Academics Academics Edline     Information Edline Log-in Library Library     Resource     Guide Faculty     2008 - 2009 Summer     School 2009 Course     Catalog (PDF)     '08-09 Library Resource Guide   Local Library College   Online Libraries   Library Tutorials   Student Resources   Subject-Specific Resources LOCAL LIBRARY CATALOGS: Arcadia Public Library Azusa Pacific University Glendale Public Library Library of Congress Los Angeles Public Library Pasadena City College (PCC) Pasadena Public Library San Marino Public Library Sierra Madre Public Library ONLINE LIBRARIES: IPL – Internet Public Library for Teens – Teen Space LIBRARY TUTORIALS: Library Research: A Hypertext Guide (Cornell U) - Hosted by Cornell University, this guide instructs on how to find, evaluate, and cite different types of library resources. This site also includes a handy list of definitions for library-related terms. STUDENT RESOURCES: Librarian’s Internet Index – This site lists high quality websites carefully selected, described, and organized by a team of Librarians, with over 20,000 entries. InfoMine – Scholarly Internet resource collections featuring well-organized access to important university level research and educational tools on the Internet. Notable for its collection of annotated and indexed links. FirstGov – This is the U.S. Government’s Official Web Portal. The most comprehensive, award-winning portal to government, with a treasure of online resources and information. Writing Citation Maker – Oregon School Library Information Center Grammar & Writing – Capital Community College The OWL at Purdue - This site is hosted by Purdue University and assists with online writing, research, and MLA and APA style help. General Homework Help BJ Pinchbeck’s Homework Helper Homework Help by Subject MIT OpenCourseWare – This site provides free online access to a variety of subject course materials taught at Massachusetts Institute of Technology Dictionaries and Encyclopedias Columbia Encyclopedia Roget's Thesaurus - Hosted by the University of Chicago Merriam-Webster Dictionary SUBJECT-SPECIFIC RESOURCES: Visual Arts 20th Century Art at the WebMuseum, Paris 20th Century Architecture (at Boston College) ADAM – The Gateway to Art, Design, Architecture & Media Information on the Internet. American Architecture 17th- 20th Centuries – digital archive, hosted by Boston College The ArtChive – searchable archive of fine artwork ArtCyclopedia – fine art search engine Art Resources – A to Z searchable index of relevant sources ArtSource – art and architecture Art Studio Chalkboard – This is a resource for art students that focuses on the technical fundamentals of perspective, shading, color and painting. Digital Archive of Art – hosted by Boston College Figure Drawing Lab – resource for art students that work with the human form Museums - This is a comprehensive directory of on-line museums and museum-related resources. National Geographic Photography - This site features photos, photographer bios, news, and more. NYPL Digital Gallery – Image database providing online access to thousands of images from the original and rare holdings of the New York Public Library. This site was named Best Research Site for 2006. Web Gallery - Virtual museum and searchable database of European painting and sculpture of the Gothic, Renaissance and Baroque periods (1100-1850). Music I Hear America Singing – companion site to PBS program Music Resources - brass to woodwind resources on the net San Francisco Conservatory of Music Languages France in America - This site holds a bilingual digital library made available by the Library of Congress exploring France’s presence in America from the 16th century through the 19th century. Maps, books, prints and other documents highlight this collection. French Language News and Magazines – Full Text freely available language newspapers and news magazines, compiled by the MIT Libraries. Omniglot - A guide to writing systems all over the world. Includes an alphabetical index of all the writing systems and languages featured on the site. The Spanish CALL Project - Grammar, exercises, and Spanish culture. Spanish Language News and Magazines - Full Text, freely available language newspapers and news magazines, compiled by the MIT Libraries. Tennessee Bob’s Famous French Links Literary Resources Bartleby Library – great books online Bibliomania – free online literature, author biographies, etc. Classic Authors.net Dictionary of Victorian London – links to all things Victorian Literary Resources on the Net – Rutgers University Mythology – myths, legends, tall tales Online Literature Library - full and unabridged texts of classic works of English literature Online Medieval & Classical Library - literary works of Classical and Medieval civilization Renaissance – This site holds literary resources on the Renaissance, hosted by Rutgers University. Romantic Period Chronology – research project by University of California, Santa Barbara students Social Science American Rhetoric - This site is a valuable resource for finding some of the most famous (and infamous) speeches ever made. Best of History Websites - An award-winning portal that contains annotated links to over 1000 history web sites as well as links to hundreds of quality K-12 history lesson plans, history teacher guides, history activities, history games, history quizzes, and more. Center for History and New Media: History Matters – Hosted by George Mason University, this site is designed for high school and college teachers and students of U.S. history survey courses, and serves as a gateway to web resources and offers unique teaching materials, first-person primary documents, and guides to analyzing historical evidence. CIA World Factbook – Hosted by the CIA, this site provides detailed facts about every country in the world, as well as information on our world as a whole. For example, did you know that as of 2004, there are 1,206,315,500 land line and 1,752,183,600 cellular telephones in use in the world? Maps are also provided. Counting California – information, facts, and data about the Golden State Digital History – (University of Houston) This site includes annotated primary resources on United States, Mexican American, and Native American history, and slavery. Eyewitness to History - History through the eyes of those who lived it. Government and Politics – This site holds many helpful links, including political biographies. History Cooperative – This site has high quality online history scholarship. These journals are free: Journal of Social History, The American History Review, Booker T. Washington Papers, The History Teacher, Law and History Review, Common-Place, Environmental History, Indiana Magazine of History, Massachusetts Historical Review, Oregon Historical Quarterly, Oral History Review, Labour History, Journal of World History, World History Connected, and Labour/Le Travail. Historical Text Archive - The HTA publishes high quality articles, books, essays, documents, historical photos, and links, screened for content, for a broad range of historical subjects. How Much is That? - This website covers the comparative value of purchasing power, exchange rates, and other variables between the past and today. Library of Congress – This is a top American history website. It is an outstanding and invaluable site for American history and general studies. It contains primary and secondary documents, exhibits, map collections, prints and photographs, sound recordings and motion pictures. National Geographic News – Daily news service with multimedia pictures and video covering: Animals, Nature, Archaeology, Environment, Health, History & Culture, Science & Space. Oyez: U.S. Supreme Court Multimedia – Supported by Northwestern University, this site includes abstracts of Supreme Court Cases, including audio. State of the Union Addresses of the American Presidents - This site contains All State of the Union Addresses from 1790-2006. Today’s Front Pages - Newspapers from 48 countries around the world submit their front pages to this Newseum. Math Euclid’s Elements History of Math – Hosted by The British Society for the History of Mathematics, this site provides weblinks on this subject. History of Math and Mathematician Biographies – hosted by the University of St. Andrews, Scotland, School of Mathematics and Sciences Math Archives – topics in Mathematics Math in Daily Life – This site explores how mathematics is used in our daily life. Math in Technology - This site explores how various areas of mathematics are applied to various areas of technology. Math World – extensive mathematical resource, with a powerful full-text search engine Mathematical Atlas: A Gateway to Modern Mathematics – arranged by discipline providing an introduction into each area of mathematics S.O.S. Math – mathematical tables and formulas Women in Math – biographies, hosted by Agnes Scott College Science Astronomy World – atmospheres, calendars, galactic astronomy, observational, solar system, stars Big Book of Physical Science Biology Project – hosted by University of Arizona, interactive resource for learning Biology Chemistry World – Chemical reactions, geology, inorganic, mineralogy, organic, petrology and quantum chemistry Electronic Zoo – hosted by Washington University, vast resources of info and web links on animals on the net Gray’s Anatomy Physics.org Physics Central – learn how your world works Physics Applets Collection (University of Oregon) – interactive physics tools Physics 2000 (University of Colorado) – interactive applets & high tech technology PhysLINK – daily physics and astronomy news, reference helps SciCentral – Biotechnology and Biological Science News Scientific Biography – can search by branch of science, gender, historical periods, nationality and prize winners The Virtual Cell World of Physics