Helpful Websites by Topic

General Reference 

• The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language - http://www.bartleby.com/61/
• Dictionary.com - http://www.dictionary.com/
• Columbia Electronic Encyclopedia - http://education.yahoo.com/reference/encyclopedia/
• Measurement Converter - http://www.convertit.com/Go/ConvertIt/Measurement/Converter.ASP
• Time Zones - http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/
• Internet Public Library - http://www.ipl.org/
• Librarian's Index to the Internet - http://www.lii.org/

Art

• Artcyclopedia - http://www.artcyclopedia.com/

Astronomy/Weather

• PlanetQuest - http://planetquest.jpl.nasa.gov/
• NASA - http://www.nasa.gov/home/index.html
• National Weather Service - http://www.nws.noaa.gov/

Aviation

• The Wilbur and Orville Wright Papers - http://www.memory.loc.gov/ammem/wrighthtml/wrighthome.html
• 100 years of aviation - http://www.cbc.ca/aviation/
• Aviation Week - http://www.aviationweek.com/

Biology

• About.com Biology - http://biology.about.com/
• Biology Browser - http://www.biologybrowser.com/
• Life Science Dictionary - http://biotech.icmb.utexas.edu/pages/dictionary.html
• eNature.com - http://www.biologybrowser.com/
• The National Academies - http://www.nationalacademies.org/
• The Tree of Life - http://tolweb.org/tree/phylogeny.html
• Biology in Motion - http://www.biologyinmotion.com/

Career

• Occupational Outlook Handbook 2002-2003 - http://www.bls.gov/oco/
• Carrer Voyages - http://www.careervoyages.gov/

Chemistry

• WebElements Periodic Table - http://www.webelements.com/
• General Chemistry Online  -http://antoine.frostburg.edu/chem/senese/101/index.shtml
• Chemistry Functions - http://www.umass.edu/ednet/chemistry.html

Criminal Justice

• National Criminal Justice Database - http://abstractsdb.ncjrs.org/content/AbstractsDB_Search.asp
• Sourcebook of Criminal Justice Statistics - http://www.albany.edu/sourcebook/

Geology

• US Geological Survey - http://www.usgs.gov/
• American Geological Institute - http://www.agiweb.org/

Government Information

• A Librarian’s Guide to Texas Government on the Web -http://castor.tsl.state.tx.us/ 
• FirstGov: The U.S. Government's Official Web Portal - http://www.firstgov.gov/

 

History

• American Journeys - http://www.americanjourneys.org/
• Presidents of the USA - http://www.usa-presidents.info/
• Handbook of Texas Online - http://www.tsha.utexas.edu/handbook/online/

Literature -

• Scholarship on Southern Literature - http://www.missq.msstate.edu/sssl/
• Academy of American Poets - http://www.poets.org/

Math

• The Math Forum - http://mathforum.org/math.topics.html
• AllMath - http://www.allmath.com/
• Math ReferenceTables - http://www.math2.org/

Medicine/Health

• AllRefer.com Health - http://health.allrefer.com/
• World Health Organization - http://www.who.int/en/
• Nutrition Data -http://www.nutritiondata.com/index.html

Philosophy

• Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy -http://www.iep.utm.edu/
• Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy -http://plato.stanford.edu/
• Guide to Philosophy on the Web -  http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/philinks.htm
• A Dictionary of Philosophical Terms -http://www.philosophypages.com/dy/

Photography

• American Photographs -http://americanart.si.edu/collections/exhibits/helios/amerphotos.html
• American Museum of Photography -http://www.photographymuseum.com/

Physics

• APS - Physics Internet Resources -http://www.aps.org/resources/
• The Physics Classroom -http://www.physicsclassroom.com/
• The Physics Hypertextbook -http://hypertextbook.com/physics/mechanics/

Psychology

• Encyclopedia os Psychology - http://www.psychology.org/
• Classics in the History of Psychology -http://psychclassics.yorku.ca/
• Psych Web - http://www.psychwww.com/
• The Mead Project -http://spartan.ac.brocku.ca/~lward/
• Psychology Degree Infoormation and Research Guide -http://academicinfo.net/psych.html

Religion

• Digital Resources for the Study of Religion -http://www.atla.com/digitalresources/
• Religion Writers Reference Library - http://www.religionwriters.com/library.php
• Adherents.com Religion Statistics -http://www.adherents.com/