Archbishop John Carroll High School

Recommended Internet Sites for Students

ART

•  National Museum of American Art 
• Time- Life Photo Sight
• WebMuseum  

  You can find a selection of works of art from Renoir to Monet and Picasso to name just a few. It includes commentary and an index.   

ASTRONOMY

• NASA
• Views of the Solar System   

BIOLOGY

• Bio Online   There are a lot of good links here especially under the heading Research and Education on the home page. A good site for biotechnology.
• Biosciences   A guide to biology on the ‘net.
• Pharmaceutical Information Network Information on prescription drugs.

BOOKS AND LIBRARIES

• ACCESS PA Catalog This is a union list run by the state of Pennsylvania. It literally contains more then 4 million holdings and locations for books.
• Information Please Almanac    Everything that is in an almanac and more including maps
• Internet Public Library Reference help is available here, there is a real-time connection available to a librarian.
• Library of Congress  Check out Thomas for legislative information and American Memory

BUSINESS

• Stock Exchange pages
• Wall Street Journal Online 

CHEMISTRY

• Chemistry Hypermedia Project  Resources for chemistry students
• Chemistry Virtual Library   This site provides links to chemistry sites around the world.
• National Academy of Sciences 
•  Periodic Table  Use this to get information on line for elements

   ENGLISH

• English Grammar on line   This site offers grammar lessons.
• The English Pages   A wonderful source of all sorts of information about English, including the MLA style sheet for the web
• Shakespeare Web

FURTHER ED AND COLLEGE PLANNING

• FastWeb   A guide to finding university and college scholarships 
• CollegeNet  This site provides a searchable database of over 2,000 universities and colleges

GEOGRAPHY, GOVERNMENT and HISTORY

• American Memory  Run by the Smithsonian, this site is dedicated to American History.
• Biography Index from PBS of sites and information on subjects they have covered.  
• Cities.com Provides information on most cities worldwide.
• The History Channel  Historical information on any part of the world
• PCL Map Collection  Try here for historical maps for any part of the world
• Thomas Library This is a huge site dedicated to congressional and legislative information

  THEOLOGY AND RELIGION

• Archdiocese of Philadelphia
• Catholic Community Forum   Devoted to parish life and everyday matters of faith
• Missionary Service News Agency      

  This site provides news updates written by missionaries working in the world's Soutth.  Many major news organizations (such as CNN) rely on MISNA for objective reporting from remote locales during times of political conflict and other confusions.

• National Conference of Catholic Bishops/United States Catholic Conference
• Petersnet   A Trinity Communications project established to provide a comprehensive Catholic Search Engine
• Theology Library       This site will link you to a number of sites devoted to saints and other persons, places and things associated with the Catholic Church
• Sacraments
• The Vatican

  WORLD LANGUAGES 

• BJ Pinchbeck's Homework Helper    Use these links to get a start on language homework
• I Love Languages Page    Choose the language and begin.