ENCYCLOPEDIAS
Britannica Online This resource includes articles from journals, magazines, links to web sites and videos.
Grolier Online Kids This site has several encyclopedias on it. Try the New Book of Knowledge.
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DATABASES
Culture Grams Learn facts about countries all around the world on this site from ProQuest.
Ebsco This is the place to find many magazine articles online. Try Searchasaurus and Kids Search.
Explorers and Exploration This database from Marshall Cavendish offers biographies, maps, timelines and great pictures of many explorers.
Thomson-Gale Jr. Edition K-12 Find newspaper articles from New York State and around the world on this database.
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DICTIONARIES
Word Central Learn a new vocabulary word each day or look up any definitions you need.
MSN Thesaurus Improve your writing! Check here for synonyms.
Free Grains of Rice Help stop world hunger and learn new words at the same time! For every word definition that you guess correctly, FreeRice will donate 10 grains of rice through the United Nations to people in need around the world.
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ATLASES
Explore the States From the Library of Congress, this site has information on each of the 50 states.
Xpedition Atlas Use this National Geographic tool to find maps of both continents and countries.
World Factbook Find maps and facts about the world on this Federal government and CIA website.
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LIBRARIES
BobCat-alog Here's a quick link to our library.
Westchester Library System This site contains links to every library in the county including their online catalogs.
Internet Public Library This site works like a real library, with many useful reference materials.
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MISCELLANEOUS REFERENCE
BrainPOP Jr. See movies, play games and do other activities on this great site hosted by Annie and the robot Moby!
BrainPOP Get your questions answered in animated movies by Tim and his robot Moby!
Kid's Hub This fun, interactive site has games, puzzles, quizzes and spelling activities on many topics.
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CLIP ART
Discovery School Clip Art Gallery The American Library Association has selected sites on all different subjects.
Dorling-Kindersly Clip Art This mini site will help you with homework and projects.
Inet Library Picture Galleries Find hundreds of images of famous people, art - even pictures by the decade!
Kid's Image Search Tools Use this special image database to find images from art, astronomy, animals and history.
Pics4Learning A library of photographs donated by students, teachers and amateur photographers.
Smithsonian Images Find great photos from all parts of history and all sorts of subjects.
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SEARCH ENGINES & SUBJECT INDEXES
ALA Great Web Sites for Kids The American Library Association has selected sites on all different subjects.
Ask for Kids Find answers to many of your questions here.
Dibdabdoo This search engine has over a million sites reviewed by adults for kids.
KidsClick This is a subject index created by librarians for children.
Yahoo Kids This is another children's subject index.
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The Elections:
Electing a President for Kids C\Check out this site to learn all about what the upcoming election for president is all about. Also check out some of the great links on the site! heck out this great site to find out all about othe
Timely Topics: See what's new and interesting in the world around you:
Weather Underground What will the weather be like today? Find out on this site.
Grade 3-8 Sample Tests Help your children by letting them take sample Math and English Language Arts tests from the New York State Education Department.
New York State ELA Getting ready to take the ELA? Use this site from The Lowell Academy on tips to help you.
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