HISTORY
LITERATURE
SCIENCE
MATHEMATICS

HISTORY

Academic Guide to Jewish History
Well-organized access to hundreds of Jewish historical resources. Find information gateways, encyclopedias, biographies, libraries, archives, indexes, bibliographies, full-text articles, journals, and more. Searchable and browsable. This site, a collaborative effort among 12 institutions, is maintained by the University of Toronto Libraries.
http://link.library.utoronto.ca/jewishhistory/

AMDOCS: Documents for the Study of American History
A directory of primary documents available on the Web. Browse by time period, beginning with 1492 and continuing into current times. Includes inaugural addresses, diary extracts, treaties, letters, speeches, and more. Maintained by the University of Kansas.
http://www.vlib.us/amdocs/

American Memory Project from the Library of Congress
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." Searchable, and browsable by topic.
http://memory.loc.gov/

American Treasures of the Library of Congress
Online companion of the "permanent [Library of Congress] exhibition of the rarest, most interesting or significant items relating to America's past." Includes facsimilies of original documents, photographs and artworks, maps, and more. Browsable "in the manner of Thomas Jefferson's own library.... Memory (History); Reason (Philosophy, including Law, Science and Geography); and Imagination (Fine Arts, including Architecture, Music, Literature and Sports)."
http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/treasures/

Best of History Websites
This site provides categorized links to hundreds of "history-related web sites that have been reviewed for quality, accuracy and usefulness. Sites with engaging content and useful multimedia technologies are most likely to be included. General resources and research-oriented sites included."
http://www.besthistorysites.net/

From Haven to Home: 350 Years of Jewish Life in America
To commemorate the 350th anniversary (2004) of Jewish settlement in the United States, the Library of Congress created this exhibition featuring more than 200 items from its Judaica collection. The items portray the Jewish experience from immigration and acculturation to discrimination, acceptance, and assimilation. Items displayed include George Washington's letter to the Newport Hebrew Congregation, General Grant's edict banning Jews from Kentucky, and Abraham Lincoln's letter rescinding that ban.
http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/haventohome/

Heritage: Civilization and the Jews
This site is a companion to a Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) 9-part series that chronicles the history of the Jews from inception through the biblical period to the 1990s. The site provides program summaries along with related interactive features, maps, documents, and video resources. Also includes a timeline, lesson plans, and links.
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/heritage/

History Channel: Speeches & Videos
Contains audio and video of speeches, interviews, and events of historical interest. Topics include "This Day in History," the United States, war, science and technology, "Mysteries of History," exploration, world history, and political and historical figures.
http://www.historychannel.com/broadband

Infoplease Year to Year
This site describes historic events of the 20th and 21st centuries by year and by decade. Brief decade quizzes are included. Includes timelines featuring special topics such as world history, fashion, and Iraq. Searchable.
http://www.infoplease.com/yearbyyear.html

Life in Ancient Egypt
This exhibit explores life in ancient Egypt, looking at their natural world, gods and religion, and funerary customs. An understanding of their artifacts provides glimpses into their daily life. Included are a timeline and many images. From the Carnegie Museum of Natural History.
http://www.carnegiemuseums.org/cmnh/exhibits/egypt/

Medieval Europe
A plain text overview of this period of European history, including The Dark Ages , covering late antiquity; The Carolingian Era , providing information about the period under Charlemagne; The Tenth Century, with the role of the Moors and the Vikings; and The Development of the Papacy . Additionally, William the Conqueror contains a history of England; and there is a history of The First Crusade, Medieval Society, The Black Death , and the Avignonese Papacy. From Boise State University.
http://history.boisestate.edu/westciv/medieval/

Mysteries of Egypt
Information about ancient Egyptian civilization, including geography, architecture, government, writing, religion, daily life (food, shelter, transportation, trades and crafts, clothing and adornment), and sciences. There is also information about the female ruler, Hatshepsut, as well as Tutankhamun, along with a virtual tour of his tomb. From the Canadian Museum of Civilization.
http://www.civilization.ca/civil/egypt/egypt_e.html

National Archives Digital Classroom
The "National Archives” gateway for resources about primary sources, activities and training for educators and students." Topics include Constitution Day, the Amistad case, black soldiers during the Civil War, and Jackie Robinson as a civil rights advocate).
http://www.archives.gov/education/

Newseum: Stories of the Century, 1900-2000
In 1999, "some 36,000 people cast ballots in Stories of the Century: The Nation Votes, sponsored by USA WEEKEND and the Newseum, the interactive museum of news." The site shows how stories rated with the public and with journalists, with timelines for each, and how they rated with men and women. Includes film clips about some events.
http://www.newseum.org/century/

PBS History
Searchable directory of history-related broadcast series and programs produced by the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS): American Experience, American Masters, Frontline, Ken Burns's American Stories, NOVA, and P.O.V. Topics include the ancient world, biographies, United States, war and espionage, and the world.
http://www.pbs.org/history/

LITERATURE

Bartleby Library: Great Books Online
Includes thousands of full-text poems, novels, plays, essays, and other works in the public domain, as well as close to 100,000 quotations. Resources are carefully edited to ensure accuracy of data entry. A trustworthy place to locate classic works. Searchable and browsable.
http://www.bartleby.com/

Bibliomania
Find searchable full-text editions of thousands of classic works of fiction, non-fiction, and poetry; some reference titles and contemporary articles; plus study guides and book notes for standard high school and college assigned reading.
http://www.bibliomania.com/

LitLinks
Within the genres of fiction, poetry, essays, drama, and critical theory are lists of authors, each with a short list of annotated links to Web sites followed by a brief biography taken from one of the Bedford/St. Martin's reference texts. Additionally there are links to information on literary periods, from medieval to contemporary.
http://www.bedfordstmartins.com/litlinks/

Online Library of Literature
A collection of literary classics in full text, including the works of L. Frank Baum, Honore de Balzac, the Bronte sisters, Edgar Rice Burroughs, Lewis Carroll, Charles Darwin, Rene Descartes, Charles Dickens, Arthur Conan Doyle, John Milton, Jack London, and others. Works are added regularly.
http://www.literature.org/

Poetry Portal
This is a very comprehensive and informative collection of links about poetry online, events, courses, styles, and publishing. The site also covers "ezines, poetry sites, audio poetry, literary appreciation, criticism and reviews, poetry courses, workshops, conferences, book and trade news, literary chit-chat and trade news, plus sources to improve your own writing and get it published."
http://www.poetry-portal.com/

poets.org
Use this site from The Academy of American Poets to search for poets and poetry, hear poems in the "Listening Booth," and locate information about National Poetry Month, celebrated every April. Includes news, an index of major poetry publishers, periodicals, and distributors; an events calendar; and tip sheets on setting up programs, events, and classes. "Poetry Awards" is a list of major American poetry awards with recent recipients.
http://www.poets.org/

SCIENCE

GENERAL:

National Science Digital Library
"NSDL provides educational resources for science, technology, engineering and mathematics education." The site features links to hundreds of digital resources for teaching and learning about science. Material is searchable or browsable by topic. Also includes news and highlights from the collection. Searchable. Funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF).
http://nsdl.org/

SciCentral
A directory of links to "today's breaking science news." Browsable by topic, including biosciences, health sciences, physics, chemistry, earth and space, and engineering. Also includes links to related journals, databases, job opportunities, and conferences.
http://scicentral.com/

PHYSICS:

American Physical Society: A Century of Physics
A timeline (1896-2010) of significant events in the development of physics. Events and discoveries are also listed alphabetically, indexed by category (Cosmic, Human, Atomic, Living World, Technology, and Art) and searchable by keyword.
http://timeline.aps.org/APS/

Fear of Physics
An "interactive, highly visual, and non-technical way for you to see the laws of physics in action" designed for teachers and students in middle and high school. Many different simulations demonstrate the concepts of physics. Topics include the Doppler Effect, roller coasters, pendulums, Einstein's theory of relativity, gravity, planets, acceleration, and more. Includes annotated links.
http://www.fearofphysics.com/

How Things Work: the Physics of Everyday Life
With an archive of questions asked and answered back to September 1996, this is a great resource for all those science questions asked at the reference desk. From the University of Virginia's physics department.
http://rabi.phys.virginia.edu/HTW/

Physics Classroom
An "online physics tutorial written for high school physics students." The Physics Tutorial teaches basic physics concepts. The animations of the Multimedia Physics Studio help to visualize and understand these concepts. Physics Help provides exercises for developing skills.
http://www.physicsclassroom.com/

CHEMISTRY:

Periodic Table of the Elements
Information about the elements can be found by clicking on the element abbreviation on the table or alphabetically by element name. Includes atomic number, symbol, weight, and electron configuration. Gives a brief history of the element and its sources, isotopes, uses, and properties. There is additional information on what the periodic table is, how to use it, the naming of new elements, and the Mendeleev's original table.
http://pearl1.lanl.gov/periodic/

Periodic Table of the Elements
A fun site covering the construction and history of a "literal" (it's designed as a wooden table) periodic table. Click on any tile to see more about the element with links to more sites for reports and, in some cases, samples of the element. Also included is a brief biography of Mendeleev, the discoverer of periodic law and a list of collectors and sources of element samples from natural, ultra pure, and everyday objects.
http://www.theodoregray.com/PeriodicTable/

WebElements Periodic Table
Contains the periodic table and information on each element, including historical background, uses, compounds, electronic and physical properties, and more.
http://www.webelements.com/

What’s That Stuff?
Essays that look at the chemical composition of over 20 everyday products, ranging from self-tanners, lipstick, fireworks, Cheese Whiz, new car smell, toothpaste, Silly Putty, and more. From the American Chemical Society.
http://pubs.acs.org/cen/whatstuff/stuff.html

chemdex.org
Searchable directory of more than 7,000 chemistry related sites. Includes general chemistry, organizations, Web portals, biography, software, standards, and more. Users may rate and review sites. Some features require free registration. Based at the Department of Chemistry, University of Sheffield, England.
http://www.chemdex.org/

BIOLOGY:

Bio Links (Biozone)
This site contains over five hundred links covering such topics as biology, biotechnology, diseases, evolution, and microbiology. Links are organized into sixteen main topics and sixty-five subtopics that support health and science education. There are monthly updates listed on the main page.
http://www.biozone.co.nz/links.html

Biology Browser
An interactive portal designed "to connect life sciences researchers with free, useful resources and other like-minded scientists from all around the world." Includes annotated links to news and life science websites, a nomenclatural glossary for zoology, a zoological thesaurus, a forum for biologists and scientists to discuss findings, and more. Searchable. Free content from database provider Thomson Scientific.
http://www.biologybrowser.org/

MATHEMATICS

Biographies of Women Mathematicians
Biographical information on more than 125 women mathematicians. The biographies, which vary in size, are indexed alphabetically by name and chronologically by century of the mathematician's birth. All biographies are fully referenced. Only a few are accompanied by a picture. Searchable.
http://www.agnesscott.edu/lriddle/women/women.htm

Mathematical Atlas: A Gateway to Modern Mathematics
This searchable site provides a collection of articles about the many subfields of math and includes definitions, brief biographies, and explanations. Each topic includes a history, related areas, and subfields as well as related print and Internet resources. It also includes an introduction to the Mathematics Subject Classification (MSC) scheme on which the site's arrangement is based.
http://www.math-atlas.org/

Origami Mathematics
Information on the mathematics of paper-folding, including the geometry and origami axioms formulated by Italian-Japanese mathematician Humiaki Huzita. The section "Five Intersecting Tetrahedra" presents construction instructions and other types of models.
http://www.merrimack.edu/~thull/origamimath.html

PRIME: Platonic Realms Interactive Mathematics Encyclopedia
Mathematical terms and concepts, browsable alphabetically. Limit search by level (elementary or advanced) as well as by specific categories, such as algebra, biography, calculus, computer science, geometry, number theory, statistics, trigonometry, and more. Some definitions link to longer articles.
http://www.mathacademy.com/pr/prime/

S.O.S. Mathematics Tables and Formulas
An easily accessed list of common mathematics tables and formulas. Multiplication, primes, integrals, trignometrics, conversions, and derivatives are only some of the available tables. There is a section of online examinations to test your mathematical knowledge. A Cyberboard for questions is included, as well as links to books and additional math sites.
http://www.sosmath.com/tables/tables.html

Totally Tessellated
Devoted to tessellations, "repeating pattern[s] of interlocking shapes." Provides an overview of tessellations, and explores their use in math, science, art, and decoration. Features a profile of artist M.C. Escher, an illustrated glossary, and more.
http://library.thinkquest.org/16661/

World of Mathematics
Also known as MathWorld , this site is a "comprehensive, and interactive mathematics encyclopedia intended for students, educators, math enthusiasts, and researchers." The subject index includes algebra, applied mathematics, calculus and analysis, discrete mathematics, the foundations and history of mathematics, geometry, number theory, probability and statistics, recreational mathematics, and topology. In addition, there is a complete alphabetical index and a good search engine.
http://mathworld.wolfram.com/