Children - School Time - Reference Tools

Children - School Time - Reference Tools

Finding Data on the Internet - A journalist teaches other writers how to use the Internet to find facts.
Infonation - 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.
Study Skills - Suggestions help students develop better listening, reading, note-taking, writing, and independent study skills.
Research-It - 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.
Bartleby.com - Search for famous quotes, classic literature, and nonfictional works. Site also includes dictionary, encyclopedia, and thesaurus.
Local Times Around the World - Find out what time it is anywhere in the world.
The Amazing Picture Machine - Index to graphical resources and maps on the internet. Database of all types of images suitable for children.
FactMonster - Includes searchable information related to sports, entertainment, geography, history, biography, education, and health.
Emily Post: Rules of Etiquette - Guide to good manners includes thousands of tips on correspondence, party giving, and conduct in every public or private setting.
Simpsons Contemporary Quotations - online database and comprehensive list of world's most notable quotations from 1950 - 1980.
Martindale's Reference Desk - Massive collection of links to reference resources includes language centers, calculators, maps, science tables and important websites of various countries.
Discover - All about the earth, its people, science, discoveries, and language.
TekMom's Search Tools for Students - An easy-to-use, one-page reference desk for students. Includes kids' search engines, encyclopedias, biographies, images, dictionaries, and maps.
My Virtual Reference Desk - Links to a variety of resources including news, weather, sports, encyclopedias, facts on file, FAQs, and tutorials.
Internet Public Library Youth Division: Reference - General reference, including links to dictionaries, encyclopedias, and almanacs.
Ben's Phaster Online Reference Desk - Reference search guide. Research portal covers biography, dictionary, encyclopedia, language translation, thesaurus, world and city maps
Electronic Text Center - Online archive includes over 45,000 classic texts in 12 languages.
Copyright Rights and Wrongs - 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.
NoodleQuest - Free service offers automated search engine strategy development.
Teen Learning Network - Provides information on college preparation and planning, career investigation, ACT, SAT, and homework help.
Info Zone Research Skills Area - Exploration of the research process and links to related sites.
Inter-Lace Webtopics Directory: - This teacher-librarian designed website contains searching tips and a weblinks topic subject list for teachers and students.
Gary Price Fast Facts - Compilation of quick reference resources, including almanacs, statistics, and fact books.
Merriam-Webster's WordCentral.Com - Offers a student dictionary, Daily Buzzword, and interactive word games. Includes homework help and lesson plans for parents and teachers.
Wordsmyth - A dictionary and thesaurus in one. Also gives parts of speech and examples for more than 50,000 words.
Little Explorers - Picture dictionary gives definitions, pictures, and Internet links for more than 1,100 words. Includes English and French, German, Portuguese, and Spanish to English dictionaries.
The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language - Provides defitions for 350,000 words.
Sign Language Dictionary - Graphic dictionary shows how to sign common words.
Biographical Dictionary - Learn more about any of 28,000 notable men and women who have shaped the world from ancient times to the present day. The dictionary can be searched by names, keywords, and dates.
Semantic Rhyming Dictionary - Use this tool to find rhyming words.
Dictionary.com - Online English dictionary, thesaurus and reference guide. Includes word games, online translator, and word of the day feature.
Webopedia - Definitions of many computer-related terms, from hardware to the internet.
Dictionary Online: Web Directory - Comprehensive collection free online dictionaries, thesauri, and glossaries organized by subject, language, and interest.
The Skeptic's Dictionary - Definitions and essays on occult, paranormal, and supernatural ideas and practices from the point of view of someone who is a sceptic, that is, does not believe in these things.
DinoDictionary.com - Features profiles of over 300 known dinosaurs along with audio files that demonstrate how to pronounce their names.
Discovery School Online Dictionary and Thesaurus - Offers an easy-to-use online dictionary and thesaurus for kids of all ages and grades. Includes special features such as, a related words search and crossword puzzle and anagram solver tool.
Xrefer - Combines a collection of encyclopedias, dictionaries, thesauri, and quotations.
ArtLex - Dictionary of visual art defines more than 3,000 art-related terms. Also includes a comprehensive collection of artwork and famous quotes.
Fact Monster - An online dictionary with definitions and information about the history of over 125,000 words.
PSEUDOdictionary - Defines everyday words including slang, webspeak, and colloquialisms.
Free On-line Dictionary of Computing - A searchable dictionary of terms from computing and related fields.
Dictionary.com/Ask Doctor Dictionary - Free online English dictionary and reference guide.
The Internet Picture Dictionary - Free, online multilingual picture dictionary with interactive activities for English, French, German, Spanish, Italian and ESL learners.
USM's Dictionary - Find thousands of dictionaries for any language or profession.
Thesaurus.com - Searchable online version of Roget's Thesaurus of English words and phrases.
Roget's II - The New Thesaurus - Contains 35,000 synonyms, succinct word definitions and a hyperlinked category index.
WWWebster Thesaurus - Searchable online thesaurus from Merriam-Webster.
Wordsmyth - A dictionary and thesaurus in one. Also gives parts of speech and examples for more than 50,000 words.
Phrase Finder - Enter a single word and it will return a list of phrases and sayings that are related to the word in some way.
Mathematical Thesaurus - Defines mathematical words and concepts, and indicates the links between them.
Roget's International Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases - 85,000 hyperlinked cross-references, plus proverbs and quotations from classic and modern authors.
ATID Jewish Encyclopedia - The Jewish Encyclopedia For Kids is made as an online educational site for children who are interested in Jewish facts and history.
Encyclopedia.com - Free resource offers more than 50,000 concise articles.
Encyclopedia Britannica - Complete Encyclopedia Britannica available free to anyone. Also includes articles from 70 top magazines and a guide to 125,000 best websites.
TechEncyclopedia - Contains descriptions and definitions of more than 14,000 computer terms and concepts.
Children's Encyclopedia of Women - Collection of articles about famous women written by third and fourth grade students.
EncycloZine: Learning Fun! - EncycloZine is a concise illustrated encyclopedic portal covering a wide range of topics in the arts, humanities, sciences, and technology. It also features games, puzzles, quizzes, and a multimedia gallery.
World Book Encyclopedia - Offers in-depth information on a variety of subjects and educational activities for children.
Microsoft Encarta® - Home for the Encarta Concise Encyclopedia, the Encarta Schoolhouse educational site, and Encarta Explore, an ever-changing resource for exploration and discovery.
Spartacus Educational - British online encyclopedia focuses on historical topics. Articles are geared toward students.
Columbia Encyclopedia - 6th edition - comprehensive online encyclopedia and database of over 51,000 entries.
Grolier Online: The American Presidency - A history of U.S. presidents, the presidency, politics and related subjects. Includes biographies for every president.
VetCentric Encyclopedia - Find articles on animal health care topics ranging from behavior and preventive care to common and not-so-common diseases.
Instrument Encyclopedia - A guide to more than musical 140 instruments from all parts of the world. Includes photographs and descriptions.
Infoplease Almanacs - Provides access to a variety of topical almanacs.
Baseball Almanac - The "Official" Baseball History Site - Baseball Almanac is filled with awards, records, stats, quotes, feats, facts and a book full of baseball history!
Afro-American Almanac - On-line reference to the of the Afro-American experience in America provides a historical overview from the beginning of the slave trade to the present. Also includes sections on historical events and documents, biographies, and folk tales.
Farmers' Almanac Home Page - The online version of one of America's oldest publications. Includes gardening tips, helpful hints, weather forecasts, and folklore.
The Old Farmer's Almanac - Online version of America's oldest source of weather, folklore, gardening and other information.
inQuiry Almanack - An archive of seaonal activities. Some geared toward classroom use.
Yahooligans Kids' Almanac - Easy-to-use directory of information on topics such as animals, the environment, people, languages, and the law.
Daily Almanacs - A day-by-day listing of births, deaths, significant events, holidays, and observances.
World Factbook 2000 - Provides detailed information about countries and non-self-governing territories around the world.
The World Factbook - complete geographical handbook, featuring 267 full-color maps and flags of all nations. Each country profile tracks such demographics as population, ethnicity and literacy rates, as well as political, geographical and economic data
Wordswitch.com Countries - Web directory of links specific to individual countries.
World Almanac For Kids - Offers games, quizzes, contests, homework help, and reference facts on topics such as space, presidents, the environment, animals, geography, and historical birthdays.
United Nations CyberSchoolBus - United Nations produced Web K-12 site with lesson plans for teachers and activities and games for students. The InfoNation is a kid-friendly interface for viewing official UN country statistics.
Aztec Calendar - Shows you the current date according to the sacred Aztec calendar. Gives a reading of the significance of the day and the relevant gods.
Ethiopian Calendar - Discusses which calendar Ethiopia uses and gives a list of the month's names and public holidays in Ethiopia.
The French Revolutionary Calendar - Convert any date since 1792 to the Jacobin calendar, a calendar that came out of the French Revolution but was ultimately not permanently adopted.
Religious Calendars and Holy Days - Explanations of the Christian, Jewish, Muslim, Hindu, Buddhist, Sikh, Bahai, and Wiccan calendars. Also includes a list of holidays associated with these calendars.
Several Calendars - Learn some basic information about the Egyptian, Roman, Gregorian, Mayan, Islamic, Jewish, and Julian calendars. Also learn how to calculate Easter.
The Moon's Phase - Online calculator that lets you see which phase the moon is in for any date in any year.
Today's Date - Today's date from the Gregorian calendar that we use into the calendar dates of the Mayan, French, Islamic, Hebrew, Julian, Ethiopic, Coptic, Chinese, Julian, and Discordian calendars.
Online Catholic Calendar - Gives the dates, month by month, of all the traditional feast and holy days for the Roman Catholic Church.
Indian Moons - A list of many American Indian tribe's names for months, days, and other calendar related information.
Regional Islamic Calendar - The months of the Islamic calendar and when they occur in the Americas, Europe-Africa-Asia, and Asia-Pacific.
Virtual Perpetual Calendars - Lets you know what any calendar looks like for the 20th and 21st centuries. Also includes holidays, leap years, which years a particular day of the week always falls on, and methods of calculation.
Zoroastrian Religious Calendar - Three versions of the Zoroastrian calendar from the most ancient to more modern calendars.
Calendar Studies - Articles on the Gregorian and Julian calendars, the ISO date format, the Julian day number system, the Maya calendar, the Goddess lunar calendar, the Liberalia Triday Calendar and C functions for date conversion; plus software for calendrical conversion.
TimeandDate.com: Calendar - All 12 months, plus lunar phases and some holidays noted.
Calendars Through the Ages - Discusses currently used and unused calendars such as Chinese, Christian, Indian, Islamic, Jewish, Ethiopian, Balinese, Bahai, the French, Mayan, Roman, and some modern schemes for calendar reform. Includes timelines and all about how our week came into being.
The Current Calendar System - Learn about our current calendar, daylight saving time, old clocks, new and atomic clocks, and when the millennium begins.
Calculate the Day of the Week - Shows a method to calculate the day of the week for any past or future date. Computer based methods are also shown.
Leap Years - The Royal Observatory at Greenwich explains why we have leap years.
Leap Year - The Forest Preserve District of Cook County Illinois explains leap year.
Gregorian Solar Chinese Lunar Calendar Conversion - Enter a date and convert it to the Chinese calendar.
Algebra - Fun with Calendars - Perform some mental "magic" tricks based on math and the calendar.
2001 Calendar - Shows each month with the days of the weeks plus when some holidays are.
Calendopaedia - All about calendars, different kinds, astronomical time, and how years are counted.
The Chinese Calendar - Find out if this is the year of the dragon, the snake, the horse, or another animal according to the Chinese lunar calendar.
Years - How a year is figured and who invented our calendar.
Phase of the Moon - Calendar showing the phase of the moon for this month or a month/year of your choice.
Cosmic Calendar - Imagine if the history of the universe, all 13 billion years of it, were put into just one year. What would that calendar look like? Carl Sagan, the famous astronomer, made this one.
Eleven Days That Never Were - The curious history of the Gregorian calendar, the one we use today.
Thirty Days Hath September - An introduction to calendars, including a rhyme that helps us remember month lengths. Sections follow that are about months and days, years, how calendars work, and about ancient calendars that didn't work so well.
Time and Date Calendar: - This site includes lots of information that is time and date related, such as yearly and monthly calendars, counters, countdown, and the world clock which shows current time in cities all over the world.
What a Calendar Is - World Book Encyclopedia takes a look at calendars, including the history of calendars, calendars in use today, ancient calendars, and what a new calendar might look like.
Counting the Days - World Book Encyclopedia takes a look at calendars, including the history of calendars, and educational activities that relate to calendars.
Hindu Calendar - This is sometimes called the Indian National Calendar and is based on both lunar and solar years.
History of the Calendar - How different parts of the world made different kinds of clocks based on where they lived and what kind of weather they had to predict.
The Islamic, Hijri, Calendar - Based on the lunar year of 354 days.
The Jewish Calendar - Based on both solar and lunar years.
Julian Day Calendar - A system of astronomical dating that was devised in 1582.
Measuring Years - How we measure our year, and learn about different kinds of years, like cosmic and sidereal. Also find out what an olympiad or a score is.
The Ancient Calendar - The ancient calendar, its origin, problems, and development, plus a look at the names of days of the week
Counting: Calendars and Cords - A look at the methods ancient civilizations used to keep track of time.
Calendars: Counting the Days - World Book Encyclopedia takes a look at calendars, including the history of calendars, and educational activities that relate to calendars.
Date Algorithms - Provides descriptions, proofs and computer programming implementation examples to convert dates to various calendar dates for Julian, Gregorian, and Rata Die calendars.
Japanese Calendar - Converts Japanese to Western calendar dates.
Calendar, a History - A history of the western calendar, including the Gregorian and Julian and Roman Calendars, and how the days of the week and months got their names, and a history of time.
The Maya Calendar - Explanations of the Mayan calendar, from the Canadian Museum of Civilization.
The Classic Maya Calendar and Day Numbering System - Learn about the calendar system used in the ancient world of the Maya.
Maya World Studies Center Yucatan Mexico - Site contains Mayan calendar and describes the influence of the Mayan calendar on Mayan culture.
LibDex - Directory of libraries with web pages. Links to each library's home page, and to its catalog if that's on the Web too. Browse by country, or search by name.
Understanding Call Numbers - Explains how library books are assigned their places on the shelves, using Library of Congress Classification.
Libweb - A global directory of library home pages.
Dewey to the Rescue - Take a multimedia tour to find out how the Dewey Decimal Classification system can help you find information in the library on any topic under the sun.
Dewey Browse - Contains web sites classified by the Dewey Decimal Classification System for K-12 students.
"Do We" Really Know Dewey? - Learn about the Dewey Decimal system in a website designed by 6th graders. Includes basic prerequisite library skills.
Guide to Library Research - Offers tips for choosing a topic, finding background information, selecting and evaluating resources, searching for information, and citing sources. From Duke University Libraries.
School Libraries on the Web - A directory of web pages maintained by K-12 school libraries in the United States and around the world.
LibrarySpot.com - Directory of web sites, arranged by type of library.
Understanding Call Numbers - A tutorial to help unlock the mysteries of Library of Congress call numbers. Some tips about call numbers. Has a link to tables with more detail on each major subject area, like Q for science.
Using Call Numbers - Why libraries use call numbers. The three kinds of numbering systems used the most in the United States. Common SuDocs prefixes, an outline of the Library of Congress Classification system, and a quiz on LC call number order.
NLC Dewey Decimal Classification policy - For Canadian libraries that use the Dewey Decimal system, the National Library of Canada tells how the NLC makes it easier to find Canadian authors and Canadian history, and how they make books for kids 15 and under stand out.

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