Resources
Works Cited Help:
Purdue OWL - Students have access to information that will assist with many different writing projects and citations.
EasyBib - Awesome new feature: Copy the URL of a website or the ISBN of a book and “Autocite”. Make sure to check the work because sometimes it’s not completely correct!
BibMe - Another website like EasyBib!
Multi-Subject:
Khan Academy: Great resource from homework help to test prep in all content areas!
Wise Old Sayings And Quotes: One of the oldest collections of wise quotes, proverbs and sayings gathered from all over the world. There are hundreds of hand-picked humorous, informational, and inspirational sayings.
Art:
ArtCyclopedia: This site has artist biographies, art movements, history museums, current events in the art world and more!
Smithsonian Institution: Scroll down to “Art and Design” from the homepage.
Web Gallery of Art - A virtual museum and searchable database of European painting and sculpture of the Romanesque, Gothic, Renaissance, Baroque, Neoclassicism, Romanticism periods (1000-1850), currently containing over 23.200 reproductions. Picture commentaries, artist biographies are available. Guided tours, period music, catalogue, free postcard and other services are provided.
Literature/Language Arts:
Encyclopedia Mythica - Internet encyclopedia of mythology, folklore, and religion.
Bartleby's - Internet publisher of literature, reference, and verse with unlimited access to books and information, free of charge.
Poetry - The Academy of American Poets is the largest membership-based nonprofit organization fostering an appreciation for contemporary poetry and supporting American poets.
Math:
National Library of Virtual Manipulatives
Science:
United States Geological Service - Tons of information on earthquakes and other geological topics
California Geological Survey - Geological topics relating to California
Bureau of Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs - Conservation topics relating to the ocean
Public Library of Science - A nonprofit organization of scientists and physicians committed to making the world's scientific and medical literature a freely available public resource.
National Science Digital Lab - NSDL is the Nation's online library for education and research in Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics.
Zygote Body - 3D Anatomy Atlas
Health:
Social Studies/U.S. Gov't/World Current Events:
Our Presidents - Brief summaries of each of the Presidents of the United States.
shmoop.com - Shmoop will make you a better lover (of literature, history, life). See many sides to the argument. Find your writing groove. Understand how lit and history are relevant today. We want to show your brain a good time.
Calisphere - More than 150,000 digitized items - including photographs, documents, newspaper pages, political cartoons, works of art, diaries, transcribed oral histories, advertising, and other unique cultural artifacts - reveal the diverse history and culture of California and its role in national and world history.
EuroDocs - Online sources for European history.
FIndLaw - Links to the constitutions for all the countries of the world.