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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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