Links to Online Resources for Academic Areas

Contents

1. 1 Links to Online Resources for Academic Areas
   1. 1.1 General Reference
   2. 1.2 English
   3. 1.3 Math
   4. 1.4 Science
   5. 1.5 Social Studies
   6. 1.6 Foreign Languages
   7. 1.7 For Teachers

General Reference

• General reference site for most subjects - http://highschoolhub.org/hub/hub.cfm
• Info on just about anything - http://www.ipl.org/
• Online encyclopedia - http://encarta.msn.com/default.asp?
• Online encyclopedia - http://www.britannica.com/
• Another online encyclopedia - http://www.encyclopedia.com/
• CIA World Factbook (country information) - http://www.odci.gov/cia/publications/factbook/index.html
• Dictionary online (includes thesaurus, translator, and fun stuff) - http://www.dictionary.com/ 

English

• Mythology  - http://www.pantheon.org/mythica.html
• Medieval, Renaissance, and 17th Century Literary Periods - http://www.luminarium.org
• Reference and general interest books online - http://www.bartleby.com/
• Online poetry database - http://www.poets-corner.org/
• British literature - http://classiclit.about.com/cs/britishliterature1/
• American literature - http://www.nagasaki-gaigo/ac/jp/ishikawa/amlit/
• More American literature - http://www.bibliomania.com/2/3/270/frameset.html
• Shakespeare sites - http://www.shakespeare.com and http://www.folger.edu/Home_02B.html and http://www.bardweb.net/

Math

• Geometry - http://www.geom.umn.edu/welcome.html
• Interactive online calculators - http://www.wolinskyweb.com/measure.htm
• High school math help -http://mathforum.org/students/high/
• Links to math sites - http://homeworkspot.com/high/math/
• More links to math sites - http://www.awesomelibrary.org/Classroom/Mathematics/Middle-High_School_Math/Middle-High_School_Math.html

Science

• Physics - http://www.colorado.edu/physics/2000/index.pl
• General science help and links - http://homeworkspot.com/high/science/
• Links to all science areas, by discipline - http://www.galaxy.com/b/d?n=23272
• Selected science links - http://www.ecnet.net/users/gdlevin/science.html
• Biology and Chemistry links - http://biochemlinks.com/bclinks/bclinks.cfm

Social Studies

• State Department country information - http://usinfo.state.gov/
• Links to most social studies areas - http://www.ukans.edu/history/VL/
• More country information - http://www.loc.gov/rr/international/portals.html
• Primary sources for American history - http://odur.let.rug.nl/~usa/usa.htm
• Country source information - http://www.countryreports.org/
• American Memory Project (primary source documents) - http://memory.loc.gov/

Foreign Languages

• French points of interest - http://ausarts.anu.edu.au/french/french.html
• Top Ten Websites of France - http://www.france.com/media/top10sites.html
• French history - http://www.france.com/culture/history/index.html
• Spanish literature - http://lanic.utexas.edu/la/region/literature/
• Great source for Spanish homework help - http://spanish.about.com/cs/homeworkhelp/

For Teachers

• Links for all subject areas! - http://school.discovery.com/schrockguide/
• National Science Teachers Association - http://www.nsta.org/onlineresources/site/
• Eisenhower National Clearinghouse (resources/topics for teachers) - http://www.enc.org/
• English Journal from National Council of Teachers of English - http://www.ncte.org/ej/toc/EJ0914TOC.shtml
• National Council of Teachers of Math - http://illuminations.nctm.org/index2.html
• National Council for the Social Studies - http://www.socialstudies.org/
• Mass. Teacher's Organization - http://www.massteacher.org/html/Public_area/
• Mass. Department of Education - http://www.doe.mass.edu/

 

List compiled by Marybeth Gallant, AHS Librarian