Reference Resources

Dictionaries & Thesaurus

Your Dictionary

The American Heritage Dictionary

Merriam Webster's Word Central

Visual Thesaurus

RhymeZone

Enchanted Learning Picture Dictionary

The Internet Picture Dictionary

Almanacs

Fact Monster

The Old Farmer's Almanac

Encyclopedias

Groliers

World Book

Columbia Encyclopedia

The Britannica Concise

Encarta

Wikipedia

How Stuff Works

Fact Monster

Biographies

 

The Biographical Dictionary

Atlases

Geography About

All the World's Maps

American Memory Map Collections 1500-2002

The National Atlas

Xpeditions Atlas

WorldAtlas

Other

http://www.awesomestories.com/-A great place to learn about all kinds of things. The story behind the stories. You need to go to the Academic login and use the password you were given to get in.

Yahooligans!-A search engine by Yahoo! Designed for kids.

Ask For Kids - Easy search engine for kids

Alta Vista- Extensive search engine. Search by keyword or category

Dog Pile- Access to multiple search engines by keyword

HotBot- Search engine by Lycos. Offers easy to use advanced search capabilities by keyword or category

KidsClick-Web search designed for kids by librarians. Search by keyword or category

Yahoo!-A search engine set up in categories by topic. Lots of great places to find information.