Study Help
General Help:
- Britannica.com also offers a
searchable version of the Encyclopedia--for free.
- World Book Online--All
articles from the 22 volume print set plus over 3,500 more. Over 8,500
pictures; streaming videos and sound clips; links to 30,000 periodical
articles and to 15,000 editor-approved web sites. (Available only in
Greenwich Library and Branches)
- Homework Central -- This
was recommended in the January 6, 2000 NY Times. Search their "Knowledge"
area (10,000 study subjects linked to 75,000 scholar-selected Internet
resources.) There are three different levels: Kid, Teen and College
- A+ Math: Homework
Helper
-- Check your math homework and have fun at the same time! Homework Helper
will allow you to input a math problem and your answer. Then click on
"Correct?" to find out if you have the right answer.
- KidsClick! -- Web search for
kids by librarians
- Try out
"Ask" for Kids! (formerly "Ask Jeeves" for Kids)
- Homework Help area set up by
PJ Pinchbeck and his dad.
- Homework help
from Multnomah County Library.
- Internet Public Library Youth
Division -- Great links for learning here!
- Additional homework
help sites that we have selected for older students.
Great spots for special projects and assignments:
- Classroom Clipart --Subtitled
K-12 Picture Database, this site contains a large (13,700) collection of
photographs, clipart, and historical images designed for use for educational
purposes. Be sure to read and comply with copyright requirements.
- Endangered Species lists and
information
- Star Child--a great
resource for young astronomers from NASA. Material is presented in two
reading levels.
- sciencE is gOOd for you. Try some noW--Check out the
Mad Scientist. Have fun with science, ask experts questions, and check
out some of the other science resources on the web.
- Interested in inventors and inventions? Visit the
National Inventor's Hall of Fame.
- This list of
inventors and their inventions is updated weekly. You can search by
invention or the inventor's name.
- This Internet Public Library offering is called the
Science Project Resource Guide. Wow!
- Interested in knights, ladies, and the castles they lived in? Click on
the flag on the first page you see to enter this site dedicated to
life in the Middle Ages.
- The Internet Public Library offers
POTUS (Presidents of the United States) Here you will find background
information, election results, cabinet members, presidency highlights, and
some odd facts on each of the presidents. Links to biographies, historical
documents, audio and video files, and other presidential sites are also
included.
- Also from the Internet Public Library, finally some good literary
criticism! Check out the information found on over 1000 sites that have been
gathered at the Online Literary
Criticism Collection.
- The Presidential Timeline of
the Twentieth Century The Presidential Timeline provides digitized
resources from the collections of the twelve Presidential Libraries of the
National Archives. You’ll find documents, photographs, audio recordings, and
video relating to the events of the presidents’ lives.
- The Seven Wonders of the
Ancient World are detailed here.
- First Nations
Histories
-- This site is a gem for anyone interested in Native American History.
It's well organized, and is easy to navigate.
- The 50 States -- well organized
site with lots of state information
- Anthems and Flags
of the Nations of the World -- Provides clear pictures of national flags
and MIDI recordings of national anthems. Lyrics are included for most
countries' anthems, with English translations and transliterations where
needed. Loads slowly, but is worth the wait!
This
database combines biographies from respected Gale Group sources. Biography
Resource Center
also includes full-text articles from hundreds of periodicals. Search for
people based on one or more personal facts such as birth and death year,
nationality, ethnicity, occupation or gender, or combine criteria to create a
highly-targeted custom search. With the "Complete Marquis Who's Who®", find
quick reference information on an additional 900,000 people.
Online version of the Encyclopedia Britannica.-
Ebsco Animals In-depth information on a variety of topics relating to
animals. The database consists of indexing, abstracts, and full text records
describing the nature and habitat of familiar animals. Within some of the full
text, image links are available. Images are accessed by double-clicking any
image graphic
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Funk & Wagnall's New World Encyclopedia--Includes over 25,000 records,
covering an array of topics. Full text for each record may be easily accessed by
double clicking on the topic from the display. The database contains various
images, offers brief biographies as well as information in a variety of subject
areas. This database is updated annually.
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A collection of history, literature, biography and social science resources for
student in middle school and up.
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Gale's
Infotrac Junior Edition This periodical database is designed for students in
junior high and middle school, with magazines, newspapers and reference books
(most are full-text) for information on current events, the arts, science,
popular culture, health, people, government, history, sports and more.
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Gale's
Student Edition This database is designed for high school students, with
access to a variety of indexed and full-text magazines, newspapers and reference
books for information on current events, the arts, science, popular culture,
health, people, government, history, sports and more.
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General
Reference Center Gold (coverage 1980-current) A general interest database
that integrates a variety of sources in one easy-to-use interface. Use General
Reference Center Gold to find articles from newspapers, reference books, and
periodicals, many with full-text and images. Find the latest current events,
popular culture, business and industry coverage, the arts and sciences, sports,
hobbies, and more.
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History Resource Center Offers full text from more than 1,000 reference
books, encyclopedias and non-fiction books, cover to cover full text for 60
history magazines, 58,000 historical documents, 43,000 biographies of historical
figures, more than 12,000 historical photos and maps, and more than 80 hours of
historical video.
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This
database meets the research needs of students in Kindergarten through Grade 5.
It features a developmentally appropriate, visually graphic interface, a
subject-based topic tree search and full-text, age-appropriate,
curriculum-related magazine, newspaper and reference content for information on
current events, the arts, science, health, people, government, history, sports
and more.
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A collection of databases designed especially for students in kindergarten
through 5th grade. Kids Search includes a dictionary, magazine & newspaper
articles, an Encyclopedia of Animals and a general encyclopedia. The site
features a "topic of the month" and a fun graphical interface.
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Masterfile Premier
(coverage 1975-current) Provides full text for nearly 1,950 general
periodicals covering a broad range of disciplines including general reference,
business, education, health, general science, multi-cultural issues and much
more. In addition to the full text, this database provides indexing and
abstracts for nearly 2,600 titles.
- The New York
Times
Three year rolling archive.
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The New York Times Historical Collection The New York Times (1851-2001)
Offers full page and article images with searchable full text back to the first
issue. The collection includes digital reproductions providing access to every
page from every available issue.
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NoveList
This database allows readers to use a favorite author or title as a template
to locate other authors and titles of interest. Besides locating books to read,
users can learn more about books and authors through Author Read-alikes, Feature
Articles, Book Discussion Guides, and BookTalks.
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Primary Search (coverage 1984-current for abstracts and 1989-current for
full-text) Provides full text for more than 50 popular, magazines for elementary
school research. All full text articles included in the database are assigned a
reading level indicator (Lexiles), and full text information dates as far back
as 1990.
- Research Help from iCONN
This is a comprehensive list of links to websites that can help students and
researchers with a wide a variety of questions.
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Science Reference Center A comprehensive science reference database, which
provides users with a broad spectrum of reference information from the areas of
life sciences, physical sciences, and earth & space sciences. "Science Reference
Center" is a completely full-text database that combines information from books,
monographs, journals, magazines, encyclopedias, and reference works.
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Student Research Center This is a search interface designed specifically
for secondary school students according to their needs and search abilities.
Through the "Student Research Center", users can easily pre-determine which
content sources (e.g., Magazines, Newspapers, Biographies, Country Reports, Film
& Video) will be included with their search. They can also search their
databases by topic heading, make use of an online dictionary and encyclopedia,
explore the top searches of the day, and even limit their search according to
appropriate Lexile reading levels.
- Wilson Biographies Plus
Contains more than 111,000 biographies and obituaries and more than 32,000
photographs of the subjects.
All articles from the 22 volume print set plus over 3,500 more. Over 8,500
pictures; streaming videos and sound clips; links to 30,000 periodical articles
and to 15,000 editor-approved web sites.
- Teacher
Certification in Connecticut--handy hints...and
links to other states
- Classroom Connect. Educational
links, conference information, and a schools database. Also contains
"Classroom Web," where you can create your own school home page.
- The Gateway to Educational
Materials
project is a consortium effort to provide educators with quick and easy
access to the substantial, but uncataloged, collections of educational
materials found on various federal, state, university, non-profit, and
commercial Internet sites. GEM is a project of the U.S. Department of
Education and is a special project of the ERIC Clearinghouse on Information
& Technology.
- Hotlist of K12 Internet
School Sites. Find schools on the Net by state and get statistics
(regional, national, etc).
- Hot
Spots for Teachers. This site was put together for the Assiniboine South
School District in Winnipeg, MB, CA by the Media Services Coordinator,
Margaret Stimson. It got a rave review in School Library Journal's January
97 issue. (p. 13)
- Instructor
Magazine.
Lesson plans and other ideas for the grade school teacher.
- Kathy
Schrock's Homework Guide
- Kids(Kids Identifying and
Discovering Sites)--this great page is an ongoing cooperative effort of
15 classrooms from around the world. Teachers assist and provide support;
however, students select and annotate all resources included in every issue
of the Report.
- Network Nuggets.
A Canadian site that lists educational links with brief reviews.
- Web66. One of the best Web
sites for educators. Includes the "International Registry of K12 Schools on
the Web."
- WebEd
Curriculum Links. For teachers, parents and kids. Topically arranged
links.
- Connections+ consists
of Internet resources--lesson plans, activities, curriculum
resources--linked with corresponding subject-area content standards. Also
included in these resource packages are other links to assist teachers.
- Lesson Plan Links
--"This latest creation from the doyen of online K-12 resources, Gleason
Sackman, offers links to over 40 master lesson plan sites, which
collectively provide thousands of different lesson plans. ....This
no-nonsense page deserves a place in the bookmarks folder of any K-12
educator." "The Internet Scout Report", January 7, 2000
- Library of Congress
Learning Page. Lesson plans and links to LC's American Memory
collections online.
