Research Help

• How to Write an A+ research paper
• Big6
• Big6 Assignment Organizer

• RRISD Middle School Documentation Guide
• Citation Machine

• Using Primary Sources on the Web

• Finding Primary Sources

Homework Help

 

• BJ Pinchbeck's Homework Helper
• HomeworkSpot
• Multnomah County Library's Homework Center

Research Resources

• Fact Monster
• Farmer's Almanac
• Fast Facts
• Information Please Almanac
• The Old Farmer's Almanac
• World Almanac for Kids Online
• The World Factbook

Atlases

• All the World's Maps
• Color Landform Atlas of the United States
• Geography @About.com
• The National Atlas
• Perry Casteñeda Library Map Collection

Biographies

• The Biographical Dictionary
• Biography.com
• Grolier's American Presidency
• Presidents of the United States

Country Information

• CIA World Factbook
• Internet Public Library's Culture Quest
• The Library of Congress Country Studies
• Lonely Planet's Destinations
• United Nations' InfoNation

Calculating & Converting

• Measure 4 Measure
• The Universal Currency Converter

Dictionaries and
Language Reference

Dictionaries

• The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
• Dictionary.com
• Merriam-Webster's Online
• Merriam-Webster's Word Central

Rhyming Dictionaries

• Lycos RhymeZone
• RhymeZone Rhyming Dictionary
• The WriteExpress Online Rhyming Dictionary

Thesauri

• Roget's II Thesaurus
• Visual Thesaurus

Quotations

• Bartleby
• QuoteLand

• 50 States and Capitals
• ClassBrain.com State Reports
• Stately Knowledge

Flags

• Flag of the United States
• Flags of the World
• World Flag Database

Gateways
(provide quick access to a collection of reference resources)

• Awsome Library
• Bartleby.com
• Internet Public Library KidSpace
• Know Play
• LibrarySpot
• refdesk.com
• University of Albany Libraries

Math Help

• Discovery School's Webmath
• S.O.S. Mathematics

Periodic Table

• Periodic Table of the Elements
• WebElements

Time

• AlternaTime
• CalendarHome.com
• On This Day
• This Day In History