Useful Links

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College Board SAT Info

General

100 Best Non-Fiction Books

100 Best Novels

Buffalo Public Libraries

Dictionary.com

FactMonster

Flash Earth

Internet Public Library [with section just for teens]

Buffalo Libraries "The Big Read" 

RefDesk.com

Students Voices- voice your opinion about current events

Search & Website Evaluation Info

Goodsearch.com [don’t forget to choose South Park as your charity]

Yippy [search engine clearinghouse]

Evaluating Web Pages

Tips for Evaluating Sources

Current Events

British Broadcasting Company (BBC) News

The Buffalo News

The New York Times

Time Magazine

The Wall Street Journal

The Washington Post

Fun & Games

30 Cool webcams

Academic Skill Builders [math games]

Animal Webcams

British Museum

Cool Math Games

Crypto Club [only works on FireFox]

CryptoKids

EarthCam

FreeRice [this is a quiz game that gives food to hungry children for every answer you get right!]

Help Find Genghis Khan!

How Stuff Works

Mental Floss

Mission US: For Crown or Colony?

National Geographic Channel

Noah Comprende (Spanish learning games)

QuizHub

The Problem Site

Treasures of the New York Public Library

Word Games (also has exotic alphabets and fun stuff like that)

Write Like a Babylonian

GettyGames [art games]

Writing Style Guides & Plagiarism

Citing Sources

American Psychological Association [APA] Style Guide

Purdue University

Sacramento State University

Modern Language Association [MLA] Style Guide

Purdue University

Sacramento State University

Glossary of Research Terms

Plagiarism FAQ

Citation Machine

Bibme.org

Academics

English/Literature

Bibliomania

British Library- Literature

Literature.org

The Phrase Finder

Poetry Writing Tips

Shakespeare and the Internet

Suggested Reading Lists (Incl. AP Lit)

Writing Guides

History/Social Studies

British Library- History

CIA World Factbook

Duke U. Digital Collections

Federal Citizen Information Center

Federal Bureau of Investigation

Library of Congress

The National Archives of the UK

US Government Telephone and Email Directories

WNY Legacy [history of our region]

Science

Action Bioscience

American Museum of Natural History

General Chemistry Online

Geology.com

NASA

Science.gov

Virtual Chembook

Center for Young Women's Health

Young Men's Health

Art

Art and Architecture Thesaurus Online

British Museum- Art & Images

Duke U. Digital Collections

Fashion-Era

Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History

The Web Gallery of Art

National Gallery of Art

Music

Classical.net

CreatingMusic.com

National Music Museum

Teoria (Music Theory)

Languages

Best French Websites

eLanguageSchool

iLoveLanguages

Languages Online