Almanacs
Afro-American Almanac, Baseball Almanac - The "Official" Baseba, Farmers' Almanac Home Page, Infoplease Almanacs, inQuiry Almanack, The Old Farmer's Almanac, The World Factbook, United Nations CyberSchoolBus, Wordswitch.com Countries, World Almanac For Kids
Calendars
Maya, Algebra - Fun with Calendars, Aztec Calendar, Calculate the Day of the Week, Calendar Studies, Calendar, a History, Calendars Through the Ages, Calendars: Counting the Days, Calendopaedia, Cosmic Calendar, Counting the Days
Dictionaries
ArtLex, Biographical Dictionary, Dictionary.com, DinoDictionary.com, eLook Dictionary, Fact Monster, Free On-line Dictionary of Computing, Giant Picture Dictionary, Ice Phoenix Vocab Project, Little Explorers
Encyclopedias
ATID Jewish Encyclopedia, Bartleby.com Reference, Children's Encyclopedia of Women, Columbia Encyclopedia - 6th edition, Encyclopaedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Smithsonian, Encyclopedia.com, EncycloZine: Learning Fun!, Grolier Online: The American Presidency, How Stuff Works
Libraries
Dewey Decimal System, Library of Congress Classification, Public Libraries, Find Your Library, Guide to Library Research, LibDex, LibrarySpot.com, Libweb, School Libraries on the Web
Thesauri
Mathematical Thesaurus, Phrase Finder, Roget's II - The New Thesaurus, Roget's International Thesaurus of English Wo, Thesaurus.com, Wordsmyth, WWWebster Thesaurus
A+ Homework Helper
Downloadable software designed to help students locate age-appropriate web information on an array of topics.
Bartleby.com
Search for famous quotes, classic literature, and nonfictional works. Site also includes dictionary, encyclopedia, and thesaurus.
Ben's Phaster Online Reference Desk
Reference search guide. Research portal covers biography, dictionary, encyclopedia, language translation, thesaurus, world and city maps
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.
Discover
All about the earth, its people, science, discoveries, and language.
Electronic Text Center
Online archive includes over 45,000 classic texts in 12 languages.
eLook Reference
Provides information on programming, computers, definitions, and literature.
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.
English Library
Features links to biographies, literature, poetry, and foreign classics. Includes alphabetical index of authors, as well as dictionaries and other reference works.
FactMonster
Includes searchable information related to sports, entertainment, geography, history, biography, education, and health.
Finding Data on the Internet
A journalist teaches other writers how to use the Internet to find facts.
Gary Price Fast Facts
Compilation of quick reference resources, including almanacs, statistics, and fact books.
Info Zone Research Skills Area
Exploration of the research process and links to related sites.
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.
Inter-Lace Webtopics Directory:
This teacher-librarian designed website contains searching tips and a weblinks topic subject list for teachers and students. Contains a high percentage of Australian links.
Internet Public Library Kidspace: Reference
General reference, including links to dictionaries, encyclopedias, and almanacs.
Local Times Around the World
Find out what time it is anywhere in the world.
Martindale's Reference Desk
Massive collection of links to reference resources includes language centers, calculators, maps, science tables and important websites of various countries.
My Virtual Reference Desk
Links to a variety of resources including news, weather, sports, encyclopedias, facts on file, FAQs, and tutorials.
NoodleQuest
Free service offers automated search engine strategy development.
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.
Simpson's Contemporary Quotations
online database and comprehensive list of world's most notable quotations from 1950-1980.
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.
The Amazing Picture Machine
Index to graphical resources and maps on the internet. Database of all types of images suitable for children.