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Art

Life Photo Archive
Search millions of historic photos on this archive of Life Magazine’s pictures. Hosted by Google.

Biography in Context*
Contains full-text articles from hundreds of periodicals. Search for people based on one or more personal facts such as birth and death year, nationality, ethnicity, occupation or gender, or combine criteria to create a highly-targeted custom search. With the Complete Marquis Who’s Who(R), find quick reference information on an additional 900,000 people.

Contemporary Literary Criticism Select*
An extensive collection of more than 11,000 critical essays on contemporary authors. Users can search by author name, title of work, nationality, subject/genre, ethnicity, critic name, and more.
Literary Reference Center | Login from home*
Offers full text of plot summaries, literary criticism, author biographies, book reviews, and interviews as well as poems, short stories, and novels.

Bartleby
Visit the Elements of Style online, the writer’s classic reference book.
Factmonster
Factmonster is the place to check if you need to know.
Funk & Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia*
Searchable by subject or keywords within the entry.
Information Please
The Information Please Almanac, an almanac of facts and figures.
Internet Picture Dictionary
Need a picture? Visit the Internet Picture Dictionary and you’ll find it.
Merriam-Webster Dictionary
Merriam-Webster Dictionary online.
Onelook
Onelook allows you to look up words in 118 electronic dictionaries all at once!
Rhymezone
Use Rhymezone to find rhyming words, synonyms, definitions, and more.
Roget’s Thesaurus
Roget’s Thesaurus online.

EBSCOhost *
Access to EBSCOhost databases. A great starting place for a research project.
Gale Virtual Reference Library*
A database of encyclopedias and specialized reference sources for multidisciplinary research.
General Reference Center Gold *
Find articles on current events, popular culture, business and industry trends, the arts and sciences, sports, hobbies, and more.
Infotrac Junior *
Research current events, the arts, science, popular culture, health, people, government, history, sports and more for students in middle school.
InfoTrac General OneFile *
A one-stop source for news and periodical articles on a wide range of topics: business, computers, current events, economics, education, environmental issues, health care, hobbies, humanities, law, literature and art, politics, science, social science, sports, technology, and many general interest topics.
MasterFILE Premier *
Designed specifically for public libraries, this multidisciplinary database provides full text for nearly 1,750 general reference publications with full text information dating as far back as 1975.
Middle Search Plus *
Provides full text for magazines covering general topics appropriate for middle and jr. high school.

Ancient History Sourcebook
Lists lots of information about ancient cultures, including a large collection of links to other sites.
Eyewitness to History
Eyewitness to History brings history to life through the eyes of those who lived it. The eyewitness accounts include audio clips.
From Revolution to Reconstruction
From Revolution to Reconstruction is a site where you’ll find information on American History from the colonial period until Modern Times.
History Reference Center *
Offers full text from reference books, encyclopedias, nonfiction books, and leading history periodicals, more than 61,100 historical documents, biographies of historical figures, historical photos, maps and video.
Life Photo Archive
Search millions of historic photos on this archive of Life Magazine’s pictures. Hosted by Google.
National Geographic Homework
National Geographic Kids has an entire homework help site.
US Courts
Learn about US courts.
Mass.gov
Visit the Massachusetts Government web site.
US Info
More information about the U.S. and its political and economic systems.
White House
Visit the White House.

Khan Academy
K-12 subjects in math, biology, chemistry, physics, American civics and more with an extensive video library of over 4200 videos. Contains interactive challenges, assessments, and a community question pool for most subjects.

Ancient Egypt @ the British Museum
Tons of information.
Encyclopedia Mythica
Search this award-winning encyclopedia of myth and folklore. Also includes an image gallery
Mythweb
Encyclopedia of mythology.

Amateur Science
Visit Amateur Science for science projects and much more.
Cells Alive
All the biology help you’ll ever need.
Learner
For miscellaneous homework.
National Geographic Homework
For miscellaneous homework help.
PBS’ A Science Odyssey
The coolest science site around.
Volcano World
Volcano information from Oregon State University.
Web Elements
Periodic table and more.
World of Scientific Biography
Science World contains biographies of scientists.

All Science Fair Project
All Science Fair Projects with complete instructions!
Internet Public Library Science Fair Resource Guide
A guide to a variety of web site resources.

The Color Landform Atlas of the United States
Great for topographical and other types of maps.
50states.com
Information on each of the 50 states.
Lisa Mitten’s Native American Sites
Native American culture with links to different sites.
The Perry-Castaneda Map Collection
Find maps of just about anywhere in the world. Also has some historical maps.
The CIA World Fact Book online
Country profiles, flags of the world and more.

NASA
NASA’s site for space information.
The Nine 8 Planets
TheNine 8 Planets presents a multimedia tour of our galaxy.
Views of the Solar System
Lots of information and pictures about the planets.

Updated July 2015.