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Almanacs

Fact Monster: Online Almanac, Dictionary, Encyclopedia, and Homework Help

This is the kids version of the Information Please Almanac.

Information Please: On-Line Dictionary, Internet Encyclopedia, Atlas, & Almanac Reference

The Information Please site allows you to search in their almanac, dictionary, atlas, and encyclopedia.

The Living Almanac of Disasters

This resource collects and explains disasters that happen on a particular day in history.

Moron's Almanac

Describes significant events on this day...

The Old Farmer's Almanac - Home Page

This site provides information on astronomy, weather, gardening, food, and advice of the day.

The Writer's Almanac

"The Writer's Almanac®, a daily program of poetry and history hosted by Garrison Keillor, can be heard each day on public radio stations throughout the country."

Biographies

American Presidents: Life Portraits

This web site, created for the television series, contains a complete video archive of all American Presidents: Life Portraits programming, plus these additional resources:
• Biographical facts
• Key events of each presidency
• Presidential places
• Reference material

Biography

Search the more than 30,000 biographies in Infoplease almanacs, dictionary, and encyclopedia.

Biography.com

This biographical source offers 25,000 articles on personalities and 2,500 videos. It also features "Born on This Day," "Top 10 Biographies," and many more.

Women's biographies: Distinguished Women of Past and Present

This site has biographies of women who contributed to our culture in many different ways. There are writers, educators, scientists, heads of state, politicians, civil rights crusaders, artists, entertainers, and others. Some were alive hundreds of years ago and some are living today.

4000 Years of Women in Science

"Women are, and always have been, scientists. This site lists over 125 names from our scientific and technical past. This includes scholars and writers as well as mathematicians and astronomers."

Dictionaries

A Basic Guide to ASL

" Here are a few American Sign Language terms to help those of you who are trying to communicate with a person who signs, but does not hear. Also included is the basic alphabet and numbers 1-10. This dictionary has both animated and text definitions.

Dictionary.com

A reputable online general English language dictionary.

Merriam-Webster OnLine

You can choose to search the Merriam-Webster Dictionary or Thesaurus. The site also features "Word of the Day" and "Word Games."

Nonverbal Dictionary

Allows you to decode body language and gestures. Also includes drawings and pictures.

RhymeZone rhyming dictionary and thesaurus

Type in a word to find its rhymes, synonyms, definitions, and more.

Words of Art

Online glossary of art terms.

Wordsmyth

The dictionary provides pronunciation, part of speech, definition, crossreferences, synonyms, and related words. Also, check out the Wordsmyth Childern's Dictionary.

Directories

AmeriCom Long Distance - Area Decoder

"The Area Decoder provides you with current information related to area, city, and country codes."

AnyWho: Internet Directory Assistance

"Use AnyWho to find: phone numbers, addresses, maps & directions for Business and People in the U.S."

Congress.org

"Write To Congress, the President and State Legislators. Online directories to members of Congress, Executive/Judicial branches, and state governors. Also links to the Library of Congress' Thomas website for legislative searches."

Encyclopedias

Artcyclopedia: The Fine Art Search Engine

Artcyclopedia has compiled a comprehensive index of every artist represented at hundreds of museum sites, image archives, and other online resources. This site allows you to search or browse by artist's name, work, movement, or medium. The site has " now indexed 1200 arts sites, and offer more than 32,000 links to an estimated 100,000 works by 7,500 renowned artists."

Encyclopædia Britannica

This online site allows the user to search and read full text articles from the Encyclopedia Britannica.

Encyclopedia.com

This site has a keyword search or subject browse by letter as well as today in history and top searches.

Encyclopedia Mythica: Mythology, Folklore, and Legends.

This is an encyclopedia on mythology, folklore, legends, and more. It contains over 6100 definitions of gods and goddesses, supernatural beings and legendary creatures and monsters from all over the world.

Encarta Encyclopedia Center

"More than 42,000 articles on the world of knowledge-- from aardvark to zither."

Glossaries

Acronym Finder

"The web's most comprehensive database of acronyms, abbreviations, and initialisms. Look up 276,000+ definitions!"

Glossary of Grammatical Terms

"Concise chart of common grammar terms."

Glossary of Internet Terms

This site provides the meanings of words and phrases associated with the Internet.

Sports Glossaries

This site offers glossaries to four popular sports: ice hockey, football, basketball, and soccer.

Scientific and Technical Acronyms, Symbols and Abbreviations

This site allows you to search or browse the acronym finder in the area of science and technology.

Government Information

American FactFinder

The Census Bureau provides tables and maps regarding population, housing, economic and geographic data.

Ben's Guide to U.S. Government for Kids

This site offers information for students K-2, 3-5, 6-8, and 9-12. Some topics include: Historical Documents, Branches of Government, How Laws are Made, Citizenship, and much more.

Census Bureau Home Page

Bureau of the Census collects data about the people and economy of the United States and produces a wide variety of statistical data products. This Web source includes the Statistical Abstract of the United States.

Central Intelligence Agency-Kids Zone

The World Factbook presented by the CIA, specifiaclly designed for use by kids.

CIA - The World Factbook 2002

The CIA provides a wealth of information, including maps, on the countries of the world.

Encyclopedia of American Government

"The Encyclopedia provides information on U.S. government, politics, and elections. It contains over 1,200 articles and more than 600 illustrations, covering the history, structure, operation, and personalities of the three branches of U.S. government. Also provides the who, what, where, when, and how of every era of American history."

Information USA

"Information about many agencies and departments of the U.S. government, produced and maintained by the U.S. Department of State. Created for foreign audiences seeking information about American society, political processes, official U.S. policies and culture, but useful for all as an accurate source of data and information."

Maps and Geography

Atlas Index

This site from the Defense Dept., U.S. Military Academy provides historical maps from Ancient Warfare to the American Revolution and the Vietnam War.

Historical Maps

The University of Texas provides historical maps online from around the world in the Perry-Castañeda Map Collection.

How Far is It?

"This service uses data from the US Census and a supplementary list of cities around the world to find the latitude and longitude of two places, and then calculates the distance between them. It also provides a map showing the two places, using the Xerox PARC Map Server.

Maps Center

MSN Learning & Research provides a map search and allows you to zoom in to areas around the globe.

National Geographic Maps & Geography Online

This site allows you to search for maps. It also has printer-friendly maps and country profiles.

Rand McNally

A valuable resource for maps and driving directions.

Quotations

Creative Quotations for Creative Thinking

This site has thousands of quotes that can be searched by subject or keyword.

Quotations at Bartleby.com:

Bartelby.com allows the user to search 86,000 quotes, phrases, and proverbs for all occasions.

The Quotations Page

"The oldest quotation site on the Web, established 1994. We have a searchable
database of over 15,000 quotations, Quotes of the Day, Motivational Quotes of the Day, collections of quotations by Author and by Subject, and much more."

Thesauri

Thesauri at Bartleby.com

Bartleby.com allows you to search Roget's Thesauri.

Thesaurus.com

Thesaurus.com is the online version of Roget's Thesaurus. It's entries offer part of speesch, definition, synomyms, and antonyms.

Miscellaneous References

The Calendar Zone -- Bringing Order to Calendrical Chaos!

Comprehensive categorized calendar catalog currently containing countless
correlating connections.

Measure 4 Measure: Sites That Do the Work For You

A collection of interactive sites that estimate, calculate, evaluate, and translate for you.

Saints and Angels

This site includes a saints index, patron saints, and the choirs of angels.

Virtual Religion Index

This site is designed for advance research in matters of religion. It has a extensive index of topics

Worldwide Internet Music Resources

This site through the Indiana University School of Music provides information on subjects such as individual musicians, popular music, composers, groups and ensembles, and types of music.

XE.com - The Universal Currency Converter ®

"The Universal Currency Converter ®, the world's most popular currency tool, allows you to perform interactive foreign exchange rate calculations on the Internet, using live, up-to-the-minute currency rates."

50states.com - States and Capitals

"50 States offers concise and thorough reference on state capitals, populations, state birds, highest point, nicknames, state songs, and a whole lots more - much of the information contains links to additional information."

Solar System Pathfinder

Astronomy For Kids

This site provides information on the solar system, sun, planets, moon, stars, galaxies, and much more. There is also a dictionary. Hint: this is another good place to find images!

Astronomy Picture of the Day Archive

The Astronomy Picture of the Day is a service provided by NASA. Their index is searchable. While searching, there is a thumbnail of each picture and a description. Plus, links for more information on the topic.

Solar System Live

"You can view the entire Solar System, or just the inner planets (through the orbit of Mars). Controls allow you to set time and date, viewpoint, observing location,
orbital elements to track an asteroid or comet, and a variety of other parameters. "

Spacelink - Solar System

"Have you ever wondered how scientists will study the Solar System; learn about other planets; compare those findings with Earth? This directory will address these and many other questions about our Solar System." For this project, be sure to click on "Exploration of the Solar System" and then "The Planets." This site provides a great profile, images, and related liks.

Encyclopedia Center

Use this encyclopedia to search for individual planets.

Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

This searchable database provides information on the names of features. You can browse through the subjects Planet and Satellite Names And Discovers and Ring Nomenclature.

In the Library's Collection

Discovering the Universe

Call number: CD-ROM
This CD-ROM provides information on all aspects of Astronomy. You can find information on stars, planets, asteriods, meteroids, comets, and black holes. Also, there are hundreds of color photographs.

Journey to the Planets/ by Patricia Lauber

Call number: 523.4
This book explores he planets of our solar system, highlighting the prominent features of each.

Our Solar System/ Seymour Simon

Call number: 523.2
This book describes the origins and characteristics of the sun, planets, moons, asteroids, and comets in our solar system.

Pictoral Guide to the Planets/ by Joseph H. Jackson

Call number: Reference
This reference book provides in-depth information on the planets.

Thirty-two moons: the natural sattellites of our solar system/ by David C. Knight

Call number: 523.98
This book describes the origins, composition, and characteristics of each of the thirty-two moons in out solar system.

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