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Meadowdale Elementary Library
Homework Resources





Great Places to Find Information


Ask For Kids
Formerly Ask Jeeves, Ask for Kids uses natural-language technology that allows kids to ask questions and perform web searches
http://www.askforkids.com/
Kids Click
Search by subject
http://www.sunsite.berkeley.edu/KidsClick!/
Kid Space at the Internet Public Library
Search for kids by subjects including Reference, The World, Computers, Health and Nutrition, Art and Music, Fun Stuff and more. Also useful topics such as Culture Quest, Science Fair Research Guide.
http://www.ipl.org/div/kidspace/
Yahooligans
A web guide by topic including a directory of subjects.
http://www.yahooligans.yahoo.com/

Reference Tools
Dictionary
Merriam Webster Dictionary
http://www.m-w.com/netdict.htm
Math Dictionary
http://amathsdictionaryforkids.com/

Databases
Electric Library (elementary)
http://elibrary.bigchalk.com/libweb/k6/do/search
Online Encyclopedia
http://www.infoplease.com/encyclopedia
Encarta Online
http://encarta.msn.com/EncartaHome.asp
Encyclopedia Smithsonian
http://www.si.edu/resource/faq/start.htm

Atlas
Great Globe Gallery
URL: http://hum.amu.edu.pl/~zbzw/glob/glob1.htm
Infoplease Atlas
URL: http://www.infoplease.com/atlas/
MapQuest
URL: http://www.mapquest.com/

Internet Evaluation
Kathy Schrock's Guide for Educators - Critical Evaluation Surveys
http://school.discovery.com/schrockguide/eval.html
Thinking Critically about WWW Resources:
 http://www.library.ucla.edu/libraries/college/help/critical/index.htm
Evaluating Websites - Criteria and Tools:
http://www.library.cornell.edu/okuref/research/webeval.html



Up-dated 9/17/2007