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Art |
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Art
History Resources
Information is accessible by time period, by geographic area, and
through museums. |
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Smithsonian American
Art Museum |
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The National
Portrait Gallery |
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Philadelphia
Museum of Art |
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Kimbell Art
Museum
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The Walters Art Museum
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The National Gallery of Art
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The
National Gallery |
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National Art
Gallery, Victoria and Albert
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The Tate Gallery
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The
Prado
Wait until the page loads, then click on English, if you need it. |
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The Louvre
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Math |
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“The world of math
online”
This page has practice, homework help, games and more. |
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Mathgoodies.com
This one’s hosted by a math teacher, and has sections for Students,
Teachers and Parents. |
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Mathnerds.com
There’s more than initially meets the eye here! |
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Biographies of Women Mathematicians
The name says it all! |
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Interactive Mathematics Miscellany and Puzzles
Even non-math people will find something here! |
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The
High School Hub
Another good source for math links. |
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The Math Forum
Home Page
This one’s here for us from Drexel University. |
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English |
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Online Literary Resources
Wow! This one is a potential goldmine of links. |
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Shakespeare online
Need information, etc. on the Bard of Avon? Here’s a good place to
look. |
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Online
Literary Criticism
This is furnished by the Internet Public Library. |
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Encyclopedia
Mythica
An encyclopedia on mythology, legends and folklore. |
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Internet
Poetry Archive
This page is one that has the poetry of contemporary poets.
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The
Quotations Page
This one’s been on the Internet for several years, and is still
changing. Don’t forget, though, that we have some good quotation
books in the Library! |
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Some Literature Sites: |
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Bibliomania
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Project
Gutenburg
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Bartleby
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The Academy of
American Poets
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Outline of American Literature |
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Science: |
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NASA Langley
Check out the Research Center’s research in the areas of
Aeronautics, Earth Science, Space Technology and Structures &
Materials. |
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Astronomical Internet Resources listing at STScI
This is the place to go for the Space Telescope Science
Institute’s Astronomy Resources. See what’s going on with the
Hubble. |
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USGS Search Engine
Sponsored by the U. S. Department of the Interior’s United States
Geological Survey, use this page to look for science topics and
earth science information throughout the USGS web. |
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Physics
This one is hosted by a professor at the University of Virginia who
is interested in seeing that everyone learns the physics of things
around us. |
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Science
This page takes you to a broad selection of science information
provided by U. S. Government agencies. |
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Centers for Disease
Control
This one belongs to the Department of Health and Human Services. |
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Threatened Animals
This one is sponsored by the World Conservation Monitoring Centre.
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Space
Exploration
Hosted by the University of Arizona chapter of Students for the
Exploration and Development of Space at the Lunar and Planetary
Laboratory.
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Biome
This is sort of a search engine, but only for health and life
science areas, and it only takes you to pages or articles that have
been screened for quality.
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Physical
Sciences Information Gateway
Connect to high quality web resources in Astronomy, Earth Science,
Chemistry, Physics and more.
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The
Scientist
This site is recommended for high school students as a good place to
visit to keep up with the life sciences, and issues such as gene
splicing and stem cell research.
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The
New Scientist
The site of a science journal from Britain, it includes news about
everything from robots to astronomical events.
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Social Science
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Maryland Manual On-Line A Guide to Maryland Government
You can find this on a Reference shelf in the Library, if you prefer
to have something to hold in your hand. In either form, it’s the
place to go for Maryland government! |
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World Factbook 2005
Need relatively current information about a country, or want to
know what its flag looks like? |
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FedWorld
Information Network Home Page
Hosted by N. T. I. S., or National Technical Information Service of
the U. S. Department of Commerce, Technology Administration, this
provides access to more government research than can possibly be
named here. |
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THOMAS -- U.S.
Congress on the Internet
What’s the status of that bill that went before the House recently?
Need reminder of how our laws are made? |
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FindLaw - Your Online
Legal Resource
Your teacher wants you to find information about some court case way
back when? |
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BEA Home Bureau
of Economic Analysis
Have some Economics information, anyone? |
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Statistical Abstract of the United States
Yes, we have this in print in the Library, too! |
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Department of Labor
Need information about a particular job or career field? The
Occupational Outlook Handbook is located here. |
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National Archives
If you can’t make it downtown, visit their online exhibits. There
are some really famous documents here, and many, many others that
will never achieve the same glory, but are important to us, and
you won’t find them with a regular search engine. |
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U. S.
Department of State
Background Notes
Another good source for information about countries with which our
country has relations. If you prefer paper, it’s in the AHC
Library. |
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Theology |
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Archdiocese
of Washington
Keep up with the local church government. |
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National
Conference of Catholic Bishops – United States Catholic Conference
Here’s where to find the Catechism of the Catholic Church,
complete with instructions for use of the online format. |
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The New
American Bible
Your copy is buried in your book bag? It’s all here, and with great
introductions to each book, too! |
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The
Official Vatican Web Page
Can’t go to Rome this week? Take a virtual tour of the Vatican! |
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World Religions
This link is to part of the site of St. Mary’s Press, and there are
several links to information about various religions. |
