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Links to a variety of resources including news, weather, sports, encyclopedias, facts on file, FAQs, and tutorials.
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Reference, Facts, News Free and Family-friendly Resources Refdesk is a free and family-friendly site that, since 1995, indexes and reviews quality, credible, and current reference resources.Introduction and Tour Login AD-FREE REFDESK: Details CHECK E-MAIL: Select one: Mail2Web...Reference search guide. Research portal covers biography, dictionary, encyclopedia, language translation, thesaurus, world and city maps
http://www.phaster.com/find_info_ref.html
Search for famous quotes, classic literature, and nonfictional works. Site also includes dictionary, encyclopedia, and thesaurus.
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Bartleby.com: Great Books Online Encyclopedia, Dictionary, Thesaurus and hundreds more Dutch student of natural history and maker of microscopes. Antony van Leeuwenhoek furcula (audio Continue to definition at The American Heritage® Dictionary My hope is 133; that we may recover...Index to graphical resources and maps on the internet. Database of all types of images suitable for children.
http://www.ncrtec.org/picture.htm
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.
http://www.itools.com/
A journalist teaches other writers how to use the Internet to find facts.
http://www.robertniles.com/data/
Find out what time it is anywhere in the world.
http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/
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.
http://www.un.org/Pubs/CyberScho...lBus/infonation/e_infonation.htm
Includes searchable information related to sports, entertainment, geography, history, biography, education, and health.
http://www.factmonster.com/
Guide to good manners includes thousands of tips on correspondence, party giving, and conduct in every public or private setting.
http://www.bartleby.com/95/1.html
online database and comprehensive list of world's most notable quotations from 1950-1980.
http://www.bartleby.com/63/
An easy-to-use, one-page reference desk for students. Includes kids' search engines, encyclopedias, biographies, images, dictionaries, and maps.
http://www.tekmom.com/search/
Online archive includes over 45,000 classic texts in 12 languages.
http://etext.lib.virginia.edu/
Free service offers automated search engine strategy development.
http://www.noodletools.com/noodlequest/
Compilation of quick reference resources, including almanacs, statistics, and fact books.
http://www.freepint.com/gary/handbook.htm
General reference, including links to dictionaries, encyclopedias, and almanacs.
http://www.ipl.org/kidspace/browse/ref0000
Massive collection of links to reference resources includes language centers, calculators, maps, science tables and important websites of various countries.
http://www.martindalecenter.com/
Exploration of the research process and links to related sites.
http://www.pembinatrails.ca/infozone
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.
http://members.ozemail.com.au/~slacey
Provides information on programming, computers, definitions, and literature.
http://www.elook.org/
Features links to biographies, literature, poetry, and foreign classics. Includes alphabetical index of authors, as well as dictionaries and other reference works.
http://www.davidap.com/library/