Resources by Subject

Art History

UMass Art History Program - The discipline of Art History examines visual culture and the built environment within their social and historical contexts.

National Gallery of Art - From Byzantine altarpieces to pop art, learn all about paintings, sculpture, prints, drawings, photographs, and other works in the collection.

Fine Arts museum of San Francisco - The Legion of Honor displays an impressive collection of 4,000 years of ancient and European art in an unforgettable setting overlooking the Golden Gate Bridge.

The Getty Center - A cultural and philanthropic institution dedicated to critical thinking in the presentation, conservation, and interpretation of the world's artistic legacy.

The Kemper Museum - This website is designed to help you learn more about the Kemper Museum, its permanent collection, special exhibitions, educational programs, the celebrated Café Sebastienne, and more.

The Los Angeles County Museum of Art

Museum of Contemporary Art - The Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago offers exhibitions of the most thought-provoking art created since 1945.

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General

Education Index - Education is hard, but thankfully Education Index is very simple. Read reviews of schools and universities across America in order to help you make better decisions. Then, write your owns reviews to help others do the same.

Educational Cyber Playground - This web site is an innovative dynamic model using the World Wide Web and integrating Literacy, Technology and the Arts, effecting a systemic change for the disenfranchised group of people created by illiteracy.

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Music

Afro-Caribbean Music - The Portal of African and Caribbean Cultures. News, music, arts and culture, society, travel, events. 

The Classical Net - Classical Net features more than 9000 pages and 20,000+ images including more than 7000 CD, SACD, DVD, Blu-ray, Book and Concert reviews and over 5500 links to other classical music web sites.

The MIDI Farm - Hit Trax has a stable of producers whose mission is to create high quality backing tracks for entertainers and bands.

Music History - A public service organization and a learning/teaching environment.

The Rock N’ Roll Hall of Fame - The nonprofit organization that exists to educate visitors, fans and scholars from around the world about the history and continuing significance of rock and roll music.

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Performing Arts

American Ballet Theatre - Attend a working Dress Rehearsal, receive invitations to in-studio events and seminars, enjoy unlimited use of the patron lounges at the Metropolitan Opera House and much more.

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Theater

The Costume Page - A library of costume and costuming-related links.

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Visual Arts

NYFA Interactive - The NYFA provides the concrete resources that working artists and emerging arts organizations need to thrive. Magic Eye - Magic Eye images have international appeal to millions in all age groups.

Art on the Net - Join fellow artists in sharing art from the source, the artists themselves.

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Video

Google Video Search

Open Vault  – WGBH Media Library and Video Archives

Open Culture – Search from 380 free movies online (classics, indies, westerns, etc.)

The World Bank (YouTube)

World Economic Forum (YouTube) – World Economic Forum’s Channel

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Other Good Stuff

Artcyclopedia - The Artcyclopedia is a form of Internet search engine

Arts Edge - The Kennedy Center instituted ARTSEDGE in 1996 as its educational media arm, reaching out to schools, communities, individuals and families with printed materials, classroom support and Internet technologies.

Professional Cartoonists' Index: Teacher's Guide - This site contains lesson plans that explain how to use editorial cartoons as a teaching tool in a variety of disciplines.

BBC News - Visit for up-to-the-minute news, breaking news, video, audio and featured stories. BBC News provides international and UK news. 

CNN - Delivers news and information on the latest top stories, weather, business, entertainment, politics, and more.

Fox News - An American basic cable and satellite news television channel that is owned by the Fox Entertainment Group subsidiary of 21st Century Fox.

LA Times - A daily newspaper published in Los Angeles, California, since 1881. It was the first-largest metropolitan newspaper in circulation in the United States in 2008 and the fourth most widely distributed newspaper in the country.

PBS NewsHour - Millions of Americans and citizens of the world turn to MacNeill/Lehrer Productions for the reporting that has made the PBS NewsHour one of the most popular news programs in television.

United Nations - You could start here, but you might do better looking at some of the other links first because this site can be overwhelming.

Center for Strategic and International Studies - Non-partisan, tax exempt public policy center dedicated to analysis and policy impact. Sam Nunn is the chairman of the Board of Trustees. Check here for basic information on many of the MUN topics.

CIA World Factbook - If you're looking for information on a specific country, start here. An outstanding site.

Center for Strategic & International Studies - International news topics

Flags - of all the countries in the world, plus some basic information about each country.

UN Members - A list of all the member nations of the UN. Many have links to detailed information about the country.

Child Soldiers - Leading non-governmental organizations are heading this coalition to impact international law concerning child soldiers.

UNICEF Looks at the Issue - Top level link to UN Fund for children, includes information on conditions and locations of child soldiers

Amnesty International - Global Human Rights news

Amnesty International (YouTube)

QuamNet - News from China.

FreeDocumentaries.org – Streams full-length documentary films free of charge

JohnLocker  – Documentaries

Snagfilms  – Free full-length documentaries

Top Documentary Films

Biography - Biography.com captures the most gripping, surprising and fascinating stories about famous people. 

Classics in the Web - Bringing the wisdom of the classics to the Internet since 1994. 

Creative Quotations - Search 50,000 quotations from more than 3,000 famous people. Creative Quotations is a great resource for students, teachers and quote lovers

Intensive English Institute - The IEI's Intensive English Program is a 20-hour-per-week academic program designed for students who want to develop skills they will need in undergraduate and graduate programs in US universities and students who want to build English skills for their professional career.

Radio Diaries - On-line teenage diaries which serve as authentic listening practice

ESL Games World - Fun, interactive ESL games and grammar practice

American Folklore - Short stories (myths, fables, scary stories, folktales)

ESL Lab - Listening practice and quizzes

Pizzaz - Creative writing and poetry stems

Blog World ESL - Printable worksheets on many different topics

Michelle Henry - Links to different worksheets and teaching ideas based on themes

Read Write Think - Lesson plans/ideas for reading and writing

Mes-English - ESL printables

Breaking News English - Current news stories written at a lower linguistic level

Tower of English - Find English Tutors, Classes and Schools near you!

Vocabulary.com - Regardless of your education level or age, Vocabulary.com will help you to master the words that are essential to academic and business success.

Google Translate – Auto detects the language of the text you paste in the translation box.

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Latin

Latin Dictionary and Grammar Aid - Goodies from the Notre Dame University archives. Look up a Latin word and translate it to English, and vice versa. Also get help with all those pesky word endings. For real gluttons, there are online Latin lessons, and a link to a Latin newsgroup.

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Spanish

Latin American Network Information Center - From the University of Texas. Information organized by country and subject.

Culture of the Andes - Music, pictures, and literature from the Andes mountains of South America; in Spanish and Quechua Indian language.

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Japanese

Hiragana - The hiragana syllabary consists of 48 syllables and is mainly used to write word endings, known as okurigana. In addition, hiragana are also widely used in materials for children, textbooks, anime, and manga.

Katakana - The katakana syllabary consists of 48 syllables and was originally considered "men's writing". Since the 20th century, katakana have been used mainly to write non-Chinese loan words, onomatopoeic words, foreign names, in telegrams, and for emphasis (the equivalent of bold, italic or upper case text in English).

Numbers - There are two sets of numbers in Japanese: the native Japanese system and the Sino-Japanese system.

Phrases - A collection of useful phrases in Japanese. Click on the English translations to see them in many other languages. 

Colors - Words for colours in Japanese with notes on their etymology and usage.

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Other

European Literature - Electronic texts of literature in Swedish, Finnish, Old Norse and everything in-between.

3,622 Newspapers Online - For other newspapers anywhere in the world, start here. 

DailySource.org – Great site for top national and international news

Directory of Open Access Journals – Good source for full-text, scientific and scholarly journals

Finding Dulcinea Web Guides – Search hundreds of topics, includes background, media, and primary sources

Info Please Almanac

Internet Public Library

Virtual Reference Desk

Common Errors in English - Learn the difference between "nauseated" and "nauseous," "continual" and "continuous," "compliment" and "complement," "dolly", "handcart" and dozens of other stumbling blocks of the English language. 

Elements of Style - If you only have time to look at one grammar and style book, this is it. It should be a staple of everyone's library, right next to the dictionary and the thesaurus.

Grammar Now! - If you want to check your spelling, grammar, or punctuation of your essay, and such, then head on over here to Grammar Now. The site contains information about how to check your writing with its own set of links to other sites. Plus, you can copy/paste your essay or questions in a text box, and send it to people to look over it for punctuation errors, and such. Note: you MUST have an e-mail address for this to work!

Grammar - These OWL resources will help you use correct grammar in your writing. This area includes resources on grammar topics, such as count and noncount nouns, articles (a versus an), subject-verb agreement, and prepositions.

Punctuation - These OWL resources will help you with punctuation, such as using commas, quotation marks, apostrophes, and hyphens.

Purdue's OWL - Offers over 200 resources. Including, Writing; teaching writing; research; grammar; mechanics; style guides; ESL (English (as) Second Language); job Search; and professional Writing.

Thesaurus - Find the right word here.

Webster's Dictionary - Go to the page, type in your word, click search, and it will give you a definition. 

What Is? - A site that has definitions of terms, extensions, plain definitions with pictures and links.

Wordsmyth's English Dictionary and Thesaurus - You type in the word; the program tells you what it means.

Acronym Finder - Finds definitions for more than 35,000 acronyms

Mnemonics - Sentences that help you remember things.

American Slanguages - Choose a city and learn to talk like the locals. 

Anagram Genius Server - How many words can you make out of YOUR name?

Broken Rules Page - Background on grammatical conventions. 

Cliché Finder - click here to find just the right cliché for the occasion.

The Collective Noun Homepage - An exaltation of larks, an ostentation of peacocks and more.

Common Errors in English - A helpful tool for grammar correction.

Crossword Solver - Enter the letters you know, click on "What is it?" Get an answer.

Eponyms - A word derived from someone's name (i.e. bloomers were named after Amelia Bloomer).

Foreign Languages for Travelers - This site offers travel resources, discounts on hotel rooms, cheap flights, car rental bookings search, language resources, and more.

InvestorWords - 4,000 investing terms and 15,000 links between related words.

Word Search Puzzles - Offers puzzles for children and adults.

The Klingon Language Institute - Dedicated to promoting, fostering and developing the Klingon language.

Never Say Neverisms - William Safire's hints of what not to do when writing.

Phobia List One of the most comprehensive list of phobia names on the Web.

PhoneSpell - Enter a number and find out what the number spells. 

Pun of the Day! - Go here for a laugh, or not.

Puzzlemaker - Create word searches, criss-cross, cryptograms, fallen phrases and more.

Travalang's Translating Dictionaries - Online dictionaries in German, Dutch, French, Portuguese, Spanish, Italian, Danish, Swedish, Finnish, Norwegian, Frisian, Afrikaans, Hungarian, Czech, Esperanto and Latin.

Vanity License Plates - Includes a retelling of Oedipus the King entirely with vanity plates.

What Is? - A site that has definitions of terms, extensions, plain definitions with pictures and links.

A Word a Day - Another way to build your vocabulary.

The Word Wizard - Answers language questions, finds new words, snappy quotes and elegant insults and more.

ACE - Browse our free exercise library, find healthy recipes, and learn how to start living your most fit life.

Children with Diabetes - The online community for kids, families and adults with diabetes

Down Syndrome - Essays about children with DS for other parents.

Health Finder - This website has resources on a wide range of health topics selected from approximately 1,400 government and non-profit organizations to bring you the best, most reliable health information on the Internet 

Just One Night - Discover the issues concerning this fated evening, read a show transcript and more

MedlinePlus - A service of the U.S. National Library of Medicine

National Institutes of Health - The nation’s medical research agency—making important discoveries that improve health and save lives.

U.S. National Library of Medicine - The world’s largest biomedical library, NLM maintains and makes available a vast print collection and produces electronic information resources on a wide range of topics that are searched billions of times each year by millions of people around the globe.

Abraham Lincoln Net

The American Journey Modern Times: Spotlight Videos – Access U.S. History Videos – Antebellum through the beginning of the 21st Century

American Museum of Natural History (YouTube)

Chronicling America

Conversations with History – An interview program

Documenting the American South

Encyclopedia of Alabama

Ex-Child Soldier in Sudan (audio slideshow BBC)

FedFlix – United States government video tapes

Guide to History Resources on the Web

History Channel Videos

The History Net

History Resources from Free Technology for Teachers

Holocaust Encyclopedia – Access photos, testimonies, histories, and more. Also, relates history to current events

Library of Congress (YouTube) -Library of Congress’s Channel

Mapping History – Interactive and animated representations of fundamental historical problems, events, developments, and dynamics

Talking History – Audio documentaries, speeches, debates, oral histories, and other aural history resources

Teaching A People’s History – A rich portal with resources

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum (Steven Spielberg Film & Video Archive) – Archival resource for materials pertaining to the Holocaust and related aspects of WWII

U.S. National Archives – U.S. National Archive’s Channel

Valley of the Shadow

Wikimedia Commons’ Atlas of WWII – Access dozens of maps related to World War II

WorldHistory.biz – Great for timelines, interactive maps, video and more

WWI Resources: Films (BBC)

WWI Resources: Trench Tour

American Memory - Photos, original documents, sound files from America's past.

Archiving Early America - Dedicated to bring you news and info about early America, with a few crosswords and tons of pictures. Lots of topics as well about the constitution and the Declaration of Independence.

Freedom of Information Act (FIOA) - Lots of pictures and FBI files, and such, on people of the past like Einstein, Al Capone, Henry Ford, and also Adolf Hitler.

Historic American Sheet Music - An archive from Duke University.

Valley of the Shadow - Two Communities in the American Civil War. This site provides access to hundreds of primary resources and online lesson plans. Be sure to click on the picture, before you explore the links down below.

HyperHistory - A terrific site! Enables you to see historical events through time in relation to one another. Includes thousands of links to specific events and people.

Holocaust Cybrary - For those studying World War II and the Holocaust.

Millennium: A Perspectives Series - The site features themes of the centuries, with flash being displayed on nearly every page. Besides from that, this is an excellent resource for the ages of our millennium.

The National Women's History Project - An up-to-date look at history.

Salt Made the World Go 'Round - Did you know that the words for war and peace originated from the ancient word for salt in both ancient Hebrew and Arabic? This website weaves a wonderful learning environment by using salt to interconnect physiology, geology, archaeology, paleoclimatology, religion, economics, etymology, and more.

World War I - With a decidedly British point of view.

Facing History - A program designed to help students examine the historical connections between the Holocaust and the moral choices they must make in their own lives.

FDR Library - Hundreds of copyright photos to download and study, and hundreds of documents from the president's files. Also, interesting links.

Palm Springs Air Museum - Dedicated to helping people learn about the Air Power of WWII. Includes links to other similar sites, and a collection of WWII posters.

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum - Online exhibits, drawings, photos, documents.

What happened today in history? - Look here to find out that information and other good stuff from the History Channel.

Holidays on the Net - The emphasis here is on US holidays.

Diwali - This Festival of Lights is the most well-known festival in India. View other Indian Festivals

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Israel/Palestine Crisis

UN Info - As the world’s only truly universal global organization, the United Nations has become the foremost forum to address issues that transcend national boundaries and cannot be resolved by any one country acting alone.

More news links - On these pages we present to you news items and analyses that you often do not see in your standard mainstream electronic or print media, even if you live in the Middle East.

Arab World News - Latest News from WN Network

The Arab Net - An online resource for the Arab World and Middle East.

Middle East North African Internet Resource Guide - Wide-ranging list of resources assembled by a member of the Poly Sci Department of the Middle East Center at the University of Utah. Includes special resources for K-12 teachers.

Middle East Times - News from Egypt and the Region.

MidEast Web for CoExistence - Appears to represent a pro-Palestinian or pro-Arab viewpoint.

Washington Report on Middle East Affairs - The Washington Report is published by the American Educational Trust (AET), a non-profit foundation incorporated in Washington, DC by retired U.S. Foreign Service officers to provide the American public with balanced and accurate information concerning U.S. relations with Middle Eastern states. Click the "resources" link.

Washington Post - Provides links to the CIA World Factbook and the State Department as well as links to current stories. 

Literary Criticism - The ipl2 Literary Criticism Collection contains critical and biographical websites about authors and their works that can be browsed by author, by title, or by nationality and literary period.

Literatures in English: Literary Criticism - A number of the Web sites found through the "Site Directories" section of this site will lead to individual author sites. Such sites typically contain brief biographical information, bibliographies, chronologies, and some essays or articles of literary criticism.

Google Scholar – Search for scholarly literature (across disciplines and diverse sources)

Interactive Romeo and Juliet – Interactive display of the text of Romeo and Julie

Algebra

Abstract Algebra On Line - This site contains many of the definitions and theorems from the area of mathematics called abstract algebra. It is intended for undergraduate students.

Math software - Assorted math software.

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Geometry

Euclid's Elements - This site contains the 13 books of Euclid's Elements. The value here is that every diagram associated with a theorem, is self-animating. One can see the diagram move in a variety of ways, always maintaining the conditions of the theorem. This is so fascinating that I spent far too much time here, browsing, and wishing that I were teaching geometry again. (This is a great place to send students to see what Euclid is all about.)

Geometry Junkyard - This is a collection of the odd but fascinating bits and pieces of very interesting geometry that doesn't really fit into any more standard category. I spent so much time here, totally interested.

Famous Curves Index - There are many famous curves that I have never seen before, just heard of. While this is not strictly a geometry site, it is worth a look. What a playground. With Javascript then many of the curves become interactive.

NonEuclid - A very interesting, interactive site exploring the math and the understanding of Non-Euclidean geometry using straight edge and compass constructions from the point of view of the Riemann model. Good way to go. Perfect for the better student. 

MSDOS Software Collection for Geometry - A comprehensive collection of software (shareware, freeware, and commercial) to be used in the teaching of geometry. This is different from the collection in the Geometry Center website.

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Trigonometry

Famous Curves Index - Many famous curves that I saw for the first time. With JavaScript, many become interactive, i.e. Lissajous curves.

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Calculus

Famous Curves Index - With JavaScript, many become interactive.

The Integrator - This seems to be a good, interactive integral calculator. It is perhaps not much more than a very complete sourcebook of integrals. Needs some exploration to see just how extensive it is.

LiveMath.com - Four internet sites (more coming) all devoted to aspects of calculus. And interactive graphing site, with color available. Easy to work and gets good results.

Catalog of Software - A Catalog of software, (freeware, shareware, and commercial). A comprehensive list of programs available. University of Arizona freeware programs - A comprehensive list of the usually excellent freeware programs available from the U. of A. They include a wide variety of topics.

University Calculus Sites - A generic list of mainly University sites involved in the teaching of calculus. Many of them are interactive. Calculus Tutorial. From the Univ. of Akron - another calculus tutorial. Somewhat academic.

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Fractals

Great Fractal Site II - This site is so full of beautiful fractals, all downloadable, that after a while I simply ran out of time. Great for desktop wallpapers.

Great Fractal Site III - An exceptionally interesting site. Not only does the author give the mathematics and the formulae for computing many fractals, but he describes the processes. Then gives a gallery of his art work. Some of which is quite lovely. Well worth a visit.

Boston University - I have saved the best for the last. A great site with lots of color, beautiful sets and a lot of math and understanding.

The Fractals calendar home page - Provides information on obtaining the Fractal calendar, a calendar specifically designed to show off some of the newer discoveries in fractal mathematics. Also offers previous editions of the calendar.

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Teacher Resources

The Art of the Abacus - Visually shows the four functions. Well done.

Anecdotes of Famous Mathematicians - One page devoted to the most acknowledged mathematicians in history.

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Other Math Resources

Almost Like Games: math miscellaney - A collection of math problems, many with interactive Java animations. Makes math fun. 

Biographies of Women Mathematicians - From Agnes Scott College, a private women's college in Decatur, GA. A little gender equity never hurts.

Dave's Math Tables - All levels. All languages.

History Links - Babylonian and Egyptian math, the rise of calculus, Fermat's last theorem, the beginning of the Quantum age, and other dates of historical significance to mathematicians.

American Mathematical Society - Official website of the American Mathematical Society.

Creative Quotations - Search 50,000 quotations from more than 3,000 famous people. Creative Quotations is a great resource for students, teachers and quote lovers.

Columbia Journalism Review - Interesting reading on current events.

New York Times - Check here to find out what the NYT considers the best sources on the Web for all types of information.

Vocabulary.com - Build your vocabulary while playing word games. 

Vaguepolitix - Anyone who thinks that the Internet will end reading hasn't looked at the first issues of this online quarterly from the PBS Online Web Lab that examines the topic of crime. Great writing. Provocative ideas. Resources to support your own learning. And a terrific example of how web graphics and good design can enhance your reading experience.

Poetry Foundation

Academy of American Poets - Read poetry by your favorite American poets. Even better, LISTEN to the poets read their work. Also includes essays on poetry-related topics.

The Internet Poetry Archive - The archive will include the work of living poets from around the world. The initial unit features eight poets, including Philip Levine, Margaret Walker, and Nobel Prize winners Seamus Heaney and Czeslaw Milosz. The archive will present sound and graphics as well as text, including audio clips of the poet reading several poems, the poet's comments on the works, a photo of the poet and other graphics that would help a reader understand the poem, a biography of the poet prepared by a scholar familiar with the poet's work, and a short bibliography.

Poetry of Gertrude Stein - The Isle of Lesbos web site (sappho.com) is intended to serve as a place of art and culture for women-oriented women, offering a historical glimpse into lesbian lives and vintage views of affection between women.

The Oxford Book of English Verse - “For this Anthology I have tried to range over the whole field of English Verse…. To bring home and render so great a spoil compendiously has been my capital difficulty. It is for the reader to judge if I have so managed it as to serve those who already love poetry and to implant that love in some young minds not yet initiated.”

Bibliomania - Bibliomania offers you a superb educational resource with the full text of classic world literature and important non-fiction texts supported by an extensive reference section. 

Representative Poetry Online - A web anthology of 4,800 poems in English and French by over 700 poets spanning 1400 years.

All You Can Books - All You Can Books gives you UNLIMITED access to over 30,000 Audiobooks and eBooks during the FREE trial and all the books are yours to keep even if you cancel during the FREE trial.

Internet Poetry Archive - The archive makes available over a worldwide computer network selected poems from a number of contemporary poets. The goal of the project is to make poetry accessible to new audiences (at little or no cost) and to give teachers and students of poetry new ways of presenting and studying these poets and their texts. 

The Matthew J. & Arlyn Bruccoli Collection of F. Scott Fitzgerald - With info on his life, works and relationships with other authors.

Biography - Biography.com captures the most gripping, surprising and fascinating stories about famous people. 

The Writing Process - These OWL resources will help you with the writing process: pre-writing (invention), developing research questions and outlines, composing thesis statements, and proofreading.

Punctuation - These OWL resources will help you with punctuation, such as using commas, quotation marks, apostrophes, and hyphens.