Missouri Tech Online resources

Libraries

• http://www.slcl.org/ -  St. Louis County Library
• http://www.slpl.lib.mo.us/  - St. Louis Public Library
• http://www.jefcolib.lib.mo.us/  - Jefferson County Public Library
• www.win.org/library/   - St. Charles City County Library
• http://www.kpl.lib.mo.us/   - Kirkwood Public Library
• www.slu.edu/libraries.html   - St. Louis University
• www.stlcc.cc.mo.us/ls   - St. Louis Community College
• www.umsl.edu/services/library/  - University of Missouri - St. Louis
• http://library.wustl.edu/  - Washington University
• http://library.webster.edu/   - Eden- Webster University
• www.fontbonne.edu/department.php?DepartmentID=3  - Fontbonne University

Search Engines

• http://www.google.com/  - Google
• http://www.dogpile.com/ - Mega Search Engine
• http://www.msn.com/  - Microsoft
• http://www.yahoo.com/  - Yahoo
• http://www.answers.com/ - Quick reference answers not just links

General Research (all subjects)

• http://www.refdesk.com/ - Virtual Reference Desk
• http://school.discovery.com/ - General Research, Clip art
• http://www.educationplanet.com/  - educational search site
• http://www.questia.com/ - World's Largest Online Library
• http://www.thefreedictionary.com/ - general and specialized dictionaries
• http://www.ipl.org/ - Internet Public Library
• http://www.loc.gov/rr/askalib - online reference service from Library of Congress

Multicultural and Ethnic Resources

• http://lcweb2.loc.gov/frd/cs/ - Library of Congress Country Studies -Talks about individual countries and describes political, economic, social, and national security systems and institutions.
• http://www.onlinenewspapers.com/ -Online Newspapers - Select newspaper from pull down menu for the geographic region of interest
• .http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/ - CIA's World Fact Book - A source for economic and social statistics for countries around the world.
• http://www.chineseculture.about.com/ - Information about China and their culture

· Arts & Humanities

General Arts & Humanities

• http://artswork.asu.edu/
• http://www.pbs.org/wnet/americanmasters/database/index.html -  PBS: American Masters - a list of more than 100 famous American artists
• www.exovedate.com/ancient_timeline_one.html
• www.fordham.edu/

Art Museums

• http://www.amn.org/ - Art Museum Network
• http://www.artic.edu/ - Chicago Art Institute
• http://www.metmuseum.org/ - Metropolitan Museum of Art
• http://www.thinker.org/ - Fine Art Museum of San Francisco
• http://www.moma.org/ - MOMA - Museum of Modern Art
• http://www.philamuseum.org/ - Philadelphia Museum of Art
• http://www.clemusart.com/ - Cleveland Museum of Art
• http://www.slam.org/ - St. Louis Art Museum
• http://www.cocastl.org/ - COCA Center for Creative Arts
• http://www.craftalliance.org/ - crafts

Biography

• http://biography.com/  - Biography search by name or subject
• http://www.libraryspot.com/  - Reference source - good for biographies
• http://www.distinguishedwomen.com/  - Women's biographies by fields

Business

• http://www.ita.doc.gov/
• http://www.state.gov/
• http://www.hoovers.com/free/
• http://www.fas.usda.gov/
• http://www.irs.gov/
• http://www.consumer.gov/
• http://www.oanda.com/
• http://www.imf.org/
• http://stats.bls.gov/ - U.S. Dept. of Labor- Bureau of Labor Statistics
• http://online.onetcenter.org – occupational information

Foreign Language

French

• http://www.wordreference.com/ - French online dictionary
• http://www.quia.com/ - Games, Quizzes, etc.
• http://www.laits.utexas.edu/tex/gr/
• http://www.laits.utexas.edu/fi/

Latin

Classical Mythology

• http://www.classicalmythology.org/

Roman Mythology

• http://www.online-mythology.com/
• http://www.behindthename.com/
• http://www.windows.ucar.edu/tour/link=/mythology/myths.html
• http://www.gwydir.demon.co.uk/jo/roman/ - also links to Days of Week and Month Names, Seven Wonders of World, Roman Numbers, etc.
• http://www.pantheon.org/areas/mythology/europe/roman/articles.html
• http://www.crystalinks.com/romemythology.html

Roman Culture

• http://www.mnsu.edu/emuseum/cultural/oldworld/europe/ancient_roman_culture.html -links to Daily Life in Ancient Rome, Family, House, Food
• http://www.all-science-fair-projects.com/science_fair_projects_encyclopedia/Roman_culture

Roman History

• http://www.exovedate.com/ancient_timeline_one.html
• www.fordham.edu/

Spanish

• http://www.quia.com/dir/spanish
• http://es.sports.yahoo.com/
• http://www.weather.com/espanole
• http://es.yahoo.com/

Health

• http://www.medlineplus.gov/ - Medical and health information
• http://www.healthatoz.com/healthatoz/Atoz/dc/index.jsp - health information on conditions and disease
• http://familydoctor.org/
• http://www.breastcancerinfo.com/
• http://www.nida.nih.gov/
• http://www.cancer.org/
• http://www.lungusa.org/
• http://www.theantidrug.com/ -Site information and advice on helping teens stay drug-free.
• http://nnlm.gov/libinfo/community
• www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/pregnancy.html

History - Social Studies

• http://www.firstgov.gov/index.shtml - direct online access to federal, state, local and tribal governments
• http:// www.bbc.co.uk/calc/news/index.shtml - video clips to download free from BBC news
• http://www.archives.gov/aad - searchable documents and records plus photos (1998 -2004) from FEMA of disasters
• http://www.americaslibrary.gov/ - good for disasters, famous Americans, American history and timelines, state information - includes a lot of pop-culture, music and clips.
• http://nationalgeographic.com/ - Underground Railroad, plus a great source for Geography, and also for recent and current information on the world and its peoples
• http://www.ourdocuments.gov  - Historic Documents
• http://http://www.pbs.org/ - PBS:  good information on many topics, from modern history to political science, you can get full text of PBS shows, interviews, video clips and more.
• http://www.loc.gov/ - Library of Congress:  Great information on US History, primary source documents, etc.  Check out the "American Memory" page for photos, posters, and other documents.
• http://mohistory.org/content/HomePage/HomePage.aspx - Missouri Historical Society: great information on Missouri and U.S. History.
• http://www.besthistorysites.net/ - This site links you to the "best" History websites - and prioritizes them in order of best and most informational.
• http://www.victorianweb.org/ - Politics, social issues, philosophy, religion. science, technology and culture of the Victorian Age.
• http://www.loc.gov/law/guide/nations.html - provides links to information on all countries
• http://www.uidaho.edu/special-collections/Other.Repositories.html - A listing of over 5000 websites describing holdings of manuscripts, archives, rare books, historical photographs, and other primary sources for the reseach scholar
• http://www.cnn.com/ - current events
• http://www.nytimes.com/learning/general/subjects/ushistory_index.html
• http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/ - European history
• http://chnm.gmu.edu/whm/ - world history
• http://college.hmco.com/history/readerscomp/index/html/topic/supr.htm - Supreme Court's most famous cases
• http://www.findagrave.com/index.html - where important people are buried
• http://www.whitehouse.gov/ - current government and administration, plus historical information on the presidency
• http://www.senate.gov/ - current membership and historical information
• http://www.house.gov/ - current membership and historical information
• www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/ - American Experience
• http://kclibrary.nhmccd.edu/decades.html - American history by decade
• http://www.historyguide.org/ - Western civilization and European history
• http://wadsworth.com/history_d/ - choosing topics for research papers, plus how to research, write, document a paper
• http://onestop.nationalgeographic.com/onestop/results.tmpl - recent information on the world and its peoples
• http://www.historychannel.org/

Literature

Poetry

• http://www.poets.org/poems/search.cfm
• http://www.eserver.org/poetry/
• http://www.english.uiuc.edu/maps/index.htm

Quotations

• http://www.quotationreference.com/

Mathematics

• http://www.mathforum.com/
• http://www.sosmath.com/
• http://www.funbrain.com/
• http://www.allmath.com/
• http://www.mcdougallittell.com/
• http://www.math.com/  - offers free math lessons and homework help in areas like geometry, algebra, and even calculus. There are tutorials, practice activites, games, and calculators.

Science

• http://www.amnh.org/education/resources/rfl.php - American Museum of Natural History - Features Biology, Ecology, Earth Science, etc.
• http://www.si.edu/ - Smithsonian Institute site
• http://www.smithsonianeducation.org/
• http://www.fnal.gov/ - Fermi National Accelerator site
• http://www.nytimes.com/library/national/science/physics-index.html
• http://www.nytimes.com/pages/science/index.html
• http://www.popsci.com/
• http://www.colorado.edu/physics/2000/quantumzone/schroedinger.html
• http://physics.nist.gov/PhysRefData/Elements/
• http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/
• http://www.fearofphysics.com/
• http://howthingswork.virginia.edu/
• http://www.howstuffworks.com/
• http://almaz.com/ - Nobel Prize winners
• http://crux.astr.ua.edu/4000WS/4000WS.html - Women in science
• http://es.rice.edu/
• http://www.libraryspot.com/
• http://scienceworld.wolfram.com/biography
• http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aso/tryit/tech
• http://www.nap.edu/collections/womeninscience/ - Women in science
• http://www.sdcs.edu/ -Women in science
• http://www.distinguishedwomen.com/ - Women in science
• http://womenshistory.about.com/ - Women in science
• http://cwp.library.ucla.edu/ - Women in science
• http://el.hct.ac.ae/Mosaic_04/Fame/Sci/ - Women in science
• http://www.bios.niu.edu/ - Women in science
• http://www.super-science-fair-projects.com/high-school-science-fair-projects.html - Science fair
• http://www.all-science-fair-projects.com/ - Science fair
• http://www.scifair.org/ideas/index.shtml -Science fair

Women's History

• http://www.almaz.com/nobel/women.html - Women Nobel Prize Laureates
• http://www.nwhp.org/ - National Women's History Project
• http://school.discovery.com/schooladventures/womenofthecentury - famous women of each decade