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Almanacs

Atlas

Bibliography
Big Six Biographies Copyright Issues

Dictionaries/Thesaurs/

Encylopedias

Foreign Language Dictionaries and Translators

Homework Helpers

Maps

News

Primary Resources

Quotations

Research and Reference Sources

Search Engines, When to use Different Engines Student Search Engines  Virtual Reference Sources

 

Almanacs
Fact  Monster Almanac    http://www.factmonster.com/almanacs.html
Farmer's Almanac  http://www.almanac.com/
World Almanac for Kids http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/index.html
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Atlas
Animated Atlas...Growth of a Nation http://www.animatedatlas.com/movie.html

Bibliography
Bibme http://www.bibme.org/
Bibliography Maker http://web07.mohonasen.org/staffdev/bibmake/bibmakercitations.htm
Son of Citation Machine http://citationmachine.net/
Citation Styles http://www.bedfordstmartins.com/online/citex.html
Citation Maker http://www.oslis.k12.or.us/MLACitations/elementary/index.php
Oregon Citation Maker http://www.openc.k12.or.us/
Grade level Sample Guildelines for Citations http://nausetschools.org/research/works2.htm
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Big 6
Big 6 Skills Online Guide http://www.crlsresearchguide.org/Big_Six_Steps.asp

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Biographies
Biography Maker 2 http://fno.org/bio/biomaker.htm
Helen Keller Kids Museum http://www.afb.org/braillebug/hkmuseum.asp
Bio 4 Kids http://www.biography.com/bio4kids/index.jsp
ALA Biographies http://www.ala.org/


Copyright Issues

You Quote It, You Note It http://library.acadiau.ca/tutorials/plagiarism/
Copyright Chart for Education PDF file to download
Copyright Kids http://www.copyrightkids.org/
Teaching Copyright http://www.teachingcopyright.org/curriculum/hs
Join the Copyright Team http://www.jointhecteam.com/librarian_resources.html
Copyright: A Journey for Kids http://www.richmond.k12.va.us/schools/jones/Copyright-Kids/
Copyright Questions for You http://www.cyberbee.com/cb_copyright.swf
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Encyclopedias
Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page
Encyclopedia Smithsonian  http://www.si.edu/Encyclopedia_si/
Electric Library Enyclopedia  http://www.encyclopedia.com/
Facts Encylopedia  http://www.refdesk.com/myency.html
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English Dictionaries/Thesaurus

VisuWord Graphical Dictionary http://www.visuwords.com/
Picture Dictionary http://www.pdictionary.com/
WordSmyth  http://www.wordsmyth.net/
Merriam Webster Dictionary  http://www.m-w.com/dictionary.htm
American Heritage Dictionary  http://www.bartleby.com/61/
WordNet  http://vancouver-webpages.com/wordnet/
Word Central    http://www.wordcentral.com/
Rogus Thesaurus   http://www.thesaurus.com/
Rhyming Dictionary  http://www.rhymezone.com/
Common Errors in English  http://www.wsu.edu/~brians/errors/errors.html
Picture Dictionary  http://www.EnchantedLearning.com/DictionaryA.html
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Foreign Language Dictionaries and Translators
Internet Picture Dictionary http://www.pdictionary.com/
Dictionary of Spanish http://www.spanishdict.com/
Your Dictionary   http://www.yourdictionary.com/
AltaVista Translations  http://babelfish.altavista.com/
Logos  http://www.logos.it/
Google Translate http://translate.google.com/#
Travlang's Translating Dictionaries  http://dictionaries.travlang.com/
The Translator's Home Companion  http://www.lai.com/lai/glossaries.html
All Words  http://www.allwords.com/
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Homework Helpers
Homework Spot http://www.homeworkspot.com/
Reference Library http://www.kidport.com/RefLib/RefLib.htm
Library Spot   http://www.libraryspot.com/
Fact Monster  http://www.factmonster.com/
Library Reference on the Internet  http://www.lii.org/
Kids Connect   http://www.kidskonnect.com/
Homework Helper  http://www.bjpinchbeck.com/
Big Chalk   http://www.homeworkcentral.com/search/vsl_search.htp
Educational Resources  http://www.educationindex.com/education_resources.html
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Maps

 

United States History Map http://www.learner.org/interactives/historymap/index.html
VPike
http://www.vpike.com/
EduPlace Printable Maps http://www.eduplace.com/ss/maps/
Mapping our World http://www.oxfam.org.uk/
Historic Maps
http://www.newberry.org/K12maps/
MapMachine http://java.nationalgeographic.com/studentatlas/
TerraServer http://www.terraserver.microsoft.com/
Where is That Game http://www.funbrain.com/where/index.html
Maps of the World  http://www.nationalgeographic.com/xpeditions/atlas/index.html

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News

News for You http://www.educationworld.com/a_lesson/archives/newsforyou.shtml
http://www.educationworld.com/a_lesson/archives/newsforyou.shtml
BBC News for Kids http://news.bbc.co.uk/cbbcnews/default.stm
Scholastic News http://teacher.scholastic.com/scholasticnews/index.asp
Junior Scolastic On-Line  http://www.scholastic.com/juniorscholastic/
Students News Net http://www.studentnewsnet.com/
Kids Post http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/education/kidspost/
Newseum  http://www.newseum.org/index.htm
Kids News Room http://www.kidsnewsroom.org//
Discovery Channel News http://dsc.discovery.com/news/news.html
PBS News Hour for kids  http://www.pbs.org/newshour/extra/
Pencil News for Kids  http://www.msnbc.com/local/pencilnews/
Wall Street Journal for Kids http://www.wsjclassroomedition.com/index.html
Chicago SunTimes  http://www.suntimes.com/index/
Time for Kids  http://www.timeforkids.com/TFK/
KindNews Online http://www.kindnews.org/default.asp
Chicago Tribune  http://www.chicago.tribune.com/
Local Pioneer Press Newspapers  http://www.pioneerlocal.com/cgi-bin/ppo-newsstand
Virtual Tourist World Newspapers  http://www.virtourist.com/newspapers/
San Miguel, Guanajuato Mexican Newspaper in Spanish/English http://www.atencionsanmiguel.org/
New York Times Learning Network  http://www.nytimes.com/learning/
NY Times Summaries http://www.nytimes.com/learning/students/pop/index.html

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Primary Resources
Library of Congress http://www.loc.gov/teachers/
Repositories of Primary Sources http://www.uiweb.uidaho.edu/special-collections/Other.Repositories.html

Quotations
Bartlett Familiar Quotations  http://www.columbia.edu/acis/bartleby/bartlett/
Quotation Page  http://www.starlingtech.com/quotes/
Annabelle's Quotation Guide http://www.annabelle.net/
Bartleby Quotes http://www.bartleby.com/100/
Brainy Quote http://www.brainyquote.com/
The Quotation Page http://www.quotationspage.com/
Quote World http://www.quoteworld.org/browse/
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Research and Virtual Reference Sources
Research Guide http://www.crlsresearchguide.org/00_Introduction.asp
Research It! One Stop Research Tool  http://www.itools.com/research-it/
Virtual Reference Desk  http://www.lib.purdue.edu/reference/
Enchanted Learning References (primary)  http://www.EnchantedLearning.com/Home.html
A Research Guide for Students   http://www.geocities.com/researchguide/
Kids' Web References  http://www.kidsvista.com/Misc/reference.html
Information Please  http://www.infoplease.com/
Free Resources for Educational Excellence  http://www.ed.gov/free/subject.html
Gazetteer  http://www.census.gov/cgi-bin/gazetteer
Research Paper Helps  http://www.researchpaper.com/
Bibliomania  http://www.bibliomania.com/
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