* These are online services WCS subscribes to. Contact the librarian for username and password.
English/Literature
Quoteland
www.quoteland.com
Bartlebly.com - Great Online Books
www.bartleby.com
This site provides students and researchers with unlimited access to books and information on the web. Includes full-text King James Version of the Bible and Strunk's Elements of Style.
Mr. William Shakespeare and the Internet
http://shakespeare.palomar.edu/
Timeline, biography, annotated guide to resources available on the Internet.
Great research site!
Online Literary Criticism Collection
http://www.ipl.org/div/litcrit
Contains critical and biographical websites about authors and their works that can be browsed by author, title, nationality or literary period.
Wordsmyth: The Educational Dictionary-Thesaurus
http://www.wordsmyth.net
Meshes the functions of a dictionary and a thesaurus with powerful and flexible search capabilities.
Miami Dade Public Library
www.mdpls.org
Apply for a library card online and access a wealth of information online.
Alex Catalogue of Electronic Texts
http://www.infomotions.com/alex/
A collection of public domain documents from American and English literature as well as Western philosophy.
Science
Discovery.com
www.discovery.com
Links to Discovery Channel, Animal Planet, and Discovery School that includes teacher resources.
Endangered Species Program, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
http://endangered.fws.gov
This site provides information on the status of endangered species to educate the public in order to conserve and restore endangered and threatened species and the ecosystems upon which they depend.
Inventors Dimension
http://web.mit.edu/invent
Inventor of the Week Archives and invention related links and resources.
Inventors Hall of Fame
http://www.invent.org
Alphabetical listing of inventors.
Physics 2000
www.colorado.edu/physics/2000/index.pl
An interactive journey through modern physics! Have fun learning visually and conceptually about 20th Century science and high-tech devices.
Contributions of 20th Century Women to Physics
www.physics.ucla.edu/~cwp/
Archive of data on 20th Century women who have made original and important contributions to physics.
NASA Home Page
www.nasa.gov
NASA Human Spaceflight/International Space Station
http://spaceflight.nasa.gov
National Weather Service
www.nws.noaa.gov
U.S. government weather website offering current weather, climatic data, weather news, and related weather information.
Periodic Table - Web Elements
http://www.webelements.com/webelements/scholar/index.html
Pictures showing element structures and periodic properties.
Human Genome Project Information - Department of Energy
http://www.ornl.gov/hgmis
Wealth of general research information on genetics and bioethics. Legal, social and ethical issues discussed.
Guided Tour of the Visible Human
http://www.madsci.org/~lynn/VH/tour.html
Over 9,000 digitized sections of the human body.
How Stuff Works
http://www.howstuffworks.com/
FirstGov for Science
Connects you to U.S. Government and Science
http://www.science.gov
Sea World
Animal information database
http://www.seaworld.org/animal-info/index.htm
American Museum of Natural History for Kids
http://www.ology.amnh.org/
Read stories about paleontology, astronomy, genetics, and biodiversity. Also, interviews with scientists and kids.
Mayo Clinic
www.mayoclinic.com
Reliable information for a healthier life.
U.S. National Library of Medicine
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/hinfo.html
Links to health related sites.
Science Fair Websites - From Start to Finish: Taking you through all the steps
Internet Public Library Resource Guide
http://www.ipl.org/div/kidspace/projectguide/
Discovery Channel School: Science Fair Central
http://school.discovery.com/sciencefaircentral
The Ultimate Science Fair Resource
http://www.scifair.org
Science Fair Central
http://www.homeworkspot.com/sciencefair/
The Nine Planets-A Multimedia Tour of the Solar System
http://www.nineplanets.org/nineplanets.html
Physical Education
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
www.cdc.gov
Lots of information about disease and health from this government agency. Includes sections on diseases, health risks, prevention guidelines and strategies, traveler health and more.
National Institutes of Health
www.nih.gov
Publications & fact sheets, ClinicalTrials.gov, health hotlines, A-Z topic index, MEDLINEplus, other resources
Nutrition.gov
www.nutrition.gov
Food facts, health management, food safety, and research
The Sports Hot Sheet
http://www.geocities.com/jstyczynski/list.htm
Links to CBS Sportsline, Cnn/SI, ESPN, Fox Sports, MSNBC Sports and much more.
Social Studies
The History Channel
www.thehistorychannel.com
Includes This Day in History and Speeches that Changed the World. Find out what happened on your birthday and so much more.
50 States and Capitals
http://www.50states.com/
Links to a very large array of information on each state
FIRSTGOV
www.firstgov.gov
Easy, one-stop access to all online U.S. Federal Government resources
Thomas: Legislative Information on the Internet
http://thomas.loc.gov
Sponsored by the Library of Congress. Provides access to congressional information on Bills under consideration, Public Laws, Committee Reports, the Congressional Record, and Senators and Representatives.
Library of Congress Country Studies
Extensive information on all aspects of the country, its society, natural resources, economy, history, and international relationships.
http://lcweb2.loc.gov/frd/cs/cshome.html
The State Department
Another great site for information on countries. Special section for students.
http://www.state.gov/www/regions.html
Edsitement - The Best of Humanities on the Web
http://www.edsitement.neh.gov
Online educational resources from some of the world's great museums, libraries, cultural institutions, and universities directly to your classroom.
City Profiles for Major U.S. cities
http://www.realestatejournal.com/cityprofiles/
American Memory-Historical Collections for the National Digital Library
Primary source materials relating to the history and culture of the United States.
The site offers more than 7 million digital items from more than 100 historical collections.
http://memory.loc.gov/
POTUS (Presidents of the United States)
http://www.ipl.org/div/potus/
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Math
Calculus
Multimedia tutorials.
www.calculus-help.com
Math Forum Student Center
Ask Dr. Math, Problems of the Week, Pre-algebra, Algebra, Geometry. Search by grade level.
http://mathforum.org/students/
Textbook Help
Designed to provide students with enlarged printable versions of graphs from textbook.
www.mathgraphs.com/mg_cwp1e.html
Classzone
Allows middle school and high school students to click on website for help with math - it has tutorials and other useful info. Link to McDougal Littell publishing.
www.classzone.com
Math in Daily Life
www.learner.org/exhibits/dailymath
Explore the universal impact of math in many facets of everyday living.
Fine Arts
Artcyclopedia: the Fine Art Search Engine
http://www.artcyclopedia.com
Features 80,000 works by 7,000 different artists.
Art History Resources on the Web
http://witcombe.sbc.edu/ARTHLinks.html
National Gallery of Art
Illustrations of major achievements in painting, sculpture, and graphic arts from the Middle Ages to the present.
http://www.nga.gov/collection/collect.htm
Works of Art-The Metropolitan Museum of Art
www.metmuseum.org/collections/index.asp
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Foreign Languages
Spanish Dictionary
http://www.spanishdict.com
Dictionary with audio pronunciation
French Picture Dictionary
http://www.enchantedlearning.com/languages/Lettersfrench.html
French-English Dictionary
http://humanities.uchicago.edu/forms_unrest/FR-ENG.html
French Practice Exercises
http://www.quia.com/dir/french/
Teacher Resources
Teachnology
www.teachnology.com
Kathy Schrock's Guide for Educators
List of sites useful for enhancing curriculum and professional growth. It is updated often to include the best sites for teaching and learning
http://school.discovery.com/schrockguide/
Blue Web'n
Blue Web'n is a searchable database of about 1000 outstanding Internet learning sites categorized by subject area, audience, and type (lessons, activities, projects, resources, references, & tools).
http://www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/bluewebn/index.html
AskEric
Lesson Plan Collection by Subject
http://askeric.org/Virtual/Lessons/index.shtml
WebQuest Page
Integrating technology into the classroom. Lots of example lessons.
http://webquest.sdsu.edu/webquest.html
Christian Resources
Bible GatewayA free service for reading and researching scripture online-- all in the language or translation of your choice! Provides advanced searching capabilities based on keywords or scripture references, and various tools to enhance your study of the Bible.
http://bible.gospelcom.net Bible.com
The Bible, Bible answers, daily devotions, and more!
http://bible.com
Center for Reformed Theology and Apologetics
http://www.reformed.org/documents
Christian History Institute
http://www.gospelcom.net/chi
Christianity Today
http://www.christianitytoday.com/cr/2000/005/4.32.html
Crosswalk
News and culture, devotionals, resources for spiritual walk.
http://www.crosswalk.com
Youth for Christ - 3 Story
Daily devotionals for teens and much more.
http://www.3story.org/stories/
Bible on the Web
http://www.bibleontheweb.com/Bible.asp
Breakaway
Online magazine for teen guys.
http://www.breakawaymag.com/
Brio
Online magazine for teen girls
http://www.briomag.com
Feature articles, music, sports, health and beauty.
Focus on the Family
http://www.family.org/
