Business
Technology:
Better Business Bureau
-- provides consumer and business resolution, complaints and accreditation
information.
Consumer Reports
Online
-- provides information on cars, electronics, money, food, health, etc.
Access to rations requires a subscription.
Forbes
Magazine -- On-line version of the well-regarded magazine plus a good site
for stock market research, publicly traded corporations, and annual reports.
Gallup Poll
-- provides data on political, social, and economic issues.
Hoover's Online
-- provides business information and industry overviews (fees are required
for company reports and business forms).
Life Insurance (ReliaQuote) --
provides free life insurance quotes from a wide selection of reputable
company plans.
Kelley Blue Book -- provides information on
new and used cars, motorcycles, watercraft and snowmobiles (pricing, values,
loans and insurance).
Monster Career Center
-- connects job seekers and employers; gives career advice and job fair
details
NADA Guides
-- provides buying, selling, trading, shopping and maintaining vehicle
information.
FedStats -- provides statistics from
over 100 governmental agencies.
Teen
Space (Internet Public Library for Teens) offers teens "Money and Work"
information about saving, investing, taxes, credit. budgeting, job hunting
and college aid.
The Teenager's
Guide to the Real World Online -- provides resources to teens on many
topics like starting a business, finding a part-time job and making money
with a web site.
Business and Economy
(Yahoo Index)
Business and
Economics (Internet Public Library) -- provides links to business
and economics information, resources and directories.
English:
Grammar
Grammar and Writing
Index: This index contains 427 references to both the
Guide to Grammar and Writing and Principals of Composition.
Literature
American
Collection an annotated list of American Literature websites
Literary
Criticism contains critical and biographical websites about authors and
their works that can be browsed by author, by title, or by nationality and
literary period.
Hispanic Writers
Dictionary of Writers
in Mexico an alphabetized list of Mexican writers
Hispanic
Literature a table of contents for websites about various authors,
criticism, and history
Hispanic
Writers
Women Writers
WomenWriters
an annotated list of websites that feature women authors.
Mythology
Bulfinch's Mythology complete works
of Thomas Bulfinch
Encyclopedia
Mythica an encyclopedia organized by continent
Folklore
and Mythology features the complete texts of various fairy tales,
legends, and myths.
Folklore,
Myth and Legend an annotated list of websites
Poetry
Library of Poetry a comprehensive site
that includes 100 greatest poems and 100 greatest love poems, as well as a
rhyming dictionary.
Prose
& Verse: Criticism of Poetry
a comprehensive site that includes poets, poems, a timeline, a glossary, etc.
Shakespeare
Shakespeare
the complete texts of his plays
Folger Library the website
of the Shakespeare library located in Washington, D.C., which includes teaching
resources
The Globe
covers the original and the new globe theatre
Mr.
William Shakespeare includes biographical information, criticism, and
information about the Globe Theatre.
Stephen King
The
Man
Books
by the Master
Family
and Consumer Science:
Child Care
Bulletin (National Child Care
Information and Technical Assistance Center)
Illinois Network of Child Care Resources
and Referral Agencies
Elder Care
Senior Law
Senior net
AARP
Adult Living, Fashion
& Interior Design
Daily fashion
Personal
finance
Fashion institute of Design & Merchandising
Mike's Art Directory
(Apparel, Cooking & Interior Design Sites
Illinois Institute of Art
(culinary, fashion and interior design)
School of the Art Institute of Chicago
Hospitality and Recreation
Hospitality
Management Schools My Career Education
Hospitality Management
(school sites)
Penn State program
Cooking, Foods, Diet
& Nutrition
Food Network
Good cooking
Recipes
Recipe Archive Index
Food and Nutrition Information
Center (USDA)
Mayo Clinic
Food and Nutrition Center
Federal Citizen Information Center Wellness
MyHealth (HealthLinks --
Univeristy of Washington)
Food Safety Careers
Doctor talk
Fine
Arts
Art
Airbrush
–
can
submit work here, features artists, events and “tips and tricks”
Art Daily [Online Magazine]
– includes digital art,
photography, architecture, art, puzzles and museums
Art
History - includes Prehistoric, Ancient Egypt, Greek, Renaissance, Asian
and African art; museum and gallery listings.
Artchive
-- includes theory/criticism, visits many
gallery collections
Artcyclopedia
-- search by artist, title of work, museum,
movements
Careers in Art - (Occupational
Outlook Handbook)
– gives education/training needed,
earnings, working environment, possible advancement etc.
Ceramics Monthly [Online
Magazine]– features artists and works, related stories
about artists
Metropolitan
Museum of Art - see special collections, the Mets collection, Art timeline
U.S. and World Art Museums– complete listing of U.S. and world museums
with access to their collections
Web
Mueseum Paris - Famous
Paintings Exhibition
– Gothic, renaissance, Impressionism, to 20th
Century artists and works
Architecture
Chichen
Itza -
--(Villanova University) -- provides architectural images Egyptian
monuments - information on monuments and sites in Upper, Middle and Lower
Egypt
All-Wright Site
Frank Lloyd Wright Building Guide Illinois -- see his home and studio,
background info and individual building listings.
Great Buildings Collection
– architects and buildings
timelines plus listings of famous buildings, architects and architecture and
places
Pyramids
of Mexico - architecture and pyramids information including Ancient and
lost civilizations
Uxmal,
Mexico Pyramids - includes Temple of the Magician, history of the area,
etc.
Virtual Study
Tour - Architecture
– links to unusual places such as
Eco-House (award winning sustainable adaptable eco-house)
Music
Modern
lyrics - alphabetical index of artists, songs listings, words
Essentials
of Music - basic information about classical music including eras and
composers
The
Music Room -- wide range of topics
This
Day in Music History -- view current date or choose your own for information
on birthdays, hits, Broadway shows and plays, etc.
Guidance:
Black
Colleges and Universities - good site for college planning, financial aid,
and career guidance
College
Connection - "everything you need at college" list, best
colleges for academics, happiest colleges, best dorms, best sports fans, etc.
College
Fairs - gives dates, locations, participating colleges for College fairs
in U.S. this year
Cover
Letters and Resumes - free samples of cover letters, resumes, thank you s,
getting good references, etc.
Hobson's
CollegeView - do a college search, look at Black Colleges and
Universities, Hispanic Colleges, Christian Colleges, study in Europe, etc.
JobStar
- packed with info on specific careers - training or education
needed, earnings, environment, etc.
Military
Career Guide - great site for all armed forces, describes careers,
training given, civilian counterparts
Peterson's
Guide - includes college search, graduate programs, test preparation,
study abroad, financial aid info
The
Princeton Review - do a school search, find out how to apply to college,
look at school costs
Industrial
Technology:
Automotive
Animated Engines --
Colored diagrams illustrate how engines work.
Automotive Buyer's
Guide (autoweb.com)
Inner
Auto Parts -- Aids in car maintenance and problem solving
Popular mechanics
Society of automotive engineers (careers,
etc.)
Edmunds
Car
Max
Autobytel.com
Kelley
Blue Book
Building Trades
Buildingonline.com.
Directory
Greatest Engineering Achievements
of the 20th Century
How Stuff Works
Occupational Outlook
Handbook
National
Association of Home Builders
Drafting
Powercad
Material Processing
Recycling Educational Resources Institute
of Materials Processing
Mechanics and Technology
Electricity
Mathematics:
Calculus
Help - notes to help students learn how to use, not jus understand , the
concepts of calculus
College
Math Prep for HS Students - multiple choice math problems to help high
school students get ready for college, also basic mathematical concepts in
real-life
situations
Geometry
Formulas and Facts - This is from the CRC Standard Mathematical
Tables. It covers standard geometric terms (minus differential
geometry).
Interactive
Math Page - ex. you can evaluate a mathematical expression, solve Kepler's
equation, fit a curve to a set of points, etc.
Mancala
Game site - ancient game , rules, online version is called Kalaha
The
Population Clock - U.S. Census 2000, U.S. pop. and world
Powers
of Ten - interactive site for math and science that teaches the powers of
10 --interactive photos.
Statistics
for Everyone - excellent explanations of basic terms in statistics
History, Biographies,
Timelines of Math and Mathematicians
Yahoo
Mathematicians – alphabetical listing from early times to 1900’s
Statistics of U.S.
and World and Sports
Statistical
Abstract of the United States – US Census Bureau stats on social and
economic conditions
Geographic.com
– country profiles, maps, flags
The World Factbook
– map and info. On countries of the world based on CIA book
Infoplease.com -U.S. states
– complete info. On each state - such as flag, motto, size, economics,
population, etc.
Infoplease.com
-Sports stat – stats on Olympics, all sports, biographies, Halls of Fame Escher Sites Neal's
Escher Page – biography, pictures, descriptions, links
Tessellations
– Escher tessellations – pictures and descriptions
Physical
Education:
Health and
Fitness
The Heart: An Online
Exploration
Innerbody
Diseases_and_Conditions
(Yahoo index)
Substance_Abuse
(Yahoo index)
Erowid.org/psychoactives/psychoactives
Healthfinder.org
National Center for Health Statistics
Food, Nutrition, and Consumer
Services
Shapeup
Medline Plus
Health Information
Streetdrugs.org -- partners in
training & education
Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention (National Center for Health Statistics)
The Merck Manuals - provides
medical and health information via various
online manuals
Science:
Science links (Government
Agencies)
Habitats
and Biomes (ThinkQuest)
Wild Habitat
(ThinkQuest)
Periodic Table (Chem
Globe)
Periodic Table
(WebElements)
Periodic Table (Poseidon)
Chemistry
Resources (student page)
NASA
Energy Resources (student page)
Chemfinder Database and Internet
Searching
Atlas
of the Human Body (AMA)
Virtual
Chemistry
Chemistry
Drilland Practice Tutorials
Physics
A Walk Through
Time (NIST Physics Lab)
Earth
Science
Forensic
Science
The Weather Channel
Geologylink (Houghton Mifflin)
Oceanography
(K-12 Resources)
Social
Studies:
Holocaust
and Genocide
Hyperhistory
The History Net
Infonation
- United Nations Cyber School Bus
(Compare statistics of up to 7 countries)
National
Geographic Maps and Geography
Worldtime Interactive World Atlas
Famous
Trials
The
American Civil War
Ben's Guide to U.
S. Government
American
Factfinder (U.S. Census Bureau)
The Whitehouse
Ancient History Links
(Egypt, Greece, Rome)
Middle
Ages - Feudal Life
Eighteenth-Century
Resources
Historical Atlas
of the Twentieth Century
Google
Pop Culture Directory
Supreme
Court Cases
Presidents of the
United States (The White House)
POTUS - The Presidents of the United
States (IPL - The Internet Public Library)
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