Research Links

Glynn County's Web-based Courses	Check Your Grades Online
Media Center Catalog Online	Brunswick High School Course Catalog
	Quick Links/Research Links for Teachers

Use these sites to prepare for the SAT    Studyguide Preparation for the SAT     CollegeBoard SAT Prep Tests To prepare for End-of-Course Tests and the High School Graduation Test, go to usatestprep.com (ask a teacher or media specialist for your password)

ProQuest Databases

CultureGrams

PeachStar United Video Streaming

Encyclopedia Britannica

Galileo

Georgia Library Learning Online - See BHS page for more information. Click on K-12 at the top right of the screen to find recommended databases for high school students.

SIRS

Search Tools

Yahoo - Good beginning search directory

Yahooligans - Good for broad general searching

Google - Try the "I feel Lucky" search

Google Image Search - image search engine - look for photo size

Altavista - click image icon to find pictures here

Ditto - Image search tool

WebShots - Big pictures to use in iMovie productions - Choose COMMUNITY not Gallery photos.

The Amazing Picture Machine - photos and other type of graphic files

Distance Between Two Cities - use for World Geography flyer

MLA Bibliography Format

Information on Plagiarism and Guidelines for Citing Your Sources

Career Center

Science Textbook Online

Glynn County's Web-based Courses

Techie Teachers - SD200

Cyber Students - SD300

Alternative Assessment - SD110

Information Power - SD 210

World History B - HS500

Ms. Tharin's First Period English - HS009

Ms. Tharin's Second Period English - HS102

Ms. Tharin's Third Period English - HS093

Ms. Tharin's Seventh Period English - HS107

Ms. Tharin's Eighth Period English - HS098

Collaboration Station

 

 

Web site for Science Graduation Test practice - ONLY junior and senior students names and social security numbers are entered.

Must type in the information below to get in.

- first 3 letters of your first name

- first 3 letters of your last name

- last 4 digits of your social security number

- password is: initpass

SAT Test Preparation Sites

Number2.com - Free test preparation for the SAT, GRE plus a vocabulary buider

TestU - Free SAT Preparation Course

Reference on the Web

General Reference Resources

Encyclopedia Britannica - Includes the complete, updated Encyclopedia Britannica, along with selected articles from more than 70 top magazines and a guide to the Web's best sites.

Encyberpedia - Complete listing of all the major dictionaries and glossaries on the Internet. Includes everything from sign language, telecommunications, computers, weather, tides, water quality and a lot more.

Encyclopedia.com - Based on the Concise Columbia Electronic Encyclopedia, Third Edition and information from the he Electronic Library, this site is a useful place for short entries with many cross references.

FirstGov.gov - All United States government sites under one umbrella. A built in earch engine enables you to search the entire site with one query.

Grolier Encyclopedias - New Book of Knowledge for easy articles, Grolier Multimedia and Encyclopedia American for more advanced material. See BHS page for additional information. Click HERE to get a home use user name and password.

Information Please Almanac - If you can tolerate the ads, this is an excellent source of information; an online version of the popular almanac which you can browse by category or search for specific information. It also includes the Random House Webster's collect Dictionary and the Columbia Encyclopedia, quick facts and figures, quizzes, current fads, links to the news, weather.

Information Please: Kids' Almanac - Kids can search for information about people, sports, science, countries of the world and more. It includes a Homework Center, Word of the Day, Today in History, and Today's birthday information.

Biographical Reference

Biography - From A&E, this site provides a searchable and browsable online collection of 15,000 biographies from the Cambridge Biographical Encyclopedia.

Biographical Dictionary - More than 28,000 notable men and women who have shaped our world from ancient times to the present day are described. The dictionary can be searched by birth years, death years, positions held, professions, literary and artistic works, achievements, and other keywords.

Lives, the Biography Resource - A vast collection of links to thousands of biographies, autobiographies, memoirs, diaries, letters, narratives, oral histories and more. Special collections focus on contributions of African Americans, women, Holocaust survivors and rescuers, the Civil War and Canadians.

Distinguished Women of Past and Present - Biographies of women who contributed to our culture form activism to veterinary medicine. Includes writers, educators, scientists, heads of state, politicians, civil rights crusaders, artists, entertainers, and others. Searchable by name or subject.

Great Mathematicians on the Web - Visit this page for a list of links to help you do research about the lives of great mathematicians.

Calculation

Calculator.com - There are calculators for finance, business, and science. there are some for cooking, hobbies, and health, some solve problems, some satisfy curiosity, and some are just fun.

Cost of Living Calculator - Calculates the value of the dollar in two different time periods between 1966 and 2000.

Megaconverter - A set of weights, measures and units conversion/calculation modules. Users can discover things like how many seconds old they are, the difference between a gallon in the US and a gallon in the UK, how many quarts in a chaldron, and what a nebuchadnezzar is.

Time Zone Converter - Find out the time anywhere in the world. Links to other travel related conversion sites.

Universal Currency Converter - Perform interactive foreign exchange rate conversion. Rates are updated one per minutes, in English, French and Swedish.

The Calendar Zone - Comprehensive categorized calendar catalog currently containing countless correlating connections and calzone recipes.

Multi-Cultural Calendar - Included in the country's holidays and festivals are recipes for holiday foods, historical background, significance of the holidays and the special ways in which these days are observed. Indexed by month, holiday and country.

Statistical Information

County and City Data Books - This is the electronic version of the 1988 and 1994 County and City Databooks which provides the opportunity to create custom printouts and customized data subsets of local and regional population data.

FedStats - More than 70 agencies in the US Federal Government produce statistics of interest to the public, from local to international topics. Includes a kids page with fun facts, games, project ideas, and career information.

Global Statistics - Data ranging from country profiles with their capitals, surface area, economy and population to the highest mountains in the world.

Historical Data: The United States, 1790 - 1970 - Utilizing the power of the web, this interactive site enables you to create tables and charts with information about the people and the economy of the US for each state and county for all decades from 1790 to 1970.

PopNet - Search the most comprehensive directory of population-related web sites available by topic or keyboard, by organization, or world regions map.

The U.S. Census Bureau - Information from the 1990 census on people, business, geography, news, maps, and more.

Statistical Abstract of the United States - An online version of this publication, the tables listed are in PDF. In order to view these files, you will need the Adobe Acrobat Reader.

Your Nation - this site allows you to compare the various characteristics of any tow countries of the world. You can also get a summary of information about a specific country, or rank the countries of the world on a variety of characteristics.

Dictionaries and Word References

Bartlett's Familiar Quotations - An online searchable version of the 1901 edition of Bartlett's from the Bartleby Project, courtesy of Columbia University.

Dictionary.com - Claiming to be the most comprehensive dictionary site on the web, this site includes a thesaurus, a translator and some fun stuff.

Phrase Finder - Large collection of English phrases and sayings. Can be used as a phrases thesaurus, to give the meanings of English phrases and sayings, or as a reference too to look up the origin of phrases.

Roget's Thesaurus - An online version of the classic print thesaurus.

Semantic Rhyming Dictionary - Submit your word and find rhymes, synonyms, a match last sound only, find homophones, get related words and more.

Merriam-Webster's WWWebster Dictionary - Includes everything you'd expect from an excellent dictionary, plus the Word of the Day, Word Games, Cool Words and more.

Web of Online Dictionaries - this website indexes online dictionaries, thesauri and such, containing words and phrases in many languages.

Subject Specific Reference

National Park Service - nps.gov

www.nationalparks.org -

www.npca.org - explore the parks

For more photos of National Parks, go to Grolier's Encyclopedia, America the Beautiful, click on the state, and type in the name of the park in the search box!

For a list of U.S. National Parks, including a Photo Gallery with lots of photos for several of them, go to www.us-parks.com

50 States and Capitals - Everything you want to know about the fifty states. Many of the facts are linked to authoritative web pages.

Learning Literature

All Movie Guide - this searchable database of movie-related information includes plots, people and also has browsable sections with lots of interesting ideas.

All Music Guide - This complete music database allows searching by artist name, album title, or song title. It also includes essays about various musical topics and styles.

AtlaPedia Online - Online atlas contains full color physical and political maps as well as key facts and statistics on countries of the world.

Artcyclopedia - A searchable database of artists with links to online museum collections.

Avalon Project at the Yale Law School - Primary source documents in law, history and diplomacy.

Baseball Almanac - This site, created by Sean Holtz, is rich with facts, stories, famous firsts, quotes, autographs, stats, records and other information.

Challenge of Democracy - Includes IDEAlog, a tool for determining your political leanings.

CIA World FactBook - Quick facts on countries of the world compiled by the CIA for the use of US Government officials covering such topics as geography, political conditions, populations, land, and industries.

Country Studies Library of Congress - Photographs, maps, and charts have been added to the text-based Area Handbook Series for most countries of the World.

Encyclopedia Mythica - The work of Micha F. Lindemans of the Netherlands, this is an encyclopedia on mythology, folklore, legends, and more. It contains over 5000 gods and goddesses, supernatural beings, legendary creatures and monsters from all over the world.

Epicurious - Includes a huge database of recipes, plus a dictionary and etiquette resource.

Exxun.com - Information about the countries of the world

Poetry Websites

Great Books Online - Includes fiction, poetry, reference, drama

Guide to Grammar and Writing - Includes Powerpoint presentations on topics such as diagramming sentences

Guinness Book of World Records - Includes many searchable records

Healthfinder - A free gateway to reliable consumer health and human services information developed by the U.S. Department of health and Human Services.

InvestorWords - Financial glossary

Julius Caesar Site - Tufts University site about the real Julius Caesar

Literary Resources on the Net - Comprehensive collection of Web sites related to literature and the humanities.

Mapquest - maps, driving directions, and other information for cities, states, and nations.

National Archives and Records Administration - Holdings include family history/genealogy research and veteran's service records, reproduction order information, the NARA Archival Information Locator database, the Federal Register with laws, regulations, notices and presidential documents.

National Atlas of the United States - Hundreds of maps availabe at this U.S. government site.

Repositories of Primary Sources - From the University of Idaho, this site includes links to 3000 web sites providing primary sources.

SciCentral - A clearinghouse for science information in all major categories with news and current research highlights.

Scientific American: Ask the Expert - The place to go if you are stumped with a science question.

Speakout.com - Site filled with political information, especially about the Presidential campaign. Includes VoteSmart program to determine which candidate best matches your views on issues.

U.S. Department of State Background Notes - Background Notes on countries of the world with information bout international organization.

Xpeditions - Provided by National Geographic, this is the home of geography standards on the internet. Includes lesson plans, activities, maps and a virtual museum.

Media Center Orientation Quiz

PTSA Powerpoint Basics

last updated August 11, 2006