Library - Fiction Websites
Your favourite author or an author you have just discovered may have a website. Authors’ websites usually give information about other books by the author, a biography of the author, a question and answer section and maybe a place where you can leave comments about the books you have read. The following is a selection of links to authors’ websites:
o Jacqueline Wilson: www.jacquelinewilson.co.uk www.randomhouse.co.uk/childrens/jacquelinewilson/home.htm
General Fiction Websites:
Library - Online Resources by Subject
Databases of web resources
- www.intute.ac.uk Web resources for education and research. Searchable by subject or keyword for relevant recommended sites
- http://www.schoolzone.co.uk/WEBGUIDE/ Websites reviewed by teachers. Search by keyword, subject, theme and age group
- http://www.deweybrowse.org/index.html online resources by Dewey number
- http://lii.org/ Librarians’ Internet Index
English
- http://www.scoilnet.ie/StudentsPostPrimary.aspx
- http://www.poetryarchive.org/poetryarchive/studentsHome.do
- www.skoool.ie
- www.poetry.com
- www.bartelby.com/verse/ (poetry)
- http://eserver.org/poetry/ (canonical verse)
- http://www.hti.umich.edu/a/amverse/ (American verse)
- http://www.pathguy.com/kinglear.htm (King Lear study aid)
- http://www.pathguy.com/hamlet.htm (Hamlet study aid)
- http://www.pathguy.com/oedipus.htm (The Theban plays study aid)
- http://deathofasalesman.com/study.htm (Death of a Salesman study resource centre)
- http://www.homework-online.com/doas/ (Death of a Salesman study resources)
- http://www.homework-online.com/tkamb/index.htmlhttp://www.homework-online.com/tcitr/index.asp (To Kill A Mockingbird)
- www.victorianweb.org
- http://www.qub.ac.uk/english/imperial/nigeria/language.htm Chinua Achebe and the language of the colonizer – essay
- www.poetryarchive.org collection of poets reading their own work, background reading, interviews
- http://www.sparknotes.com/sparknotes/ Spark Notes - notes on novels, plays and poetry
- http://www.shakespeare-online.com/
Business studies
- www.ft.com The Financial Times
- www.cso.ie the Central Statistics Office
- www.statistics.gov.uk UK statistics site
- www.businessandfinance.ie
- http://www.envirolink.org/ - The Sustainable Business Network
- http://www.economist.com/economics
History
General History
- http://archive.timesonline.co.uk/tol/archive/ Access to 200 years of The Times newspaper. Search by keyword, date range or specific day.
- www.schoolhistory.co.uk
- www.womeninworldhistory.com
- www.hpol.org – History and Politics Out Loud
- http://history.about.com/
- http://www.activehistory.co.uk/
- http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/industry.html
- http://www.thehistorychannel.co.uk
- www.iwm.org.uk – The Imperial War Museum
- www.learningcurve.gov.uk – UK National Archives Learning Curve
- www.ushmm.org/education - The US Holocaust Memorial Museum Education page
- www.worldwar1.com
- http://www.richthofen.com/ww1sum/ The War Times Journal have produced this summary of the Western Front during the First World War.
- www.pbs.org/greatwar/ - World War 1
- http://www.ushmm.org/outreach/ For students and teachers, this site, organised by theme, has information, historical photographs, images of artefacts and audio clips to provide an overview of the Holocaust. See also http://www.ushmm.org/topics/
- http://fcit.coedu.usf.edu/holocaust/timeline/timeline.htm
- http://www.time.com/time/time100/leaders/profile/lenin.html article on Lenin
- http://www.learner.org/exhibits/renaissance/
- www.napoleonguide.com
- www.mauerfall09.de/eu/presse/presse-singleview/article/175/back/104 the fall of the Berlin Wall
- http://www.bbc.co.uk/ahistoryoftheworld/ A history of the world in 100 objects. Objects from 2 million years ago to the present day.
Irish History
- http://www.nli.ie/1916/ the National Library of Ireland’s online exhibition The 1916 Rising: Personalities and Perspectives.
- www.askaboutireland.ie Information about Ireland. Access content from Ireland's public libraries, museums and archives.
- www.logainm.ie Placenames database of Ireland
- http://www.irishtimes.com/archive/ Irish Times Newspaper archive. 1859-2010.
- www.ucc.ie/celt
- www.historyireland.com
- http://www.nli.ie/en/udlist/programme-and-events-education-post-primary.aspx
- http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/ 1901 and 1911 Census of Ireland search online
Ancient History
- http://www.eyelid.co.uk/ Site devoted to Ancient Egypt
- http://www.camelotintl.com/romans/index.html An American site on the Romans.
- http://library.thinkquest.org/16325/library.html A site about great ancient civilisations which includes information on the Aztec, Roman, Egyptian and Chinese Empires.
- http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/ancient/british_prehistory/index.shtml
- http://www.romansinsussex.co.uk/
- http://www.ancientegypt.co.uk/
- www.ancientgreece.co.uk/
- www.nationalgeographic.com/pyramids/
- http://magma.nationalgeographic.com/ngm/tut/mysteries/index.html King Tutankhamen
Geography
- www.nationsonline.org/oneworld Pictures every country, gives country profiles, facts and figures, geography, flag, statistics, maps, images and links.
- http://www.bgs.ac.uk/education/home.html British Geological Survey website. Has a lot of information relevant to a wide range of Geography interests including mapping, climatology, fossils, volcanos, etc.
- http://society.guardian.co.uk
- http://www.meto.gov.uk/ The UK Met Office site. Weather facts, world weather.
- http://www.met.ie/ Met Eireann’s site
- http://geography.about.com
- www.cotf.edu Global warming
- http://www.ltscotland.org.uk/exploringclimatechange/ Climate Change website from Learning and Teaching Scotland
- http://www.georesources.co.uk/ Covers Junior and Senior level Geography. The website is packed full of Geography Links organised by age group.
- http://www.rainforestweb.org/
- http://www.osi.ie Ordnance Survey Ireland
- http://www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/ British Ordnance Survey
- http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/geography/ Geography revision
- http://www.geography.org.uk/resource/resource.html
- http://www.oup.com/uk/booksites/content/9780199580729/links/ OUP Guide to Countries of the World
Home Economics
- http://www.educationindex.com/homeec/ Nutrition, cookery, childcare etc.
- http://www.worldbank.org/children/basics/sites.htm Early childhood development.
- http://www.projectgcse.co.uk/food/ Food safety and hygiene; specific foods; effects of ingredients; food preparation; nutrients; vegetarian food.
- Three sites produced by the FDF offer a balanced and intelligent perspective on food safety http://www.foodlink.org.uk/, healthy eating http://www.foodfitness.org.uk/ and the GM debate http://www.foodfuture.org.uk/
- www.indi.ie The Irish Nutrition and Dietetic Institute
- www.nutrition.org.uk The British Nutrition Foundation
- www.bordbia.ie
- www.safefoodonline.com
- www.factoryfarming.com
- www.teagasc.ie
- www.who.org World Health Organisation
Recipes:
- http://www.irishheart.ie/iopen24/defaultarticle.php?cArticlePath=7
- http://allrecipes.co.uk/
- www.greatfood.ie
- http://www.bbc.co.uk/food/recipes/
- http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/food-and-drink
Religion
- http://www.bbc.co.uk/religion/religions/ an A-Z of information on different world religions.
- www.ciolek.com/wwwvl-buddhism.html gateway to Buddhism sites
- http://www.hindunet.org/dharma/ Introduces all aspects of Hinduism including Arts, Customs, Sciences and social issues.
- http://www.ou.org/about/judaism2.htm Covers Jewish holidays, terms and concepts, basic Jewish thought.
- http://www.jewfaq.org/toc.htm
- www.catholicireland.net
Music
- http://www.classical.net/music/welcome.html
- http://www.gcsemusic.net/
- http://www.essentialsofmusic.com/ Overviews of the six main periods in music history: Middle Ages, Renaissance, Baroque, Classical, Romantic and Twentieth Century. There are biographies of nearly 70 composers.
- http://listeningadventures.carnegiehall.org/ypgto/index.aspx Online adventure game of all the orchestral instruments.
- http://www.sheetmusicplus.com/look_inside/5240180/audio/28898
Science
- www.eol.org Encyclopedia of Life. Aims to give information on every species of organism on Earth
- http://www.iol.ie/~source.foxford/Source%20Foxford/RESOURCES/SPIN%20CURRENT.html
- www.sciencespin.com Ireland's science, nature and discovery magazine
- http://www.sciencegems.com/
- www.science.ie
- http://ippex.pppl.gov/interactive/ Animated, interactive pages on matter, electricity, magnetism, energy and fusion.
- http://www.physics4kids.com/ - Useful information for 11 to 16 year olds. Has ideas and easy to understand explanations of topics like electricity, light, motion and heat.
- There’s www.chemistry4kids.com and www.biology4kids.com as well.
- http://www.schoolscience.co.uk
- http://www.moorlandschool.co.uk/earth/index.htm
- http://www.nhm.ac.uk/ British Natural History Museum
- http://www.innerbody.com/
- http://www.howstuffworks.com/
- http://www.physics.org/ A searchable database of web resources from the Institute of Physics
- http://www.s-cool.co.uk GCSE and A-Level revision site.
- http://www.thinkquest.org/library/
Classical Studies
- http://www.ancient.eu.com/ Ancient History Encyclopedia
- http://www.isidore-of-seville.com/
- www.fordham.edu/halsall/ancient/asbook.html
- www.perseus.tufts.edu Perseus digital library
- www.pathguy.com/oedipus.htm
- www.ancientvine.com
- www.academicinfo.net/classics.html
- www.pantheon/org.mythica.html
- http://odysseus.culture.gr/map/Culturalmap_en/cultural_map_en.html
- www.stoa.org/diotima/
- http://eawc.evansville.edu
- http://www.hup.harvard.edu/loeb/index.html Loeb Classical Library
- http://wings.buffalo.edu/AandL/Maecenas/ Images of Ancient Greece and Rome
- www.ancientgreece.co.uk
Irish
- www.ceantar.org Irish language resources
- www.foinse.ie Irish newspaper
- www.leavingcert.net Guide to Leaving Cert Irish plus weblinks
- www.tnag.ie TG4’s website
- www.bnag.ie Bord na Gaeilge website
- www.irlgov.ie/Irish/contents_irish.htm
- www.daltai.com Grammar, proverbs, etc.
- www.irelandseye.com/archive.shtm
- www.local.ie/Ireland_Art_Literature/index.shtml
- www.intercelt.ie
- www.gaeilge.ie/saol
- www.focal.ie
French
- http://machaut.uchicago.edu/conjugator Verb conjugator
- http://www.ccdmd.qc.ca.fr Grammar explained and exercises
- http://wordreference.com/index.htm Online French-English dictionary
- http://www.jeuxdemots.providence.learningtogether.net Word search puzzles
- http://www.bonjourdefrance.com Bonjour de France. News, grammar vocabulary, language games.
- http://etext.lib.virginia.edu/french.html French language resources
- http://globegate.utm.edu/french/globegate_mirror/gramm.html Grammar
- http://globegate.utm.edu/french/globegate_mirror/vocab.html Vocabulary
- http://globegate.utm.edu/french/globegate_mirror/proverb.html Proverbs
- www.poesie.webnet.fr Poetry
- www.liberation.fr/ newspaper
- www.lemonde.fr/ newspaper
- www.diplomatie.fr/index.html politics
- www.ibiblio.org/wm/ culture/arts
- www.paris.org
- http://philae.sas.upenn.edu/French/french.html French history and civilisation
- http://frenchfood.about.com/food/frenchfood French cuisine
- www.utm.edu/staff/bobp/french/french.html Tennessee Bob's Famous French Links
Listening skills: - http://fr.euronews.com Euronews in French
- http://www.tf1.fr/ television news and programmes
- http://www.rtl.fr radio news
- http://www.rfi.fr/lffr/statiques/accueil_apprende.asp simplified news, transcripts and exercises
German
- www.rz.uni-karlsruhe.de/Outerspace/VirtualLibrary/ German subject catalogue
- www.uncg.edu/~lixlpurc/GIP/ German links
- www.ipl.org/youth/hello/german.html
- www.zeit.de news magazine
- www.spiegel.de news magazine
- www.dwelle.de news and information
- www.vcu.edu/hasweb/for/menu.html 19th century German stories
Italian
- www.italianisticaonline.it Italian studies website
- http://italian.about.com/homework/italian Italian resources
- http://adesso.heinle.com/index.html
- www.corriere.it newspaper
- www.unionesarda.it newspaper
- www.espressoedit.kataweb.it news magazine
- www.crs4it/HTML/Literature.html Italian literature
CPSE
- http://cspe.slss.ie/resources/c/3/41/New%20Cabinet%209March2011(1).pdf Dáil Departments and images
- www.gallup.com politics, social issues
- www.amnesty.org Amnesty International
- www.enfo.com environmental information
- www.enfo.ie Irish environmental information
- www.ispca.ie Irish Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals
- www.rspca.co.uk Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to animals
Art
- www.artcyclopedia.com a guide to art on the internet
- www.nationalgallery.ie
- www.modernart.ie
- www.metroploismag.com
- www.theartofposter.com
- www.posterartusa.com
- http://artresources.com
- www.thebritishmuseum.ac.uk/compass/
- www.tate.org.uk/youngtate/examhelp/themes
- www.artguide.org internet guide to art collections of the UK and Ireland
- www.ilpi.com/artsource resources on art and architecture
Maths
- www.mathsisfun.com mathematical activities
- http://xcalibre.ac.uk/udev/subjects/Ma/index.html resources for use in maths
- www.mathsnet.net interactive resources
- www.amathsdictionaryforkids.com an animated intersactive dictionary which explains over 400 maths terms in simple language
- www.coolmath.com stimulating material for all age groups
Debating
- www.debatingmatters.com Institute of Ideas. Debate topics.
- www.idebate.org International Debate Education Association. Debatabase.
- www.ltscotland.org.uk/debatinginschools/ Learning and Teaching Scotland. Debating in Schools.
- http://learndebating.com Debating. By Simon Quinn.
- www.debatewise.com
- www.infoplease.com/world/events/2008/ current affairs topics
Careers
- http://www.careers4u.tv/ Videos of young employees, entrepreneurs and apprentices talking about the world of work
- http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/studentlife/
