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Human footprint

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AAUW Scholarship

The Carlisle Branch of the American Association of University Women (AAUW) offers a Higher Education Scholarship for a qualifying Cumberland County woman college student. More information here.

Book Suggestions

Get Reel - Read the book before you see the movie
Unrequired Reading - Archive of all Teen Topics
New Teen Fiction
Books that Guys Read
Graphic Novels
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Art

Library Databases
Library Books on Art History
Timeline of Art History - From the Metropolitan Museum of Art

Biographies

Library Databases
BBC Historic Figures
PBS Biographies
Portrait Gallery - A selection of portraits of historical figures from the University of Texas at Austin.
National Women's Hall of Fame
Presidents of the United States

Books & Authors

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Native American Authors - From the Internet Public Library

Dictionaries & Encyclopedias

Geography

Library Atlases
Index of Countries - From the Library of Congress
Facts about the United States - From the Internet Public Library
CIA World Fact Book

History

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Library of Congress - Search the digital collection of American history
Our Documents - Explore 100 milestone documents of American history

Language Arts

Absolute Shakespeare - A great source of information on William Shakespeare’s life and letters.
Cliffs Notes - Study guides can be read for free
Citing resources: APA Style, Chicago Style and the MLA Style.

Math

Khan Academy - Library of videos that covers K-12 math and science topics such as biology, chemistry, and physics.
Web Math - Webmath is a math-help web site that generates answers to specific math questions and problems, as entered by a user, at any particular moment.

Performing Arts

Library of Congress - Research resources for dance, theater, and music.

Poetry & Quotations

Library Databases
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations - Over 11,000 searchable quotations from the 1909 edition of Bartlett's quotes.
Poets.org - The Academy of American Poets

Science

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Library Books about Science Projects
Khan Academy - Library of videos that covers K-12 math and science topics such as biology, chemistry, and physics.
Encyclopedia of Earth - Find news and information on everything under the sun.
Encyclopedia of Life - Find basic, or detailed, information on every known species.
PBS NOVA - documentaries about science from PBS

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