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Fact Books | Library & Info Science | Museums | Newspapers | Periodicals | Thesaurus
000 Generalities
010 Bibliographies, Catalogs & Indexes
Citation Machine A free interactive tool to help you create your Works Cited in MLA format. Produced by the Landmark Project and funded by the Professional Development Activities of David Warlick.
EasyBib Is a free interactive tool to help you create your Works Cited.
Noodle Tools is a suite of interactive tools designed to aid students and professionals with their online research. From selecting a search engine and finding some relevant sources, to citing those sources in MLA style, NoodleTools makes online research easier! This site in not free anymore.
MLA Style This site shows how to site electronic sources using the MLA style.
020 Library and Information Science
030 Dictionaries, Encyclopedias & Homework Help
50states.com An awesome resource for information on the states. A great resource for that fifth grade state report
Atlapedia Online "Do you need to know what the climate is like in Australia? What language they speak in Bangladesh? What money they use in Botswana? Find the answers here."
Biographical Dictionary "This dictionary includes more than 25,000 notable men and women who have shaped our world from ancient times to the present day."
Fact Monster A children's Almanac by the authors of Information Please Almanac.
Flag Database "This is a complete list of all the countries, territories and sub-national regions covered by the database. There are over 260 pages on countries and international organizations. Each page contains basic information on the country, including its formal name, capital city, area, population, currency, languages, and religions. The flags include the national and state flags, ensigns, and sub-national flags. Where countries have changed their flags in the last few years the old flag is also shown."
Information Please Almanac "Find answers to your questions in this wide ranging reference work, which includes an almanac, encyclopedia, and dictionary-- plus lots more."
National Geographic Map Machine Fact book. Super resource for wolrd facts
Refdesk is a compilation of a variety of reference links, including almanacs, an encyclopedia, dictionaries, sources for news, weather, sports, and much, much more, including address and phone reverse look-ups. Interesting facts, photo-of-the-day, even daily crosswords and trivia are also part of the nearly overwhelming collection. The categories are too numerous to mention so come see for yourself. You'll certainly want to bookmark this site for easy access to the "single best source for facts on the Net!"
State Information A great site for that state report!
The CIA World Factbook "Wide variety of information about countries of the world, including maps, prepared by the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency."
US Census - American Fact Finder Kids Corner
World Atlas and World Maps Maps and geography of the world
Maps and References "The maps which are listed are categorized by geographical region although there are a couple of thematic categories such as Interactive Maps which both highlights the potential of the WWW and are also fun to use."
Map Collection "Many maps from around the world are available here, at the Perry-Castaneda Library's online map collection. Maps are organized by continent, and then by country."
Early Learner's Picture Dictionary Over 1,000 entries to provide hours of entertainment and learning.
Roget's Thesaurus Search Form "An online, searchable version of Roget's Thesaurus, a recently updated version, which will find synonyms very quickly, and allow you to link to different major sections with ease."
The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus "A full dictionary and a complete thesaurus, integrated into one work; you only need to look up a word once, with hyperlinks to synonyms, and similar or related words available where appropriate."
Britannica (Free Version) "The free version contains advertising and is pretty busy, but worth a visit due to the high quality and selection of Web links."
Catholic Encyclopedia "An encyclopedia related to matters involving the Catholic religion. This is a broad area, with much historical and biographical information about many, many related things."
Encarta Encyclopedia "Worth checking if you don't have access to a full version. This is a scaled down version of the commercial version."
Los Angels Times
From Los Angeles, the leading daily newspaperOrange County Register "News from the southern part of our state."
Top Stories From Online News Sources "This page displays the top news stories, organized according to subject area: Finance, General, Industry News, Internet, Regional, Sports & Culture, Technology."
News, Magazines & Broadcast Media Resources From the Chico High School Library
NewsCenter "Large collection of online news sources, maintained by Gary Price, of George Washington University Library."
Science Magazines
Discovery News Online Read science stories in the news.
Dragonfly Web Page "The Dragonfly Web Pages are for investigators of all ages. These pages go with Dragonfly magazine. You do not need the magazine to have fun here."
Scientific American Explorations; Ask the Expert; feature articles; interviews.
The Why? Files "Every week, check out a fresh story. 'In brief' gives a quick taste of a savory science discovery. 'Features' are in-depth explorations of the science behind the headlines."
Electronic Zoo "Learn about all kinds of animals, from dogs and cats to reptiles and amphibians. You can see pictures of them and even hear what sounds they make (requires the RealAudio plug-in)."
Museums From the WWW Virtual Library. Has links to museums, exhibits, galleries, libraries, and further lists and links.
National Gallery of Art "Take a look at the paintings, sculpture, and other art exhibits in our country's national art gallery."
The Los Angeles County Museum of Art An assortment of treasures. View works by well-known artists as well as examples from ancient Islamic and Far Eastern cultures.
070 News Media, Journalism & Publishing
080 General collections
The Quotation Page "This page was originally developed as a catalog of Quotation resources on the Internet; it has since evolved into a large-scale Quotation site with many original resources."
090 Manuscripts and rare books
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