Homework Help

The Reference Staff cannot help you with your homework in the sense of "doing" it or instructing you, but we can help you find library resources that will help you to do your homework yourself.  Some of the following Internet links and resources may be of help to you in doing your homework.  There are also many books that you can find through the library catalog, or with the assistance of a Reference Librarian, which may help you.  Often a good old "book" will help you more quickly and easily, or provide better information, than trying to search on the Internet.  Books are often a better place to start, so do not overlook them and just automatically go to the Internet.  If you need help searching the catalog, or do not know how, please don't hesitate to ask a Reference Librarian to show you.  Many people are not quite sure how to search an electronic catalog, and it is nothing to be embarrassed about.  A librarian can quickly and easily teach you the few skills needed, and after that you will be able to do it yourself and find any book in the library.

TEEN SCENE HOMEWORK LINKS

Art Biographies Literary Criticism Literature

History Music Science Somerville Public Schools Library Links Additional Links

FACTS.COM is an excellent database on timely issues, brought to you by the Somerville Public Library (our subscription, not the Minuteman Library System's. See under "Databases Provided by Somerville Public Library). Currently there is an in-depth study on Voting Issues Revisited. Facts.com is available to you over the internet at home, if you are a Somerville resident, by going through Somerville Public Library's website (this address, not MLN) and using your Somerville library card.

ART

• GREAT BUILDINGS ONLINE
  An excellent international and historical directory for built architecture.
• IMAGES FROM GOOGLE
  Best image search engine.
• SMITHSONIAN IMAGE DATABASE
  The Smithsonian gateway to digitized images from its museums, archives, and libraries.

BIOGRAPHIES

• BIOGRAPHICAL DICTIONARY
  Contains information on more than 28000 notable people from ancient times to the present

• LIVES
  The largest guide to biography sites on the internet.
• WOMEN'S BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY RESOURCES
  Search an expanding data bank of women's biographies by name, subject or century.

• WOMEN'S BIOGRAPHIES
  

CRITICISM

• LITERARY CRITICISM ON THE WEB
  Good links, alphabetical by author's last name

• NOVELGUIDE
  Literary analysis of classic and contemporary literature.
• ONLINE LITERARY CRITICISM
  Internet Public Library's literary criticism collection. Searchable by author or title.

LITERATURE

• CLASSICAL AUTHORS INDEX
  Portraits, biographies and pictures of 460 classic authors including online books.
• CLASSIC LITERATURE
  The Online Literature Library's archived electronic texts available online, indexed by author.
• ELECTRONIC TEXT CENTER
  Access approximately 40,000 humanities texts in 12 languages, with more than 19,000 related images. Most are freely available to all users.
• HARVARD'S WRITING CENTER
  Online guides for writing.
• INTERNET CLASSICS ARCHIVE
  441 searchable works of classical literature.
• LITERATURE RESOURCES ON THE NET
  Searchable index of literary resources available on the web.
• ONLINE MEDIEVAL AND CLASSICAL LIBRARY
  Collection of literary works of the Classical and Medieval periods.
• VICTORIAN WEB
  Valuable resources on the Victorian age.
• VICTORIAN WOMEN WRITER'S PROJECT
  Provides " highly accurate transcriptions of literary works by British women writers."

HISTORY

• AMERICAN HISTORY
  Includes biographies and photos from characters from the Civil War to the present.

• AMERICAN MEMORY FROM LIBRARY OF CONGRESS
  Extensive online exhibitions of historic photographs and documents

• AMERICAN REVOLUTION
  Resources about the American Revolution

• COLONIAL OCCUPATIONS
  List and definitions of Colonial occupations.
• CORE DOCUMENTS
  Congressional, Presidential, Judicial, Regulatory, Demographic, and Economic
  documents from the Government Printing Office.
• FIRST GOV FOR KIDS
  The US government's portal site that provides a gateway to hundreds of Federal and
  other websites for kids.
• TOPICS FOR PAPERS
  Good listing of topics for humanities papers from Saint Ambrose University

• UMASS/AMHERST HISTORY INSTITUTE
  Links to various American history resources for teachers - especially about World Wars, Japanese internment camps, etc.
  
  
• WORLD WAR II
  World War II resources including primary sources.

MUSIC

• ALL MUSIC
  Comprehensive guide to the best music recordings in every genre.
• ARTIST SPECIFIC INTERNET SITES
  Indiana University School of Music Worldwide Internet Music Resources

SCIENCE

• HOW STUFF WORKS
  Explanations about form and function in science and technology.
• IPL SCIENCE FAIR PROJECT RESOURCE GUIDE
  Internet Public Library guides students through the steps necessary to create a successful science project

• SCIENTIFIC METHOD
  Information on the scientific method from Janice VanCleave's Science Fair Handbook

• TOPIC IDEAS FOR SCIENCE PROJECTS
  Ideas for science projects

• THE ULTIMATE SCIENCE FAIR RESOURCE
  Find ideas for projects, step-by-step project instructions, links to other resources

• USGS CASCADES VOLCANO OBSERVATORY (CVO)
  The U. S. Geological Survey's Cascades Volcano Observatory Website, which focuses on hazards and activity among other things.
• VOLCANO
  Provides information about volcanoes.
• METROWEST LINKS TO SCIENCE WEB SITES

ADDITIONAL LINKS

• HIGH SCHOOL HUB
  
  
• TEEN READS