Animal Diversity Web
This is one of my go-to sites for research about animals of all types: mammals, birds, fishes, insects, reptiles, and amphibians. Includes information about habitat and behavior.

BBC Nature/Wildlife
My new favorite web site for animal research. This site includes background information, images, video clips, and news articles about animals of all types. Enjoy!

Enature.com
An online field guide for nature and wildlife information. The site's core content of wildlife information covers nearly 6,000 species. This is the same data set used to create the printed Audubon Filed Guides and all the data has been reviewed by scientists.

Encyclopedia of Life
A free online global collaborative encyclopedia intended to document all of the 1.9 million named species of animals, plants and other forms of life on earth. Includes species overviews, maps, and various media (images, sounds, and video).

Journey North: A Global Study of Animal Migration and Seasonal Change
This site from Annenberg Learner is full of information, pictures, slide shows, and video clips and chances to participate in research.

Nat Geo Wild: Animals
This site from National Geographic includes facts, maps, images and videos on animals from A to Z. The scope is not as comprehensive as the BBC site or Animal Diversity Web, but there is much useful information.

Nova: Nature
An excellent new beta site filled with text, images and multimedia coverage of animals.

Many animals have a selection of sites devoted specifically to them. Be sure to check on the reliability of the site and verify that the information is scholarly, accurate, current, and unbiased. See, for example:

http://hawaiihumpbackwhale.noaa.gov/

http://www.polarbearsinternational.org/

http://www.tigersincrisis.com/

Images of Animals

Many photographs are copyright protected. Be sure to check that the images you use are in the public domain. This means you are free to download and use them. Remember to cite images in your research the way you cite any other source.

Imagine Animals: Images of Earth's Vanishing Animals

National Geographic Animals
Click the Photos link on the National Geographic Animals page and you will find a wealth of great animal photos.

National Digital Library of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
This is a great database of  images in the public domain.

BBC

CNN

The Drudge Report

Livestation 
Livestation gives you access to Arab, Asian and European news channels (Al Jazeera TV, France 24, Russia Today, China Central Television, BBC World Service Radio, and more).

MSNBC

Mother Jones 

NPR

The ONION 
"America's finest news source," they say.

Open Secrets
The web site of the Center for Responsive Politics.

PBS

Reuters

Slatest 
"The most important news and commentary to read right now," says Slate Magazine.

Village Voice

Sports News:

ESPN

Current Events:

CNN.com Archives 
The CNN Archives feature special in-depth reports on key current American and World events, issues and personalities. Most special reports supply historical overviews, articles, photographs, timelines or chronologies, video clips, maps, interviews and sources.

Frontline/World 

Intute: Science, Engineering and Technology
An interesting new site from the University of Manchester. Hot topics section includes links to key sites and useful resources for topical subjects. Each month a member of the Intute sciences team selects a subject area of interest and provides links to key sites and resources for that topic.

NOW with David Brancaccio
Current issues in politics, economy, science, art, culture, community. PBS NOW hosted by David Brancaccio.

Today's Document from the National Archives 
Each day, a new document relevant to current issues is presented, along 
with related classroom resources and research resources.

Youthink!
Produced by a group of young people at World Bank in an effort to educate today's youth about current issues, to encourage them to share stories, and empower them to take action.

Newspapers and News Magazines

For the full text of past and current articles in The Christian Science Monitor, The Economist, The New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and other national newspapers and news magazines, see ProQuest on the Databases library web page.

The Christian Science Monitor

The Daily Progress

The Economist

The New York Times

Washington Post

BBC Country Profiles

Country Studies/Area Handbook
Federal Research Division, Library of Congress

Library of Congress Global Gateway: World Culture and Resources

Library of Congress Portals to the World
This is an enormously useful and comprehensive source of links to electronic resources from around the world, selected by Library of Congress subject experts, searchable by country and topic. The site was taken down in September of 2010 for a thorough review of content and may not be currently available.

United States Department of State Background Notes
The following are all excellent research sites as well, though they may take more exploring.

World Factbook/U.S. Central Intelligence Agency

Other excellent sites include:

Council on Foreign Relations
An independent, nonpartisan organization devoted to understanding foreign governments and America's role in international relations.

Economist Country Briefings
Economist Newspaper, Ltd. Search for articles listed by country.

Electronic Embassy 
Provides links to all of the embassies in Washington D.C. and country-specific web links whenever possible.

Foreign Government Resources on the Web
An excellent resource from the library of the University of Florida.

LANIC: Latin American Network Information Center
Teresa Lozano Long Institute of Latin American Studies, University of Texas, Austin. This site includes a great deal of good country information and links.

National Geographic Online
The official site of the National Geographic Society includes lots of textual information and links. Try exploring the "History and Culture Index and the Peoples and Cultures Index.

Perry-Castañeda Library Map Collection 
General Libraries, University of Texas at Austin. Includes historical maps.

Statistical Resources on the Web 
Grace York, University of Michigan Library Documents Center. Includes statistics on the environment, demographics, science, energy, foreign governments, agriculture, health, and more.

U.S. Agency for International Development 
This site also has a tremendous amount of country information. Use the country locator link on the site's home page.

U. S. Department of State, Bureau of Consular Affairs 
Select Consular Information Sheets by country.

World Bank Countries and Regions 
This site has "country briefs" in addition to information on World Bank programs around the world.

Global Issues/Country Studies

Climate Change:

The following sites offer excellent information on climate issues in the various nations of the world.

BBC Country Profiles

BBC News on Climate Change

CIA World Factbook

COP15 United Nations Climate Change Conference - Copenhagen

International Climate Change Education Portal

IRIN Humanitarian News and Analysis: A Service of the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs

Nobel Peace Prize 2007

Pew Center on Global Climate Change

UNDP/Oxford Geography and the Environment Country Profiles Country profiles and extensive, detailed reports on current climate and projected change.

United Nations

WWF Stories of Climate Change and Climate Action

More...

ipl2:Information You Can Trust
This link takes you directly to recommended sites regarding climate change.

101 Great Sites for Social Studies
An excellent annotated assortment of reputable sites for studies in History, Civics, Economics, and Government from Finding Dulcinea, Librarian of the Internet.

The Avalon Project at Yale Law School
Documents in law, history and diplomacy.

Center for Immigration Studies
The web site of the Center for Immigration Studies, an independent, non-partisan, non-profit research organization founded in 1985. CIS is the nation's only think tank devoted exclusively to research and policy analysis of the economic, social, demographic, fiscal, and other impacts of immigration on the United States.

A Century of Law Making for a New Nation
Part of the Library of Congress American Memory project, this site covers U. S. Congressional documents and debates, 1774-1885.

Council on Foreign Relations
An independent, nonpartisan organization devoted to the understanding of foreign governments and America's role in international relations.

FedWorld.com Supreme Court Decisions
Search and View Full Text of Supreme Court Decisions issued between 1937 and 1975.

FirstGov
The U.S. Government's official web portal intended to be a first-stop for finding federal, state, and local government information.

Foreign Government Resources on the Web
U.S. General Services Administration.

GPO Access
This site from the Government Printing Office provides official federal government information including the full text of government publications, past and present.

Jurist Legal News and Research
From the University of Pittsburgh School of Law.

Justice Learning: Civic Education in the Real World
Annenberg Foundation Trust. A collaboration of NPR's "Justice Talking" and the New York Times Learning Network

Library of Congress State and Local Government
Links to official state government web sites and other general state and local government information.

National Conference of State Legislatures
http://www.ncsl.org/public/leglinks.cfm

New York Times Politics Page

Open Secrets
The web site of the Center for Responsive Politics.

State and Local Government on the Net: A guide to government sponsored Internet sites

Supreme Court of the United States

THOMAS: Library of Congress Legislative Information
A vast array of United States legislative information, both historical and contemporary. Also includes the full text of many bills, treaties, and other legislative documents. A great resource.

University of Michigan Document Center
The Documents Center is a central reference point for government information, local, state, federal, and international. Its web pages are a reference tool for government, political science, statistical data, and news.

U.S. National Archives and Records Center
The official site of the National Archives. Contains the full text and discussions of important government documents.

The White House
The official White House site. News, views, and issues.

More...

ipl2:Information You Can Trust
This link will take you to additional resources for the study of government.

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Credible health information from the US Government Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The site has sections on Environmental Health, Diseases and Conditions, Healthy Living, Violence and Safety, and an A-Z index.

ISAFE - Xblock!
i-SAFE Inc. is the worldwide leader in Internet safety education. Founded in 1998 and endorsed by the U.S. Congress, i-SAFE is a non-profit foundation dedicated to protecting the online experiences of youth everywhere. Xblock! is a place for you to learn about cyber safety and to share your experiences with others.

KidsHealth/TeensHealth
Health topics for kids, teens, and parents, reviewed by physicians and health professionals. Created by The Nemours Foundation's Center for Children's Health Media. Provides accurate, up-to-date, and jargon-free information on general health, emotional and behavioral health, food and fitness, infections, diseases, drugs and alcohol, and sexual health. There are separate areas for kids, teens, and parents.

Planned Parenthood Teenwire
Sexuality and relationship information you can trust from Planned Parenthood.

World Health Organization
The web site of the United Nations public health arm.

Health and Wellness Resource Center 
This Thompson Gale database contains magazines, journals, newspapers, and information on fitness, pregnancy, medicine, nutrition, diseases, public health, alcohol and drug abuse, herbal remedies, etc.

More:

Librarians' Internet Index
This link takes you to an annotated list of additional Internet resources on health and health-related topics.

Timelines, Biographies, U.S. History, World History -General, World History-Africa, World History-Asia, World History-Europe, World History-Latin America, Ancient History

General History

101 Great Sites for Social Studies
An excellent annotated assortment of reputable sites for studies in History, Civics, Economics, and Government from Finding Dulcinea, Librarian of the Internet.

Best of History Web Sites
An award-winning portal that contains rated and annotated links to over 1,000 history web sites for prehistory, ancient/biblical history, medieval history, U.S. history, early and modern European history, 20th century history, World War II, art history, general historical resources, and historical maps. Also included are links to hundreds of quality K-12 history lesson plans, history teacher guides, history activities, and history games and quizzes. The site is widely acclaimed (recommended by The Chronicle of Higher Education, The National Council for the Social Studies, The New York Public Library, Princeton University, and others).

eHistory
This site consists of over 130,000 pages of historical content; 5,300 timeline events; 800 battle outlines; 350 biographies; and thousands of images and maps. Also includes a glossary. A major emphasis of the site is United States military activities. Maintained by the Department of History, Ohio State University.

Fordham University Library History Research Guides
A portal site to selected Internet resources in American History, World History, Ancient History, and Country Studies.

Historyworld.net
Includes extensive country histories and timelines.

Internet Modern History Sourcebook
A sourcebook of copy-permitted material for Modern European history and Modern Civilization courses. Includes North American and Latin American documents.

Library of Congress Global Gateway: World Culture and Resources
An amazing Library of Congress website, useful to just about everyone teaching and studying geography, history, and social sciences.

More:

Internet Public Library - History
This link will take you to an annotated list of selected Internet resources in all areas of History studies.

Librarians' Internet Index - History
This link will take you to an annotated list of selected Internet resources in all areas of History studies.

General History - Timelines

BBC History: Timelines

History Timelines

HistoryWorld.net

Timelines of History

General History - Biographies

About.com American History: Biographies

The Biography Channel (A&E)

Encyclopedia Britannica 300 Women Who Changed the World

U.S. History

See the General History web sites and:

Adams: The Letters of John and Abigail Adams

AMDOCS: Documents for the Study of American History
Includes primary documents on American History from 1000 to 2006. Provides the full text of historical documents, from the Constitution of the Iroquois Nation to President Bush's 2006 State of the Union Address. Also see US Historical Documents below. You might prefer it to this site.

The American Civil War Homepage
A comprehensive gateway to Civil War resources on the Internet, including biographies, maps, images, and military information. Produced by George H. Hoemann of the University of Tennessee.

America's Reconstruction: People and Politics After the Civil War
This exhibition is part of the Digital History site that contains an up-to-date U.S. history textbook; annotated primary sources on slavery, United States, Mexican American, and Native American history; and succinct essays on the history of ethnicity and immigration, film, private life, and science and technology. The text is by Eric Foner, the DeWitt Clinton Professor of History at Columbia University and renowned expert on Reconstruction, and Olivia Mahoney, Director of Historical Documentation at the Chicago Historical Society.

Annals of American History
This site by Encyclopedia Britannica presents a wealth of primary source material, including speeches, historical accounts, memoirs, and multimedia.

Best of History Web Sites
An award-winning portal that contains rated and annotated links to over 1,000 history web sites for prehistory, ancient/biblical history, medieval history, U.S. history, early and modern European history, 20th century history, World War II, art history, 
general historical resources, and historical maps. Also included are links to hundreds of quality K-12 history lesson plans, history teacher guides, history activities, and history games and quizzes. The site is widely acclaimed (recommended by The Chronicle of Higher Education, The National Council for the Social Studies, The New York Public Library, Princeton University, and others).

Born in Slavery
Slave narratives from the Federal Writers' Project, 1936-1938, contains more than 2,300 first-person accounts of slavery and 500 black-and-white photographs of former slaves.

Center for History and New Media: History Matters
A production of the American Social History Project/Center of Media and Learning, City of University New York, and the Center for History and New Media, George Mason University, History Matters is an excellent online resource for history teachers and students. Among the digital resources are lesson plans, syllabi, links, and exhibits. The Center for History and New Media's resources include a list of best web sites, links to syllabi and lesson plans, essays on history and new media, a link to their History Matters web site for U.S. History, and more. Resources are designed to benefit professional historians, high school teachers, and students of history.

Civil Rights Digital Library
Includes film, television, sound clips and text relating to the Civil Rights Movement.

Civil War and Reconstruction, 1861-1877
This Library of Congress exhibition contains succinct overviews and materials for teachers on several aspects of the Civil War and Reconstruction and features primary sources, maps, and images.

Civil War Women: Primary Sources on the Internet
Primary sources from Duke University's Sallie Bingham Center for Women's History and Culture.

Digital History
This impressive site from Professor Steven Mintz at the University of Houston includes an up-to-date U.S. history textbook; annotated primary sources on United States, Mexican American, and Native American history, and slavery; and succinct essays on the history of ethnicity and immigration, film, private life, and science and technology. Visual histories of Lincoln's America and America's Reconstruction contain text by Eric Foner and Olivia Mahoney. The Doing History feature lets users reconstruct the past through the voices of children, gravestones, advertising, and other primary sources. Reference resources include classroom handouts, chronologies, encyclopedia articles, glossaries, and an audio-visual archive including speeches, book talks and e-lectures by historians, and historical maps, music, newspaper articles, and images. The site's Ask the HyperHistorian feature allows users to pose questions to professional historians.

Documenting the American South
From the Library of the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill. Primary resources for the study of Southern history, literature, and culture. This is a digital publishing initiative that provides Internet access to texts, images, and audio files related to southern history, literature, and culture. Currently DocSouth includes ten thematic collections of books, diaries, posters, artifacts, letters, oral history interviews, and songs.

Encyclopedia of the Second World War
The Second World War is a Spartacus Educational website and enables students to research individual people and events of the war in detail. The sources are "hypertexted" so that you can research the newspaper, organization, etc., that produced the source. There are numerous subsections including Background to the War; Nazi Germany, Chronology of the War, Political Leaders, European Diplomacy, Major Offensives, British Military Leaders, USA Military Leaders, German Military Leaders, Japanese Military Leaders, The Armed Forces, The Air War, The Resistance, Scientists & Inventors, War at Sea, Resistance in Nazi Germany, The Holocaust, War Artists, Weapons and New Technology.

France in America/France en Amérique
A bilingual web site created by the Library of Congress and the Bibliotheque Nationale de Paris. It explores the history of the French presence in North America from the first decades of the 16th century to the end of the 19th century. The site provides direct digital access to complete books, maps, prints, and other documents from the collections of the partner libraries. The project illuminates two major themes in the history of relations between France and the United States: the role played by France in the exploration and settlement of the continent and its participation in several events which indelibly marked the history of the United States: the French and Indian War, the American Revolution, and the Louisiana Purchase.

HyperWar: World War II
Hyper War is a "hypertext" history of the second World War and features diplomatic and political documents. The content is made up primarily of "public domain" materials in English: official government histories (United States and British Commonwealth/Empire); source documents (diplomatic messages, action reports, logs, diaries, etc.); and primary references (manuals, glossaries, etc).

Jazz Age Culture
A web portal from Pittsburg State University (Kansas) on all aspects of the jazz age culture of the 1920s and 1930s.

Lewis and Clark
An excellent companion web site to the PBS special "Lewis & Clark: The Journey of the Corps of Discovery."

Library of Congress
An outstanding and invaluable site for American history and general studies. Contains primary and secondary documents, exhibits, map collections, prints and photographs, sound recordings and motion pictures. The LOC's American Memory Historical Collections, a must-see, contains the bulk of digitalized materials, but the Exhibitions Gallery is enticing and informative as well. The LOC also offers a Learning Page that provides activities, tools, ideas, and features for educators and students.

Library of Congress American Memory 
"American Memory provides free and open access through the Internet to written and spoken words, sound recordings, still and moving images, prints, maps, and sheet music that document the American experience. It is a digital record of American history and creativity. These materials, from the collections of the Library of Congress and other institutions, chronicle historical events, people, places, and ideas that continue to shape America, serving the public as a resource for education and lifelong learning."

Lincoln/Net
Abraham Lincoln Historical Digitization Project from Northern Illinois University and the Illinois State Library. Lincoln/Net presents historical materials from Abraham Lincoln's Illinois years (1830-1861), including Lincoln's writings and speeches, as well as other materials regarding antebellum Illinois.

The Making of America Project/University of Michigan and The Making of America Project/Cornell University
Making of America is a digital library of primary sources in American social history from the antebellum period through reconstruction. The collection is particularly strong in the subject areas of education, psychology, American history, sociology, religion, and science and technology. The collection currently contains approximately 9,500 books and 100,000 journal articles with 19th century imprints. The project represents a major collaborative endeavor in preservation and electronic access to historical texts. Making of America is made possible by a grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.

Martin Luther King, Jr. Research and Education Institute
A collection of primary and secondary documents pertaining to Martin Luther King, Jr. This institute grew out of the Stanford University Martin Luther King, Jr., Papers Project and provides an institutional home for a broad range of activities illuminating the Nobel Peace laureate's life and the movements he inspired.

New Deal Network
The New Deal Network, an educational guide to the Great Depression of the 1930s, is sponsored by the Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt Institute. Development of the NDN was funded in part through a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities.

PBS Online
A great source for information on a myriad of historical events and personalities. PBS's assorted and diverse web exhibits supplement their television series and generally include a summary of each episode, interviews (often with sound bites), a timeline, primary sources, a glossary, photos, maps, and links to relevant sites. PBS productions include American Experience, Frontline and People's Century. Go to the PBS Teacher Source for lessons and activities -- arranged by topic.

Picture History 
A picture archive of American history. Search by period, topic, or person.

Smithsonian National Museum of American History

Thomas Jefferson Digital Archive
The University of Virginia's comprehensive archive of all things relating to the life, work, and study of Thomas Jefferson.

U.S. Historical Documents 
Although this one's a little tidier and more professional looking than the AMDOCS site, it isn't quite as comprehensive. I think I'd still go here first. It's an amazing resource for American history. The University of Oklahoma College of Law site "A Chronology of U.S. Historical Documents," provides the full text of thousands of documents such as Frederick Douglass's eloquent 1867 Appeal to Congress for Impartial Suffrage.

The Valley of the Shadow
This site is produced by Edward L. Ayers of the University of Virginia and focuses on two communities in the Civil War.

The War for Vietnam
A Vassar College site providing access to documents and links regarding the Vietnam War. This site grew out of a senior seminar on the Vietnam War and offers students an opportunity to examine some primary sources, including numerous official documents. Brigham was the first American scholar given access to the Vietnamese archives on the war in Hanoi. Included here are his translations of some of the Hanoi documents, offered for examination and study.

World War I Document Archive
This archive of primary documents from World War I has been assembled by volunteers of the World War I Military History List. It is international in focus and intends to present in one location primary documents concerning the Great War.

WWII Sites
This site serves as a gateway to World War II sites appropriate for students and teachers. Links revolve around the following topics: The Rise of Fascism-Germany, Italy and Japan, Holocaust, Pearl Harbor and America's Response, D-Day and the War in the Pacific, The Home Front, Plans for Peace and the Atomic Bomb, Personalities, Literature, Propaganda, Women in the War, and Miscellaneous. Updated regularly, the site leads you to movie clips, virtual tours, stories of the war, biographies, films, and photographs.

World History - General

See the General History web sites and:

BBC History
Topics include ancient history, British history, World War I, World War II, the Cold War and recent history.

Best of History Web Sites
An award-winning portal that contains rated and annotated links to over 1,000 history web sites for prehistory, ancient/biblical history, medieval history, U.S. history, early and modern European history, 20th century history, World War II, art history, 
general historical resources, and historical maps. Also included are links to hundreds of quality K-12 history lesson plans, history teacher guides, history activities, and history games and quizzes. The site is widely-acclaimed (recommended by The Chronicle of Higher Education, The National Council for the Social Studies, The New York Public Library, Princeton University, and others).

Internet Modern History Sourcebook
A sourcebook of copy-permitted material for Modern European history and Modern Civilization courses. Includes North American and Latin American documents.

Library of Congress Global Gateway: World Culture and Resources

World History WWW Virtual Library
World History Index and History Central Catalog. Searchable by continent, nation, era, and topic. Vast.

World History: HyperHistory
HyperHistory is an expanding scientific project presenting 3,000 years of world history with an interactive combination of synchronoptic lifelines, timelines, and maps. This "synchronoptic" concept depicts a full panorama of history in a way that overlays politics, scientific, cultural, religious facts and events to give a more complete understanding of society. A concurrent timeline site presenting a different view of history.

World History - Africa

See the General History web sites and:

Africa South of the Sahara: Selected Internet Resources
This is a gateway site produced by Stanford University. Browse by countries and topics.

African Studies Center
Web site of the African Studies Center of the University of Pennsylvania. This is an excellent site.

African Studies Internet Resources
Columbia University's collection of African Studies Internet Resources is an on-going compilation of electronic bibliographic resources and research materials on Africa available on the Internet. Resources are organized by region and country.

SULAIR African Collection
Stanford University Library African Collection.

World History - Asia

See the General History web sites and:

Asian Studies WWW Virtual Library
Ranked first among Asian Studies sites on the web. From the Australian National University in Canberra.

World History - Europe

See the General History web sites and:

EuroDocs
Online sources for primary documents on European history.

Middle East Network Information Center
From the Center for Middle Eastern Studies at the University of Texas at Austin. Search by country or subject category.

Renaissance Exhibits Collection
This Annenberg/CPB site introduces the visitor to the intellectual, political, technological, and economic forces that drove cultural rebirth in Europe, and in Italy in particular. There are five sections: Out of the Middle Ages, Exploration and Trade, Printing and Thinking, Symmetry, Shape, Size, and Focus on Florence. Out of the Middle Ages covers the plague, a new middle class, and the resurgence of cities. Exploration and Trade discusses the beginning of trade in the period and the impact of explorers. Printing and Thinking focuses on the demand for books, the emergence of humanism, and how thinking changed in the Renaissance. Symmetry, Shape, Size covers proportions in architecture, as well as painting and music.

The World Wide Web Virtual Library for Russian and East European Studies
From the University of Pittsburgh's University Center for International Studies.

World History - Latin America

See the General History web sites and:

LANIC Latin American Network Information Center
A comprehensive portal to information about Latin American countries, commerce, government, etc. The site's mission is to facilitate access to Internet-based information to, from, or on Latin America. Many of the resources are designed to facilitate research and academic endeavors, but the site is also an important gateway to Latin America for teachers and students looking for information about this region.

Ancient History

See the General History web sites and:

Ancient Mesopotamia: This History, Our History
A web site developed by the University of Chicago's Oriental Institute Museum especially for students who study ancient civilizations. A very interesting site for learning about ancient Mesopotamians and how they lived.

BBC Ancient History
The ancient history section of the BBC history web site. Features in-depth sections on Egyptians, Greeks, Romans, British Prehistory, Vikings, Anglo Saxons, and other cultures.

Best of History Web Sites
An award-winning portal that contains rated and annotated links to over 1,000 history web sites for prehistory, ancient/biblical history, medieval history, U.S. history, early and modern European history, 20th century history, World War II, art history, general historical resources, and historical maps. Also included are links to hundreds of quality K-12 history lesson plans, history teacher guides, history activities, and history games and quizzes. The site is widely acclaimed (recommended by The Chronicle of Higher Education, The National Council for the Social Studies, The New York Public Library, Princeton University, and others).

Egypt's Golden Empire
This is the companion web site to the PBS Empire series on Ancient Egypt.

Exploring Ancient World Cultures
An introduction to ancient world cultures published by the University of Evansville, Illinois.

Forum Romanum
The core of this site is the "Corpus Scriptorum Latinorum", a digital library covering the entire body of Latin literature, from the earliest epigraphic remains to the Neo-Latinists of the eighteenth century. The site also provides electronic editions of classic secondary works including Johnston's "Private Life of the Romans."

The Greeks: Crucible of Civilization
This is the companion web site to the PBS Empire series on Ancient Greece.

Internet Ancient History Sourcebook
Links to material on ancient history with emphasis on access to primary source texts for educational purposes.

Perseus Digital Library
An evolving humanities digital library. Presently collects materials on classics/antiquity, Victorian London, natural philosopher Robert Boyle, the history of Tufts University, and part of the Library of Congress-sponsored American Memory collections.

The Roman Empire in the First Century
This is the companion web site to the PBS Empire series on Ancient Rome.

Medieval Studies

See the General History web sites and:

Best of History Web Sites
An award-winning portal that contains rated and annotated links to over 1,000 history web sites for prehistory, ancient/biblical history, medieval history, U.S. history, early and modern European history, 20th century history, World War II, art history, general historical resources, and historical maps. Also included are links to hundreds of quality K-12 history lesson plans, history teacher guides, history activities, and history games and quizzes. The site is widely acclaimed (recommended by The Chronicle of Higher Education, The National Council for the Social Studies, The New York Public Library, Princeton University, and others).

LABYRINTH
Said to be one of the best, if not the best source for Medieval Studies resources on the web. Sponsored by Georgetown University.

Internet Medieval Sourcebook
From the Fordham University Center for Medieval Studies, this site provides source texts and links to other resources for medieval studies. It is the largest online resource of medieval and Byzantine textual sources.

Life in the Middle Ages

French

French Links
A comprehensive portal to all things French, from St. Ignatius High School. This site won the Golden Web Award in 2002. It's amazing and fun to explore.

Foreign Language Resource Center, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
French language resources on the Internet, including dictionaries, realia, literature, and links to other collections of French resources.

Frenchresources.info
"The French Educational Portal in the United States"
Cultural Services of the French Embassy in the United States

Leximagne - l'empereur des pages dico
A collection of nearly 1,000 electronic French-English dictionaries. The word you're looking for is here somewhere!

BBC Languages

France in America/France en Amérique
A bilingual web site created by the Library of Congress and the Bibliotheque Nationale de Paris. It explores the history of the French presence in North America from the first decades of the 16th century to the end of the 19th century. The site provides direct digital access to complete books, maps, prints, and other documents from the collections of the partner libraries. The project illuminates two major themes in the history of relations between France and the United States: the role played by France in the exploration and settlement of the continent and its participation in several events which indelibly marked the history of the United States: the French and Indian War, the American Revolution, and the Louisiana Purchase.

French Connection
A selective source of links to sites in French about French history, current events, media, language, literature, libraries, e-texts, publishing, art and culture, tourism, industry and trade, government, and Internet gateways and search tools. Maintained by Mohamed Mekkawi, library director at Howard University.

About French Language
Grammar, glossary, verb tenses and conjugations, vocabulary, writing exercises, word of the day, and more. Many sections have audio files with exercises for comprehension and/or pronunciation. See the French for Beginners section for photographs and explanations of about three dozen common French gestures. Includes lots of links and recommended dictionaries, magazines, teaching tools, and other resources. An About.com site.

Le Monde Interactif
France's major daily newspaper. Full-text, beginning in 1997. Only available in French.

Tennessee Bob's Famous French Links
Directory of links to sites dealing with French language, art, music, film, literature, history, and modern culture. From a French professor at the University of Tennessee-Martin.

French Grammar Central 
One of Tennessee Bob's links.

Tex's French Grammar
Originally created for students at the University of Texas, this site is arranged much like a traditional textbook or grammar book. The main categories, the parts of speech, are explained with the help of humorous dialogues and exercises (self-correcting and fill-in-the-blank) appropriate for beginning French language learners. Includes a verb conjugator, verb tutor, and dictionary.

ORTHONET
More than a dictionary, this is a Le Robert site offering help with spelling and word use questions. Also includes games.

Zut! Interactive Site for Teachers and Learners of French
"This site will provide some help for teachers trying to motivate their pupils, and for pupils looking at a way to review for tests or exams, or for anybody wanting to have some fun playing French games. In this site, you will find a list of topics for each year, and for each topic at least a couple of exercises for each skill, reading, writing and listening." Free only at certain hours.

Official Site of the Louvre Museum

Musee d'Orsay

The Weather Underground in French

Google Francais

NewsLink
Links to newspapers throughout France and other French-speaking countries

FranceLink: portail francophone
Listen to French radio on this site.

Spanish

Foreign Language Resource Center, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
A compendium of Spanish language resources on the Internet, including dictionaries, realia, literature, and links to other collections of Spanish resources.

SpanishDICT.com 
An online Spanish and English dictionary.

EspagnOle!
This online resource for students and teachers of Spanish includes links to sites on language, literature, fine arts, history, countries, cooking, travel, etc.

About Spanish Language
Grammar, glossary, verb tenses and conjugations, vocabulary, writing exercises, word of the day, and more. Includes lots of links and recommended dictionaries, magazines, teaching tools, and other resources. An About.com site.

Learn Spanish
A free, online tutorial for learning Spanish. Each lesson includes a cultural lesson both in English and Spanish (many with links to additional resources), practice exercises, and a test. Words in the lessons and the cultural files are linked to sound files so you can hear the correct pronunciation (requires the free Real Player plug-in). There are useful links including a list of Spanish language newspapers and radio stations as well as a list of schools for further study. Also has a list of the top ten phrases that don't translate well and a random idiom generator.

University of Washington Division of Spanish and Portuguese
Portal to resources for the teaching of Spanish.

Latin American Network Information Center
Resources for the study of language, history and geography in Latin America.

BBC Spanish
Includes online courses for beginners and intermediates and includes games and quizzes.

The Weather Underground in Spanish

NewsLinks
Links to newspapers throughout the Spanish-speaking world. Select a country.

Google Espagnol

Latin

Kentucky Classics
Includes a compilation of web sites for Latin students.

University of Notre Dame Latin Dictionary and Grammar Aid

Google Latina

The Weather Underground in Latin

Audio Books

American Literature

Bartleby.com: Great Books Online
Literature, reference and verse, fiction and nonfiction, biographies, dictionaries, and quotations.

The Cambridge History of English and American Literature
The Cambridge History of English and American Literature is considered one of the most important works of literary history and criticism published on writings in the English language. Compiled over fourteen years, from 1907 to 1921, the Cambridge History contains over 303 chapters and 11,000 pages, with essay topics ranging from poetry, fiction, drama and essays to history, theology and political writing.

Native Literature Directory
A directory of Native American stories from the American Indian Heritage Foundation.

The New York Times Book Review
Over 50,000 book reviews back to 1980 from the famed New York Times Book Review are archived and searchable, plus special Web-only features. Registration required.

Perspectives in American Literature 
A site featuring literary biographies and extensive bibliographies for more than 240 American authors.

Voice of the Shuttle: Literature (in English)
This comprehensive portal is produced by Alan Liu and a development team in the UC Santa Barbara English Department. A superb collection of electronic resources for the humanities. A wonderful place to start.

The Web of American Transcendentalism
This site contains a wealth of information about the roots, influences, and works of the American Transcendentalist writers. Includes a thorough list of links to Transcendentalist authors and their texts, extensive background information and criticism on their ideas and philosophy, and links to additional web resources and bibliographies. From the English Department at Virginia Commonwealth University.

English Literature

American and English Literature Internet Resources
This site from Southern Connecticut State University provides an extensive range of links to bibliographical and textual resources. In addition to more scholarly material, the site also provides links to newsgroups, author home pages and listservs. Fields of study are distinguished by geographical range (English or American) as well as by genre. Each resource listed has a useful summary of its content.There is an impressive range of material on single authors under Individual Home Pages.

Bartleby.com: Great Books Online
Literature, reference and verse, fiction and nonfiction, biographies, dictionaries, and quotations.

The Cambridge History of English and American Literature
The Cambridge History of English and American Literature is considered one of the most important works of literary history and criticism published on writings in the English language. Compiled over fourteen years, from 1907 to 1921, the Cambridge History contains over 303 chapters and 11,000 pages, with essay topics ranging from poetry, fiction, drama and essays to history, theology and political writing.

Luminarium: Anthology of English Literature
Medieval, Renaissance, 17th Century and Restoration and 18th Century literary texts. Entries for each author include: works, biography, criticism, quotations and links. Texts are from The Norton Anthology of English Literature, 6th ed.

Norton Anthology of English Literature
This site is a web companion to the Norton Anthology of English Literature. It is a comprehensive resource designed for students up to undergraduate level and offers topics for study and discussion under subject areas defined by specific periods of English Literature. The periods covered are the Middle Ages, the Sixteenth Century, the Early Seventeenth Century, the Restoration and Eighteenth Century, the Romantic Period, the Victorian Age and the Twentieth Century

Voice of the Shuttle: Literature (in English)
This comprehensive portal is produced by Alan Liu and a development team in the UC Santa Barbara English Department. A superb collection of electronic resources for the humanities. A wonderful place to explore.

Literary Criticism/Literary Theroy

Internet Public Library Literary Criticism
Search by author, title, and literary period. Includes links to sites covering American, British, Canadian, French, Italian, Latin American, Spanish, German, Russian, and other literatures.

Introduction to Modern Literary Theory             This web site is written and edited by Dr Kristi Siegel of Mary Mount College. The site aims to introduce students to the key terms and ideas of literary theories. Siegel provides a sketch of the theory - including basic concepts and main thinkers. She lists the key texts in the field, and provides a bibliography of secondary reading. Links to other relevant web sites are provided.

Voice of the Shuttle: Literary Theory
This comprehensive portal is produced by Alan Liu and a development team in the UC Santa Barbara English Department. A superb collection of electronic resources for the humanities. A wonderful place to explore.

Poetry

About.com Guide to Poetry
About.com's poetry page administered by Bob Holman and Margery Snyder. Includes history, biographies, announcements, reviews, related sites, a forum, and more.

Academy of American Poets
A resource from the Academy of American Poets with thousands of poems, essays, biographies, and weekly features. 

Bartleby.com: Verse
This verse section of the Bartleby.com site includes the online text of several public-domain poetry anthologies and collections, including The Oxford Book of English Verse, Modern American Poetry, and Lyrics & Poems of the 17th Century.

Maps

Civil War Maps
Civil War maps from the Library of Congress American Memory Collection. This site brings together maps from the Library of Congress Geography and Map Division, the Library of Virginia, and the Virginia Historical Society.

Michigan State University Libraries: Map Library
Michigan State University has a well-known geography department, and an excellent map library. The library's web site offers a good selection of digital exhibits and maps. You can click on "Printable Maps" and find boundary maps for the entire world and the continents.

National Geographic Atlas
You will need to enter our User ID (worldatlas) and our Password (7 continents). This will give you access to the Internet version of the National Geographic World Atlas which includes not only maps but also textual and photographic information on a wide variety of topics in physical and cultural geography.

Perry-Castañeda Library Map Collection
The web site of the Map Collection at the Library of the University of Texas at Austin. This is a  fantastic site. One of my favorites. Includes historical maps of all types: geographic, topographic, and thematic.

Yale University Library: The Map Collection
Yale has a wide-ranging map collection that is easy to browse. Sections include "Maps of the World", "Maps of the Western Hemisphere", "Maps of North America", "Maps Relating to the Silk Road", and "Maps of Africa".

For additional sites in this subject area, search the Internet Public Libraryand/or the Librarians' Internet Index.

Images

Prints and Photographs Reading Room/Library of Congress
An astonishing collection of over 13.7 million images, including photographs, fine and popular prints and drawings, posters, and architectural and engineering drawings. The collections are international in scope, but particularly rich in materials documenting the history of the United States and the lives, interests and achievements of the American people. Searchable by keyword. While most image sites charge a fee, this one does not.

NYPL Digital Gallery
Free and open access to over 275,000 images digitized from the New York Public Library collections, including illuminated manuscripts, historical maps, and vintage posters. The site is organized into sections covering the arts and literature, architecture, urban studies, culture and society, history and geography, industry and technology, nature and science, printing and graphics.

The NYPL Picture Collection Online 
The New York Public Library Picture Collection Online is an image resource site with over 30,000 digitized images from books, magazines and newspapers as well as original photographs, prints and postcards, mostly created before 1923.

Picture History
A digital library of high quality images and footage documenting 200 years of American history. Search by period, topic, or person. Images are available for purchase, licensing, or sending as free e-cards. The "Picture History" logo will be overlaid on images reproduced from the web site. Kunhardt Productions.

Smithsonian Images
Selected images from current exhibits, Smithsonian events and historic collections. Topics include Air and Space, American History, Animals, Gems and Minerals, History of Technology, Marine Life, Military History, Nature, the Presidency, and Transportation. The Smithsonian encourages the use, without charge, of these images by students, teachers, and schools. They are available for downloading and use in reports and class work, as well as on class-related student and school web sites. Credit must be given to the photographer and the Smithsonian Institution. In addition, individual photographic prints in a variety of sizes are also available for purchase through this Photographic Services web site.

UTOPIA Portrait Gallery
http://utopia.utexas.edu/project/portraits/
A selection of portraits of historical figures from the Perry-Castañeda Library of the University of Texas. The images in this collection are in the public domain and you do not have to have permission to use them.

For additional sites in this subject area, search the Internet Public Libraryand/or the Librarians' Internet Index.

MathWorld
"The Web's most extensive mathematics resource." Covers Algebra, Applied Mathematics, Calculus, Discrete Mathematics, Foundations of Mathematics, Geometry, History and Terminology, Number Theory, Probability and Statistics, Recreational Mathematics, and Topology. From Wolfram Research, developed by Eric Weisstein.

The Math Forum
Site produced by Drexel University as an online resource for improving math teaching, learning and communication.

The Math Forum: Math Resources by Subject
Links to information, resources and web sites on discrete math, algebra, pre-calculus, calculus, geometry, game theory, probability and statistics for K-12, College, and Advanced levels.

MIDDLE SCHOOL

GreekMythology.com
This site has information on all subjects of Greek Mythology, including details on gods and goddesses, myths, and heroes. It also has full text of  Greek Mythology and Literature books.

Mythweb
Gods, heroes, and an Encyclopedia of Greek Mythology.

UPPER SCHOOL

The Encyclopedia Mythica
An award-winning Internet encyclopedia of mythology, folklore, and religion, covering Greek, Roman, Norse and Celtic mythology. The mythology section is divided to six geographical regions:  Africa, Americas, Asia, Europe, Middle East, and Oceania. The folklore section contains general folklore and Arthurian legends. There are also special sections including a Bestiary, legendary heroes, an image gallery and genealogical tables of various pantheons.

Electronic Resources for Classicists
The second generation of an extensive research gateway to resources in the classics. Produced by the University of California, Irvine.

Kentucky Classics
The web site of the University of Kentucky Division of Classics. Click Art, Myth, Archaeology link.

The Perseus Digital Library
Produced by the Department of Classics at Tufts University, edited by Gregory Crane, Perseus is an evolving digital library. Quite comprehensive, a bit difficult to use, but a wealth of material both primary and secondary.

Windows to the Universe: Mythology
Gods and goddesses from many cultures have been used to describe heavenly bodies like the sun, moon and planets. This site from the University Corporation for Atmospheric Research (UCAR) and The Regents of the University of Michigan, has descriptions of how these objects in the sky have been depicted by Greek, Roman, Norse, Celt, Hindu, Aztec and Egyptian cultures.

For additional sites in this subject area, search the Internet Public Libraryand/or the Librarians' Internet Index .

The following are links to peace studies web sites recommended by the University of Massachusetts Amherst Libraries:

American Friends Service Committee

American University Center for Global Peace

Carnegie Endowment for International Peace

Center for Peaceable Schools at Lesley University's School of Education

Children's Peace Bibliography

COPRED, The Consortium on Peace Research,  Education and Development

Five College Program in Peace and World Security Studies

Gandhi Institute

International Peace Academy

Joan B. Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies at the University of Notre Dame

Mujeres por la Paz

Muslims Against Terrorism

Nobel Peace Foundation

The Nonviolence Web

Peace Resource Center, University of Minnesota

Peace Response

Peace Studies Association 

Peace Women

September 11th Families for Peaceful Tomorrows

Society for the Study of Peace, Conflict, and Violence: Peace Psychology Division of the American Psychological Association

Toda Institute for Global Peace and Policy Research

Transnational Foundation for Peace and Future Research

Traprock Peace Center (Deerfield, Massachusetts)

United Nations Peace and Security
 
United States Institute of Peace

University for Peace

War Resisters League

Women's International League for Peace and Freedom
 
For additional sites in this subject area, search the Internet Public Libraryand/or the Librarians' Internet Index.

Philosophy

EpistemeLinks 
This portal to philosophy resources on the Internet includes over 19,000 categorized links. There is no charge to use the site and no registration is required. Published by Thomas Ryan Stone and Epistemelinks, Inc., a not-for-profit corporation. 

Guide to Philosophy on the Internet
An Internet portal to web sites on all aspects of philosophy. Produced by Peter Suber of the Philosophy Department at Earlham College. Although the site is no longer being updated, it is a fantastic portal for research.

The Edge
Promotes inquiry into and discussion of intellectual, philosophical, artistic, and literary issues.

Visit the World Question Center at The Edge. See what questions leading philosophers, scientists, and other accomplished thinkers are asking themselves. Exciting stuff.

For additional sites in this subject area, search the Internet Public Libraryand/or the Librarians' Internet Index.

Religion

BBC Religion and Ethics
An A-Z of world religions and beliefs.

Religion Facts and the Big Religion Comparison Chart
"Just the facts on the world's religions." Charts presenting the basics. And there's also a lot more information presented in a very accessible format.

Bill Moyers on Faith and Reason
Companion site to PBS Bill Moyers series on faith and religion and understanding the universe.

Buddhist Studies WWW Virtual Library
The Buddhist Studies WWW Virtual Library is one of those sites you wish were available for every religion. It is well organized and classified and locating specific informational sites is easy. There are links within the pages to the WWW Virtual Libraries for "Pure Land Buddhism," "Tibetan Studies," and "Zen Buddhism." There is also a link to a Theravada Buddhist InfoWeb.

The Hindu Universe
Probably the largest and best single site on Hinduism on the Internet, the Hindu Universe provides links to more than 17,000 sites. The resource directory offers a helpful organization framework for finding resources related to such topics as scriptures, god, worship, philosophy, customs, history, and interfaith relations. The Hindu Universe is a project of the Hindu Students Council and is the Web site for the Global Hindu Electronic Networks. 
 
The Internet Sacred Text Archive
This nonprofit site is the single largest religious text archive on the Internet. The content is broad, including religion, mythology, legend, folklore, occult, and esoteric topics. The topical listing of religious materials has 46 categories, not only dealing with the standards such as Jainism but also unusual topics such as Piri Re'is Map, Shamanism, and Tantra.

The Islam Page
The name says it all; this is the page to go to for finding information on Islam. Near the top of the page, one has the opportunity to read the Qur'an in any of more than 20 different languages. Qur'an. There are large subject areas of links, which include beliefs of Islam, Muslim character, comparative religion, and Islamic history. There are 20 pages of links on this site.

Macdonald Center for the Study of Islam and Christian-Muslim Relations
The Macdonald Center is an academic unit within Hartford Seminary dedicated to scholarly research, teaching and publication. It is responsible for the Islamic Studies and Christian-Muslim Relations Master of Arts program, a Graduate Certificate in Islamic Studies and Christian-Muslim Relations, the Islamic Chaplaincy program, the Ph.D. program in Islamic Studies and numerous global study tours. This site includes information about Islam, the text of the Muslim World Journal, articles, lectures, and reviews by Macdonald Center faculty, and selected web links.

Religious Worlds
An information source for religious studies, this site offers information about religious traditions that developed in the Middle East or West Asia as well as others from South and East Asia.

Resources for the Study of Buddhism 
If you need a gateway to general Buddhism resources, this one from Ron Epstein of San Francisco State University is a good choice. The site points to such places as other general resources on Buddhism, sites for Theravada Buddhism teachings, sites for Mahayana Buddhism teachings, sites on Buddhism and science, and online collections of Buddhist texts.

Virtual Religion Index
From the Religion Department at Rutgers University, a great annotated gateway site to locate Internet sources on religion.

Wabash Center Guide to Internet Resources for Teaching and Learning in Theology and Religion
The  Wabash Center for Teaching and Learning in Theology and Religion maintains this excellent and large site. There are probably more world religion sites here than in any other general gateway and the site is extremely well organized.

World Religions on the Web
A guide to some of the most helpful sites. Compiled by the American Library Association, Association of College and Research Libraries.

WWW Virtual Library World Religions
A gateway to Internet sites on various religions and some more global sites.

For additional sites in this subject area, search the Internet Public Libraryand/or the Librarians' Internet Index.

Religious Society of Friends 
Excellent portal site providing extensive links related to all things Quaker.

Digital Quaker Collection
DQC is a digital library containing full text and page images of over 500 individual Quaker works from the 17th and 18th centuries. Searchable by author or title. Also includes links to related sites. From the Earlham School of Religion, Richmond, Indiana.

American Friends Service Committee (AFSC)
A Quaker organization, organized in the "belief in the worth of every person, and faith in the power of love to overcome violence and injustice." Find newspaper and magazine articles relating to issues of social and economic justice, such as the plight of civilians of Afghanistan and Iraq. Volunteer opportunities are also highlighted. Searchable. Has link to the Eyes Wide Open site.

American Friends Service Committee: Youth & Militarism 
Questions and answers from this Quaker organization "committed to the principles of nonviolence," about military recruitment issues facing American youth. Topics addressed include counter-recruitment, the military in schools, the Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery test (the admissions and placement test for the U.S. military), draft registration and selective service registration, and conscientious objection.

Friends Committee on National Legislation

The Friends Council on Education
Founded by a group of volunteer Quaker educators in 1931, promotes the theory and practice of Quaker education.

Friends General Conference Quaker Quest
Quaker Quest is a new outreach initiative in Britain that is also taking root in America. The above is the American link. The British site, with information about activities around the world, can be accessed at http://www.quakerquest.org.

Friends World Committee for Consultation

Pendle Hill

Quakers in Britain

For additional sites in this subject area, search the Internet Public Libraryand/or the Librarians' Internet Index.
 

Check here for recommended web sites in Biology, Chemistry, Environmental Sciences/Ecology, and Physics.

Biology

BioEd Online: Biology Teacher Resources from the Baylor College of Medicine 
Includes presentations and slide sets, teacher resources, biology news, hot topics in biology, and discussions.

Bioethics.net: The American Journal of Bioethics
A searchable and browsable site on bioethics, "the moral implications of science, medicine and research." Site features include Cloning and Genetics ; Bioethics for Beginners ; a Bioethics Knowledge Tool , which provides links to articles and other sites; and essays on bioethics issues raised in episodes of the NBC television program ER .

BioethicsWeb (Intute)
This site is "a gateway to evaluated, quality Internet resources relating to biomedical ethics, including ethical, social, legal and public policy questions arising from advances in medicine and biology, issues relating to the conduct of biomedical research and approaches to bioethics." Features lists of annotated links. Searchable or browsable by category. From the Wellcome Trust, a British independent charity "funding research to improve human and animal health."

BiologyBrowser
An interactive portal from Thomson Scientific designed "to connect life sciences researchers with free, useful resources and other like-minded scientists from all around the world." Includes annotated links to news and life science websites, a nomenclatural glossary for zoology, a zoological thesaurus, a forum for biologists and scientists to discuss findings, and more. Searchable.
 
The Biology Project
An online interactive resource for learning biology, from the University of Arizona Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics. Designed for high school and college biology students, this site has problem sets and tutorials in Biochemistry , Cell Biology , Chemicals and Human Health , Developmental Biology , Human Biology , Immunology , Mendelian Genetics , and Molecular Biology . Some modules are available in Spanish. Some sections include activities and Web resources.

BioTech
An online illustrated dictionary of biology and chemistry from the BioTech Resources Project of the University of Texas Institute for Cellular and Molecular Biology. Use the following link to get to the site's excellent Science Resources (biology, biochemistry, genetics, chemistry, microbiology, ecology, medicine) section:
http://biotech.icmb.utexas.edu/pages/scitools.html

Biozone
This site contains over five hundred links covering such topics as biology, biotechnology, diseases, evolution, and microbiology. Links are organized into sixteen main topics and sixty-five subtopics that support health and science education. There are monthly updates listed on the main page.
 
CELLS Alive!
Film and computer-enhanced images of living cells and organisms for education and medical research.

Center for Bioethics 
Broad overview of historical and current moral issues in the fields of medical treatment & research, from the University of Pennsylvania. Includes news, headlines, and articles.

The Center for Virus Research
From the University of California at Irvine, has an interesting "Learn about Viruses" link. Otherwise, this is a primarily scholarly site.

Cool Science 

DOEgenomes.org 
Human Genome Project information from the U.S. Department of Energy. This searchable site provides information and history for this project which will identify all the 100,000 genes in human DNA. The project and this Web site also address related issues including cloning, genetic testing, medical applications, and ethnical, legal, and social issues. Funded by the U.S. Department of Energy and the National Institutes of Health.

Eric Weisstein's World of Scientific Biography
An Internet encyclopedia including the biographies of scientists in all branches of science.

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Librarians' Internet Index
This link will take you directly to additional selected Internet resources in the field of biology.

Internet Public Library
This link will take you directly to additional selected Internet and print resources in the life sciences (biology, marine biology, genetics, botany, biochemistry, microbiology, etc.).

Chemistry

BioTech
An online illustrated dictionary of biology and chemistry from the BioTech Resources Project of the University of Texas Institute for Cellular and Molecular Biology. Use the following link to get to the site's excellent Science Resources (biology, biochemistry, genetics, chemistry, microbiology, ecology, medicine) section: http://biotech.icmb.utexas.edu/pages/scitools.html

Chemistry Internet Resources for High School Students
Connects you to chemistry-related sites on the web.

Eric Weisstein's World of Chemistry
An encyclopedic resource on all aspects of organic and inorganic chemistry, quantum chemistry,  experimental chemistry, chemical reactions, mineralogy, petrology, and geology.

Eric Weisstein's World of Scientific Biography
An Internet encyclopedia including the biographies of scientists in all branches of science.

General Chemistry Online!
A helpful and well-reviewed site containing: Companion Notes (Hyperlinked notes and guides for first semester general chemistry), Chemistry Exam Survival Guide (Skills checklists and online self-grading examinations), an index of self-guided tutorials, quizzes, and drills on specific topics, FAQ (Answers to over 300 frequently asked questions), a searchable, crosslinked collection of over 700 chemical terms; and much more. Winner of the 2004 Scientific American Science and Technology Web Award.

MadSciNet: the 24-hour exploding laboratory
Provided by the Washington University Medical School in St. Louis, the MadSci Network site provides an Ask-A-Scientist service, as well as MAD Labs (a collection of demonstrations illustrating science concepts); "The Visible Human", a digitized guided tour; and the MadSci Laboratory, organized web links for a wide variety of science fields.

Pre-University Chemistry Course - University of Oxford
An interesting multimedia enhanced learning resource based on the book "Chemistry, Matter and the Universe" by Richard Dickerson and Irving Geis.

PSIGate - Chemistry
The Intute Chemistry Gateway provides free access to high quality resources on the Internet. Each resource has been evaluated and categorized by subject specialists based at universities in the UK. The target audience is students, staff and researchers in higher education.

ScienceNiche
Educational resources for high school teachers and students. Sections include: Introduction to Chemistry; Periodic Tables; Molecular Structures; Chemical References; Questions, Quizzes, Exam Prep; and Laboratory Experiments. Also has other fun and interesting sites and interactive flash cards games for matching chemical element symbols, ions, and chemical names.

WebElements Periodic Table
The original periodic table on the web.

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Internet Public Library
This link will take you to annotated links to additional resources in chemistry.

Librarians' Internet Index
This link will take you to annotated links to additional web sites in the field of chemistry.

Environmental Sciences/Ecology

Arctic National Wildlife Refuge: A Special Report/Arctic Circle
This report presents the debate over drilling for oil on the Coastal Plain of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge [ANWR] that has gone on for over a decade. The report provides "...a description of the Refuge and its future as seen by the conflicting parties in the controversy. The designers of ArcticCircle hope that the airing of these differing perspectives will assist the viewer in deciding what action should be taken in shaping the future of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge - and by whom.

Atlas of the Biosphere
A database produced by the Center for Sustainability and the Global Environment and designed for high school and college students. The Maps section contains geographically explicit data broken down into four general categories: Humans, Land Use, Ecosystems, and Water Resources. The Schematics section looks at the various resource flows and pools that make up individual Earth systems.

BioTech
An online illustrated dictionary of biology and chemistry from the BioTech Resources Project of the University of Texas Institute for Cellular and Molecular Biology. Use the following link to get to the site's excellent Science Resources (biology, biochemistry, genetics, chemistry, microbiology, ecology, medicine) section:
http://biotech.icmb.utexas.edu/pages/scitools.html

Center for International Earth Science Information Network
This is a great general source for Internet accessible information made available by the Center for International Earth Science Information Network, an organization established by Congress to study global environmental change and human interaction with the environment. This includes information prepared by CIESIN and also links to other sources. Among the sources prepared by CIESIN are thematic guides to current issues. Also accessible are education related and other information resources. The entire site is searchable by keyword.

Center for Sustainability and the Global Environment
From the Nelson Institute for environmental studies at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, this site examines the many aspects of human activities and global environmental systems.

Council on Environmental Quality
"The Council on Environmental Quality coordinates federal environmental efforts and works closely with agencies and other White House offices in the development of environmental policies and initiatives."

The Daily Green

Earth Institute at Columbia University

Earthtrends: the Environmental Information Portal                                                                                                    

EcoWorld: The Global Environmental Community

EE-Link: Environmental Education on the Internet
Annotated directory of environmental education resources. Provides resources for teachers and students, information about organizations and projects, a national calendar of events, grant information, and job postings. Also includes links to sites about major environmental issues and occasions, such as Earth Day. A project of the North American Association for Environmental Education. Searchable.

Endangered Species on EE-Link
This excellent resource and links page includes the following categories: Starting points, definitions, and causes; Endangered Species Lists; Extinct Species; Species Facts, Data, and Pictures; Current News, Events, and Sources; Ways of helping endangered species; Organizations; Laws and Policy; and Education and Interactive Kids Stuff. Of particular note is the FAQ, which contains answers to common questions, such as where pictures of endangered species are available, and how many species are extinct.

EnviroLink Network
This is a project of Envirolink, which claims to be the largest environmental Internet network of information. This is a very broad source covering a wide range of topics.

The Environmental Literacy Council
"This web site is intended to help students and teachers study environmental issues by guiding them to the best resources available on the Internet. Our goal is to help you find information you need from high-quality sources and to introduce you to a variety of viewpoints and thoughtful analyses on environmental issues. We also try to make the job of researching environmental issues easier. We review sites and create links not only to general sites but also to specific data pages, online articles, lesson plans, and classroom activities."

EPA Global Warming
News, reports, and information on the impact of global warming. The site also has a browsable glossary of terms.

NASA's Earth Observatory Environmental Information

NASA's Ozone Hole Watch
 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) is an organization run by the U.S. Department of Commerce. NOAA conducts research and gathers data about the global oceans, atmosphere, space, and sun. The website includes current news, information and statistics on: weather, ocean, satellites, fisheries, climate, research, coasts and charting and navigation throughout the United States.

Natural Resources Defense Council
NRDC is an environmental action organization whose mission is "to protect the planet's wildlife and wild places and to ensure a safe and healthy environment for all living things." A section of its web site is devoted to United States environmental law and policy.

NET: National Environmental Trust
National Environmental Trust is a non-profit, non-partisan organization established in 1994 to inform citizens about environmental problems and how they affect our health and quality of life. It discusses topics such as Clean Air, Global Warming, Energy, Forests, Marine Life and Habitats and Environmental Health.

NOAA Earth Observing System
This NOAA site provides information about the emerging and pioneering U.S. and Global Earth Observation Systems, including a fact sheet, details about U.S. and international efforts.

Rainforest Web
A project of the Rainforest Action Network, a gateway to rainforest information and resources. Describes itself as the "world rainforest information portal."

Science News Online

Smithsonian National Zoological Park Conservation and Science
Included on this site is the Smithsonian Institution's Conservation and Research Center (CRC), one of the world's leading centers for conservation research and training (located on 3,200 acres near Front Royal, Virginia. The CRC serves as the hub for a broad array of regional, national, and international Smithsonian conservation programs. Major program areas include Migratory Birds, Endangered Species, Appalachian Ecosystems and the Spatial Analysis Lab.

UNEP.Net, The Environment Network
The United Nations Environment Network is a global portal to authoritative environmental information based on themes and regions. The site brings together comprehensive environmental information from a variety of remote and specialized environmental communities. Find country and regional profiles, an atlas of environmentally protected areas, nuclear power sites worldwide, global coastal statistics, greenhouse gas emissions and projections, a digital map plotting coral reefs worldwide, nationally designated protected areas, and global forest and wildfire status reports.
 
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
"The mission of the Environmental Protection Agency is to protect human health and the environment." Its web site provides links to information about the EPA; news and events; projects and programs; laws and regulations; publications; and resources for kids, students, and teachers.

World Resources Institute
The World Resources Institute is an environmental think tank committed to practical change for a sustainable world.

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Internet Public Library
This link will take you directly to annotated links to additional sites in environmental science and ecology.

Librarians' Internet Index
This link will take you directly to annotated links to additional sites in environmental science and ecology.

Physics

Center for History of Physics (American Institute of Physics)
This site has "a mission to preserve and make known the history of modern physics and allied fields including astronomy, geophysics, optics, and the like." Features include a newsletter, information on physics-related publications, syllabi on the history of physics, as well as exhibits on Einstein, the discovery of the electron, and more.

Eric Weisstein's World of Science - Physics
An encyclopedic resource on all aspects of the study of physics.

How Things Work
From Lou Bloomfield at the University of Virginia Physics Department. Features an archive of questions asked and answered back to September 1996.

MadSciNet: The 24-hour Exploding Laboratory
Provided by the Washington University Medical School in St. Louis, the MadSci Network site provides an Ask-A-Scientist service, as well as MAD Labs (a collection of demonstrations illustrating science concepts); "The Visible Human" (a digitized guided tour); and the MadSci Laboratory, with organized web links for a wide variety of science fields.

The Physics Classroom
A high school physics tutorial with general physics information on topics such as 1-D Kinematics, Newton's Laws, Vectors - Motion and Forces in Two Dimensions, and Momentum and Its Conservation.

The Physics Classroom-Multimedia Physics Classroom
A high school physics tutorial featuring multimedia animations to help you visualize and understand major physics concepts.

Physics Central
From the American Physical Society. Features physics projects, news, and links. This site exists to "describe the latest research and the people who are doing it and, if you want more, where to go on the web."

Eric Weisstein's World of Physics
An Internet encyclopedia of physics.

FermiLab
Official website of Fermilab, the high-energy physics laboratory, home of the world's most powerful particle accelerator, the Tevatron. Scientists from across the U.S. and around the world use Fermilab's resources in experiments to explore the most fundamental particles and forces of nature. Check out theironline tour at this link.

Powers of Ten 
The Powers of Ten Exhibition, from the Eames Office. Explore scales and sizes of the physical world and the universe. Provides numerous pictures, demonstrations, and links.

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Internet Public Library
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Librarians' Internet Index
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Basketball-reference.com
Basketball statistics, analysis, and history.

ESPN
Sports news and columns.

ESPN-Lacrosse

ESPNsoccernet.com

ESPN-Tennis

ESPN-Track and Field News

FIFA.com
The official site of the Federation Internationale de Football Association.

Sports Illustrated and CNN
News and scores.

TENNIS.com
The official site of TENNIS magazine.

TheMat.com
The official web site of USA wrestling.

US Fencing
The official web site of the US Fencing Association.

US Lacrosse
The national governing body of men's and women's lacrosse.

US Soccer.com
The web site of the U.S. Soccer Federation.

USA Field Hockey
The official web site for field hockey in the United States.

USA Volleyball
The USA national governing body for the sports of volleyball and beach volley.