Databases

Books / English / Language / Literature

• Google Books - Mashup with Google Maps that plots places in books.

• English: public domain texts

• Project Gutenberg

• Translate- translate books, documents, websites

• Scholar -earch engine that indexes the full text of scholarly literature

• Dictonaries -

Social Studies / History / Education / Sociology

• GapMinder - Worlds statistics, country comparisons

• Nationmaster - Worlds statistics, country comparisons

• StateMaster - research and compare a multitude of different data on US states.

• U.S. Census - Compare communities, states, etc.

• Social Explorer - Mapping of US demographic data

• Almanacs - Facts and figures on countries, etc.

• National Atlas - Maps of a wide variety of national characteristics

• Schools Databases - Data on Southern California

Sicence / Mathematics

• Wolframalpha - Computational knowledge engine

• GapMinder - Worlds statistics, country comparisons

• Nutritional Analysis Tool - Compare your diet for RDA

• ArcGIS online - Mapping

• Chapter 19 - Scientific Databases

  • genetics

  • proteins

  • plants

  • earthquakes & volcanoes

  • air pollution

  • hurricanes

  • chemicals

Business, Economics, Finance

• Google Finance - Interactive stock charts, business history mashups

• PropertyShark - Information on communities: population, hazards, income, taxes, demographics, etc.

• exchange rates

Health & Physical Education

• Nutritional Analysis Tool - Compare your diet for RDA

• MyPyramidTracker - dietary and physical activity assessment tool

• AskTheDietician - healthy body calculator

• Activity Calorie Counter - calculate the number of calories you burn for many activities

• Health: health, nutrition

• Databasesports - Extensive database on professional sports teams

Music, Art

• Itunes - Apple's music database

• Pandora - create your own Internet "radio station". Analyze music with music genome project

• Web Gallery of Art - Art Database

• National Gallery of Art