Boulder City Library

701 Adams Boulevard
Boulder City, NV 89005
Tel: 702-293-1281
Fax: 702-293-0239

Homework Help

A+++ Web Search Engines	American Civil War	American Revolution	American West
	Animals	Automobiles
Biographies	Books and Book Reviews	Business
Careers	College	Country Info	Criminal Justice
Dictionaries		Encyclopedia
Finance	Foreign Languages/Clutures	Full Online Text
	History - American History	History - World History
Law	Libraries-Public & University	Mathematics	Medical & Health
Misc.	Museums	Music	Mythology
Nevada	Newspapers
	Rodeo	Scholarships & Financial Aid
School Examples	Science	Shakespeare	Sports
Teacher Lesson Plans	U.S. Government	Virtual Reference Libraries

A+++ Web Search Engines

HotBot	Librarian's Index to the Internet
Ultimate Directory	About.Com
WebCrawler	Dogpile , the friendly Multi-engine Search Too l
Altavista.com	Google

American Civil War

Abraham Lincoln Online	American Civil War
American Civil War Home Page	Civil War Battle Flags
Civil War Reenactors Home Page	Civil War Reenactors Home Page

American Revolution

American Revolution	American Revolution , Extracted from American Military History
Archiving Early America	From Revolution to Reconstruction
Historical Text Archive	Sons of the Revolution

American West

America's West , Development & History	Old West index Page
The Overland Trail Links

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Animals

The Electronic Zoo	AVMA Care for Pets
Just Curious	National Wildlife Federation

Automobiles

Kelley Blue Book

Biographies

Academy of Achievement Home Page	A&E's Biography
Biography Resource Center Contact BCHS for Username and Password

Books and Book Reviews

ALA Booklists for Youth	ALA YALSA Book Lists
Book Reporter Reviews	Book Wire
Book Browser , The Guide for Avid Readers	On-line Books Page
Newbery Medal Home Page	Publisher's Weekly
The New York Times, Choose Books from the sidebar	Bible Concordances
Bibles.net	SF & Fantasy Book List
ill.net Mysteries and More	TeenReads.com

Business

Brint Company Information	U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
CNN Financial Network	Small Business Administration
Global Business Center	Far Eastern Business Sites
List of Economic Journals	U.S. Securities and Exhange Commision
U.S. Census Bureau	International Trade

Careers

Occupational Outlook Handbook	Careers-Wall Street Journal Interactive
MentorNet	America's Job Bank
Monster Job Search	Suffolk Library Career Links
Career Builder	USA Jobs
Women in Technology International	Insitute for Women and Technology
Nevada Career Information System

College

College Rankings

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Country Info

Maps.com	Canada Statistics
CIA World Fact Book	Country Studies
Country Web Sites, Statistical Information	Governement of Canada
LANIC, Latin American Studies

Criminal Justice

The Crime Library

TRAC Information on Federal Law Enforcement

Dictionaries

Acronyms & Abbreviations	Library Spot Dictionaries
Barlett's Familiar Quotations	Library Spot Dictionaries
Bible Concordances	OneLook Dictionaries
Dictionaries, Thesauri***Univeristy of Mass.	Rhyme Zone
Dictionaries, Teachers.net Reference Desk	Dictionary of Military and NATO Terms
Behind the Name	Merriam Webster Dictionary & Thesaurus

Encyclopedia/Almanac

Grolier Encyclopedia Contact BCHS for Username and Password	Information Please
World Almanac

Finance

Federal Reserve Bank of San Fransisco

Foreign Languages/Cultures

Culture Grams Contact BCHS for Username and Password	LC Hispanic Reading Room
LANIC , Latin American Studies	Latino.com

Full Online Texts

Internet Public Library	Bibliomania
EServer	On-line Books Page
Wiretap.com	Bartleby.com
Robert Stockton (HTML versions of some Project Gutenberg books)	Project Gutenberg
Electronic Text Center

History - American History Sites

Gale Discovering Contact BCHS for Username and Password	American History Contact BCHS for Username and Password
Beyond Books Contact BCHS for Username and Password	NYPL Digital Library

History - World History Sites

Russian History	PBS History
World History Contact BCHS for Username and Password

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Law

World Quest Law	Dumb Laws
FindLaw	Nevada Legislature and NRS

Libraries (Public and University)

CCSN	Las Vegas - Clark County Library District
UNLV	Henderson District Public Libraries
Library of Congress	Suffolk Library, NY
Dibner Library, NY

Literature

The English Server	LitFinder Contact BCHS for Username and Password
Internet Public Library Literary Criticism	Literature Resource Center Contact us for Username and Password
Yahoo! Arts: Humanities: Literature

Mathematics

Platonic Realms

Math Archives

Medical & Health

Achoo Healthcare Online	Adam Online Anatomy
Center for Disease Control	Entrez, Links to 8 genetic and medical databases
Hardin MD, Harden Meta Directory of Internet Health Sources	MedicineNet
Human Anatomy On-Line	Martindale's Health Science Guide
Mayo Clinic Health Oasis	About.com Health
National Center for Biotechnology Information	The Heart, an Online Exploration
Health & Wellness Contact BCHS for Username and Password

Misc.

Gallup Organization	How Stuff Works
The Nobel Prizes

Museums

Library of Congress Home Page	NYPL Digital Library Collection
MUSEE, Directory of Museums worldwide including Art, Science, History, Zoos, Archaeology, and Aquariums	.

Music

Music for the Nation , American Sheet Music, 1870-1885

Mythology

Bulfinch's Mythology	Encyclopedia Mythica
Yahoo's Mythology & Folklore	WWW Subject Catalog:Mythology and Folklore

Nevada

Boulder City Library	Boulder City, NV
Hoover Dam , Official	Clark County School District
Clark County, NV	Communicty College of Southern NV
Eureka County Nuclear Waste Info	Henderson, NV
	Las Vegas, NV
Nevada Magazine Online	NV Revised Statutes
NV State Legislature	NV State Library & Archives
Official NV Home Page	UNLV Library

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Newspapers

Newspaper Links , Official Gateway to local newspaper sites on the Web.	Associated Press
Baltimore Sun	Boston Globe
Wall Street Journal	Chicago Tribune
Chrisitan Science Monitor	Cleveland Plain Dealer
Dallas Morning News	Denver Post
Kansas City Star	Las Vegas Review Journal
Las Vegas Sun	LA Times
New York Times	Oregonian
San Jose News	Seattle Times
Toledo Blade	USA Today
Washington Post	WIRE, AP Breaking News
Media Info

Rodeo

Rodeo News and Links

Scholarships & Financial Aid

CollegeNet, Online College Applications	CollegeNet College Guide
FinAid, Financial Aid Information Page	FAFSA On the Web

School Examples

BCHS	Silverado HS, Las Vegas, NV

Science

Virtual Earthquake	High School Hub
Astrophysics on the Web (Astronomy)	Cool Science for Curious Kids
The Biology Project-Biochemistry @ University of Arizona	ECHO , Exploring & Collecting History Online-Science & Technolog
Biology Project	Cell Membranes
Cells Alive	Chemistry.org
Frank Potter's Science Gems, Life Science	Genetics Learning Center
Science Fair Central	Global Change
Questacon Kids	IPL Science Fair Project Resource Guide
Tree of Life	National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration
SDSC Supercomputer Center (links to projects, some science, that use the supercompters)	Natural History Reference Sources
Spencer S. Eccles Health Science Library	New Scientist, Planet Science
PBS Online-Science	Photosynthesis
Poisonous Plant Page @ Cornell University	Rain Forest Plants (discover disappearing rainforests and the impact of the loss, also info. on medicinal and other uses of plants by naaive peoples and pharmaceutical companies)
Biology Links	Science Reading Room , Library of Congress
Society for Development Biology , Purdue	The Alchemist , The Webzine of ChemWeb
Zoology Internet Resource Guide	Why Files, Science Behind the New
Internet Directory for Botany	Chemistry Central
Yahoo Science Links	U.S. EPA Student Center
The World-Wide Web Virtual Library , Instructional Resources in Biology	U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
U.S. EPA Student Center	Plants National Database
US Geological Survey	Whole Frog Project
Water Resources of the United States

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Shakespeare

Folger Shakespeare Library	Shakespeare - Critical Evaluations
Shakespeare's Globe Theater	Shakespeare Out There

Sports

College Football at About	Pro Basketball at About
Sports.com

Teacher Lesson Plans

Access Excellence	Blue Web'n
Classroom Connect	MLA Style Main Page, click on MLA Style
PBS Online TeacherSource	Teacher Professional Development Links , Ask An Expert
Welcome to AskERIC	Teachers' Net
Teachnet , Tools for Online Teachers	The Gateway

United States Government

Central Intelligence Agency	Uncle Sam for Kids
Ben's Guide to U.S. Government	Federal Government, General Information Resources
Federal Judicial Center	The White House
Fedstats, One Stop Shopping for Federal Statistics	FindLaw, Supreme Court Opinions
GPO Access	Presidents of the United States
Library of Congress	National Archives and Records Administration
WashLaw Web, State Court Opinions	State and Local Governments, Library of Congress
SunSITE-based Government Documents	Supreme Court Decisions
FirstGov
WorldQuest Law	Project VoteSmart
THOMAS, U.S. Congress on the Internet	U.S. Census Bureau Home Page
U.S. Copyright Office Home Page	U.S. Consumer Gateway
U.S. Senate	U.S. House of Representatives
Supreme Court Searches and Supreme Court Cases	CQ Reseacher Contact BCHS for Username and Password

Virtual Reference Libraries

Big Eye	CCSN
Bartleby's Reference Sources	High School Hub
Internet Public Library	Library of Congress
Library Spot	About
My Virtual Reference Desk	THOR
University of Kentucky
Virtual Library

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