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Math
&
Science
help
from the Internet Public Library: Over 450 links
to middle-school friendly sites designed to ehlp with your Math and
Science questions. |
Multnomah County
Library Homework Center:
Oregon's finest public library offers lists of websites conveniently divided into subject areas. TRY THIS SITE FIRST FOR HOMEWORK HELP! |
FactMonster: Don't be
fooled by the fun, colorful interface: there's a lot of quality
information here, including a Homework Center broken down by subject
and a great section on mythology (click on "Word Wise"). |
| Citation
Maker: Just enter your bibliographic information into the spaces
provided and this program puts it all into correct citation format. |
Important
Supreme Court cases: A page of librarian-selected links that focus
on landmark Supreme Court cases as well as information on the Court
itself. |
HyperHistory Online: A "synchronoptic" timeline combines maps, graphics and colors with textual information so you can simultaneously see what was happening in different parts of the earth at certain times. |
| Maps and Flags of
the World : Ever
wonder what the flag of Andorra looks like? Or Burkina Faso? Nuie,
perhaps? You'll find them all here, as well as good country information. |
Renaissance:
What
inspired
this
age
of balance and order? Your "go to" site for
content-rich links and general information focusing on this important
era of human history. |
Science
Fair Project Resource Guide: Sponsored by the Internet
Public Library, this webpage features lots of science
project-related links. |
| The World's Healthiest Foods:
In
addition
to
plenty
of exercise, good food is important to your
overall health. Go here to find info on the best foods to eat. |
Presidents of the United States:
This
site
provides
excellent
information on every single U.S. president
in addition to serving as a portal to the useful Internet Public
library. |
Ben's Guide to U.S. Government for
Kids: Explains the structure and workings of the American
government in terms that anyone can understand. Choose from three
difficulty levels. |
| San
Leandro
Public
Library: Look
here for hours, locations and to use the collection of online
databases. Have your SLPL number ready... |
Oakland
Public Library: On the left-hand side, click on "Other Online
Resources," then on "Articles & Databases." Have your OPL number
ready... |
sfgate.com:
Check the San Francisco Chronicle
online for those current
events-related assignments. |
| Refdesk.com: Touted as "the single
best source for facts," Refdesk is like having a personal reference
librarian at your fingertips. It's hard to think of reference
information that this site doesn't provide a link to! |
Bartleby Online: Over 51,000 articles,
essays and stories, available in a free, easy-to-search format that
spans reference, verse, fiction and non-fiction. |
World
Fact
Book: Assembled by the CIA. If you're looking for up-to-date
information and/or maps about any country on the planet, this is your
site. |
| Online Etymology Dictionary: Find the origins of that vocabulary word here. From the site: "Etymologies are not definitions; they're explanations of what our words meant and how they sounded 600 or 2,000 years ago." | Merriam-Webster Online: The classic
dictionary includes an online thesaursus as well. Challenge: check out
the "Word for the Day" and see if you can use it correctly in a
sentence. |
LIFE photo archive: "Search millions of photographs from the LIFE photo archive, stretching from the 1750s to today. Most were never published and are now available for the first time through the joint work of LIFE and Google." |
| Word Central online Dictionary: Merriam-Webster's "Word Central" won the 2000 Webby Award for Best Educational Website. This site is fun and colorful, especially the "Daily Buzzword" feature. | Jokes and Trivia: A
compendium of middle school- appropriate humor and jokes from the
National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS). |
Yahoo
Reference: Dictionaries, thesauri, encyclopedias, world facts,
news,
all arranged in straightforward Yahoo style. |
| The Inflation Calculator: This site "lets visitors plug in a monetary amount and calculate its precise buying power between 1800 and 2002." --School Library Journal (recommended site). | Guide to Grammar &
Writing: Devoted to correct grammar, punctuation, and usage from
the sentence level on through to the finished essay. Easy to navigate. |
Biography.com: "Search over
25,000 of the greatest lives, past and present." |
| Internet Public Library (IPL2) So
very easy to use! A good first subject
directory to try. |
FREE: Federal Resources for
Educational Excellence: An amazing site with numerous resources for
both students and teachers. Try for research reports... |
KidsClick:
Developed by librarians, organized by grade level. |
| Infomine:
This collection of scholarly Internet resources lets you search over
2000 sites. |
Google
Directory: A unique mix of news, modern life/health, and
educational subjects. |
BUBL
Higher Education Internet Resources: Covers all academic subject
areas. |
| Evaluating
Internet
Resources: From Georgetown University, this site offers
roughly 40 questions--broken down by topic--that you should keep in
mind when determing the credibility of a website. |
Evaluating
web
pages:
techniques
to
apply and questions to ask. Provides
clear, thorough explanations of what to look for and why when
determining whether or not a website is creditable. |
A short and easy Internet search tutorial: "To get the right answer, you must ask the right question. This Web search tutorial will tell you exactly how to do that!" |
| Evaluating
information
on
the
Internet: Includes sections on origin and
accuracy, reliability and credibility, questions to keep in mind while
researching online, as well as helpful links to other evaluation sites. |
Evaluating
Websites: Straightforward, clear questions to ask--with online
examples--to help you determine a website's quality. |
Internet
Scavenger Hunt: A fun page of questions that will let you test your
Internet search engine skills; links on left side of this page lead
back to valuable Internet "how-to" sources. |
| Mooter:
the
power
of
relevance: This unique search engine clusters
results into relevant themes for faster, more precise information
retrieval. |
Google:
Features a clean, easy-to-use interface and a broad range. A good place
to start your information search. |
Ask.com: Formerly Ask Jeeves, the improved Ask uses a unique ExpertRank algorithm that provides more precise and relevant search results "by identifying the most authoritative sites on the Web." |
| Alta Vista: Widely respected for
its coverage. Popular with librarians. |
GIGABLAST: "...the leading clean-energy search engine...90% of its power comes from wind energy." | WebCrawler meta-search engine:
Lets you look for information on a variety of top search
engines simultaneously! |