High School Ace : Portal to excellent free online academic resources for high school students.
LifeLines : Homework resources for parents and librarians to help students in grades 5 - 12.
Smithsonian Institute: Learn about Art & Design, History & Culture, and Science & Technology from the Smithsonian Institute.
Teen Homework Help @ the Library : Access databases, reference sources and websites for a number of various topics.
SEE ALSO : Reference Sources
Ancient Cultures
Exploring Ancient World Cultures : Your source to Ancient and Medieval Worlds. This site features essays and primary texts for the Near East, India, Egypt, China, Greece, Rome, Early Islam and Medieval Europe.
Just Curious : Ancient Civilizations : Hosted by SuffolkWeb, this site provides links to sites about Ancient Egypt, Greece, and Rome. The site is maintained by professional staff at the Suffolk Cooperative Library System and is particularly useful in supporting the sixth grade social studies curriculum.
Art History
Art Cyclopedia : A web directory to art and art information on the web.
Biography
Biography Channel : Read biographies and watch biographical clips. Sponsored by the History Channel.
History
The History Channel : Contains US and world history, information about culture, political and historical figures and mysteries of history.
History Place : Timelines and information on topics throughout history.
National Archives : Ever wonder what the real Gettysburg Address or Declaration of Independence looked like? You can find hundreds of pictures of primary documents here.
On this Day : Presented by the New York Times, On This Day gives you access to events wich have occured throughout time for 365 days a year.
Holidays & Festivals
Yahoo: Holidays and Observances : Get information about holidays from all around the world.
Literature & Criticism
Literary Criticism from IPL : Access criticism for various authors and prose works.
Poet's Corner : Access full text poems from hundreds of authors, from as long as a thousand years ago. All poetry is either out of copyright (before 1923) or permission has been obtained for their publication on the website.
Math
Math Forum : Get Math Help for all different areas and levels of study.
Math.com : Get help with basic and everyday math, along with help in algerbra, geometry, trigonometry, statistics, calculus, and other advanced topics.
Religion
BBC's World Religion's : Features detailed coverage of numerous world religion and also includes a section on non-religious persons.
Catholic Encyclopedia : Gives readers full and authoritative information on the entire cycle of Catholic interests, action and doctrine.
Patron Saints Index : This site lists information from over 5,000 saints. It includes timelines, an image gallery and a dictionary.
Saints & Angels : Find information for saints, patron saints and angels.
Science
General
Mad Sci Network : The answers to 36,000 of you questions on science are here. This site also offers web resources and allows you to ask-a-scientist a question.
National Science Digital Library : This resource for both students & teachers allows you to access k-12 concept maps and browse through science topics and collections.
Sirius Science: Full text Magazine & web articles for all levels.
Astronomy
SEDS: Students for the Exploration and Development of Space : a group dedicated to expanding the role of human exploration and development of space. We seek to educate the public in such a way as to attain this goal. We have many ways of doing this, including educational outreach, conferences, and chapter projects.
Chemistry
A Periodic Table of the Elements : This interactive periodic table, gives an overview of each periodic table element.
The Atoms Family : Hosted by the Miami Museum of Science, this site provides an entertaining introduction to physics for children of all ages. Features include The Mummy's Tomb (energy conservation, kinetic and potential energy), Dracula's Library (the properties of light waves and particles), Frankenstein's Lightning Laboratory (electricity and electrical safety), The Phantom's Portrait Parlor (principles of atoms and matter), and The Wolf Man's Ghostly Graveyard (fuel conservation and energy transfer). All activities are labeled by grade range.