Approved Research Websites
Below are lists of approved websites (by subject) that can be used for research without double checking with Ms. Vander Heide or your instructor.
Art
Google Arts & Culture - Search a huge database of artworks by theme, period or artist. Note that this database is primarily images. If you need articles or essays, search ProQuest Arts below, or our biographies database.
Dadaist Archive - A digital archive of materials from the dadaist movement curated by the University of Iowa.
New York MOMA - MOMA's digitized exhibition history and artifacts since 1929.
Biography
Biography.com - A trusted free resource on the web for biographies. or our biographies database.
Careers
Bureau of Labor Statistics - An at-a-glance visual of engineering occupations and predicted pay through 2024
Bureau of Labor Statistics - detail - More detailed at-a-glance of salaries and required education levels for specific engineering careers
Careeronestop - A website with information about careers, job training, and job searching.
Occupational Outlook Handbook - Information about hundreds of careers, from the US Dept. of Labor
O*NET Resource Center - Information about the specific skills and job tasks of hundreds of jobs. Very detailed, with information about the types of people who typically hold these jobs
US News Best Colleges - A trusted source for rankings of college programs, including information about cost, and links to university webpages
Health
Mental Health Resources - A list of mental health resources, including 24/7 chat lines and phone numbers. No password necessary.
Sexual Assault & Reproductive Health Resources - A list of hotlines on these topics from sexual health educator Natasha Singh.
GirlsHealth.gov - Information specifically pertaining to girls’ health. No password necessary.
Center for Young Women’s Health - Information specifically pertaining to young adult women’s health. No password necessary.
Go Ask Alice! - Have real, anonymous health questions answered by a medical professional. No password necessary.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention - Reliable government entity on health & disease. No password necessary.
Medline Plus - Reliable health information from the National Library of Medicine. No password necessary.
Mayo Clinic - Trusted medical resource. No password necessary.
History & Culture
History.com/topics- A good starting place for overview of large historical topics. Use the search function.
JSTOR - JSTOR is a huge college-level database of social science and literary criticism. You can register for an individual account and read up to 6 free articles each month.
LGBTQI Studies
Transgender Zine Archive - An archive of historical small-circulation zines that have been digitized
Queer Zine Archive - A collection of digitized small-circulation queer zines dating back to the 1970's.
Science
KQED Science News- PBS science reporting
NPR: Science- National Public Radio's science reporting
NYT: Science- Create an account by visiting here and using your HNHS email. If you have previously used an account, you need to log-in every year to reactivate the account.
ScienceOpen- Open access science articles from researchers around the world.
Statistics and Datasets
Pew Research Center - Trusted, non-partisan research, including datasets on a wide variety of topics.
Open Source Data Sets - There are many, many datasets available for free online. Here is a list of available datasets, with short descriptions and examples for each.
Theology
University of Calgary Religious Study Resource Guide - A comprehensive collection of websites recommended by the University of Calgary and Yale University. Religions are listed in alphabetical order.
Open Theology: An open-access, college level, peer-reviewed journal on theological topics. No password required.