Resources for Project Based Learning

A Resource List URLs for Project Based Learning

1.    US Government Websites

a.     http://www.usa.gov/

b.    http://www.fedworld.gov/govlinks.html

2.    National Institute of Health

a.     http://www.nih.gov/

b.    http://www.nih.gov/about/FAQ.htm#stats

3.    National Institute of Mental Health

a.     http://www.nimh.nih.gov/index.shtml

b.    http://www.nimh.nih.gov/statistics/index.shtml

4.    Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

a.     www.cdc.gov/

5.    White House

a.     http://www.whitehouse.gov/

6.    Journalist’s Tip Sheet (A research portal and curated database)

a.     http://journalistsresource.org/

b.    http://journalistsresource.org/syllabi/research-instruction-modules-tip-sheets-data-methods

c.     http://journalistsresource.org/reference/research/database-checklist-key-academic-research-resources-free-restricted/

7.    New York Times 

a.     http://www.nytimes.com/pages/topics/index.html

b.    http://topics.nytimes.com/topics/reference/timestopics/places/all/index.html

c.     http://learning.blogs.nytimes.com/

d.    http://learning.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/07/01/10-ways-to-use-nytimes-com-for-research/

8.    Wall Street Journal

a.     http://online.wsj.com/home-page

9.    Los Angeles Times

a.     http://www.latimes.com/

10. Google  Scholar and Finance

a.     http://scholar.google.com/schhp?hl=en

b.     http://www.google.com/finance