Reference Portals

iTools http://www.iTools.com/

Bartleby.com http://www.bartleby.com/reference/

DeskRef http://ansernet.rcls.org/deskref/

Know Play http://www.kplay.cc/reference.html

Encarta Reference http://encarta.msn.com/encnet/features/reference.aspx

Homework Spot http://homeworkspot.com

KidSpace @ The Internet Public Library – http://www.ipl.org/div/kidspace/
Provides links to Web resources on every subject imaginable

Library Spot – http://www.libraryspot.com/
Library and reference sites carefully selected to provide users with the best information resources.

KidsClick.org – http://www.kidsclick.org/
Web searching for kids created by librarians.

Librarians Internet Index – http://lii.org/
Search and browse the best of the Web, created by librarians

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Dictionaries & Thesauri

YourDictionary.com http://yourdictionary.com

American Heritage Dictionary the English Language http://www.bartleby.com/61/

American Heritage Spanish Dictionary http://education.yahoo.com/reference/dict_en_es/index.html

Cambridge Dictionaries http://dictionary.cambridge.org/default.asp?dict=A

Encarta World English Dictionary http://dictionary.cambridge.org/default.asp?dict=A

Merriam-Webster’s Word Central http://www.wordcentral.com/

Merriam-Webster Online Language Center http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary.htm

Lycos Rhyme Zone http://rhyme.lycos.com/

Dictionary of Symbolism http://www.umich.edu/~umfandsf/symbolismproject/symbolism.html/

Write Express, Online Rhyming Dictionary http://www.rhymer.com/

Glossarist.com http://glossarist.com

Internet Picture Dictionary http://www.pdictionary.com/

Little Explorers Picture Dictionary http://www.enchantedlearning.com/Dictionary.html

Visual Thesaurus http://www.plumbdesign.com/thesaurus/

Free Translation.com http://www.freetranslation.com/

AltaVista’s Babelfish http://babelfish.altavista.com/

Internet Public Library’s A+ Research and Writing http://www.ipl.org/div/teen/aplus/toc.htm

Capital Community College’s Guide to Grammar and Writing http://ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/

Purdue University’s Online Writing Laboratory http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/index.html

Common Errors in English http://www.wsu.edu:8080/~brians/errors/
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Almanacs

Infoplease http://www.infoplease.com/

Fact Monster http://www.factmonster.com

World Almanac for Kids Online http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/

Fast Facts http://www.freepint.com/gary/handbook.htm

U.S. Census site http://www.census.gov/index.html

Old Farmer’s Almanac http://www.almanac.com/index.php

PoliSci.com: The Political Reference Almanac http://www.polisci.com/almanac/almanac.htm

Afro-American Almanac http://www.toptags.com/aama/
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Encyclopedia

Columbia (concise) Encyclopedia http://www.bartleby.com/65/

Britannica Concise http://education.yahoo.com/reference/encyclopedia/

Encarata Concise http://encarta.msn.com/encnet/features/home.aspx

Cambridge Encyclopedia of English and American Literature http://www.bartleby.com/cambridge/

Encyclopedia Mythica http://www.pantheon.org/mythica.html

Encyclopedia Smithsonian http://www.si.edu/resource/faq/start.htm

Free Internet Encyclopedia http://www.cam-info.net/enc.html

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Biographical Information

Biographical Dictionary http://www.s9.com/biography/

Biography.com http://www.biography.com/

Lives, the Biography Resource http://amillionlives.com

PBS Biographies http://www.pbs.org/neighborhoods/history/#bio

Gale (free resources) http://www.galegroup.com/free_resources/

Who2? http://www.who2.com/

Grolier’s American Presidency http://gi.grolier.com/presidents

POTUS http://www.ipl.org/ref/POTUS

President of the United States http://www.whitehouse.gov/history/presidents/index.html

Presidents of the United States http://www.presidentsusa.net/

Presidents Index http://odur.let.rug.nl/~usa/P/ offers profiles, as well as links to speeches, writings, and libraries.

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About time: Calendars, Holidays, This Day in History

Alterna Time (chronologies) http://www2.canisius.edu/~emeryg/time.html

Web Chronology Project http://campus.northpark.edu/history/WebChron/

*This Day in History http://www.historychannel.com/thisday/

(On This Day http://www.nytimes.com/learning/general/onthisday/index.html

*Today in History Archive http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/today/archive.html

*Information Please Day in History http://www.infoplease.com/cgi-bin/dayinhistory/

DMarie Time Capsule http://www.dmarie.com/timecap/

Calendar Home.com http://calendarhome.com/tyc/

Worldwide Holiday and Festival site http://www.HolidayFestival.com/

KidLink Multicultural Calendar http://www.kidlink.org/KIDPROJ/MCC/
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Quotations

Bartleby (combined quote index search) http://www.bartleby.com/quotations/

QuoteLand http://www.quoteland.com

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Periodic Tables

Los Alamos National Laboratories http://pearl1.lanl.gov/periodic/default.htm

WebElements http://pearl1.lanl.gov/periodic/default.htm

Visual Elements http://www.chemsoc.org/viselements/