Biography

Biography Websites from Alamo Heights HS

 

Business

Thomas Register of American Manufacturers

Business Week

Datek

Motley Fool

Hoovers

Morningstar

St. Ambrose University O'Keefe Library

 

Careers

Career Information System and Countdown
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Military Careers

Occupational Outlook Handbook

Career Guide to Industry

Illinois Workforce Information Gateway

Illinois Department of Employment Security (IDES)

America's JobBank

What Color is Your Parachute

The Riley Guide

Monster Network

Chicago Area Job Guide

Classified Adds
(from outside Chicago area newspapers)

Job Corps Centers

Find a Federal Government Job

America's Career InfoNet

Illinois Student Assistance Commision

Office of Federal Student Aid

ACT, Inc.

Student Gateway to U.S. Government

Office of Postsecondary Education

NCAA Guide for the Student Athlete

Peterson's Services

National Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators

Student Guide to Financial Aid

College Link

U.S. Department of Labor Employment Law Guide: Laws, Regulations, and Technical Assistance Services

 

Consumer Information

Fuel Economy

Kelley Blue Book

 

Directories

Citizens' Library of Illinois - Comprehensive Knowledge Service (Illinois CLICKS)

 

Education

Ask ERIC

Illinois School Report Card.

NCES Educational Statistics

North Central Association

Professional Certification

Starnet

U.S. Department of Education

 

English and Literature

Online Literary Criticism Collection

Shakespeare

 

Geography

World Climate

National Geographic Map Machine

Topographical maps (Topozone)

USGS Topographic Map Symbols

U.S. Gazetteer

 

Government

Find it Illinois

Illinois

Illinois General Assembly

Statistical Abstract of the United States

U.S. Census Bureau

United States Copyright Office

Tax Information

Official Federal Government Information

Government Information Services

United States House of Representatives

United States Senate

 

Health

Commission on Online Child Protection

Discovery Health

MedLINE

Nemours Foundation's Kid's Health

Physical Activity and Health, a Report of the Surgeon General

PubMED

 

History

American Civil War

Family History

Life Online

U.S. Census Bureau

 

Language

Ethnologue, languages of the World

 

Mathematics

Math Links Library

 

Multicultural

African American Sites

 

Newspapers

Chicago Sun-Times

Christian Science Monitor

Daily Gazette

Illinois Press Association

Los Angeles Times

The New York Times on the Web

Peoria Journal Star

Pioneer Planet (Minneapolis/St. Paul)

Quad-City Times

Rockford Register Star

USA Today

Wall Street Journal

Washington Post

 

Periodicals

Illinois Periodicals Online

Illinois History; a magazine for young people

Scientific American Archives

Science News

Technology and Learning

 

Pictures

NASA Image Exchange

Barewalls

 

Science

Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences (NOAA)

Earth Science and Biology (USGS)

Galileo Project

Geology

JPL Robotics

National Science Education Standards (NSES)

Wetlands

U.S. Forest Service

 

Science News

EurekAlert: Science: News
News for science, medicine and technolgy

Science Daily:
Breaking news about the latest discoveries

Scientific American:
Today's news

The Why Files; Science behind the News
News for science, medicine and technolgy

 

Search Engines

Teoma

Librarian's Index to the Internet

Alta Vista

Google

Lycos

Vivisimo

Query Server (metasearch tool)

IxQuick Metasearch (specifiy language)

 

Social Issues

Digital Freedom

 

Sports

International Olympics Committee

 

Study Skills

MLA Style and Formatting your Paper

Puzzlemaker

Sparknotes

 

Technology

Technogadgets:
information about gadgets

 

Teen Sites

SmartGirl

Student Law Center

Students on Copyright