It is the SPHS Library Media Center's mission to provide resources and instruction that contribute to lifelong learning.
Subject Sites For Homework Help Click here
| Language Arts | |
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| A+ Research & Writing | A step-by-step guide to research papers |
| Bartett's Familiar Quotations | Quotations are organized by author or chronologically for quick reference. Key word access is also available. |
| Bartleby | Access to reference books, literature and verse online. |
| The Literature Network | We offer searchable online literature for the student, educator, or enthusiast. We currently have over 1200 full books and over 2000 short stories and poems by over 250 authors. Our quotations database has over 8500 quotes. |
| Complete Works of
William Shakespeare |
This site has offered Shakespeare's plays and poetry to the Internet community since 1993. |
| Plagiarism Stoppers | Places to go for help with student plagiarism, how to identify it, what to do when it happens, how to prevent it. |
| Indiana University | Definition of plagiarism. |
| Mathematics | |
| A+ Math | Flashcards, worksheets, and games to help you practice math skills. |
| Create-a-Graph | An easy tool for creating graphs and charts for homework papers and projects. |
| Go Math | Easy to find algebra and geometry sections, plus "Formula-to-Go" and free online math help. |
| Math Forum | The students center includes many examples, problems, games, and interactive exercises with links to Ask Dr. Math. |
| Webmath | Covers a broad range of subject categories from everyday math basics to trigonometry and calculus. the site is composed of many fill-in forms, and will solve your math problem instantly. Especially nice feature is that the solution is then explained step-by-step. |
| Social Studies | |
| Ben's Guide to Government | Includes information about historical documents, election process, how laws are made and more. |
| USA Government Made Easy | Very comprehensive database created by the President's Management Council. Particularly helpful for browsing broad topics. Includes documents, journal articles, and numerous links to agencies and documents. |
| This Day in History | By the History Channel, choose a month and day to find out what happened. |
| CIA Factbook | Information and maps about all the countries of the world. |
| Science | |
| How Stuff Works | Ever wonder how something works, like car engines, cell phones, television, airplanes, etc.? Then look no further - here is the answer to all your questions about how everything works, complete with moving diagrams. |
| Mad Sci Network | Searchable site dedicated to science education and science fair projects. Includes Ask-A-Scientist feature. Not all citations are dead serious. Explore Mad Labs and the Mad Sci Library. |
| Art and Music | |
| Classical Net | Contains brief composer biographies, an overview of music history, guides to finding quality classical CD's, reviews and articles, and classical music links. |
| Foreign Language | |
| Translation Services | Foreign Language translation services available free on the internet. |
| Drama | |
| Internet Theatre Database | The unofficial history of theatre. |
| Health and Physical Education | |
| Nutrition Data | Provides complete nutritional information for any food or recipe, and helps you select foods that best match your dietary needs. |
| Mayo Clinic | Information on diseases and conditions, drug information, and a first-aid guide. |
| College and Career | |
| Peterson's | The leader in college search, test preparation and financial aid. |
| College Board Online | Information on planning for college, taking the SAT test, finding the right college, writing the admission essay, and finding financial aid. |
| College View | Career, college, and financial aid information. |
| College Scholarships | Find links to ten FREE online scholarship searches, college admissions and financial aid office email addresses and toll-free numbers, links to college web sites and online applications, and a list of the web's best college and scholarship websites. |
| Guaranteed Scholarships | Find a list of scholarships guaranteed by individual colleges to ALL admitted students meeting the criteria listed. |
| Career Info Net | A variety of free assessments and other career planning tools. |
| O'Net Online | Find occupations, search for occupations that use your skills, find related occupations and see details about each occupation. |
| America's Career Info Net | Find wages and employment trends, occupational requirements, state by state labor market conditions, millions of employer contacts nationwide, and the mot extensive career resource library online. |
Homework Help Index For Subject Sites Click here
| Almanacs | |
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| Contains World and U.S. History & Government, biography, sports, arts & entertainment, business & finance, society & culture, health & science, weather & climate, and more. | |
| Information about countries of the world -- Geography, people, government, economy, communications, transportation, military, transnational issues, and maps. | |
| Old Farmer's Almanac | Since 1792 in print and now online. Useful information for all people: history, weather, moon phases, tide tables, planting charts, and recipes. |
| Today in History | Archive of the Library of Congress. American Memory Collection. Search by day, month, or full-text to find out what happened on a particular day. |
| Martindale's The Reference Desk | One of the web's best kept secrets. A highly personal web dictionary with more than 25,000 pages |
| Texas Almanac | The ultimate resource for anyone interested in staying up-to-date on the state of the Lone Star State. Reliable information on Texas history, government, counties, business, arts, science, agriculture, etc. |
| Citation Program | |
| Creates citation in either MLA or APA, gives parenthetical citation. Copy and paste citation into word document to create bibliography. | |
| Creates entire bibliography in MLA style. | |
| Current Events | |
| ABC NEWS | World News Tonight Online. Get local news by entering zip code. |
| CBS NEWS | CBS News Online. Get local news by entering zip code. |
| CNN | Cable News Network Online.. |
| KEYE TV (CBS) | Austin's CBS affiliate for local news, weather, and sports. |
| KVUE TV (ABC) | Austin's ABC affiliate for local news, weather, and sports.. |
| KXAN TV (NBC) | Austin's NBC affiliate for local news, weather, and sports. |
| News 8 Austin | Austin's Network for local news, weather, and sports. |
| MSNBC | NBC's news station online. Enter zip code for local news, weather, and sports. |
| KTBC FOX 7 | Austin's Fox affiliate for local news, weather, and sports. |
| Fox News Channel | Fox News Online |
| USA Today | Daily News. |
| Dictionaries and Thesauri | |
| The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language | Over 90,000 entries feature 10,000 new words and senses, 70,000 audio word pronunciations, 900 full-page color illustrations, language notes, and word-root appendixes. |
| Merriam-Webster Online | Access to the Collegiate Dictionary, Collegiate Thesaurus, and the Merriam-Webster Unabridged Dictionary. |
| Roget's II: The New Thesaurus | Contains 35,000 synonyms and over 250,000 cross-references. |
| Encyclopedias | |
| World Book | |
| Encyclopedia Britannica | |
| Grammar and Punctuation | |
| The American Heritage Book of English Usage | A practical and authoritative guide to contemporary English. |
| Guide to Grammar & Writing | Dozens of digital handouts on grammar and English usage, over 170 computer-graded quizzes and recommendations. |
| Strunk's Elements of Style | Classic reference book on the usage and principals composition and the requirements of plain English Style. |
| Maps | |
| Google Maps | Find U.S. map and driving directions as well as view terrain and satellite maps. |
| Map Machine | Locate nearly any place on Earth, find country facts, plus search and print historical, weather, and population maps. |
| Map Quest | Find U.S. map and driving directions |
| MSN Maps & Directions | Global map coverage, including street maps of some countries. |
| Quotations | |
| Bartlett's Familiar Quotations | A collection of passages, phrases, and proverbs traced to their sources in ancient and modern literature. |
| The Columbia World of Quotations | 65,000 essential quotations that constitute this authoritative collection represent the research of 154 experts. |
| Simpson's Contemporary Quotations | The most notable quotations from 1950-1988. |
| Search Engines | |
| Ask.com | Dogpile.com Excite.com Google.com |
| Virtual Libraries | |
| World Wide Web Virtual Library | Contains college and adult level categories: such as law, philosophy, regional, and international affairs. |
| Martindale's The Reference Desk | One of the web's best kept secrets. A highly personal web directory with more than 25,000 pages. |