Web Resources
These links were assembled by the faculty and staff of St. Thomas High School. If you like to suggest a link for submission or report a broken link, please email the Director of our Learning Resource Center, Diane Roberts.
Go to the Student Desk to find links to St. Thomas Online Reference Resources/Databases which are available to the student body. You will need to get the passwords from the Learing Resource Center to access them from home, but it's worth that little bit of extra trouble to find valuable information not available other places.
Houston Area Independent Schools (HAIS)
www.houstonprivateschools.org
Visit the Houston Area of Independent Schools website that has a description of most independent/private schools in Houston.
Houston Public Library
www.hpl.lib.tx.us/hpl/catalog.html
Search the public library catalog or use their web-based resources if you have a Power Card (see Mrs. Roberts for information on getting one! It’s free!)
Rice University Fondren Library
www.rice.edu/fondren/
Search the library at Rice – if there is a book there you need, we can get it for you!
Library of Congress
www.loc.gov/
Not just the listing of books in the world’s largest library – many primary sources, photographs and recordings available online.
University of Houston Library
library.uh.edu/
Faculty Resources
• Multimedia Educational Resouces for Learning and Online Teaching www.merlot.org
• Grading Rubics Generator rubistar.4teachers.org
• Study Guides every subject www.iss.stthomas.edu/study
• Kathy Schrock Guide for Educators school.discovery.com/schrockguide
College & Career
• Apply On Line www.collegenet.com
• Financial Aid www.finaid.org
• Occupational Outlook Handbook www.bls.gov/oco
English
Writing
• Citation Styles & Formats www.dartmouth.edu/~sources/index.html
• 5th edition of MLA Handbook (and APA as well) free successor to Noodlebib www.easybib.com
Literature & Reading
• Bulfinch’s Mythology www.bulfinch.org/
• Favorite Poems - site maintained by Robert Pinsky, 39th poet-laureate of the United States www.favoritepoem.org
• Humanities resources, literature & links www.edsitement.neh.gov
• Lifetime Reading List www.teachersfirst.com/lifelist.html
• Online mythology, folklore & legends www.pantheon.org
• Reading Rants tln.lib.mi.us/~amutch/jen/search.html
Fine Arts
Art
• Gateway to Art History www.harcourtcollege.com/arts/gardner
• Hermitage Museum hermitagemuseum.org/html_En/index.html
• National Gallery of Art www.nga.gov/
• Vision & Art psych.hanover.edu/Krantz/art/index.page.html
• Writings/Pictures of Dante Rossetti www.iath.virginia.edu/rossetti/index.html
Theater/Drama
• Theater Resources www.artslynx.org/theatre/thed.htm
• Book list, play lists, resources on drama & theater www.creativedrama.com
Music
• Instrument Encyclopedia www.si.umich.edu/chico/instrument/
• Tutorials/info on history, instruments, tutorials www.datadragon.com/education
General
• Multicultural Resources www.teachersfirst.com/multicult.htm
• Urban Legends Debunked www.snopes.com
• Holidays Around the World www.earthcalendar.net
Language
• French resources students and teachers www.parlez-vous.org
• I Love Language www.ilovelanguages.com/
• Learn Spanish www.studyspanish.com
• Parlo - Language, culture, music, life, resources, articles on other countries www.parlo.com
Library Resources
• Virtual Reference Desk www.vrd.org/locator/subject.shtml
• Find Articles www.findarticles.com/cf_0/PI/index.jhtml
• Hoax Busters hoaxbusters.ciac.org/
• Internet Public Library for Teens www.ipl.org/div/teen/
Math
• IFigure www.ifigure.com/
• VassarStats - statistical computation integrating statistics into class faculty.vassar.edu/~lowry/VassarStats.html
Physical Education & Health
• Baseball Page www.baseballhalloffame.org/index.htm
• EveryRule www.everyrule.com/indextop.htm
• Fast-Food Nutrition Finder www.olen.com/food/
Science
• National Science Teacher Association Newsletter - see lower right of the NSTN web page to sign up www.nsta.org
• NASA Solar System Explorer solarsystem.nasa.org
Astronomy
• Solar System inspire.ospi.wednet.edu:8001/curric/space/planets/index.html
Biology
• Field Guides www.enature.com/guides/select_group.asp
• Secret Life of the Brain www.pbs.org/wnet/brain/
• The Biology Project www.biology.arizona.edu/default.html
• Cells Alive! www.cellsalive.com/
Chemistry
• Links for Chemists www.liv.ac.uk/Chemistry/Links/links.html
• Web Elements www.webelements.com/
• Interactive Periodic Table pearl1.lanl.gov/periodic/
Earth Science
• Edwards Aquifer www.eardc.swt.edu/
• Global Warming www.climatehotmap.org/
Physics
• Physics of Sound www.thinkquest.org/library/lib/site_sum_outside.html?tname=19537&url=19537/
• Fear of Physics - Homework help, explanations, streaming videos www.fearofphysics.com
Social Studies
Current Events
• BBC News news.bbc.co.uk
• CNN www.cnn.com
• Fox News Channel www.foxnews.com
• Sept 11 Digital Archive www.911digitalarchive.org/
• Today in History www.historychannel.com/today/
Economics
• Economist Country Briefings www.economist.com/countries
• Interactive Stock Market Project www.ncsa.uiuc.edu/edu/RSE/RSEyellow/gnb.html
U.S. Government
• Pictorial Congressional Directory www.access.gpo.gov/congress/107_pictorial/index.html
U.S. History
• American Memory Collection - 7 million items from the Library of Contress memory.loc.gov
• Great American Speeches www.pbs.org/greatspeeches/
• History Matters www.historymatters.gmu.edu/
World Cultures/Geography
• Brief info about the states-symbols, webcams, songs, representatives, links, etc. www.50states.com
• Country Studies – Library of Congress lcweb2.loc.gov/frd/cs/cshome.html
• Flags of the World www.crwflags.com/fotw/flags
• Food Timeline & Recipes www.gti.net/mocolib1/kid/food.html
• The Perseus Project - resources for studying the ancient world - history, culture, literature medusa.perseus.tufts.edu
• UN Maps www.un.org/Depts/Cartographic/english
• What is the Capital of? www.what-is-the-capital-of.com
Theology
• Basilian Fathers www.basilian.org
• Diocese of Galveston-Houston www.diocese-gal-hou.org/
• Churches in the Diocese of Galveston-Houston www.stmhouston.org/link.html
• U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops www.nccbuscc.org/
• The Vatican www.vatican.va
• Catholic Online www.Catholic.org/
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