Government & History / Languages / Math & Computers / Mythology
News & Weather / Science & Nature / Science Fair Projects / Social Studies / Space
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Art
- Life Photo Archive
Search millions of historic photos on this archive of Life Magazine’s pictures. Hosted by Google.
Biographies
- 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.
Books & Literature
- Literary Resource Center*
Biography, criticism, and overviews on writers and specific works in all disciplines
Dictionaries & Encyclopedias
- Bartleby
Visit the Elements of Style online, the writer’s classic reference book. - Britannica
Comprehensive encyclopedia with dictionary, thesaurus, atlas, and more. - Factmonster
Factmonster is the place to check if you need to know. - Information Please
The Information Please Almanac, an almanac of facts and figures. - 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.
General Resources
- Explora by Ebsco *
Access to EBSCOhost databases. A great starting place for a research projec - Gale OneFile High School Edition *
Research current events, the arts, science, popular culture, health, people, government, history, sports and more for students in middle & high 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.
Government & History
- 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. - 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. - US History in Context
Academic articles, videos, primary documents, and more on topics in U.S. history - Mass.gov
Visit the Massachusetts Government web site. - White House
Visit the White House. - World History in Context
Academic articles, videos, case studies, and more on topics in world history
Languages
- Verb conjugation
Verb conjugation made easy.
Math & Computers
- 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.
Mythology
- 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.
News & Weather
- Beverly Citizen
Beverly’s weekly newspaper online. - Boston Globe
Read today’s daily Boston Globe. - CNN
News, news, and more news. - Salem News
One of the North Shore’s weekly newspapers. - Weather.com
Weather all the time.
Science & Nature
- Cells Alive
All the biology help you’ll ever need. - How Stuff Works
The site uses illustrations, charts, and graphs to explain the detailed workings of everything from light bulbs to weather phenomena, space craft to submarines, nuclear fission to how ice cubes melt. - 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.
Science Fair Projects
- All Science Fair Project
All Science Fair Projects with complete instructions! - Science Buddies
Projects with complete instructions!
Social Studies
- The Color Landform Atlas of the United States
Great for topographical and other types of maps. - 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.
Space
- NASA
NASA’s site for space information. - The Nine 8 Planets
The Nine 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.
