Lexington ISD

Library Links

 

Teachers

 

Rubrics

http://rubistar.4teachers.org/

Think Quest

http://www.thinkquest.org/

U.S. Department of Education

http://www.ed.gov/

4 Teachers

http://www.4teachers.org/

Children and Books

http://www.trelease-on-reading.com/

GRE Practice Tests

http://www.gre.org/
Lesson Plans for the Busy Teacher

http://www.ceismc.gatech.edu/busyt/
Create exercises, quizzes & tests

http://eleaston.com/quizzes.html
Children’s Literature Website

http://nova.bsuvc.bsu.edu/~00mevancamp/ouat.html
Teacher’s Tools and Forms

http://www.teachertools.org/forms_dynam.asp

 

 

Search Engines

 

Alta Vista

http://www.altavista.com/

Ask Jeeves

http://www.askjeeves.com/

Excite

http://www.excite.com/  

Google

http://www.google.com/

HotBot

http://hotbot.lycos.com/?query=

Infoseek

http://infoseek.go.com/

Yahoo

http://www.yahoo.com/

Dogpile

http://www.dogpile.com/

 

 

Reference

 

Biography.com

http://www.biography.com/

Encyclopedia.com

http://www.encyclopedia.com/

Encarta Encyclopedia

http://encarta.msn.com/

World Book Online

http://www.worldbookonline.com/wbol/wbPage/na/ho/co

Find Articles

http://www.findarticles.com/PI/index.jhtml

Information Please Almanac

http://www.infoplease.com/

Texas Almanac

http://www.galenet.com/servlet/TXA/form;$sessionid$O0G0GUQAABXVVRTQVGMAAAA?finalAuth=true&authRedir=true&s=1&l=1

Ready Reference

http://www.winsor.edu/library/rref.htm

Web Newspapers and Magazines

http://www.ecola.com/

Occupational Outlook Handbook

http://www.bls.gov/oco/

CIA World Factbook

http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/index.html

Your Dictionary.com

http://www.yourdictionary.com/

Online Dictionary

http://www.m-w.com/netdict.htm

Online Thesaurus

http://www.m-w.com/theslimt.htm

Guinness World Records

http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/

Ask an Expert

http://www.askanexpert.com/

Research Paper

http://www.researchpaper.com/

Internet Public Library

http://www.ipl.org/

National Geographic Maps

http://www.nationalgeo.com/maps/index.html

Statistical Resources on the Web

http://www.lib.umich.edu/govdocs/stats.html
State Rankings from the Census (Statistical Abstracts)

http://www.census.gov/statab/www/ranks.html
Frequently Requested Tables from the Statistical Abstract of the US

http://www.census.gov/statab/www/freq.html

 

 

Students

 

Discovery

http://school.discovery.com/

Fact Monster

http://www.factmonster.com/

Online MLA Citation Helper

http://www.noodletools.com/noodlebib/index.php3

Guide for Writing Research Papers (MLA)

http://webster.commnet.edu/mla.htm

MLA Guide from Purdue’s Owl

http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/research/r_mla.html

MLA Citation Style by Brenda Hutson

http://mws.mcallen.isd.tenet.edu/library/high/mla.html

Bibliography Formats

http://powayusd.sdcoe.k12.ca.us/pusdmchs/Library/biblio.htm

 

 

Careers and College Information

 

Texas Common College Application

https://www.applytexas.org/adappc/commonapp.wb

ACT/SAT/GRE Practice Tests

http://www.number2.com/

Guide to Colleges and financial aid in Texas

http://www.window.state.tx.us/scholars/
Career Pathways

http://www.ipl.org/teen/pathways/
College Board Online

http://www.collegeboard.com/
Collegenet-Online College application and free financial aid search

http://www.collegenet.com/
Princeton Review

http://www.review.com/college/index_no_login.cfm
Universities.com

http://universities.com/
TASP website

http://www.tasp.nesinc.com/
TASP Math practice

http://wtfaculty.wtamu.edu/~kpeppard/lesson.htm
College Prep 101

http://collegeprep.okstate.edu/

 

 

Other Libraries

 

Internet Public Library

http://www.ipl.org/

UT Library Catalog

http://dpweb1.dp.utexas.edu/lib/utnetcat/

 

 

Homework Help

 

Homework Spot

http://www.homeworkspot.com/

How Stuff Works

http://www.howstuffworks.com/

Math Homework Help

http://users.erols.com/bram/

 

 

English

 

Academy of American Poets

http://www.poets.org/

Bartlett ’s Familiar Quotations

http://www.bartleby.com/100/

Fooling with Words

http://www.pbs.org/wnet/foolingwithwords/main_poet.html

Glossary of Literary Terms

http://www.uky.edu/ArtsSciences/Classics/Harris/rhetform.html

Allusion, Artistry, and the Fall of Icarus

http://onlinelearning.tc.cc.va.us/faculty/tcreisd/projects/icarus/

 

Online Literary Criticism

http://www.ipl.org/ref/litcrit/

Mr. William Shakespeare and the Internet

http://shakespeare.palomar.edu/

Victorian Literature

http://65.107.211.206/victorian/vn/litov.html

 

 

Science

 

CHEMystery: An Interactive Guide to Chemistry

http://www.thinkquest.org/library/lib/site_sum_outside.html?tname=3659&url=3659/

Fizzics, Fizzle: Physics

http://www.thinkquest.org/library/lib/site_sum_outside.html?tname=16600&url=16600/

Scientific Biographies in the 16th and 17th Century

http://es.rice.edu/ES/humsoc/Galileo/Catalog/catalog.html

Math and Science Gateway

http://www.tc.cornell.edu/Edu/MathSciGateway/

Periodic Table

http://chemlab.pc.maricopa.edu/periodic/periodic.html

Chemical Elements.com

http://www.chemicalelements.com/

Periodic Table - Webelements

http://www.webelements.com/

 

 

Health

 

Adam.com

http://medlineplus.adam.com/

Dr. Koop’s Community

http://www.drkoop.com/index.asp

Healthfinder

http://www.healthfinder.gov/library/

NOAH: Health Topics and Resources

http://www.noah-health.org/english/qksearch.html

Rare Diseases.org

http://www.rarediseases.org/cgi-bin/nord

Medical Research

http://www.merckhomeedition.com/

 

 

Math

 

Math Homework Help

http://users.erols.com/bram/

Dave’s Math Tables

http://www.math2.org/index.xml

Math and Science Gateway

http://www.tc.cornell.edu/Edu/MathSciGateway/

Mathematical MacTutor

http://www-groups.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/~history/index.html

Totally Tessellated

http://www.thinkquest.org/library/lib/site_sum_outside.html?tname=16661&url=16661

Math.com

http://www.math.com/

 

 

Social Studies

 

Geography Fair 2001

http://www.parisisd.net/staff/dmartin/geofair2001.htm

Exploring Ancient World Cultures

http://eawc.evansville.edu/index.htm

French Revolution

http://members.aol.com/agentmess/frenchrev/

The History Place

http://www.historyplace.com/index.html

Medicine Through Time

http://www.bbc.co.uk/education/medicine/nonint/home.shtml

Middle Ages

http://www.learner.org/exhibits/middleages/

Military History

http://www.cfcsc.dnd.ca/links/milhist/index.html

Presidents of the United States

http://www.ipl.org/ref/POTUS/

World History Links

http://www.multnomah.lib.or.us/lib/homework/anchsthc.html

The 1920’s

http://www.louisville.edu/~kprayb01/1920s.html

Events for a specific date

http://www.scopesys.com/anyday/
This day in history

http://www.historychannel.com/
Today in history

http://www.thehistorynet.com/today/today.htm
On this day in history

http://www.dmarie.com/timecap/
The Handbook of Texas Online

http://www.tsha.utexas.edu/handbook/online/index.new.html
Lone Star Junction

http://lsjunction.com/
Texas state symbols, etc.

http://www.50states.com/texas.htm
State of Texas website

http://www.state.tx.us/
Texas Indians

http://www.texasindians.com/
Native American Tribes

http://www.ilt.columbia.edu/k12/naha/natribes.html
Black History

http://storytellers.net/heritage.htm

 

 

Geography/Atlases

 

Atlases of the World

http://atlas.dhs.org/RealWorld/Applicatio/WorldAtlas

Countries A to Z - Atlapedia Online

http://www.atlapedia.com/online/country_index.htm

World Atlas

http://www.graphicmaps.com/aatlas/world.htm

National Geographic Maps

http://www.nationalgeo.com/maps/index.html

 

 

Government

 

Supreme Court Decisions

http://supct.law.cornell.edu/supct/

Thomas Legislative Information

http://thomas.loc.gov/home/thomas2.html

WashingtonPost Federal Internet Guide

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/politics/govt/fedguide/fedguide.htm

U.S. Census Bureau

http://www.census.gov/

Texas Legislature Online

http://www.capitol.state.tx.us/

 

 

Sports & Athletics

 

University Interscholastic League

http://www.uil.utexas.edu/index.html

ESPN Training Room

http://espn.go.com/trainingroom/index.html

ESPN.com

http://msn.espn.go.com/main.html

Sports Illustrated

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/

 

 

Art, Film and Music

 

Artchive

http://www.artchive.com/

San Francisco Art Museum Search Site

http://www.thinker.org/fam/thinker.html

Webmuseum: Famous Paintings Exhibition

http://www.ibiblio.org/wm/paint/

Sonicnet.com

http://www.sonicnet.com/home/index.jhtml

Film.com

http://www.film.com/

 

 

Foreign Languages

 

The LOGOS Dictionary

http://www.logos.it/dictionary/owa/sp?lg=EN

American Sign Language and Deaf Culture Links

http://www.lrc.gmcc.ab.ca/research/web/guidesto/perform_vis_art/signlang.html

Online Resource Center for Spanish Language, Culture and People

http://www.spanishus.com/

 

 

Website Evaluation

 

Thinking Critically about World Wide Web Resources

http://www.library.ucla.edu/libraries/college/help/critical/index.htm

Evaluating Web Resources

http://www2.widener.edu/Wolfgram-Memorial-Library/webevaluation/webeval.htm

WWW Cyberguide Ratings for Content Evaluation

http://www.cyberbee.com/guide1.html

Kathy Schrock’s Guide for Educator’s

http://school.discovery.com/schrockguide/chaff.html

Checklist for Verifying a Website

http://www.d230.org/vja/research/t2k/iexplorer/index.htm