Free Vetted Reference Sites

Digital Public Library of America: This platform is a collaborative effort that provides a single point access to libraries, museums, and archives across the United States.

Getty Museum: This museum houses European paintings, drawings, sculptures, manuscripts, decorative art, and photography.

Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA): LACMA is the largest art museum in the western United States with a collection of more than 140,000 artifacts that span over 6000 years. LACMA exhibits and interprets various art from various points of view while honoring the cultural heritage from diverse populations.

Los Angeles Public Library (LAPL): The LAPL can be accessed with a student's success card number and PIN. Both of these codes are found in Schoology under the MyMail PIN link on the left side of the screen. Students can not access the information, however, teachers have access to their student's information. So, students will need to get the information from a teacher they have a class with. In addition to accessing the location of in-house books, students can also access ebooks, audiobooks, tutoring, homework assistance, music, and much more.

Metropolitan Museum of Art: This is one of the world's largest art museums and the largest art museum in the United States. It's permanent collections contain over 2 million artifacts.

Online Archive of California: This site provides free public access to primary resource collections. It contains over 250,000 digital images and documents.

Open Library: This site is an open online catalog whose goal is to make avaaible every book that was ever published for free.

Smithsonian Institution: The Smithsonian Institute has the largest combination of museums, educational resources, and research complexes. This site houses featured collections. It houses approximately 155 million artifacts, works of art, and natural science specimens.

Mythweb: a website that provides information about most characters of Greek myths.

Bulfinch's Mythology: this guide provides mythical stories of gods and heroes.

Theoi Greek Mythology: a site exploring Greek mythology and the gods in classical literature and art. The aim of this site is to provide a comprehensive, free reference guide to the gods (theoi), spirits (daimones), fabulous creatures (theres) and heroes of ancient Greek mythology and religion.

Lyrics.com: A collection of song lyrics, album information, and video clips about music artists.

Music Dictionary Online ( Dolmetsch): This site provides translations and explanations of musical terms that might be found in musical scores, libretti, books on music, websites, CD notes, and concert programs.

Astronomy Picture of the Day: This site provides a different image or photo daily of our universe with an explanation from a professional astronomer.

Chandra X-ray Observatory: This is a space-based telescope launched aboard the Space Shuttle Columbia by NASA.

Jet Propulsion Laboratory: This is a research and development lab that is managed by Caltech and funded by NASA.

NASA: The National Aeronautics and Space Administration is America's civil space program. NASA studies Earth, including its climate, sun, and solar system.

Periodic Tables (various):

• Los Alamos Periodic Table of Elements

• Chemical Elements

• Tabla Periodica

• Tabla Periodica (Spanish version)

• Web Elements Periodic Table

Phet Interactive Chemistry Simulations: This site offers free interactive math and science simulations. It's game like environment allows students to learn through exploration and discovery.

Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum: This museum has the world's largest collection of aviation and space artifacts.

CIA World Leaders: The CIA publishes an online directory of world leaders and cabinet members.

Congress.gov: This is the official website for U.S. federal legislative information. This includes legislative information for Members of Congress, legislative agencies, and the public.

Current Value of Old Money: This site details the history of money and various aspects of the value of money throughout history.

Election Guide: This site tracks elections all over the world and highlights the number of people that actually vote in a given election.

Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy: This site provides scholarly information about philosophers and key topics related to philosophy.

Law Shelf: A comprehensive site of short lessons and videos about various aspects of law, both civil and criminal.

Legal Information Institute: A small editorial and research group housed at Cornell Law School in an effort to promote open access to law.

Nation Master: This is a statistical website that uses data to geographically compare countries by using a vast array of compiled data.

U.S. Department of Labor Statistics: This federal agency is responsible for measuring labor market activity, working conditions, and price changes in the economy. Inflation calculator: link

U.S. Department of State: This is the official website of the United States Government

U.S. Census Bureau: The largest statistical agency for the federal government provides current facts and data about America's people, places, and economy.

Yale Law School Major Document Collections: Entitled the Avalon Project, this site contains a collection of digital documents in law, history, diplomacy, and government. The project is part of the Yale Law School Lillian Law Library.