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This is a page of links to numerous sites which can be used as references for projects and assignments. While many are valuable resources, links may change without notice.
Gateway’s: Internet Public Library’s Reference Center http://www.ipl.org/div/subject/browse/ref00.00.00 The Librarians’ Index to the Internet http://lii.org/search/file/reference University of Albany Libraries http://library.albany.edu/reference/ iTools Bartleby.com http://www.bartleby.com/reference/ DeskRef http://ansernet.rcls.org/deskref/ http://www.kplay.cc/reference.html Reference Sources for Students: Multnomah County Library’s Homework Center http://www.multcolib.org/homework/ High School Hub http://highschoolhub.org/hub/hub.cfm KidsClick! Reference http://kidsclick.org/topfact.html BigChalk’s HomeworkCentral HomeworkSpot LibrarySpot StartSpot Network
Dictionaries and Language References: yourDictionary.com The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language Merriam-Webster’s Word Central The Merriam-Webster Online Language Center http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary.htm Dictionary.com http://dictionary.reference.com/ FreeTranslation.com http://www.freetranslation.com/ Babel Fish http://babelfish.altavista.com/ The WriteExpress Online Rhyming Dictionary Lycos RhymeZone Dictionary of Symbolism http://www.umich.edu/~umfandsf/symbolismproject/symbolism.html Glossarist The Internet Picture Dictionary Little Explorers Picture Dictionary http://www.enchantedlearning.com/Dictionary.html Roget’s II Visual Thesaurus http://www.plumbdesign.com/thesaurus/ Internet Public Library’s A+ Research and Writing http://www.ipl.org/div/teen/aplus/toc.htm Capital Community College’s Guide to Grammar and Writing http://ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/ Purdue University’s Online Writing Lab http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/index.html Common Errors in English http://www.wsu.edu/~brians/errors/ Bartleby http://www.bartleby.com/quotations/ QuoteLand QuoteWorld
Almanacs: Infoplease Fact Monster World Almanac for Kids Online http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/ Fast Facts http://www.freepint.com/gary/handbook.htm U.S. Census Bureau http://www.census.gov/index.html The Old Farmer’s Almanac http://www.almanac.com/index.php
Encyclopedias: Columbia Encyclopedia Encyclopedia.com The Britannica Concise http://education.yahoo.com/reference/encyclopedia/ http://encarta.msn.com/encnet/features/reference.aspx World Book Encyclopedia http://www.worldbookonline.com/
Biographies: Lives, the Biography Resource http://amillionlives.com/ A Biographical Dictionaryhttp://www.s9.com/biography/ Biography.com http://www.biography.com/ PBS Biographies http://www.pbs.org/neighborhoods/history/#bio Gale http://www.galegroup.com/free_resources \http://www.who2.com/ http://gi.grolier.com/presidents/ POTUS Presidents’ Hall http://www.whitehouse.gov/history/presidents/index.html From Revolution to Reconstruction… and What Happened Afterwards http://odur.let.rug.nl/~usa/P/ Presidents of the United States
Country Information: The Library of Congress Country Studies Portals to the World http://www.loc.gov/rr/international/portals.html Background Notes http://www.state.gov/r/pa/bgn/ Country Briefings http://www.economist.com/countries/ Amnesty International http://www.amnesty.org/ailib/aireport/ Human Rights Watch INCORE: Internet Conflict Data Service http://www.incore.ulst.ac.uk/cds/countries/index.html CIA World Factbook http://www.odci.gov/cia/publications/factbook/index.html Atlapedia Online World Statesmen http://www.worldstatesmen.org/ GeoHive http://www.geohive.com/global/index.php United Nations’ InfoNation http://www.cyberschoolbus.un.org/infonation/info.asp Worldwide Gazeteer Ethnologue http://www.ethnologue.com/web.asp CountryReports.org http://www.countryreports.org/ Internet Public Library’s Culture Quest (for young children) http://www.ipl.org/youth/cquest/ Lonely Planet’s Destinations http://www.lonelyplanet.com/destinations/
Atlases / Maps: Geography @About.com All the World’s Maps http://www.embassyworld.com/maps/maps.html Perry-Castañeda Map Collection http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/historical/index.html The Historical Atlas of the Twentieth Century http://users.erols.com/mwhite28/20centry.htm United Nations’ Cartographic Section http://www.un.org/Depts/Cartographic/english/ American Memory Map Collections http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/gmdhtml/gmdhome.html Places in the News http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/gmdhtml/plnews.html The National Atlas National Geographic’s Map Machine http://plasma.nationalgeographic.com/mapmachine/ Color Landform Atlas of the United States http://fermi.jhuapl.edu/states/states.html TopoZone MapQuest MapBlast.com Maporama http://www.maporama.com/share/ Multimap
The 50 States: Stately Knowledge http://www.ipl.org/youth/stateknow/skhome.html http://classbrain.com/artstate/publish/ Stateline.org
Government: FirstGov: Your First Click to U.S. Government FirstGov for Kids Ben’s Guide to U.S. Government for Kids American Cultural History: The Twentieth Century http://www.nhmccd.edu/contracts/lrc/kc/decades.html From Revolution to Reconstruction… and What Happened Afterwards http://odur.let.rug.nl/usanew/ The Annenberg Foundation’s Biography of America http://www.learner.org/biographyofamerica/
Social Issues: Multnomah County Library’s Social Issues Page http://www.multcolib.org/homework/sochc.html Public Agenda Online The Public Education Network Flags: Flags of the World http://fotw.vexillum.com/flags/ http://www.flags.net The Flag of the United States http://www.usis.usemb.se/usflag/ University of Oklahoma Law Center, A Guide to American Flags http://www.law.ou.edu/flags.html
Calculating and Converting: Convert It! The Universal Currency Converter Calculator.com Measure 4 Measure http://www.wolinskyweb.net/measure.htm Convert-Me
Time and History: AlternaTime http://www2.canisius.edu/~emeryg/time.html North Park University’s WebChron Web Chronology Project http://campus.northpark.edu/history/WebChron/ The History Channel’s This Day In History http://www.historychannel.com/thisday/ On This Day http://www.nytimes.com/learning/general/onthisday/index.html The Library of Congress Today in History Archive http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/today/archive.html Infoplease This Day in History http://www.infoplease.com/cgi-bin/dayinhistory/ dMarie Time Capsule http://www.dmarie.com/timecap/ Calendar Home.com
Holidays and Festivals: Worldwide Holiday and Festival http://www.HolidayFestival.com/ KidLink’s Multicultural Calendar http://www.kidlink.org/KIDPROJ/MCC/ Math Remedies Discovery School’s Webmath http://school.discovery.com/homeworkhelp/webmath/ S.O.S. Mathematics http://www.sosmath.com/index.html Eric Weisstein’s World of Mathematics Periodic Tables Periodic Table of the Elements http://pearl1.lanl.gov/periodic/default.htm WebElements A Visual Interpretation of the Table of Elements http://www.chemsoc.org/viselements/ K–12 Reference Links |