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Alabama

AlabamaMosaic
AlabamaMosaic is a repository of digital materials on Alabama's history, culture, places, and people.
http://www.alabamamosaic.org/

Encyclopedia of Alabama
The Encyclopedia of Alabama is a free, online reference resource on Alabama’s history, culture, geography, and natural environment.
http://www.encyclopediaofalabama.org/face/Home.jsp

America - 1930s

America in the 1930s
http://xroads.virginia.edu/~1930s/front.html

EyeWitness to History - America in the 1930s
http://www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/snprelief.htm

Library of Congress - America from the Great Depression to World War II
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/fsowhome.html

Middle Ages

Destiny
https://mcpss.follettdestiny.com/cataloging/servlet/presentadvancedsearchredirectorform.do?l2m=Library%20Search&tm=TopLevelCatalog

Biomes

World's Biomes (University of California Museum of Paleontology)
http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/glossary/gloss5/biome/index.html

WorldBiomes.com
http://www.worldbiomes.com/

Biomes of the World (Missouri Botanical Gardens)
http://www.mbgnet.net/

Major Biomes of the World (Fact Monster)
http://www.factmonster.com/ipka/A0769052.html

Encyclopaedia Britannica
http://school.eb.com/

America (Roaring 20s/Jazz Age)

PBS KIDS GO! JAZZ
http://pbskids.org/jazz/

Sacco-Vanzetti Trial
http://www.law.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/FTrials/SaccoV/SaccoV.htm

Warren G. Harding
http://www.whitehouse.gov/history/presidents/wh29.html

Warren G. Harding
http://millercenter.org/academic/americanpresident/harding

Calvin Coolidge
http://www.whitehouse.gov/history/presidents/cc30.html

Calvin Coolidge
http://millercenter.org/academic/americanpresident/coolidge

The Ohio Gang
http://www.ohiohistorycentral.org/entry.php?rec=2086

Teapot Dome Scandal
http://www.senate.gov/artandhistory/history/minute/Senate_Investigates_the_Teapot_Dome_Scandal.htm

Teapot Dome Scandal
http://www.americanheritage.com/people/articles/web/20080103-teapot-dome-scandal.shtml

Henry Ford
http://www.hfmgv.org/EXHIBITS/HF/

Flappers
http://students.umf.maine.edu/mccormka/public.www/history/index.htm

Flappers
http://history1900s.about.com/od/1920s/a/flappers.htm

Film History of the 1920s
http://www.filmsite.org/20sintro.html

Hollywood Images 1920s
http://www.trinity.edu/jdunn/oldhollywood.htm

Baseball Hall of Fame (Babe Ruth)
http://www.baseballhalloffame.org/hofers/detail.jsp?playerId=121578

Baseball Almanac (Babe Ruth)
http://www.baseball-almanac.com/players/player.php?p=ruthba01

Harlem Renaissance
http://www.jcu.edu/harlem/#

Library of Congress (Great War & Jazz Age 1914 - 1928)
http://www.americaslibrary.gov/cgi-bin/page.cgi/jb/jazz

19th Amendment (Women's Right to Vote 1920)
http://www.ourdocuments.gov/doc.php?flash=true&doc=63

19th Amendment
http://www.archives.gov/exhibits/featured_documents/amendment_19/

Digital History (The American 1920s)
http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/database/subtitles.cfm?TitleID=67

Al Capone
http://www.chicagohs.org/history/capone.html

Federal Bureau of Investigation (Biography of Al Capone)
http://www.fbi.gov/libref/historic/famcases/capone/capone.htm

Scopes Trial
http://www.law.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/scopes/scopes.htm

Civics

Our Courts: 21st Century Civics
Justice Sandra Day O'Connor welcomes middle school students and teachers to explore free interactive civics resources.
http://www.ourcourts.org/

Civil Rights Movement

Free at Last (A publication of the U.S. Civil Rights Movement produced by the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of International Information Programs)
http://www.america.gov/publications/books-content/free-at-last.html

US Government & Politics Lesson: The Civil Rights Movement
http://www.montereyinstitute.org/courses/American%20Government/course%20files/multimedia/lesson39/lessonp.html?showTopic=2

Eyes on the Prize: America's Civil Rights Movement 1954 - 1985
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/eyesontheprize/story/index.html

The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History: The Civil Rights Movement
http://www.gilderlehrman.org/historynow/06_2006/index.php

A "Civil Rights" Unit by the National Visionary Leadership Project
http://www.visionaryproject.org/student/index.html

Voices of Civil Rights
http://www.voicesofcivilrights.org/index.html

The Civil Rights Movement (Encyclopedia Britannica)
http://school.eb.com/all/eb/article-9082763?query=civil%20rights%20movement&ct=

World Book Student Encyclopedia (Articles related to the Civil Rights Movement)

Remember, to access from home you must sign in.

Username: phillips      Password: Library

http://www.worldbookonline.com/student/relatedinfo?id=ar116999&ed=na&mt=cs#encyclopedia

The Civil Rights Era (Parts 1 & 2)(African American Odyssey/The Library of Congress)
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/aaohtml/exhibit/aopart9.html

Martin Luther King, Jr. Remembered (Video from National Geographic)
http://video.nationalgeographic.com/video/player/news/history-archaeology-news/mlk-day-vin.html

Civil Rights Timeline (1948 - 2009)
http://www.infoplease.info/spot/civilrightstimeline1.html

Civil Rights Timeline (Detailed account of the legislative process of the Civil Rights Movement from 1963 to 1965)
http://www.congresslink.org/civilrights/aboutproject.htm

The Library of America presents the Reporting Civil Rights (This site is a companion to the books "Reporting Civil Rights." It presents the reporters and journalism of the American Civil Rights Movement)
http://reportingcivilrights.loa.org/

America in Ferment: The Tumultuous 1960s (Digital History: Using New Technologies to Enhance the Teaching and Research)(Online American History Textbook)
http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/database/article_display.cfm?HHID=357

Civil Rights (LBJ Library and Museum/LBJ for Kids)
http://www.lbjlib.utexas.edu/johnson/lbjforkids/civil.shtm

eBooks (Eyewitness Books: Animals)

Bird
http://galenet.galegroup.com/servlet/eBooks?ste=22&docNum=CX2595599999&q=philms

Amphibian
http://galenet.galegroup.com/servlet//eBooks?ste=22&docNum=CX2595199999&q=philms

Butterfly & Moth
http://galenet.galegroup.com/servlet//eBooks?ste=22&docNum=CX2595699999&q=philms

Dinosaur
http://galenet.galegroup.com/servlet//eBooks?ste=22&docNum=CX2596199999&q=philms

Fish
http://galenet.galegroup.com/servlet//eBooks?ste=22&docNum=CX2596599999&q=philms

Horse
http://galenet.galegroup.com/servlet//eBooks?ste=22&docNum=CX2596999999&q=philms

Human Body
http://galenet.galegroup.com/servlet//eBooks?ste=22&docNum=CX2597099999&q=philms

Insect
http://galenet.galegroup.com/servlet//eBooks?ste=22&docNum=CX2597299999&q=philms

Mammal
http://galenet.galegroup.com/servlet//eBooks?ste=22&docNum=CX3478199999&q=philms

Reptile
http://galenet.galegroup.com/servlet//eBooks?ste=22&docNum=CX2598599999&q=philms

Shark
http://galenet.galegroup.com/servlet//eBooks?ste=22&docNum=CX2598899999&q=philms

Skeleton
http://galenet.galegroup.com/servlet//eBooks?ste=22&docNum=CX2599099999&q=philms

Whale
http://galenet.galegroup.com/servlet//eBooks?ste=22&docNum=CX2599799999&q=philms

eBooks (Eyewitness Books: History)

American Revolution
http://galenet.galegroup.com/servlet//eBooks?ste=22&docNum=CX2595099999&q=philms

Arms & Armour
http://galenet.galegroup.com/servlet//eBooks?ste=22&docNum=CX2595399999&q=philms

Castle
http://galenet.galegroup.com/servlet//eBooks?ste=22&docNum=CX2595799999&q=philms

Civil War
http://galenet.galegroup.com/servlet//eBooks?ste=22&docNum=CX2595899999&q=philms

Early Humans
http://galenet.galegroup.com/servlet//eBooks?ste=22&docNum=CX2596399999&q=philms

Explorer
http://galenet.galegroup.com/servlet//eBooks?ste=22&docNum=CX2596499999&q=philms

Mythology
http://galenet.galegroup.com/servlet//eBooks?ste=22&docNum=CX2597799999&q=philms

North American Indian
http://galenet.galegroup.com/servlet//eBooks?ste=22&docNum=CX2597899999&q=philms

Olympic Games
http://galenet.galegroup.com/servlet//eBooks?ste=22&docNum=CX2598099999&q=philms

Pirate
http://galenet.galegroup.com/servlet//eBooks?ste=22&docNum=CX2598199999&q=philms

Shipwreck
http://galenet.galegroup.com/servlet//eBooks?ste=22&docNum=CX2598999999&q=philms

Titantic
http://galenet.galegroup.com/servlet//eBooks?ste=22&docNum=CX2599299999&q=philms

Viking
http://galenet.galegroup.com/servlet//eBooks?ste=22&docNum=CX2599499999&q=philms

World War I
http://galenet.galegroup.com/servlet//eBooks?ste=22&docNum=CX2599899999&q=philms

World War II
http://galenet.galegroup.com/servlet//eBooks?ste=22&docNum=CX2599999999&q=philms

Knight
http://galenet.galegroup.com/servlet//eBooks?ste=22&docNum=CX2597599999&q=philms

Electromagnetic Spectrum

NASA's Imagine the Universe! Electromagnetic Spectrum
http://imagine.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/science/know_l1/emspectrum.html

Electromagnetic Spectrum
http://www.lbl.gov/MicroWorlds/ALSTool/EMSpec/EMSpec2.html

The Electromagnetic Spectrum
http://science.hq.nasa.gov/kids/imagers/ems/index.html

What Wavelength Goes With a Color?
http://eosweb.larc.nasa.gov/EDDOCS/Wavelengths_for_Colors.html

Catch the Wave!
http://amazing-space.stsci.edu/resources/explorations/light/ems-frames.html

Marshall Cavendish Digital (Electromagnetic Spectrum)
http://www.marshallcavendishdigital.com/mcdigitalhome

Eyewitness Animal Books

Gale Reference Library
http://infotrac.galegroup.com/itweb/philms

Holocaust

Encyclopaedia Britannica's Reflections on the Holocaust
http://www.school.eb.com/holocaust

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
http://www.ushmm.org/wlc/article.php?lang=en&ModuleId=10005143

Encyclopaedia Brittanica
http://school.eb.com/

Genetic Disorders

National Human Genome Research
http://www.genome.gov/

Medline Plus Encyclopedia
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/encyclopedia.html

Genetic Disorders Library (University of Utah)
http://learn.genetics.utah.edu/content/disorders/whataregd/

Diseases and Disorders (Marshall Cavendish Digital Online)
http://www.marshallcavendishdigital.com/encnav/Diseases-and-Disorders.36

The Basics on Genes and Genetic Disorders (TeensHealth)
http://kidshealth.org/teen/your_body/health_basics/genes_genetic_disorders.html

Gale Virtual Reference Library (AVL)
http://go.galegroup.com/ps/start.do?p=GVRL&u=avlr&authCount=1

Student Research Center
http://web.ebscohost.com/src/search?vid=3&sst=T&hid=103&sid=92f1eb10-9858-4ef7-bd4e-52ffa4a2f196%40sessionmgr104

International Studies

International Gourmet Recipes for Kids
http://www.kids-cooking-activities.com/international-gourmet-recipes.html

World of Tastes
Recipes from select countries around the world.
http://www.topics-mag.com/foods/world-of-food.htm

The World Factbook
https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/index.html

Encyclopaedia Britannica
http://school.eb.com/

National Geographic
http://www.nationalgeographic.com

Peoples of Europe (Marshall Cavendish Digital Reference Database)
http://www.marshallcavendishdigital.com/encnav/Peoples-of-Europe.22

Peoples of the Americas (Marshall Cavendish Digital Reference Database)
http://www.marshallcavendishdigital.com/encnav/Peoples-of-the-Americas.21

World Book Online Student Encyclopedia
http://www.worldbookonline.com/student/home

Inventors/Inventions

Encyclopaedia Britannica Online Middle School Edition
http://school.eb.com/comptons

World Book Student Encyclopedia
http://www.worldbookonline.com/student/home

National Inventors Hall of Fame
http://www.invent.org/hall_of_fame/1_1_search.asp

MIT Invention Dimension
http://web.mit.edu/invent/i-archive.html

The Great Idea Finder
http://www.ideafinder.com/history/index.html

Just for Teens!

Flamingnet Book Reviews
U.S. CIVIL WAR BOOKS AND MORE Learn More Flamingnet is a nonprofit website where students review preteen, teen, and young adult books for you. Who better to tell you if a book is worth reading, than those for whom the book is written.
http://www.flamingnet.com/

TeenReads
Teenreads.com brings teens info and features about their favorite authors, books, series and characters. Thoughtful book reviews, compelling features, in-depth author profiles and interviews, excerpts of the hottest new releases, literary games and contests, and more with readers every week. Teenreads.com is THE place online for teens to talk about their fave books --- and find the hippest new titles!
http://www.teenreads.com/

New York Public Library Teen Link
http://teenlink.nypl.org/index.html

Internet Public Library TeenSpace
http://www.ipl.org/div/teen/

Digital Book Talks
http://www.digitalbooktalk.com/

Guys Read!
http://www.guysread.com/

Teen Ink
http://teenink.com/

NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month)
http://ywp.nanowrimo.org/

Marshall Cavendish Digital Online Databases

Aquatic World
http://www.marshallcavendishdigital.com/encnav/Aquatic-World.13

Diseases and Disorders
http://www.marshallcavendishdigital.com/encnav/Diseases-and-Disorders.36

The Elements
http://www.marshallcavendishdigital.com/encnav/Elements.38

Exploring Ancient Civilizations
http://www.marshallcavendishdigital.com/encnav/Exploring-Ancient-Civilizations.17

Exploring the Middle Ages
http://www.marshallcavendishdigital.com/encnav/Exploring-the-Middle-Ages.18

Habitats of the World
http://www.marshallcavendishdigital.com/encnav/Habitats-of-the-World.39

How It Works
http://www.marshallcavendishdigital.com/encnav/How-It-Works.7

Peoples of Europe
http://www.marshallcavendishdigital.com/encnav/Peoples-of-Europe.22

Peoples of the Americas
http://www.marshallcavendishdigital.com/encnav/Peoples-of-the-Americas.21

Renaissance and Reformation
http://www.marshallcavendishdigital.com/encnav/Renaissance-and-Reformation.29

Technology and Applied Sciences
http://www.marshallcavendishdigital.com/encnav/Technology-and-Applied-Sciences.25

World War II
http://www.marshallcavendishdigital.com/encnav/World-War-II.28

Pirates!

Queen Anne's Revenge
http://www.ah.dcr.state.nc.us/qar/

Expedition Whydah
http://www.whydah.com/

National Geographic Pirates!
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/pirates/

Pirates: Fact & Legend
http://www.piratesinfo.com/

Time Pirate Adventure National Maritime Museum
http://www.portcities.org.uk/london/server.php?show=ConPackage.20

The Pirates Realm
http://www.thepiratesrealm.com/

Pirates by Celia Rees
http://www.celiarees.co.uk/

Poetry

Favorite Poem Project (Americans Saying Poems They Love
http://www.favoritepoem.org/

Poetry 180
A poem a day for American high schools
http://www.loc.gov/poetry/180/

Giggle Poetry
http://www.gigglepoetry.com/

The Children's Poetry Archive
http://www.poetryarchive.org/childrensarchive/home.do

LitFinder on the AVL
http://www.litfinder.com/home.asp

Poem Hunter
http://www.poemhunter.com

Presidents (United States)

About the White House Presidents
http://www.whitehouse.gov/about/presidents/

Library of Congress: Presidents of the United States: Resource Guides
http://www.loc.gov/rr/program/bib/presidents/index.html

World Book Online Student: Biography Center: United States Presidents
http://www.worldbookonline.com/student/biocentersearch?id=all#uspresidents

World Book Online Advanced: Primary Sources: Presidential Papers
http://www.worldbookonline.com/advanced/search?&st1=presidents&searchprop=ft&ht=2581,1849,3,0,3392,50727,4,321,24,6,287,10,6447,104,30,3,2,56&mt=pp&page=ps&searchprop=ft

Encyclopedia Britannica Profiles the American Presidents
http://school.eb.com/presidents

C-SPAN's American Presidents: Life Portraits
http://www.americanpresidents.org/

Internet Public Library: POTUS (Presidents of the United States)
http://www.ipl.org/div/potus/

History Channel: American Presidents
http://www.history.com/presidents

Presidents of the United States
http://www.presidentsusa.net/

Recommended Websites

KidsReads
http://www.kidsreads.com/

Kids' Zone
http://nces.ed.gov/nceskids/index.asp

LOC and Read.gov

The Library of Congress has launched a new multimedia website that offers resources designed to encourage the reading of books and to interest users in learning about the authors and illustrators who create them.

One of the highlights of the site is "The Exquisite Corpse Adventure."  The first episode was read by its author, Jon Scieszka, during the National Book Festival.

http://www.read.gov

NaNoWriMo

A must for all you future novelists!

http://ywp.nanowrimo.org/

Research/Reference Tools

Alabama Virtual Library
The Alabama Virtual Library is a research tool funded by the state of Alabama.  You must have an AVL card with username and password to access AVL resources from your home computer.  AVL cards are free and can be issued at your school or public library.
http://www.avl.lib.al.us

Mobile Public Library
http://www.mplonline.org

Live Homework Help
Free online help from real tutors. Click on the link to see a powerpoint presentation that describes what "Live Homework Help" is and how it can be used.
http://aplsnew-web.apls.state.al.us/aplsnew/patrons/homework/index.html

Alabama Mosaic
http://www.alabamamosaic.org/index.php

Library of Congress American Memory
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/

SIRs Discoverer Database
http://discoverer.prod.sirs.com/discoweb/disco/do/frontpage

Encyclopaedia Britannica
To access Encyclopedia Britannica from your home computer you must have an AVL card with username and password.  AVL cards can be issued at your school or public library.
http://school.eb.com/comptons

EasyBib (Citing Resources)
http://www.easybib.com/reference/

Citation Machine (Citing Resources)
http://citationmachine.net/

Merriam-Webster Dictionary
http://www.merriam-webster.com/

The Internet Public Library
http://www.ipl.org/

America's Story
America's Story from The Library of Congress
http://www.americaslibrary.gov/cgi-bin/page.cgi

The Library of Congress
http://www.loc.gov/index.html

Merriam Webster
http://www.merriam-webster.com/

This Goodly Land: Alabama's Literary Landscape
A literary map linking Alabama authors to the areas in the state that are significant to them. It is also an online reference work which provides information about Alabama writers and their work.
http://alabamaliterarymap.org/

Mobile Public Library
http://www.mplonline.org

BrainyQuote
http://www.brainyquote.com/

Bartleby
The preeminentn Internet publisher of literature, reference and verse providing students, researchers and the intellectually curious with unlimited access to books and information on the web, free of charge.
http://www.bartleby.com/

World Book Web

To access the World Book Web Online from your home computer you will need to enter the following username and password.

Username:  phillips Password:  library 

http://www.worldbookonline.com

Marshall Cavendish Digital Databases

To access the Marshall Cavendish Digital Databases from your home computer you will need to enter the following username and password.

Username:  phillips Password:  library 

http://www.marshallcavendishdigital.com

netTrekker

Students: To access netTrekker log in at school and home using your state student ID number as your username and the password "mobile" as you do for Renaissance Place.

Teachers:  Use your MCPSS employee ID number plus"@mcpss.com" as your username, and the password "mobile."

(Example)  Username:  1234@mcpss.com password:  mobile

http://school.nettrekker.com

ALEX (Alabama Learning Exchange) Kids Web Links
http://alex.state.al.us/student_weblinks.php

Science Fair

Science Buddies
http://www.sciencebuddies.org/mentoring/project_ideas.shtml

All Science Fair Projects
Science Fair Projects with complete instructions.
http://www.all-science-fair-projects.com/

Super Science Fair Project Ideas, Topics, & Experiments
http://www.super-science-fair-projects.com/

Science Fair Projects
http://www.terimore.com/

Science Fair Projects World
http://www.sciencefair-projects.org/

Science Fair Central
http://school.discovery.com/sciencefaircentral/

Cool Science Fair Projects
http://www.cool-science-projects.com/index.html

Science Fair Project Resource Guide
http://www.ipl.org/youth/projectguide/gettingstarted.html

Mad Science Network
http://www.madsci.org/

How Products are Made
http://www.madehow.com/

Science Fair Project Resource Guide
http://www.ipl.org/div/kidspace/projectguide/

Science Buddies
http://www.sciencebuddies.org/

Science Online Database

User name: phillips

Password: library

http://www.fofweb.com/Direct2.asp?ItemID=WE40&ID=103098

Search Engines & Subject Directories

Google
http://www.google.com

Good Search
http://www.goodsearch.com

Ask
http://www.ask.com

Ask for Kids
http://www.askforkids.com

Yahooligans
http://www.yahooligans.com

Kids Click
http://www.kidsclick.org

September 11, 2001

National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States
http://www.9-11commission.gov/

September 11 Digital Archive
http://911digitalarchive.org/

September 11 News
http://www.september11news.com/

National September 11 Memorial & Museum
http://www.national911memorial.org/site/PageServer?pagename=New_Home

World Trade Center (Britannica)
http://school.eb.com/all/eb/article-9077497?query=World%20Trade%20Center&ct=null

SPACE

NASA
http://www.nasa.gov/audience/forstudents/index.html

Encyclopaedia Brittanica
http://school.eb.com/

Exploring the Planets (Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum)
http://www.nasm.si.edu/research/ceps/etp/etp.htm

Astronomy "Picture of the Day" Archive
http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/archivepix.html

Space.com
http://www.space.com

World Book Student Encyclopedia
http://www.worldbookonline.com/student/home

World Book Web

World Book Kids Encyclopedia
http://www.worldbookonline.com/kids/Home

World Book Student Encyclopedia
http://www.worldbookonline.com/student/home

World Book Advanced Encyclopedia
http://www.worldbookonline.com/advanced/home

World War II

World War II Timeline
http://history.sandiego.edu/gen/WW2Timeline/

World War Two
http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/worldwars/wwtwo/

The Second World War
http://ehistory.osu.edu/osu/mmh/ww2/index.cfm

The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
http://www.ushmm.org/wlc/en/?gclid=CKvJ-u-d-5ACFTaEOAodYw022A

Women Come to the Front (Journalists, Photgraphers & Broadcasters During WWII
http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/wcf/wcf0001.html

Eyewitness to World War II
http://www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/w2frm.htm

Encyclopaedia Britannica
http://school.eb.com/

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
http://www.ushmm.org/wlc/article.php?lang=en&ModuleId=10005143

Reflections on the Holocaust
http://www.school.eb.com/holocaust

Marshall Cavendish Digital (World War II)
http://www.marshallcavendishdigital.com/encnav/World-War-II.28

World Book Web
http://www.worldbookonline.com/student/home