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High Quality Websites
Not content with your database results? Browse the websites listed below by subject to find more great, reliable information. But remember to always evaluate the quality of your source - pay attention to accuracy, authority, currency and bias.
Have you found and used a website you think might be helpful to other Schechterites? Email the link to me, so I can add it to this page!
Holocaust
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Please use the Holocaust Research Wiki to guide you in finding quality information on the holocaust.
Israel & Jewish History
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Avotaynu's Consolidated Jewish Surname Index
gateway to information more than 500,000 different surnames, mostly Jewish, that appear in 34 different databases.
Biblical Archaeology Society Online Archive
Searchable archives of Biblical Archaeology Review going back to 1975. Password available through Edline.
Department for Jewish Zionist Education
From the Jewish Agency for Israel. Timeline, biographies, concepts, etc.
Holy Land Maps
Adigital collection from the Jewish national and university library.
Internet Jewish Resources for High School Libraries
An extensive list of links to free online resources on every aspect of the Judaic curriculum.
Israel nature & national parks protection agency
information on israel's national parks and environment. Also available in hebrew.
The Jewish Americans
companion website to the PBS documentary that explores 350 years of Jewish American history. Jewish Encyclopedia
This website contains the complete contents of the 12-volume Jewish Encyclopedia, which was originally published between 1901-1906. This online version contains the unedited contents of the original encyclopedia. Since the original work was completed almost 100 years ago, it does not cover a significant portion of modern Jewish history (e.g., the creation of Israel, the Holocaust, etc.). However, it does contain an incredible amount of information that is remarkably relevant today.
The Jewish History Resource Center
From the Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Jewish National & University Library
Includes digitized rare books, Talmudic manuscripts, ancient maps, early Hebrew newspapers, and more. Some parts of the site are Hebrew only.
Jewish Virtual Library
From the Israeli-American cooperative enterprise. Encyclopedia, timelines, biographies, and more.
Jewish Women: A Comprehensive Historical Encyclopedia from the Jewish Women's Archive
jewish women's archive: primary sources
primary source material spanning the last 200 years
the peace process - mideast web
mideast web is a peace-related organization advocating coexistence
the peace process - israeli ministry of foreign affairs
information from the official israeli government website
rambi - the index of articles on jewish studies - is a selective bibliography of articles (not full-text) in the various fields of jewish studies and in the study of eretz israel. Material listed in rambi is compiled from thousands of periodicals and from collections of articles - in hebrew, yiddish, and european languages- mainly from the holdings of the jewish national and university library, a world center for research on the jewish people and eretz israel. The main criterion for inclusion in the bibliography is that the article be based on scientific research, or contain important information for such research. The history of the synagogue, its rituals and customs; those who work, pray, and study in the synagogue; the structure of a synagogue service and etiquette for visitors
world jewish congress
the world jewish congress is an international organization whose mission is to address the interests and needs of jews and jewish communities throughout the world. Includes information on world jewish population and communities
Jewish american history - celebrating 350 years in america
american jewish committee archives
archival material ranging from newspaper articles, animated cartoons, radio, timelines, and the complete (searchable) digitized text of the american jewish year book 1899-present (pdf files)
builders of america: the jewish heritage
page accompanies an traveling exhibit on jewish american history.
Jewish american hall of fame
profiles of people and places in jewish american history
jewish american history on the web
covers a variety of topics
jewish heroes and heroines of america
an exhibit from florida atlantic university libraries covering from colonial times to 1900.
For additional resources please see the technological resources for jewish education developed by mr. Novick.
Language arts
general language arts / literary criticism
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amazon
the online bookseller also gives access to full-text book reviews.
American verse project
an electronic archive of poetry, short stories and essays, as well as author information and criticism.
Bartleby.com
the concluding line of herman melville’s classic american short story bartleby, the scrivener reads
"ah bartleby, ah humanity!" and so, bartleby.com—after the humble character of its namesake scrivener, or copyist—publishes the classics of literature (fiction and poetry), nonfiction, and reference free of charge. Works are mostly in the public domain.
Children's literature web guide
resources related to books for children and young adults.
Eserver
over 30,000 essay, works of art and articles on the arts and humanities.
High school literature sites
links to sites about specific works and authors, literature arranged by period or century.
The internet poetry archive
the archive will make available over a worldwide computer network selected poems from a number of contemporary poets. The archive includes the work of living poets from around the world.
The internet public library reading room
contains bookshelves for browsing and searching.
Librivox
free downloadable mp3 recording of public domain books.
Literature and language
sites about children’s and young adult literature recommended by the american library association. Scroll down to the "literature & languages" section of the page.
Luminarium
this site provides a starting point for students and enthusiasts of english literature from medieval - 17th century
merriam-webster's dictionary and thesaurus
online dictionary and thesaurus!
Poet's corner
the goal is to create the largest, most diverse, and most user-friendly public library of poetic works ever assembled.
Reading rants
an out of the ordinary teen booklist that features reading suggestions from readers. Select a list, like "inquiring minds" (unusual biographies) for great reading!
Representative poetry online
an historical anthology of english poetry, from the early medieval period to the beginning of the twentieth century, which includes about 730 poems by roughly 80 authors.
Sparknotes
literature study guides, full-text of classic literature and more!
Victorian web
literature, history, and culture in the age of victoria--contains a collection of articles as well as links to other resources.
The young writer's club
this club aims to encourage children of all ages to enjoy writing as a creative pastime by getting them to share their work and help each other improve their writing abilities.
Literary criticism
classic literature from about.com. Definitions, information on authors, genres, eras, texts and more.
Classicnotes.com
classicnotes provides free literature summaries and analysis. All of the classicnotes have been written and compiled by harvard essayists. Find detailed summaries, character information, and literature references. Not a first choice, but useful.
Literary Criticism
It is hard to find quality literary criticism on the web. You will be better served by the databases. However, there are a few sites with limited information.
the internet public library literary criticism
links to general and author-specific sites for literary criticism
a literary index: internet resources in literature
links to literature on the internet.
Science fiction and fantasy research database
an inclusive tool, designed to cover all aspects of science fiction, fantasy, horror, supernatural and weird fiction. History, criticism, commentary, fan writings and some reviews are all included. This database is created and maintained by the texas a&m university libraries. Material is mostly citations - you will have to use public and college libraries and other resources to actually view the material.
Math
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ask dr. Math
math students from swarthmore college can help you with math assignments.
Create-a-graph
background information on graphs. Plug in data to create many types of graphs which can be saved as .jpg files for reports and presentations
math forum internet mathematics library
dozens of links to specific web sites for middle school level.
Webmath
stuck on a math problem? Put in the problem and webmath will not only give you the answer, but it will show the steps needed to get to that answer.
News
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bbc news
world news service from london
cnn.com
major news network
c-span
online resource for public affairs
haaretz daily
english edition of the israeli newspaper.
Internet public library: online newspapers
newspapers from around the world.
Jerusalem post
online version of the magazine
mas online
subscription database from ebsco. Provides indexing and abstracts for over 230 general interest and current events magazines, including full text for nearly 200. Username and password available from librarian
masterfile premier
subscription database from ebsco. Provides full text for nearly 2,000 general reference publications with full text dating back to 1975. Includes, magazines, biographies, images, maps. Username and password available form librarian.
News & newspapers online
more newspapers from around the world.
Newseum
interactive museum of news. View the front page of over 500 newspapers worldwide
newspaper source
subscription database from ebsco. Provides selected full text for over 180 regional u.s. Newspapers, international newspapers, newswires, newspaper columns and other sources as well as indexing and abstracts for national newspapers. Username and password available from librarian.
Newspaperlinks.com
search by state for a local newspaper. The newspaper association of america provides this official gateway to newspapers across the country.
National public radio online
reuters
financial information and news
new york times select (password required - see handout or mrs. Ulric)
nj.com: everything jersey
news and articles from the star-ledger and other new jersey newspapers
sports illustrated
free registration is required.
Time for kids
a younger online version of the popular news magazine.
Usatoday
"the nation's newspaper"
Performing Arts
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allmusic.com
an outstanding guide to all forms of popular music and musicians. Search the site by artist name, album or song title, music genre, or record label.
Classical net
site contains composer biographies, an overview of music history, and classical music links.
Jewishtheatre
the global website to promote and enhance jewish theatre and performing arts worldwide
milken archive of american jewish music
an international undertaking to record, preserve and distribute a vast cross-section, comprising hundreds of outstanding pieces of american jewish music from the past 350 years.
Music heritage network: instrument encyclopedia
features musical instruments from around the world.
Rabbinics & Tanach:
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Mr. Novik has compiled a large collection of tanach resources on the internet. They are available here.
Internet jewish resources for high school libraries
an extensive list of links to free online resources on every aspect of the judaic curriculum.
Biblemap an interactive bible atlas that uses google maps to locate biblical places - searchable by chapter. Includes new terstament, but nevertheless, extremely useful.
Commentators
brief biographies on torah commentators
divrei torah
links to parsha commentaries from shamash
feinburg e-collection from spertus
a number of important judaic databases and texts available online. Membership is required, but an individual student or educator membership is only $20.
Includes, ej, bar ilan responsa, judaic and soncino classics library, book of legends, encyclopedia of judaism and dictionary of jewish biography, dbs torah cd-rom library, bible works, index to jewish periodicals.
My jewish learning
a trans-denominational website of jewish information and education geared toward learners of all ages and educational backgrounds.
Snunit - tanach and rabbinics texts
includes very helpful toolbar on left corner containing milon ivri angli (e and ayin—double click on word). A copy button and a search button (will give you expanded results—will include not only exact word entered but words that contain letters you entered). Part of snunit’s vast website---they have updated their materials. Copy and paste text into word.
Rambi - the index of articles on jewish studies - is a selective bibliography of articles (not full-text) in the various fields of jewish studies and in the study of eretz israel. Material listed in rambi is compiled from thousands of periodicals and from collections of articles - in hebrew, yiddish, and european languages- mainly from the holdings of the jewish national and university library, a world center for research on the jewish people and eretz israel. The main criterion for inclusion in the bibliography is that the article be based on scientific research, or contain important information for such research.
Torah scroll online
hebrew language tanach text.
Science
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einstein archives online
the einstein archives online website online access to albert einstein’s scientific and non-scientific manuscripts held by the albert einstein archives at the hebrew u. Of jerusalem and to an extensive archival database.
Emergency and disaster alerts interactive map showing the latest disasters and emergencies around the world, meteorological, seismic, biological, technological, etc. Very cool! Click on any event for more details. Compiled by the national association of radio-distress signaling and infocommunications, emergency and disaster information services (edis) in budapest, hungary. Ignore the error message when it loads - just click ok.
Eurekalert! An online, global news service operated by aaas, the science society. Eurekalert! Features news and resources focused on all areas of science, medicine and technology.
How things work
think of this site as a radio call-in program that's being held on the www instead of the radio. If you ask how something works, an answer will try to be provided.
Mad scientist network
"the laboratory that never sleeps." ask a scientist.
Nasa
space and space technology information from the national aeronautics & space administration
national geographic
online site of the national geographic society
newton's apple
an award-winning national science program for kids and adults, produced by ktca-tv and pbs.
Nobel e-museum
the official site of the nobel prize, with information on nobel laureates
nova
the website for the pbs science documentary series, with activities, background and searchable archives.
Rx for survival: a global health challenge
companion site for pbs series that looks at the most critical and emerging threats to global public health and chronicles the leaders who, against all odds, deliver the goods. Includes essays, a global health atlas, disease background, answers from experts and more.
Science online
subscription database from facts on file. Access diagrams, definitions, biographies, and essays in a specific subject area or discipline. Thousands of hyperlinks allow students and researchers to follow a diagram to a definition and on to a related essay or biography. Username and password available from librarian.
Sciencefair central
a comprehensive guide to creating your science fair project!
Scientific american
the online home of the popular magazine.
Volcano live
volcano live aims to provide the most up to date, accurate and informative volcano information on the web. Volcano live also provides opportunities for people to
learn about volcanoes through guided tours and provides assistance to people affected by volcanic activity.
Weather underground
find the weather for any city, state or zip code, or country
web-elements periodic table
the periodic table of the elements on the web!
Windows to the universe
welcome to "windows to the universe! The purpose of this site is to develop a fun and different web site about the earth and space. "
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