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• There are a variety of ways to critically evaluate web sites. For more information check out UC Berkeley Library's comprehensive evaluation process. UC Berkeley Library has a great searching tutorial also, so if you want to save time and become a more efficient searcher check it out. Got to their page on Search Engines to read about how search engine databases work. Their page on Directories explains how subject directories work and gives instructions for finding subject-specific directories.

Search Engine Databases search the World Wide Web electronically

• DIRECTORY OF SEARCH ENGINES
• Ditto image search
• Google
• Google Government Search
• Google Scholar for Academic Research
• MSN Live Search Academic
• Podscope Audio and Video searching
• Yahoo!
• Ask.com

General Subject Directories use human knowledge to find and organize information on the World Wide Web

• Librarians Index is compiled and annotated by public librarians.
• Intute Subject directory for academic research from the United Kingdom
• About.com has information on popular topics written by “Guides” who are experts in their fields
• Google Directory is the Open Directory Project powered by Google’s search technology.
• Yahoo! Directory is good for popular and commercial searches.

Newspapers and Journals and Digital Copies of Books

• Google Books
• Google News
• ProQuest Full Text articles from leading national magazines and newspapers (Login 99-79455 and Password bigchalk)
• San Francisco Chronicle
• San Jose Mercury News
• New York Times (from 1981)
• MSN Live Search Books Search for a book title or words and phrases within a book
• Palo Alto Daily News
• Palo Alto Weekly

Primary Sources

• American Memory Project
• Digital History
• Library and Archival Exhibitions from the Smithsonian
• National Archives
• Repository of Primary Sources
• Online Archive of California

Reference

• Bartleby.com offers searchable quotations and much more.
• Rhyming Dictionary
• Virtual Reference Shelf compiled by the Library of Congress.

Biography

• Academy of Achievement
• Biography Resource Center (Public Library Card Needed for Access)
• Biography.com
• Their Stamp on History
• The History Makers Stories of Achievement
• Biographies compiled by Infoplease.com

English

Film Composition & Literature

Search Newspapers and Movie Industry News using Custom Google Search

Custom Search

• Entertainment Weekly
• Film Journal
• Hollywood Reporter
• San Francisco Chronicle
• San Jose Mercury News
• Variety

Hummanities

Databases

• Grove Art Username paloaltohs Password paloaltohs
• Grove Music Username paloaltohs Password paloaltohs
• World History Modern from ABC-CLIO Username pahsstudent Password student
• eReference Password viking especially Encyclopedia of World Biography and Europe 1450-1789 Encyclopedia of the Early Modern World and Encyclopedia of Religion

Renaissance Figures

Search the Renaissance Figures Links Using Google Custom Search

Custom Search

• Catholic Encyclopedia
• Galileo Project
• Luminarium
• The Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy
• Medici Godfathers of the Renaissance
• Project Gutenberg
• Religion Facts

Classical Composers

Search the Classical Composers Links Using Google Custom Search

Custom Search

 

• Classicalplus Composers
• Classicalnet Composer's Index
• Indiana Composer Links

Impressionist Artists

Search the Impressionist Artists Links Using Google Custom Search

Custom Search

• Artcyclopedia
• Artchive
• BBC Impressionism Exhibit
• Small French Paintings from the National Gallery of Art
• The- Atists.org
• National Gallery in London
• Web Museum Paris
• Wetcanvas

Cubists & Surrealists Artists

Search the Cubists & Surrealists Artists Links Using Google Custom Search

Custom Search

• Artchive
• Artcyclopedia
• Art Movement Directory
• Guggenheim New York
• Museo Picasso
• Tate Gallery London
• The- Atists.org
• Wetcanvas

20th Century Poets

Search the 20th Century Poets Links Using Google Custom Search

Custom Search

• 20th Century Poetry of War
• Bartleby.com/verse
• Famous Poets and Poems
• Modern American Poetry
• Poets.org
• Poemhunter.com
• Representative Poetry Online (RPO)

 

Literature

• Aldous Huxley Interview
• Literature Resource Center (Public Library Card Needed for Access)
• Expanded Academic Index (Public Library Card Needed for Access)
• Paly Reading Lists
• Bookspot.com
• Encyclopedia Mythica
• History of American Literature
• Key Sites on American Literature
• Norton Anthology of World Literature "Websource"
• Perspectives in American Literature

Journalism

• Links to Experts
• FactCheck.org
• Student Press Law Center
• StraightfromtheSource Use the drop-down menu to pick your social issue i.e. abortion and find biased and ubiased websites

Poetry

• Bartleby.com/verse
• Modern American Poetry
• Poets.org
• Poetry 180 A poem a day for American High Schools
• Poemhunter.com
• Representative Poetry Online (RPO)
• United States of Poetry
• Voice of the Shuttle (Hummanties Database)

Shakespeare & Chaucer

• Chaucer Metapage
• Folger Shakespeare Library
• Shakespeare
• Macbeth Shakespeare Online

Writing

• ASNE High School Journalism
• NewsDirectory
• OWL (Online Writing Lab)
• Ten Tips for Effective Writing
• Word of the Day
• Writing Center
• Writer's Web

History & Social Science

Constitution Day

• Annenberg Classroom
• Library of Congress Constitution Day Resources
• National Archives Observing Constitution Day
• National Constitution Center
• National Endowment For the Humanities

Economics

Search Economics Links using Google Custom Search

Custom Search

 

• "Age of Ambition" Article on Students and Public Service
• Corruption Index
• Country Reports Username: palyhigh Password: viking
• Background Notes Country Database from the State Department
• CIA World Factbook
• Earth Trends Environmental Information
• "Extra Helping" Article about KIVA
• Food and Agricultural Organization of the UN
• Human Development Report
• Human Development Report Animation
• InfoNation from the United Nations
• International Monetary Fund World Economic Outlook Database
• UNICEF
• World Health Organization

Custom Search

 

Economic Development Projects

• AIDS in Africa -- http://www.data.org/
• Appropriate technology – for ideas, Google search:  Appropriate technology
• Center for Disease Control -- CDC http://www.cdc.gov/
• Development Economic resources and sites http://faculty.oxy.edu/gsecondi/dev.html
• Doctors without Borders -- http://www.msf.org
• Ghana Bike Converstions http://www.patriensa.com/microenterprise/bicycle_repair.html
• Global Fund for Women -- http://globalfundforwomen.org
• Heifer Project  -- http://www.heifer.org
• Hope International--http://www.hopeinternational.org/
• International Rescue Committee (refugees) http://www.theirc.org/
• Micro lending:  Small loans to local people to start a business
  Kiva – www.Kiva.org
  Grameen Foundation – http://www.grameenfoundation.org or Google search
  Grameen + country name           
              http://www.yearofmicrocredit.org/
              http://www.planetfinance.org
• Namibian Bike Ambulance Project. http://bikecart.pedalpeople.com/namibia/
• Oxfam International -- http://www.oxfam.org
• Play Pumps--http://www.playpumps.org
• World Health Organization -- http://www.who.org
• World Vision --http://www.worldvision.org/

Elections

• NY Times Politics Section
• FactCheck.org
• Fox News Browse by Issue or Candidate
• Politico
• RealClearPolitics
• StraightfromtheSource Use the drop-down menu to pick your social issue i.e. abortion and find biased and ubiased websites
• Wall Street Journal Online Campaign 2008
• Washington Post Politics
• You Choose from Youtube Video
• Candidates@google Video

Foreign Policy

• Brookings Institute
• Council on Foreign Relations
• CATO Institute
• Hoover Institution and Policy Review Magazine
• Foreign Affairs from Council on Foreign Affairs
• Foreign Policy In Focus "Think Tank"
• Public Policy Experts Search
• World Directory of "Think Tanks"
• Worldpress.org News and views from around the world

Geography/Global Research

Search for basic information to get started

• ABC-Clio Social Studies Databases Student Username: pahsstudent Password: student
• Country Reports Username: palyhigh Password: viking.
• World Book Encyclopedia Advanced To use outside of Paly login pausd and password 94306

Search for News and Academic Journals

• ProQuest Database Use Login 99-79455 and Password bigchalk when outside of Paly
• JSTOR Database Username palyhs Password govikings
• AllAfrica Global Media
• BBC World News
• Directory of UN Declarations by Subject
• Google News World
• HURIDOCS Search over 4500 Human Rights Websites
• NGO Search Search for a Non-Government Organization by place and by pupose from the UN
• UN News Center
• Worldpress.org News and views from around the world

Search Global Links Using Google Custom Search

Custom Search

 

• Africa Renewal UN Publication
• Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
• Center for Genetics and Society
• Center for Strategic and International Studies Check out Global Challenges
• CIA World Factbook
• Background Notes Country Database from the State Department
• Earth Trends Environmental Information
• Federation of American Scientists
• Food and Agricultural Organization of the UN
• IUCN Redlist (International Conservation Union Endangered Species List)
• Inventory of Conflict and the Environment
• Medical News Today
• Maps
• Maps from US History
• Relief Web Current humanitarian relief information
• Stem Cell Articles from Washington Post
• Stem Cell Articles from NY Times
• UNESCO United Nationas Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization
• UNICEF
• World Health Organization
• YaleGlobal

 

Government

• City of Palo Alto
• Google Government Search
• Legislative InformationLibrary of Congress (Thomas)
• Santa Clara County
• State of California
• Supreme Court
• U.S. Census
• U.S. Government
• U.S. Government Guide for Students
• U.S. House of Representatives
• U.S. Senate
• White House

 

History

• Background Notes Country Database from the State Department
• CIA World Factbook
• Civil War Primary Source Documents
• Civil Rights Discussion Between MLK Jr. and LBJ
• Ethnic Studies
• Foreigin Policy.com
• History Matters
• Opposing Viewpoints (Public Library Card Needed for Access)
• StraightfromtheSource Use the drop-down menu to pick your social issue i.e. abortion and find biased and ubiased websites
• Timelines for History from InfoPlease Almanac
• US History Resource Center (Public Library Card Needed for Access)
• World History Matters
• World History Resource Center (Public Library Card Needed for Access)
• Women Studies Database

Sociology

• Google Government Search
• Opposing Viewpoints (Public Library Card Needed for Access)
• Social Science Issues
• Social Science Web Directory This is an international resource so specify country when searching. Use drop-down menu to choose sociology
• StraightfromtheSource Use the drop-down menu to pick your social issue i.e. abortion and find biased and ubiased websites
• Sociology Writing

Psychology

• Psychology websites

World Languages

• Languare Links: A New World of Understanding
• Translator Tool by Google

Mathematics

• Easy Calculation
• GoMath
• Math Forum
• Math History
• Mathwords Math Dictionary
• National Library of Virtual Manipulatives
• Roman Numeral Converter
• Webmath.com

Science

• Access Science (Public Library Card Needed for Access)
• 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

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

Career/Vocational Education/Living Skills

Foods

• Chow.com
• Epicurious

Business Law

• ProQuest Periodical and Newspaper Database Username 99-79455 Password bigchalk Search trade and consumer publications
• Reference USA(Public Library Card Needed for Access) Find out about individual businesses and search areas for business types

 

• 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

• Teen Health

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
• Lyrics World Song Lyrics By Decade
• Music Resource
• Negrospirituals.com

Theater

• Palo Alto Children's Theatre
• Performing Arts Career Guide

The Laramie Project

The Play

• NY Times Laramie Project Archive
• TIME Magazine on The Laramie Project
• YouTube Laramie Project HBO Movie Trailer

Matthew Shepard & Teaching Tolerance

• Matthew Shepard Foundation Embracing Diversity
• Teaching Tolerance Project

The Local Law Enforcement Hate Crimes Prevention Act of 2007 & Other Legislation

• Hate Crimes Statistics
• Human Rights Campaign Laws and Issues and Analysis of Shepard Act
• LA Times Article on recent school slaying and proposed CA law
• Matthew Shepard Local Law Enforcement Hate Crimes Prevention Act of 2007
  (Text of Senate Bill introduced in the 110th Congress)
• Update on Matthew Shepard Bill

Points of View

• Hatecrimes.org
• Focus on the Family
• Protest in Boston
• Patrick Buchanan on Hate Crime Legislation
• Westboro Baptist Church Protests News Article

Local Resources Supporting LQBTQQ Youth

• Outlet Supporting & Empowering LQBTQQ Youth & Outlet's Resources Links