Dewey Net Sources

The Dewey Decimal System is the method material is categorized in the library.  The Dewey Decimal System divides items into ten main categories.  Items are further divided within the category.  This system of organizing material  in the library keeps items that have similar subjects near each other on the shelves. 

000-099 Encyclopedias and General Subjects

Homework Helpers

• About.com Homework Help
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• Bigchalk's Homework Central  this site links to sites that can help students with their homework
• BJ Pinchbeck's Homework Helper- the webmaster of this site is a teenager who wanted to make it easier for students to find "real good educational links."
• High School Ace- a free online interactive learning center for high school students.
• Internet Search Tools - this links to the major search engines and directories
• Lifelines   Homework resources for parents and librarians to help students in grades 5-12.
• Librarians Index to the Internet - these are librarian-selected resources on a wide range of topics.
• Multnomah County Library Homework Center designed for K-12 students to help with all subjects.
• Regents Prep this has practice regents in all subjects and review material.

• Encyclopedia.com - Free articles from the Columbia Concise Encyclopedia and links to web sites.
• Encarta Online- abridged version of Encarta
• Information Please Encyclopedia- gives access to more than 57,000 articles from the Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition.
• Medline Plus - medical encyclopedia

100-199 Philosophy and Psychology

Philosophy

• Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy  -Articles on philosophers and movements. There is an ABC Table of Contents option, search term option, a timeline of Western philosophy button, and a keyword button.

200-299  Religion and Mythology

Religion

• Belief Systems -Regents prep review of the World Beliefs Systems.
• Internet Public Library's Religion Page - links to reviewed sites on religion.
• Virtual Religion Index- this is an index to religion-related websites.  They have down the work of analyzing  websites so that they highlight the important content of religion-related websites.

Mythology

• Encyclopedia Mythica -The Encyclopedia Mythica is an online encyclopedia on mythology, folklore, and legends. It currently contains over 6,100 entries on gods and goddesses, heroes, legendary creatures and beings from all over the world
• Bulfinch Mythology
• The Perseus Digital Library

300-399 Social Sciences

News

• BBC News- World news service from London.
• CNN News- CNN News' homepage with links to current news stories.
• Newsweek-
• New York Times- a link to the New York Times online.
• Local Papers- Times Union and Bennington Banner - There is access to the current day's paper as well as back issues.
• Newspapers Around the Country- A map of the United States lets your access local papers from around the country.
• Newspapers Around the World- This  is the Internet Public Library's link to online newspapers from around the world
• .Time Magazine- Time Magazine's homepage with links to current news stories.
• USA Today-  The nation's newspaper.

400-499 Language

Dictionaries

• Merriam-Webster Dictionary and Thesaurus - Online dictionary and thesaurus!
• Information Please Dictionary and Encyclopedia
• Medical Dictionary- allows you to access doctor-produced Health and Medical information written for you.  Besides a medical terms dictionary this site also includes links to to the following:  Diseases & Conditions, Symptoms & Signs, Procedures & Tests, and  Medications.
• Law Dictionary- Quick and easy access to legal definitions.
• Rhyme Zone- Find a word's rhymes, synonyms, definitions, and more.

Spanish

• CNN in Spanish-CNN news in Spanish.

Other Languages

• Human Languages Page- The iLoveLanguage is a a comprehensive catalog of language-related Internet resources that have been hand-reviewed.

500-599  Natural Science

Astronomy

• Astronomy Magazine online version of the magazine.

Biology, Chemistry, and Physics

• CHEMystery -An interactive guide to understanding chemistry.
• Fear of Physics- Breaks the subject of physics by topic and provides visual examples of each topic.
• Librarians Index to the Internet - Click on Science link then Chemistry for many well-reviewed sites, by Library of California
• The Physics Classroom- This site includes physics tutorial, a multimedia physics studio, and physics help desk.

General Science-

Science Fair Projects

• Chicago Public Library Science Fair Page-The Chicago Public Library has pulled together various resources to help a student with a science fair project
• Science Fairs Homepage- This page is designed to help students decide on a topic for a science fair project.
• Science Fair Project Resource Guide- Internet Public Library's Science Fair project resource guide.
• The Ultimate Science Fair Resource- This site has links to project steps, project hints, writing the report, display boards, and an  idea bank by topic

Math

• Tools for Understanding Math

600-699 Technology

• Barbara J. Feldman's Newletter Surfing the Net with Kids: Inventing
• Explore Invention- The Lemelson Center for the Study of Invention and Innovation is part of the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History
• Famous Inventions A-Z
• Inventors Museum- Inventors and their inventions are organized into categories
• Lemelson-MIT Invention Dimension- A different invention and inventor is profiled each week.  Archives can be browsed alphabetically by inventor or by category of invention.
• MedlinePlus-The first place to go for patient education on the Internet. Compiled by the National Library of Medicine. Current, accurate and dependable
• NOAH: New York Online Access to Health Another excellent site for information on a number of diseases and conditions. From the New York metropolitan area medical library community.
• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
• Food and Drug Administration

700-799

Art Museums in the United States

• Metropolitan Museum of Art - New York, NY.
• Museum of Modern Art - New York, NY.
• National Museum of American Art - Washington, DC.
• National Gallery of Art - Washington, DC
• Cleveland Museum of Art - Cleveland, Ohio. Art from Ancient Egypt to the present.

Museums around the World

• Tate Gallery - London, England. British art and international modern art.
• National Gallery - London, England. The British national collection of Western European painting.
• Museo Nacional del Prado - Madrid, Spain. Site available in both Spanish and English versions.
• Galleria degli Uffizi - Florence, Italy. Site available in both Italian and English.
• Musee du Louvre - Paris, France. Available in French, Spanish and English.

800-899 Literature

• Barlett's Familiar Quotation
• Beyond the Movie Focuses on The Lord of the Rings

• Internet Public Library (IPL) Literary Criticism  

• Classic Notes

•  Norton Websource for English Literature

• Norton Websource for American Literature    

• Douglass : Archives of American Public Address

• Great American Speeches: 80 Years o f Political Oratory

• The History Place: Great Speeches Collection

• Gifts of Speech

900-999 History, Geography, and Biography

• State Department Background Notes 

•  Electronic Embassy 

•  Holocaust

•  Civil War 

• Civil War

•  Civil War Phots for Library of Congress

• American Memory Historical Collection for the National  Digital Library  

• Founding Fathers

• National Archives

• Signers of the Declaration of Independence 

• Signers of the Declaration of Independence

•  Colonial Hall

• Lady Liberty

• Ellis Island

• US Supreme Court Database
• FindLaw: Supreme Court Opinions
• Legal Information Institute: Supreme Court Collection

Biographical

• Einstein: Image and Impact

Last updated September 2006