Subject Guides

Science and Environmental Resources

Science Fair Project Resource Guide - Information and links to other resources.  Sections include Getting Started, Choosing a Topic, Completing the Project, and Displaying Your Project.    http://www.ipl.org/div/projectguide/

Chemical Scorecard
http://www.scorecard.org/
See which chemicals are being released in your area, the top polluters, and how your county compares nationwide.  Searchable by zip code. 

Environmental Protection Agency: Air
http://www.epa.gov/ebtpages/air.html
Information on pollutants and regulations from in-depth science and legal issues to brochures for the public.

Earth Day Resource - free, no passwords!

Literature Resources

American Verse Project
http://quod.lib.umich.edu/a/amverse/
Full text of American Poems priory to 1920, from the University of Michigan.

Famous Poets and Poems
http://www.famouspoetsandpoems.com/
It includes biographical information on 627 poems and more than 23,000 full text poems.

Western and Cowboy Poetry at the Bar-D Ranch
Mosey on over to Western and Cowboy Poetry at the Bar-D Ranch, http://www.cowboypoetry.com/

Bartleby’s is a collection of reference books, mainly covering literature and poetry, plus full text of ficton and non-fiction works which are out of copyright.  A sampling of titles: Bartlett’s Quotations, World Factbook, H.G. Well’s The Time Machine, and Relativity by Alfred Einstein.
http://www.bartleby.com/
No usename or password is required.

Latin American Resources

Latin American Journals Directory  
http://www.latindex.unam.mx/
Free! No user name or password!

American History Resources

American Memory
If you’re still in vacation mode, check out the historical photographs from 1880-1920 in “Touring Turn-of-the-Century America”
(http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/collections/touring/), part of the Sports and Recreation section of the Library of Congress’ American Memory project (http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/browse/ListSome.php?category=Sports,+Recreation). 

Thanksgiving Resources - web sites give history, statistics, and historic recipes!

African-American History Resources

Black History Resources - Biographies, timelines, and more!
Biography Resource Center - African Americans 

See also "Recommended Sites