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Anatomy

www.bartleby.com/107 Full text and pictures of the classic Gray's "Anatomy of the Human Body"

Art

http://artchive.com  Guide to online images of works by hundreds of prominent artists

Biology

www.biology.arizona.edu  University of Arizona site, geared mostly to high schoolers

Chemistry

www.chemicalelements.com Of the many periodic tables of elements on the Web, this one's particularly well designed.

Geography

http://www.usgs.gov  The USGS undertakes scientific research, monitoring, remote sensing, modeling, synthesis, and forecasting to address the effects of climate and land use change on the Nation’s resources.

Languages

http://translation.langenberg.com  Nice selection of free translation engines

Literature

http://www.gutenberg.org  Spectacular collection of 16,000 public domain books, including all of Shakespeare, "Moby Dick," "Aesop's Fables" and numerous religious texts.

www.sparknotes.com  Mostly a commercial site, but it also has hundreds of free study guides to classic literature and drama

Math

www.webmath.com  Several types of practice problems and the chance to e-mail an expert of help

www.algebrahelp.com  Algebra practice problems

www.edu4kids.com/index.php?TB=2&page=12  Remember flashcards?  here's an online version

Music

www.music.indiana.edu/music_resources  Links to information on music eras and genres, composers and performers, from Indiana University

www.allmusic.com  Large database of music types, history, and artists

Political Science 

http://thomas.loc.gov  Library of Congress site has updates on pending legislation and the daily Congressional Record

Reference

www.ask.com

www.encyclopedia.com

www.howstuffworks.com

www.infoplease.com

www.ipl.org

World Facts

www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook  The CIA's public compendium of inofrmation on countries worldwide, including population, government, geography, agriculture, health systems, languages and broadcast stations