The links below are intended to provide students with additional resources for their courses.
GENERAL INFOMATION
Ascension Parish Public Library
http://main.ascension.lib.la.us/
BrainPop: Free Stuff
http://www.brainpop.com/free_stuff/
Directory of Open Access Journals
http://www.doaj.org/doaj?func=search
The aim of the DOAJ is to increase the visibility and ease of use of open access scientific and scholarly journals, thereby promoting their increased usage and impact. The DOAJ aims to be comprehensive and cover all open access scientific and scholarly journals that use a quality control system to guarantee the content. In short, the DOAJ aims to be THE one stop shop for users of open access journals.
Google Books
TED
Smithsonian Encyclopedia
http://www.si.edu/Encyclopedia
ART
BHA (Bibliography of the History of Art)
http://library.getty.edu:7108/vwebv/searchBasic?sk=en_US_getty
Louisiana National Register of Historic Places
http://www.crt.state.la.us/hp/
New York Public Library Digital Gallery
http://digitalgallery.nypl.org/nypldigital/index.cfm
CAREER EDUCATION
Occupational Outlook Handbook
Welcome to the Nation′s premier source for career information! The profiles featured here cover hundreds of occupations and describe What They Do, Work Environment, How to Become One, Pay, and more. Each profile also includes BLS employment projections for the 2010–20 decade.
O*NET OnLine
O*NET OnLine a tool for career exploration and job analysis!O*NET OnLine has detailed descriptions of the world of work for use by job seekers, workforce development and HR professionals, students, researchers, and more!
CHEMISTRY
ChemIDPlus
http://chem.sis.nlm.nih.gov/chemidplus/
Hazardous Substances Data Bank
http://toxnet.nlm.nih.gov/cgi-bin/sis/htmlgen?HSDB
PubChem
http://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/
CIVICS
American Fact Finder
http://factfinder2.census.gov/faces/nav/jsf/pages/index.xhtml
American FactFinder provides access to data about the United States, Puerto Rico and the Island Areas. The data in American FactFinder come from several censuses and surveys.
Data.gov
The purpose of Data.gov is to increase public access to high value, machine readable datasets generated by the Executive Branch of the Federal Government. As a priority Open Government Initiative for President Obama’s administration, Data.gov increases the ability of the public to easily find, download, and use datasets that are generated and held by the Federal Government. Data.gov provides descriptions of the Federal datasets (metadata), information about how to access the datasets, and tools that leverage government datasets. The data catalogs will continue to grow as datasets are added. Federal, Executive Branch data are included in the first version of Data.gov
Population Index on the Web
http://popindex.princeton.edu/search/index.html
Statistical Abstracts of U.S.
http://www.census.gov/compendia/statab/
The Statistical Abstract of the United States, published since 1878, is the authoritative and comprehensive summary of statistics on the social, political, and economic organization of the United States. Use the Abstract as a convenient volume for statistical reference, and as a guide to sources of more information both in print and on the Web. Sources of data include the Census Bureau, Bureau of Labor Statistics, Bureau of Economic Analysis, and many other Federal agencies and private organizations.
Thomas: Legislative Information on the Internet
http://thomas.loc.gov/home/thomas.php
ENGLISH LITERATURE
Bibme: Bibliography Maker
HISTORY
Afro-Louisiana History and Genealogy
http://www.ibiblio.org/laslave/
Bayou State Periodical Index
http://www.libris.ca/cgi23/go.exe
The Bayou State Periodical Index database is hosted by Reference Press, an independent publisher of reference materials and software for use in school and public libraries. The Bayou State Periodical Index search engine (developed by Reference Press) is Open Url compliant.
Chronicling America: Historical American Newspapers
http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/
Louisiana Digital Library
http://louisdl.louislibraries.org/
The Atlantic Slave Trade and Slave Life in the Americas: A Visual Record
http://hitchcock.itc.virginia.edu/Slavery/index.php
RELIGION
BibleGateway
SCIENCE
National Academy of Science: Biographical Memoirs
http://www.nasonline.org/publications/biographical-memoirs/
SPANISH
Classzone
http://www.classzone.com/cz/books/avancemos_1/book_home.htm?state=LA
http://www.classzone.com/cz/books/avancemos_2/book_home.htm?state=LA
Quizlet
BBC Spanish
http://www.bbc.co.uk/languages/spanish/