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Reference
on the Web
Biography
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- A&E's Biography Database
- Over
20,000 brief profiles with links to web sites.
- Biographical Dictionary
- 27,000
"notable men and women who have shaped our
world from ancient times to the present day."
- National Women's Hall of Fame
- Short
biographies of women who have been inducted into
the Hall of Fame.
- Biography.com
- A
database of 25,000 people - past and present
- Time
100: The most important People of the 20th Century
- Leaders
& Revolutionaries, artists & entertainers,
builders & titans, scientists & thinkers,
and heroes & icons.
- Biographies
- Historical
people in American History.
- Island
of Freedom
- Biographies
of nearly 100 theologians, philosophers, poets,
composers, and artists.
- MTV
- Includes
bios of bands and singers.
- National
Baseball Hall of Fame
- Hall
of famer biographies.
- Centurions
- From
the BBC, this site provides biographies of significant
people in the arts from the 20th century.
- Internet
Public Library Biographies
- Find
artists & Architects, Authors, Entertainers,
Musicians & Composers, Politicians & Rulers,
and Scientists & Inventors.
- PBS-History
- Contains
biographies of dozens of men and women whose lives
have shaped the course of history.
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- Nobel Prize Internet Archive
- Biographies
of Nobel Laureates.
- PBS
Online
- In-depth
information for over 53 famous people from history.
- Time Man of the Year Archive
- "For
each of the last 70 years, TIME has presented a
Man of the Year--the single person (man, woman or
even idea) who, for better or worse, has most influenced
events in the preceding year."
- Lives
- Links
to thousands of biographies, autobiographies, memoirs,
diaries, letters, narratives, oral histories and
more. Individual lives of the famous, the infamous,
and the not so famous. Group biographies about people
who share a common profession, historical era or
geography.
- People
Index
- Very
short biographies of people in world history. Especially
useful is the click-able timeline.
- Who's
Who in American History: Civil War to the Present
- Search
for famous Americans by name, era, or occupation.
There is also a photo gallery.
- Current
Biography Excerpts
- H.
W. Wilson provides online excerpts of athlete biographies
from its current Biography Yearbook.
- Top
North American Athletes of the Century
- From
ESPN, biographies of their choices for the 100 best
athletes of the 20th century.
- Hollywood.com
- Biographies
of celebrities in movies and TV are included.
- Gallery
of Achievers
- Biographies
of achievers of all fields from around the world.
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Language
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Reviews and Literary
Criticism
- Gale Index
- Gale's
Literary Index is a master index to the major
literature products published by Gale Group, Inc.
- Glossary of Poetic Terms
- "A
unique guide for the study of poetry"
- Internet Movie Database
- A
searchable site of movie reviews.
- Internet Public Library Literary
Criticism Collection
- "4241
critical and biographical websites about authors
and their works."
- PAL: Perspectives in American Literature,
A Research and Reference Guide
- An
ongoing online project by Paul P. Reuben, Department
of English, California State University Stanislaus.
- Pilot-Search:
A Literary Search Engine
- A
specialized search engine for literary web sites.
- SparksNotes
- Online
book study guides
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Writing Tools
- Grammar Bytes
- Includes
an index of grammar terms, interactive exercises,
handouts, and grammar rules.
- University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Grammar Handbook
- Explains
and illustrates basic rules.
- Modern
Language Association
- For
questions about documentation, check Frequently
Asked Questions about MLA Style.
- Purdue Online Writing Lab
- Resources
to help you become a better writer.
- Wordsmyth: the Educational Dictionary-Thesaurus
- An
American English dictionary with an integrated thesaurus,
"contains 50,000 headwords, and very precisely
defined and hyperlinked synonyms."
- Eduhound--Paraphrasing
the Right Way
- Learn
to borrow a source without plagiarizing by creating
your own rendtion of essential information and ideas
expressed by someone else, presented in a new form.."
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Quotes
- Annabelle's Quotation Guide
- Locate
a quotation by topic or keyword.
- Bartlett's Quotations
- The
19th edition (1919) of Bartlett's Familiar Quotations
- Quotations Page
- Search
by keyword, phrase, or author.
- Word a Day
- Web
site for the mailing list, "A. Word. A. Day."
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- Presidents
- American
Presidents Life Portraits
Grolier
presents the American Presidency-
- History of the White House
- Biographies
of presidents and first ladies.
- Lists
of U.S. Presidents
- Information
(including trivia) about all of the presidents.
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- POTUS (Presidents of the United States)
- "In
this resource you will find background information,
election results, cabinet members, notable events,
and some points of interest on each of the presidents."
- Federal
Government
- C-Span.org
- Congressional
Information Center
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- First Gov
- ".
. . the first-ever government website to provide .
. . one-stop access to all online U.S. Federal
Government resources."
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- Country
Information
- CIA World Factbook
- Reliable
information about the countries of the world.
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- Library of Congress Country Studies
- 100
detailed reports about the political, economic and
social institutions of a country.
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- National Geographic Index
- Online
index to the National Geographic Magazines
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- State Department Background Notes
- Background
information about countries provided by the
U.S. State Department
Maps
& Flags
- Flags
of All Countries
- Maps
of the States
- Outline
maps of the 50 states
- Map
Machine
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- Outline
Maps (Houghton Mifflin)
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- UN
Cartographic Maps
- More
than 100 General Maps are currently available. Maps
are in PDF format
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- States
Information
- Statistical Abstracts of the United
States
- Information
about population, infant mortality rates, doctors,
crime rate, poverty levels, education, and more.
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- All Fifty American States Home Page
- Connect
to the home page of each state in the Union.
- State
of Illinois
- Links
to the Illinois State Legislature
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- The Internet Public Library's Stately
Knowledge
- Facts
about the states and Washington D.C.
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- The National Atlas of the United
States
- Create
your own interactive map.
 Travel
- Fodor's
Travel Guides
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- Travel
Warnings & Consular Information Sheets
- Travel
warnings issued by the State Department
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More
web links to help you with your assignments!
Homework
Center: Check out this web page from the Multnomah County Library
in Oregon. There are a great number of good web links organized
by subject (from African-American Studies to Wars & World
History).
High
School Ace: The
High School Ace: The Academic Homepage for High School Students,
is a noncommercial portal to excellent free online academic
resources for high school students.
Answers
Unlimited...Ask a Librarian Live Online: Answers Unlimited is a pilot project of the North
Suburban Library System (NSLS). This service lets you ask questions
and get answers in real time.
Illinois
State Library: Illinois
State Library great information resources from FIND-IT!
ILLINOIS provided by Jesse White, Secretary of State and State
Librarian.
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