Academic Fun

Poetry 180 - http://www.loc.gov/poetry/180/    A poem a day for American High Schools

StoryCorps, The conversations of a lifetime - http://www.storycorps.org/ Oral history

TED Ideas Worth Spreading - http://www.ted.com/

This I Believe (Core values of Americans) http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.phpstoryId=4538138    

Art digital collection

American Memory -  http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/index.html    A digital record of American History, including written and spoken words, sound recordings, still and moving images, prints, maps, and sheet music.

Art History Resources on the Web  http://witcombe.sbc.edu/ARTHLinks.html

Google Images - http://images.google.com/

Library and Archival Exhibitions on the Web  http://www.sil.si.edu/SILPublications/Online%2DExhibitions/

National Gallery of Art - http://www.nga.gov/search/index.shtm

New York Public Library Digital Gallery  http://digitalgallery.nypl.org/nypldigital/index.cfm

New York Public Library Picture Collection Online  http://digital.nypl.org/mmpco/

Web Gallery of Art - http://www.wga.hu/

Biography

National Academy of Science
http://www.nasonline.org/site/PageServerpagename=MEMOIRS_A&JServSessionIdr009=wd4831pj11.app14b

Birds

All About Birds - http://www.allaboutbirds.org/NetCommunity/Page.aspx?pid=1189

Careers

OCC Occupational Outlook Handbook - http://www.bls.gov/oco/

Colleges

FAFSA - http://www.fafsa.ed.gov/    Federal student aid.

FinAid - http://www.finaid.org/    Financial aid and scholarships.

Peterson’s Colleges and Universities - http://www.petersons.com/

Company Information

Fortune 500 - http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune500/

ThomasNet - http://www.thomasnet.com/    Manufacturers, distributors and service providers

Country Information

Ambassadors - http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/biog/c7647.htm    Biographies of State Department officials, including ambassadors.

Background Notes - http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/bgn/

BBC Country Profiles - http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/country_profiles/default.stm

CIA World Factbook - http://geography.about.com/library/cia/blcindex.htm

Country Studies - http://lcweb2.loc.gov/frd/cs/cshome.html

International Monitary Fund – Country Information - http://www.imf.org/external/country/

Portals to the World – Library of Congress - http://www.loc.gov/rr/international/portals.html

OECD Countries of the World - http://www.oecd.org/countrieslist/

Population Reference Bureau - http://www.oecd.org/countrieslist/

Yahoo: Country Information - http://dir.yahoo.com/Regional/Countries/

Databases

MeL Databases¹    Michigan Electronic Library database page

MeL Teen Gateway¹  Especially for teens

Days & Observances

This Day in History – History Channe - http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history.do

On This Day - http://www.on-this-day.com/

Dictionaries

http://dictionary.reference.com/

http://www.merriam-webster.com/

Encyclopedias, General

Columbia - http://education.yahoo.com/reference/encyclopedia/

Encyclopedia Britannica - http://www.britannica.com/

Catholic Encyclopedia - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/index.html

Encyclopedias, Specialized

Encyclopedia of the Earth - http://www.eoearth.org/

Financial Aid

FAFSA – Free Application for Federal Student Aid - http://www.fafsa.ed.gov/

FinAid - http://www.finaid.org/    Guide to financial aid

Legal Information

Govtrack - http://www.govtrack.us/   Tracks US legislation

Legal Information  Institute– Cornell U - http://www.law.cornell.edu/

World LII - http://www.worldlii.org/    Global legal information

Library Catalogs

CVHS    Destiny Card Catalog

MeL Cat¹    Online catalog of libraries in Michigan.  Request materials at the Public Library.

Magazines & Journals

Directory of Open Access Journals - http://www.doaj.org/

Medical Information

WedMD - http://www.webmd.com/

Money

Value of the Dollar - http://eh.net/hmit/

Currency Convertor - http://www.xe.com/ucc/

Newspapers, Local

Detroit Free Press - http://www.freep.com/

Detroit News - http://www.detnews.com/

Macomb Daily - http://www.macombdaily.com/

Oakland Press - http://theoaklandpress.com/

Newspapers, National

Chronicling America – Historic American Newspapers - http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/

LA Times - http://www.latimes.com/

NY Times - http://www.nytimes.com/

US & World Newspaper Links - http://www.usnpl.com/

USA Today - http://www.usatoday.com/

Washington Post - http://www.washingtonpost.com/

Reference Information

About.com - http://www.about.com/

Google Books - http://books.google.com/

Google US Government Search - http://www.google.com/unclesam

Google Scholar - http://scholar.google.com/

Internet Archive - http://www.archive.org/index.php

Internet Public Library - http://www.ipl.org/

Librarians Internet Index – http://www.lii.org

Library Spot - http://www.libraryspot.com/

Martindale’s Reference Desk - http://martindalecenter.com/

MLA 2009 Formatting and Style Guide - http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/747/01/

The Reference Desk.com - http://www.refdesk.com/

Search Engines – Give something besides Google a try

Clusty - http://clusty.com/

Culi Search Engine - http://www.cuil.com

More search engines    Look under the Academic and Reference section.

Spanish Language

Best Spanish Website - http://www.uni.edu/becker/Spanish3.html   Mr. Watkins recommends this one.

US Government

Ben’s Guide to US Government - http://bensguide.gpo.gov/index.html

Government Information Online – Ask a Librarian - http://131.193.153.128/

GovEngine.com - http://www.govengine.com/    Federal, State & Local government and court resources

USA.gov – http://www.usa.gov/    Portal to thousands of government websites

US Census Bureau - http://www.census.gov/

US House of Representatives - http://www.house.gov/

US Senate - http://www.senate.gov/

Weather

National Weather Service - http://www.weather.gov/

Weather Channel - http://www.weather.gov/

Weather Underground - http://www.wunderground.com/

¹Use a Michigan driver’s license number or consult your local public library for a logon and password.

Remember to use your skills in evaluating the websites, to which the directories link.  Not all the websites suggested are reliable for scholarly research.