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Homework, Research, and Study Links
Amazing Picture Machine (find that picture you need)
Ask An Expert Sources (Need an expert to answer your questions? Check out this listing of sites organized by category.)
Ask Dr. Math (answers your math questions)
Ask Jeeves! (ask any question and this butler will help you find an answer--fast and friendly!)
Ask Miss Grammar (ask a question about punctuation, grammar, etc. or use the extensive links to find your own answer)
Awesome Library: Just for Teens (for help with all your classes--lots of links for students and teachers organized by academic subject and topic)
Awesome Library: Social Studies (social studies links for students and teachers organized by subject)
Biography.Com (searchable 15,000 name biography database with information on personalities from past to the present)
bigchalk.com Education Network (extensive site designed for students, teachers, and parents--lots of links organized by subject and grade level)
Biographical Dictionary (over 25,000 bios searchable by name, date, or keyword--includes teacher section)
B.J. Pinchbeck's Homework Helper
Black History Activities (designed to help you learn about, and better understand and appreciate the contributions African Americans have made to American society and history)
Britannica.com (enter your topic in the search engine for links to web sites that are annotated and reviewed--also includes magazine and encyclopedia articles)
Calculators On-Line (over "6,820" calculators grouped by type and subject)
Citing Internet Addresses (a how-to guide for referencing online sources in bibliographies)
Dictionary.com (look up a word, find links to all kinds of dictionaries, or ask Dr. Dictionary a question about words, grammar, or language)
Education World Student Resources (some really useful links)
EdView
(this is a well done site by Apple computer for students in grades K-12--search
for links by subject and/or grade level)
Electric Library (a comprehensive, simultaneous search through more than 150 newspapers, hundreds of magazines, two international news wires, two thousand classic books, hundreds of maps, thousands of photographs, and major works of literature and art)
Encarta
Online (research and learning links--resources for students of
all ages and parents)
Encyberpedia (interactive encyclopedia with large topic index, cross referencing, and related links--links rated by users)
Encyclopedia.Com (more than 17,OOO articles with convenient links to related web sites and books)
Etronica Encyclopedia (online encyclopedia that includes a searchable database of articles; a historical timeline with documents, pictures and videos from different eras; and a web search engine)
Free Internet Encyclopedia (an encyclopedia composed of information available on the Internet with two main divisions--the MacroReference contains references to large areas of knowledge, and MicroReference contains short bits of information and references to specific subjects)
Grammar
Lady Online (get answers to questions concerning grammar, punctuation,
spelling, and other points about language--she also has a 1-800 hotline
number)
Guide for Writing Research Papers (formats for quotes, parenthetical documentation, bibliography citations and more--based on MLA documentation)
High School Hub (academic resources for high school students. It features interactive learning activities, an ongoing poetry contest, a reference collection, college information, games and puzzles, and subject guides for English, mathematics, social studies, science, global languages, arts, and technology--loads fast and is easy to navigate)
History Net (one stop shop for history teachers and students, with articles, people profiles, and eyewitness accounts)
History Place (exhibits concerning U.S. History, homework help section with tips for writing a quality history paper.)
Homework Help (students can ask questions about english & literature, world languages, science, math current events, social studies, or elementary school topics--also includes study tips and web links)
HomeworkSpot
(well organized site with sections for elementary, middle, and high
school students--links organized by subject and topic. Also includes
links for parents/teachers, current events, fun stuff, and contests.)
How
Things Work (If you ask how something works, the professor will
try to provide an explanation.)
HyperHistory Online (presents 3000 years of world history with colorful graphics, lifelines, essays, maps, and timelines of famous people. events, history, science, culture, religion, and politics--one of the best history sites on the web)
Indispensable Writing Resources (You'll find everything on and off the internet that you could possibly need in writing or researching a paper, including links to all sorts of reference material, links to writing labs, links to web search engines, and links to writing-related web sites.)
Information Please (provides an encyclopedia, dictionary, atlas, and several almanacs for researching facts, current events, and statistics--searchable)
Information retrievers (fetches links for high school students and educators)
Internet Research Pointer (a great listing of search engines that allows you to start your searches from this page--really convenient)
Kids Click! (extensive collection of licks on many topics provided by librarians, and searchable by subjects and reading levels--includes a picture search)
KidsWeb (a digital library of information for kids on the Internet. Sites are separated according to subject headings)
Learning@Web.Sites (a must see for high school teachers and students--hundreds of resource links rated by David Levin)
Library of Congress (a gold mine of information and resources)
Library Spot (online resource for students with links to reference sites organized by topic--includes encyclopedias, maps, quotations, online dictionaries, online libraries, and more)
Links for Students and Parents (fun, interesting, and educational sites for K-12 students)
Mathmania (tutorials, glossaries, word problems, profiles of mathematicians, exercises, and examples of problems used in real life)
Measure for Measure (links to over 100 fun and useful interactive sites that estimate, calculate, evaluate and translate--organized by category)
Needle in a Cyberstack--The Info Finder (a one stop site for students and teachers)
New Scientist (science and technology magazine--science and technology news, articles, web links, book reviews, interviews, science jobs, answers to science questions, and a search engine for site)
NewsDirectory.com (over 6,500 newspapers and magazines are listed that offer unrestricted access)
Phrase
Finder (resource for generating ideas for your writing projects--display
a list of phrases/sayings that are related in some way to the word you
input)
Research
Guide for Students ( Great Site! The goal of this Web site
is to provide all the necessary tools for students to conduct research
and to present their findings. Includes original content and links.)
Research-It (great online reference desk--a must see. Includes language, library, geographical, financial, shipping, and internet tools.)
Researchpaper.com (ideas for topics by subject area, writing center for improving style and presentation, and a discussion center where students can post questions--advertised as "the Web's largest collection of topics, ideas, and assistance for school related projects")
Research Resources for the Social Sciences (links for sociology, anthropology, geography, women's studies, demography, political science, psychology, and more)
Resource Page especially for Teens (fun and informative sites)
Schoolwork UGH! (lots of helpful links for getting your homework done--designed for grades 7-12 and grouped by subject)
Science Fair Project Resource Guide (science fair tips, samples of completed projects, ideas, and links to science magazines and other sources)
Science Fairs Homepage (ideas for science projects grouped by grade level)
Spider's Apprentice (how to use web search engines )
Student
Resources (links to many sites organized by category)
Study WEB (place for anyone doing research to find the information they need as easily as possible. Categories sorted by grade level. Information for each topic also notes the presence of downloadable or printable images for use as visual aids for school reports or projects. Over 162,000 links)
Teacher And Kids Homepage (links organized by subject)
Tutor.com
(This is a commercial site that provides
students of all ages with instant access to qualified tutors for live instruction
for a fee. Tutoring for kindergarten
through college for english, math, and science. Try the service for
free on school nights from 4 pm to 12 am at Encarta
Tutors.)
Visual Thesaurus (uses advanced graphics technology to create a word web of synonyms and word phrases for words of your choice--needs a fast computer)
webTeacher (self-paced tutorials in 19 different topic areas to help you use the internet--from basic internet navigation to advanced HTML)
William Peace's Students' Guide to the World Wide Web (over 3000 links grouped by category to help with all your subjects)
Word Search (enter a set of words to make your own word search puzzle--printable)
Write
Track (links to sites helpful in writing a paper)
WWW Virtual Library (Great site for research! Organized by topic and subtopic, it is the oldest catalog of the web, started by Tim Berners-Lee, the creator of html and the web itself. It is run by a loose confederation of volunteers, who compile pages of key links for particular areas in which they are expert; even though it isn't the biggest index of the web, the VL pages are widely recognized as being amongst the highest-quality guides to particular sections of the web.)
yourDictionary.com (links to on-line dictionaries, thesauri, and other references containing words and phrases--links to more than 500 dictionaries of over 140 different languages. Includes A Quick Look UP, World of the Day, Games. and Grammar resources.)
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