Online Resources for Teachers and Students
Your librarians have compiled listings of helpful online resources for your use. As these sites prove useful, add them to your own Favorites folders. This is an ongoing project, and your contributions are welcomed.

E-books
http://etext.lib.virginia.edu/ebooks/

http://www.gutenberg.org/ (some texts as e-books - public domain headquarters)

General Research
http://www.m-w.com/ (Merriam-Webster's Dictionary)

http://www.avl.lib.al.us/ (Alabama Virtual Library - requires a card/password that is available free of charge to all Madison County residents from your local public library)

http://www.loc.gov/rr/askalib/virtualref.html (Library of Congress - Virtual Reference Shelf)

http://www.gutenberg.org/ (public domain, free texts)

http://www.libsci.sc.edu/miller/Model.htm (how to create a thematic unit based on Gardner's multiple intelligences)

http://thesaurus.reference.com/ (thesaurus)

http://nausetschools.org/research/worksgrade6.htm (MLA citation instructions and models for elementary students through 6th grade)

Ask Jeeves for Kids

http://www.infoplease.com/almanacs.html  (a handy almanac)

http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/TeachingLib/Guides/Internet/Evaluate.html (evaluating a website)

http://vos.ucsb.edu/  (great site! many topics, especially excellent for the humanities)

http://www.ipl.org/div/subject/browse/ref20.00.00/ (calendars)

http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/TeachingLib/Guides/Internet/SubjDirectories.html

http://lii.org/ (subject directories)

http://infomine.ucr.edu/  (subject directories)

http://www.ipl.org/ref/ (subject directories)

http://www.berinsteinresearch.com/fiolinks.htm  (images by subject)

http://library.albany.edu/internet/choose.html (search engines by purpose)

http://www.digital-librarian.com/ (search by subject)

http://www.lib.washington.edu/subject/History/RUSA/ (primary source directory)

American Literature
http://www.puritansermons.com/

http://andromeda.rutgers.edu/~jlynch/Lit/

http://vos.ucsb.edu/

Social Studies

http://www.besthistorysites.net/LessonPlans.shtml (great directory)

http://bensguide.gpo.gov

http://historymedren.about.com/mlibrary.htm

http://www.dinsdoc.com/colonial-3.htm

http://www.lib.washington.edu/subject/History/RUSA/

http://www.ipl.org/div/subject/browse/ref05.00.00/ (almanacs)

http://www.findlaw.com/ (court cases, etc.)

https://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/index.html  (country facts)

Mathematics
http://www.ipl.org/div/subject/browse/ref19.00.00/ (calculation and conversion tools)

English (general)
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/

http://owl.english.purdue.edu/

http://citationmachine.net/ (excellent citation generator tool)

Teacher Helps

http://www.curriki.org/xwiki/bin/view/Main/WebHome