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Homework Help
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| Some of these Homework sites are also found under subject guides found on the Research Center page. The Homework sites listed here are selected for use by elementary, middle and high school students and homeschoolers. | |
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Britannica Online: Elementary School Britannica Online school edition features easy-to-read encyclopedia articles and learning materials ideal for children at the preschool & elementary school level. *Home Use |
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Britannica Online: Middle School Search encyclopedia & reference articles, journals and magazines, the web's best sites, multimedia, and curriculum content for middle school level students. *Home Use |
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Britannica Online: High School Encyclopedias and related materials (dictionaries, thesauri, illustrations, maps, biographies) for high school students. Also includes educational activities, exercises, and study guides. |
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Britannica Online: Learning Zone Engaging online tool for early-childhood learning, covering letters, words, numbers, time, sound, geography and more. Created for Pre-Kindergarten through 2nd grade - supports classroom curriculum and helps students build technology skills. *Home Use |
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Funk and Wagnall's New World Encyclopedia Features over 25,000 encyclopedia entries. *Home Use |
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Searchasaurus Search Searchasaurus for kids magazine articles, fun facts, an animal encyclopedia, and a general encyclopedia. *Home Use |
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Book Collection: Nonfiction - High School Edition  Rich research database for school and public libraries. It contains informative abstracts and searchable full text for 2,448 popular nonfiction books. *Home Use |
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Book Collection: Nonfiction - Middle School Edition Rich research database for school and public libraries. It contains informative abstracts and searchable full text for 3,089 popular nonfiction books. *Home Use |
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ECB VideoLink Provides streaming and downloadable video programs for K-12 students and teachers. This resource is made available to you as part of BadgerLink. *Home Use |
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Kids Search Designed especially for youth in grades K-5, magazines & newspaper articles, biographies, primary source material and photos on various subjects. *Home Use |
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MAS Ultra - School Edition Designed specifically for high school libraries, this database contains full text for popular, high school magazines, full text reference books, biographies, primary source documents, and an image collection. |
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Middle Search Plus Full-text articles for more than 150 popular, middle school magazines, thousands of biographies, historical essays, student pamphlets and primary source documents. *Home Use |
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Student Research Center Designed especially for youth in grades 6-12, magazines & newspaper articles, reference works, country reports, photos, maps & flags on various subjects. *Home Use |
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Ask an Expert
This service connects students to experts in a variety of fields, including the sciences, math, literature, and technology.
DiscoverySchool.com
DiscoverySchool.com has tools to help you study, games to challenge your mind, and tons of great clip art to use.
Encyclopedia Smithsonian
The Smithsonian Institution provides this guide to the many resources of our National Museums, including images, profiles, and histories of exhibits and subjects.
Federal Resources for Educational Excellence (FREE)
Access to 1200 educational resources supported by 30 federal agencies covering the arts, language arts, mathematics, health, sciences and more.
Kids.gov
Links to kids' federal government sites and fun sites from other organizations. Subjects include science, history, careers, fighting crime and more.
Homework Center
Links to hundreds of websites suitable for homework and school projects. Created by the Multnomah County Library in Portland, Oregon.
HomeworkSpot
Provides quick access to hundreds of online references sources by subject. This site is part of the StartSpot Network, and is not affiliated with any specific library.
How Stuff Works
Learn how everything works from 3-D glasses to the Witness Protection Program! Fun site to browse or use for school projects.
KidSpace @ Internet Public Library
IPL KidSpace is a great place to find homework help links as well as websites just for fun.
Library Spot
Provides quick access to hundreds of online reference sources by subject.
OnlineNewspapers.com
A directory of links to online newspapers both U.S. and International.
Spark Notes
Study guides covering a range of subjects including literature, science and history.
Surf Report
Guide to educational Internet sites on various subjects.
Time for Kids - Homework Helper
Need quick help with your homework? Let real kids direct you to the best sites on the web.
Animal Bytes
Offers information and a host of multimedia files on amphibians, birds, mammals, reptiles, and insects that will support students reading, writing, and science skills. The animal records include quick facts, fun facts, articles, photos, sounds, videos, and more.
The Animal Omnibus
Over 2000 links to pages about specific species of mammals, reptiles, amphibians, birds, fish, mollusks, and arthropods, run by the Birmingham Zoo in Birmingham, Alabama.
BugBios
Beautiful color photographs of insects, with scientific and common names.
Endangered Species (U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service)
Provides in-depth information about the endangered species of North America, listed under species and state locations. Provided by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
Yahoo! Kids - Animals
Facts & information about animals with great photos at Yahoo! Kids.
People & Biographies
OPL - Biographies Internet Subject Guide.
Biography
Over 20,000 biographies of historical figures. The on-line version of the Arts and Entertainment Channel television show.
People.com
Keep up with your favorite celebrities at People Magazine's online website.
Dictionaries, Grammar & Writing
Language Picture Dictionary
Created by the Oshkosh Area School District and the Oshkosh Public Library, this picture dictionary translates selected words that are introduced in the Oshkosh Area School District's English as a Second Language Program into English, German, Spanish, French and Hmong. Adobe Reader is needed to view this dictionary.
AskGrammar
Find answers to all your grammar questions, take an interactive quiz, or post your question using the AskGrammar form. Hosted by Capital Community College, Hartford, CT.
Online Dictionaries
OPL - Dictionaries Subject Guide. Links to online dictionaries, thesauri, translators, acronyms and more.
Time for Kids - Writing Help
How to write A+ papers, expert writing tips, writer's toolbox & more.
YourDictionary.com
Links to a variety of English and Foreign dictionaries. This site was developed by Robert Beard of Bucknell University.
Geography, Government & History
History Reference Center
Offers full text from more than 2,500 reference books, encyclopedias and non-fiction books. Locate articles, historical documents, biographies of historical figures, historical photos and maps, and more.
Background Notes
U.S State Department reports on countries around the world. Country profiles include geography, people, government and politcal conditions, history, economy, foreign relations, defense, and travel and business information.
CIA World Factbook
The CIA (Central Intelligence Agency) provides statistics on the nations of the world, including population, natural resources, economy, and defense.
Food Timeline
Useful for locating food history and period recipes.
InfoNation (United Nations)
Provides customized statistical tables based on United Nations databases of 185 nations in 37 subjects, including geography, economy, population, and social indicators. Can be used to compare countries.
Library of Congress Country Studies
Over 85 nations are covered in the areas of history, social factors, economy, geography, politics and military issues. These profiles are the full-text versions of books produced by the Library of Congress.
National Geographic for Kids
National Geographic for kids activity and homework page -- great place for finding pictures, maps, articles and more for school reports.
Nations of the World
Links to countries' consitutions, legislature, courts and other governmental sites.
Perry-Castaneda Library Map Collection
An extensive collection of political, physical and historical maps of the nations of the world. Provided by the University of Texas-Austin.
Pop Culture
Variety of links about the culture and fads in the United States during the 20th century. Browse by decade or by topic, such as movies, music and television.
Presidents of the United States
The Internet Public Library's web resource to U.S. presidents with name and subject indexes.
Stately Knowledge
Information and links about the 50 states of the USA. A project of the University of Michigan School of Information Science and the Internet Public Library.
Timeline Index by Chronology
The Timeline Index : People, Periods, Places and Events in a chronological context.
The White House
Speeches, documents, historical information and links to federal services from the official WWW page of the President and the Executive Branch of the United States government.
Wisconsin State Facts
Stately Knowledge page for the state of Wisconsin with lots of important facts as well as links to encyclopedia articles and official Wisconsin websites.
Wisconsin State Symbols
Find Wisconsin's many state symbols at Wisconsin.gov.
Novelist K-8
Fiction database designed with a bright, appealing layout, designed especially for elementary and middle schools. The database contains enhanced subject access for over 60,000 fiction titles aimed at the K-8 population. Full-text reviews from sources like School Library Journal and Booklist are available for many titles.
BookAdventure
Book Adventure is a FREE reading motivation program for children in grades K-8. Children create their own book lists from over 7,000 recommended titles, take multiple choice quizzes on the books they've read, and earn points and prizes for their literary successes.
E-Books
E-Books from netLibrary are free and available 24 hours a day! Check one out, it may help with last minute homework deadlines.
Online Literary Criticism Collection
The Internet Public Library's collection contains over 4400 critical and biographical sites about authors and their works.
Project Gutenberg Etext Listings
Over 1000 classic books, plays, essays, and novels in full-text. Project Gutenberg is a cooperative effort endorsed by the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
Poetry 180
Poet Laureate Collins' Poetry 180 website encourages high school students to read and enjoy a poem a day during the school year.
Poetry Daily
Anthology of contemporary poetry which each day brings you a new poem from books, magazines and journals currently in print.
eCalc - Basic Online Calculator
A Plus Math
Interactive flashcards & math games.
Fact Monster Math & Money
Flashcards, multiplication, fractions, conversions, measurements & more.
Math.com
Great math website offering practice problems, games, online calculators & tools from basic math to calculus.
Dr. Math
A question and answer service for K-12 math students and their teachers, with a searchable archive grade level and topic, provided by Swarthmore College's Math Forum.
Geometry Center @ ScienceU
Visit ScienceU's Geometry Center for a place to find interactive geometry fun and geometry formulas.
History of Mathematics Archive
Biographies of historically significant mathematicians, a database of "famous curves", an index of mathematics history by topic, a search engine, and links to other relevant mathematics sites. Provided by the School of Mathematical and Computational Sciences at the University of St. Andrew, Scotland.
Science Reference Center
Comprehensive research database contains full text for nearly 640 science encyclopedias, reference books, and periodicals. Topics covered include: biology, chemistry, earth and space science, environmental science, health and medicine, history of science, life science, physics, science and society, science as inquiry, scientists, technology and wildlife.
Amethyst Galleries' Mineral Gallery
Mineralogy database providing chemical composition, physical description, mining information, uses, and images for hundreds of naturally occuring minerals.
EPA: Global Warming
Provides information on the global warming problem--what's causing the problem, how serious it is, what's being done and what can be done in the future from the Environmental Protection Agency.
Geology.com
Find the latest geology news, view satellite images and a variety of country and state maps, and search an online geological terms dictionary.
NASA Office of Earth Science
NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration) explains their missions concerning the Earth, including weather, our atmosphere, and the way the world works.
NASA Office of Space Science
NASA's (National Aeronautics and Space Administration) guide to their exploration of space, including the Sun, the Solar System, and our universe.
National Inventors Hall of Fame
Alphabetical lists of U.S. historical and modern inventors and inventions from the Hall of Fame.
Nine Planets
Explore each of the planets in our solar system including their moons, the sun and the possibility of other solar systems. Includes great visual images.
OLogy
Site covers the 'ologies of science - biology, geology, archaeology & more.
Periodic Table: WebElements
Detailed information on the elements of the Periodic Table, including history, uses, background, physical, chemical, biological, environmental, and electrical data, isotopes, crystallography, and spectroscopy, in the form of statistics, graphs, tables, and links. Provided by the Department of Chemistry, University of Sheffield, England.
Rocks & Minerals
Help for students with homework on rocks & minerals by the Mineral Information Institute.
ScienceU.com
Science U is for people who like science. Interactive exhibits make science fun. Engaging multimedia articles and activites make Science U a great place to learn about science.
The Visible Human Project
A project of the National Library of Medicine, this site provides multimedia guides to the human anatomy, including split-views, and links to other anatomy resources.
Volcano World
Supported by NASA and the University of North Dakota, this site gives up-to-date information and images of the volcanoes of the world, both how they work, and what they're doing right now.
The Weather Channel
Provides weather information at local, state, national, and international levels.
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