These sites are recommended for use in debates, class discussion, etc.  The topics are ever-changing and may be controversial.  We are committed to promoting our Catholic values in all classes at Ursuline.

Libraries

• http://www.slcl.org/ – St. Louis County Library
• www.slpl.org – St. Louis Public Library
• http://libraries.slu.edu  – Saint Louis University
• www.stlcc.edu/Libraries – St. Louis Community College
• www.umsl.edu/services/library/ – University of Missouri – St. Louis
• http://library.wustl.edu/ – Washington University
• http://library.webster.edu/ – Webster University
•  http://library.fontbonne.edu/home – Fontbonne University

Search Engines

• http://www.google.com/ – Google
• scholar.google.com – This website is powered by Google and contains information from reliable scholarly sources.
• http://www.dogpile.com/ – mega search engine
• http://www.msn.com/ – Microsoft News
• http://www.yahoo.com/ – Yahoo

General Research (All Subjects)

• http://www.refdesk.com/ – virtual reference desk
• http://www.thefreedictionary.com/ – general and specialized dictionaries
• http://www.onlinenewspapers.com/ – online newspapers – Select newspaper from pull-down menu for the geographic region of interest.

The following sites have been recommended by departments or by high school librarians for your research needs:

Multicultural & Ethnic Resources

• http://lcweb2.loc.gov/frd/cs/ – Library of Congress Country Studies – information about individual countries and describes political, economic, social and national security systems and institutions
• https://www.cia.gov/the-world-facebook/ – CIA’s World Factbook – a source for economic and social statistics for countries around the world
• http://www.worldatlas.com – maps with profiles of countries
• http://infoplease.com – current information on countries (population, government, holidays, economics, languages, religions, etc.)
• earth.google.com/ – Google Earth – Use for good maps and images for countries.

Biographical Information

• digital.mtsu.edu/cdm/landingpage/collection/women – American Women’s History: A Research Guide – This database provides access to digital collections of primary sources (photos, letters, diaries, artifacts, etc.) that document the history of women in the United States.  These diverse collections range from ancestral Pueblo pottery to interviews with women engineers from the 1970s.
• http://biography.com – Official site of A&E’s Biography television series – includes the searchable text of 15,000 entries from The Cambridge Biographical Encyclopedia
• http://www.distinguishedwomen.com/ – Distinguished Women of Past and Present – This site has biographies of women who contributed to our culture in many different ways.  There are writers, educators, scientists, heads of state, politicians, civil rights crusaders, artists, entertainers and more.
• www.whitehouse.gov/above/first-ladies – White House Historical Association site with pictures and biographies of U.S. First Ladies from Martha Washington to Melania Trump

Arts & Humanities

Art Museums

• http://camstl.org – Contemporary Art Museum of St. Louis
• http://www.metmuseum.org/ – Metropolitan Museum of Art
• https://www.louvre.fr/en – Louvre
• http://www.slam.org/ – St. Louis Art Museum
• http://moma.org – The Museum of Modern Art

Business & Government

• http://www.state.gov/ – U.S. Department of State
• http://www.usda.gov/ – U.S. Department of Agriculture
• http://www.irs.gov/ – Internal Revenue Service
• http://www.consumer.gov/ – Federal Trade Commission
• http://www.imf.org/ – International Monetary Fund
• http://www.forbes.com – company and financial information
• http://money.cnn.com – company and financial information
• http://www.thomasnet.com – From the publisher of the Thomas Register of American Manufacturers, this site lets you search by product/service or company name.  Contact information, product descriptions, links to company website and a company description are available.

Foreign Language

French

• http://www.wordreference.com/ – French online dictionary
• http://www.laits.utexas.edu/tex/gr/
• http://www.laits.utexas.edu/fi/

Spanish

• http://buscabiografias.com/ – Spanish-language resource for biographies of famous people from all over the world, from the past and present, including royalty, world leaders, writers, actors, musicians, singers, artists, athletes, philosophers and scientists
• http://conjuguemos.com
• http://wordreference.com – Spanish online dictionary

Latin – Mythology

Health

• http://www.medlineplus.gov/ – U.S. National Library of Medicine; site contains medical and health information
• http://familydoctor.org/  – American Academy of Family Physicians
• http://www.nida.nih.gov/ –  National Institute on Drug Abuse
• http://www.cancer.org/ – American Cancer Society
• http://www.lung.org/ – American Lung Association
• www.drugfree.org – Partnership for Drug-Free kids; site contains information and advice on helping teens stay drug-free

History & Social Studies

• http://www.americaslibrary.gov/ – This Library of Congress page provides information about famous Americans, American history and timelines, state information; includes a lot of pop-culture, music and clips
• http://www.auschwitz.dk – Holocaust information and poetry
• http://nationalgeographic.com/ – A source for geographical information as well as current information on the world and its peoples
• http://www.ourdocuments.gov – historic documents
• http://www.pbs.org/ – Provides information on many topics, from modern history to political science –  you can get the full text of PBS shows, interviews, video clips and more.
• http://www.loc.gov/ – Library of Congress – Provides information on U.S. history, primary source documents, etc. –  check out the “American Memory” page for photos, posters and other documents
• http://mohistory.org/  – Missouri Historical Society – Provides information on Missouri and U.S. history
• http://www.victorianweb.org/ – politics, social issues, philosophy, religion, science, technology and culture of the Victorian Age
• http://www.cnn.com/ – current events
• http://www.nytimes.com/ – The New York Times
• http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/ – European history
• http://chnm.gmu.edu/whm/ – world history
• http://www.whitehouse.gov/ – current government and administration, plus historical information on the presidency
• http://www.senate.gov/ – current membership and historical information about the U.S. Senate
• http://www.house.gov/ – current membership and historical information about the U.S. House of Representatives
• www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/ – American Experience
• http://www.historyguide.org/ – Western civilization and European history
• http://www.historychannel.org/ – History Channel
• http://www.firstgov.gov/index.shtml – direct online access to federal, state, local and tribal governments

Literature

Poetry

• https://www.modernamericanpoetry.org
• http://www.poetryfoundation.org
• http://famouspoetsandpoems.com
• http://www.poets.org/ – Academy of American Poets

Quotations

• http://www.quotationreference.com/

Mathematics

• http://www.sosmath.com/
• http://www.allmath.com/
• http://www.math.com/ – offers free math lessons and homework help in areas like geometry, algebra and even calculus; there are tutorials, practice activites, games and calculators

Science

• www.amnh.org – American Museum of Natural History – features biology, ecology, Earth science, etc.
• http://www.smithsonianeducation.org/
• http://www.fnal.gov/ – Fermi National Accelerator site
• http://www.nytimes.com/pages/science/index.html – The New York Times
• http://www.popsci.com/ – Popular Science
• http://www.howstuffworks.com
• https://www.albert.io/biology
• https://www.forwomeninscience.com/
• http://almaz.com/ – Nobel Prize winners

Theology

• usccb.org – USCCB (United States Catholic Conference of Bishops)
• http://w2.vatican.va/content/vatican/en.html – Vatican; official website of the Holy See
• http://www.networklobby.org – Catholic social justice website
• https://www.childwelfare.gov/topics/outofhome/foster-care/ – contains information on foster care and child welfare

Women’s History

• http://www.almaz.com/nobel/women.html – Women Nobel Prize laureates
• http://www.nwhp.org/ – National Women’s History Alliance