IN THE NEWS

CURRENT EVENTS

Hot Paper Topics (USA)
http://library.sau.edu/bestinfo/Hot/hotindex.htm
Covers controversial issues providing statistics, full texts of laws and court decisions, articles, scholarly research, and other reputable information. From the Best Information on the Net. 

Multnomah County Library
http://www.multcolib.org/homework/sochc.html
A web page with multiple links that was created to meet the needs of middle and high school students researching current social issues from multiple perspectives.

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NEWS/MEDIA

10x10  [Macromedia Flash Player]
http://www.tenbyten.org/
Every hour, 10x10 collects the 100 words and pictures that matter most on a global scale (culled from a number of leading international news sources, such as the BBC World News), and present that as a picture postcard window, composed of 100 different frames. Selecting a frame brings up links to related news stories.

ABC.NET – Web Search
http://www.abc.net./
Access web sites through this news portal

CNN Interactive
http://www.cnn.com/
A companion site to the successful American news channel. Major stories are available in audio and/or video. 

USA Today News
http://www.usatoday.com/news/front.htm
A limited edition of USA TODAY offers a continually – updated look at the top News, Sports, Money, Life, and Weather stories.

Or try a search engine like News Index or Google News that just looks for news items.

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ENCYCLOPEDIAS

Encarta
Free web version of this Microsoft product. Includes an encyclopedia, dictionary and atlas
http://encarta.msn.com/

Information Please
http://www.infoplease.com/
Statistics, dates, events in history plus an encyclopedia and dictionary

Other Encyclopedias
http://www.ipl.org/div/subject/browse/ref32.00.00/
A list from the Internet Public Library

Wikipedia – the free encyclopedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page

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DICTIONARIES

Dictionary Link
http://www.dictionarylink.com/
Lists free online dictionary and translation services.

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BIOGRAPHIES

Biography.com
http://www.biography.com/
A database covering over 20,000 of the greatest lives, past and present.

Distinguished Women of Past and Present
http://www.distinguishedwomen.com/
Includes writers, educators, scientists, heads of state, politicians, civil rights crusaders, artists, entertainers, and others.

Times Magasine Top 100
http://www.time.com/time/time100/
The 100 people deemed to be the most influential in the 20th century.

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FOREIGN GOVERNMENT

FOREIGN GOVERNMENT

Governments of the WWW
http://www.gksoft.com/govt/en/
Multiple links to both national and international government institutions

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GETTING AROUND    

MAPS

The National Geographic Map Machine
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/resources/ngo/maps/
Provides maps by country and information on each country. Includes physical and political maps.

World Atlas.com
http://www.worldatlas.com/aatlas/world.htm
Maps, outline maps, geographic facts and more.

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COUNTRIES

Library of Congress Country Studies
http://lcweb2.loc.gov/frd/cs/
Presents a description and analysis of the historical setting and the social, economic, political, and national security systems and institutions of countries throughout the world. Does not cover every nation - the focus is on lesser-known countries.

CIA The World Fact Book
http://www.odci.gov/cia/publications/factbook/index.html
Provides a detailed article on each country which looks at geography, people, government, economy, communications, transportation, etc.

Portals to the World
http://www.loc.gov/rr/international/portals.html
Selective links providing authoritative, in-depth information about the nations and other areas of the world. Also produced by the Library of Congress

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CURRENCY CONVERTER

The Universal Currency Converter
http://www.xe.com/ucc/

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TIME

Local Times Around the World
http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/

Watch night become day around the world
This map of the world shows you where it is night now
http://www.fourmilab.ch/cgi-bin/uncgi/Earth/action?opt=-p&img=learth.evif

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WEATHER

Yahoo! Weather
Weather forecasts from all around the world including maps and satellite images. 
http://weather.yahoo.com/

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ART 

Here is a small collection of excellent sites. Many will be specialized subject directories which can be used as starting points for finding information on the WWW. These are identified with this symbol

ART
Voice of the Shuttle
http://vos.ucsb.edu/browse.asp?id=2707
VoS was listed in Forbes Summer 2002 Best of the Web directory (in the category for Academic Research).  Can be used as a starting point for finding information on the WWW. 

Artist's Toolkit
http://www.artsconnected.org/toolkit/explore.cfm
Watch animated demonstrations of Line, Color, Space, Shape, Balance, Movement/Rhythm; view examples and create your own. Includes an encyclopedia of visual elements and visual principles.

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ARTISTS
These exhibitions include biographical details of artists and images of their work.

Famous paintings exhibition - WebMuseum, Paris
http://www.ibiblio.org/wm/paint/

Artcyclopedia
http://www.artcyclopedia.com/
A searchable directory of links to museum quality artwork. The data base can be searched by artist name, by movement (such as impressionism), by subject (for example landscapes) as well as by medium and nationality

Artchive
http://artchive.com/
2,000 scans from over 200 different artists divided by movment + art criticism + links to online exhibitions & sites. Search for an artist and title in Google and this will come up on the first page.

Web Gallery of Art
http://www.wga.hu/index.html
A searchable database of over 8,000 digital reproductions of European paintings and sculptures created between the years 1150 and 1750. Many of the pictures are commented and biographies of the significant artists are given.

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DESIGN

Design Addict
http://www.designaddict.com/
This site provides images and information about 20th-21st century
household objects and their designers and manufacturers.

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SELECTED GALLERIES
These sites are heavy on graphics and will take a long time to load. Look for links labeled Collection and/or exhibitions for images of art works. Many of the sites allow you to search for a particular artist or work. 

National Gallery of Australia
http://www.nga.gov.au/Home/index.cfm

The Art Gallery of NSW
http://www.nga.gov.au/Home/index.cfm

National Gallery of Victoria
http://www.ngv.vic.gov.au/

The National Gallery, London
http://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/collection/default.htm

Tate Gallery, London
http://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/collection/default.htm

The Louvre 
http://www.louvre.fr/llv/commun/home_flash.jsp?bmLocale=en

National Gallery of Art Washington, D.C. 
http://www.nga.gov/

Art Explorer - The Art Institute of Chicago - Impressionist & Post Impressionist
http://www.artic.edu/artexplorer/

Virtual Library Museums Page
http://icom.museum/vlmp/galleries.html
This page includes an eclectic collection of World Wide Web services connected with art galleries and archives as part of the WWW Virtual Library museums pages.

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ADVERTISING

Classic & Contemporary Advertising Techniques
http://www.adcracker.com/creativeideas/index.htm
AdCracker is all about advertising ideas, techniques and concepts. For promotional, TV, print, mail, and email advertising. Both brand and direct response.

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ENGLISH 

POETRY

The Academy of American poets
http://www.poets.org/index.cfm
Includes biographies, bibliographies and poems from over 200 American poets. Also has audio files and links to other literary sites.

An Introduction to First World War poetry
http://www.oucs.ox.ac.uk/ltg/projects/jtap/tutorials/intro/
Biographies, analysis and poems of selected English poets

Project Bartleby
http://www.bartleby.com/
Full text archive of literary works including anthologies of the works of major poets.

Poet's Corner
http://www.theotherpages.org/poems/
Large range of poems organized alphabetically by poet. Also has Author, Title and Subject indexes and a search feature.

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SHAKESPEARE

The Complete Works of William Shakespeare
http://www-tech.mit.edu/Shakespeare/works.html

Shakespeare: Subject to change
http://ciconline.org/bdp1/
Multimedia presentation detailing how the words of the immortal bard have been transformed and interpreted by a host of different individuals.

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WRITING

Guide to Grammar and Writing
http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/

Owl Online Writing Lab
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/grammar/

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GEOGRAPHY 

Nation Master
http://www.nationmaster.com/
Current details about most countries in the world. You can create your own graphs in order to effectively compare different nations.

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HEALTH & PHYSICAL EDUCATION 

Here is a small collection of excellent sites. Many will be specialized subject directories which can be used as starting points for finding information on the WWW. These are identified with this symbol:

Aerobics

Turnstep.com Hi/Lo Patterns
http://www.turnstep.com/Patterns/HiLo/index.html
Over a thousand different patterns for Hi/Lo (floor) aerobics.

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Body Systems

Human anatomy online
http://www.innerbody.com/htm/body.html
Animations, graphics and descriptive links.

Cyber Anatomy Body Systems
http://library.thinkquest.org/11965/html/cyber-anatomy_systems.html
Information on 11 body systems.

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Sport

Encyclopaedia of Sports Medicine and Science
http://www.sportsci.org/encyc/
By no means extensive, more like a collection of articles on various topics but worth a look.

Sports Science
Online journal of Sports research. 3 issues per year.
http://www.sportsci.org/

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Health

Alternative medicine home page
http://www.pitt.edu/~cbw/altm.html

Allrefer.com Health
http://health.allrefer.com/
Extensive information from trusted sources on over 4,000 topics. Major headings include: Alternative Medicine, Diseases & Conditions, Special Topics (smoking, etc.) and Medical Encyclopedia.

Alternative Fix
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/altmed/
Home page of the video of same name that looks at the adoption and efficacy of alternative medicine in the USA. Contains streaming video plus transcript and links.

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Olympics – History

The Ancient Olympic Games Virtual Museum
http://minbar.cs.dartmouth.edu/greecom/olympics/

Amateur Athletic Foundation
http://www.aafla.org/6oic/primer_frmst.htm

Olympics Through Time
http://olympics.fhw.gr/

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HISTORY 

Here is a small collection of excellent sites. Many will be specialized subject directories which can be used as starting points for finding information on the WWW. These are identified with the symbol

GENERAL (ALL TOPICS)

Best of History Web Sites
http://www.besthistorysites.net/
This site rates links to online resources on a one to five star scale. It features ten different historical categories -- Prehistory, Ancient/ Biblical, Medieval, US History, Early Modern European, 20th Century, World War II, Art History, General Resources, and Maps.

Internet Modern History Sourcebook
http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/modsbook.html

20th Century History
Imperialism & WWI; Russian Revolution; WWII; Cold War era
http://www.teachingcompany.com/History/20thC.html

The History Net
http://www.thehistorynet.com/

World Civilizations
http://www.wsu.edu:8080/%7Edee/INRES.HTM

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MUSIC HISTORY

Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (US)
http://www.rockhall.com/hof/allinductees.asp
The Influence of inductees is discussed in articles about them.

MusicWeb Encyclopaedia of Popular Music (UK & USA)
Including The Rise and Fall of Popular Music
http://www.musicweb.uk.net/encyclopaedia/index.htm

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WORLD WAR l

World War I - Trenches on the web
http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/modsbook38.html

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WORLD WAR ll

World War II at Yahoo! 
http://dir.yahoo.com/Arts/Humanities/History/By_Time_Period/20th_Century/Military_History/World_War_II/
Comprehensive listing with useful subdirectories eg. Women, Prisoners of War

World War II timeline with photos and text
http://www.historyplace.com/worldwar2/timeline/ww2time.htm
Traces the events leading up to the war as well as during the conflict.

American Memory Timeline
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/ndlpedu/features/timeline/index.html
Links to sets of selected primary sources on a variety of topics in United States History including:

A Biography of America
http://www.learner.org/biographyofamerica/
Supports a video series of the same name. Excellent content plus links to other information (mostly primary sources). Great animated "Image as History" feature for each section.

History Channel.com
http://www.historychannel.com/
Use the search function to find information from such texts as The Reader's Companion to American History eg. Reconstruction, Civil war, Great Britain-US Relations.

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REVOLUTION

Uncle Sam & John Bull
http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/british/
Four centuries of British-American relations - an online exhibition by the Library of Congress & British library. Primary sources

Tax History Museum
http://www.tax.org/Museum/default.htm
A concise overview of the history of American taxation from 1660 to the present.

American Revolution timeline
 http://www.theamericanrevolution.org/hevents.asp
Annotated timeline of events leading up to the Boston Tea Party

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CIVIL WAR

US Civil War
http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/modsbook27.html
Internet Modern History Sourcebook. Links to Primary documents about the Civil War & Reconstruction

The American Civil War
http://homepages.dsu.edu/jankej/civilwar/civilwar.htm
A gateway to more than 300 links about the American Civil War. Organized thematically.

Causes of the Civil War
http://www.cwc.lsu.edu/cwc/links/links9.htm#Causes
Links. Be careful to evaluate their accuracy, authority & objectivity.

Documenting the American South
http://docsouth.unc.edu/
A collection of sources on Southern history, literature and culture from the colonial period through the first decades of the 20th century. Includes Slave narratives & The Southern Home Front, 1861-1865.

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AFRO AMERICAN STRUGGLE

African American Odyssey
http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/aaohtml/exhibit/aointro.html
Online exhibit "explores black America's quest for equality from the early national period through the twentieth century". Library of Congress. Primary sources.

Uncle Tom's Cabin & American Culture
http://jefferson.village.virginia.edu/utc/sitemap.html
Includes a section which focuses on responses to the book from 1852 to 1930, including reviews, articles and notes, responses from African Americans, and dozens of pro-slavery responses.

The Progress of a People
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/aap/aapexhp.html
Hightlights issues of Afro-American integration as covered by pamphlets of the time. Divided into 'Segregation and violence', 'Solving the race problem' and 'Contributions to the nation'. Library of Congress. Primary sources.

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GREAT DEPRESSION

New Deal Network
http://newdeal.feri.org/
Large collection of primary sources covering the social history of the New Deal era.

Great Depression
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Depression
Comprehensive overview of the event as well as the social & economic effects internationally.

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ANCIENT HISTORY

GENERAL

Exploring Ancient Cultures
http://eawc.evansville.edu/index.htm
Online text covering the Ancient Near East, Ancient India, Ancient Egypt, Ancient China, Ancient Greece, Ancient Rome, Early Islam, and Medieval Europe. 

The Ancient World Web
http://www.julen.net/ancient/

Ancient Greeks
http://www.pantheon.org/areas/mythology/europe/greek/

Greek Mythology from the
Encyclopedia Mythica
http://www.pantheon.org/mythica.html

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MATHEMATICS   

Here is a small collection of excellent sites. Many will be specialized subject directories which can be used as starting points for finding information on the WWW. These are identified with the symbol 

MATHEMATICS

Infinite Secrets (NOVA)
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/archimedes/
During the 3rd century BCE, the scientist Archimedes began to explore the emerging field of mathematics (including the concept of infinity) and came quite close to discovering calculus. Interviews & articles on infinity and how mathematicians work. Approximating Pi illustrates how Archimedes calculated pi around the year 250 BCE.

Maths Dictionary for Kids
http://www.amathsdictionaryforkids.com/
Explains maths terms with animations and activities.

Pi, Phi and the Pentacle
http://www.glenn.freehomepage.com/writings/Pentacle/
"an example of the insight we may get when we study the relationship between things rather than just the things themselves"

Tessellations.org
http://www.tessellations.org/
Includes basic information about tessellations, a Gallery of examples and instructions on how to make
tessellations using a variety of methods and constructions.

exSTATic Activity Sheets
http://www.abs.gov.au/Websitedbs/D3310116.NSF/0/c47ad86d67c1466bca256ce0007e8d6b?OpenDocument
Gives you the opportunity to analyse real datasets in Excel.

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