Central Texas Native & Adapted Landscape Plants – this is a database developed by the City of Austin and the Texas AgriLife Extension Service. There is a listing of recommended plants and another of invasive plants. Searches can be done using names or attributes. This is an excellent web site!

Grow Green: Landscaping for Clean Water – another product of the partnership between the City of Austin and the Texas AgriLife Extension Service. It contains a comprehensive collection of landscaping information for Central Texans with an emphasis on clean water protection.

Kovel’s Antiques & Collectibles – information on pricing and identifying antiques & collectibles

World Wide Art Resources – features contemporary art, art news, history, and contemporary artist & gallery portfolios

Art & Architecture Thesaurus – contains more than 125,000 terms related to “fine art, architecture, decorative arts, archival materials, and material culture”. More than just a thesaurus, it contains definitions, historic & contemporary terms, and variants.

Artcyclopedia: the Fine Arts Search Engine – as of 2006 this site had “indexed 2,300 art sites, 95,000 links to 180,000 artworks by 8,200 renowned artists”.

AskART – what began as a site devoted to American artists now includes international artists. There are listings for over 155,000 artists from early 16th-century to the present day. Some portions are fee-based, but a huge amount of biographical and statistical data is available for free.

The NYPL Picture Collection Online – this site provides access to 30,000 digitized images from books, magazines, & newspapers, as well as, original photos, prints, & postcards all of which are part of the New York Public Library’s extensive collection. The site also links to a newer site which contains many of the same images, but offers slightly different search options.

Skyscraper Page – a gold mine for skyscraper enthusiasts! This site contains architectural drawings for thousands of skyscrapers around the world. The drawings are provided by members of the SkyscraperPage Illustrators Association. Search criteria include height, construction year, location, structure type, and status.

Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History – supported by several foundations and featuring the art of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, this is a “chronological, geographical, and thematic exploration of the history of art around the world”.

Great Buildings – documents a thousand buildings and hundreds of leading architects with photographic images and architectural drawings, integrated maps and timelines, 3D building models, commentaries, bibliographies, web links, and more, for famous designers and structures of all kinds

Frank Lloyd Wright – a PBS program on the life and work of Frank Lloyd Wright

Louvre Museum – explore the Louvre! The Louvre database of exhibits is available in English.

Calendars Through the Ages

U.S. Naval Observatory: Astronomical Applications Department: Data Services

Sky Map – this web site consolidates astronomical, astrophysical and other information about different space objects and various astro-phenomena.

Biography.com

Lives, the Biography Resource

ConsumerSearch this site searches the web for product reviews, analyzes the reviews, and makes recommendations on the best buy. Created by About.com and the New York Times Company.

Edmunds.com provides pricing information, reviews, ratings, and advice on new and used cars.

NADA Guides pricing and other information on new, used, and classic cars, as well as, motorcycles, boats, RVs, and manufactured homes.

All Recipes

Epicurious

Crash Course in Copyright

U.S. Copyright Office

U.S. Patent and Trademark Office

Background Notes

Country Studies / Area Handbook

Economist Country Briefings

Europa: the European Union at a Glance

Latin American Network Information Center

World Factbook

Wild Wonders of Europe – This blog showcases the work of 50 of the top European nature photographers. Incredibly beautiful photos of life in the sea, on the land, and in the air – from the Arctic to the Mediterranean.

National Wildlife Federation - home of the US’s largest charitable organization promoting education and action to protect and enhance the country’s wildlife. Checkout the “Great American Campout” is set for 27 June this year.

US National Phenology - this organization supports the study of periodic plant & animal life cycle events and how these events are influenced by seasonal and interannual variations in climate.

Animal Diversity Web- sponsored by the University of Michigan Museum of Zoology this is an online database of animal natural history, distribution, classification, and conservation biology.

The Butterfly Website

North American Mammals

NatureServe Explore

Enature search the database for wildlife in your area, hear sample animal calls and find information on habitat.

Wild Film History – this site celebrates over 100 years of wildlife filmmaking. Lots of downloadable educational resources.

The Indian Wildlife Blog – the blog of AB Apana, a writer & photographer working in Bangalore, India.

Discovery Education: Classroom Resources

Cyberschoolbus

Global Viral Forecasting Initiative

HealthMap.org – this site allows you to plot reports of diseases from around the world on a Google map. The reports come from many sources and there is access to the originals, which makes it easier to determine credibility. You can also filter by type of disease.

In the Middle

The History Blog

BBC British History: the Tudors

Arthurian Resources:Early Arthurian Tradition & the Origins of the Legend

Guidelines for Publishing Web Pages on the Internet

Doing Business – this is a project of the World Bank. It measures business regulations and their enforcement in 131 economies worldwide.

Export.gov – this is a U.S. government site designed to assist American businesses in planning their international sales strategies and succeed in today’s global marketplace.

American Journalism Review Magazine

Free Medical Journals

National Human Genome Research Institute

PubMed – this U.S. National Library of Medicine site contains 19 million citations from MEDLINE and other life science journals for biomedical articles back to 1948. Includes links to full text articles and other resources.

PubMed Central – this is the U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH) free digital archive of biomedical and life sciences journal literature.

Time Magazine & CNN

BBC News

CNN.com

Who’s Alive and Who’s Dead

ESPN.com

Newslink

worldnewspapers.com – World newspapers, magazines, and news sites in English

National Obituary Archive (NOA)

Recalls.gov this site brings together information from six federal agencies that issue recalls. Also provides safety tips and instructions for reporting dangerous or hazardous products.

Where to find Material Safety Data Sheets on the Internet For those who (1) work with hazardous materials or (2) are first responders, Material Safety Data Sheets provide guidance on the proper procedures for handling or working with hazardous materials.

Household Products Database health and safety information about household products — a site designed for the average consumer.

Household Products Database

CNET.com

Union of Concerned Scientists

Environmental Defense Fund

Rainforest Alliance

Sierra Club

Energy Star

Building Materials Reuse Association

Habitat for Humanity ReStores

PayItGreen: Green Calculator – the calculator on this site will help you determine how much you can reduce your environmental impact by switching to electronic billing, statements, and payments.

The Freecycle Network

Global Change

US Climate Change Science Program

The Green Guide

The Carbon Account

The Encyclopedia of Earth

Fodor’s

SeatGuru

Trip Advisor

Embassy World

Transportation Security Administration Area for Travelers

Mesopotamia Online

Eternal Egypt

The Sport of Life and Death: the Mesoamerican Ballgame

The Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade created by Emory University and the National Endowment for the Humanities this is a visually rich and authoritative site that provides information on the slave trade spanning five continents. It includes maps, images, lesson plans and a database of African names. It is a recommended source for both introductory and advanced research.