3pco's Guide to Educational Resources

Libraries and Book Stores

• Library of Congress-Gopher Site and Website
  
• Internet Public Library - Univ of Michigan
  This is an excellent source of information for all age groups.
• Global Network Academy Meta-Library
  Several thousand Internet references browsable by topic and also searchable.
• Bookstores-Usenet FAQs
  Very informative source for bookstores around the world.
• Macmillan Information SuperLibrary
  Commercial bookstore with online ordering.
• Millberry Union Bookstore - UCSF
  
• The New York Public Library
  Access the catalog of millions of books and read about upcoming exhibitions, programs, and performances.
• San Francisco Public Library
  
• The Vincent Voice Library at Michigan State University
  MSU houses the largest academic voice library in the nation. The Website contains sound samples from US Presidents and other interesting people from the past 100 years.

Educational Institutions

• List of American Universities
  A list of links to numerous college and university home pages.
• The University Pages
  Links to all the universities that have Web pages, organized by state. Well organized; now includes a clickable map.
• UC Santa Cruz Extension
  Quarterly catalog of courses, and links to other UC Extensions which have Websites.

Other Great Sites

• The Ancient World Web
  This is a great resource for history students or anyone interested in ancient cultures and civilizations.
• Apple's eWORLD Learning Community
  
• Aristotle
  A site devoted to educational resources on the internet.
• California Geographical Survey
  The University of California's archive of geographical data, maps, and other related information dealing with California and the U.S.
• Discovery Channel Online
  Discovery Communications Inc., owner of The Discovery Channel and The Learning Channel. Access is currently free, however fee-based access is planned.
• Distance Education Resources
  
• The Franklin Institute Science Museum
  
• The Globewide Network Academy
  A non-profit consortium of educational and research organizations. Distance Learning.
• Grolier Online
  
• HST's Greatest Hits 1990-1995 Gallery
  No, not Harry S. Truman, not hypersonic transport, but the latest and greatest from the Hubble Space Telescope
• Hypertext Webster Interface
  A simple searchable interface for accessing the Webster's dictionary services. Just enter the word you want to look up.
• The Jason Project
  Electronic field trips around the planet.
• Knowledge Adventure
  This publisher of education titles for children has fun-filled activities at their Website, including a searchable encyclopedia and tips for buying educational software for kids.
• The MIT Center for Space Research
  This is a new web server that highlights research at the Center. It also contains pointers to observatories and and other astronomical subjects.
• Museum of Paleontology
  At UC Berkeley. Even if paleontology is not your "thing", you will probably be impressed.
• NASA's Space Shuttle Mission
  The official NASA source for WWW information about all space shuttle missions.
• Electronic Zoo
  Lots of information about animals, including care of your pets.
• Peterson's Education Center
  Peterson's Guides, Inc. has information on thousands of undergraduate schools. You can download applications for about 150 schools.
• Preview of the Heart
  
• Roget's Thesaurus
  
• The Sea World/Busch Gardens Animal Information Database
  It may seem more like fun but, really, it's educational.
• SkyView
  NASA Goddard Space Flight Center's virtual observatory. You'll want to press the ol' "Help" button at this site!
• The Smithsonian Institution or, if this site is busy, try the Mirror Site at SGI
  
• U.S. Department of Education
  
• US Federal Budget Simulator
  The Center for Community Economic Research (CCER) has developed an interactive budget simulator you can try your hand at.
• Virtual FlyLab
  Virtual FlyLab allows you play the role of a research geneticist. It is an educational application for learning the principles of genetic inheritance.
• WebWare for the SAT
  Stanford Testing Systems Inc. provides the Net's first SAT preparation course. Free.
• World Population Counter
  Reports the current world population as of the time the page is accessed.
• Yahoo - Education
  A good place to browse what's available by subcategories.
• Yahoo - Education:On-line Teaching and Learning
  The potential is enormous. A commendable example is the Hewlett-Packard E-mail Mentoring Program, which provides an opportunity for K-12 students to form an electronic mentor relationship with an HP employee.
  We'd like to see other companies, in their own enlightened self-interest, emulate this program. It just might keep some kids from falling through the cracks. Off soapbox.
• The Yuckiest Site on the Internet
  Sponsored by Parade Publications' teen magazine React, this site is designed to teach science to kids. Check out, yecchh, Cockroach World.