- Infonation - http://www.un.org/Pubs/CyberSchoolBus/infonation/e_infonation.htm
View and compare statistical data for countries that are a part of the United Nations. Find everything from land size to population, average temperature to crime rates.
- Bartleby.com - http://www.bartleby.com/
Search for famous quotes, classic literature, and nonfictional works. Site also includes dictionary, encyclopedia, and thesaurus.
- The Amazing Picture Machine - http://www.ncrtec.org/picture.htm
Index to graphical resources and maps on the internet. Database of all types of images suitable for children.
- FactMonster - http://www.factmonster.com/
Includes searchable information related to sports, entertainment, geography, history, biography, education, and health.
- Emily Post: Rules of Etiquette - http://www.bartleby.com/95/1.html
Guide to good manners includes thousands of tips on correspondence, party giving, and conduct in every public or private setting.
- TekMom's Search Tools for Students - http://www.tekmom.com/search/
An easy-to-use, one-page reference desk for students. Includes kids' search engines, encyclopedias, biographies, images, dictionaries, and maps.
- My Virtual Reference Desk - http://www.refdesk.com/
Links to a variety of resources including news, weather, sports, encyclopedias, facts on file, FAQs, and tutorials.
- Ben's Phaster Online Reference Desk - http://www.phaster.com/find_info_ref.html
Reference search guide. Research portal covers biography, dictionary, encyclopedia, language translation, thesaurus, world and city maps
- Electronic Text Center - http://etext.lib.virginia.edu/
Online archive includes over 45,000 classic texts in 12 languages.
- NoodleQuest - http://www.noodletools.com/noodlequest/
Free service offers automated search engine strategy development.
- Gary Price Fast Facts - http://www.freepint.com/gary/handbook.htm
Compilation of quick reference resources, including almanacs, statistics, and fact books.
- Martindale's Reference Desk - http://www.martindalecenter.com/
Massive collection of links to reference resources includes language centers, calculators, maps, science tables and important websites of various countries.
- Inter-Lace Webtopics Directory: - http://members.ozemail.com.au/~slacey
This teacher-librarian designed website contains searching tips and a weblinks topic subject list for teachers and students. Contains a high percentage of Australian links.
- eLook Reference - http://www.elook.org/
Provides information on programming, computers, definitions, and literature.
- English Library - http://www.davidap.com/library/
Features links to biographies, literature, poetry, and foreign classics. Includes alphabetical index of authors, as well as dictionaries and other reference works.
- Copyright Rights and Wrongs - http://library.thinkquest.org/J001570/
Students learn the importance and procedures for respecting intellectual property and how to ask permission to use images on the web. Site designed by 5th and 6th grade students for Thinkquest Junior.
- Research-It - http://www.itools.com/
Look up the meaning of a word, find out when a famous person lived, or identify a foreign language at this one-stop research center.
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