OPEN for Students

Web Link Resources for Students

The following list of web links is compiled as a resource for students interested in information about the various fields of science, the humanities, arts, and more. In addition, we have posted a list of various Search Engines, which can assist students in their research.

How Others View The World

(Always Try To Be Aware of the Source of The News — even Digg type sources)

Digg - http://digg.com/
Aljezeera English Language Website - http://english.aljazeera.net/News
British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) - http://news.bbc.co.uk/
Official Website of Multi-National Force – Iraq - http://www.mnf-iraq.com/
Israel National News - http://www.israelnationalnews.com/news.php3?id=82564
Palestine-Net: News and Media - http://www.palestine-net.com/news/
Lebanon Times - http://www.lebanonpress.com/
Iran - Islamic Republic News Agency - http://www.irna.ir/?LANG=EN&PART=_HOME&TYPE=HP
The Economist.com - http://www.economist.com/countries/
The Chile Post - http://www.theworldpress.com/press/worldpress/chilipress/chiledigital.htm
Venezuela Life - http://www.theworldpress.com/press/worldpress/venezuelapress/venezuelanews.htm
Malaysia Central - http://www.mycen.com.my/malaysia/newspapers.html
New Zealand Newspapers - http://www.abyznewslinks.com/newze.htm
Japan Press Weekly - http://www.japan-press.co.jp/
The Chinese Government Press - http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/
Agence France Press - http://www.afp.com/english/home/
Korean Central News Agency - http://www.kcna.co.jp/index-e.htm
Russia - Itar Tass - http://www.itar-tass.com/eng/
Serbia - BETA News Agency - http://www.beta.co.yu/eng/
Associated Press of Pakistan - http://www.app.com.pk/Aboutus.htm
India News Agency - http://www.indianewsagency.com/
Czech Happenings - http://www.ceskenoviny.cz/news/
AllAfrica.com - http://allafrica.com/
Jordan News Agency Petra - http://www.petra.gov.jo/
Algeria News Agency APS - http://www.aps.dz/an/welcome.asp
The Vietnam News Agency - http://www.vnanet.vn/
ABC News4Kids - http://abcnews.go.com/abcnews4kids/kids/index.html
JournalismNet - http://www.journalismnet.com/
Reporters Without Borders - http://www.rsf.org/
Newspapers USA and Worldwide - http://www.refdesk.com/paper.html

General Resources for Students

New York Times Education News - http://www.nytimes.com/pages/education/index.html
Education Index - http://www.educationindex.com/education_resources.html
Biology Binder http://www.biologybinder.com/
Digital Librarian - http://www.digital-librarian.com/
Fast facts - http://www.freepint.com/gary/handbook.htm
Guide to Philosophy on the Internet - http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/philinks.htm
The Biographical Dictionary - http://www.s9.com/biography/search.html
This Day in History - http://features.yahoo.com/history/
The Encyclopedia Britannica on - http://www.Britannica.com
Encyclopedia Smithsonian - http://www.si.edu/resource/faq/start.htm
Geography World - http://members.aol.com/bowermanb/101.html
Lonely Planet’s Text Express - http://www.lonelyplanet.com/textexpress/
National geographic Xpeditions -http://www.nationalgeographic.com/xpeditions/
Capitals.com World Factbook - http://www.capitals.com/
Facts Encyclopedia - History - http://www.refdesk.com/history.html
Artcyclopedia - http://artcyclopedia.com/index.html
National Gallery of Art - http://www.nga.gov/collection/collect.htm
The Greatest Films - http://www.filmsite.org/
International Music Archives - http://www.eyeneer.com/World/
UNESCO Collection of Traditional Music of the World - http://www.unesco.org/culture/cdmusic/index.shtml
International Literature - Words Without Borders - www.wordswithoutborders.org
The Concord Review - The Best High School Essays - http://www.tcr.org/sample_essays.html

How Things Work

How Things Work - http://howthingswork.virginia.edu
Intelligent Child - http://www.intelligentchild.com/index.html
How Stuff Works - http://www.howstuffworks.com
Scientific American - http://www.sciam.com/directory.cfm?dirID=9&chanID=sa006
Henry Fountain, editor, Circuits: How Electronic Things Work, St. Martin's Press

Ask an Expert

Ask a Folklore Expert - http://www.humnet.ucla.edu/humnet/folklore/ask
Ask a Geologist - http://walrus.wr.usgs.gov/docs/ask-a-ge.html
Ask an Earth Scientist - http://www.soest.hawaii.edu/GG/ASK/askanerd.html
Ask Dr. Science - http://www.drscience.com

Search Engines

AltaVista - http://www.altavista.com
DejaNews - http://groups.google.com/googlegroups/deja_announcement.html
Dogpile - http://www.dogpile.com
Excite - http://www.excite.com
Google - http://www.google.com
HotBot - http://hotbot.lycos.com/?query=
InfoMine - http://infomine.ucr.edu
InfoSeek - http://infoseek.go.com
Kids.net - http://www.kids.net.au
Lycos - http://www.lycos.com
CNET Search - http://www.search.com
Northernlight - http://www.northernlight.com
Webcrawler - http://www.webcrawler.com
Yahoo - http://www.yahoo.com