Arts

Websites

• Biographies of Famous Artists
• Metropolitan Museum of Art
• Museum of Fine Arts Boston
• National Gallery of Art

Biographies

• Biographical Dictionary
• Academy of Achievement: Biographical information on people in the The Arts, Business, Public Service, Science & Exploration or Sports.
• American History Biographies: 92 Biographies on historical figures from the Revolution to Reconstruction and beyond.
• Search for Anyone at Biography.com: Find written informaton and video clips about famous people.

Foreign Language

• Mango Languages - Learn to speak one of 63 languages using this online resource accessible with your Beaman Library card. You will progress through lessons that include seeing the language in print, hearing a native speaker, and learning phrases commonly used when traveling.

General Reference

• Citation Machine
• Easy Bib
• Fact Monster
• Reference.com
• RefSeek.com - Searches more than one billion documents, including web pages, books, encyclopedias, journals, and newspapers.
• Wikipedia Library
• World Atlas and Map Library

History & Social Science

• Ben's Guide to U.S. Government for Middle School: Provides links to historical documents, information about our nation, branches of the government, how laws are made, the election process, citizenship and national vs. state government.
• Historical Documents through the ages - Full text version of historical documents
• The National Archives: Search for historical documents, primary sources, motion picture films, maps, charts, sound and video recordings.
• Library of Congress: American Memory- This site offers a storehouse of information. Search the collections, go to the learning page or access the global gateway with links to cultures and additional resources.
• Massachusetts History Online Accessible with your valid Beaman Library card.
  
• The White House: Keep up with current events and issues in the news, take a virtual tour of The White House, or find out about pending legislation.

Language Arts

• A+ Research & Writing for high school and college students.
• Elements of Style Online
• Fact Monster Writing Skills Page:Tips for writing an essay.
• One Look Dictionary Search (search 118 dictionaries at once)
• Poetry 180: a poem a day
• Rhyming Dictionary
• Spark Notes: Search books alphabetically to find a book summary, analysis and study tools.
• Thesaurus.com

Math

Science

• Amusement Park Physics
• The Animal Diversity Web is an online database of animal natural history, distribution, classification and conservation biology from the University of Michigan.
• Design Squad from PBS
• Environmental Science from the EPA
• Global Warming from the Cato Institute represents the view of skeptics
• Eric Weisstein's World of Science featuring Astronomy, Math, Chemistry & Physics
• How Stuff Works
• Science Project Resources
• United States Global Change Research
• Working Together for the Environment and the Economy: a nonpartisan source for information on climate change
 

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