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Livingston
Public Library
Reference Resources
Homework
1.
Almanacs, Dictionaries, Encyclopedias, and Statistics
2.
Ancient World
- The British Museum provides information on Egyptian Life, Geography, Gods &
Goddesses, Mummification, Pharaoh, Pyramids, Temples, Time, Trades,
and Writing.
- Classical Mythology
(www.temple.edu/classics/mythdirectory.html) provides thorough
coverage of Greek mythology and an overview of Roman lore as well.
3.
Biography
4. Country
Studies
- FedStats
provides access to statistical data from over 100 federal agencies.
Use the A-Z topical index or access Fast Facts to retrieve the
most popular tables and state rankings from the Statistical
Abstract of the United States or states from the White House
Statistical Briefing Rooms.
- 50
States and Capitals describes facts about U.S. states
and capitals briefly and nicely. Maps are included.
- Foreign
Government Resources on the Web, from University of Michigan
Library.
- World
Health Organization provides global health information
on all topics compiled from basic documents, reports, statistical
information and more.
5. History
- The
American Civil War Home Page
- The
American Revolution
- Best
of History Web Sites includes topics such as Prehistory,
Ancient/Biblical, Medieval, U.S. History, Early Modern European,
20th Century, World War II, Art Hisotry, General Resources, Maps,
and more.
- Famous American
Trials
- The Labyrinth
Resources for Medieval Studies.
- The
Making of America is "a digital library of primary
sources in American social history from the antebellum period
through reconstruction. The collection is particularly strong
in the subject areas of education, psychology, American history,
sociology, religion, and science and technology."
- NetSerf
The Internet Connection for Medieval Resources
- Historical
Documents based on a chronological record of significant
events.
- PBS-History
- This
Day in History via the History Channel
- Today
in History via the American Memory Project
- The
Truth About Pilgrims and Thanksgiving
- The
Victorian Webcontains a collection of articles as well
as links to other resources.
6.
Homework Sites by Subjects
7. Literature
- Eugene
O'Neill: American Playwright Eugene O'Neill, considered
one of the America's most important dramatists, wrote plays between
1916 and the early 1940s.
- F.
Scott Fitzgerald Centenary offers extensive biographical
information about the author, as well as a timeline for a quick
overview of his life and the text of a number of his stories.
- Pulitzer
Prizes, awarded since 1917, offers winners and finalists
by category or by year.
- Shmoop
Literature summaries, analyses, themes, characters
8.
Literary Criticism
9. News
Sources
- BBC
News, news from British Broadcasting Company
- New
York Times on the web
- News Works offers
links to the web sites of some 140 U.S. Newspapers, such as the
Los Angeles Times, New
York Times, Philadelphia Inquirer, USA Today, The Wall Street Journal, The
Washington Post,
etc.
- PBS
Online offers good sites for children. It contains programs
such as NOVA and Nature. It's keyword search capability
enables you to search subjects like the arts, history, science,
technology and more.
- The
Times of London The registration is free.
- Television
News Archive (1968+ ), from Vanderbilt University
10.
Math & Science
11.
Presidents
12.
Quotations
13.
Research Tools
14.
Shakespeare
- Absolute
Shakespeare "The essential resource for William shakespeare's
plays, sonnets, quotes, biography and the legendary Globe Theatre".
- Collected Works
of Shakespeare Full text of Shakespeare's plays and poetry.
- Encyclopedia Britannica
On Shakespeare is a
well-organized site, which outline of the article appears at bottom
of every page. Each level of the outline links to the corresponding
section of the article.
- Mr. William Shakespeare and the
Internet includes categories like Works, Life & Times, Criticism,
Best Sites, etc. Works provides study guides and more. Life &
Time has biographies, introduction and explanation, etc. Criticism
includes the general criticism as well as criticism of individual
plays. Best Sites is an index-within-an-index and a good place
to start.
15. Social
Issues
- NewScientist.com
is a science and technology news service. Articles might be useful
for doing reports.
18.
Test Preparation
- Test Prep Language Arts includes
test preparation materials from New Jersey, Sample ESPA, GEPA
tests and scoring guides, HSPA Tutorial, New Jersey test specifications
and sample questions and more.
- College Board 's mission is to
connect students to college success and opportunity. It serves
students through out various programs and services in college
admission, guideance, and so on. Among its best-known programs
are the SAT, PSAT, and the AP.
19. U.S.
Government Documents
- Core Documents
of U.S. Democracy includes Bill of Rights,
Constitution,
Code of
Federal Regulations, Federal Register,
Congressional
bills, Declaration
of Independence, public laws,
U.S.
Code, Supreme
Court decisions, budget,
economic
indicators, Commerce
Business Daily, and Statistical
Abstracts
20. Writing
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