• Art and Artists
• Biographies
• Dictionaries, Encyclopedias, Reference Help
• Government and History
• Languages
• Math and Computers
• MCAS Practice Tests
• Mythology, Folklore, Legends
• News and Weather
• Science and Nature
• Science Fair Projects
• Social Studies
• Space

Art and Artists Museums and Galleries

• http://www.bergerfoundation.ch/ Visit world art treasures at the Berger Foundation site.
• http://www.massmoca.org/ Mass Moca - Massachusettes Museum of Modern Art
• http://www.clarkart.edu/ Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute
  

Biographies

• http://www.multnomah.lib.or.us/lib/ The Multnomah Library has a great biography site!
• http://www.brick.net/~classact/nbiography.htm The Richmond Heights Library also provides great biography links.

Dictionaries, Encyclopedias, Reference Help

• http://www.bartleby.com/141/ Visit the Elements of Style online, the writer's classic reference book.
• http://www.factmonster.com/ Factmonster is the place to check if you need to know.
• http://www.onelook.com/ Onelook allows you to look up words in 118 electronic dictionaries all at once!
• http://www.pdictionary.com/ Need a picture? Visit the Internet Picture Dictionary and you'll find it.
• http://www.rhymezone.com/ Use Rhymezone to find rhyming words, synonyms, definitions, and more.
• http://humanities.uchicago.edu/orgs/ARTFL/forms_unrest/ROGET.html Here is Roget's Thesaurus online.
• http://humanities.uchicago.edu/orgs/ARTFL/forms_unrest/webster.form.html Here is Webster's Dictionary online.
• http://www.infoplease.com The Information Please Almanac, an almanac of facts and figures.
• http://www.encarta.com A comprehensive site that will answer all of your questions with rich, in-depth articles on a plethora of topics.
  

Government and History

• http://www.julen.net/ancient/ The Ancient History World Web collects a huge number of resources on the ancient world, from Ancient Egypt to the Near East.
• http://odur.let.rug.nl/~usa/ From Revolution to Reconstruction is a site where you'll find information on American History from the colonial period until Modern Times.
• http://www.about.com/homework/ Find historical information fast!
• http://www.nationalgeographic.com/education/homework/ National Geographic Kids has an entire homework help site.
• http://www.ushda.org/ The US Historical Documents Archive contains the text of famous speeches, songs and documents.
• http://www.whitehouse.gov/ The White House.
• http://www.uscourts.gov/ Learn about US courts.
• http://www.state.ny.us/ Visit the New York State Web site.
• http://usinfo.state.gov/ More information about the U.S. and its political and economic systems.
• http://www.eyewitnesstohistory.com Eyewitness to History brings history to life through the eyes of those who lived it. The eyewitness accounts include audio clips.

Languages

• http://humanities.uchicago.edu/orgs/ARTFL/forms_unrest/inflect.query.html Verb conjugation made easy.
• http://www.elite.net/~runner/jennifers/language.htm Jennifer's Language Site contains dictionaries, grammatical help, and other online language resources.

Math and Computers

• http://mathforum.org/dr.math/dr-math.html Ask Dr. Math for homework help!
• http://www.americanhistory.si.edu/csr/comphist/ The Smithsonian's Computer History Collection online.
• http://www.c3.lanl.gov/mega-math/index.html Love math? Visit Mega Math and have some fun.

Practice Tests

• Visit our Learn-A-Test site to take practice AP, SAT, GRE, GED (and more) exams. You will need to enter your library card number.

Mythology, Folklore, Legends

• http://www.bulfinch.org/ Visit Bulfinch's Mythology online.
• http://www.sk4p.net/egypt/gods.shtml Here's a great introduction to Egyptology.

News and Weather

• http://www.tvweather.com/tv_clim.htm TV Weather.com brings you lots of climatological data.
• http://news.yahoo.com/ Yahoo's news site.
• http://www.wunderground.com/ Check the Weather Underground for weather all the time.

Science and Nature

• http://www.eskimo.com/~billb/amasci.html Visit Amateur Science for science projects and much more.
• http://cellsalive.com/ Cells Alive provides you with all the biology help you'll ever need.
• http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aso/ The coolest science site around.
• http://edtech.kennesaw.edu/web/humanbo.html More links to human body sites than you can imagine. Check out my favorite: The Virtual Body at http://www.medtropolis.com/VBody.asp.
• http://www.learner.org/exhibits/ This is a great site for all types of information.
• http://www.nationalgeographic.com/education/homework/ National Geographic is another good site for miscellaneous homework help.
• http://scienceworld.wolfram.com/biography/ Science World contains biographies of scientists.
• http://volcano.und.nodak.edu/vw.html Volcano information from the University of North Dakota.
• http://www.webelements.com/ Web Elements periodic table and more.

Science Fair Projects

• http://www.ipl.org/div/kidspace/projectguide/ Internet Public Library Science Fair Resource Guide
• http://scienceclub.org/kidproj1.html The Science Club's Science Fair Projects.
• http://www.all-science-fair-projects.com/ All Science Fair Projects with complete instructions!
• http://www.mhl.org/resources/guides/science_projects.htm Science Project Help on the Web

Social Studies

• http://dir.yahoo.com/government/countries/ Yahoo country site with links to government, tourism, and other agencies.
• http://www.odci.gov/cia/publications/factbook/index.html The World Fact Book online.
• http://www.un.org/Pubs/CyberSchoolBus/ Country information from the United Nations.
• http://www.50states.com/ Information on each of the 50 states.
• http://www.nativeculture.com/lisamitten/indians.html Native American culture with links to different sites.
• http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/index.html The Perry-Castaneda Map Collection. Find maps of just about anywhere in the world. Also has some historical maps.
• http://fermi.jhuapl.edu/states/states.html The Color Landform Atlas of the United States. Great for topographical and other types of maps.

Space

• http://www.nasa.gov/externalflash/Vision/index.html NASA's site for space information.
• http://www.nineplanets.org/ The Nine Planets presents a multimedia tour of our galaxy.
  
  http://www.solarviews.com/ss.html Solar Views gives lots of information and pictures about the planets.
  
  

Test Prep Sites

• Collegeboard
  http://www.collegeboard.com/testing/
  Official help in preparing you for the SATs and AP tests. (High School)

• Kaplan Test Prep
  http://www.kaptest.com/
  Unofficial SAT information. (High School)

  Learn-A-Test
  The library subscribes to this online test service which allows you to take practice tests for the SAT, for regents exams, AP tests and many, many more. For complete information about how to sign on, go to the library's general database Web page at http://www.uhls.org/UHLS/Databases/index.cfm and scroll down until you see the Learn-a-test icon.
  

  Regentsprep
  http://regentsprep.org/
  This web site has all of the information that you need to do well on the Regents Exams. (High School)
  
  Test Prep
  http://www.studyzone.org/
  Worried about the New York State assessments coming soon? Try this web site for targeted review and practice. (Elementary/Middle-School Level)

General Reference Sites

Beehive
http://www.thebeehive.org/school/default.asp
Yet another web page that will give you your answer—without much time spent looking. Very well organized with topics that will surely cover most, if not all, of your classes.

Homeworkspot
http://www.homeworkspot.com/
A handy site that has resources for students from elementary school to high school and beyond.

Reed College Reference Tools
http://simeon.library.reed.edu/reference/tools.html
This is a nice site with a well organized set of general online reference tools including dictionaries, biographical, image and quotation sites, and much more.

Reference.com
http://www.reference.com/
This site has many resources with an unbeatable interface—just type your topic in the search box and select a dictionary, thesaurus, or the web.

Internet Search Tools

Google
http://www.google.com/
A time-proven method to get the answers to your questions very quickly and with amazing accuracy.

Imagine.msn
http://www.imagine-msn.com/search/en-us/
A new, experimental search technology from Microsoft that is supposed to give you “Cleaner, Simpler Results” and “Better Answers.” See what you think.