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 October 2007

 

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RELIABLE SEARCH ENGINES

 

GENERAL ENGLISH HISTORY
SCIENCE GEOGRAPHY ONLINE SUBSCRIPTIONS

 

GENERAL SEARCH ENGINES

InfoMine

Librarian approved sites

Librarian's Internet Index

Librarian approved sites

Internet Public Library:  Main Site

A virtual library online

Biography.com

25,000 biographical entries on famous individuals

Repository of Primary Sources

Hub to sites offering primary source material

Creative Commons

Copyright-friendly images, video, and audio

 

 

ENGLISH

Internet Public Library: Literary Criticism

Reviewed articles offering literary criticism of many classics

Full-Text Classics Find, read, and download classic books online

 

 

HISTORY

National Archives

Articles and primary sources from US history

Chronology of US Historical Documents

Primary source documents from throughout US history

American Memory Collection

Search the American Memory collection of history resources at the Library of Congress

 

 

SCIENCE

Scirus

Scientific journals and webpages

Why Files

Kid-friendly science articles - all published by Why Files

 

 

GEOGRAPHY

Merriam-Webster Atlas

Simple atlas of US states and foreign countries

National Geographic Xpedition Atlas

Black and white maps, made especially for printing (choose landscape)

 

 

RBHS ONLINE SUBSCRIPTIONS

InfoTrac:

Full text for over 180 periodicals, indexing and abstracts for 230

SIRS Researcher 

Full-text articles and Internet sources - science-focused

CQ Researcher:

In-depth, non-biased, comprehensive reports and analysis of issues in the news

Newsbank Infoweb

International and U.S. news

Chicago Tribune Online

1985-present

Chicago Tribune Historical Archive

1900-1984

Encyclopedia Britannica 

 

World BookOnline