Project-Specific Resources

Aquatic Ecosystems

• Animal Diversity Web
• World Register of Marine Species
• Encyclopedia of Life
• FishBase

• CDC: Public Water Systems
• CDC: Healthy Water
• USGS: Water Resources
• EPA: Water Topics
• WHO: Water
• WHO: Water Sanitation Hygiene

• Mayo Clinic
• National Institutes of Health
• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
• WebMD
• Martindale's

• Churchill Archive (click here for login info.)
• Digital Public Library of America
• Europeana Collections
• Hathi Trust Digital Library
• Internet Modern History Sourcebook
• World Digital Library

Cold War Paper

• Wilson Center
• National Security Archive

Commodities Project

Charters

• Avalon Project General Charters

Trade

• The Atlantic World: America and the Netherlands
• BBC History
• The British Library: Trading Places
• East India Company Ships
• Google Scholar
• New Netherland Institute

Value of Money

• Current Value of Old Money

Constitutional Convention

• The Charters of Freedom
• Founding Fathers - National Constitution Center
• Full Text of the Constitution
• Major Themes at the Constitutional Convention
• Delegates to the Constitutional Convention

Planets

• The Originally 9 Then 10 but Now Maybe 8 Planets An overview of the history, mythology, and current scientific knowledge of each of the planets and moons in our solar system.
• NASA Science Science done through or at NASA, covering basic scientific principles, scientific methods, debates, and questions. Includes biology, chemistry, Earth Science, technology, astronomy and physics.
• Space.com - The Planets
• Solar System Exploration Excellent visual representation of the planets and their moons in the solar system.
• University of Texas McDonald Observatory Best times to view the planets. Click on planet name to link to more planet information.
• Lunar and Planetary Observation This site does not contain useful information about the planets but is great for viewing the motion of comets and asteroids, partial rotations of planets, the dance of Galilean satellites, both solar and lunar eclipses, and close-up views of the myriad shadows during sunrise over a moonscape.

• American Museum of Natural History: Traveling the Silk Road
• Asia Society: Buddhist Art and the Trade Routes
• Asia Society: Monks and Merchants
• BBC Radio 4: The Silk Road
• Encyclopedia Iranica (for cities in or near present-day Iran)
• The Met Museum: Internationalism in the Tang Dynasty (618-907)
• Silk Road Foundation: Silk Road Journal
• UNESCO: Silk Roads Programme
• University of Washington: Silk Road Seattle

World War I and Gender

Propoganda Posters

• Propaganda Posters Click on a country tab at the right to view posters. Notice that there are several pages of posters for some countries.
• "On the Homefront" (Library of Congress) Click on the topics – any except “Civil Defense” – at the right. Be sure to check the dates of all the sources, since the First and Second World Wars are included in this archive.
• World War I Posters (University of North Texas Libraries) Click on grid option to view posters more efficiently.
• "First Call: American Posters of World War One" (Georgetown University)

Women and War

• Women at War
• WWI: Thirty Thousand Women Were There