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The Internet Public Library's Teen Space is one of the most award-winning websites on the net.This site links to a ton of information on homework and other stuff like dating, money, and careers.

A collection of outstanding links to web sites on a variety of homework topics.

The Discovery Channel presents tools to help you study, games to challenge your mind, and tons of great clip art. Explore everything from Ancient Egypt to the Hubble Space Telescope.

Use any of the 75+ subscription databases with your library card to find the answer to almost every question! Call the front desk to get your card number over the phone: 879-0240.

This site is great for finding quotations about everyday matters to famous people like Shakespeare, Gandhi, and even Madonna.

Look to this website for the proper spelling of words. You can also use the thesaurus and a translation page.

Use this website as a first start to any research topic. Find news articles, maps, photos, summaries, and other useful information. You can subscribe to the site to view it "ad-free."


Art

Search for illustrated articles on how to from professionals and experts in glazing, handbuilding, firing, tools, and more.

Learn about how to become a ceramics professional and where/when the latest fine arts exhibits are coming near you.

Discover the latest exhibits at the Denver Museum of Art.

Check out the latest exhibits at the NGA in Washington, D.C.

The Louvre (pronounced Loov) hosts fine art from the ancient Egypt to contemporary and modern. Look for the English version symbol and start exploring this interactive website. If you're visiting Paris, make sure you get your discount entrance coupon before you go.

Explore this Paris museum hosted in an old railway station. Here you'll find impressionist paintings like Degas's ballerinas, Monet's water lilies, and Van Gogh's Starry Night. The collections date from 1848 to 1914.
Athletics

Learn about nutrition basics and exercise planning

Use this online resource to plan your best health and fitness goals.

This website explores the professional and business world of fitness, from running a gym to the latest product reviews.

Track your favorite teams and players with schedules, statistics, and facts.

Learn why five to nine servings of fruits or vegetables a day is the key to good health. Dole's national campaign explores nutrition and health in this fun and interactive website.

Quit using tobacco now. Learn health facts and resources to prevent and stop unhealthy tobacco usage.

This website includes information about eating disorders and body image concerns for men and women of all ages. It also includes referrals to professional treatment centers and doctors.

  The Official Website of the Summer Games of the
  XXIX Olympiad in Beijing, China.

English & Literature

During the 180 days of the school year, on this website is 180 poems appealing to teens. Learn different forms of poems and even create your own.

Learn about the poems and lives of historical and contemporary American poets.

Choose your writing style, then your source, and plug in your information for a copy and paste citation. This website will save you time and frustration.

A webliography of the most commonly studied British and American literature for high school students.

Use this site to learn about classic authors and read their words, poetry or books online.

Foreign Languages

Translate anything here. Note: the translations are literal and may not translate exact phrases like idioms.

Use this website to translate as well words to and from a foreign language and back to English.

Sponsored by Handspeak, this sign language dictionary is the "largest, fastest growing visual (sign) language dictionary online". Results show real-action demonstrations, not just still pictures!

:: French ::
Learn about the history and navigation of Paris, France.

Learn about the history of the Acadian people who settled in Louisiana in the late 1700s and have become known today as Cajuns.

Discover new words, parts of speech, gestures, and more in this interactive website

:: German ::
A webliography of german history, literature and culture.

Use this website to refresh your vocabulary with interactive games.

:: Japanese ::
Learn about the history of the infamous Samurai

See Kanji examples of many common phrases

Read about current events in Japan

Learn the language and the alphabet on this interactive website for beginning learners.

:: Spanish ::
Learn how the Spanish language developed and what countries rely on Spanish to communicate.

A webliography of links about Spain.

Refresh your Spanish speaking and vocabulary skills.

Math

Practice your math skills from basic math to calculus in this homework help website.

If you're stuck on a math problem, this site will help you solve it.

Mathematical humor, funny proof of theorems, interesting facts and comical interpretations of mathematical terms from the book "Twenty Years Before the Blackboard" by Michael Stueben with Diane Sanford.

The first 10,000 digits of math's favorite symbol.

Music

Need to know more about Music History? Here you will find the history of music from the Medieval times to the 20th Century. Test your knowledge with a music history game.

A guide to more than 140 musical instruments from all parts of the world. Includes photographs and descriptions.

Learn basic tips to help you sight-read and advance your musical abilities.

Webliography of musical terms, composers, and resources.

See the latest musicals coming to Denver.

Science

This site offers daily astronomy and space news, star charts, pictures of planets, space missions, eclipse and much more.

Learn about current chemistry-related scientific news.

Stay up-to-date with the latest in biological news.

Geology and Earth Science current events, news, articles, dictionary, satellite images, career information, reference maps, and more.

Social Studies

:: Political Science ::
Links to city events and policies.

Links to Routt County events and policies

Links to Colorado Government officials and events.

Webliography to national government officials and policies.

:: History ::
Learn about historic Routt County, Colorado.

A link to Colorado's past through historical museums and highway markers, exhibitions, manuscript and photograph collections, popular and scholarly publications, historical and archaeological preservation services, and educational programs for children and adults.

A webliography of great events in US History.

A webliography of north american events.

A webliography of south american events.

A webliography of ancient world historical events.

A webliography of great events in history throughout the world.

The US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) has compiled tons of up-to-date statistics, information and maps on every country in the world in this very useful site.

This very easy to search site includes information, statistics, flags and maps of all the countries in the world. The National Education Association said this site of 1,500 links "offers a wealth of information".