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REFERENCE MATERIAL

Although this section is described as 'Children's' reference material, much of it is equally relevant to adults.


Section 1 - Geography

1.1 Maps.com

URL:	http://www.maps.com
Notes:	Digital map catalogue. You can download thousands of quality maps from this site.

1.2 Earth Image Index

URL:	http://www.spaceart.com/solar
Notes:	The world in pictures. Pictures, animations and text.

Section 2 - History

2.1 Ancient Scripts

URL:	http://www.eecs.berkeley.edu/~lorentz/Ancient_Scripts/
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2.2 Ancient World

URL:	http://www.perseus.tufts.edu
Notes:	The Perseus Project - an aid to study of the ancient world.

2.3 Athens

URL:	http://www.indiana.edu/~kglowack/athens
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2.4 Mad Monarchs

URL:	http://www.xs4all.nl/~kvenjb/madmon.htm
Notes:	Well researched series of biographies of history's mad monarchs, from Russia's Ivan the Terrible to our own George III.

2.5 Mesopotamia

URL:	http://www.history.evansville.net/meso.html
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Section 3 - Science

3.1 Bad Astronomy

URL:	http://www.badastronomy.com
Notes:	Not just for kids and not just about astronomy! Well written popular science site - with explanations of common scientific phenomena.

3.2 How Stuff Works

URL:	http://www.howstuffworks.com
Notes:	An excellent guide to how cars, computers, the internet, nutrition, water closets, and a host of othe 'mechanisms' work. If you are puzzled about the workings of bits, bytes or TTL gates (or even about CGI and Boolean Logic) this site has the answers!

3.3 Science Net

URL:	http://www.campus.bt.com
Notes:	Popular science 'question and answer' site.

3.4 The Why Files

URL:	http://whyfiles.news.wisc.edu
Notes:	An easy-to-use and lighthearted collection of scientific answers.

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