Reference

Royalty-Free Clip Art for Foreign/Second Language Instruction- cartoon images depicting verbs, nouns, adjectives
and pronouns. Use to create teaching materials for any language.

School Center Image Gallery

School Clip Art

Shark Pictures- includes mako, silvertip, zebra etc.

Tech4Learning- copyright-friendly images for education

Technology Clip Art

Tree Pictures

Vintage Clip Art ($$)

Weather Pictures- includes clouds, floods, hurricanes etc.

Web Clip Art-list of resources

Wise Gorilla Educational Clip Art

Yahoo Picture Gallery

Icons
Find Icons- over 300,000 icons

Icon Archive

Icon Bazaar

Icon Paradise-links to sites

Pixture Studios- original icons

Teachnology's List of Free Icon Sites

Stock Photos
Cyclops- search stock sites for photos in this one spot

FreePhotoBank- free stock photos

Stock.xchng- free stock photos

Veezzle- close to 3 million free stock photos

Dictionaries
Accounting, Business Studies and Economics Dictionary- 3,000 terms defined

Answers.com- the best definitions & explanations for over one million topics!

ArtLex Art Dictionary- contains over 3600 terms, with images, quotations & cross referencing.

Auditing Dictionary of Terms

Babelfish -translate a block of text into 36 languages

Biographical Dictionary

The Columbia Gazetteer of North America

Computer Dictionary- over 14,00 computer-related terms

Dictionary.com

Dictionary of Scientific Quotations

Dictionary of Street Drug Slang

Dinosaur & Paleontology Dictionary -from A to Z

Dream Dictionary

EmTech Dictionary Listing -extensive

ESL-EFL Dictionary

High Tech Dictionary

Hometown Locator -Location information for 1.8 million physical and cultural features with links
to maps and aerial photos

How Many? -dictionary of units of measurement

IdiomDictionary- 5,000 idioms

Infoplease Encyclopedia and Dictionary: Dictionary Search gives you access to more than 125,000 complete, precisely defined entries.

Internet Picture Dictionary-choose from English, French, Spanish German or Italian

A Lexicon of Learning -definitions of educational terms

The Linguist List -dictionaries (extensive)

Little Explorers- picture dictionary with links; thirteen different languages to choose

Math Dictionary

Medical Dictionary

Merriam-Webster Dictionary

Music Dictionary

Netlingo, the Internet Dictionary

OneLook Dictionary Search-6,096,987 words in 970 dictionaries indexed

Online Etymology Dictionary- explanations of what words mean and "how they sounded 600 or 2,000 years ago."

Online Gazetteers Links

Rhyme Zone -rhyming dictionary & thesaurus

A Short Dictionary of Scientific Quotations

Smith's Bible Dictionary

Specialist Dictionaries($$)

United States Gazetteer- from the U.S. Census Bureau

Visual Dictionary Online- with 15 major themes and 6,000 images, this is a great interactive dictionary from Merriam-Webster.

Visuwords- online graphical dictionary

Voycabulary-online Web dictionary & thesaurus word linking tool; twenty-nine languages!

Webopedia -dictionary of internet & web jargon

Wordia- words are brought to life through video

Write Express Rhyming Dictionary

Your Dictionary.com -translate foreign languages

eBooks (Electronic Books)

eBook Sites | eBook Search Engines

eBook Sites
150 Free Textbooks- meta collection from Open Culture's blog

4eBooks- computer programming books; very large collection

Academic eBooks- covers humanities, social sciences, natural sciences, formal sciences and professions & applied sciences.

askSam eBooks & Databases- askSam viewer needed for downloaded books

Baen Free Library- science fiction novels to download

Bartleby.com-small site contains classic literature, poetry and reference works.

Bibliotastic-free downloads for indie authors; rating system for titles

BluePortal- computer-related titles, such as Facebook for Dummies, Javascript Bible and the Digital Photography Workflow Handbook.

Bookyards- currently 800,000 ebooks

Children's Books Online- over 592 free children's books online; from the University of Maryland.

eBook Lobby- categories include art & photography, children's books, literature & fiction and sports.

eBooks Directory- close to 1700 titles; includes textbooks, lecture notes; updated daily

Electronic Text Center- University of Virginia's library has 70,000 texts in 13 languages. Includes American & British Fiction, children's literature, Shakespeare, African-American documents and the Bible. Also has 350,000 related images (book illustrations, covers, museum objects)

Flatworld Knowledge- free textbooks

FreeBookSpot- 96 categories and over 4,4000 titles

Free-eBooks- register for free; download on iPhone or computer; includes magazines

Free Computer & IT Books

FreeComputerBooks- 12 major categories and 150 sub-categories; includes tutorials. lecture notes and computer and math eBooks.

FreeBook-s- download for iPad, smartphone or eBook reader; this is a search engine which looks through many collections to find eBooks.

FreeTechBooks- covers computer science, engineering, programming, textbooks and lecture notes.

GetFreeeBooks- free legal downloads

Globusz Publishing- ePublishing house which has free downloads

Google Books- thousands of public domain titles for free download

KnowFree- ebooks, video training, educational materials; IT books and magazines

Kobo- includes NY Times Bestsellers, Oprah's Book Club

Lendink- loan and borrow "officially lendable eBooks for your Kindle and Nook."

ManyBooks- more than 29,000 eBooks; download to iPod, eBook reader or PDA

Memoware- some categories include literature, (biography, horror, children, western...) reference, (education, computers, history..)

New Jersey State Library- sixteen categories on current topics

The Online Books Page-"over 1 million free books on the web".

OnlineComputerBooks- just what the title says....free computer books

Online Free eBooks- mainly pdf downloads; nine categories

Page By Page Books

Planet eBook- free classic literature

Project Gutenberg- 15,00 titles, all in the public domain. Easy download text files written in ASCII; readable on all computers.

ReadPrint- "thousands of books for students, teachers & the classic enthusiast".

Science Books Online- textbooks, lecture notes, monographs

Scribd- how-to guides, books, presentations; read on mobile device or computer.

The Universal Library- hosted by Carnegie Mellon University, it has one million titles, most of which are older works (before 1923)

eBook Search Engines
Bookserver- from the Internet Archive; search here for free as well as those eBooks for sale.

Mega PDF- search engine locates eBooks online; some eBooks are only 11 pages long

Neotake- over 2.5 million indexed eBooks

PDF Geni- search engine for eBooks online; pdf format for download

Search PDF eBooks- search millions of eBooks online

Encyclopedias
Catholic Encyclopedia- give its readers "full and authoritative information on the entire cycle of Catholic interests, action and doctrine".

Compton’s Encyclopedia

Cooking Encyclopedia- covers thousands of ingredients & herbs

Dinosauria Online

Educypedia- "the educational encyclopedia"; covers scientific and educational material

EmTech Encyclopedias & Glossaries Listing

Encarta Online

Encyclopedia Britannica

Encyclopedia.com - more than 14,000 articles

Encyclopedia Mythica-mythology, folklore and religion

Encyclopedia of New Jersey- limited preview of the book from Google Books

Encyclopedia of the Orient - the only encyclopedia for North Africa & the Middle East

Encyclopedia of Psychology

Encyclopedia of World History- Ancient, Medieval, and Modern

Encyclopedia Smithsonian

Encyclopedia Mythica

Grolier Online

Home Improvement Encyclopedia- Better Homes & Gardens

Improv Encyclopedia

Infoplease Encyclopedia and Dictionary-more than 57,000 articles

Instrument Encyclopedia -music

Internet Mental Health-online encyclopedia of mental health contains descriptions of illnesses, medications;
click on "glossary" for definitions

Microsoft Encarta Online

An Online Encyclopedia of Roman Emperors

The Open Music Encyclopedia

Quisdom -the encyclopedia of trivia

The Rudiments of Wisdom Cartoon Encyclopedia

Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy

TechEncyclopedia -over 20,000 IT terms

Toonopedia- find all your favorite cartoon characters here

Wikipedia -free encyclopedia

World Book Encyclopedia

Yahoo! Directory of Encyclopedia

Fact Sheets
American Heart Association Statistics Fact Sheets

American Obesity Association

Australian Immigration Fact Sheets

Campaign for Free Alcohol Sports TV

Childhood Obesity

DNA

Environmental Technologies Fact Sheets

Fact Sheets on Tobacco & Smoking

Infectious Disease Fact Sheets

Kids' Planet Especies Fact Sheets- over 50 species covered

Math Fact Cafe

NASA Facts Online

National Institute for Literacy Fact Sheets

Ocean Planet Fact Sheets

Open Doors 2004- country fact sheets

Planetary Fact Sheets

Population Connection

Rainforest Action Network Fact Sheets

Right to Know Hazardous Substance Fact Sheets

Steroids

Teen Depression & Alcohol

Tobacco Related Health Facts

United States Geological Survey Fact Sheets

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American History
Ad*Access Project- images & database information for over 7,000 ads printed in the United States & Canada newspapers & magazines between 1911 and 1955.

The African-American Odyssey- from the Library of Congress

ALA's Biography Resources

America in the 1930s- through film, radio, newspapers, museums, this site shows year by year Maintained by the University of Va. Department of American Studies.

American Museum of Natural History

American President: An Online Reference Resource-from the University of Virginia; multimedia gallery, presidential oral history and presidential recordings.

American Presidents: Life Portraits- from C-Span; special resources for teachers.

The American Revolution Center- education resources, lesson plans and one of the best timelines I've seen on the Internet; study the collection year by year.

American Rhetoric- famous speeches

Archiving Early America- primary source materials include portraits from original newspapers, maps, writings, & music.

Civil War Primary Sources- maps, letters, diaries, newspapers & images

Crazy Fads.com- large listing from 1920s to the year 2000.

Critical Past- "View more than 57,000 historic videos and 7 million photos for FREE in one of the world's largest collections of royalty-free archival stock footage. "

Decades in 20th Century America- from the Alameda County Library, this site is regularly updated.

Historical Census Browser- 1790-1960 are covered

H.S.I.: Historical Scene Investigation- thirteen "cases" each have a student view and teacher view; primary documents are used to aid in solving each case.

Industrial Revolution- kid info resources

The Lindburgh Kidnapping-F.B.I. site shows documents including the kidnapping note

The Living Room Candidate- Presidential campaign commercials from 1958-2002

Mayflower History

The Oregon Trail- interactive site produced by History Globe.com

Posters from World War II

The President's Cabinet- lists the current members

Salem Witch Hunt- interactive from National Geographic

Salem Witch Museum

Salem Witch Trials- biographical information

Salem Witch Trials-documents & participants

Teacher’s Guide to the Holocaust

United States Census Bureau

United States Senate

Witches & Witchcraft in New England & Salem- list of resources from About.com

Women's Rights- from Rosa Parks to Susan B. Anthony

Geography
Geosense- interactive; students test their geographic knowledge
alone or against other online players.

National Atlas- produce maps of all kids; hundreds of types available

National Geographic Xpeditions

Immigration
Immigration- Ellis Island

Immigration History Center

Library of Congress- Immigration Information

United States Immigration History Resources

World History
Amnesty International

The Anne Frank Museum

Anne Frank, Writer- a joint project of the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum & the Netherlands Institute for War Documentation, this wonderful site provides excerpts from Anne Frank's Diary, read by an actress.

Ask Asia- resources from the Asia Society

China the Beautiful- Chinese Art, calligraphy, poetry, history, literature, painting & philosophy

Critical Past- "View more than 57,000 historic videos and 7 million photos for FREE in one of the world's largest collections of royalty-free archival stock footage. "

Country Watch- Web site to the world

Culture Quest- involves teachers & students in classroom projects which explore various cultures

Digital History- extensive site has multimedia, primary sources, historic newspapers, interactive timeline and so much more!

Edison Motion Pictures- this is an extensive alphabetical listing

Flags Around the World -over 41,000 flags

History Reference

How Far is It? -measure distance between cities around the world

Hyperhistory Online-over 2,000 files covering 3,000 years of world history

Internet Medieval Sourcebook

Lives, the Biography Resource

The Museum of Tolerance

Religious Tolerance

Rulers of the World-lists of heads of state and heads of government of all countries and territories, going back to about 1700

The Secret Annex Online- interactive tour of the house Anne Frank and her family lived in while hiding from the Nazis. Excellent site.

Seven Wonders of the World-from the Great Wall in China to Stonehenge

Sixth Grade History- 8 units cover early civilizations to new nations

Smithsonian Institution

Time Maps: A Journey Through History- "See a visual overview of the development of the world, a region or a specific civilization; or read and visualize history and chronology using its multimedia encyclopedia."

United Nations Cyberschoolbus -view & compare country data

United States Holocaust Museum Propaganda Artifact Gallery- huge collection of photos and movies

Women in Politics- Yahooligan's search results

World Clock Time Zones- tells you what time it is anywhere in the world

World Infozone -topical world issues

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Language Arts
Acronym Finder

Alex Catalogue of Electronic Texts

Bartlett's Book of Familiar Quotations

Basic Steps to Creating a Research Project

Creative Quotations -search 50,000 famous quotes

Easy Bib- free advanced bibliography maker

The Folger Shakespeare Library

A Glossary of Literary Criticism

Great Writers & Poets- includes prize winners and an A to Z collection

iBiblio -library & digital archive

Introductory Guide to Critical Theory- Marxism, Postmodernism, Psychoanalysis

Journalist's Tools

Journalism

.org- "tools for students" includes advice on reporting, writing, ethics, a plus for journalism classes.

Modern Language Association Language Map- shows the linguistic & cultural composition of the United States

Modern Literary Theory

The Oxford Shakespeare

The Quotations Page -over 20,000 quotations

Roget's II: The New Thesaurus -35,000 synonyms and over 250,000 cross-references

Shakespeare Online

Shakespeare Resource Center

The Spanish-American War in Motion Pictures- shows 68 motion pictures which were produced between 1898 and 1901.

Thesaurus.com

The Ultimate Computer Acronyms Archive

Library/Media
Dewey Browse -web links categorized by Dewey number

Bergen County Cooperative Library Services(BCCLS)

Burrelle's Media Service

Electronic Journals & Websites -this is a massive listing!

Great Reference Books Online

Guide to Textbooks

High Beam Research -28 million documents from 2,600 sources

The Internet Public Library

Know Play -collection of online searchable reference resources

Librarian's Index to the Internet

Questia -Online Library of Books & Journals

Reference Research

The Virtual Reference Desk- register to ask questions (free)

Math
Famous Mathematicians- research using a chronological index

Mathematical Quotation Server

Science NetLinks- highly recommended site includes a library of reviewed Web sites, weekly science update; covers science, math & technology.

Statistical Resources on the Web

The Geometry Center- Web resources

The Prime Pages- prime number research, records & resources

Women Mathematicians- biographies

Miscellaneous
A0K Teacher Stuff -online mega-reference list

Ask Eric

Beaucoup! Reference & Education

Country Reports.org -over 6,600 pages and 6,400 related links
on over 260 countries!

Crayon.net -news links

eHow -more than 15,000 how-to solutions

F.L. News & Newspapers

The Franklin Institute Online

Genealogy.org- access worldwide databases with millions of records

Genealogy Resources- 240,000 on this site as listed!

Great Schools.net -profiles for public, private & charter schools nationwide

Guinness Book of World Records

Hints and Things

How-To- 15,000 how-to solutions in 14 categories

iTools- translate text, convert currency, legal terminology, news groups....

Inventor Hall of Fame

Knowledge Hound -the how-to hunter

Legal Documents- prepare documents online & print them
(some free; some $$)

Legal News- more than 20,000 national & regional publications

Mr. Dowling's Electronic Passport -browse the world in a virtual classroom

National Center for Education Statistics -find federal statistics and research related to education in the U.S. and other nations.

NJ.com -everything New Jersey

Noodle Tools- Smart Tools, Smart Research

Photographic Libraries -education resource

Reference Guide to Herbs

Schoolbug.org- info on over 95,000 schools in the United States, Guam, Puerto Rico & the U.S. Virgin Islands

Teachers.net Reference Desk

Time Conversions- download this tool for your desktop (1500 cities & towns in 252 time zones)

Top 100 Newspapers

Voice of the Shuttle- directory of academic research

World Wide Web Virtual Library

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Music
Arizona Opera- over 40 opera synopses & plot summaries; also opera terms, composer biographies

Essentials of Music- contains "basic information about classical music"; contains composer biographies, audio clips & a 200 word glossary.

Kennedy Center Millennium Stage- view music & dance numbers, dramatic stage presentations

New York Philharmonic Kidzone- study a music instrument, meet the conductor, write music

Science/Medical
4,000 Years of Women in Science- biographies

Astronomy- get a look at the Earth as seen from the moon, the sun or a satellite

Bug Bios-photos, descriptions & articles about the history of insects

Cells Alive! - contains film & computer enhanced images of living cells & organisms for education & medical research; highly recommended site.

Chem4Kids!- vocabulary & concepts covered in chemistry; self-paced for students

eNature- very extensive site about nature

Fossweb- very colorful, easy to navigate site; covers grades K-8; contains information on weather, chemical reactions, planetary science, electronics, force & motion, populations & ecosystems & earth history.

Gray's Anatomy

Exploratorium -museum of science, art & human perception

How Stuff Works

Inspiring Inventions- fun sites for kids

KidsAstronomy.com- recommended site for middle school students; wealth of information, images

Martindale's Health Science Guide -10,000+ medical links

Med Web- resource for health links

NASA's Mars Exploration Program- activities, games & special events

National Science Digital Library -science, technology, math, engineering

Neuroscience for Kids- excellent site for grades K-12; games, experiments, FAQs, careers in neuroscience.

The Nine Planets -a multimedia tour of the solar system

Oceanworld

Sci4Kids- interactive site for kids 8-13yrs. old

Science Fair Central- Discovery's site teaches students how to make a successful science fair project

Science Learning Network

Science NetLinks- highly recommended site includes a library of reviewed Web sites, weekly science update; covers science, math & technology.

Starry Nights- monthly guide to planets, meteors, comets

United States Geological Survey- information on volcanoes, earthquakes

Weather Channel

Zoom Dinosaurs- everything "dinosaur"...this site is very extensive!

Glossaries & Indexes

Desktop Publishing Glossary

Digital Film Photographer Research Center -digital photography glossary

English Language Glossary

The Getty Vocabularies -people, places, things

A Glossary of Literary Criticism

Glossary of Mathematical Terms>

Indexes of Biographies

Internet Glossary

Microsoft Excel Glossary

Text Messaging Glossary

Government
National | Local (N.J.)

National
Ben's Guide to Government for Kids - Ben Franklin, of course!

C.I.A.-The World Factbook

Federal Internet Guide -top level Federal Web sites

Food & Drug Administration

Internal Revenue Service

Library of Congress

NASA

Social Security Online

Thomas -legislative information

TJ Online- Thomas Jefferson's papers from the Library of Congress

U.S. Census Bureau

The White House

Local
New Jersey Information- Web publications, newspapers, digital collections, genealogy, legal topics

State of New Jersey -home page

Health Related
A.I.D.S. Resources Sites

American Red Cross- disaster services, biomedical aid

Centers for Disease Control & Prevention

Dr. Koop.com

Evaluating Health Web Sites- from the Highland Regional Library Cooperative

Healthtouch Online- medication guide, health information, health resource directory

Healthy NJ- wellness, just for kids section, reference desk

Horizon BCBS Site Map

Medline -health links

Food & Drug Administration

Insomnia? Click here for help

Mayo Clinic

MedlinePlus -health links

National Institutes for Health

National Institute for Mental Health

Nurse’s PDR Resource Center

RX List -4,000 medications reviewed by a pharmacist

School Nurse Sites

WebMD.com

World Heal th Organization

Infographics
Creating Your Own Infographic | Free Tools to Make an Infographic | Sites for Infographics

Creating Your Own Infographic
5 Unbeatable Types of Infographic & Free Tools to Create Them- Search Engine Journal has provided very useful information

10 Awesome Free Tools to Make Infographics- from Makeuseof.com; list of tutorials and program

19 Word Cloud Resources, Tips, & Tools- from Shelly Terrell's Teacher Reboot Camp

The Anatomy of an Infographic: 5 Steps to Create a Powerful Visual

Crappy Graphs!- very easy way to make graphs

Create a Graph- from Kids' Zone; easy to use

Make Your Own Infographic- from Wild Apricot Blog

Pie Color- make a pie chart in 2D or 3D

Visualize Everything: 32 Free Tools to Create Different Diagrams

Free Tools to Make an Infographic
Bubbl.us- create colorful mind maps

ChartGizmo- online chart builder

Creately- make diagrams and flow charts

Free Vector World Maps Collection- high resolution world map images

Gapminder Desktop- show global trends with this downloadable program; very nice!

Gliffy- online diagram and flowchart software

Google Public Data- use public data and turin it into an infographic

Gunn Map-paste in your data and create your custom world map

Hohi- online charts builder

Inkscape- Open Source vector graphic software

Make Sweet- create Venn diagrams

Many Eyes-create your visualization by uploading information

Mind 42- mind mapping

SlickPlan- create sitemaps and flowcharts

Statplanet- "browser-based interactive data visualization and mapping application."

Tableau- create visulaizations; download required; only Windows available

Tagxedo- word clouds; more features than Wordle

Wordle- create word clouds

Education
1 Dropout Every 26 Seconds!

10 Jaw-Dropping Awesome Infographics on Education

22 Mind-Blowing Infographics on Education

The Average Student Budget

The Cost of Dropping Out

Creationism vs. Darwinism in Education

Digital Resume- Michael Anderson's resume as an infographic is outstanding!

Does Education Lead to Happiness?

Education By the Numbers

Education Spending in the US

The Hidden Cost of College

How Infographics Accelerate Learning

Is College Really Worth it?

Teaching With Infographics: Places to Start- from the New York Times; examples shared over five days. Includes a section on the page entitled "Places to Start Learning About Infographics".

TEDTalks- David McCandess: The Beauty of Data Visualization

Why Infographics Accelerate Decision Making

Health
17 Educational Infographics to Learn About Reproductive Health-includes Teen Pregnancy in America, Abortion State-By-State, STDs in America and Porn and the Economy.

Being Overweight Costs More

CDC- Data and Statistics on Obesity

Causes of Lung Cancer Infographic

Carrots Used to Be Purple?

The Global Impact of STDs

Hearing Loss

How Healthy is Your City, State or Country?- topics covered include obesity, environmental issues, diseases & addictions and other issues.

The Old School Diet

School Food vs. Prison Food

Sitting Down is Killing You

The Truth About Alcoholism

History/Social Studies/Geography/Current Events
The 10-Minute Guide to the U.S. Constitution

10 of the Web's Most Insighful News Infographics

A Breakdown of the Takedown: Bin Laden's Last Hour, Mapped

Flowing Data-collection includes the Kennedy family tree, Evolution of the Two-Party Vote During the Past Century and What Generation Do You Belong To?

A Glance at Refugees Worldwide

Haiti Earthquake Infographics- this was a contest held in Feb. 2010; thirteen entries can be viewed

Help Japan- March 11, 2011 earthquake

History of Memorial Day

History Shots-political, sports, military, adventure and general categories

Infographics News- news infographic

Information Aesthetics-political, financial and economic topics

Inside Fukushima's Nuclear Reactors

The Quake in Japan

Simple Complexity- samples include Misleading Statistics, Berlin Wall, and Government Expenses Worldwide by GDP.

What Does Your State Do Best?

What Does Your State Do Worst?- from crime to pollution each state is labeled in this infographic

Language Arts
10 Commonly Misunderstood Words in English

Storytelling Isn't Just for Campfires

Miscellaneous
21 Infographics Every Computer Nerd Must See

27+ Beautiful Examples of Infographics- yes, they are

40 Useful and Creative Infographics- you'll find A Year in Iraq, Evolution of the Household, On Driving: Automobile History and Our Favorite Drugs.

60 Creative Examples of Infographics- includes The Global Tobacco Trade, What Countries Invest the Most in Alternative Energy? and The Periodic Table of Typfaces.

Best Infographics 2010- from Larry Ferlazzo's site; nice listing

Best Interactive Infographics 2009- Larry Ferlazzo's site

Cool Infographics- nice collection, including the Caffeine Poster, Are You Vitamin D Deficient and The Brutal Decline of Yahoo!

DataViz- includes The Colors on the Web, The Cost Efficiency of Transportation and A Modern History of Human Communication.

Fast Company- large collection includes How the Brain Reacts When We Have Too Much to Do, The Physics of Oil Spills, Rich Countries Have an Aging Problem and Who Drives Worse, Teens, or Seniors?

The FICO Frenzy: A Look at Credit Score Reporting Agencies

A History of Gay Marriage Bans

How Americans Aren't Spending Their Time

How Music Taste is Inherited

Identity Theft

Infographic World- view their portfolio; the 24 graphics are really good!

Infographic On Driving: Carland

The Largest Bankrupcies in History

Left-Handed Facts and Statistics

Tipping Etiquette Around the World

The Truth About Hoarders

Visual Complexity- close to 700 projects in the collection; you can easily search for what you need.

Wall Stats- political and economic topics

Science
15 Things You Didn't Know About Outer Space

17 Things You Didn't Know About the Brain

Dreams

Eating Insects

Effects of Radiation on the Human Body

Everything Under the Sun- all about the sun

Famous Crimes (forensics)

The Great Pacific Garbage Patch

How We Use Our Brains

Tapping the Sun's Energy

Waste in Space- "space junk" up there

Where Are All The Fish?

Technology
Are We Wired for Mobile Learning?

Canon vs. Nikon

Creative Commons Licensing Explained

Evolution of the Geek

The History of the iPod

If You Printed the Internet

Internet Speeds Around the World

Web Designers vs Web Developers

What if Social Media Were a High School

Jobs for Teachers
With all the budget cuts to schools, I thought this section needed to be created. I have many sites which are just for NJ, but you can also go to the Department of Education for any state.

Job Interview Tips | Job Search | Resumes and Cover Letters

Job Interview Tips
Interview Thank You Letter

Job Interview Questions- covers interview questions, interview guide, after the interview, salary negotiation, second interview

Job Interview Tips- taken from the Occupational Handbook 2010-2011 edition

Job Search
Career Builder- search for all types of jobs on this site

Jobs 4 Teacher- search by city, state or zip code

K12 Jobs.com- site says they have served a million teachers and administrators in a year.......

K12 Jobspot- search by job title and state; when you pick a city it shows you how many positions from the drop-down menu; also shows the location on a map.

Monster.com

NJ Hire- search by job type, location or keywords

NJ.com- postings are constantly being updated

NJ School Directory- all school web sites are listed by county; check employment opportunities on each site.

NJ School Jobs- search by county, specialty, school or date

Peterson's Private School Search- covers The United States and countries

Resources for Teaching Jobs- only ten states are listed here

Teacher Jobs- join for free; search the United States for a job.

Teachers-Teachers.com- site says it lists jobs for 1775 districts and they are in partnership with the NEA.

Resumes and Cover Letters
The 25 Most Creative Designer Resumes You'll See This Year

38 More Beautiful Resume Ideas That Work- from JobMob

Got Resume Builder- build your resume online; download as a pdf, Word doc or text file

JobMob- 36 beautiful resume ideas

Resume Help- site has examples resumes

Resume Tips and Advice- from Monster.com

Sample Teacher Cover Letter

Sample Teacher Cover Letter2

Teacher Cover Letter Sample

Teacher Resume- from Microsoft online; you need MS Word to use this template

Teacher Resume- from Monster Worldwide, Inc.

Teacher Resume Template

Journals & Textbooks
Electronic Journals & Websites-this is a massive listing!

Libraries Online

Public (Worldwide)
International Directory of Art Libraries- lists over 3,000 libraries

Toronto [Ontario] Public Library

Vancouver [British Colombia] Public Library

Public (National)
Boston Public Library

Chicago Public Library

District of Columbia Public Library

The New York Public Library

Yahoo! Public Library Listing-United States

Yahoo! Public Library Listing- Worldwide

Public (New Jersey)
Bergen County Consortium of Library Services (BCCLS)

Central Jersey Regional Library Cooperative

Highland Regional Library Cooperative

Libraries of Middlesex Automation Consortium

Morris County Libraries

New Jersey State Library

Passaic County Library Consortium (PALS)

South Jersey Regional Library Cooperative

Schools
School Libraries Online

School Libraries on the Web-worldwide listing of K-12 schools

Media
Magazines | Newspapers | Radio | Television

Magazines
Booklist Magazine

Business Week

The Choral Singer-

Counselor Magazine- for addiction professionals

Digital Imaging Magazine

E- The Environmental Magazine

Educational Digest

Education Journals-resource list

Education Week Magazine

Entrepreneur Magazine

ESL Magazine

Family Chronicle-trace your family's roots

Free Magazine Subscriptions-choose from hundreds!

Information Today-multimedia & Internet@schools!

Instrumentalist Magazine

The Journal

Library Journal

Library Media Connection

Macworld

Mathematics Teacher

Mathematics Teaching in the Middle School

Multimedia & Internet @ Schools

National Geographic

Newsweek Magazine<

PC Teach It-integrating technology into the classroom

Physical Education Digest

Psycline-guide to Psychology & Social Science Journals

Scholastic Instructor

School Arts Magazine

School Library Journal

School Library Media Activities Monthly

Science News Weekly

Teagazine

Technology & Learning

Yahoo! Directory of Educational Magazines

Newspapers
Bergen Record Online

Newspapers24.com- newspapers from World 400 largest cities

Newspapers US & Worldwide

Newstrawler-search newspapers, magazines and other news sources from around the world at the same time

New York Times

The Paper Boy-5,932 newspapers!

The Star Ledger

USA Today

Radio
National Public Radio

New York Radio Guide-all AM/FM listings for the NY metropolitan area

Television
ABC

A&E Biography.com

A&E Classroom

The Animal Planet

Annenberg/CPB Free Channel

HGTV-Home & Garden Television

Television Companion Materials

The WB-Warner Brothers

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Maps & Statistics
General Sites |Live Web Cams | Mapping | Statistics

Mapping
Atlapedia Online: contains full color physical and political maps as well as key facts and statistics on countries of the world.

Mapblast -directions

Mapquest

Maps on Us

MSN Maps & Directions

Nationalatlas.gov

National Geographic Map Machine

Rand McNally -driving directions, road construction delays & accommodations listings

Virtual Tourist

Yahoo Maps

General Sites
Atlas & Maps Resources

City Population -statistics & maps

Civil War Rare Maps Collection

Colonial America Rare Maps Collection

Geography IQ-online world atlas "packed with geographic, economic, political, historical & cultural information".INTERACTIVE

Historical Maps of the United States

Hometown Locator -location information for 1.8 million physical and cultural features with links to maps and aerial photos

The Map as History- "the largest online collection of animated historical maps".

Maps -700 U.S. maps plus world maps

National Atlas of the United States: contains easy to use, map-like views of America's natural and sociocultural landscapes.

National Geographic's Xpeditions Atlas

Pocket Street's Downloadable Maps -major cities for Canada,the United States and Europe.

Terra Server -search by U.S. city, town or street address for aerial photos and topographic maps

Topozone -the Web's topographic map

World Atlas.com

Live Web Cams
Africam

Earthcam

Weathcams

WebCam Central

Statistics
Government Agencies- statistics from more than 100 agencies

Museums
Art & Our Culture | History | Miscellaneous | Natural History | Science and Technology

Art & Our Culture
Art Institute of Chicago

Artsonia- world's largest art museum for young artists; this is an excellent place "to post and find student art"; all graphics are done by students.

Best in Show- from the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston

Bling Universe- art museum in Maryland

Contemporary Arts Museum- art made in the present

Denver Art Museum

Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco

Fowler Museum of Cultural History

J. Paul Getty Museum

Louvre Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art

Musee d'Orsay-very large galleries

Museo Nacional Del Prado- Madrid, Spain

Museum of Fine Arts- Boston, MA

Museum of Modern Art (MOMA)- multimedia site

Museum of Tolerance

National Archeological Museum of Athens

National Gallery of Art- online tours of the Washington, DC museum

National Museum of Women in the Arts- more than 3,000 works from the 16th century to the present

National Portrait Gallery: London- digital history resources

Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery- houses 12,000 records

State Hermitage Museum- St. Petersburg, Russia

Tate Online- British & International Modern Art

Vatican Collections Online-virtual tour of the Sistine Chapel

History
American Memory Historical Collections

The Anne Frank Museum

The British Museum

Colonial Williamsburg Multimedia Presentations

Conner Prairie Interactive History Park- Indiana

The Hermitage- located in Ho-Ho-Kus, NJ

Imperial War Museum

Museum of Tolerance

National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum

National Museum of the American Indian

Rosicrucian Egyptian Museum

Salem Witch Museum

The Secret Annex- Anne Frank's hiding place

Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza- tribute to John F. Kennedy

Smithsonian Institution

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Miscellaneous
American Red Cross Museum

The Freud Museum (London)

Mathematics Museum (Japan)

National Inventors Hall of Fame

Rock & Roll Hall of Fame

Robert C. Williams American Museum of Papermaking

Natural History
American Museum of Natural History

The Archaeology Channel

Canadian Museum of Nature

Museum of Paleontology- Univ. of California, Berkeley

Natural History Museum- Los Angeles County- activities and programs; teacher resources

Natural History Museum of Florence University- botanical

Nature Online- Natural History Museum; London

Ology at the American Museum of Natural History- for young children

University of Michigan Exhibit Museum of Natural History-virtual tour

Science & Technology
Computer History Museum

The Computer Museum- interactive computer & technology exhibit

Exploratorium- this is a hands on science museum which has online versions of some of their exhibit

The Field Museum-several permanent exhibits

The Franklin Institute Online

IEEE Virtual Museum-the history of electronics, electricity & computers

Imagination Station Science Museum

Kennedy Space Center

Marian Koshland Science Museum of the National Academy of Science

MIT Museum- multimedia

Museum of Broadcast Communications

Museum of Flight

Museum of Science-Boston

Museum of Science & Industry

Museum of Television & Radio

NASA for Students

National Air & Space Museum- Smithsonian

Robotics- part of the Tech Museum

San Diego Aerospace Museum

Science Museum of Minnesota-online activities

The Tech Museum

Try Science- virtual field trips for kids

Wilbur R. Enns Entomology Museum

Phone Directories
Anywho

Area Code Finder

Bigfoot

Craig Ball's Phone Finder

Foreign County Information- country codes, international prefixes info

InfoSpace

Reverse Phone Directory-put in phone number and get person's name

SuperPages

Switchboard.com -telephone listings

The Ultimate White Pages

USSearch- $$

WhoWhere?

Yellow Pages

Primary Sources and Documents
African American History- listing of sites including gateways/collections & curriculum

American Memory from the Library of Congress- browse collections by time period, place, topic; search through map collections, manuscripts, motion pictures, sheet music, photos, prints, sound recordings and books or other printed texts. EXCELLENT SITE!

American Memory Map Collections-search for cities/towns, conservation/environment, discovery/exploration & general maps

American Posters of World War I

American Rhetoric- online speech bank

Archives in the Attic- documents from the Great Depression

Archiving Early America- newspapers, maps & writings from 18th century America

The Authentic History Center- artifacts & sounds from American popular culture

The Avalon Project at Yale Law School-documents in law, history & diplomacy

Battle Lines: Letters From America's Wars- thousands of wartime letters, from the Gilder Lehrman Collection

Child Labor in America- covers 1908-1912

CivilWar.com- official records of the union & confederate armies; covers 1881-1900.

The Coming of the American Revolution- from the Massachusetts Historical Society; 14 lessons include primary source documents

Documents for the Study of American History- from 1000-2000, this is a very extensive listing of pdf and audio files

Eurodocs- selected transcriptions, facsimiles & translations

Eyewitness to History- audio clips from people entitled "Voices of the 20th Century"

The Face of Slavery and Other African American Photographs

History of Ireland- primary documents

History Matters- includes 1,00 primary documents, images & audio interviews

Holocaust Photos- [very graphic]

Letters from an Iowa Soldier in the Civil War- written by Newton Robert Scott

Library of Congress Exhibitions- search from A to Z

Library of Congress Teachers' Page- classroom materials, themed resources, lesson plans, collection connections, professional development and so much more. EXCELLENT SITE!

Medieval Sourcebook- full text sources

Milestone Documents- site created by historians and veteran teachers; includes activity guides, study questions, lesson plans and much more.

The National Archives.gov- includes electronic records, maps & aerial images, microfilm, motion picture & sound, photos, posters, pictures & texual/paper records

Newspaper and Current Periodical Reading Room- from the Library of Congress, this extensive listing includes: historical collections from 19th & 20th century

The 1900's- headlines & audio from 1900-1999

The Oriental Institute- photographic archives includes maps from Egypt, Iran, Iraq & Sudan

Our Documents- 100 milestone documents

The Papers of George Washington- contains documents, articles, maps & images

Photos of the Great Depression- includes dust storms, farms for sale, migrant workers

Popular Songs in American History- from 17th century; this is a huge collection of audio files!

Primary Source Materials and Document Based Questions- a hotlist divided into the following categories: primary source materials, document based questions, assessments, general resources and constructed response questions.

Prints and Photographs Reading Room- from the Library of Congress, these are selected images of Ellis Island & Immigration.

Repositories of Primary Sources- over 5,000 websites are listed here, covering manuscripts, archives, historical photographs & other primary sources. WOW!!

Science Service Historical Image Collection- 20th century scientific research; site claims "the captions were written by Science Service journalists and have been transcribed exactly".

Spy Letters from the American Revolution- from the William L. Clements Library

Talking History- from the University at Albany, this is a site for aural history, including radio shows

The Thomas Jefferson Digital Archive- over 1700 items, (electronic texts, some color manuscript images; 9,000 quotations arranged by theme, date, topic recipient & place of publication

Time and Life Pictures- search by date or use the advanced search

Timeline of Art History- from the Metropolitan Museum of Art

Turning the Pages- document include: first atlas of Europe, the oldest printed book, the original Alice's Adventures Underground (Alice in Wonderland) & Mozart's musical diary.

United Nations Treaty Collection

Why Use Primary Sources?- from the Library of Congress; ten reasons listed

Women's Speeches from Around the World

World War II in Color-site has photos for download

World War II Military Situation Maps- browse the collection by title, subject or date; from the Library of Congress

Quotations
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations

Mathematical Quotations Server

Memorable Quotations- U.S. Presidents

Memorable Quotations- very extensive listing by category

Open Directory Listing- nineteen categories in English & five other languages; currently 374 listings

Quotations for Creative Thinking- more than 50,000 quotes

Quotations in the Yahoo! Directory- very extensive listing by nineteen categories

The Quotations Page- 25,000 listed here

Quotegeek- literature, movies, personalities, tv, misc.; 4,865 quotes & counting!

Quoteland.com- includes user groups listing

A Short Dictionary of Scientific Quotations

Research Help
A Guide for Writing Research Papers

Basic Guide to Essay Writing

Basic Steps in the Research Process- twenty-one tips sheets take you through the process of writing a research paper.

Citation Machine- create your MLA citation online

Cite Your Sources- guide to creating footnotes, endnotes
& parenthetical references

Common Errors in English Usage

Essay Builder- writing tips

OWL Online Reading Lab -General Writing Concerns (Planning/Writing/Revising/Genres)

RefDesk Tools for Research

Research & Documenting Sources

Yahoo! Grammar Usage & Style

Shipping
Best Shipping Rates- find best rates from multiple carriers

FedEx

Package Tracker- track packages from any of 57 carriers

United States Postal Service

UPS

Streaming Video Online

Videos Online
History | Miscellaneous | News | Science

History
American Memory Collection: Original Format- from the Library of Congress; primary sources
American Presidents- life portraits, biographical facts, presidential places, key events in their presidencies
CNN.com Video Almanac- events listed by decade
Digital History- stories about American History
Ease History- over 400 historical events from 1900-present
FreeDocumentaries.org- free political documentaries
The History Channel-great speeches online
The National Archives
Reel American History- from Lehigh University's Digital Library
Snag Films- free full length documentaries

Miscellaneous
Frontline- from PBS
John Locker- free online documentaries
Nonfiction Documentaries- about 200 on the site
PBS Video- loads of full length videos
Top Documentary Films- free documentaries online
WGBH Open Vault- from the PBS station WGBH Boston

News
ABC News
BBC
CBS News
CNN.com
C-Span Video Library- political
Euronews
MSNBC
New York Times Videos
PBS

Science
NASA Multimedia Gallery
NASA TV
National Geographic Webcasts- exploring the past, masters of photography, special programs, quest for adventure
NOVA Online-categories include: anthropology, disasters, earth, exploration, health, history, investigations, nature, physics&math, space, tech
PBS Nature Video Database- available in Windows media, Quicktime & RealPlayer
Teachers' Domain Multimedia Resources-earth/space science, engineering, life science & physical science

Thesauri
German Thesaurus

Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names

Hyperdictionary

Merriam-Webster Thesaurus

Roget's II- the new thesaurus

Thesaurus.com

Voycabulary-online Web dictionary & thesaurus word linking tool; twenty-nine languages!

Writing Student Recommendations
How to Write a Recommendation | Letter Samples

How to Write a Recommendation
GSAS Guide for Teaching Fellows on Writing Letters of Recommendation- from Harvard University

How to Write a Reference Letter for a Student Teacher- from eHow

How to Write Recommendation Letters for Students- from eHow

Letter Samples
Letters of Recommendation • Letters of Reference- for scholarship

Sample Letter of Recommendation for Student Teacher