Subscription Services
(All links below require a user name and password)
Electric
Library
Sirs Research
Facts.com
Origins Online - Catholic
News Service
NetTrekker
- an academic search engine
NoodleTools - bibliography tool
Visual Thesaurus - an interactive dictionary and thesaurus
Science Online - extensive definitions, essays, diagrams, biographies, and experiments.
PowerMediaPlus.com
- access to digital video and audio organized by curriculum
Delaware County Intermediate Unit (DCIU)
iSafe - internet safety education, scroll down to the iEDUCATOR Times - a monthly newsletter (no log on required)
Primary Sources
In the First Person - an index to letters, diaries, oral histories and personal narratives. |
Research
Information
Literacy
Ask tough
questions
Research Rubric
Research Guide
(All of the above are from the Virtual Library of Springfield
Township School District.)
Annotated
Bibliography - how to prepare one
Answers.com
- A free, reference search service
Web
Evaluation Guide - Kathy Schrock's Guide for Educators
NoodleTools - Smart Tools, Smart Research
Librarians Index to the
Internet
FindSounds
Specialized
Search Engines and Directories
Four
Nets for Better Searching
Backflip -
(bookmark server)
Directory of Open
Access Journals -free, full text, quality controlled scientific
and scholarly journals
Official
Statistics on the Web - official statistics from countries,
government agencies and intergovernmental organizations
The Copyright
Society
Copyright
Kids
Intute
- resources for education and research
Digital
Librarian - a directory of resources
Basic Steps in Research - a guideline for the research process
Answers.com - a search engine that's easy to use, creates it's own citations and has a teacher resource center.
National Geographic Collection |
General/Lesson Plans
InfoPlease - Dictionary, atlas, almanacs, and encyclopedia
Citation Machine - an interactive Web tool to assist in producing reference citations
The Gateway to Educational Materials - Lesson plans and activities
Education Oasis - a teacher-created, independent site
Scholastic Teachers - lesson plans, teaching strategies and tools
SearchAbility - A-Z List of Guides To Specialized Search Engines
Dogpile Web Search Page - searches Google, Yahoo, AltaVista, Ask Jeeves, About, LookSmart, Overture, Teoma
Marco Polo - lesson plans
Educator's Reference Desk - links, lesson plans and question database
Education World - lesson plans and more
Filamentality - a guide to creating online learning activities
The Webquest Page - authored by Bernie Dodge
ALA Reference Sites - Best free reference sites
UChannel - a collection of public affairs lectures, panels and events from academic institutions all over the world
SmartTeaching.org - list of educational videos available on youtube |
English
Writer's Workshop - Holt, Rinehart, and Winston resources
Litline.com - an online resource for the study of Literature
doollee.com - information on over 30,000 Plays produced or published in English since 1956
Purdue University Writing Lab - List of handouts on the mechanics of writing
Literary Resources on the Net (Lynch) - English and American Literature
Shakespeare Resource Center |
Religion
The Catholic Encyclopedia - interests, action and doctrine
CyberFaith - Catholic Resources for People of Faith
Saint Mary's Press - nonprofit, Catholic publisher
Catholic Online - news service
Vatican: the Holy See - information past and present
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Philadelphia - home page of archdiocese
Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur
Homepage - home page of congregation
Papal
Encyclicals Online - Papal and other official documents of the
Catholic Church
American Catholic - reliable information on the Catholic and Christian faith |
Fine Arts
Artcyclopedia: The Fine Art Search Engine - a guide to museum quality art
Classics for Kids - music classics all genres, music dictionary, teacher resources
Getty ArtsEdNet Home Page - authored by the J. Paul Getty Museum
Timeline of Art
History - by the Metropolitan Museum of Art |
Social Studies
Ben's Guide to
U.S. Government
CIA
Factbook - Reference maps, Country profiles, flags
National
Geographic
Philadelphia
Historical Digital Image Library
Voices of Civil
Rights
The Library of Congress
- History, Culture, Legislation Information, and Online Galleries
CIA Factbook - Reference maps, Country profiles, flags
Google Search Government and Military sites
American
Memory
AmericanPresident.org
- Miller Center of Public Affairs - University of Virginia - bios,
time charts and organizational graphs
U.S.
Department of State - Background Notes -
factual publications about land, people, history, government,
political conditions, economy, and foreign relations
Digital
History - high-quality historical resources
Constitution Day Resources - from Gwenydd Mercy Library
United Nations Cyberschoolbus - information and resources about international affairs
International Crisis Group - history and current analysis of potential crisis locations
US Census - quick facts about US states
FactCheckED - lesson plans with tech, social studies, information literacy, and critical thinking correlations
Constitution Finder - offers constitutions, charters, amendments, and other related documents.
HotChalk - NBC news archives dateing to the early 1930s; emphasis on U.S. History
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Science and Mathematics
Biology/Chemistry Hub - online education center
Discover Magazine
Scientific American
ActionBioscience.org - examines bioscience issues
Nature Publishing Group
MadSciNetwork - answers to questions
Rader's CHEM4KIDS.COM - Chemistry basics and related activities
American Institute of Biological Sciences - current research
ScienceWorld - resource for Math and Science
National
Center for Biotechnology Information - links to the National
Library of Medicine and the National Institute of Health
Online Periodic Table of Elements- From the Jefferson Lab, Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility
Scirus is a science-specific search engine for grades 6-12. You can search by keyword, refine your search, save and/or e-mail your search results. The focus is on Web sites containing only scientific content.
The Periodic Table of Videos - a collection of videos for each element in the table.
Science Fair Projects - from the Librarian List-Serv
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Foreign Languages
Spanish Grammar Exercises
La Gramática Española
Learn Spanish
E. L. Easton Online - Materials for Teaching and Learning - English and Foreign Languages.
Classics Unveiled - Latin vocabulary, mythology, and Roman history
ePALS - a community of collaborative classrooms
Spanish-speaking Countries' Major Holidays - |
