Great Resources

Educational Search Engines  (use caution when using, but great sites!)

http://www.yahooligans.com

http://www.searchopolis.com/

http://www.infoplease.com - great student site with search engine

http://findia.net - research site

http://www.factmonster.com - student reference site

Encyclopedia

www.Britannica.com

http://encarta.msn.com/reference/ - Encarta Online

http://www.comptons.com/encyclopedia/ - Compton's Encyclopedia Online

http://school.discovery.com/homeworkhelp/worldbook.html

http://www.libraryspot.com/encyclopedias.htm - at this site find a list of popular on-line encyclopedias

http://www.americaslibrary.gov - Library of Congress resource page for children

Biographies

http://www.biography.com

Dictionary/Thesaurus

http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary - Merriam Webster online dictionary

http://www.dictionary.com - online dictionary, thesaurus, translator

Periodicals:

www.ipl.org - at this site find newspapers from around the world, magazines, and online text

www.timeforkids.com - Time Magazine for kids site

http://www.awesomelibrary.org - over 18,000 carefully reviewed educational resources

Sites of Interest:

http://www.nationalgeographic.com/features/index.html  - National Geographic's Feature Sites (i.e. Lewis & Clarke game, camcorder videos of various animals in natural habitats.

Citing internet pages:

http://www.easybib.com/ - create a bibliography online

http://www.noodletools.com/noodlebib/index.html - students can create a bibliography for material used from the internet (i.e. graphics) At drop down menu, select "web site"

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