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Children's
Reference
Grades
4-8
World
Book Online
Accurate, authoritative,
easy to read articles from The World Book Encyclopedia. Related
articles from major newspapers and magazines. Extensive graphic
and multimedia enhancements, including photographs, maps, illustrations,
tables, animations, and audio/video clips.
Famous
Quotes and Authors
This site is a very comprehensive recourse about famous quotes
and authors. There are over 25,000 quotes and over 6,700 famous
authors to browse.
Constructing
Your Research Paper: A Quick Guide on How to Start
Step by step information on choosing topic, finding background information,
using books, journals, online resources, bibliographies and an easy
to follow guide for evaluating information found on the WWW.
4th
and 5th Grade Student Research Resources
This site is subtitled a "Homework Helper and Cybrary".
The reference page is a detailed set of links to every type of reference
information that a 4th or 5th grade student might need. Dictionaries,
encyclopedias, almanacs, trivia information. The Family/Kid Friendly
Search Resources is a thorough overview of available sources for
kids, including clipart and digital images. Excellent site.
Idea Generator
An index of research paper ideas. Nine broad categories, with topics
within categories ranging from very focused to quite broad. Good
starting place for browsing ideas and listing keywords for further
searches. Categories include Arts & Humanities, Business and
Public Administration, Education, Engineering & Technology,
Health Sciences, Physical & Biological Sciences, Psychology,
Social Sciences and Sports, Recreation & Leisure.
Internet Public
Library Teen Resources: Research and Writing, Step by Step
Altlhough this site is aimed more for the high school level, it
carefully outlines the necessary steps in creating a research paper.
It is divided into six sections: Getting Started, Discovering and
Choosing a Topic, Looking for and Forming a Focus, Gathering Information,
Preparing to Write, Writing the Paper. Each step is thoroughly analyzed
and linked to other sources of helpful information. A very thorough
exploration of writing research papers, and an excellent source
for quick references of the mechanics involved.
Researchpaper.com
Researchpaper.com calls itself "the Web's largest collection
of topics, ideas, and assistance for school related research projects."
The idea directory includes a "research launchpad" that
provides interesting ideas on topics. Broad categories of Art &
Literature, History, Science, Business, And Society are further
indexed. There is a direct link to Elibrary for the actual research.
The writing center provides step-by-step instruction for writing
the paper, and links are provided to information on all aspects,
including citing works and English usage.
Ask Jeeves for Kids
A simple question returns a variety of possibilities for exploring
any subject. Also gives references to other websites. All links
are monitored and approved for children. Includes a spell check
for the search box and a few fun add-ons like "Today's Word",
"Brain Box TV" and "Net-Mom Picks".
Kids
Search Engines
Just click on the chart to be connected to any one of 10 search
engines for children, including AskJeeves. The filtering devices
on some of the major engines are noted and some of the other sites
that have been designed as "safe" searches for children
are described.
Information Please Kids Almanac
This is an online dictionary, encyclopedia and homework helper.
A bright, easy to use site. Search available that searches almanacs,
the Columbia Encyclopedia and Infoplease Dictionary with "just
one click." Also broadly indexed by subject: World, U.S., Fun
Facts, Life, Science, Sports and People on the first page. Highlights
timely features and facts behind the news.
Letsfindout Kids' Encyclopedia
This encyclopedia is by the perople who produce Reading and Math
Blaster. The information is arranged in a very easy to navigate
format. Articles included are short, informative text. This is an
interesting choice for quick navigation.
Concise Columbia Encyclopedia
Information assembled from the Concise Columbia Electronic Encyclopedia.
Entries are short, but extensive cross-references are available,
as well as links to websites, books, and to "millions"
of articles and pictures from the Electric Library.
Encyclopedia Britannica
This is the place to do in-depth research. Britannica offers a quick
overview, or more detailed information for every search. Also provides
links to websites, books and magazines. The site looks complicated,
but just type in your search and see what happens!
GATES: A
Cybrary for Middle School and Beyond
This award winning site is an extensive listing of links to reference
resources for just about anything. Encyclopedias, almanacs, etc.,
etc., etc. Links indexed by subject: Art & Music, American History,
Literature and Writing, Geography, Mathematics, Science, World History,
and also by source. Very thorough and easy to navigate. Updated
twice weekly.
History in the
National Park Service
An email service to ask questions to historians in the National
Park Service. Listed by specialty, the email addresses of many,
many, historians are included. There is a disclaimer that these
historians do not do research, or write reports or answer test questions,
and that the best place to begin a search is with the reference
librarian at your local library. This would be a fun site to use
for a different viewpoint on a subject being researched.
Amazing Picture Machine
An index of graphical images (pictures) on the internet by the North
Central Regional Technology in Education Consortium. Good quick
resource for pictures to support research.
Biographical Dictionary
An award winning, top rated net site. This dictionary lists over
27,000 biographies. It is easy to search by Name, Keyword or Date.
Two features that are especially helpful to students are the "Ideas"
and the "Spelling Wizard." "Ideas" lists a number
of ways to approach the information search on biographies, and gives
examples of keyword searches. The "Spelling Wizard" asks
for the approximate spelling of a last name, and then finds matches
that are similar. Entries are brief, but a great starting place
for younger students.
Biography
Maker
This site is a fantastic presentation of how to research and write
a biography. The well written steps are easy to follow: Questioning,
Learning, Synthesis, Story-Telling and Six Traits of Effective Writing.
This "machine" is "designed to help you convert facts
into insights, dull and boring information into fascination and
magic. It will help you do a good job, but you must provide some
of the "steam" to make it work well." Great site.
Events for
Today
A listing of events for the current date. Eclectic collection of
births, deaths, events, days till Christmas, etc. Fun, easy way
to stimulate thinking for daily journals.
Outline Maps
A collection of outline maps, both physical and political, of a
variety of regions. Includes maps of the U.S. in 1776 and 1860.
Easy to print out for use in research reports.
World History: Hyperhistory
This is a web presentation that was originally a wall chart. It
is a visual representation of history that is divided into three
parts. The top depicts lifelines of 464 important persons, the center
desplays the chronologies of major civilizations, and the bottom
contains maps. Links are provided to more information on each of
the listings. Concise and clear articles pop up next to the chart.
This is a wonderful resource for any research that involves synthesis
of cultural events---history or humanities, as well as great biographical
information. Links are included to other WWW sites and articles.
This is a truly amazing site, and although it appears complex, is
actually very easy to use.
Critical Evaluation Surveys By Grade Level
Elementary
Middle
School
These two pages are forms to guide you through the process of evaluating
websites. With an easy question and answer format they provide a
useful and enlightening evaluation of the content, reliability and
accessibility of any site.
Bibliographic
Citation
How to cite your references by grade level from Grades 1-6. Also
information on correct MLA and APA formats.
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