| Title | Description |
| Magazine Index | A one-stop source for news and periodical articles on a wide range of topics: business, computers, current events, economics, education, environmental issues, health care, hobbies, humanities, law, literature and art, politics, science, social science, sports, technology, and many general interest topics. Millions of full-text articles, many with images. Updated daily. |
| 50States.com | This site, from Weber Publications, provides a wide variety of facts about each state and 7 commonwealths and territories. Links to city newspapers and current events, among others, are included. |
| A+ Math | An interactive math skills builder. Includes flash cards, worksheets, and a homework problem checker. |
| ALA Great Web Sites for Kids | Offers links to a variety of safe and useful web sites for students that have been approved and researched by the American Library Association. |
| Ask Dr. Math | Find out all about numbers and the way they work. |
| AskUsNow! | Receive answers 24 hours a day from a live librarian! |
| Awesome Library | Awesome Library organizes the Web with 23,00 carefullyl reviewed sources in a wide variety of general topics from the arts to technology. Students may enter specific search topics or choose from many options to information links listed under each subject. Students may browse in other languages. |
| Awesome Library for Teens | The teen department of the Awesome Library organizes the Web with carefully reviewed education resources on topics of interest to teens. Site contains a directory, an index, and a search engine. |
| Bartleby.com | Bartlett Quotes and other Reference Sources |
| Biography Resource Center | Biographical information on more than 1 million people throughout history, around the world, and across all disciplines and subject areas. Searchable by person's name, range of dates, places, nationality, ethnicity, occupation and gender. Includes pictures. |
| Children's Literature Web Guide | Find out all kinds of information about children's and young adult books and authors. |
| Columbia Granger's World of Poetry | Currently includes 250,000 poems in fulltext, and 450,000 poetry citations searchable by title, first line, full-text, author, subject, gender, nationality, etc. Includes commentaries, biographies, bibliographies, a glossary of terms, full-text books on the history and criticism of poetry, a hierarchical browsing feature with 6,000 subject categories, side-by-side poem comparison, and user customization features. |
| Country Reports | This emulated site pulls information about countries from sources such as the CIA Factbook and presents them in a concise, easily readable format. |
| Dictionary of Units of Measure | Information about units of measurement, conveting units, and more. |
| Diversity Calendar | Sponsored by the University of Kansas Medical Center. Includes world holidays arranged by month with a brief description of many of them. |
| eNature.com | Field guides and more for all kinds of wildlife including animals, birds, insects, and plants. |
| Evaluating Websites | Learn how to evaluate a web site to make sure that you can trust the information on it. |
| Factmonster | Includes a searchable homework center, reference, 'Today in History,' study skills, and a word of the day. |
| Free Online Calculators | Calculators, Reference Tools and Custom Searches |
| Gale Books and Authors | Books & Authors draws upon the expertise of dozens of genre and subject experts to pick the very best award-winning and best seller fiction and non-fiction titles for your browsing pleasure! Authoritative suggestions, enjoyable results! |
| Gale Discovering Collections | Aimed at middle school and high school students, Discovering Collection has all of the award-winning resources that you’ve come to expect from Gale®, including content based on national curriculum standards in major subject areas such as history, literature, science and social studies. |
| Gale History Resource Center - US | An integrated collection of primary documents, secondary reference sources, and journal articles covering all areas of United States history from pre-colonial times to the present day. |
| Gale History Resource Center - World | Featuring extensive coverage of the 20th century, the database also includes content on the ancient Mediterranean, Near East, Asia, Middle East, Latin America, the Middle Ages and the Renaissance. From antiquity to the present, world history curricula is reflected by content from over 2,000 primary sources, 25 reference titles, and from 110 academic journals. |
| Gale Kids InfoBits | Kids InfoBits meets the research needs of students in kindergarten through grade 5. It features a visually graphic interface, a subject-based topic tree search and full-text, age-appropriate information. |
| Gale Science Resource Center | Science Resource Center delivers a wide range of results tied to the most studied science topics. Resources include 40 reference books, 200 full-text science magazines,and links to over 500 web sites. |
| Gale Student Resource Center Bronze | Student Resource Center offers easy access to award-winning content based on national curriculum standards. Covering the major subject areas, including history, literature, science, social studies and more, Student Resource Center provides a premium selection of reference, thousands of full-text periodicals and newspapers, primary documents, creative works, and multimedia, including hours of video and audio clips and podcasts. |
| High School Ace | A guide to free high-quality online learning resources for teens. |
| Information Please Almanac | Facts, facts and more facts! |
| Internet Public Library | General information on a large variety of topics. |
| Internet Public Library KidSpace | Kids Portal to what they need to complete homework assignments. |
| KidsClick! | A web search for kids by librarians. |
| Librarian's Index to the Internet | Links to general reference sources. |
| Library of Congress Country Studies | Get up-to-date information on 100 countries. Includes the history, geography, economy and government of each country. Maps, photos and charts are also provided for most countries. |
| Literature Resource Center | Provides access to biographies, bibliographies, and critical analyses of more than 90,000 authors from every age and literary discipline including the most studied authors. Searchable by author name, title, genre, literary movements and themes. |
| MD Kids' Page | The official Maryland Kids' Page sponsored by the Office of the Secretary of State. Includes facts and trivia. |
| Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary and Thesaurus | Includes a dictionary, thesaurus, word games and more. |
| Multnomah County Library Homework Center | Links to homework assistance sites by subject area. |
| National Geographic | Web site of the National Geographic Society. Includes a searchable Publications index. |
| PBS History | Find out the history of the Ancient World, the United States, and there is an extensive biographies list. You can also find out information on the arts, science and technology, health, and more. |
| School Discovery | Discovery School offers study tools, brain boosters, and science fair project help. You can get some homework tips in B.J. Pinchbeck’s Homework Helpers. This site also features a clip art gallery to jazz up a report and a crossword puzzle maker. |
| Schoolwork.ugh | Start here to find homework help in over 25 subjects. |
| Science Fair Project Index | Great site for developing your science fair project. |
| The Nine Planets | An overview of the history, mythology, and current scientific knowledge of each of the planets and their moons in our solar system. Each page has text and images, some have sounds and movies, and most provide references to additional related information. Includes a multimedia tour of the solar system by Bill Arnett. |
| Visual Elements Periodic Table | Need to know the atomic number for hydrogen? What is rhodium and what does it look like? Visual Elements Periodic Table can answer your element question. The site is sponsored by the Royal Society of Chemistry. |
| Works Cited for Grade 6 | A citation source with a thorough list of examples. The “online resources” section includes emails, websites, and online databases. |
| World Book Online Reference Center | The World Book Online Reference Center is the premier online general encyclopedia for schools and libraries. It includes more than 26,000 articles as well as more than 12,000 pictures and maps, and 7,000 links toeditor-approved Web sites useful in helping students constructively exploretopics further. The World Book Online Reference Center is continuously updated toincorporate new and important developments relevant to students and theirfamilies. |
| yourDictionary.com | Includes a dictionary, thesaurus, abbreviations, translations, and a whole lot more. |
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