Nurturing a Child's Heart, Mind and Body for Life

 

           Sites for doing Research

 



Databases    Encyclopedias    Dictionaries   Thesaurus  Science Fair Help

Search Engines  Maps & Atlases    Other Resources   Library Home Page

Almanacs   Black History Month   Mystery Project Websites

 

Databases - Check in the library or media lab for the passwords.

   EBSCO Host

   Gale Databases

     

Mystery Project Websites

Fact Monster – www.factmonster.com/encyclopedia.html

 

Information Please – www.infoplease.com

 

Merriam-Webster On-line – www.m-w.com

 

Mapquest – www.mapquest.com

 

Biography.com – www.biography.com

 

iTools – www.itools.com

 

Google – www.google.com

 

Babel Fish Translator – http://babelfish.altavista.com 

 

Almanacs

World Almanac for Kids

 

Dictionaries

   Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary

   Cambridge Online Dictionary

   Yahooligans Reference Sources

 

Thesaurus

Infoplease

Merrian-Webster Online Thesaurus

 

Encyclopedias

   Grolier Encyclopedia Online - See Mrs. Mastroianni for passwords for access from home.

   Free Online Encyclopedia

   Fact Monster 

 

Search Engines

    Google                  Yahooligans  

   KidsClick!  Home: Infoplease.com

                Internet Public Library

 

Maps and Atlases

        MapQuest

        Yahoo Maps

 

        Infoplease Atlas    

                                    

      World Factbook Front Cover      CIA World Factbook

 

Other Research Resources

ALA (American Library Association) and ALSC (Association for  Library Service to Children) Great Web Sites for Kids

CIA World Factbook - This is a great site for information on differenent places in the world.

Library of Congress Website and American Memory Site

http://www.loc.gov

 

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/bytopic/tsunami.html
The United States Geological Survey (USGS) has a comprehensive site devoted to tsunamis, including general information and links to research web sites. The general information portion of the site includes animations and models. The USGS also collaborates with the tsunami research group at NOAA, the Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory Tsunami Research Program. More information can be found about NOAA’s program at
http://www.pmel.noaa.gov/tsunami/home.html.


 

Science Master.com
http://www.sciencemaster.com/

 

NASA's KSNN (Kids Science News Network)
http://ksnn.larc.nasa.gov/home.html

 

  Nioga LogoNiagara County Public Libraries (You will need a Niagara County library card to reserve books).

 

   Buffalo and Erie County Public Library Logo   Erie County Public Libraries (You will need an Erie County library card to reserve books).  Check out all the pages they have available for students!

                

 

 

 

 

09/17/2006
 
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