Educational

Geography: Links to geography related web sites.
This SubCategory of Links last updated on 03/23/2004

3D Atlas Online is your ultimate geographic resource!You'll find the best research links for every country,timely world news, the coolest free downloads, and our own Geographic Glossary. A companion site for the 3D Atlas 98 CD-ROM, from Creative Wonders. 
State information resource links to state homepage, symbols, flags, maps, constitutions, representitives, songs, birds, flowers, trees 
Atlapedia Online contains full color physical maps, political maps as well as key facts and statistics on countries of the world. 
A wealth of data, statistics, and comparisons about U.S. cities, counties, and foreign countries, presented in unique and interesting ways. 
Global Statistics is a collection of tables and graphics providing a statistical look at countries, their population, area, capital, main cities, etc.  
This site by WorldAtlas.com, supplies 'The List' of continents, countries, dependencies, islands, territories, lakes, rivers, seas, oceans, mountains, and the highest, lowest, biggest, smallest, tallest, deepest places on planet earth. 
What does your house look like from a satellite? At Maps.com you can view online aerial images for virtually any location in the United States. Maps.com has partnered with GlobeXplorer to bring you the world's largest interactive aerial and satellite image database. 
Find almost any place with Map Machine and other online National Geographic atlases, order maps, get country facts, print maps, play geography games. 
Web camera at one of the llocks located on the Panama Canel. 
TerraFly changes the way you view your world. Simply enter an address, and our system will put you at the controls of a new and innovative way to explore your digital earth 
This site by the Bureau of Public Affairs, U.S. Department of State, provides the latest demographic information on world wide countries from Afghanistan to Zimbabwe. The most recent map of each country is also available 
USDA Forest Service national headquarters website; the home page and gateway to all Forest Service websites. 
Site allows you to find the absolute and relative location of any country in the world.  
Global Statistics: Population of Cities and Towns / Current National Flags 
Global Statistics: Population of Cities and Towns / Current National Flags  
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History: Links to help you in your study of history.
This SubCategory of Links last updated on 01/26/2006

Hear the words that changed the world. From Martin Luther King, Jr.'s I have a dream" speech to Lou Gehrig's farewell to baseball 
United States, History of the. The history of the United States is the story of a great nation that was formed by brave and freedom-loving people from many lands. A-to-Z History is brought to you by DiscoverySchool.com and powered by World Book Online. 
Site dedicated to Public Communication of all kinds and includes a Speech Bank, Movie Speeches, Audio Figures of Speech, The Top 100 American Political Speeches of the 20th Century, The Rhetoric of 9-11 and links to Communication Associations and Journals  
This exhibition examines the life and career of Winston Spencer Churchill and emphasizes his lifelong links with the United States--the nation he called "the great Republic." The exhibition comes nearly forty years after the death of Winston Churchill and sixty years after the D-Day allied invasion of Nazi-occupied France during World War II. It commemorates both of these events. 
Images drawn from the New-York Historical Society's rich archival collections that document the Civil War. 
founding fathers, declaration of independence, biographies, american history, history, american revolution, revolutionary war, biography 
This library is in the process of digitalizing many of its hard copy resources, such as archival photos, for online access. Several collections, such as Surveyors of the American West and 19th century image of African- Americans , are already available. Forthcoming Projects include 'Black New York' and maps of the Middle Atlantic Seaboard made between 1660 and 1850. 
A site that shows you how to piece together the past from the fragments that have survived. Our case study: Martha Ballard. 
This on line resource is for anyone interested in the Titanic. You can read over 2,100 individual passenger and crew biographies, browse the regularly updated passenger and crew listings, read exclusive articles by leading historians or join in discussions about Titanic research in a message board.  
HPOL is a searchable multimedia database documenting and delivering authoritative audio relevant to American history and politics. This project is supported by a major grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities Teaching With Technology Program in collaboration with Michigan State University and the National Gallery of the Spoken Word. Other website support from Northwestern University Library, School of Communication, Office of the Provost, Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences, and the Department of Political Science.  
This site by SUNY at Albany's Department of History, is a guide to resources available on the Internet for those interested in Middle East culture and history.  
This innovative program will take you on a personalized tour through the collections of the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History. 
Wild rivers. Rugged mountains. An unknown continent to explore. This legendary American expedition faced them all, and you can be a member of their team.  
Get our best information & features about the Lewis & Clark expedition across America--journal entries, maps, historical photos, drawings, and more. 
An Outline of American History is one of the oldest continuing publications of the United States Information Agency. The first edition (1949-50) was produced under the editorship of Francis Whitney, first of the State Department Office of International Information and later of the U.S. Information Agency. Alan Winkler, professor of history at Miami University (Ohio), wrote the post-World War II chapters for the current edition, and the entire volume has been extensively revise 
This site by the National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior, provides a thumbnail summary of the Civil War, supplemented by a series of maps detailing the various battles of the War.  
The HistoryMakers represents the single largest archival project of its kind in the world, outdistancing the existing video oral history collections of New York?s Schomburg Library and the Birmingham Civil Rights Museum.?The HistoryMakers is unique among these other collections of African American heritage, because of its massive scope. 
American Public Media's The Writer's Almanac features Garrison Keillor recounting the highlights of this day in history and reads a short poem or two.  
TheHistoryNet - Where History Lives on the Web. 
World History : HyperHistory Online navigates through 3 000 years of World History with links to important persons of world historical importance; civilization timelines; events and facts; and historical maps 
Educational

Homework Help: Links to help you with your homework
This SubCategory of Links last updated on 01/26/2006

bigchalk.com's K-12 education site offers resources for teachers, library media specialists, parents and students with online periodicals, state standards, homework help, lesson plans, test practice and school technology guides. 
Dr. Brain finds and rates the best free learning sites on the web 
Site provides educational resources, lesson plans, clipart, worksheets, K-12, teacher websites, hotlist web page creator, webquests, homework, multimedia, technology tutorials, education newsletter, and more. 
Fact Monster is the largest free reference site just for kids! Get homework help and find facts on thousands of subjects, including sports, entertainment, geography, history, biography, education and health. 
Search a number of free essays and cliff notes.  
a listing of free cliff notes, book summaries, and study guides for over 250 books 
Useful free math resources for educators, parents, home schoolers, grandparents, & children. 
KidsClick! was created by a group of librarians at the Ramapo Catskill Library System, as a logical step in addressing concerns about the role of public libraries in guiding their young users to valuable and age appropriate web sites. 
Need to know how much hippos eat, what explorers Lewis and Clark packed in their first-aid kit, where Giza is, or how fireworks work? You?ve come to the right place. Here are our most fact-filled features, perfect for reports, presentations, homework?or your curiosity. 
Search online reference materials - American Heritage Dictionary, Columbia Encyclopedia, Roget's Thesaurus, World Factbook, Spanish to English Dictionary, Quotations, Shakespeare?s Works, Gray?s Anatomy of the Human Body, and conversion calculators on Yahoo! Education.  
Educational

Language Arts: Links to help you write and speak better.
This SubCategory of Links last updated on 08/21/2003

The Acronym Finder is the web's largest searchable database, containing over 209,000 acronyms, abbreviations and definitions. Covers: common acronyms, computers, science, technology, government, telecommunications, & military acronyms. 
All About How to Write Well - help to improve your writing with home study courses or professional writing services. FREE online language tutorials! 
For questions on English, grammar, spelling, and usage; to search a dictionary of words, names or quotations; for help with writing; for crosswords and puzzles; and to learn French, German, Spanish, Italian, or Spanish just ask the Oxford experts. 
William Jennings Bryan included in 10 volumes 281 addresses by 213 rhetoricians to bring into focus two millennia of Western Civilization 
At this site you can read, search, and annotate great works of literature by authors such as Dickens, Tolstoy, Shakespeare, and many others. The collection currently contains 651 books and 906 short stories by 196 authors. New works are added to the collection on a regular basis, many at the suggestion of readers. 
the Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th edition contains much more data than many multi-volume encyclopedias. The entire Columbia Encyclopedia database is full-text searchable. 
The aim of this site is to help you avoid low grades, lost employment opportunities, lost business, and titters of amusement at the way you write or speak. Tips on hundreds of confusing words and pairs such as affect/effect, adapt/adopt, advice/advise. 
Craig, W.J., ed. 1914. The Oxford Shakespeare: The Complete Works of William Shakespeare 
Improve your writing with free daily e-mail grammar lessons. 
The premier online American English dictionary with an integrated thesaurus. WEDT contains 50,000 headwords, and very precisely defined and hyperlinked synonyms. And the search engine allows for very flexible searching. 
Eliot, Charles W., ed. The Harvard Classics and Harvard Classics Shelf of Fiction. 1909?1917 
Browse over 30,000 quotations by 8,000 authors. FREE Quote-a-day e-mail newsletter has famous quotes and current quips from today's celebrities. Popular topics include art, business, culture, history, nature, politics, relationships, science, sports. 
Good writing skills are essential for effective communication. The better you write, the more easily readers will understand you. Learning to write well takes time and practice. This site by Infoplease provides tips how to write topics, including: essays, research papers, biographies, and book reports. 
Indispensable Writing Resources -- THE definitive source for all writing-related books and Web sites, including the best reference sites, writing sites, writing job sites, and much more. 
This site by the Internet Public Library, provides a step by step guide to researching and writing a paper, tips in finding information in cyberspace and in your library, and links to great online resources for research and writing. 
If you're confused by conjugation and puzzled by the postpositive then this service by Oxford Dictionaries called 'jargon buster' should help you cut through the technical terms and grab hold of grammar, literary terms, and other such bamboozlement. 
This site contains original writings on political philosophy and economics as well as book reviews. It also has a general site of annotated links to a wide range of topics and a special site of links to libertarian resources. 
A rich lexical toolbox, this program allows you to search for rhymes and relationships between words and concepts that might never have occurred to you before. 
The complete Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary and Thesaurus online -- free and searchable with definitions and audio pronunications. You can also read the Word of the Day, play Word Games, and purchase books and CDs. 
An annotated guide to Shakespeare resources on the Internet. 
A handy online reference to over 160 alphabets, syllabaries and other writing systems. 
A gargantuan database of quotations organized by topic and author as well as humorous quotations. Perfect for the quotation afficionado and the toastmaster alike. 
A language arts reference tool and comprehensive search engine for words. Includes the functions of a rhyming dictionary, thesaurus, and spelling checker, as well as an integrated full-text search engine for all of Shakespeare's works and thousands of quotations and poems. 
Roget’s II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition. 1995 
William Shakespeare information and text of his plays and poems. 
Phrases to say in times of trouble. Cliches for many situations. 
Traditional English Grammar: Description and Use 
At Vocabulary University participants learn vocabulary in context at grade 5 through college prep in puzzle form. Diplomas are awarded. Graphic word games & creative activities help vocabulary acquisition. 
The Word eBook Library: Read or Download Books Online 
Educational

Research Resources: Links to help you look up the information you need.
This SubCategory of Links last updated on 12/18/2005

A subject directory of education resources for high school and college student as well as a directory of online degree programs and admissions test preparation resources.  
All Academic is an on-line academic clearinghouse. We index and archive publications of interest to the academic community including journals, magazines, convention papers, working papers, scholarly projects, etc.. 
The Searchengine and Directory to all IQ-Tests, EQ-Tests, Career-Tests, Health-Tests and much more. 
Boost your brain power here. 
The Biographical Dictionary contains information on 19,000 notable people from ancient times to the present day. The Dictionary is searchable by names, keywords, and dates. 
This online reference library is powered by the wealth of information in Bloomsbury's acclaimed reference books. When was Picasso's Blue Period? Howdo you spell accommodation? This area answers these and many other questions. 
An online searchable dictionary brought to you by Yahoo! Reference. 
Over 540 links to U.S. Public Libraries with Websites, listed by state with descriptions of special features or unusual services offered by each library. 
The original directory of library home pages. This page is a directory of public libraries in the United States (USA). 
The Einstein Archives Online Website provides the first online access to Albert Einstein?s scientific and non-scientific manuscripts held by the Albert Einstein Archives at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and to an extensive Archival Database, constituting the material record of one of the most influential intellects in the modern era. The site allows viewing and browsing of approx. 3,000 high-quality digitized images of Einstein?s writings, available for viewing in two sizes: a standard resolution image, as well as a high-resolution image for closer inspection. This digitization of more than 900 documents written by Einstein was produced by the Jewish National & University Library?s Digitization Project. 
Encarta.com: your gateway for interactive learning on the Web. 
Columbia Encyclopedia - an online searchable encyclopedia brought to you by Yahoo! Reference. 
Features answers to frequently asked questions about the Smithsonian and links to Smithsonian resources from A to Z 
The Especially for Researchers pages provides links for doing research on the Library of Congress' Web site, as well as links to information on doing research onsite at the Library, using its capitol hill facilities. In addition, the Ask a Library service provides a direct link to the Library's greatest resource, its expert staff and curators. 
Welcome to ExploreMath.com, the online learning community dedicated to the teaching and learning of mathematics. 
FastWeb is the largest and most popular scholarship search. Need money for college? Do a free FastWeb Scholarship Search. When new awards are added that match your profile, FastWeb emails them to you automatically. FastWeb also provides a free College Search. 
The definitive hypertext edition of William Faulkner's The Sound and the Fury, complete with resources, visuals, and links to other sites. 
Search articles for free at FindArticles.com, a searchable online archive of quality magazine and journal content. 
How many of the 20th century's greatest engineering achievements will you use today? A car? Computer? Telephone? This site lists the top 20 engineering achievements, and learn how engineering shaped a century and changed the world. 
Information Please is the world's largest free reference site. Here you can find facts on thousands of subjects including sports, entertainment, technology, business, education, and health. 
The Internet Public Library (IPL), is a public service organization and learning/teaching environment at the University of Michigan School of Information.  
iTools Internet tools: Search, research, reference, look up or translate just about anything in one place.  
The Library of Congress provides research and reference services to the U.S. Congress, the broader Government, and the public. Visit the reading rooms online or read the many publications describing the Library's unique collections. 
The Library of Congress (LC) offers a wide variety of online databases and Internet resources. In addition, LC provides an easy-to-use gateway for searching other institutions' online catalogs and extensive links to resources on the Internet.  
Find the best library and reference resources at LibrarySpot.com, including top dictionaries, encyclopedias, newspapers, maps, quotations and much more. 
The internet's biography resource, linking to thousands of biography-related sites, including autobiographies, journals, letters, diaries, memoirs, biography collections, etc. 
Math in Daily Life: How much will you have saved when you retire? Is it better to lease or buy a car? Learn the answers to these and other mathematical questions that affect our daily decisions. 
This quiz is provided for entertainment purposes only, it is not an IQ test. This score will not qualify you for Mensa. The questions on the "Mensa Workout" are biased for people whose primary language is English. 
Links to resources for The Quest for Immortality: Treasures of Ancient Egypt: exhibition brochure, family guide, and virtual tour on Egyptian artifacts and their role in the afterlife 
Site indexes thousands of philosophy resources and is one of few such indexes which is annotated and updated regularly.  
Portals to the World contain selective links providing authoritative, in-depth information about the nations and other areas of the world. They are arranged by country or area with the links for each sorted into a wide range of broad categories. 
QuickMath allows students to get instant solutions to all kinds of math problems, from algebra and equation solving right through to calculus and matrices. 
Help with research papers. Instruction and tips on editing, writing, and research. 
Directory of Official US State Birds 
Site about Sue, the largest, most complete, and best preserved Tyrannosaurus Rex skeleton ever found. A site for kids and adults alike, for anyone interested in the work of paleontology or who just likes dinosaurs. 
The Cambridge History of English and American Literature: An Encyclopedia in Eighteen Volumes. 
Comprehensive chronology of more than 20,000 entries that span the millennia from prehistoric times to the year 2000. 
The Exploratorium - a hands-on museum of science, art, and human perception in San Francisco. Our site provides interactive online exhibits and exhibitions, hands-on activities, Webcasts, and more. 
The Plumb Design Visual Thesaurus is an exploration of sense relationships within the English language. By clicking on words, you follow a thread of meaning, creating a spatial map of linguistic associations. The Visual Thesaurus was built using Thinkmap, a data-animation technology developed by Plumb Design. 
ThinkQuest is an online program that challenges students, educators at all levels to develop educational Web sites for curriculum and staff development 
ThinkQuest is an international competition where student teams engage in collaborative, project-based learning to create educational websites. The winning entries form the ThinkQuest online library. 
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Education Center. This site is for students, teachers, librarians and other educators to access our many educational resources.  
How Smart do you think you are? 
We are the largest producers of security documents in the United States. The BEP prints billions of Federal Reserve Notes for delivery to the Federal Reserve System each year (the BEP does not produce coins - all coinage is produced by the United States Mint). These notes are produced at our facilities in Washington, D.C. and Ft. Worth, Texas. The BEP produces several other specialty printing products, such as postage stamps for the United States Postal Service, hand engraved invitations on behalf of the White House, and various miscellaneous security documents for other government agencies. Download images of various bank notes. 
Trying to find out how many gallons is equal to 50 liters? This conversion calculator can help you convert measurements for area, length, weight, and volume whether you're using the metric system, the U.S. system, or both.  
INFOMINE is a comprehensive virtual library and reference tool for academic and scholarly Internet resources, including Web sites, databases, electronic journals, bulletin boards, listservs, online library card catalogs, articles, directories of researchers, and other types of information. 
The world's most comprehensive and authoritative language community portal with every resource needed for language study and improvement in more than 250 languages. 
Educational

Web Courses: Links to courses you can take on the web to further your knowledge.
This SubCategory of Links last updated on 03/23/2004

The biggest database of free tutorials on the internet. Thousands of free guides and tutorials listed in hundreds of categories. 
This site currently hosts over 200 full online training courses - Over 35,000 pages of professionally developed, high quality content pages. All of this training material can be viewed free online using the latest Adobe Acrobat Reader.  
Help-Site contains links to hundreds of computer related FAQs, howtos, tutorials, manuals, guides, and sites from around the net 
The 100% Brain Course is a master, growth program of 217 mind/body/spirit exercises in a home-study manual to help you empower your life with better Emotional Discipline, more effective Creative Thinking, and increased Memory Capacity.  
New Horizons computer learning centers, a leader in computer training and education, offers technical and desktop application training, including Microsoft, Novell, Lotus, and A+ certifications. And many web based training course are available. 
Students of all ages can create multimedia presentations using Microsoft PowerPoint. Teach them how using this fun-filled, online tutorial.  
The DNA Learning Center web page contains a wide variety of online DNA resources as well as information on our many workshops, field trips, courses and products. 
Typing tutor ? TypingMaster, a touch typing software program that teaches you typing skills and tests your typing speed. Learn touch-type keyboarding skills with effective tutorial lessons. Speed up your typing by 200 per cent! 
World Wide Learn - World's Largest Online Education Directory. Includes online college, university and graduate degree programs, online courses and education, online training programs and online continuing education resources for the virtual student.