Links to Web Resources

Research and Content Resources

• TQLinks
  http://www.tqnyc.org/tqlinks/
  ThinkQuest New York City is pleased to offer you a place to keep your book marks while doing research for your project. You enter your links and categorize them as you wish and can then access them from any computer with an internet browser.

• The Library of Congress
  http://www.loc.gov
  This is a huge resource for teachers planning projects and students bulding them.

• The American Museum of Natural History
  http://www.amnh.org
  Look in the "Research" section and then select "Anthropology" for a great resource for images in the "Collection Data base" (in the left navigation panel). Most of the other departments have a variety of resources to offer as well.

• Smithsonian Institution - Office of Imaging and Photographic Services
  http://photo2.si.edu
  The Smithsonian offers a wide selection of images and other resources.

• Metropolitan Museum of Art - Educational Resources
  http://metmuseum.org/education/er_online_resourc.asp
  The Met offers a number of links to other libraries as well as many images of objects in their collection.

• The New York Public Library - Digital Library Collection
  http://digital.nypl.org/
  30,000 out-of-copyright images for use in Web sites.

• Scanned Images From Old Books
  http://www.holoweb.net/~liam/pictures/oldbooks/
  These images have been scanned from old books and are copyright free for your teams to use.

• Animation Factory
  http://www.animationfactory.com/

• GIF Works
  http://www.gifworks.com/

• Animated GIF
  http://www.animatedgif.net

• Open ClipArt Library
  http://www.openclipart.org/

• Free Stock Photographs
  http://www.graphicsngraphicdesign.com/freestockphotos-graphicdesigners/

General Web Development

• W3C Link Checker
  http://validator.w3.org/checklink
  This web page allows you to enter the URL of the page and it checks that your links are all working.

• TRIO ThinkQuest Tutorials
  http://depts.washington.edu/trio/comp/howto/page/ index.shtml
  This page has some great introductory tutorials.

• W3Schools Online Web Tutorials
  http://www.w3schools.com/
  A great place find out all about all the languages, concepts and code that makes up the Internet. Something for everyone, from the beginner to the Pro.

• Webmonkey
  http://www.webmonkey.com
  Tutorials on just about every aspect of web development.

• DevShed
  http://www.devshed.com/
  Tutorials for web developers using open source software.

• Lynda's Color Theory page
  http://lynda.com/hex.html
  This is a good resource to learn about color and the web. Follow the links to color charts.

• FlashKit
  http://www.flashkit.com
  A Community of Flash developers where you can find sample code, tutorials, help and more.

• PHP.net
  http://www.php.net
  The home of PHP, a great scripting language available on TQNYC web servers.
  

• Advanced HTML Tutorials
  http://www.pageresource.com/html/index6.htm
  Learn how to create forms, use META tags for search engines and much much more.

Interactivity and Web Application Resources

• PHP Resource Scripts
  http://php.resourceindex.com/
  This is an easy way to add interactivity through PHP scripts to your Web site.

Search Engines

• Google
  http://www.google.com

• All the Web
  http://www.alltheweb.com

• Ask Jeeves for Kids
  http://www.ajkids.com/

• Momma
  http://www.mamma.com/

Language & Research Resources

• MyT4L
  http://www.myt4l.com/
  

• Merriam-Webster Dictionary & Thesaurus
  http://www.merriam-webster.com
  

• Babblefish
  http://babel.altavista.com/tr
  A translation service for text or Web pages.

• Landmark Citation Machine
  http://citationmachine.net/
  This free service shows you how to cite almost any source you use to build or research your web site.

• Online! Citation Styles
  http://www.bedfordstmartins.com/online/citex.html
  This is a great resource to research any style of citation and how any resource should be cited.

Technical Standards

• The World Wide Web Consortium
  http://www.w3.org/
  (X)HTML standards

• Web Accessibility Initiative
  http://www.w3.org/WAI/
  Accessibility Guidelines

• Useit.com
  http://www.useit.com/
  Usability and Web Design

• Usability.gov
  http://www.usability.gov/
  National Cancer Institute - research on Usability