Handbooks & Aids

Student Handbook (.pdf)

*NEW* GPA Calculator Excel 97-2003

*NEW* GPA Calculator Excel 2007

 

Homework Helper: Educational Links

All links on this page open a new browser window and redirect you to a site not associated with Newark Catholic. Please direct any comments, concerns, or broken links to the webmaster  (Webmasternewarkcatholicorg?subject=NC Website: Handbook & Aids page)  .

 

Art

• Denison University’s Art Gallery — current exhibits as well as a calendar of coming attractions. There are also links to items held in the collection as well as other related goodies.
• Art Hotlist — A collection of links to art galleries, museums, and artists.
• Art Source — Collection of art and architecture resources.

Business

• All Business Network — Descriptive links on business topics
• Madalyn, University of Delaware — Quality business resources.

Computers

• Computer Dictionary
• Computer History Web Site
• History of Computers and the Internet — from Yahoo
• Library of Congress — History of the Internet
• PBS — History of the Internet
• Virtual Museum of Computing

English

• Author’s Pen — Links with resources to more than 625 authors.
• Barlett’s Familiar Quotations
• The Complete Works of William Shakespeare
• Editorial Eye — Topics regarding effective written communication.
• Great Books — The Interdisciplinary Great Books site by Russell McNeil.
• The Gutenberg Project — Collection of great works of English-language literature.
• Elements of Style — Book that works with English courses in which composition is combined with the study of literature.
• Grammar and Style Notes — Award-winning Web site.
• IBIC Guide to Book-related resources on the Internet
• Literary Resources on the Net
• Researchpaper.com — Archive of thousands of magazines, newspapers, books, and photographs.
• Speech Writing — Everything you need to help you in your speech preparation.
• Visual Presentation Assistant — An online tutorial for improving public speaking skills.

Environmental Collections

• Amazing Environmental Web Directory
• Environmental Sites on the Internet — Recognized as Best Comprehensive Environmental Directory by CESSE in 1996.
• Indigenous Peoples Resources

Geography

• 50 States and Capitals — Facts about each U.S. state. For homework help, general research.
• CIA World Fact Book — For researching facts about countries
• Geographic Name Server — MIT search tool
• The Great Globe Gallery — Links to every map and globe imaginable
• National Geographic

Government

• Federal Government Agencies — A collection of over 200 government links.
• The Library of Congress
• Presidents — Presidential resources and an exhibit on First Ladies.
• The White House

History

• The American Civil War Home Page
• Any Day in History — Select any day of the year, and this will tell you significant events in history that occurred that day.
• The Ancient Worlds Meta Index
• Byzantine & Medieval Studies
• Noble Citizens of Planet Earth — Biographical information on more than 18,000 people who have shaped the world from ancient times to present day

Latin

• Newark Catholic Latin Home Page — Information about assignments, projects, Latin club, and more. Page maintained by Mr. Smith.

Maps

• Big Book
• Infoseek Maps
• Mapquest
• Yahoo Maps

Mathematics

• Math and Science Gateway — Collection of math and science resources for HS students maintained by Cornell University.
• Math Pages — Contains over 300 articles on a variety of mathematical topics.
• Math Resources — Selected math resources by subject.
• Mathematics Information Servers — Collection of worldwide math resources.
• MegaConverter — Ever-growing set of weights, measures, and units conversion/calculation modules.
• The Virtual Mathematics Center

Music

• Classical Net — Extensive collection of classical music resources.
• Internet Music Resources — Maintained by Indiana University.
• Yahoo Music Resources

Science

• Astronomy Links from NASA
• Chemistry Resources and More Chemistry Resources
• Earth Pages — Aids in navigation of the Internet for Earth Science info, sponsored by NASA.
• Geological Time Machine
• Science Hobbyist
• Virtual Astrophysics and Space Center
• Virtual Bioscience Center
• Windows to the Universe — Astronomy collection from University of Michigan

 

Virtual Libraries, Encyclopedias, and other Reference sites

• Ask an Expert — Provides opportunities to intact with experts on topics such as computers, economics, literature, and science by sending questions via E-mail.
• Cool Student Resources
• The Electric Library
• Encyberpedia — A great encyclopedia from cyberspace.
• Homework Help — Includes many subjects, discussions.
• The Internet Public Library
• Libcat — Guide to library resources on the Internet
• My Virtual Reference Desk — Includes “My Virtual Encyclopedia” .
• One Look Dictionaries — Search tool using a variety of dictionaries.
• OPLIN — Ohio Public Library Information Network
• Reference Desk — Another Virtual Library
• Smithsonian Institution

 

Disclaimer, suggesting new links, removing dead links

The contents of this list are suggested sites for you to find information to help in your educational endeavors. These sites are not given to be plagiarized, and are not endorsed by Newark Catholic High School itself.

 

To learn how to give a proper reference for online information, go to Citing a Source from the Internet.

 

This list will constantly be changing, and you can help! All links will be considered, but the Computer program makes the final decision which sites will be listed. Also, if one of the links does not work contact the webmaster so it can be removed.

 

Many of these links were found in the book, Student Resource Guide to the Internet by Cynthia B. Leshin.