000-099 Information and general works/computer science

000: Computers, Internet & Systems

Snopes.com: Computers
http://www.snopes.com/inboxer/inboxer.asp
Snopes.com is the leading online urban legends reference. This section includes all those chain letters in everyone’s inboxes and whether they are true, as well as all things computer-related.

TimeLine of Computer History
http://www.computerhistory.org/timeline/
From the Computer History Museum in Mountain View, CA, this website is indexed by topic and year, from 1945-1990. Sample search topics students can look under include Software, Pop Culture, and Robots.

030: Encyclopedias and Books of Facts

American Fact Finder
http://factfinder.census.gov/home/saff/main.html?_lang=en
Website of the US Census Bureau; includes data sets, community fact sheets, and more. The information is detailed and complex; a guide for interpreting data is included.

Atlapedia Online
http://www.atlapedia.com
This site contains full-color physical and political maps, plus facts and statistics about many countries.  Searchable by country.

FedStats
http://www.fedstats.gov/
This is a government-run gateway to statistics from federal agencies.  Searchable by topic or by agency name.

Information Please
http://InfoPlease.com/
Ready reference at your fingertips, Information Please hosts a free browseable almanac, atlas, encyclopedia, dictionary, thesaurus, and white pages. Information Please is sponsored by Pearson Education, a noted academic publisher.

Librarian’s Index to the Internet
http://www.lii.org
The only librarian-approved Internet subject directory! Originating from the University of Berkley in CA, LII is a searchable, browseable collection of over 16,000 high quality websites. Each link has been reviewed by a LII librarian 2-4 times, using detailed selection criteria (http://lii.org/search/file/pubcriteria).

Wikipedia, the Free Content Encyclopedia that Anyone Can Edit
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page
An Internet phenomenon, Wikipedia is a truly diplomatic web site. Written collaboratively by people from around the world, Wikipedia is updated and changed constantly. Because it is an information source for and by the people, please use it in conjunction with websites that are authoritative in nature (anything from the Librarian’s Index to the Internet, for example) While anyone can edit Wikipedia at will, that doesn’t mean that the information is suspect. On the contrary, zealous Wikipedia watchers are constantly combing the content for errors—and correcting them. Try it yourself!

World Factbook
http://www.odci.gov/cia/publications/factbook/index.html
Compiled by the CIA, this site includes maps and country profiles, as well as numerous appendices.  Easily searchable by country.

070: Journalism, Publishing and News Media

New York Times On the Web
www.nytimes.com
Online version of the New York Times; free registration is required for several sections.

Newspapers from Around the World
http://www.oberoi-net.com/newspapr.html
This is a gateway to online editions of newspapers around the world organized by country and newspaper name.  Included are several foreign language papers.  Some individual papers may require registration.

Children’s Express
http://www.childrens-express.org/
“Children's Express is a UK-wide news agency producing news, features and comment by young people for everyone.Through a unique learning through journalism programme, young people aged 8 to 19 research and write stories on issues that are important to them for publication in national and local newspapers, magazines, television and radio.”—from the website. Explore this unique British website that features news and editorial commentary “by children, for children.”

CNN Student News
http://www.cnn.com/EDUCATION/
This detailed website from the popular cable news channel provides news articles targeted at older middle school and high school students.

Headline Spot
http://www.headlinespot.com/for/kids/
This website, a division of the popular StartSpot Network, allows students to select a city, then they are provided with links to all the major newspapers in that locale. Excellent resource for regional news.

Scholastic News for Kids Online
http://teacher.scholastic.com/scholasticnews/news/index.asp
Students can find the latest headlines and special reports on timely topics like global warming and bullying from the website of this prolific publisher of juvenile literature. Great for younger middle school students.

080: Quotations

Bartleby.com: Quotations
http://www.bartleby.com/quotations/
This on-line quotation source includes an encyclopedia, dictionary, thesaurus, and grammar guide. Indexed by subject, title, and author, Bartleby will also help students  search full-text poetry anthologies, short story collections, and famous essays.

100-199 Philosophy & Psychology, Paranormal

100: Philosophy

Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy
http://www.iep.utm.edu/
This is a non-profit, online encyclopedia run by the editors.  Many articles are written by experts in Philosophy, and are organized alphabetically by philosopher names and by concepts.

130: Astrology, Parapsychology, & the Occult

Urban legends
http://www.snopes.com/horrors/horrors.asp
Snopes.com is the leading online urban legends reference. This section includes familiar horror stories and the truth behind them. Have you heard the one about…

200-299 Religion & Mythology

200: General Religion

BBC Guide to Religions of the World
http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/people/features/world_religions/index.shtml
A comprehensive guide to six of the world’s most prevalent religions: Buddhism, Christianity, Hinduism, Islam, Judaism, and Sikhism. In each section, students will find the basic tenets of each practice, as well as further useful links.

A Bow of the Head: A Look at Different Religions of the World
http://library.thinkquest.org/28505/inde1.html
This Thinkquest challenge was created by high school students from Mercer Island and Cleveland high schools in Seattle, WA. This site provides a general introduction to the five major world religions: Buddhism, Christianity, Hinduism, Islam, and Judaism.

230: Christianity

What is Christianity?
http://geneva.rutgers.edu/src/christianity/
This website hosted by Rutgers University is a summary of Christian beliefs and practices, "intended as an introduction to Christianity for non-Christians."

294: Buddhism

Buddhism: An Introduction
http://www.pbs.org/edens/thailand/buddhism.htm
A short introduction of the Buddhist religion from the PBS series, "Thailand: Jewel of the Orient."

296: Judaism

Judaism 101
http://www.jewfaq.org/
This very comprehensive site of the Jewish religion, organized in broad categories like, "Ideas," "People," "Places," etc. is maintained by self-described "traditional, observant" Jewish law librarian Tracey Rich.

292: Mythology

Encyclopedia Mythica
http://www.pantheon.org/mythica.html
This privately run site includes myths divided into six geographical regions: Africa, the Americas, Asia, Europe, the Middle East, and Oceania. The folklore section contains world folktales and Arthurian legends as well as a Bestiary. Expert contributors number over 200, and site features over 6,000 separate entries.

300-399 Social Sciences

320. 473: United States Government

Ben’s Guide to the US Government
http://bensguide.gpo.gov/6-8/government/branches.html
An online service of the United States Government Printing Office, Ben’s Guide helps students understand the organization of the three main branches of government.                   

Government 101 from Project Vote Smart
http://www.vote-smart.org/resource_govt101_01.php
Project Vote Smart is an objective, nonpartisan, non-profit organization that works to educate the public about various political issues. Their Government 101 page provides students with a definitive overview of how the United States government works, from elections to legislation.

321.1:The American Civil Rights Movement

Brown@50: Fulfilling the Promise
http://www.brownat50.org
Sponsored by the Howard University School of Law, this website includes an overview and chronology of the landmark school segregation case, with additional links and resources. Created in commemoration of the 50th anniversary of Brown v. Board of Education.        

History Channel.com’s Civil Rights Voices
http://www.historychannel.com/classroom/voices/
Originally a documentary collaboration between the AARP, the Leadership Council on Civil Rights, and the Library of Congress, the online supplement to Civil Rights Voices contains a timeline, additional links and resources, and actual audio clips of oral histories of the Civil Rights movement.   

Jump, Jim Crow! : UC Berkley’s web archives of Jim Crow resources 
http://sunsite.berkeley.edu/calheritage/Jimcrow/
A teaching resource created by Lynn Jones, a librarian at the Teaching Library UC Berkeley, for the California Heritage Project. This website includes stories of life under Jim Crow, texts of Jim Crow Laws, images of Jim Crow, songs about Jim Crow and a Jim Crow glossary.

The King Center
http://www.thekingcenter.org
This website, created by the King Center in Atlanta provides clear and succinct information on Martin Luther King Jr.’s life and legacy. Contains a chronology and a biographical outline, along with information about the King Papers Project.

The Murder of Emmett Till
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/till/
This website contains supplemental information about the PBS produced documentary of the Emmett Till 1955 murder case. Under Special Features, students will find a section on Teens and Segregation, as well as the actual text of the murders’ confessions.         

Turbulent Times: a Thinkquest Civil Rights overview
http://library.thinkquest.org/C004391F/
A student-created overview of the Civil Rights movement that includes a timeline and detailed descriptions of pivotal events.

The Scottsboro Trial, from the US Department of State
http://usinfo.state.gov/journals/itdhr/0701/ijde/pitts.htm
Students will find the facts about this controversial trial where nine young black men were wrongly accused of assaulting two white women.

Teacher’s Domain: Civil Rights Special Collection
http://teachersdomain.org/special/civil
An impressive multimedia collection aimed at teachers and students, this site contains Ku Klux Klan flyers, photographs of the "Little Rock Nine", and first-hand accounts of civil rights activists.

We Shall Overcome: Historic Places of the Civil Rights Movement
http://www.cr.nps.gov/nr/travel/civilrights/
A partnership project produced by the U.S. Department of Interior, the National Park Service, the U.S. Department of Transportation, the Federal Highway Administration, and the National Conference of State Historic Preservation Officers. This site contains detailed, descriptive maps of over 49 properties that were considered key in the Civil Rights movement, along with a list of recommended books and resources.

323: Political Science/Human Rights           

Amnesty International
http://www.amnesty.org
Amnesty International compiles their own reports here, as well as news and lists of current campaigns.

Human Rights Watch
http://www.hrw.org
An impressive collection of information from an organization dedicated to preserving Human Rights around the world, this site contains headline news, information sorted by country, and more.

Joseph McCarthy and the Red Scare
http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/USAmccarthy.htm
This British education site provides a comprehensive overview of the McCarthy hearings, with names and places defined within the text of the article.

340: Law

Thomas: Legislative Information on the Internet
http://thomas.loc.gov/
A government-maintained website about all things legislative; the bill summary and status section covers 1973-present and can be searched  in several ways.  Also includes information on current, scheduled discussions.

345: Famous Court Cases

Landmark Supreme Cases
http://www.landmarkcases.org
Organized by case and by concept, this well-organized resource includes primary and secondary source material on several cases that shaped American History.

363.3: Intellectual Freedom

ALA Office of Intellectual Freedom
http://www.ala.org/ala/oif/quickeasyguide.htm
Created by the American Library Association and outlining their policies, this page contains information on intellectual freedom, including book banning, censorship, and the Patriot Act.

370: Education

ACT
http://www.act.org
Official ACT information, including test preparation and registration.

The College Board
http://www.collegeboard.com
SAT information, registration, and preparation from the creators and administrators of the test, as well as college profiles and scholarship information.

FinAid
http://www.finaid.com
A guide for students on financial aid; searchable by aid type (scholarship, loan, etc.) with sections for students and for parents.

398.4 Folklore and Fairytales

The American Folklife Center
http://www.loc.gov/folklife/
A wealth of information on all things folk and arty from the Library of Congress.       

American Folklore
http://www.americanfolklore.net/
This personal website is a labor of love from by an MLS accredited storyteller. Stories can be searched for by subject or geographic region and the website includes a comprehensive title index.         

Arthurian Legends and Lore
http://www.shcsc.k12.in.us/arthur/begin.htm
A student-created King Arthur web quest, with lots of interesting links on the myth and the man.

Sur La Lune
http://www.surlalunefairytales.com
A portal to the realm of fairy tale and folklore studies, this site features 35 annotated fairy tales, including histories, similar tales across cultures, and illustrations. Full text fairy tale collections are also included

400-499 Language

400: General Languages

BBC Languages
http://www.bbc.co.uk/languages/
Courses, phrases, and information in several languages from the BBC.  Languages  include French, Spanish, and Chinese, as well as others.

Vocabulary Training
http://www.vokabel.com/
Vocabulary exercises to practice your skills with verb tenses included.  Languages  include French and Spanish.

410: Linguistics

“Do You Speak American?”
http://www.pbs.org/speak/seatosea/americanvarieties/
This PBS web site explores the state of American English in all its quirky complexity; essays on different dialects can be searched by region and sidebars provide additional information on the evolution and variation of American English.

428: English Language

Guide to Grammar and Writing
http://cctc.commnet.edu/grammar/
A complete basic grammar guide, broken down by level: word, sentence, paragraph, paper. Quizzes to test and refine grammar skills are also included.

Rhyme Zone
http://bobo.link.cs.cmu.edu/cgi-bin/dougb/rhyme.cgi
This online rhyming dictionary not only provides matching rhymes, but definitions, synonyms, and antonyms

460: Spanish Language

Biblioteca Virtual Miguel Cervantes
http://www.cervantesvirtual.com/
An all-Spanish website subtitled The Library of Hispanic Cultures, this page contains a wealth of information on many subjects.

Study Spanish!
http://www.studyspanish.com/freesite.htm
Despite some of the commercial content, there are many free practice drills available on this site that allow students to practice their Spanish grammar, vocabulary and verb tenses. After taking one of the many offered vocabulary or verb drills, the site will even generate a practice test for students. Try it yourself!

500-599 Science

500: General Science

BBC (British Broadcasting Company) Online: Science
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sn/
All things Science from the BBC. Includes Dinosaurs, Human Body, Environmental Topics, and much, much more!

510: Mathematics

Ask Dr. Math
http://mathforum.org/dr.math/
Sponsored by Drexel University’s School of Education, PA, Ask Dr. Math is a question and answer service for math students and their teachers. The site is arranged by age level and contains a searchable question archive.

Figure This! Math Challenges for Families
http://www.figurethis.org/challenges/c26/challenge.htm
Is rolling dice a fair game? How about Monopoly? Sponsored by the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM), this Web page poses such questions to help middle school students understand the concept of probability. Part of NCTM’s Challenges for Families series, the one-page lesson includes solutions, additional related problems with answers, and resources for further information.

Math Playground Flashcards
www.mathplayground.com/flashcards.html
Test your multiplication and division math skills with these virtual flash cards from Math Playground. Math Playground was created by Colleen King, a math teacher and K-12 curriculum director at Math Advantage, a learning center in Wellesley, Massachusetts.

530: Physics          

The Physics Classroom
http://www.glenbrook.k12.il.us/gbssci/phys/Class/BBoard.html
Sponsored by Glenbrook South High School, IL, The Physics Classroom Tutorial is an online physics tutorial written for high school physics students.

Simple Machines
http://sln.fi.edu/qa97/spotlight3/x
From the InQuiry Almanac--bite-sized explanations about six simple machines and how they work.

540: Chemistry

The Atoms Family
http://www.miamisci.org/af/sln/
Sponsored by The Miami Museum of Science, the Atoms Family provides simple experiments that illustrate basic chemistry principles for students.

Chemical Elements
http://www.chemicalelements.com
An interactive Periodic Table of the Elements, including each element’s atomic mass, configuration, and date of discovery.

Chemistry for Kids
http://www.chem4kids.com/
Andrew Radar Studios sponsors this site, which takes students on a colorful tour of the periodic table, defines atoms and matter, and even shows how many careers are built on chemistry.

550: Earth Science & Geology       

Earthtrends: The Environmental Information Portal
http://earthtrends.wri.org/
An online collection of information regarding world environmental, social, and economic trends. EarthTrends offers extensive, free statistical, graphic, and analytical data in easily accessible formats. Sponsored by The World Resources Institute.

Environmental Kids Club
http://www.epa.gov/kids/
This student-friendly site from the Environmental Protection Agency contains articles on acid rain, air quality, global warming and recycling.

570: Biology & Life Sciences

DNA from the Beginning
http://www.dnaftb.org/dnaftb/
“An animated primer on the basics of DNA, genes and heredity” from the Cold Spring Harbor Research Laboratory. Each genetic concept contains an illustrative animation, biographies of pertinent scientists, and a list of useful links.

600-699 Technology

600: General Technology

How Stuff Works
http://science.howstuffworks.com
Ever wonder how the air conditioner cools or the doorbell rings? From Computer             Stuff to Home Stuff, this site has it all!

612: Health and Human Body       

Human Body & Mind
http://www.bbc.co.uk/science/humanbody/
Take an interactive tour of the human body, or a quiz to discover your personality type, all courtesy of the BBC.

629.8 Robotics

Robots: Sensing, Thinking, Acting
http://www.thetech.org/exhibits/online/robotics
This website from The Tech Museum of Innovation, CA includes a robotics timeline, a discussion of ethics as applied to robotics, and some interesting robot art.

700-799 Arts & Recreation

700: General Art Resources, including virtual museums

Art and Architecture Thesaurus
http://www.getty.edu/research/conducting_research/vocabularies/aat/
This is an exhaustive resource for definitions and explanations of art and architectural terms, and provides AND/OR searching to help find obscure terms.

The Artist’s Toolkit
http://www.artsconnected.org/toolkit
This site is a collaboration between the Minneapolis Institute of the Arts and the Walker Art Center and provides an introduction to basic art concepts such as color and shape.  Interactive demonstrations in the toolkit are especially great.

Explore and Learn: Art History for Kids from the Metropolitan Museum of Art
http://www.metmuseum.org/explore/index.asp

Artcyclopedia
http://www.artcyclopedia.com
A comprehensive index of artists represented at hundreds of museum sites, image archives, and other online resources. Over 60,000 artist links are indexed by the site. The Artcyclopedia was created by John Malyon, an IT professional, web developer, and entrepreneur currently living in Calgary, Canada.

A plethora of New York City Museum Sites:

The Metropolitan Museum of Art
http://www.metmuseum.org
Online exhibitions, museum information, and an art history timeline make this a great virtual art experience.

The Museum of Modern Art
http://www.moma.org
Browse MoMA's online collection of over 2,000 images of architecture, paintings, drawings, sculpture and film. The collections are searchable by department, decade, artist name, object title, place of origin, or year made.

The Whitney Museum of American Art
http://www.whitney.org
On this website dedicated to 20th century American art, students can view current exhibitions or dive straight into the Whitney's Artport, an online art resource that lists further art, artists, and gallery links.

El Museo del Barrio
http://www.elmuseo.org
NYC's only Latino museum dedicated to Puerto Rican, Carribbean, and Latin American art. Students can view current exhibits and programs.

The Brooklyn Museum
http://www.brooklynmuseum.org
Well known for it's large collection on ancient Egypt, the Brooklyn Museum has several collections of American art. Over 1,000 objects from the museum's American art collections can be viewed online, and students can also access limited digital collections from the museum's archive and library.

Web Museum, Paris
http://9www.ibiblio.org/wm/
The creator of this site has assembled many works of art from all times and places; some critical and contextual information is also provided.  The art can be browsed or searched by artist name.

770: Photography

The American Museum of Photography
http://www.photography-museum.com/
This site contains many images from the history of photography, from daguerreotypes to Ansel Adams. Images can be browsed by exhibition.

780: Music

Internet Resources in Music
http://www.nypl.org/research/lpa/internet/lpa.cfm?trg=1&d1=141&d3=Music
Compiled by the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, this is an exhaustive list of links to all things related to music and the music business, divided into categories for easier navigation.

791: Film

Internet Film Database
http://www.imdb.com
The source for all movie info: credits, brief summaries, release dates, and more.  Searchable  by a variety of options, including movie title or actor name.

792: Theatre

Internet Broadway Database
http://www.ibdb.com
A definitive source for the facts on Broadway musicals and plays from Aristophanes to Ziegfeld. Includes number of performances, extensive credit information, theatres, characters, and more.

792.8: Dance

Internet Resources in Dance
http://www.nypl.org/research/lpa/internet/lpa.cfm?trg=1&d1=142&d3=Dance
Compiled by the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, this is an exhaustive list of links to all things related to dance, including schools, divided into categories for easier navigation.

800-899 Literature

Electronic text archives and plays online
http://www.vl-theatre.com/
Courtesy of the WWW Virtual Library: Theatre & Drama. These free, full-text plays are indexed alphabetically by playwright.

Kids and Teens: Poetry Links
http://dmoz.org/Kids_and_Teens/School_Time/English/Literature/Poetry/
This website collects a number of links from Kids and Teens Open Directory Project. The Open Directory Project is maintained by volunteer editors, and links come with age recommendations.

The Online Books Page
http://onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu
Maintained by the University of Pennsylvania, this site contains full text for thousands of books that are no longer copyrighted.  Features such as Banned Books Online allow full text access to every title mentioned in the article; almost any classic can be found here.  Search by author or title; browsing is limited.

900-999 History, Geography & Biography

900: General History

The History Channel
http://www.historychannel.com/
The History Channel’s website of all things historical; search by century, by popular subjects, or by show.

Internet History Sourcebooks Project
http://www.odci.gov/cia/publications/factbook/index.html
Maintained by a Fordham University Professor, The Internet History Sourcebooks are collections of public domain and copy-permitted historical texts presented cleanly (without advertising or excessive layout) for educational use.

Library of Congress Country Studies
http://lcweb2.loc.gov/frd/cs/cshome.html
Detailed information about countries. Searching by country name is enabled, or the list of countries can be browsed alphabetically.

National Geographic: History Resources
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/history/index.html
This excellent website will help students locate articles, streaming video, and interactive experiences from different time periods of history. Click on the “History Index” on the left-hand sidebar to browse through the site’s subject offerings.

920 Biography

The Biographical Dictionary
http://www.s9.com/biography/
Searchable by name, keyword, or date, this free biographical dictionary varies in the length of its entries. Students should check out the “ideas” link for more research help.

932: Ancient Egypt

Ancient Egypt
http://www.ancientegypt.co.uk/menu.html
Learn all about Egypt from the British Museum’s comprehensive site, which includes a full list of Egyptian gods and goddesses, lives of Egyptian craftspeople, and the process of mummification. All sections are accompanied by photos of the museum’s Egypt collection.

Valley of the Kings Online
http://www.thebanmappingproject.com/
An interactive mapping project, this website includes maps, informational texts, drawings, and more of all the tombs from the Valley of Kings.

935: Ancient Near East

Mesopotamia
http://www.mesopotamia.co.uk/menu.html
Another great site from the British museum, students will find information about Mesopotamian geography and writing here.

937: Ancient Rome

BBC: Ancient Romans
http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/ancient/romans/
Another excellent resource from the BBC. Covers all aspects of ancient Roman life and is browseable by topic.

938: Ancient Greece

The Ancient Greek World
http://www.museum.upenn.edu/Greek_World/Index.html
This website from the University of Pennsylvania contains sections on geography, daily life, religion, and economy.

940.1:Medieval Europe

The Anglo-Saxons
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/anglosaxons/index.shtml
This BBC website details Anglo-Saxon life, beliefs, and pastimes.

The Middle Ages
http://www.historyforkids.org/learn/medieval/
Although a bit cluttered with ads, this website still contains a great deal of information about medieval people, places, and events. Key terms are embedded within the text of the student-friendly articles.

947: Russia

The Russian Revolution, by Professor Gerhard Rempel
http://mars.acnet.wnec.edu/~grempel/courses/wc2/lectures/russrev.html
http://mars.acnet.wnec.edu/~grempel/courses/wc2/lectures/rev1917.html
Two extensive and comprehensive essays of the Russian Revolution by a History Professor at Western New England College.

952: Japan

Ancient Japan
http://www.wsu.edu:8080/~dee/ANCJAPAN/ANCJAPAN.HTM
Designed  by Washington State University, this cultural and historical overview of ancient Japan was designed to highlight the interactions between Japan and other cultures.  It contains a timeline, atlas, glossary, and links, and can be browsed by content area.

966.2: Medieval Africa

Early Africa
http://www.historyforkids.org/learn/africa/index.htm
This website provides information for students about early African literature, religion, and war, among many other topics. Key terms are embedded and defined within the texts of the articles.

973: American History         

American Memory
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/
From the website: “American Memory provides free and open access through the Internet to written and spoken words, sound recordings, still and moving images, prints, maps, and sheet music that document the American experience. These materials, from the collections of the Library of Congress and other institutions, chronicle historical events, people, places, and ideas that continue to shape America.”

Making of America
http://moa.cit.cornell.edu/moa/
http://www.hti.umich.edu/m/moagrp/
With funding from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, the Making of America Project is
a digital library of primary sources in American social history from the antebellum period through reconstruction; each MOA site contains different material.

973.2: Colonial America

13 Originals: Founding the American Colonies
http://www.timepage.org/spl/13colony.html
This personal website collects several different links to create a full picture of our colonial beginnings. Students will be able to find full-text copies of colonial maps, charters, and constitutions, with detailed descriptions of each of the original thirteen colonies.        

Amusements in Colonial New England
http://noahwebsterhouse.org/amusements.html
Sponsored by the Noah Webster House Museum of West Hartford, this website lists some of the toys, games, and rhymes that were used by colonial children.

Colonial Kids: a celebration of life in the 1700’s.
http://library.thinkquest.org/J002611F/
This student-created Think Quest project poses the question, “What was it like to be a kid in colonial times?”

Colonial Williamsburg
http://www.history.org/History/index.cfm
Student can virtually visit this living history museum where the colonial way of life is reenacted every day. Topics covered include colonial trades, daily life, and politics.

973.7:The American Civil War

The United States Civil War Center
http://www.cwc.lsu.edu/cwc/
From Louisiana State University, this award-winning site provides an astounding breadth of Civil War information, including an exhaustive collection of links.  Links are listed alphabetically by subject, and each subject heading contains numerous subheadings.

974.7: New York History

Fading Ad Gallery
http://www.frankjump.com/
A blog by a New Yorker obsessed with the disappearing signs that hold clues to the city’s past, this site contains many amazing images.

Forgotten New York
http://forgotten-ny.com
New York’s past is all around. This site is your gateway to a New York City that existed long ago -- and still exists in a hidden form today. On this site, remnants of the city’s past are collected and displayed, as well as unusual scenes not ordinarily associated with New York (like houses on stilts).

The Museum of the City of New York
http://www.mcny.org/
This site contains numerous images, as well as information about the museum and its public programs, all focused on New York City.

980: History of South America

LANIC (Latin American Network Information Center)
http://www1.lanic.utexas.edu/