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~All Subjects~ |
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The
Educator's Reference Desk |
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From the Information Institute of
Syracuse, the people who created AskERIC, the Gateway to Educational
Materials, and the Virtual Reference Desk, the Educator's Reference
Desk brings you the resources you have come to depend on. 2,000+
lesson plans, 3,000+ links to online education information, and 200+
question archive responses. |
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Discovery School - Kathy Schrock |
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Kathy Schrock's Guide for Educators
provides Lesson Plans, a Teacher's Store, Teaching Tools and Video
on Demand. |
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Ed Web - Indices
and Hotlists for Educators |
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Each link leads to a huge number of interesting and useful lessons, resources and activities for teachers, administrators, instructional designers, trainers, counselors and other educators. |
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Blue Web'N |
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A library of blue ribbon learning sites on the Web. |
The Top 101 Web Sites
for Teachers |
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Links to sites for teaching and learning. |
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Lesson Plan
Place |
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Contains hundreds of links and access to
thousands of lesson plans. The links are categorized by subject area
and grade level. |
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Theme Related
Resources |
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There are loads of
different topics within this site to compliment cross subject area
teaching. |
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Education World |
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A Fantastic Site Where
you can search for a variety of education related topics. Something
for everyone! |
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Wee Moose's
Education Resources |
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On-line lesson plans,
library links and special education links are just a few of the
resource links that can be found here. |
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Teams
Educational Resources |
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Hundreds of resources to explore for
teachers and para-professionals. |
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Education Place |
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Activities sorted by theme, presented by the
Houghton Mifflin Company. |
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TeacherVision |
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Lesson Plans by topic or theme. |
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TeNet |
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Elementary and Secondary Teacher Resources. |
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California State
University |
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Links for Lesson Plans and Teaching Strategies. |
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TeacherLINK |
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An online teacher resource for public educators
and students, is provided as a free public service by Nathan Smith,
the Adele and Dale Young Education Technology Center (YETC)
and Utah State University's College
of Education and Human Services. |
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The Lesson Plans Page |
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Over 2,500 free lesson plans for pre-K - 12. |
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TeachNet |
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Tools for teachers. |
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Brewer
Technology and Learning Center |
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Links
are specifically selected to make the job of locating discipline
specific online resources easier and quicker for busy K-12 students
and teachers. |
| KidsKnowIt Network |
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Children's Educational Websites Created By The KidsKnowIt Network. Includes: Astronomy, Biology,
Dinosaurs, Geography, Geology, Math,
Memory, and Spelling |
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~Math~ |
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goENC |
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The largest, most comprehensive
resource for K-12 math and science educators.This site links math
and science teachers to useful curriculum resources. The Digital
Dozen link features outstanding internet sites each month.
(Subscription service.) |
Internet
Mathematics Library |
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Contains a list of
Interesting and Fun Sites with a focus on elementary mathematics. |
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Math Archives |
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Internet sites which contain significant
collections of materials which can be used in the teaching of
mathematics at the K-12 level. |
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Sites for Teachers |
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Math
lesson plans, activities, games, puzzles, and more. |
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Mid-continent Research for Education and Learning |
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Mathematics
lesson plan library. |
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~Money~ |
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Kids & Money |
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What a child needs to know about
spending, saving, and budgeting like an adult.
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Banking on Our Future |
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Financial literacy program for
grades 4 through 12. |
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Checking
Account Math |
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Learning the basics about a
checking account. Grades 3 - 5. |
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Dollar Dragon |
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This animated (Flash-based)
dragon helps elementary-aged children learn about checking, savings,
bonds, budgets and ATMs. |
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It
All Adds Up |
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A site for teens who want to get
a head start on their financial future. |
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Jump$tart Coalition for
Personal Financial Literacy |
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The Jump$tart Coalition is an
organization dedicated to teaching students money management, saving
and investing, and proper use of credit.
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Kids Bank |
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Sovereign Bank presents this
elementary level tutorial website that explains the fundamentals of
money and banking to children.
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Moneyopoli$ |
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This interactive game for middle
schoolers integrates math and social studies into the study of
banking. You must register to play (it's free). Students start with
$600 and try to make it grow to $1,000 by the end of the game. Along
the way you'll experience getting a job, banking, shopping and
paying taxes. |
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Practical Money Skills |
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This site offers Lesson Plans
and games to help students learn to manage their money responsibly.
Topics include money responsibility, allowance, behavior and chores,
banking services, saving and investing, debt and identity theft.
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Young Investors |
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This site offers links for
teachers, parents, teens and kid to build an early understanding
about savings and investing. |
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The History of
Wampum |
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WampumWorks presents the history
of wampum. |
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~Social Studies~ |
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Geography World |
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This is a very
comprehensive site that features geography topics world wide. There
are not only lesson plan links, but also a wealth of activities to
do with your students. (Be sure to scroll down the page to view the
links.) |
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Social Studies School
Service |
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This is a great search
engine site for all of your social studies needs. |
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MarcoPolo Internet
Content for the Classroom |
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A content rich site
with internet integration ideas in economics, geography, humanities,
mathematics, and science. |
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MapQuest |
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Go here for driving
directions (with starting points right from your own house), maps to
destinations, and travel guides nation wide. |
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CU -
SeeMe |
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A great link for
exploring other school sites from all over the world. |
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Harcourt
Social Studies Center |
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An enrichment to the
HB social studies program with other content area links as well. |
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World Wise Schools |
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Published through the
Peace Corporation, this site is an innovative global education
program that provides students in the United States with a view of
life in one of the more than 80 countries where Peace Corps
Volunteers serve. Students get a living geography lesson, an
expanded view of faraway cultures, and reinforcement of the value of
volunteerism. |
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National Council for the Social
Studies |
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This site is an
information service for social studies educators. The purpose is to
provide leadership, service, and support for all social studies
educators. |
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Write Your Representative |
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From within this site
you can write to any state representative. |
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~Science~ |
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The Franklin Institute
Online |
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This site features
information about the various exhibits that are currently on display
at the Franklin Institute. |
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National
Science Teachers Association |
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This site has
membership information as well as valuable science resource links
featuring up-to-date information on science education. |
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Amazing Space |
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A wonderful site
loaded with space related activities and projects. |
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NASA Educational Materials |
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For Educators (Grades K-4)
- Created by NASA for educators, this
Aeronautics & Space Resource is a 'must see' for anyone teaching
space related content. |
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NASA Educational Materials |
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For Educators (Grades 5-8)
- Created by NASA for educators, this
Aeronautics & Space Resource is a 'must see' for anyone teaching
space related content. |
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Frank Potter's Science Gems |
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Great links to great science
resources. |
Dinosaur Exhibit |
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This site from
Honolulu is quite helpful for primary teachers who need supplemental
information on the skeletal parts of dinosaurs. The site features
great pictures and audio. |
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Exploratorium |
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This site is a virtual
museum featuring science, art, and human perception. Although
geared for the upper grades, this site may lend itself well to those
teaching the solar system. There are some great activities within
the 'Observatory' link. |
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Science NetLinks |
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An incredible amount of Science related lesson
plans. |
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The
Science Spot |
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Earth Science lesson plan links. |
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Mid-continent Research for Education and Learning |
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Science lesson plan library. |
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Columbia
Education Center Science Links |
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These
lesson plans were created by teachers for use in their own
classrooms. |
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The Gateway |
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This is the science section of the Gateway to
Educational Materials .... a site whose aim is to provide one-stop
access to high quality Internet lesson plans, curriculum units and
other educational resources. |
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EnviroLink |
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Environmental resources. |
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Teacher's
Tips |
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Science educational resources. |
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~Language
Arts~ |
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The
Children's Book Council |
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This eye appealing
site has something for everyone. Parents, teachers, or librarians
can can find a wealth of primary level activities and projects to do
with children. |
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The Children's
Literature Web Guide |
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Resources related to
books for children and young adults. There are award winning author
links, a discussion board, a reference section, and a Web Traveler's
Toolkit with helpful web surfing tips. |
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Lesson Planet |
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Lots of Language Arts related lesson plans. |
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BookHive |
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Guide to children's literature and books. |
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Weekly Reader's
Teacher Site |
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Weekly Reader is built on a
well-thought-out scope and sequence of literacy skills. |
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Children's Book Nook |
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The home of Little, Brown, & Company Books for
Young Readers. |
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American Library Association |
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ALA's Great Websites for Kids. |
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Open Court
Resources |
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Open Court Resources.com provides both original
resources and links to external resources to assist teachers of the
Open Court Reading program. Sorted by grade level. |
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Yahoo's Open Court Users List |
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This group is for elementary teachers using the
Open Court language arts program. This list is for sharing ideas on
how to implement the program in the classroom. You'll need to join
this list to participate. |
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~General Reference and Tools~ |
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Landmarks Citation Machine |
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Citation tool |
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Convert It.com |
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Conversion & Calculation Center |
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National
Address and Zip+4 Browser |
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The ZIP+4 database |
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Everyrule.com |
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Every rule in the universe - All
categories |
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Refdesk.com |
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The Single Best Source for Facts. |
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iTools |
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Search tools, language tools and
research tools. |
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Bartleby Reference Site |
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Bartleby.com combines the best of
both contemporary and classic reference works into the most
comprehensive public reference library ever published on the web. |
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The Old Farmer's Almanac |
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Online version. |
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eHow.com |
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Clear Instructions on how to do
(just about) everything. |
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How Stuff Works |
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Incredibly informative site. |
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Today's Front
Pages |
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339 front pages from 34 countries presented alphabetically. |
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Bloomsbury.com
- Research Centre |
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The Bloomsbury Research centre is a
FREE on-line database of
reference books. Over 17,000 entries are cross-referenced
providing a wealth of information all linked and all fully indexed.
Use our search engine to search on a wide range of subjects
including literature, art, myth, human thought, quotations and a
thesaurus or browse through each book at your leisure. |
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50 States.com |
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This site on the fifty states (and
the U.S. commonwealths and territories) has information such as:
location (latitude and longitude), birds, colleges and universities,
constitutions, flowers, genealogical resources, geological
formations, geographical features, mottos, national forests and
parks, newspapers, nicknames, nonprofit organizations, populations,
state and federal representatives, songs, and the date of entry into
the union. All facts are linked to over 1529 governmental or
authoritative webpages. |
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Librarian's Index to the Internet |
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A searchable, annotated, subject
directory of close to 3,000 Internet resources chosen for their
usefulness to the public library user's information needs. The items
in the directory are selected and maintained by a team of
librarians. |
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Noodle Tools -
Smart Tools, Smart Research |
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Interactive tools designed to aid students and professionals with
their online research. |
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~Dictionaries~ |
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OneLook Dictionary Search |
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6,257,269 words in 993
dictionaries indexed |
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American Heritage Dictionary
of the English Language |
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Over 90,000 entries feature 10,000 new words and senses, 70,000
audio word pronunciations, 900 full-page color illustrations,
language notes and word-root appendixes. |
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Your Dictionary.com |
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The last word in words. |
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Thesaurus.com |
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Popular Web Thesaurus |
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Merriam-Webster Online |
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Merriam-Webster Dictionary |
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Ask Oxford.com |
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Oxford Dictionaries |
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RhymeZone |
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Rhyming Dictionary |
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IPL Dictionary Sites |
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Many, many online dictionaries.
Check it out! |
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~Encyclopedias~ |
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Britannica Online |
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Lots of information |
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Information Please Almanac |
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Encyclopedia for all the knowledge
you need. |
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IPL Encyclopedia Sites |
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Many, many online encyclopedias. |
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~Clipart~ |
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Classroom Clipart |
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The source for Clipart,
Illustrations and Photographs |
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~February -
Black History Month Links~
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Blackhistory.com |
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Infoplease |
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The Best of
Black History on the Internet |
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Patchwork of
African-American Life |
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National Civil Rights Museum |
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Time for Kids |
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The History Channel |
