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Contemporary World

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  • Global Issues in Context News from a wide variety of international sources and many digital books; some video and auido; all articles are have text-to-speech so you can listen as well as read the information. Email articles to yourself or set up an account to save your information.
  • EBSCO Student Research Center--Search national and international newspaper and magazines for articles and information; some digital books available
  • Points of View--Search for controversial topics such as AIDS or diamonds
  • World Geography ABC-CLIO A great resource for background on countries, customs, politics, etc.
  • World History Mondern ABC-CLIO A great resource for historical facts

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Foreign Policy

Geography/Global Research

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Industrial Revolution

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Sociology

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Websites-General

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Websites-Music

World History

World History-Absolute Monarchs

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World History-Global Age Columbian Exchange

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Articles & Websites for Plants

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World History-Philosophes/The Enlightenment

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Women's History

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Mathematics

Science

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Health Research/Genetic Disorders

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    Open Access Journals (Peer Reviewed Science Journals with no fee attached. Some are current and some are a couple years out of date.)

General Science

    BioTech

    Gray's Anatomy of the Human Body

    High School Science Gateway Homework Spot

    Human Anatomy Online

    Inventor of the Week

    Math and Science Gateway Cornell University

    National Science Digital Library-Science Technology Engineering Mathematics

Environmental Science

    TED Online Journal dealing with trade and globalization and its effects on environmental, labor, and cultural issues.

    Inventory of Conflict and the Environment

    The Story of Stuff Video

    National Center for Environment Publications

Career/Vocational Education/Living Skills

Careers

    Occupational Outlook Handbook

Foods

Digital Reference & Databases

Websites

    Breakfast Benefits

    Breakfast First

    Breakfast from Medicine.net

    Chow.com

    Dietary Guidelines for Americans

    Epicurious

    Food Pyramid-Nutrition

    Gram Conversion Calculator

    Kitchen Safety

    Mr. Breakfast

    Nutrition Source From Harvard School of Public Health

    WolframAlpha nutrition calorie data cruncher

    Vegetarian Food Guide

    Vegetarian Resource Group

Business Law

    Reference USA(Public Library Card Needed for Access) Find out about individual businesses and search areas for business type

    2008 Statistics Abstract from US Census

    Bay Area Census Data

    City Profile Report

    California Directory of Chamber of Commerce

    Counting California

    Econodata

    Homefair City profiles using US Census data

    Federal Statistics

    Small Business Association Resource Links Page

    Uncle Sam's Reference Shelf

    United States Directory of Chamber of Commerce

    US Census

    Yahoo Yellow Pages Choose a location and search for businesses

Living Skills

    CopeCareDeal

    Teen Health

    Drugs

    Above the Influence

    Addiction Search Directory

    Office of National Drug Control Policy

    National Institute of Drug Abuse

    The Partnership for a Drug Free America

Not In Our School

    Facing History and Ourselves

    Hatecrimes.org

    Not in Our Town

    Outlet Supporting & Empowering LQBTQQ Youth & Outlet's Resources Link

    Stand Strong Against Hate

    Teaching Tolerance

    GLSEN educator library

    "One Umbrella, Many People: Diversity Within the LGBT Communities"

    "Talking the Talk: A Glossary of LGBT Terminology"

    "Lesson Plan: What Do 'Faggot' and 'Dyke' Mean?"

    Gay Marriage lesson plan

    Integrating sexual orientation into the classroom (specifically as it
    applies to psychology, but can be applied generally as well)

    "The ABCs of Sexual Orientation" from Teaching Tolerance

LGBT History

    LGBT History Resources & Links from KQED

    Overview and timeline of American Lesbian and Gay History from PBS.

Physical Education

    California Interscholastic Federation Central Coast Section

    High School Sports San Jose Mercury News

    MaxPreps

    Palo Alto Weekly Online Sports

    Sport Science Exploratorium

Visual and Performing Arts

Art

    Art History Resources on the Web

    Cantor Arts Center at Stanford

    Fine Arts Museum San Francisco

    Getty Museum

    Louvre

    Metropolitan Museum of Art

    MuseumSpot.com

    San Jose Museum of Art

    Smithsonian

    Timelines of Art History

    World Images 50,000 imgaes from Cal State IMAGE project

Music

    Classical Music Archive (Largest Collection on the Web)

    Folksongs of the World

    History in Song (Warning: many ads to wade through)

    Lyrical Legacy: 400 years of songs and poetry from the Library of Congress

    LyricsMode

    Lyrics World Song Lyrics By Decade

    Midomi Search for music by humming or singing

    Music Resource

    Negrospirituals.com

Theater

    Theater Research

    Internet Broadway Database

    Palo Alto Children's Theatre

    Performing Arts Career Guide

    Performing Arts Encyclopedia from the Library of Congress

     

    Theatercrafts.com UK site

Student Clubs

MUN

Databases at Paly

GLOBAL ISSUES IN CONTEXT Password viking. This comprehensive international current events database with topics ranging from foreign affairs to science and technology combines background information, full-text periodicals (newspapers, academic journals, commentary) from a variety of international sources, AP news feeds, podcasts, primary source documents, maps, tables, charts, and text-to-speech technology.

EBSCO Student Research Center User ID paly Password pausd

Points of View User ID paly Password pausd

JSTOR JSTOR. Academic journals and historic archives in all subject areas with an emphasis on History, English, Humanities. If you have never logged in to create your own Paly account please go to JSTOR Paly Login . Follow directions to Register

World Geography from ABC-CLIO Username pahsstudent Password studentBackground Notes Country Database from the State Department

Issues: Understanding Controversy and Society from ABC-CLIO Username pahsstudent Password student

Databases at Public Library--Need Library Card to Access

CQ RESEARCHER Great for issue reserach and pro/con

Library Press International Newspapers

Opposing Viewpoints

World Wide Web

Background Notes Country Database from the State Department

Global Issues on the UN Agenda

Model UN Headquarters

United Nations Member States

UN News Center

World Bank

World Health Organization

Last updated August 28, 2009