Fels High School
Guide to Online Resources
Samuel S. Fels High School
Philadelphia, PA
Access PA
Power Library
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RESEARCH MYSTERIES
Internet Research Alternatives to Google, Alta Vista, and Yahoo
Access PA Power Library: MasterFILE Premier
Electronic index for locating articles from over 1,000 magazines.
FreeZine E-Zine Locator
New List
Electronic magazines found on the Internet.
Metagrid Magazine Locator
Locates web sites sponsored by internationally popular magazines and newspapers.
PA Power Library: Newspaper Source
Electronic index for locating newspaper articles.
US Government Web Subject Index
Locate government publications.
Internet Public Library
Internet Scout Toolkit
A meta site with collections of book-marked web sites.
PA POWER Library -- DartCLIX
Access web sites approved by the PA State Library through AccessPA.
InfoMINE
Access scholarly selected web sites.
Best of History Web Sites
Highly recommended gateway site for world history.
Mysteries-Megasite
Web portal for links to web sites about mysteries.
Web Resources
Atlantis:
Internet Sacred Text Archive: Atlantis
,
How Often Is Atlantis Discovered? (Slate)
Bermuda Triangle:
U. S. Department of the Navy
,
National Geographic -- Bermuda Triangle
Big Foot:
PBS -- The West: Big Foot
,
About.com: Big Foot, Yetti, Sasquatch
Loch Ness Monster:
Legend of Nessie
,
PBS: The Beast of Loch Ness
Shroud of Turin:
McCrone Research Institute Report
,
Council for the Study of the Shroud of Turin
Ghosts:
Ghosts & Scholars (U.K.)
,
Ghost Study
Stonehenge:
English Heritage -- Stonehenge
,
Discovery Channel: Mysterious Places -- Stonehenge
Roswell:
Army Air Force Report
,
International UFO Museum and Research Center
Pyramids:
National Geographic: Pyramids
PBS.org: Pyramids
Jack the Ripper:
Metropolitan Police Service Files (U.K.)
,
Jack the Ripper essay by Robert Haggard
Mayan Roads:
Mayan Archaeological History
,
The Maya Pages
Donner Party:
LOC American Memory: Expedition of the Donner Party
,
Donner Party Diary
Missing Link (Evolution):
Ape Fossil MSNBC.com
,
NOVA (PBS.org) The Missing Link
Noah and the Great Flood:
The Search for Noah's Ark
,
Religious Tolerance.org
King Arthur:
Legends
,
Britannia.com: King Arthur
JFK Assassination:
National Archives
,
John McAdams: JFK / The Kennedy Assassination
Houdini:
LOC American Memory
,
PA Power Library Biography Reference Bank
Dinosaur Extinction:
National Geographic
,
Virtual Museum of Natural History
,
BBC Extinctions
Prehistoric Animals:
Yahoo Directory: Pleistocene Megafauna
,
UC Berkeley Museum of Paleontology
Nostradamus:
Internet Sacred Text Archive
,
Astrology Online Special Report
Hindenburg Tragedy:
VidiCom
,
About.com: Hindenburg Disaster
Shakespeare:
Folger Library
,
Bardweb: The Shakespeare Resource Center
Lincoln Assassination:
LOC American Memory: Abraham Lincoln Papers
,
Famous American Trials
Vikings in America:
Minnesota State U. Museum
,
Smithsonian Dec. 04
Saints:
Patron Saints Index
,
Lives of the Saints
Miracle of Lourdes:
Catholic Culture
,
Lourdes, France: Official Site
Amelia Earhart:
LOC American Memory
,
National Geographic
Andrea Doria
and
Stockholm
:
Yahoo Directory>Ships
,
Andrea Doria.org
Gilgamesh:
Ancient Texts.org
,
Gilgamesh Study Guide
Savants:
What Is An Idiot Savant?
,
Savant Syndrome from the Washington Medical Society
Lusitania:
Lost Liners: Lusitania
,
Lusitania.net
Vampires, Werewolves:
Zerotime.com
,
HorrorFind (annotated list of online sites)
Dead Sea Scrolls:
Qumran Library
,
West Semitic Research Project
Anastasia:
Where is Anastasia?
,
Letters of Anastasia
Big Bang Theory:
NASA Academy
,
The Big Bang (U. Michigan)
Marilyn Monroe:
Official Marilyn Monroe Site
,
PA Power Library Biography Reference Bank
Research Assistance
How to Evaluate a Web Site
from
Beck, Susan. "Evaluation Criteria."
The Good, The Bad & The Ugly: or, Why It’s a Good Idea to Evaluate Web Sources
. 1997.
http://lib.nmsu.edu/instruction/evalcrit.html
Research Assignment Organizer
from Big 6
MLA Citation Style Tutorial
Bibliography Tool.