Britannica.com
Free version of Britannica online contains advertising
and is pretty busy, but worth using due to the high quality and selection
of Web Links
Columbia
Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
Contains "nearly 51,000 entries (marshalling six and one-half million
words on a vast range of topics), and with more than 80,000 hypertext
cross-references."
Encarta
Encyclopedia
This is a scaled down version of the commercial
version of Encarta Encyclopedia online, but worth using if you do not
have access to the commercial version.
Artcyclopedia:
The Guide to Fine Art on the Internet
Offers "a comprehensive index of every artist represented at hundreds
of museum sites, image archives. . . have now indexed 700 leading arts
sites, and offer more than 24,000 links directly to an estimated 80,000
works by 7,000 different artists." Search or browse by movement,
medium, name of artist, nationality, etc.
Catholic
Encyclopedia
An encyclopedia related to matters involving the Catholic religion.
This is a broad area, with much historical and biographical information
about many, many related things
Cambridge
Dictionaries Online
Four different Cambridge dictionaries may be searched from this site:
International Dictionary of English, Dictionary of American English,
International Dictionary of Idioms, International Dictionary of phrasal
Verbs.
American
Heritage Book of English Usage
A source of information on "grammar, sytle, diction,
word formation, gender, social groups and scientific forms."
Oxford
English Dictionary
Check on the historical development and uses of
a defined word in the English language
ROGET'S
Thesaurus Search
An online, searchable version of Roget's Thesaurus, a recently updated
version, which will find synonyms very quickly, and allow you to link
to different major sections with ease.
Merriam-Webster
OnLine
An excellent hypertext, online dictionary, offered by the Meriam-Webster
Company, a well known publisher of reference books.
Dictionary
of Spanish and English
Translate to-and-from English and Spanish
San
Diego Newspapers
Link to several local newspapers including San
Diego Union Tribuneand San Diego Daily Transcript
San
Diego Television Stations
Link to several local television stations for news
and other valuable information
San
Diego Radio Stations
Link to several local radio stations for news and other
valuable information
Occupational
Outlook Handbook, 2002-03 Edition
Provides essential work-related information including
working conditions, training, job outlook, earnings, and qualifications
that will be needed by tomorrow's workers. Excellent source for
Senior Exhibition and other career research.
Bureau
of Labor Statistics Career Information
Explore many possible jobs and careers by choosing from six major groups
of interests: Music/Arts, Math, Science, P.E./Outdoors, Social Studies,
and Reading. Written in clear and easy to understand language.
California
Career Planning Network
A wealth of career information related to California. This is a
huge sitewith a wide variety of resources. Included are California
Career Planning Guide and Occupational Reports for 37 Areas of California.
You may access San Diego County Occupational Outlook Report wich contains
"summarized local information on various occupations. This information
includes wages, employer benefits, skills, education, training and experience
requirements, worker supply and demand assessment, advancement potential,
occupational projections, employment trends and recruitment."
What
Can I Do With A Major In...?
Click on a major field of college study to find
out what you can do if you earn a degree in that major. Presented
by the University of North Carolina Career Services
Princeton
Review Career Find-O-Rama
Princeton Review Online Career Find-O-Rama is a
complete career database for careers that require a college degree.
To get the career profile that interests you, simply enter the name of
the profession in the box. A detailed and thorough description is
returned.
Catapult
Career Services
Lots of career information, gathered for use by
college students, but also helpful to those who are not in college.
Career
Mosaic
A career center online, with information on careers, training,, etc.
Intended for use by college students, but useful for others who are planning
to attend college in preparation for a career.
America's
Career InfoNet
Includes "wage and employment trends, occupational requirements, state-by-state
labor market conditions, millions of employer contacts nationwide, and
the most extensive career resource library online.
America's
Job Bank
Job seekers can search by job titles, keywords,
etc.
Librarian Media Teacher:
Kathy Reagan
(858) 273-0201 ext. 2248
kreagan@sandi.net
English
- Etymology
Wide variety of information related to the origins and development of
the English language. Includes current usage.
Literature
Resources Online
A guide to Literature Studies Resources on
the Internet with links to a huge variety of resources on everything from
the Renaissance to American Literature
Greek
and Latin Roots
Three charts are available here relating Greek and
Latin roots, prefixes and suffixes
College
Bound Reading List
List compiled by Arrowhead Library System.
Includes short annotations for each suggested title.
Eighteenth-Century
Studies
This collecton has archived many works of the eighteenth
century, from the perspectives of literary and cultural studies.
Novels, plays, memoirs, treatises and poems of the period are kept here
(in some cases, some influential texts from before 1700 or after 1800
as well), along with modern criticism.
Bulfinch's
Mythology
Classic work detailing god, goddesses and heroes
of Roman and Greek mythology
Biographies
of the Greek Gods and Goddesses
Find out about the Greed gods and goddesses, including
images, their stories and meaning.
1865 Through the
1890's
Following the Civil War the remainder of the Ninetheenth
Century is concerned with major events such as: Reconstruction, the Industrial
Revolution, Imperialism, Immigration, Westward Expansion, Gold was discovered
in California, and the population moved westward. Sources compiled
by librarian at Chico High School.
20th Century
History by the Decades
Information resources of many different types on
history of the 20th Century, with information organized according to each
of the decades. Sources compiled by the librarian at Chico High
School.
Industrial Revolution
Resources
Look here for links aboutthe Industrial Revolution,
the events, issues and people who were participants in this period of
world history.
Economics
Stock market, businesses, trade, patents, and more
business related information. Sources compiled by the librarian
at Chico High School.
Constitution
From Thomas Legislative Information on the Internet. Allows you
to search by word or phrase. Full text of the Constitution, Bill
of Rights and other amendments.
Constitution
of the United States
From Congressman Tom DeLay's website. Good
source on the Constitution, Bill of Rights, etc. Includes images.
Biography Resources
If you need information on people's lives, here's
the place to look. Sources compiled by the librarian at Chico High
School.
CIA
World Factbook
Information on the countries of the world from the
Central Intelligence Agency. Find out all the basic data about people,
land and politiccs of a country. Includes maps.
Library of Congress:
Country Studies
Library of Congress offers this series of online
books which provide extensive information on all aspects of the country,
its society, natural resources, economy, history, and international relationships.
Yahoo!
Science > Mathematics
The Yahoo Compendium of Science: Mathematics, with
links to a huge amount of resources on the Internet
Mega-Mathematics!
A project of Los Alamos National Laboratory, New Mexico, where the tomic
bomb was developed. The MegaMath project is intended to bring unusual
and important mathematical ideas to elementary school classrooms so that
young people and their teachers can think about them together.
History
of Mathematics
Lots of historical information about mathematics
including biographies of mathematicians.
Mathematicians
of the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries
Mathematicians of the seventeenth and first half
of the eighteenth century, adapted from A Short Account of the History
of Mathematics by W. W. Rouse Ball ( 4th ed. 1908). These biographies
constitute part of the collection of online material relating to the history
of mathematics at the School of Mathematics, Trinity College, Dublin.
Women
Mathematicians
These pages are part of an on-going project by students in mathematics
classes at Agnes Scott College in Atlanta, Georgia, to illustrate the
numerous achievements of women in the field of mathematics.
The Geometry Center
Look here for losts of good geometry information.
Math
Forum
A gathering place for links to Internet information and
materials about mathematics.
Important
Historical Inventions and Inventors
Very basic information about inventors and their
inventions throughout history is listed here according to types of inventions.
A good place to start research.
American
Inventors and Inventions
An exhibit from the Smithsonian Institution
features stories about a number of important American inventions.
Periodic
table (WebElements)
Colorful display of the Periodic Table. Lots
of graphical displays and arrangements make it easy to use and understand.
Yahoo!
Science
Links to lots of Internet resources related to science
Centers
for Disease Control and Prevention
Lots of information about disease and health from
this government agency. Includs these sections: Disease, Health
Risks. Prevention Guidelines and Strategies, Traveler's Health and more.
Human
Genome Map
Human genes mapped here. Images have been
chosen to illustrate the myriad aspects of human biology, pathology, and
relationships with other organisms that can be revealed by analysis of
genes and their protein products
Planetary
Sciences
A visit to the National Space Science Data Center
with a vast amount of information related to the U.S. Space Program.
Organized according to subjects covered, including space mission projects,
planets, satellites, etc.
NASA
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
web page.
Google
Searches over two million websites. Will only
return sites that have all terms requested. No need to type "and"
between terms. A favorite search engine.
Mamma.com
- The Mother Of All Search Engines
The"Mother of All Search Engines" is recognized as the top meta search
engine.
Ask
Jeeves
Ask a question or use keywords.
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