Asia - Continent of Contrasts (National Geographic Geography Action!) - tools, downloadable maps, information, and lesson plans for grades K-12
Our World: Georgia / Michale Aliprandini. Great Neck Publishing (2006). Lexile: 1070.
[map, flag, photo; covers Georgia and Tblisi]. History Reference Center 
Russia: The Land / Greg Nickles. New York: Crabtree Publishing (2000). Lexile 1060. History Reference Center
Destination in Doubt: Russia Since 1989 / Steven Lovell. London, UK: Zed Books (2006). History Reference Center
Russian Revolution / Matt Forster. Great Neck Publishing (2005). Lexile 960. History Reference Center
Russia: the Culture / Greg Nickles. New York: Crabtree Publishing (2000). Lexile 900. History Reference Center
Turkmenistan / Harvey Sicherman. Broomall, PA: Mason Crest Publishing (2005). Lexile 1270. History Reference Center
Our World: Turkmenistan / Michael Aliprandini. Great Neck Publshing (2006). Lexile 1060. History Reference Center
Mongols Whom We Call the Tartars / Giovanni DiPlano Carpini. Wellesley, MA: Brandon Publ. (1996). History Reference Center
Monkeyshines on Belarus / Phyllis Barkas Goldman. Great Neck Publishing (1998). Lexile: 900. History Reference Center
Our World: Belarus / Richard Means. Great Neck Publishing (2006). Lexile: 1130. History Reference Center
Art & Architecture of Russia (Geographia) - photographs and descriptions of regional culture.
Russian Art (Auburn U.) - illustrated catalogue of Russian artworks by artist's name.
Russian Painting (Rollins College) - online gallery of artworks by period, including iconography.
The State Hermitage Museum - online galleries & tours of the Winter Palace, the residence of the Russian tsars, now housing a collection of over 3,000,000 works of art.
The Empire That Was Russia: The Prokudin-Gorskii Photographic Record Recreated (Library of Congress) - online exhibition of images from the days of the Tsar of Russian architecture, transportation, people at work, and ethnic groups.
Shuttle-Mir History Website (NASA) - profiles of people and work of Mir, with multimedia gallery.
Face of Russia (PBS) - companion website to TV documentary; includes timeline, glossary, biographies, art images, maps, multimedia, and lesson plans.
Yesterday & Today: Children's Books of the Early Soviet Era (McGill U.) - images of covers of Soviet children's books, with brief summaries.
The Red Files (PBS) - companion website to TV documentary on Soviet espionage and propoganda.
The Song of the Balalaika - lyrics, sheet music, and audio files of 30 traditional Russian folk songs.
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World Culture, Communications, & Gestures
430 German Culture and Communication (World Language Fair for Educators) - explanations, usage notes, and illustrations illustrating entries.
440 French Gestures (About.com) - photo illustrations, translations, and usage notes of dozens of gestures in French culture.
440 French Culture, Communication, & Gestures (World Language Fair for Educators) - explanations, usage notes, and video clips illustrating entries.
495 Chinese Culture and Communication (Cantonese, Mandarin, Taiwanese) (World Language Fair for Educators) - explanations, usage notes, and video clips illustrating entries.
495 Chinese Culture and Communication (Taiwanese Mandarin) (World Language Fair for Educators) - explanations, usage notes, and video clips illustrating entries.
495 Japanese Culture and Communication (World Language Fair for Educators) - explanations, usage notes, and video clips illustrating entries.
903 Junior Worldmark Encyclopedia of the Nations / edited by Timothy L. Gall and Susan Bevan Gall. Detroit: Thomson Gale (2008). Gale Discovering Colletions.
910 Worldmark Encyclopedia of the Nations, 2007 [12th ed. Detroit: Thomson Gale, 2007. Discovering Collection.] - articles for hundreds of nations describing history, culture, government, maps, flags, etc., with related multimedia files.
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Ellis Island (2003). EBSCO History Reference Center . Accessed 6 October 2007.
Everyday Life: Immigration (1999). EBSCO History Reference Center . Accessed 6 October 2007.
We Came to North America: The Irish / Greg Nickles (2001). EBSCO History Reference Center .
We Came to North America: The Germans / Greg Nickles (2001). EBSCO History Reference Center .
We Came to North America: The French / Greg Nickles (2000). EBSCO History Reference Center .
We Came to North America: The Jews / Greg Nickles (2000). EBSCO History Reference Center .
We Came to North America: The Africans / Greg Nickles (2000). EBSCO History Reference Center .
We Came to North America: The Poles / Greg Nickles (2000). EBSCO History Reference Center .
We Came to North America: The Italians / Greg Nickles (2000). EBSCO History Reference Center .
Gale Encyclopedia of Multicultural America / Jeffrey Lehman, Ed. 2nd ed. Detroit: Gale, 2000. 1974 pp. 3 vols. EBSCO History Reference Center .
Essays on ethnic and culture groups in the United States that emphasize religions, holidays, customs, and languages in addition to providing information on historical background and settlement patterns. Covers ethnoreligious groups such as Jews, Chaldeans, and the Amish.
Handbook of Hispanic Cultures of the United States: Literature & Art (1993). EBSCO History Reference Center .
discusses various facts related to the development of Hispanic communities within the United States which has taken place during different time periods.
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Science & Technology as Catalyst for Progress
History of Science & Technology (2004). EBSCO Science Reference Center .
The History of Science and Technology is separated into ten chapters, each representing a major division of the history of science and technology. The introductions to these chapters provide a more conventional history, with the emphasis on the character and philosophy of the period, the new ideas or methods that emerged during the period, and the major advances in each branch of science or technology. While there are narrative accounts of more than a hundred different topics, the main body of the book is a chronicle of virtually everything that has happened in science and technology, including false steps and ignored precursors.
Encyclopedia of the Scientific Revolution (2000). EBSCO Science Reference Center .
"Scientific Revolution" refers to the unusually significant changes occuring in sixteenth- and seventeenth-century study of the natural world in Europe that broke decisively with earlier conceptions and practices and paved the way for the emergence of modern science.
"The 7 Most Exciting Moments in Science: Hint: Newton and Archimedes didn't make it" / by Brittany Grayson. Discover, 12 July 2007. Discovermagazine.com. 25 July 2007. <http://discovermagazine.com/2007/jul/the-7-most-exciting-moments-in-science>; describes great leaps forward in scientific understanding
Why Files: Science Behind the News (U. of Wisconsin) - Articles on current issues and research in science posted weekly, interactive animations, cool science images, and lesson plans.
Tales of Future Past - collection of images of the 20th century's view of the future, some amazingly accurate, some amusingly wrong.
WayBack, the Future (Kids American Experience, PBS) - images and ideas of what the future would hold as predicted by people from the past.
WayBack: Technology 1900 (Kids American Experience, PBS) - automobiles, movies, telelphones, as they were 100 years ago.
Transportation Futuristics: Visionary Designs in Transportation Engineering (UC Berkley) - a virtual exhibit of "fairly radical ideas, from new propulsion systems to novel use of materials to extreme hybrids of existing forms."
Best Inventions 2006 (Time) - creative new toys, gadgets, clothes, cars, health gizmos.
Inventing Modern America: From the Microwave to the Mouse (Lemelson-MIT Program) - games, links, and resources to support the book by David E. Brown.
Encyclopedia Smithsonian: Engineering, Industry, and Invention (Smithsonian Museum) - rich digital library of science and invention, searchable and indexed by field, with streaming audio and video content.
American Inventors and Inventions (Smithsonian Museum) - a virtual exhibtion sampling models that inventors were required to submit with patent applications before 1880 and resources about the inventors.
National Inventors Hall of Fame - database with biographies of inventors searchable by name, field, invention, or timeframe.
Inventing Tomorrow (Institute of Technology, U. of Minnesota) - online magazine, with archive 1998-present.
Museum of Ancient Inventions (Smith College) - images and information in a virtual exhibit.
Forgotten Inventors (American Experience, PBS) - images and history of inventions we now take for granted.
The Amateur Future of Space Travel / by Jack Hitt (New York Times, 1 July 2007) - describes NASA sponsoring seven design contests for amateur inventors.
The Victorian Web - text and images originally developed to support courses at Brown University; includes science, technology, mathematics, and cultural links.
Medieval Technology Pages (Paul J. Gans, New York U.) - referenced information on technological innovation and related subjects in western Europe during the Middle Ages, with timeline and subject index.
History of Science, Echo Research Center (Center for History and New Media, George Mason U.) - searchable annotated directory of internet sites concerning the history of science, technology, and industry, categorized by subject and era.
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Neurosciene for Kids (Eric H. Chudler, Ph.D, U. of Washington) - rich site with frequent updates, experiments to try, and Q&A.
Thinking Machine 4 - an artificial intelligence program, ready to play chess with the viewer. If the viewer confronts the program, the computer's thought process is sketched on screen as it plays. A map is created from the traces of literally thousands of possible futures as the program tries to decide its best move. Those traces become a key to the invisible lines of force in the game as well as a window into the spirit of a thinking machine.
"Health Trends: Strain Bad for Brain: Another great reason to avoid chronic distress." / by Robert W. Lash, M.D. Discover, 13 July 2007. Discovermagazine.com. 25 July 2007. <http://discovermagazine.com/2007/jul/chronic-distress-and-mental-health>; summarizes research recently reported in the journal Neurology concluding that "people who experience chronic psychological distress, such as anxiety or depression, are up to 40 percent more likely to develop mild cognitive impairment (MCI)".
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"Biological rhythms." / Vita Richman. Gale Encyclopedia of Science. Ed. K. Lee Lerner and Brenda Wilmoth Lerner. 3rd ed. Detroit: Gale, 2004. Discovering Collection. Thomson Gale.
"Biological rhythms." World of Scientific Discovery. Ed. Kimberley A. McGrath and Bridget Travers. Online ed. Detroit: Thomson Gale, 2007. Discovering Collection. Thomson Gale.
"A Time to Reap." / Cassone, Vincent M., Bioscience, 00063568, Sep2005, Vol. 55, Issue 9. EBSCO Science Reference Center.
"Clocks in the Brain." / K. W.. Scientific American Special Edition, Jun2004 Special Edition, Vol. 14 Issue 3, p45-45, 1p, 6 diagrams. EBSCO Science Reference Center.
"Times of Our Lives." / Karen Wright. Scientific American Special Edition, Feb2006 Special Edition, Vol. 16 Issue 1, p26-33, 8p, 2 diagrams, 1c. EBSCO Science Reference Center.
"The 25 Hour Day." / Caroline Williams. New Scientist, 2/4/2006, Vol. 189 Issue 2537, p34-37, 4p, 2c. EBSCO Science Reference Center.
"Does Youth End When You Go to Bed Earlier." / Andy Coghlan. New Scientist, 1/8/2005, Vol. 185 Issue 2481, p13-13, 1/3p, 1 graph. EBSCO Science Reference Center.
"Analysis: Chronobiology.(2:00-3:00 PM)(Broadcast transcript)." Talk of the Nation: Science Friday (NPR) (Dec 28, 2001). Junior Edition Database. Gale.
Biological Clocks (Howard Hughes Medical Institute) - online exhibition with videos, interviews, and essays.
“Biological Clocks” Brain Briefings, Spring 1995. Society for Neuroscience -article for lay readers about natural cycles in many body traits, such as blood pressure and temperature.
Our Enigmatic Internal Clocks / by Gerard Gabriel. BrainConnection (Spring 2000) . history of research in chronobiology and recent brain science findings.
"A Surprise About Our Body Clock", Terra Daily (26 July 2006) - discovery of gene associated with chronobiology in hamsters.
"Psychologist studies how the changes in daylight affect mood" / by William Harms (U. of Chicago Chronicle, 24:10) (17 Feb. 2005)
The Living clock [videorecording] / a production of WQED Pittsburgh in association with the National Academy of Sciences ; written and produced by Gail Willumsen. c1993, Vestron Video. [REQ]
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Connecticut Government (State of Connecticut) - describes the state executive, legislative, and judicial branches of government.
Games Page, Freedom of Information History (State of Connecticut) - summary of history and principles of FOI law.
Connecticut Consortium on Law and Citizenship Education - resources on Connecticut laws and government; mock trial contest, mock general assembly, and other civics contests.
Ben’s Guide to U.S. Government for Kids (U.S. General Printing Office) - describes the history and laws of the federal government.
The Constitution of the United States with Explanatory Notes / J.W. Peltason (World Book Encyclopedia and U.S. Dept. of State) (2004)
Interactive Constitution (National Constitution Center) - text of U.S. Constitutiohn searchable by keyword, topic, and Supreme Court cases.
10 Fast Facts on the Constitution (National Constitution Center) - interesting factoids from 1787 to the present day.
What’s Your Constitution IQ? (Constitution Facts) - demonstrate your knowledge of the Declaration, Constitution, and Articles of Confederation using interactive quizzes and games
Our Documents (National History Day, National Archives, and USA Freedom Corps) – collaborative virtual library of 100 milestone documents of American history illuminating the rights and responsibilities of citizens in our democracy.
What is Democracy by Howard Cincotta, ed. (1998) (U.S. Dept. of State) - online textbook describing key elements of democratic form of government.
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Official West Side Story website
Study Guide for West Side Story / Paul Brian (Washington State U.)
West Side Story: From Stage to Screen
Inkpot #70 Classical Music Review: Leonard Bernstein – West Side Story
West Side Story (FilmSite)
Bernstein’s Studio: West Side Story
A Place for Us: 50 Years of West Side Story (NPR) - story and interview on the occasion of a revival of the musical
West Side Story /Tina Gianoulis. St. James Encyclopedia of Popular Culture. Eds. Sara Pendergast and Tom Pendergast. Vol. 5. Detroit: St. James Press, 2000. p116-118. 5 vols. Thomson Gale Document Number: CX3409002648.
"Bernstein Joins Musical Genres in West Side Story, 1957." DISCovering U.S. History. Online ed. Detroit: Gale, 2003. Discovering Collection. Thomson Gale. Southbury Public Library. 26 Nov. 2007 <http://find.galegroup.com/srcx/infomark.do?&contentSet=GSRC&type=retrieve&tabID=T001&prodId=DC&docId=EJ2104240965&source=gale&srcprod=DISC&userGroupName=24019&version=1.0>.
Comparative Anatomy & Human Physiology
InnerBody: Your Guide to Human Anatomy Online (Intellimed) - tutorials, animations, quizzes on all body systems.
Guided Tour of the Visible Human (Mad Scientists) - over 18000 digitized sections of the human body.
High Exposure: Humans at Altitude (Everest, NOVA Science, PBS) - effects of low-oxygen, high altitude environments on human physiology.
Gray's Anatomy of the Human Body - online edition of classic 1918 text, with color illustrations.
Seeing, Hearing, and Smelling the World (Howard Hughes Medical Institute) - essays and photographs illustrating the senses.
Macrogalleria: Polymer Science Learning Center (U. of So. Mississippi) - explore and experiment with polymers.
It's Elemental (Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility) - interactive periodic table with articles on each element, online games.
Rader's Chemistry4Kids - basic chemistry information, information on matter, atoms, elements, the periodic table, reactions, and biochemistry.
Chemistry for Kids (American Chemistry Council) - articles and links explaining the role of chemistry in the products we use daily.
SDA Kid's Corner (Soap and Detergent Asso.) - history, chemistry, and health benefits of soap.
See generally, Chemistry links, this web site.
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World of Earth Science [e-book]. Ed. K. Lee Lerner and Brenda Wilmoth Lerner. Vol. 2. Detroit: Gale, 2003. 736 pp. 2 vols. Gale Virtual Reference Library. Gale.
Guide to the concepts, theories, discoveries, pioneers and issues relating to topics in earth science. Includes topics "Continental shelf"; "Coral reefs and coral"; "Desalination"; "Geothermal deep ocean vents"; "Gulfstream"; "Marine Transgression and Marine Regression"; "Beach and shoreline dynamics"; "Ocean circulation and currents"; "Ocean trenches"; "Oceanography"; "Oceans and seas"; "Tides"; "Wave motions"
UXL Encyclopedia of Landforms and Other Geologic Features [e-book]. Rob Nagel and Diane Sawinski, eds. Detroit: UXL, 2004. 314 pp. 3 vols. Gale Virtual Reference Library. Gale.
Focuses on the physical and geological aspects, structure, and features of 48 of the earth's landforms - what they are, how they look, how they were created, how they change over time, and major geological events associated with them. Includes topic "Ocean Basin", with images and graphics.
Oceans and Coasts (NOAA Education) - Online learning activities grouped in sections for "Kids" gr. K-5 and "Students" gr. 6-12, with links to NOAA sites and other government and educational sites.
Science & Nature: Sea Life (BBC) - online games, quizzes, facts pertaining to sea life.
Marine Ecosystems: What's It Like Where You Live? (Missouri Botanical Gardens) - information and images about life along shorelines, in temperate oceans, and tropical oceans.
FishBase - database of world species information and images for more than 31,000 species.
Extreme 2000: Voyage to the Deep (U. Delaware) - virtual deep-sea dive with Alvin to hydrothermal vent sites in the Sea of Cortes off the west coast of Mexico.
Marine Conservation (World Wildlife Fund) - information about environmental issues in the oceans and related WWF programs.
Marine Conservation Society - facts and images about marine species and habitats.
Shark Trust - web site of UK charity advocating the conservation of sharks, with facts and photos.
Alaska Fisheries Science Center (National Marine Fisheries Service, NOAA) - images, information, teaching resources, and online games about marine biology.
Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences Online Resources - archived educational resources for students gr. K-12.
ReefEd (Great Barrier Reef Marine Park) - information, images, and online games relating to the this unique ocean environment in Australia.
About Antarctica (British Antarctic Survey) - information about land and sea wildlife, environment, and geography, with teacher resources.
Marine World Photogallery (International Council for the Exploration of the Seas) - images marine life -- fish, mammals, and plants -- from the North Atlantic.
International Tsunami Information Centre (UNESCO)- news and scientific background of tsunami waves, with glossary, guidebook, and teaching resources.
Whale Information (International Whaling Commission) - images, information, and acoustic files about whale species.
Information for Schools & Public (National Oceanography Center, Southhampton) - directory of marine education resources
National Sea Grant Digital Libraries (U. Rhode Island) - online documents, maps, and images collected as a part of the National Sea Grant research initiatives.
Ocean Planet (Smithsonian) - electronic online companion exhibition contains all of the text and most of the panel designs and images found in the traveling from April 1995 to April 1996.
Ocean Surface Topography from Space (Jet Propulsion Laboratory, NASA) - interactive color-coded map showing changes in sea level; N.B.: this takes a couple of minutes to load on a high-speed cable connection.
ReefBase: A Global Information System for Coral Reefs - maps, photo gallery, research regarding coral reefs around the world.
Plate Techtonics: World Ocean Floor - interactive map with clickable points of interest; includes research bibliography.
Digital Reference Library, Scripps Institute of Oceanography (UCSD) - links to glossaries, encyclopedias, and reference material on ocean-related topics.
SeaSpace Underwater Photo Gallery - online images of some ocean flora, fauna, and shipwrecks.
Fish and Wildlife (Ocean Conservany) - photos and information about sea life.
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute - images and reports on ocean research.
Sea and Sky: Exploring the Splendors of the Sea and the Wonders of the Universe - online games and activities related to oceanography
Oceanography Science & Technology Focus (Office of Naval Research) - ocean motion, habitats, ocean life, ocean water, ocean regions, research vessels. and experiments.
U.S. Life Saving Service History - images and information about the "surfmen" who rescued sailors from shipwrecks along the U.S. coastal waters.
Wreck of the E.S. Newman, 1896 - story of a famous rescue by the Pea Island surfmen
USLSS Station Pea Island, Outer Banks, North Carolina (U.S.C.G.) - story of the only all African-American life saving station.
Pea Island's Richard Etheridge. (keeper of the island's rescue station for 20 years)(North Carolina's African-American Culture: Advertising Travel Supplement). Henry H. Chase. American Visions 10.n2 (April-May 1995): ppNC16(1). Academic OneFile.
Reference & Independent Study Tools
InfoTrac Junior Edition - periodical database with access to over 300 of indexed and full-text magazines, newspapers and about 50 online reference books for information on current events, the arts, science, popular culture, health, people, government, history, sports and more. CLICK HERE for off-campus access instructions. 
- Combined History and Science Reference Center - search both databases using graphical images, visual organizers, or traditional search tools, by topic heading, make use of an online dictionary and encyclopedia, explore the top searches of the day
History Reference Center offers full text from more than 2,000 reference books, encyclopedias and non-fiction books, cover to cover full text for more than 120 history periodicals, more than 59,600 historical documents, 49,600 biographies of historical figures, more than 110,200 historical photos and maps, and more than 80 hours of historical video.
Science Reference Center is a comprehensive research database that provides easy access to a multitude of full text science-oriented content. This database contains full text for nearly 640 science encyclopedias, reference books, periodicals, etc. Topics covered include: biology, chemistry, earth & space science, environmental science, health & medicine, history of science, life science, physics, science & society, science as inquiry, scientists, technology and wildlife.
Dicovering Collection -history, literature, science, social studies, and more; search reference, primary sources, creative works, and multimedia, including hours of video and audio clips. Browse through popular topic picklists and an integrated national and state curriculum standards search with content correlated to the standards. CLICK HERE for off-campus access instructions.
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305.8 Gale Encyclopedia of Multicultural America, 2000 - Essays on ethnic and culture groups in the United States that emphasize religions, holidays, customs, and languages in addition to providing information on historical background and settlement patterns. Covers ethnoreligious groups such as Jews, Chaldeans, and the Amish. CLICK HERE for off-campus access instructions.
550.3 World of Earth Science, 2003 - Guide to the concepts, theories, discoveries, pioneers and issues relating to topics in earth science. In addition to traditional subtopics in geology and meteorology, also covers a substantial number of topics in astronomy. CLICK HERE for off-campus access instructions.
551.41 U*X*L Encyclopedia of Landforms and Other Geological Features, 2004 - Focuses on the physical and geological aspects, structure and features of 24 of earth's landforms -- what they are, how they look, how they were created, how they change over time, and major geological events associated with them. CLICK HERE for off-campus access instructions.
910 Blackbirch Kid’s Visual Reference of the World, 2001 - Graphs, charts, maps, and photos that cover the most important and interesting facts about every country on the planet. CLICK HERE for off-campus access instructions.
973 Blackbirch Kid’s Visual Reference of the United States, 2003 - Graphs, charts, maps, and photos that cover the most important and interesting facts about every state in the country. CLICK HERE for off-campus access instructions.
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Subject Directories of Internet Sites Selected by Experts
IPL KidSpace - internet sites selected by librarians from the U. of Michigan School of Information and Drexel U.'s College of Information Science and Technology.
dmoz Open Directory - "the largest, most comprehensive human-edited directory of the Web"; members follow mutually accepted codes of conduct and editorial standardsto ensure the directory is high quality, user-friendly, and free of abuse.
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Ask - a natural-language internet search engine which gives priority to "expert" online public reference sources such as Wikipedia, Britannica Concise, Columbia Encyclopedia, and the American Heritage Dictionary.
Yahoo! Livesearch - As you type, Live Search gives you a drop-down list of suggestions to complete your query; suggesting search results instantaneously as you type; shows you related search terms you might not have thought of but find useful.
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Clusty - groups results into topics, or "clusters."
Dogpile - a multi engine semi-parallel search interface.
Ixquick - inds sites that are universally ranked in the top ten of major search engines.
Metacrawler - queries other search engines, organizes results into a uniform format, ranks them by relevance.
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