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Biography
Famous African-Americans - http://www.haverhillpl.org/Teen/study/blackbiog.html
Mrs. Maunsell, St. Joseph's February 2004

Famous French Men & Women - http://www.haverhillpl.org/Teen/study/frenchbio.html
Mrs. Piazza, St. Joseph's  February 2004

InfoTrac Biography Resource Center - http://www.nmrls.org/reference/dbases.shtml#it
Use your library card number to access from home

The Internet Public Library Biography Resources - http://www.ipl.org/div/subject/browse/ref15.00.00/
Links compiled by the Internet Public Library

Biography.com - http://www.biography.com
Biography channel's website, containing short authoritative biographies

American Presidents - http://www.americanpresidents.org/
Entries for each president, based on C-SPANs documentary series

Women's International Center: Biographies - http://www.wic.org/bio/idex_bio.html
Database of women's biographies, maintained by Women's International Center, non-profit education and service foundation with a mission to acknowledge, honor and encourage women.

Famous Hispanics - http://coloquio.com/famosos/alpha.html
Database of 217 famous Hispanics

Countries and Cultures
European Countries Project - http://www.haverhillpl.org/Teen/study/country.html
Mrs. Bouchard's European Countries Project Nettle School, May 2004

Population Clock http://www.census.gov/main/www/popclock.html
Up to the moment estimates for United States and World Population

Atlpedia online - http://www.atlapedia.com/index.html
Countries A-Z database of statistics on people, geography, climate and more, plus full-color political and physical maps

CIA World Factbook - http://www.odci.gov/cia/publications/factbook/
Country profiles covering geography, people, government, communication, transportation, military, economy, and issues, plus flags and maps.

Geography
Wherever you go, there you are: books about place for teens - http://www.haverhillpl.org/Teen/lists/geog.html
Books about Place

MapQuest - http://www.mapquest.com
Online maps, including aerial photos, and driving directions

Perry-Castañeda Library Map Collection at UT - http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/index.html
Extensive online map collection

National Geographic  - http://www.nationalgeographic.com/
Magazine's website contains articles on geography, animals, travel, culture and more.

World Time Server - http://www.isbister.com/worldtime
Correct current local time from an atomic clock - find out what time it is anywhere in the world

World Flag Database - http://www.flags.net/
Flags from around the world

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Encyclopedias
Grolier - http://www.nmrls.org/reference/dbases.shtml#gro
Use your library card to access this online encyclopedia provided by NMRLS
 

English and Grammar
MLA Style Guide - Standard in style and format for research papers
Merriam-Webster Dictionary - Online dictionary and thesaurus with word games, vocabulary builders
InfoTrac Literary Criticisms - use your library card number to access from home
Copyright Website -Rules and laws of copyright and intellectual property

Environment
Sierra Club - http://www.sierraclub.org
Global and local environmental and conservation links

National Wildlife Federation - http://www.nwf.org
Environmental education site

Foreign Languages
Egyptian Hieroglyphics - http://ablemedia.com/ctcweb/consortium/bishopegyptalphabet.html
Egyptian alphabet page

Braille Alphabet - http://www.nbp.org/alph.html
26 letters plus numbers and punctuation

American Sign Language Alphabet - http://where.com/scott.net/asl/abc.html
Letter by letter finger spelling alphabet

The Human Languages Page - http://www.ilovelanguages.com/
Online resource for language

AltaVista Babelfish - http://babelfish.altavista.digital.com/translate.dyn
Online language translator

News & Current Events
ABC News - http://www.abc.com
American Broadcasting Corporation homepage

BBC News - http://bbc.com
British Broadcasting Association homepage

CNN News - http://www.cnn.com
CNN homepage

Weekly Reader - http://www.weeklyreader.com
News for teens and kids

New York Times - http://www.nytimes.com/learning
New York Times newspaper homepage

Haverhill Gazette - http://www.hgazette.com
Haverhill Gazette newspaper homepage

Eagle Tribune - http://www.eagletribune.com
Lawrence Eagle Tribune newspaper homepage

History
CAHO - Columbia American History Online - http://www.caho.columbia.edu/
Primary sources, online seminars and AP exam study questions

American History - http://odur.let.rug.nl/~usa/
A hypertext on American history from the colonial times to modern day

Civil War - http://www.civilwarhome.com
A comprehensive Civil War website

World War I - http://www.worldwar1.com
An Internet history of the Great War

Holocaust Cybrary - http://remember.org/
Online resources to remember the holocaust

Holocaust Links  - http://www.euronet.nl/users/jubo/holocaust.html
Booklist and recommended websites

Math
Math fiction - http://www.haverhillpl.org/Teen/lists/math.html
Booklist of math titles

Ask Dr. Math - http://forum.swarthmore.edu/dr.math/drmath.high.html
A searchable online library of questions and answers about arithmetic and mathematics, including history of math and biography of mathematicians, from Drexel University

A+ Math  - http://www.aplusmath.com/
Fun drills to improve math skills: flash cards, games and calculator

Multiplication Tables - http://www.sisweb.com/math/general/multiplytable.html
Grid up to twelve times twelve - site has links to other math resources

Fractals Lesson - http://math.rice.edu/~lanius/frac/
Interesting site on fractals

Museums
Library Museum Passes and Websites - http://www.haverhillpl.org/Services/museums.html
General information about museum passes, specific information about each pass, and links to museum homepages