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Almanacs/Encyclopedias
(those listed below are free sites, but much better online encyclopedias
are available as subscription sites, such as Encyclopedia Britannica and World Book Online (available
throughout our school, or at home if you use the password - just see a
librarian to get the information)
| Infoplease includes the Random House College Dictionary atlas and the
concise Columbia Encyclopedia |
Columbia Encyclopedia Online version of the one-volume encyclopedia -- contains
51,000 entries and many hypertext
cross-references |
| The
Britannica Concise (hosted by Yahoo) Good for
quick answers to many questions, the 25,000 entries are limited to
a fact-filled paragraph |
Encarta
fairly comprehensive but condensed version of
Microsoft's popular digital
encyclopedia |
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Atlases/Directions
| http://geography.about.com/
links users to the wealth of maps on the
Web |
Perry-Casteneda
Map Collection A database of
historical maps arranged by region, growing to include the
contents of the classic reference work Shepherd's Historical
Atlas. |
All the World's
Maps index to maps for any country, including
city maps |
| American
Memory Map Collections: 1500-2002
a selection from the 4.5 million items in the
Geography and Map Division of the Library of
Congress. |
National
Geographic's Map Machine offers thematic maps
for the United States and the world, street maps, historical maps,
and flags |
Historical
Atlas of the Twentieth Century gathers map
content from across the Web on such themes as living conditions,
government, war, art, population, and religion, plus maps of
specific places and events |
| TopoZone
detailed, zoomable, topographic maps of the entire United
States |
Mapquest or MapBlast.com U.S. Roadmaps and directions |
Maporama or MultiMap: Roadmaps or Directions - U.S. AND
International
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Biographies
| Lives, the
Biography Resource links to thousands of
biographies, autobiographies, memoirs, letters, oral histories -
searchable by individual name |
Who2 Each profile
includes a concise paragraph and links to four good Web
sites. |
| Biography.com includes information from the Cambridge Encyclopedia
Database, the Cambridge Dictionary of American
Biography, and such A&E resources as the Biography and
History Channels and Biography Magazine. |
The Biographical Dictionary
includes more than 28,000 brief profiles of notables
from ancient times to the present day. Searchable by name, date,
position held, profession, literary and artistic works,
achievements, and other keywords. |
| Grolier's American Presidency includes content from the Encyclopedia Americana for grades
6 - adult (along with other content for elementary age
students) |
FRtR: Presidents offers profiles as well as links to speeches, writings, and
libraries |
|
President's
Hall
from the White House contains archived
speeches, profiles of the presidents,
and material about the first ladies and
vice
presidents |
Calculating and Converting/Mathematics/Periodic
Tables
| S.O.S. Mathematics
2,500 pages of easy-to-understand explanations,
ranging from simplifying fractions to systems of differential
equations. Also includes math tables and
formulas |
Measure 4
Measure a collection of interactive sites on the
Web that estimate, calculate, evaluate, translate from simple
length, to velocity, to how much fabric or carpet you'll need
. |
The Universal Currency
Converter convert dollars or Euros to any other
country's currency |
| Eric Weisstein's World of
Mathematics a comprehensive encyclopedia of
explanations of math concept |
Webmath students
can enter their tough math problems for explanations of how they
are solved |
WebElements has both information and illustrations relating to each
element |
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Chronologies
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Citing Sources/Statistics
Country
Information/Flags
| Library of
Congress Country Studies online versions of the
hardcover books previously known as Area Handbooks. The
focus here is on lesser-known areas and regions of potential
conflict. |
Background Notes from the State Department country profiles with focus on
politics, foreign relations, and the economy |
Country Briefings
from the British journal The Economist
economic forecasts, fact sheets, and data highlighting ten
economic indicators. |
| Amnesty
International evaluates nations on the basis of
human rights |
Flags of the World
for each nation included, you'll find its flag's
origin, history, legends, and use. Includes more than 22,700 flag
images. |
World Flag Database large, clear printable flag graphics and quick country
profiles |
| World
Statesmen |
50 States and
Capitals leads to information on US maps, state
songs, sports teams, famous people from the state, symbols,
political information, population, & license
plates |
United
Nations' InfoNation
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| CIA World
Factbook |
CountryReports.org |
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Dictionaries and Language
References
| yourDictionary.com offers content from more than 1800 dictionaries in more
than 250 languages, plus Word of the Day, Spanish Word of the Day,
glossaries, grammar guides, 'Nyms and Such, and puzzles. You
can write your name in ten languages. |
The American Heritage
Dictionary of the English Language at
Bartlebyoffers audio pronunciations, illustrations, syllabication,
and information about word roots |
| Dictionary.com pulls its results from a variety of dictionaries and
thesauri on the Web |
Roget's II
the most well-known Thesaurus |
| Glossarist a huge compendium of online glossaries on any imaginable
subject |
Lycos RhymeZone
a combination rhyming dictionary, thesaurus,
Shakespeare concordance, and quotation search |
The WriteExpress Online
Rhyming Dictionary end rhymes and last syllable
rhymes, as well as first syllable, beginning, and
double
rhymes |
FreeTranslation.com or Babel Fish translate either blocks of text or full Web
pages |
| A+ Research and Writing Step-by-step
term paper guidance |
Common
Errors in English quick reference list to
widespread grammar and spelling errors |
| Quoteland search by topic or
author, or browse
QuoteWorld more than 14,000
quotes to browse by topic or author |
Bartleby for
Quotations allows you to search three
indexes: Bartlett's Familiar Quotations (for classic
quotes prior to 1919); Columbia World of Quotations
(updated up to 1996); and Simpson's Contemporary Quotations
(the most notable quotations since
1950 |
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Gateways
| Internet
Public Library's Reference Center virtual
reference in a well-organized, annotated
interface |
Bartleby.com a collection of classic and current full-text reference
tools - encyclopedias, gazetteers, almanacs, dictionaries,
quotation collections, and style guides. |
| Librarians's Index to
the Internet similar to Internet Public
Library |
DeskRef lists some of the most useful reference
sources |
| iTools a long page
of specialized search boxes in areas such as search tools,
language tools, research tools, map tools, and Internet
tools |
Know Play presents reference options in a pared-down design of
pull-down
menus. |
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