MarcoPolo

www.wcom.com/marcopolo

This partnership between MCI WorldCom and six renowned educational organizations has produced discipline-specific educational web sites on economics, geography, humanities, mathematics, science and the arts. The MarcoPolo program provides no-cost, standards-based Internet content for the K-12 teacher and classroom. It contains links to sites that include materials to help with daily classroom planning, brief and extended lesson plans, reviewed and expert-approved links to related high-quality sites, and powerful search engines.



International Council of Museums (ICOM) World Wide Web Virtual Library of Museum Pages

www.icom.org/vlmp

ICOM is devoted to the promotion and development of museums and the museum profession at an international level. They manage the Virtual Library Museum Pages, the most extensive annotated list and links to museum sites around the world. It also has links to library exhibitions and a Web virtual library.



KIDSNET

www.kidsnet.org

KIDSNET is the only national non-profit computerized clearinghouse and information center devoted to children's television, radio, audio, video and multimedia. Among other services, it produces downloadable study guides on all subjects to extend the educational value of media programming for children and families, and provides a monthly Media Guide describing programs for children, families and educators referenced by air date, curriculum areas, grade levels, supplemental materials, related multimedia, off-air taping rights, and sources for more information.



Library of Congress (LC)

www.loc.gov

This site provides access to the digital library collections of LC, an online gallery of many of the exhibitions held at the Library, news and events, and THOMAS, the comprehensive federal legislative information. It also includes “America's Story from America's Library,” [hotlink to children’s section] the section designed especially for children and their families.



MUSEE

www.musee-online.org

A nonprofit organization that works with cultural institutions around the world to provide services to museums, schools, and the public, the site includes direct links to museum web pages in categories such as visitor information, educational materials, research, fun, museum shop, and visual content.