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Homework Helper - [ Kids/Teens/Mature Teens ] - Downloadable software designed
to help students locate age-appropriate web information on an array of topics.
- The
Amazing Picture Machine - [ Kids/Teens ] - Index to graphical resources and
maps on the internet. Database of all types of images suitable for children.
- Bartleby.com - [ Kids/Teens/Mature Teens ] - Search
for famous quotes, classic literature, and nonfictional works. Site also includes
dictionary, encyclopedia, and thesaurus.
- Ben's Phaster Online Reference Desk - [ Kids/Teens/Mature
Teens ] - Reference search guide. Research portal covers biography, dictionary,
encyclopedia, language translation, thesaurus, world and city maps
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Copyright Rights and Wrongs - [ Kids/Teens ] -
Students learn the importance and procedures for respecting intellectual property
and how to ask permission to use images on the web. Site designed by 5th and 6th
grade students for Thinkquest Junior.
- Discover - [ Kids/Teens ] - All about the earth,
its people, science, discoveries, and language.
- Electronic Text Center - [ Teens/Mature Teens
] - Online archive includes over 45,000 classic texts in 12 languages.
- Emily Post: Rules of Etiquette - [ Teens/Mature
Teens ] - Guide to good manners includes thousands of tips on correspondence,
party giving, and conduct in every public or private setting.
- FactMonster - [ Kids/Teens ] - Includes searchable
information related to sports, entertainment, geography, history, biography, education,
and health.
- Finding Data on the Internet - [ Teens/Mature
Teens ] - A journalist teaches other writers how to use the Internet to find facts.
- Gary Price Fast Facts - [ Kids/Teens ] - Compilation
of quick reference resources, including almanacs, statistics, and fact books.
- Info Zone Research Skills Area - [ Kids/Teens/Mature
Teens ] - Exploration of the research process and links to related sites.
- Infonation - [ Teens/Mature Teens ] - View and
compare statistical data for countries that are a part of the United Nations.
Find everything from land size to population, average temperature to crime rates.
- Inter-Lace Webtopics Directory: - This teacher-librarian
designed website contains searching tips and a weblinks topic subject list for
teachers and students.
- Internet Public Library Kidspace: Reference -
[ Kids/Teens ] - General reference, including links to dictionaries, encyclopedias,
and almanacs.
- Local
Times Around the World - [ Kids/Teens/Mature Teens ] - Find out what time
it is anywhere in the world.
- Martindale's Reference Desk - [ Teens/Mature Teens
] - Massive collection of links to reference resources includes language centers,
calculators, maps, science tables and important websites of various countries.
- My Virtual
Reference Desk - [ Kids/Teens/Mature Teens ] - Links to a variety of resources
including news, weather, sports, encyclopedias, facts on file, FAQs, and tutorials.
- NoodleQuest - [ Kids/Teens/Mature Teens ] - Free
service offers automated search engine strategy development.
- Plagiarism - [ Mature Teens ] - College professor's
tutorial explains what plagiarism is and why it is wrong, and refutes the excuses
often used to try to justify it.
- Research-It - [ Teens/Mature Teens ] - Look up
the meaning of a word, find out when a famous person lived, or identify a foreign
language at this one-stop research center.
- Simpson's
Contemporary Quotations - [ Teens/Mature Teens ] - online database and comprehensive
list of world's most notable quotations from 1950-1980.
- Study
Skills - [ Kids/Teens/Mature Teens ] - Suggestions help students develop better
listening, reading, note-taking, writing, and independent study skills.
- TekMom's
Search Tools for Students - [ Kids/Teens/Mature Teens ] - An easy-to-use,
one-page reference desk for students. Includes kids' search engines, encyclopedias,
biographies, images, dictionaries, and maps.
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