Research/Reference Sources...
Information below is categorized by Research/All Subjects,
Geography, Government, History, Literature,
Math, News Sources, Science/Science Journals, Spanish, and more.
Research/Reference
Sources...
Information below is categorized
by Research/All Subjects,
Geography, Government,
History, Literature,
Math, News Sources, Science/Science Journals, Spanish, and more.
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Note.
New passwords for Discus. |
| http://refdesk.com all types of dictionaries, encyclopedias, almanacs, searchable, Colin Powell says this is the "most important website" |
NEW>>>NEW>>>NEW>>>NEW http://www.noodletools.com/ includes documentation guidelines AND links to the best search engines for quotes, maps, images/sounds, primary sources, statistics, simple facts/figures,different points of view, hot social issues,US gov links,full news, biographical links, and more |
| http://www.kidsclick.org/ For elementary students, librarian selected resources, all subjects, highly recommended |
http://www.nwrel.org/sky excellent links to resources |
| Britannica
Encyclopedia
encyclopedia, searchable, includes links to magazines |
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| SIRS
series social issues research recommended for secondary students |
Library
of Congress |
| http://www.homworkspot.com organized by grade levels/links to reference sources such as dictionaries, encyclopedias, and maps, projects, exhibits, and field trips |
http://www.ipl.org/ Internet Public Library * access to full texts at Univ Michigan |
| http://www.infoplease.com almanacs for world and USA biographies history sports business/finance health/science, weather + link to homework central/searchable |
http://www.awesomelibrary.org/ over 15,000 resources, categorized by grade level and subject, includes nurse, special ed, and all other subjects...top site! |
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http://www.itools.com/research-it |
CIA
World Factbook good for data on countries, facts, maps, updated, excellent source |
| http://www.s9.com/biography biographies * searchable |
http://www.un.org/Pubs/Cyber SchoolBus/res.html link to INFONATION (the most up-to-date database with statistics on member countries of the United Nations), map skills |
| http://www.mapquest.com/ world atlas USA atlas |
National Geographic magazine |
http://www.ipl.org/ref/POTUS info on US Presidents * |
National
Constitution Center includes history, relevance, new building construction, excellent links, and more |
| www.hicitizen.com link to government resources by subject special sections for students, researchers |
government links to major federal sites note the link to THOMAS ( searchable website for status of current federal legislation) |
Kids government |
excellent
link to government info good introduction for children |
| SC
Statehouse searchable link to South Carolina government check status of legislation |
see also links on gov |
| history links to general sites links to American history resources long list of World history links note primary sources/ see also noodletools above for primary sources |
American
History World History |
| Black
history primary sources, cultural links, historical sites |
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| LITERATURE | |
| http://english.yasuda-u.ac.jp. lc/links.php |
American
literature links * writers works of literature |
| English | American and British
literature literary criticism poetry reading lists |
Bartleby |
note author biographies |
| Black history | links to African-American
writers including Harlem Renaissance writers |
| MATH | |
Calculators online all types, for all subjects |
Tutorials |
math links to tutorials math practice specified by topic |
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| NEWS SOURCES | |
News links to major newspaper sources |
http://fyi.cnn.com (slow loading) excellent research links news for students lesson plans for teachers |
http://www.FactMonster.com almanac data, facts, math, science, world/US news, biographies and more |
NY
Times resources for students, teachers, and parents. daily lesson. includes a news magazine for teens |
| SCIENCE | |
| http://highwire.stanford.edu science articles * from Stanford Univ Science News Discover |
Science
Daily Scientific American National Geographic |
| Science
Fair resources project ideas, guidelines, resources, links to science magazines |
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| SPANISH | |
Your Dictionary Foreign language dictionaries |
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| Spanish Spanish resources for years 1, 2, and 3 includes Spanish links |
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translation links to translation sites |
* from Syllabus Jan 2002
search engines:
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