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Careers/Colleges
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eCHOICES - Career and college information site that requires
an access ID number and school password. After entering the site
an individual account may be set up so that searches may be saved.
Contact the Guidance Department or the Library for the access
ID number and password. Need a password? |
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Collegeview - Career and college information
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Colleges
The College Board
- information on colleges, testing and more, includes free scholarship
searches
College Net - college
information on schools, distance learning, testing, and more
Embark - college information on schools, scholarships,
distance learning, testing, and more
National Center for Education Statistics - college opportunities on-line
Peterson's - popular
print guide to colleges on-line
Scholarships
(These three sites were recommended
by the MRHS Guidance Department in their Fall 2003 issue of Guidance
Notes.)
Fastweb - free search site for scholarships and colleges
Scholarships.com
- free college scholarship search and financial aid resource
Wiredscholar - find
pointers on the entire "Go to college" process from
preparation to getting loans, contains information about Sallie
Mae
Careers
About.com - A comprehensive
site, featuring self-assessment tools, job tips, and salary info
Bureau
of Labor Statistics - Also check
out the Occupational
Outlook Handbook
Careers & Colleges
- The Virtual Guidance Counselor allows you to explore your career
interests. Also includes dozens of job advice articles and resources
Employment and Training Administration - job and career information for "youths"
Jobs for Kids Who Like ...
(Bureau of Labor Statistics)
Mapping Your Future -
See the "Planning for College and a Career" section
for middle and high school students
NH School-to-Work - information about school-to-work programs
Princeton Review
- take a career quiz, research career and internship opportunities,
check out military careers
Resumania - Zany
resume bloopers
Vocational Information Center
- links to information about different careers
Educational
Resources Information Center (ERIC)
- research materials on topics such as career development, conflict
resolution, and achievement
Kingdomality - personal
preference profile (just for fun)
Job Opportunities - Nonprofit
Organizations
America's
Career Info Net - includes labor
market and career information both nationwide and by state, job
market trends for different careers and education levels, career
videos and a job bank
Job Corps NE - information
about New England's Job Corps Program
nhfirstjob.net -
post entry-level job openings
Job Opportunities - Commercial
Sites
Career Mosaic - job
and career information
The Employment Guide's Career Web - job and career information
Federal
Jobs Central - information on jobs
with the federal government
GotaJob.com
- National job site for part-time
jobs, teen jobs and summer jobs for teens and adults
Jobweb - career development/job search site maintained
by the National Association of Colleges and Employers (for college
graduates)
Monster Board - Links to career quizzes and self-assessment sites,
career information, and job and internship listings for college
students
The Riley Guide -
employment opportunities and resources, also links to internship
possibilities
Salary.com
- Salary information for hundreds
of fields. Use the Salary Wizard to discover the going rate in
your area for your dream job.
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Current
Events
Chico High School's News, Magazines & Broadcast
Media Resources
N. H. State Library - News
and Current Events Resources
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English
Authors
*Essays and Criticisms Research - This page was written by a web site author who
is overwhelmed by e-mails from students making essay and term
paper requests about Edgar Allan Poe. He points out "there
is no easy way to research a paper", "but it's best
to start out with a few points in mind". He then lists them.
American Literature - includes links to sites on authors, timelines,
literary movements and American literature
Authors on the Web - a collection of biographical sketches (last updated
in 2002)
Biography Resource Center
- This database provides access to over 400,000 biographies.
Contact the library for the password.
Bloom's Literary Reference
Online - This database includes
a timeline and provides information on thousands of authors,
their works and characters, and topics and themes in literature.
Please contact the library for the password.
Classic literature - A to Z guide to author sites and other "topics
ranging from American and British literature to war literature,
world literature and writing a literature paper"
EBSCOhost databases
- See one of the library staff if you do not know the user i.d.
and password.
Gale Literary Index
- Find which Gale Literary series includes entries on an author
or title. Then check to see which titles we have in the MRHS
Library (see below) or which titles are available at Keene State
College or Keene Public Library. (Keene Link).
- GALE REFERENCE BOOKS IN MRHS LIBRARY
- Authors and Artists for Young Adults,
Vol.1-2, REF 810 AUT
- Concise Dictionary of American Literary
Biography, 7 vols. - from Colonization to 1998, REF 810.9 CON
- Contemporary Authors, Vol. 1-102 (&
108), REF 920.03 CON (Also available online - see above)
- Contemporary Dramatists, REF 920 CON
- Contemporary Literary Criticism, vol.
1-19, REF 809 CON (Also available online - see above)
- Literature and Its Times, REF 809.933
LIT
- Short Story Criticism, vol. 1-4, REF 809.3
SHO
- St. James Guide to Children's Writers,
REF 810.99 ST.
- St. James Guide to Young Adult Writers,
REF 820.9 STJ
Infotrac Magazine Index (Student Edition) - See one of the library staff if you do not know
the password or click on the password
link.
Internet Public Library Online Literary Criticism
Collection - links to critical
and biographical sites about authors and their works
Internet Public Library Online Literary Criticism
Guide - "some of the best
starting places for finding online critical writing"
Internet Public Library Pathfinder for Literary
Criticism - "What is literary
criticism and how do I find It?"
Lit Links from Bedford/St. Martin's Publishing
Co. - fiction, essays, drama, poetry,
critical theory, literary periods
Literary
Encyclopedia
Literary History -
This site is an "index to selected articles on major writers
in 20th century English and American literature".
PAL: Perspectives in American
Literature - a research and reference
guide, includes links to information on 420 authors
Voices from the Gaps
- women writers of color
Women of Color Women of Words
- Choose from an alphabetical list
of playwrights currently being featured.
Academy
of American Poets - contains biographies,
poems, literary links
Modern American Poetry -
contains analysis of poems, biographical information
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Charles Dickens
Charles Dickens Museum
- Virtual tour of Charles Dickens' former house
Charles Dickens Page - This site includes information and links to
other sites on the following topics: novels, characters, glossary,
timeline, Dickens on stage, Dickens' London, Dickens and Christmas,
family and friends, Dickens in America.
Discover Dickens' Kent - includes information about Gadshill, Rochester
and other towns that Dickens either lived in and/or used in his
novels
Map of Charles Dickens' London
- Interactive map from The Charles
Dickens Page
Westminster Abbey - Place of Worship House of Kings
Children's
Literature
Index to Internet Sites: Children's
& Young Adults' Authors & Illustrators
Children's Literature Web Guide
Fairy Tales and Fables
Cinderella Project - University of Southern Mississippi
Cinderella Stories - Children's Literature Web Guide
AesopFables.com - contains
entire text of 655 Aesop's fables and 127 Hans Christian Andersen
fairy tales with more coming soon
Aesop's Fables - Univ.
of Massachusetts computers in fine arts students have animated
or illustrated nearly 40 fables.
Childhood Reading - This
site contains" a mix of fairy tales, fables and poetry accompanied
by original early-twentieth century illustrations" and indexed
by author and illustrator.
Grimm's Fairy Tales: From
Folklore to Forever - National Geographic presentation with graphics
and some audio
Scholastic: Myths, Folktales,
Fairy Tales - "multigrade
resource for learning about and writing myths, folktales and
fairy tales"
Andersen Fairy Tales - web
published children's books with Flash animation, includes biography
of Hans Christian Andersen
Grimm Fairy Tales - web
published children's books with Flash animation, includes biography
of the Grimm brothers
Hans Christian Andersen - fairy
tales and stories (English translation H. P. Paull, 1872)
Dr. Seuss
Contemporary Authors
- After searching the author's name, look at personal information,
career information and sidelights. A password is required to
use this resource. Click the link for the password
list.
Advertising Artwork of Dr.
Seuss
Dr. Seuss Biography - from the BBC (British Broadcasting Corp.)
Dr. Seuss Biography
- from Infoplease.com
Dr. Seuss National Memorial
- at the Quadrangle in Springfield, MA
Political Cartoons by Dr. Seuss
Seussville - This
is the official Dr. Seuss page sponsored by Random House Publishers.
Select high band width and then biography.
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Plays
Romeo and Juliet
Pathfinder for Elizabethan
England in the Time of Romeo and Juliet
- Use this site for your first stop on this project. Go to "Topics"
and make a selection.
Globe Theater - view the Globe with a Quicktime movie or with
"screen shots"
Life in Elizabethan England
Overview of an Elizabethan Outfit
Laguna Middle School's Online Exploration of Romeo
and Juliet
Mr. William Shakespeare and the Internet - includes links to his works, life and times,
theater, criticism, Renaissance, ...
Rudyard Kipling
Frommer's Travel Guide - Naulakha
Kipling Society
Landmark Trust USA - Naulakha
Westminster Abbey - Place of Worship House of Kings
Novels
Hoot
by Carl Hiaasen
All About Birds from the Cornell
Lab of Ornithology - Select from
the "Alphabetical" list.
Birds of Nova Scotia - select the category of owls
eNature America's Wildlife
Resource - select "Owls"
Owl Pages - includes
information, pictures, sounds, and range maps
The Raptor Center
- from the University of Minnesota "select a raptor"
The
Outsiders by S. E. Hinton
American Cultural History: The Twentieth Century
American Vintage Blues: History of Fashion, 1960-1970
Rock + Roll Hall of Fame and Museum - Search for information on Elvis Presley, The
Beatles, Hank Williams, Sr., Bob Dylan, and The Who.
Welcome to the 1960's - site made by the 8th grade class at Pocantico
Hills School
Treasure Island
by Robert Louis Stevenson
Beej's Pirate Image Archive
Blackbeard - from National Geographic
Expedition Whydah
- The Whydah Pirate Museum in Provincetown. MA
History of Piracy - includes information on famous pirates, pirate
flags, ships and weapons
New England Pirate Museum
Pirates of the Bahamas
Pirates of the Caribbean - a pirate's life, weapons, ships, biographies
Pirates of the Whydah (from
National Geographic) - captained
by "Black Sam" Bellamy
Queen Anne's Revenge
- investigating, interpreting, & preserving the remains of
Blackbeard's flagship
World Book Online
- All articles are available. Please ask for the password.
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Walk Two Moons
by Sharon Creech
Biography of Sharon Creech - includes information on Bybanks, Kentucky
Badlands National Park -
information on planning a trip or obtaining data about the park
Badlands
National Park - brief description
(National Park Service)
Badlands National Park
- detailed description (National Park Service)
Black Hills - map
with clickable links
Crazy Horse - PBS Perspectives on the West
Crazy Horse Memorial
Coeur d'Alene - Chamber
of Commerce visitors site
Elkhart, Indiana
- Chamber of Commerce site
Encarta Online - not all articles are available as we do not
subscribe to this database
Lake Michigan - information provided by GLIN, a network of governmental
agencies and organizations with an interest in the Great Lakes
Lewiston, Idaho -
official city site
Mount
Rushmore - information from the
National Park Service
Mount Rushmore -
travel South Dakota site
Old Faithful Geyser - official site (National Park Service)
Old Faithful WebCam
- image updated frequently
Pipestone
National Monument - brief description
(National Park Service)
Pipestone National Monument - detailed description (National Park Service)
Poem by e. e. cummings - "the little horse is newlY"
Poets - biographical information on Henry Wadsworth
Longfellow and e. e. cummings; also includes the Longfellow poem,
"The Tide Rises, The Tide Falls"
Seneca Indians of New York
- tribal history, stories, ...
Seneca Indians of Ohio
Sioux Indians - a
guide to the Great Sioux Nation from "travel South Dakota"
Sitting Bull - from PBS, part of the New Perspectives on
the West program
South Bend, Indiana
- official government site
South Bend, Indiana - site of the Convention and Visitors Bureau
Wisconsin Dells -
history
Wisconsin
Dells - site of the Visitors &
Convention Bureau
World
Book Online - all articles are
available as we do subscribe to this database (Click the link
for the password
list.)
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The Whipping
Boy
Castles
Build a Medieval Castle
- The free educational software for building a model castle has
been downloaded onto computer #10. Instructions for putting the
castle together are available at this site.
Castle Builder - includes a lesson plan to give students insight
into medieval society and to design(build) a castle
Castle Learning Center
- dedicated to the study and promotion of British castles, includes
birds' eye views of castles, building a castle, building materials,
parts of a castle, life in a castle, knights and much more
Castle Terminology
- definitions for many of the terms associated with medieval
castles with links to pages that show examples of the item being
discussed
Castles for Kids - learn about the parts of a castle, what is inside
the castle and the people that live there
Ghosts in the Castle - take an interactive tour of a castle at this
National Geographic kids site
Kids' Castle - tour
a castle, dress a knight in armor, cook a medieval meal and more
Life in a Medieval Castle
- includes information on the hall, the kitchen, accomodations,
water and the chapel
Medieval Castles - read about castle history, defense and architecture
Merlin's Castle -
design for an easy to make castle
NOVA Online:Medieval Siege - a team of specialists design, build and fire
a pair of trebuchets, a weapon used to gain access to a castle;
build your own trebuchet and fire a sandstone ball at the castle
wall; read about life in a castle
Knights
Jousting
A Knight's Defensive Armor
Medieval Tournaments
- includes jousting
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Odyssey
Ancient Greece
Thinkquest
The Odyssey - A searchable
online version at The Literature Network
Links to Odyssey web sites
Mythweb - Gods, Heroes, Encyclopedia
Greek Mythology: From the Iliad to the fall of
the last tyrant
Odyssey - video clip (You
will need Real Media Player.)
Greek
Mythology Link
Story Map
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Witch of Blackbird
Pond
World Book Online
- Click the link for the password list.
Salem Witchcraft Trials
Biographies of Key Figures
in the Trials
Map of Salem - highlighting the accused and accusers
Outline of American History, The Witches of Salem
Salem (Massachusetts) Witch Museum - learn about the social life, customs and politics
of the people who lived in Salem up to and during the trials
Salem Witchcraft Hysteria - interactive National Geographic site that tries
to recreate the hysteria of the Salem Witch Trials
Salem Witchcraft Papers - complete court documents
A Village Possessed - a multimedia site from the Discovery Channel
which tells the story of the Trials from the first claims of
the young girls who thought they were bewitched, through the
accusations, the trials, and the aftermath
Connecticut Charter Oak
The State Tree, The Charter Oak - official site of the State of Connecticut, from
the Connecticut State Register & Manual
Charter Oak - click on "tree info"
Woodsong
Anchorage Daily News
- includes links to Iditarod news, race guides, maps, mushers,
mushing gear and race history
Iditarod: Fact Not Fiction
- examines some of the animal rights' issues associated with
the race
Iditarod Race Across Alaska
(from Scholastic Publishing) -
meet Gary Paulsen and learn about his experiences racing the
Iditarod, look at a map of Alaska with the Iditarod Trail highlighted,
and find information about the race, Alaska, the sled dogs and
the top mushers
Iditarod
Trail Sled Dog Race - Official
Site
Ultimate Iditarod for Kids and Teachers - includes links to a map of the Iditarod Trail
and information on mushing, mushers and sled dogs
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Writing
Center
Writing Center Handouts - includes handouts/printouts on research/documentation,
the writing process, grammar/mechanics, special kinds of writing
(essay, book review, resume, summary) from the Troy State Writing
Center (Troy State has granted us permission to use anything
on this site.)
World
Languages
MIT Libraries: World Language Newspapers
and Magazines:
Recipes
Global Destinations
- country profiles that include links to recipes
Google Directory of European
Recipes
Yahoo Directory of Ethnic
and Regional Recipes
Chef2 Culinary Portal - Spanish Recipes
Recetas de Espana - favorite food recipes from Spain
Chef2 Culinary Portal - French Recipes
Spanish
Spanish Translation
Cities in Spain
All About Spain: City
Guide
Area guide to Spain
Barcelona
Columbia Encyclopedia
- search by name of city
CyberSpain - cities,
culture and traditions of Spain
IdealSpain: A-Z of places covered
Spanish Town Guides: Madrid,
Malaga, Granada, Salamanca, Sevilla
Travel guide for kids
Virtual Tours of some Spanish cities
What to Visit in Spain - On the right-hand side of the page look for
the box labeled City/Town. Type in the name of the Spanish city,
then click on "Search".
World Book Online
French
Cities in
France -
Sites with information on more than
one city
All Things French
- Locate information about the city using the search box or the
dropdown menu.
Columbia Encyclopedia
- search by name of city (This site is useful for industry or
agricultural products.)
France Tourism - Select a city
FranceKeys - links
to regions and cities
Frommers Travel Guide
- Scroll down the page to the list of French cities.
PlanetWare Travel Guide - French cities and tourist attractions
Virtual Tours in some French cities - including Avignon, Bordeaux, Britany, Chambord,
Lyon, Orleans, Paris, Versailles
World Book Online
World Sites Atlas: Destination
Guides - click on the link for
the French city
World
Web Travel & Tourism Guide
- Type your city in the Travel Search box.
Sites for specific cities (If the French
version appears, you must look for a link on the page to the
English version.)
Avignon
Carcassonne
Chartres
La Rochelle
Le Havre OR Le Havre (English link for both pages at
top right of page)
Lille (English link
at top right of page) OR Lille
Lyon OR Lyon (click on site map at top of page)
Marseille (English
link at top right of page)
Nice (Click on "English
link.)
Normandy (Click on
English version.)
Strasbourg (Go to
"Site Map". Under "Quality of Life" will
be "Tourism".) OR Strasbourg (English link for both pages at
top right of page)
Tours
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Government
Law/Amendments
The Constitution of the United
States
Findlaw: U. S. Constitution and Amendments search
Historic Supreme Court Decisions
- by topic
Famous Constitutional Cases
Free Expression Network Clearinghouse
Yahoo Subject Directory on
the Amendments
First Amendment Cyber-Tribune (online newspaper)
ACLU Free Speech Cases
Free Expression after September 11
The Freedom Forum - two articles (Click on "First
Amendment". In the search box type "Mary E Lewis".
Go to page 4.)
U. S. Court of Appeals Opinion
- Click on "Opinions by Name". Search Mary E. Lewis.
Article from the Kansas City
Star on Mary E. Lewis
U. S. Government
Guide to U.S. Government for Kids - includes historical documents, branches of government,
election process, how laws are made, ...
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Graphics
American
Memory - searchable historical
collection of items from the National Digital Library at the
Library of Congress
Corbis
- search for graphics
Ditto.com
- Visual search of the web using pictures
Google Images
Picture History -
searchable online archive of film and footage illuminating more
than 200 years of American history
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Health
General Health Sites
About Kids Health
- information for kids, teens and parents
Health Resources: best of the Internet selected
by the N. H. State Library
First Gov for Kids -
links to government health sites
Subject Specific Health Sites
Bulimia Nervosa Resource Guide
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History
American
History
AP
History
AP History DBQs - This site contains examples of document based
questions for both U.S. History and European History.
Bering Land
Bridge
Alaska Science Forum - a new view of the Bering Land Bridge
Bering Land Bridge National Preserve - historical and cultural significance - National
Park Service
Bering Land Bridge National Preserve - Geology Fieldnotes from the National Park Service
Bering Land Bridge National
Preserve - History
Bering Land Bridge Movie (select animated GIF)
The Bering Strait and the
land bridge
Journeys of the first Americans
(map)
Land Bridge to the new world
Pleistocene Times
Explorers
Conquistadors (PBS)
- Cortes, Pizarro, Orellana, Cabeza de Vaca
The Mining Company - Exploration and Historical Geography links from
Pathfinders & Passageways
- The Exploration of Canada from
the National Library of Canada
Reference Resources on Famous
Explorers - links to explorer sites
from Kid Info, a homework resource page
Colonial Period
The Time Page:Founding
the American Colonies
Colonial America: links to other sites
Revolutionary
Period
Civil War
Civil War Battles: Summaries by State
Freedom: a history of us - conduct a keyword search for information on
a person, organization, or event of American history
Late 19th Century
America 1900 - PBS
American Experience includes speeches, political cartoons, people,
events
Costume History at The Costumer's
Manifesto
Cartoons of the Gilded Age
and Progressive Era - from Ohio State project
New Perspectives on The West (PBS) - multimedia guided tour offers documentary materials,
images, commentary on people, places and events, and links to
background information and other resources
Vietnam
My Lai Incident
Famous American Trials: The My Lai Court-Martial 1970
U.S. Army Public Affairs News
- Army awards veterans who stopped
My Lai Massacre
Court TV Online
The American/Vietnam War (
From Asian-Nations, providing information on issues from
an Asian American perspective)
Inventions
Encyclopedia Smithsonian:
Inventors and Innovations from
the Smithsonian Institution
The Mining Company - Famous Inventions Links
Invention Dimension: Inventor
of the Week Archives from Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Inventors & Inventions -
links to online sites about inventors and inventions, includes
timelines
National Inventors Hall of Fame - Go to the top of the page. Under "Hall
of Fame" select "Search".
Presidential
Campaigns
American Presidency in History - Under the biography section for each President
there is information on the campaign and election
American
Presidency - contains links to
articles in Scholastic resources
Harper's Weekly Explore History,1860 - 1912 - contains an overview, cartoons, biographies
and events
Livingroom Candidate - contains presidential campaign commercials 1952-2004
New York Times Looks Back - Presidential elections 1896-1996
Presidential Campaigns, Conventions and Elections - contains links to other sites
POTUS Presidents of the United States - contains "background information, election
results, notable events," and a link to information about
the opposing candidate
U.S. Electoral College - contains historical election results
U.S. Presidential Elections
- select campaigns by year
Yahoo! Past U.S. Presidential
Elections - contains links to other
sites
Timelines
Newspaper Archive - There are some free parts to this database containing
newspaper pages dating from 1759 to present.
U.S. History Timelines
American Civil Rights Timeline
(1954 through 2005) - from Infoplease
Almanac
American Cultural History: The 19th Century
American Cultural History: The Twentieth Century
American History Timeline - Encyclopedia Smithsonian
American Memory Timeline - from The Library of Congress
Brief Timeline of the American
Civil Rights Movement (1954-1965)
Digital History TImeline and
History Day by Day
Timeline Special (from the
NY Times) Women in the United States (1600 to 1998)
Top 100 Sports Stories of the Century - from the St. Petersburg Times with a link to
an article about the story
U.S. History Timeline - from World Almanac for Kids
USA Timelines
Virtual Library History - U. S. timeline
Woman Suffrage Timeline - from 1776 to 1920
General Timelines
Decades
Timeline
From Revolution to Reconstruction - Documents from before 1400 (Magna Carta) to
2001
History of the World Timeline-
from the History Channel
Hyperhistory Collection
Infoplease Almanac, Archive
of Timelines - includes World and
U.S. History, Disasters, Biography, Sports, Health and Science,
Entertainment, and a Yea
Top 100 20th Century News
Stories - Journalists and scholars
were asked to select the top stories. The results were posted
on Feb. 24, 1999.r-by-Year (1900-2005) search box
Twentieth Century Timeline
Washington,
D.C.
The Virtual Tour of Washington, D. C. - an interactive field trip to our nation's capital
Official Tourism Site for Washington, D. C. - select "Visitor Information", "What
to do", and then "Monuments and Museums"
Maps of Washington, D.C.
National Mall - Monuments and Memorials
John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts
Kennedy Center
The
Library of Congress
Smithsonian
Museums
Washington National Cathedral
The White House -
online historical tour of the White House
World Book Online
Memorials
Arlington National Cemetery
Korean War Veterans' Memorial
Lincoln Memorial
Roosevelt Memorial
Thomas Jefferson Memorial -
National Park Service
The Virtual Wall -
A digital legacy project for remembrance of the Vietnam War with
information about the Vietnam Veterans Memorial
The Washington Monument
Liberty Bell - Philadelphia
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World
History
This
Day in History
History.com This Day in History - Enter date upper right-hand corner
Historynet.com Today in History - Enter date upper left-hand corner
Library of Congress American
Memory - Today in History - Search
using option 2
New York Times On This Day
Archive
On This Day in History MSN
Encarta
Mathematics
Mathematicians
Biographies of Women Mathematicians
Math Historians - Select a mathematician from
an alphabetical list, find biographical information as well as
links to other sites
World Book Online
Math Help
Ask Dr. Math - browse
or search the archive for answers to math questions (from Drexel
University)
Math Central - an
Internet service for mathematics teachers and students from kindergarten
to grade 12
Math Resources -
tutorials, formulas, directories from the Vocational Information
Center
Professor Freedman's Math Help - This site provides information about basic math
and algebra.
Nutrition
Prevention Magazine Online
U.S.D.A Dietary Guidelines for Americans 2005
Reference
Biography Resource Center - This online reference database covers the areas
of literature, science, multicultural studies, business, entertainment,
politics, sports, government, history, arts, and newsmakers and
contains over 400,000 biographies (from books and periodicals)
on more than 320,000 people. Please contact the library for the
password.
Bloom's Literary Reference
Online - This database includes
a timeline and provides information on thousands of authors,
their works and characters, and topics and themes in literature.
Please contact the library for the password.
CIA World Factbook
Dictionary.com -
The dictionaries that appear on Dictionary.com include: The American
Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Webster's Revised
Unabridged Dictionary, WordNet , The Free On-line Dictionary
of Computing, Jargon File, CIA World Factbook, U.S. Gazetteer,
Acronym Finder, ...
Earth Calendar -
holidays listed by date, country, religion and lunar phases
EBSCOhost
databases - A user I.D. and password
is necessary to access this site. Please contact the library
for access passwords.
Grolier
Online - This site includes access
to Encyclopedia Americana, The New Book of Knowledge,
The New Book of Popular Science, Lands and Peoples
(countries of the world), and the American the Beautiful series
(the 50 states plus Puerto Rico and the U.S. Territories). A
user I.D. and password is necessary to access this site. Please
contact the library for access passwords.
Guinness Book of World Records
Information Please Almanac
N.H.
State Government Online
Old
Farmer's Almanac
Source
for facts on the Net
Towns
of Cheshire County
United
States Census Bureau
Immigration Statistics - Select Table 1 and/or Table 2
Weather - forecasts
for cities around the world
World Atlas
World Book Online - A username and password
is necessary to access this site. Please contact the library
for access passwords.
World Leaders - the CIA list of chiefs of state and cabinet
members of foreign governments
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Science
Biomes
Biomes -
Includes arctic tundra, deciduous forest, desert, taiga, tropical
rainforest, tropical savannah
Major Biomes of the World
- includes tundra, taiga, forests,
tropical savanna. deserts, grasslands
Marine Ecosystems
- includes shorelines, temperate oceans, tropical oceans
Biome Basics - includes information on deserts, grasslands,
oceans, rainforests, taigas, temperate forests, and tundras
The World's Biomes - includes aquatic, deserts, forests, grasslands,
tundra
Deserts
Desert Habitats
Desert Life in the American Southwest - includes animals & wildlife, plants &
wildflowers, people & cultures, plus what is a desert
Desert Topics - includes
what is a desert, types of deserts, what causes deserts, deserts
of the world, desert plants and animals
Living Desert Zoo and Gardens
- has detailed fact sheets about desert animals
Mojave Desert - includes
information on desert plants and animals
Principal Deserts of the World - This site (from Information Please Almanac)
lists location, size, and topography.
Sahara - This site
includes information about geography, climate, wildlife, people
and history of the Sahara.
Sonoran Desert - contains information about the plants (such
as the ironwood tree), animals (such as the pygmy owl), ecosystems,
cultures, and history of the Sonoran Desert
Sonoran Desert Museum - features articles on ants, bighorn sheep, coatis,
horned lizards, river otters, owls, scorpions, tarantulas, turkey
vultures
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- Birthstones
Mineral Gallery
- Birthstones
Generous Gems - Birthstones and Gemstone
Jewelry
University of Nebraska
(Lincoln), Conservation and Survey Division - Traditional Birthstones
Find Your Fate -
Gemology Superstitions
Lucky Gemstones Jewelry
Jewelry Mall - Birthstones
Jewelry Mall - Healing Properties of
Gemstones and Crystals
Mineral and Gemstone Kingdom
International Colored
Gemstone Association - Birthstones
World Village -
Birthstones
International Gem Society Reference Library
Calendars
Calendars Through the Ages
Chemistry
Chemical Elements
WebElements Periodic Table
Hyper Chemistry
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Earth Science
Mountain Maker, Earth Shaker - plate tectonics
Terraserver - access
to a vast data store of maps and aerial photographs of the United
States
Geologic Time
Periods
Exploring Time and Space - On the right hand side of the page choose a
time period.
Fossils, Rocks, and Time - by the U. S. Geological Survey, Dept.of Interior
Geologic Time - information by era
Geologic Time by William Newman of the U.S. Geological Survey,
includes relative time scale, fossils, and information on the
major divisions of geologic time
Geologic Time Chart
- from the Idaho Museum of Natural History
Time Periods - U. of California, Berkeley
Virtual Silurian Reef - geologic time
Human Body Systems
Electric Heart -
an exploration of the human and the artificial heart from NOVA
The Heart - an online
exploration
Human Anatomy Online
- describes different body systems
Human Body Adventure - This takes you to the intro page. If you want
to go right to the information pages, click on "skip intro".
My Body
(from Kids Health)
Yahooligans - search
this subject directory
Tsunamis
BBC News - links to articles
on the recent Asian tsunami
CNN News
- links to articles on the recent Asian tsunami
DigitalGlobe - images related to tsunamis including one that
captured the devastation around Kalutara, Sri Lanka on December
26, 2004
How Stuff Works -
information on how tsunamis work, the anatomy of a wave and the
birth of a tsunami
International Charter - provides images and data on "Space and
Major Disasters" including the recent Asian earthquake and
tsunami
Killer Wave! Tsunami - information about tsunamis from National Geographic
Newsbank Periodical Index
- links to tsunami coverage (password required)
Savage Earth: Waves of Destruction - includes information, pictures and an animation
on tsunamis
Tsunamis: Facts About Killer
Waves - another site from National
Geographic updated January 3, 2005
Yahoo! News - links
to articles on the recent Asian tsunami
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Invertebrates
Animal Index - Invertebrates
Invertebrates: a resource
page
Animal Diversity Web
Invertebrates - information and pictures from Enchanted Learning
Invertebrates: National Oceanic
and Atmospheric Adm. (Dept. of Commerce)
Invertebrates Web Quest
Space
Constellations
Constellations - Select "Advanced" at the top of the
page and then use the links "Northern Hemisphere Constellations"
and "Southern Hemisphere Constellations"
Zodiac Signs
Galaxies
What is a galaxy?
- from the Science Museum of Virginia
Planets
Astronomy for Kids
Astronomy for Kids from Dustbunny.com
Exploring the Planets
- National Air and Space Museum
Kids Astronomy -
click on the link for the solar system
NASA Space Link: Our Solar
System - NASA site designed for
students
NASA Image Collection
- from the planetary exploration program
The Nine Planets - a multimedia tour of the solar system giving
an overview of the history, mythology, and current scientific
knowledge of each of the planets and moons in our solar system
NSSDC Photo Gallery
- a collection of popular and frequently requested imagery from
NASA's data archive
Orrery:The Solar System in Action - created by a physics teacher in England
Views of the Solar System
- This multimedia adventure presents the splendor of the sun,
planets, moons, comets, asteroids, space missions,, and spacecraft
through a vast archive of photographs, scientific facts, text,
graphics and videos.
Virtual Solar System - a National Geographic site
Windows to the Universe - This site has general information on the solar
system and the universe including myths, art books and film,
space missions, people and data.
Zoom Astronomy - Contains astronomy topics which include the
planets, the sun, the moon, the stars, galaxies, asteroids, ...
Space flight
Space Science Missions - NASA links to each mission's home page
Space Link - an alphabetical
link to NASA'a Internet resources
Viral/Bacterial
Diseases
All the Virology on the WWW - links to virus information
Big Picture Book of Viruses - A to Z list of viral diseases
Biological Illustrations -
illustrations of the HIV virus, Ebola virus , Influenza virus
Biotech Graphics Gallery
- illustrations of the HIV virus, Influenza A virus and the Adenovirus
Custom Medical Stock Photos
- search for pictures of viruses
Discovery Health Channel
- search for information on diseases, drugs, diet, fitness and
other health topics
Federal Government's Centers for Disease Control
and Prevention - health topics
A to Z
Google Images - search
for a visual representation of the virus or bacteria
KidsHealth - search for information on diseases, staying
healthy, illnesses, injuries, ...
Microscopy Education Image Library - Under the paragraph "Education Use"
click on the link "Education Site Image Library". You
may "search the library" without signing in. Search
for pictures of the Herpes Simplex virus, HIV virus, Influenza
A virus, Rhabdovirus, Polio virus.
World Book Online
- If you wish to access World Book Online, please contact
the library for access passwords.
Weather
Weather Channel