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Databases
WNPL Online
Databases
http://www.wnpl.alibrary.com/ReferenceDesk/RefTools/ResearchDatabases.htm
Homework Sites by Topic
- Civil War
WNPL Civil War Links
http://www.wnpl.alibrary.com/kidspot/SocStud/History/civilwar.htm
- Countries
WNPL Countries Pathfinder http://www.wnpl.alibrary.com/kidspot/SocStud/Countries/index.htm
- Day You Were Born
WNPL Day You Were Born
Pathfinder
http://www.wnpl.alibrary.com/kidspot/SocStud/History/dayborn.htm
- Debates
International Debate
Education Association
http://www.debatabase.org/
- Elements
Chemicool Periodic Table
Practically everything you want to know about the elements of the
periodic table is at this site. Includes information on the general characteristics of the
elements, the states, energies, appearance, reactions, radius, conductivity and more.
http://wild-turkey.mit.edu/Chemicool/
Periodic Table of the
Elements
An easy to use site for the history, properties, and uses of chemical
elements.
http://pearl1.lanl.gov/periodic/
Periodic Table: Webelements
Choose your chemical then find out all about its history, uses, a
description, and more.
http://www.shef.ac.uk/%7echem/web-elements/
- Greek Mythology
Greek Mythology
Find out about the people, gods, creatures and places of Greek mythology.
Includes family trees and the full text of Thomas Bulfinch's classic
Mythology.
http://www.greekmythology.comIllustrated Encyclopedia
of Greek Mythology
Each entry features an illustration,
pronunciation, and an accurate summary of an ancient Greek myth.
http://www.mythweb.com/encyc/
Mythography
Explore the myths of the Greeks and their related art. Not only stories,
but famous artwork depicting the stories and gods. http://www.loggia.com/myth/myth.html
-Insect Identification
Key to the Identification of Insects to Order
Use this key to identify insects by looking at their characteristics.
http://www.earthlife.net/insects/orders-key.html#key
Iowa State University Entomology Gallery
If you have a good idea what type of insect you have, you can check it against this pictorial database.
http://www.ent.iastate.edu/imagegallery
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Masks (Fraud Assignment)
Faces of Africa: The Collection
http://members.aol.com/jandrea555/collect.htm
Authentic Africa
http://www.authenticafrica.com/art98/
Africa
http://museum.stanford.edu/view/africa.html
Oceania
http://www.stanford.edu/dept/ccva/oceania.html
Abelam Wooden Yam Masks, East Sepik Province, Papua New Guinea
http://www.art-pacific.com/artifacts/nuguinea/yamwoodo.htm
Masks from the Middle Sepik River,
Papua New Guinea
http://www.art-pacific.com/artifacts/nuguinea/maskspko.htm
New Guinea Folk Exhibit: Wooden Masks
http://www.city.tsuruoka.yamagata.jp/Kokusai/english/kokusaimura/NewGuinea-e17.html
Artic Studies Center: Yup'ik Masks
http://www.mnh.si.edu/arctic/features/yupik/index.html
Arctic Studies Center: Shaman's Mask
http://www.mnh.si.edu/arctic/features/croads/amask4.htmlhttp://www.mnh.si.edu/arctic/features/yupik/index.html
Kwakiutl Masks
http://www.mala.bc.ca/www/discover/educate/posters/lauriec.htm
Tsimshian
Masks
http://www.tsimshian-gallery.com/sites/Masks/masks.htm
Tsimshian Art
http://www.mala.bc.ca/www/discover/educate/posters/laurat.htm
Haida Masks
http://www.civilization.ca/aborig/haida/haama01e.html
Haida Mask
http://www.joslyn.org/permcol/native/pages/haida.html
Japanese Noh Masks
http://www.prm.ox.ac.uk/nohmasks.html
Northwest Coast Native American Masks
http://www.andrew.cmu.edu/course/60-105/finals/Cumming_M/'cumming_m.htm
- Saints
Catholic Online Saints
Index
Whether you need to know which saint has which feast day, or want to
know a little about the saints, this is an excellent, concise site.
http://saints.catholic.org/stsindex.html
The Catholic Encyclopedia
This is the place to find historical information on saints and famous
personages related to Catholicism.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/
- Science Fair
WNPL Science Fair Links
http://www.wnpl.alibrary.com/kidspot/Sci/scifair.htm
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Supreme Court Cases
LII: Supreme Court
Collection: Historic Decisions
Over 600 historic decisions from the U. S. Supreme Court. http://supct.law.cornell.edu/supct/cases/historic.htm
National Law Center:
Supreme Court
Landmark Decisions. Search for U.S. Supreme Court Decisions from 1893 to
the present either by year, case title, or party name.
http://www.findlaw.com/casecode/supreme.html
- Testing
Parent
Teacher Conference: Testing
Learn all about the ISAT, PSAE, SAT and ACT here.
http://www.wnpl.alibrary.com/kidspot/ParentTr/testing.htm
- Victorian England
1876
Victorian England Revisited
Follow a family through a typical Victorian day.
http://www.logicmgmt.com/1876/splash.htm
History in Focus:
The Victorian Era
Learn about politics, law and order, asylums and stereotypes of this
era.
http://www.history.ac.uk/ihr/Focus/Victorians/index.html
The Victorian Web
One of the most comprehensive sites on this period in time.
http://www.victorianweb.org/victorian/victov.html
Victorian
Related Links
A nice alphabetical listing of links on many different topics.
http://killeenroos.com/link/victoria.htm
- Viruses
Big Picture Book of Viruses
http://www.tulane.edu/~dmsander/Big_Virology/BVHomePage.html
Reference Tools
American Heritage Dictionary:
http://www.bartleby.com/61/
Atlapedia
Online: http://www.atlapedia.com/
Citation and Style Manuals:
http://www.wnpl.info/ReadersCorner/WritersTools/StyleManuals.html
Currency Converter:
http://www.oanda.com/converter/classic
Elements of Style: http://www.bartleby.com/141/index.html
Encyclopedia.com: http://encyclopedia.com
InfoPlease Homework Central: http://www.infoplease.com/homework
Litfinder.com: http://www.litfinder.com
Online Literary
Criticism Collection:
http://www.ipl.org/ref/litcrit/
Quotation Search:
http://www.bartleby.com/quotations/
Roget's Thesaurus: http://www.thesaurus.com
The Semantic Rhyming Dictionary:
http://www.rhymezone.com
Webster's Dictionary:
http://work.ucsd.edu:5141/cgi-bin/http_webster
World Book Encyclopedia:
(Available only through library computers.) http://www.worldbookonline.com
WWWDictionary:http://www.m-w.com/netdict.htm
Schools
- Millburn School: http://www.millburn.lake.k12.il.us/
- Viking Middle School: http://www.d56.lake.k12.il.us/viking/
- Warren Township High
School: http://www.wths.net
- Woodland Middle School:
http://www.dist50.net/
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