A Picture is Worth a Thousand Words

The links listed below provide appropriate images for school curriculum related topics at the time of this posting. However, due to the everchanging nature of Internet content, search results are constantly changing. Please report any inappropriate image results.

Click the comment link to add any sites that you find useful for images and they will be included on the list below.

Famous People:
The Smithsonian Institute's National Portrait Gallery
http://www.npg.si.edu/

General Use:
Alltheweb (select the pictures tab)
http://alltheweb.com/

Ask (direct link to image tab)
http://www.ask.com/?o=0&l=dir

DK e-Encyclopedia image library allows you to search by keyword or subject
http://www.dke-encyc.com/

Ditto a visual index recommended by Kathy Schrock to help you find pictures for educational use
http://ditto.com/

Clusty (direct link to image tab)
http://images.clusty.com/

Metacrawler searches Yahoo, Google, MSN Search and Ask; select Images
http://www.metacrawler.com/

Smithsonian Images: Digital Photography, Printed Pictures, Historical Images and more. Browse by category.
http://smithsonianimages.si.edu/siphoto/siphoto.portal?_nfpb=true&_pageLabel=home

New York Public Library Digital Collection
http://digitalgallery.nypl.org/nypldigital/index.cfm

A Picture is Worth a Thousand Words

Searching for appropriate images on the Internet can be a very time consuming task. Try these tips for searching success:

• Refine your search with carefully selected search terms that are directly related to your topic.
• Copy and paste your search terms and try them in a variety of searches on a number of sites.
• Some search engines have a special tab for image searches. Click the tab to limit your results and increase your success!
• Remember to check the online subscription databases for photos, pictures, cartoons and line-drawings.
• Click on the MESMS Links link to the right. I have posted a number of sites that provide images.
• If you need help, just ask!

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SmartBoard Links

Today we will be traveling to Cancun, London and Paris! Use the links below to discover interesting facts, travel info and photos.

Online Subscription Database: CultureGrams
http://onlineedition.culturegrams.com/
Username and password required.

World Book Encyclopedia
http://www.worldbookonline.com/wb/Login?ed=wb
Username and password required.

Destination Information
http://www.fodors.com/

http://www.frommers.com/

http://www.lonelyplanet.com/

http://www.tripadvisor.com/

Flight, Hotel and Car Rental Information

http://www.expedia.com/default.asp

http://travelocity.com/

http://www.kayak.com/

Photos

http://www.alltheweb.com/

http://www.yahoo.com

http://flickr.com/

Mr. DiPasquale World War II Resource List

Online Subscription Databases

ABC CLIO American History
http://www.americanhistory.abc-clio.com/

ABC CLIO World History
http://www.worldhistory.abc-clio.com/

NOVEL-InfoTrac
http://find.galegroup.com/menu/commonmenu.do?userGroupName=nysl_me_mildrest
Search World War II in the Gale Reference Library

World Book Encyclopedia Online
http://www.worldbookonline.com/


Internet Resources: Primary Source Documents, World War II

Yale Law School, The Avalon Project
http://avalon.law.yale.edu/subject_menus/wwii.asp

The Library of Congress
American Memory Collection
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/index.html

The National Archives
http://www.archives.gov/index.html

The Smithsonian Institution
http://www.si.edu/

The University of Oklahoma College of Law
http://www.law.ou.edu/hist/

The National Security Archive
http://www.gwu.edu/~nsarchiv/NSAEBB/NSAEBB162/index.htm

Rosie and Women in World War II from the Library of Congress
http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/list/126_rosi.html

About.com
List of links for Women and World War II
http://womenshistory.about.com/od/warwwii/a/overview.htm

National Women's History Museum
http://www.nwhm.org/Partners/exhibitentrance.html

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum- Check the Learning Site for Students, topics include Nazi Rule, Jews in Prewar Germany, The Final Solution, Nazi Camp System, Rescue and Resistance
http://ushmm.org

Holocaust History Project- an archive of documents, photos, recordings and essays
http://www.holocaust-history.org

ThinkQuest: The Holocaust a Tragic Legacy- This is an award winning website created by students that features a timeline, survivor stories, links and more information
http://library.thinkquest.org Search for the site by the title as listed above.

Remember.org This site features a “cybrary” sharing art, photos, poems and factual information. Witnesses- Survivor interviews, letters and information relating to victims, liberators, resistance, rescuers, perpetrators and bystanders.
http://remember.org