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BJ
Pinchbeck's Homework Helper
http://school.discovery.com/homeworkhelp/bjpinchbeck/
Multnomah
County Library
http://www.multnomah.lib.or.us/lib/homework/index.html
Research Paper.com
http://www.researchpaper.com/
Librarian's Index to the Internet
http://www.lii.org
Kids Click!
http://www.kidsclick.org
Yahooligans
http://www.yahooligans.com
Ask
an Expert
http://www.askanexpert.com/
Ask Dr. Universe
http://www.wsu.edu/DrUniverse/
Biographies on the
Web
http://www.kalama.com/~zimba/leaders.html
Brain Pop.com
http://www.brainpop.com/
BrainMania
http://www.brainmania.com/
The Copernicus Education
Gateway
http://www.edgate.com/st_research.html
CyberBee Web Links
http://www.cyberbee.com/links.html
Electronic Prodigy
http://www.aros.net/~rchris/
Fact Monster
http://www.factmonster.com/
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High School Hub
http://highschoolhub.org/hub/hub.cfm
Homework Elephant
http://www.homeworkelephant.co.uk/index.shtml
InfoPlease.com Homework
Center
http://www.infoplease.com/homework/
Homework Spot
http://www.homeworkspot.com/
Kids Identifying
and Discovering Sites
http://www.madison.k12.wi.us/tnl/detectives/
Kids On the Web
Homework Tools
http://www.zen.org/~brendan/kids-homework.html
Lycos Homework Help
Links
http://www.nanana.com/homeworklinks.html
PDLaw's Research
World
http://members.aol.com/teachpdlaw/index.htm
700+
Amazing, Spectacular, Mysterious, Colorful Websites for Kids
http://www.ala.org/parentspage/greatsites/amazing.html
USA Homework Help
http://www.kmbs.com/homewrk.html
Web Help
http://www.webhelp.com/home
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Ask Dr. Universe
http://www.wsu.edu/DrUniverse/Contents.html
Ask Jeeves
http://www.askjeeves.com/
Ask Jeeves for Kids
http://www.ajkids.com/
Discovery School
Students
http://school.discovery.com/students/index.html
The Electronic Library
http://www.mmsd.org/elib/ (this is NOT elibrary)
How Stuff Works
http://www.howstuffworks.com/
Information Please Almanac
http://www.infoplease.com/
Internet Public Library Ready Reference
http://www.ipl.org/ref/RR/
Kids Connect
http://www.ala.org/ICONN/kidsconn.html
The Library Spot
http://www.libraryspot.com/
NetCheck
Web Site Evaluation Tool: Grades 10-12 OR Grades
7-9
http://www.2learn.ca/evaluating/div4netscheck2.html
http://www.2learn.ca/evaluating/div3netscheck2.html
Process
Guide #3: Evaluating Web Sites
http://projects.edtech.sandi.net/staffdev/tpss99/processguides/evaluating_
student.html
Process
Guide #4: Using Primary Source Documents
http://projects.edtech.sandi.net/staffdev/tpss99/processguides/HowToPrimaryS.html
Reference
Desk.com
http://www.refdesk.com/
Virtual Reference
Desk
http://thorplus.lib.purdue.edu/reference/
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Math and Science
The
Why Files
http://whyfiles.news.wisc.edu/
Science News
Dave's Math Tables
http://www.sisweb.com/math/tables.htm
Homework Help at Math Goodies
(message board)
http://www.mathgoodies.com/homework/
Science
Fair Studio
http://www.school.discovery.com/sciencefaircentral/scifairstudio/ideas.html
Social
Studies, History, Geography
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American
Memory Collection
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/collections/finder.html
Atlapedia.com
http://www.atlapedia.com/
Online Atlas
Fed World
http://www.fedworld.gov/
United States government info.
Hyper History
http://www.hyperhistory.com
3000 years of World History Timelines
Map Machine
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/maps/index.html
Print maps at this National Geographic site
National Archives
http://www.nara.gov
States and capitals
http://www.50states.com
This Day in History
http://www.kalama.com/~zimba/thisday.html
List of sites with what happened on "this day."
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English
How to Interpret
a Poem
http://www.soyouwanna.com/site/syws/poem/poem.html
This site has a variety of "help" tools.
Choose carefully.
Sports
Basketball Tips
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http://www.basketball-tips.com/OurGurus.asp
Newspapers
and Magazines
BBC
News Archive Search -- dates back to 1997
http://news6.thdo.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/static/advquery/advquery.htm
BBC
In Depth Articles
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/bsp/hi/in_depth/html/default.stm
CNN Newsroom
http://www.cnn.com/
The archives go back several
years.
CNN Special Reports
http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/
Crayon.net
http://www.crayon.net/using/links.html
Links to news and more from
around the world.
Find Articles.com
http://www.findarticles.com/PI/index.jhtml
Lycos News Network
Search
http://news.lycos.com/headlines/TopNews/
News Choice
http://search.newschoice.com/
Newspapers.com
http://www.newspapers.com/
Newsweek
http://www.msnbc.com/news/NW-front_Front.asp
Online News
Hour Search Index from PBS
http://www.pbs.org/newshour/newshour_index.html
Time
http://www.time.com/time/daily/
Total News
http://www.totalnews.com
USA Today
http://www.usatoday.com/
Yahoo
News
http://dailynews.yahoo.com/
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For
Parents
Berit's Best
for Children
http://www.beritsbest.com
Study
Skills, and Tutorials
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Study Skills Topic Pages
http://www.how-to-study.com/
Changing Your
Study Habits to Improve Your Skills and Grades
http://csucub.csuchico.edu/study/sskills.html
Dozen Reasons to Examine
a Returned Test
http://www.mtsu.edu/~studskl/rtrned.html
Effective Study Skills by
Dr. Robert Kizlik
http://www.adprima.com/studyout.htm
Longer article with advice in all areas.
Homework Tips
http://www.jiskha.com/features/homework_tips/
How
to Tackle Common Test Items
http://www.crk.umn.edu/people/services/academasst/Testpage.htm
Improve Your
Studying Skills
http://www.unc.edu/depts/unc_caps/TenTraps.html
Making
the Grade 101
http://www.utexas.edu/student/utlc/makinggrade/makinggradeindex.html
Memory
Techniques
http://www.demon.co.uk/mindtool/memory.html
Note Taking Skills
http://www.arc.sbc.edu/notes.html
Process
Guide #1: Brainstorming
http://projects.edtech.sandi.net/staffdev/tpss99/processguides/brainstorming.html
Process
Guide #5: Viewing Photographs
http://projects.edtech.sandi.net/staffdev/tpss99/processguides/photographs.html
Research
and Writing: Step by Step
http://www.ipl.org/teen/aplus/stepfirst.htm
RU Organized?
http://library.thinkquest.org/J002345/homepage.html
Think Quest site gets you organized.
Study Guides and Strategies
http://www.iss.stthomas.edu/studyguides/
Study Skills Help Page
at Middle Tennessee State University
http://www.mtsu.edu/~studskl/index.html
Scroll down to the High School Tips area.
Study Skills, Self-Help
Information
http://www.ucc.vt.edu/stdysk/stdyhlp.html
Study
Skills Survey
http://www.d.umn.edu/student/cgi/embp.cgi/student/embp/study_skills.htmStudy
Strategies Homepage
http://www.d.umn.edu/student/loon/acad/strat/
Study
Strategies and Skills
http://www.eduplace.com/rdg/res/literacy/st_read6.html
Study Tips, Strategies
and Techniques
http://www.nursehealer.com/StudyTips.htm
Toshiba:
Homework Help, Study Skills
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http://www.zapme.com/net/homework/skills.html Time
Management
Process
Guide #7: Time Management
http://projects.edtech.sandi.net/staffdev/tpss99/processguides/time_manage.html
Time
Management
http://www.d.umn.edu/student/loon/acad/strat/time_manage.html
Time Management for
University Students
http://www.yorku.ca/cdc/lsp/tm/time.htm
Writing
Help
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ABC's of the Writing
Process
http://www.angelfire.com/wi/writingprocess/
The
Critical Book Review
http://www.bowdoin.edu/~prael/writing_guides/book_review.htm
Five Paragraph Essay
http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/Atrium/1437/
Guide to Writing
a Basic Essay
http://members.tripod.com/~lklivingston/essay/
How
to Write Formula Poetry
http://kidswriting.miningco.com/teens/kidswriting/library/blextras/blextra104.htm
How
to Write a Book Report
http://www.ga.k12.pa.us/Academics/LS/3/BookReports/howtowritten.htmHow
to write a Book Review
http://www.coe.ilstu.edu/mbgraham/c&i210/bokrev.html
Improptu
Essay Help from About.com
http://kidswriting.miningco.com/teens/kidswriting/msub208.htm
Preparing
the In-class Essay
http://www.ivygreen.ctc.edu/luckmann/Compworks/writing/essayexm.htmProcess
Guide #6: Interviewing Techniques
http://projects.edtech.sandi.net/staffdev/tpss99/processguides/interviewing.htmProcess
Guide #8: Persuasive Arguments
http://projects.edtech.sandi.net/staffdev/tpss99/processguides/persuasive.html
Report Writing
and Presentations
http://www.2learn.ca/kids2learn/kidsreport.html
Thesaurus.com
http://www.thesaurus.com/
Thesaurus, dictionary and other writing resources.
Writing a Book
Report
http://www.webspawner.com/users/BBBookReport/
For Younger Students
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Ask Jeeves for
Kids
http://www.ajkids.com/
Be
a Web Explorer
http://www.2learn.ca/kids2learn/webtutorial/webtutorial1.html
For younger students to learn to use the Internet.
EduPuppy.com
http://www.edupuppy.com/
Fact Monster (formerly InfoPlease
Kids)
http://www.factmonster.com/
Kid Info Homework
Help
http://www.kidinfo.com/schoolsubjects.htm
Kids Click
http://sunsite.berkeley.edu/KidsClick!/
NetCheck
Website Evaluation Tool for Grades 4-6 or Grades
1-3
http://www.2learn.ca/evaluating/div2netscheck2.html
One Week at School
http://www.2learn.ca/kids2learn/kidsweek.html
Web
Tracks: Keeping Track of Internet Sites
http://www.2learn.ca/kids2learn/2Learnkidswebtrack.html
Yahooligans
http://www.yahooligans.com/
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Test
Practice
Analogies
Step-by-Step
http://www.collegeboard.com/sat/center/tutor/anyl000.html
Gridding:
An Interactive Skill Builder
http://www.collegeboard.com/sat/center/tutor/grid000.html
Master
Quantative Comparisons
http://www.collegeboard.com/sat/center/tutor/qc000.html
SAT
and PSAT Practice and Tips
http://www.collegeboard.com/psat/student/html/verb001.html
Skill
Builders
http://www.collegeboard.com/sat/center/html/skill.htm
Finding
Pictures and Graphics
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Alta Vista
http://www.altavista.com
The Amazing Picture Machine
http://www.ncrtec.org/picture.htm
Audubon Zoo in
New Orleans -- pictures
http://photo.net/summer94/new-orleans-zoo.html
Discovery School
Clip Art
http://school.discovery.com/clipart/index.html
Use these without fear of copyright problems.
Remember to give credit in your bibliography or put
a link on your web page.
Ditto.com
http://www.ditto.com/
Google
http://www.google.com
Teen.com
Graphics
http://teen.iln.net/html_p/clipart/asp/clipart.asp
No copyright problems.
Citing
Sources
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Automatic
Bibliography
http://nuevaschool.org/~debbie/library/research/research.html
Scroll down to where is says "How to cite."
Choose the type of material. Type it in, click, cut-and-paste!
Voila! Instant bib format.
Classroom
Connect
http://connectedteacher.classroom.com/newsletter/citeintres.asp
Noodle Bib
-- this is changing to a subscription based service April 2002
http://www.noodletools.com/noodlebib/index.html
Automatic formatting for bibliographic.
Style
Sheets for Citing Internet & Electronic Resources:
Humanities
(MLA & Chicago), Scientific (APA & CBE), and History (Turabian)
http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/TeachingLib/Guides/Internet/Style.html
Search Directories
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Choose
the best Search Tool for Your Purpose
http://nuevaschool.org/~debbie/library/research/adviceengine.html
Digital Librarian
http://www.digital-librarian.com/
Hot Paper Topics
http://library.sau.edu/bestinfo/Hot/hotindex.htm
IXQuick
http://www.ixquick.com/
Kids Click
http://sunsite.berkeley.edu/KidsClick!/
Librarians Index to the Internet
http://lii.org/
Net Trekker This
looks like it charges a fee now.
http://www.nettrekker.com/subject/
New subject organzied net search with sites carefully
selected for students.
Search Tools for Students TekMom
http://www.tekmom.com/search/
Study World
http://studyworld.com/
Yahooligans
http://www.yahooligans.com/
Google
http://www.google.com
Efind
http://www.efind.com

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