Web Resources

Government Websites

• Federal Government Websites
  Find information and statistics about Criminal Justice, Education, Health and more.
• State Government Websites
  Official websites of Illinois state government agencies.

 

General Academic Websites

Information and resources to help with a variety of educational topics

• Directory of Open Access Journals
  Free, full text, quality controlled scientific and scholarly journals, covering all subjects and many languages
• HippoCampus
  Free educational resources on a variety of subjects, in a variety of formats
• Khan Academy
  Online video library covering primarily math and science, but also many other topics
• ProCon.org
  Pros and Cons of Controversial Issues from an independent, nonpartisan, nonprofit organization

 

Subject Specific Websites

Information and resources to help with Language & Literature, Math, and Health Sciences

• Health Services Research Projects in Process
• Mathispower4u
  Over 7000 free mini-lessons and example videos organized by course and topic
• PMC (PubMed Central)
  Free full-text archive of biomedical & life sciences journal
• WebMd
  Consumer health information

 

Primary Sources Websites

Access to primary source documents for History research

• Biblion - New York Public Library
  Official corporate records of the 1939-40 New York World's Fair, from technological innovation and classical music, to pop culture
• Digital Public Library of America
  The riches of America's libraries, archives, and museums, freely available to the world
• History Matters: Many Pasts - George Mason University
  Contains primary documents in text, image, and audio about the experiences of ordinary Americans throughout U.S. history
• Internet Archive
  Digital library of Internet sites and other cultural artifacts in digital form
• Legal Information Institute
  "A not-for-profit group that believes everyone should be able to read and understand the laws that govern them, without cost"
• Library of Congress Digital Collections
  Documents, newspaper articles, maps, films, images and more from collections that represent the full scope of American history
• UT-Austin's Perry-Castañeda Library Map Collection
  General interest and thematic maps of the world, both present-day and historical
• World History Matters - Roy Rosenzweig Center for History and New Media
  Portal to world history websites with access to primary sources