REFERENCE+-+STUDENTS


 * STUDENT RESOURCES: (Categories are: Almanacs, Biographies, Dictionaries, Encyclopedias, Geography, Literature, Miscellaneous, Newspapers/Magazines, Databases and Search Engines below:) **

ALMANACS 

[|Fact Monster Online Almanac, Dictionary, Encyclopedia, and Homework Help] Fact Monster is an almanac, dictionary, encyclopedia and MORE. []

[|Map Machine Atlas: Map @ nationalgeographic.com] The Map Machine Atlas offers maps, flags, facts and profiles for countries of the world and each state of the United States. []

[|National Geographic Atlas] This page has almost 600 maps from around the world. Click on a continent, country, province or state, choose a format and print the map. []

[|State Maps Page of the Perry-Castañeda Library Map Collection] Outline maps that show counties in the state, some city maps and maps of National Parks, Monuments, and Historic Sites within each state. []

[|Earth and Moon Viewer] This page allows you to view the earth from satellites at specific times and locations that you select. These views give a good visual image of day and night around the world. []

** BIOGRAPHIES ** [|Biography.com] Type in the name of a famous person or other key words to find biographical information. []

Biographies of Inventors – Smithsonian site [] [|Inventors and Inventions A - EnchantedLearning.com] http://www.enchantedlearning.com/inventors/indexa.shtml [|Women's biographies Distinguished Women of Past and Present] http://www.distinguishedwomen.com/ [|Encyclopædia Britannica's Guide to Women's History] http://search.eb.com/women/index.html [|Explorers - A - EnchantedLearning.com] http://www.enchantedlearning.com/explorers/ [|American-Indian Biographies—A to Z] http://www.infoplease.com/spot/aihmbioaz.html [|Eric Weisstein's World of Biography] []

** DICTIONARIES ** [|WWWebster Dictionary - Search screen] Type in a word to find the definition in this dictionary. [|http://www.m-w.m/netdict.htm]

[|English to French, Italian & Spanish Dictionary - WordReference.com]

[|Visuwords™ online graphical dictionary]

[|LITTLE EXPLORERS Picture Dictionary by EnchantedLearning.com]

Thesaurus.com: A Thesaurus Website: []

[|WWWebster Thesaurus - Search screen] Type in a word to find other words with similar meanings.

Type in a word to find a definition, synonyms and similar words. []

** ENCYCLOPEDIAS ** [|HighBeam Encyclopedia – Free Online Encyclopedia for Reference, Research, Facts] Searches over 100 encyclopedias and dictionaries. []

Encyclopedia of Life – a collaborate scientific site with a wealth of information. []

[|Encyclopedia Smithsonian The Smithsonian from A to Z] Smithsonia Institute encyclopedia categorized by art, science, history and kid’s favorites which make it very user friendly. []

** GEOGRAPHY ** [|National Geographic Map Machine] A great interactive map which allows 2D, 3D, road, ariel views of the world. []

[|Flags of the World] – Identify flags throughout world

[|Guinness World Records]

[|World Population] – Choose month, day and year and see the world population calculated.

[|Infonation United Nations] – Choose parameters of selected countries to show specific information, such as income level, economy, health.

INFORMATION REGARDING UNITED STATES: [|U.S. Census Bureau Home Page] [|U.S .Voting and Registration Data] [|U.S. State and County QuickFacts] [|Community Information by Zip Code] [|The Old Farmer's Almanac - The original Farmer's Almanac since 1792] [|Statistical Resources on the Web] University of Michigan – explore government documents and statistical data.

** LITERATURE ** Online Things to Read – Bibliomania – Extensive free online literature • []

The Brothers Grimm Read and listen to Grimm’s Fairy Tales []

Everything Sherlock – All original Sherlock Holmes stories online. • []

The Robin Hood Legend • []

Anne Frank’s World – Background to her life and circumstances. • []

Mystery Example of Genre Study • []

Mythology – This site explores myths extensively. For example if you explore Sun, you will see a list of countries and their own beliefs. • []

Author Studies and Information Author Resources • []

Poem a Day • []

Quotations • []


 * MISCELLANEOUS RESOURCES **

[] 21st Century Information Fluency

[] Institute for Library & Information Literacy Education

[] List of conversion links

[] Calculate fractions, mortgage, loans, etc. [] Easy languages to learn

Federal Bureau of Investigation – Learn about the history of the FBI and investigative fun. []

Fun to Think about Teacher Resource (Trivia questions) • []

Authors Websites • [|Beverly Cleary] • [|Dan Gutman] • [|Dr. Seuss] • [|Eric Carle] • [|James Preller] • [|Jan Brett] • [|Jim Aylesworth] • [|J.K. Rowling] • [|Lemony Snicket] • [|Pam Munoz Ryan] • [|Patricia Polacco] • [|Roald Dahl] • [|Shel Silverstein]

** NEWSPAPERS, MAGAZINES **

[|Weekly Reader] Weekly Reader provides many articles sorted by grade level intended as follow ups to articles in their printed newspaper. They review the news of the week and present challenges and writing prompts related to the periodical. Check out "This Week" and "News Cruise." [] [|Scholastic News Online] Scholastic News archives past issues and also provides update articles for the current issue. There are also online activities to go along with the most current issue. []

[|Time For Kids] This site posts current news as well as archives of past issues. They also have an interactive feature where kids can give their opinions. [] [|Sports Illustrated For Kids] Online articles on current sports topics - games, fantasy leagues, sports news and more []

[] newspapers and magazine around the world [|Time For Kids Classroom] [|National Geographic Online]

** DATABASES: ** [|Gale-InfoTrac Power Search] [|General BusinessFile ASAP (Gale)] [|InfoTrac OneFile (Gale)] [|LegalTrac (Gale)] [|Student Edition (Gale)] [|Literature Resource Center (Gale)]

** SEARCH ENGINES ** Ask Jeeves: A useful search engine, where questions are submitted as simple sentences: [] About.com: A useful search engine: [] Geniusfind: Another useful search engine called Geniusfind: [] Google: A useful search engine, where one may type in the topic of a search and many links are shown: [|http://www.google.com]. HotBot: This is a useful search engine for teachers, which has no specific kid-friendly features. [|http://www.hotbot.lycos.com].