Internet Resources
Internet courses:
AP Practice Exams - Links and information about Advance Placement practice exam resouces.
Coursera - courses from Princeton University, Stanford University, University of California, Berkeley, University of Michigan-Ann Arbor, and University of Pennsylvania.
edX - EdX is a not-for-profit enterprise of its founding partners Harvard University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Courses are offered from Harvard, MIT and UC Berkeley.
Khan Academy - thousands of videos of math, science and humanities.
webcast.Berkeley - UC Berkeley's central service for online video & audio for students and learners around the globe.
MIT OpenCourseware (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) - free lecture notes, exams and videos from Massachusetts Institute of Technology
General:
How Stuff Works – explains how thousands of items, objects, concepts, etc. work. Includes videos and illustrations.
Internet Archive - a non-profit digital library offering free universal access to books, movies & music, as well as 150 billion archived web pages.
LibGuides:
Diablo Valley College - research guide home page for the DVC Library
Art:
Hirshorn Museum of Art
This is a great website to search for sculpture.
Guggenheim Museum – biographies and artwork
Modern Art Museum - artwork
Examples of artwork and specific information about the artwork . Try an advance search for your artist for press releases on their specific shows at this museum.
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Look for the search box on the upper right side of the page. Biographical information included on most of the pictures exhibited.
National Gallery of Art
Type in your artists last name and receive a list of artworks. Click on any of the artwork and information about the artwork will usually accompany it.
Norton Simon Museum
Search box on upper right hand corner. Exceptional information on artwork and artists intent.
Musee d ‘ Orsay
Great for Impressionists
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Art Project powered by Google
Explore museums from around the world, discover and view hundreds of artworks at incredible zoom levels.
Citing Sources:
Citation Game Williams College Library
Dance:
Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater – includes videos performances
San Francisco Ballet – includes videos on dancers and performances
Economics/Statistics:
Data.gov - datasets that are generated and held by the Federal Government. Data.gov provides descriptions of the Federal datasets (metadata), information about how to access the datasets, and tools that leverage government datasets. Federal, Executive Branch data are included in the first version of Data.gov.
FedStats - statistics from over 100 government agencies
Gapminder - statistical information brought to fantastic life
International Monetary Fund - offers recent economic news and data about countries and other territirial entities around the world.
Markets and Data – The Economist
McKinsey Quarterly - periodic report about economic and sociological developments in countries around the world.
The Oxford Internet Institute - interesting site on visualization of data.
Statistical Abstract/Census Bureau
Correlates of War - website on the systematic accumulation of scientific knowledge about war.
Genealogy:
FamilySearch - Global genealogy information including birth, death, probate and others.
National Archives - access to archival databases including genealogy and personal history databases.
USGenWebProject - access to all state and county genealogy websites.
Geography:
Worldmapper - Worldmapper is a collection of world maps, where territories are re-sized on each map according to the subject of interest.
Government and Politics:
The American Presidency Project - UCSB archives of over 100,000 documents related to the study of the Presidency.
C-SPAN - (Cable-Satellite Public Affairs Network) is a private, non-profit company, created in 1979 by the cable television industry as a public service. A wealth of information about the political process.
Thomas – legislative information from the Library of Congress
California State and Local Government - a directory of official state, county, and city government websites
Official California Legislative Information – includes new website for accessing California legislative information.
USA.gov - Home page of the U.S. Government's Official Web Portal for all government transactions, services, and information.
Health:
World Health Organization - reports on health conditions and matters in all of its member countries
History/Social Studies:
American Antiquarian Society -The American Antiquarian Society (AAS) is an independent research library founded in 1812 in Worcester, Massachusetts. The library's collections document the life of America's people from the colonial era through the Civil War and Reconstruction.
The American Presidency Project - UCSB archives of over 100,000 documents related to the study of the Presidency.
Civil War Sequescintennial (National Geographic)
Genealogy Learning Center – Ellis Island website with links to helpful genealogy website
Historic American Newspapers - digital copies of America's historic newspapers from 1836-1922 sponsored by the National Endowment for the Humanities ad the Library of Congress.
In Motion: The African-American Migration Experience - website with images, maps and texts on thirteen migrations that formed and trnsformed African America.
Library of Congress Home - Collection highlights including historic newspapers, maps and manuscripts
National Archives Presidential Libraries - National Archives website with links topresidential libraries from Herbert Hoover to George W. Bush adminstrations.
TeachingHistory - Primary sources collections from government and educational sites.
USHistory.org
World Memory Project – Holocaust database
Images:
Note to users: items from these sites may have various copyright limitations so please check before you use an item
Creative Commons - hundreds of millions of works — from songs and videos to scientific and academic material — available to the public for free and legal use under the terms of various copyright licenses.
Free Digital Photos - Download free and premium stock photos and illustrations
Getty Images - a leading provider of digital media worldwide, creating and distributing a range of assets – from royalty-free stock photography and editorial images to video, music and multimedia – that help communicators around the globe tell their stories.
Photopin - is a free tool that helps bloggers and designers find photos for blogs and websites using Creative Commons licensing.
Wikimedia Commons - a collection of millions of pictures which are uploaded by web designers all around the globe to provide an aid for the bloggers and other web designers.
Languages:
Chinese language resources from YellowBridge
Foreign Language Resource Centers – funded by the Department of Education, this site is a national network of higher education resources for the teaching and learning of foreign languages, including European, African, Middle Eastern and Asian.
Glossa - Latin dictionary
Spanish language exercises hosted by Ursinis College
Literature:
British Museum Turning the Pages - online gallery of great books from the British Museum. Includes works by Jane Austin, Mozart and the first atlas of Europe.
Encyclopedia Mythica - internet encyclopedia of mythology, folklore, and religion
The Internet Classics Archive - site includes works of classical literature and web resources
Mathematics:
LearnZillion – video lessons and practice for math skills through grade 9
Wolfram Math World – extensive mathematics resource
Wolframalpha – computational knowledge engine
Music:
KQED/Spark Dance, Music, Visual and Theater Vocabulary Terms - click on links in LH column under vocabulary lists.
Music Theater Vocabulary
Association for Cultural Equity/Lomax Digital Archive - The Association for Cultural Equity (ACE), housed at the Fine Arts Campus of New York City's Hunter College, is custodian of the Alan Lomax Archive, a priceless collection of recorded music, dance, and the spoken word.
Religion/Religious Studies:
Center for Christian-Jewish Learning – Boston College
The Church in the 21st Century - Boston College
Holy See (Vatican)
Jesuit Mission – Boston College website; click on Resources and Further Readings hyperlinks for more information
Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding (ACMCU) – Georgetown University site to improve relations between the Muslim world and the West and enhance understanding of Muslims in the West.
United States Conference of Catholic Bishops
Science:
Einstein Archives Online - The Einstein Archives Online Website provides the first online access to Albert Einstein’s scientific and non-scientific manuscripts held by the Albert Einstein Archives at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
Jet Propulsion Laboratory – where REAL rocket scientists work
MIT OpenCourseware (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) – site with free publication of virtually all MIT course content
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
National Institutes of Health – government agency with wide range of health information
PubMed – millions of citations for biomedical literature that include links to full-text content
Technology:
Code Academy – learn to computer code
News and Information Sources:
Aljazeera Middle East news site
BBC (British Broadcasting Corporation)
Catholic News Service - news site from the US Conference of Catholic Bishops.
CIA - The World FactBook - provides information on the history, people, government, economy, geography, communications, transportation, military, and transnational issues for 267 world entities.
International Reporting Project – provides opportunities for U. S. journalists to go overseas to report on critical issues
Latin American Network Information Center (LANIC) - LANIC's mission is to facilitate access to Internet-based information to, from, or on Latin America.
NPR (National Public Radio)
Pew Research Center – nonpartisan “fact tank”
Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting – journalism site dedicated to independent international journalism
Vatican News (Official) - news site from the Vatican.
