, interactive, and an ideal reference site for
students or those who just want to know more about the medical
descriptions used by doctors and nurses."
Music, Art, & Movies
The Music Lab: Experiment
the sights and sounds of music at the San Francisco Symphony website.
National Gallery of Art - The Collection: search for works of art
that are in the National Gallery of Art by artist, title, or subject.
Art History Resources on the Web: Numerous art history
resources arranged by historical period or region.
Internet Movie Database: Everything you ever wanted to know about movies & television.
English & Speech
Contemporary Authors:
Author biographies from Gale Literary databases.
The
Complete Works of William Shakespeare: Forget to bring home your
copy of a Midsummer Night's Dream? Have no fear, online
Shakespeare is here! His complete works at your fingertips.
Brought to you by the good folks at MIT.
Monologue Archive: Got an audition? Need something
to say? Find a monologue to fit your style here.
3,750+ Speech Topics: Need something to talk about?
Start here.
SparkNotes:
Today's most popular
study guides.
BibMe: Type in a source title, author, or ISBN number and this website will find it and format it to the citation style that you need. A very quick way to write a bibliography page!
CRLS Research Guide: A step by step guide for writing a
research paper. Very detailed.
History, Geography, & Biographies
Outline Maps: US, World and regional maps. Excellent for printing.
CountryReports.org: Need to know your imports/exports,
GNPs and such from around the world? These guys use sources such
as the CIA's World Fact Book to get their information and organize it in
a user-friendly way.
American Memory: Does your project require primary
resources? Loads of historical documents and primary resources
available here from the Library of Congress.
Wisconsin
Electronic Reader:
Stories, essays, letters, poems, biographies, and journals from
WIsconsin history. Great illustrations.
Smithsonian Institute's Presidency Pages: Biographies,
bibliographies, timelines and more. All you ever needed to know
about the Presidents of the United States.
Presidential Biographies:
Biographies of all the presidents from whitehousekids.org.
Native Americans Biographies:
Famous native Americans.
Native
American Biographies - A to Z:
Indexed list of Native American biographies.
Native
American Tribes and Cultures:
Indexed list of Native American tribes.
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