Selected+Web+Site+Listings+for+Classroom+and+Library+Use

= Websites for Classroom and Library Use - links to everything you ever wanted to know, but didn't know where to look :=

fact monster for kids http://www.factmonster.com/ Information Please. Considered one of the best almanacs http://www.infoplease.com/ /. Internet Public Library Find web sites on all topics. [|http://www.ipl.org] Find amazing facts. http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/ Many baseball records http://baseball-almanac.com/ Birthdays, holidays, and world events for each day http://www.scopesys.com/anyday/ Are they dead? [|http://www.deadoraliveinfo.com] How stuff works. [|http://www.howstuffworks.com/]http://web1.msue.msu.edu/msue/imp/mod02/master02.html Movie and television info http://www.imdb.com/ Kelly Blue Book [|http://www.kbb.com] Disasters http://www.disasterium.org/ Urban Legends http://www.snopes.com/ This Day in History http://www.history.com/tdih.do Alive or Dead - sounds morbid, but this site really can tell you - http://www.whosaliveandwhosdead.com/
 * __Selected Web Sites useful to Teachers AND students for research and information gathering in a broad variety of subjects:__** //**Almanacs, Handbooks, and Yearbooks**// Old Farmer ’ s Almanac http://www.almanac.com/

//**Periodicals, Newspapers, and News**// Search citations and table of contents from many journals and magazines. http://www.publist.com/

Chicago Tribune, Chicago Sun Times etc: http://www.onlinenewspapers.com/ http://www.refdesk.com/paper.html http://www.ipl.org/div/news/

Journals with full-text articles. May not be able to search for specific article topics. http://www.doaj.org/ [|http://findarticles.com/] http://scholar.google.com/ besides an index to articles in their publications, you can find other information about the world http://www.nationalgeographic.com/. http://www.cnn.com/ http://www.highbeam.com/

//Book Reviews and Readers Advisory// Amazon.com, Barnes & Noble, http://www.bookspot.com/ Find book lists, award winning books, and book review web sites. http://www.bibookreview.com/ Black Issue Book Review http://www.webrary.org/rs/rsmenu.html Get updates of new books and books like your favorites from The Morton Grove Public Library. http://acqweb.org/bookrev.html Directory of Book Reviews http://www.mcpl.lib.mo.us/readers/series/juv/ Find sequels Dictionaries, Encyclopedias http://www.acronymfinder.com/ Type in an acronym and find out what the letters stand for. http://www.bartleby.com/61/ American Hertitage Dictionary Also find quotations and a thesaurus here and much more. http://www.m-w.com/ Merriam-Webster ’ s Dictionary. Also thesaurus, medical, and Spanish-English. http://www.onelook.com/index.html Searches multiple dictionary entries at the same time. http://www.yourdictionary.com/ Another choice of many. http://www.questia.com/library/encyclopedia/ From the Columbia Encyclopedia. Need to enter e-mail and pay to access magazine/journal articles. Also found here. http://www.highbeam.com/ Select encyclopedia only to avoid having to register. http://www.urbandictionary.com/ Slang dictionary. http://www.idiomsite.com/ idioms http://www.rapdict.org/ Rap dictionary http://www.foreignword.com/ One of many online translation dictionaries. http://www.itools.com/lang/ Search several dictionaries at once. http://www.britannica.com/ Pretty good short encyclopedia articles http://www.wordreference.com/ Various languages http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/index.html Catholic Encyclopedia. Includes list of Popes. Biography http://www.biography.com/ Old and new. One page bios. http://www.americanpresidents.org/ Presidents http://bioguide.congress.gov/ Congress http://www.whitehouse.gov/history/firstladies/index.html First ladies http://www.distinguishedwomen.com/

http://www.time.com/time/time100/ http://odur.let.rug.nl/~usa/B/ Historical people in American History. http://www.achievement.org/galleryachieve.html Biographies of achievers of all fields from around the world. http://www.island-of-freedom.com/ http://www.hyperhistory.com/online_n2/History_n2/people.html Very short biographies of people in world history. http://us.history.wisc.edu/hist102/bios/bios.html http://www.hwwilson.com/currentbio/cbonline.html http://espn.go.com/sportscentury/athletes.html

[|http://www.mtv.com] Includes bios of bands and singers. http://www.baseballhalloffame.org/hofers_and_honorees/hofer_bios/index.htm [|http://www.hollywood.com] Biographies of celebrities in movies and TV are included.

Geography http://www.worldstatesmen.org/ Info about countries http://www.loc.gov/rr/international/portals.html More country info https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/index.html More and better country info http://plasma.nationalgeographic.com/mapmachine/index.html Zoom in map. http://www-atlas.usgs.gov/ Government Maps. Includes mapmaker. http://www.timeanddate.com/ Time zones, area codes, distances etc. Another option is http://www.mapcrow.info/ http://www.frommers.com/ Besides travel information under sestinations you can search informationm about cities and countries. http://factfinder.census.gov/ Statistics on cities etc. Go to US census bureau site for more. http://www.50states.com/ States http://www.xist.org/default1.aspx basic country data http://www.flags.net/ Flags of countries http://www.atlapedia.com/ maps and facts http://www.peakware.com/ Mountain encyclopedia. Maps. http://www.mapsonus.com/ Quick maps http://www.embassyworld.com/maps/ map directory

Government, Law and Politics http://bensguide.gpo.gov/ Kids ’ info http://catalog.gpo.gov/F Government Publications http://www.gpoaccess.gov/cfr/index.html CFR online for rules and regulations of gvernment agencies http://fisher.lib.virginia.edu/collections/stats/ccdb/ County and city data. http://www.fbi.gov/ucr/ucr.htm Crime statistics http://www.fedstats.gov/ Federal agency statistics http://www.usa.gov/ General government info http://www.gpoaccess.gov/index.html Government publications http://www.govengine.com/ Federal and state government information http://nces.ed.gov/help/sitemap.asp Education statistics http://www.bls.gov/oco/home.htm Occupational Outlook Handbook http://www.census.gov/compendia/statab/ Statistical Abstracts of the United States http://thomas.loc.gov/ Track a bill http://www.findlaw.com/ Solve your legal problems http://www.searchmil.com/ Military directory http://www.politicalinformation.com/ http://www.hillnews.com/ Congressional Activity http://www.rollcall.com/ More Congressional activity http://www.opensecrets.org/ Money in politics

Literature [|http://www.doollee.com] Basic info on plays and playwrights. http://www.poets.org/ Search for poems and poets http://www.bibliomania.com/ Full-text books and poems http://www.sonnets.org/ Sonnets by well-known poets http://www.emule.com/poetry/ Poems by classic poets http://quod.lib.umich.edu/a/amverse/ More poems http://www.english.uiuc.edu/maps/ Info on some poets http://www.theotherpages.org/ Even more poems http://www.cprw.com/ Contemporary poetry reviews

Medical/ Science/Science http://www.mayoclinic.com/

http://medlineplus.gov/

http://www.merck.com/mmhe/index.html

[|http://www.rxlist.com]

http://www.webmd.com/

http://www.chemicalelements.com/

http://www.embarrassingproblems.co.uk/

http://www.scirus.com/ general science info directory

Directories http://www.lii.org/ Recommended web sites. Librarian ’ s Internet Index http://www.ipl.org/ Recommended web sites http://www.refdesk.com/ http://www.askanexpert.com/ Ask a real person a real question http://www.nlc.state.ne.us/bestofweb/genealogy.asp Genealogy sites [|http://www.loc.gov]

Business http://www.hoovers.com/free/ Information on businesses http://www.thomasnet.com/ more business info

Colleges and careers http://www.petersons.com/ basic college info http://www.collegeboard.com/ Criteria to help select a college.

Museums http://www.museumspot.com/

http://www.si.edu/

Especially for Kids http://kids.yahoo.com/ or [|http://www.yahooligans.com] Search engine version for kids http://www.kidsclick.org/ [|http://www.askforkids.com] http://www.factmonster.com/

http://www.awesomelibrary.org/

http://kids.aclin.org/ Directory with pictures http://www.kids.gov/ http://www.americaslibrary.gov/cgi-bin/page.cgi part of the Library of Congress Images http://www.ditto.com/ Screened images http://www.pics4learning.com/

http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/catalog.html From the Library of Congress Sound, Animation, and Graphics http://www.findsounds.com/ Sounds http://www.gifanimations.com/

http://www.bestanimations.com/

http://www.bellsnwhistles.com/privacy.html

http://www.animationfactory.com/en/

http://www.animfactory.com/

http://www.fg-a.com/gifs.html http://www.soundamerica.com/

http://www.webdeveloper.com/animations/ http://www.animationfactory.com/

http://www.flamingtext.com/

http://www.awesomeclipartforkids.com/

http://www.oup.co.uk/oxed/children/yoes/pictures/

http://www.a1freesoundeffects.com/

http://wavcentral.com/effects.htm http://www.webplaces.com/html/sounds.htm http://www.findsounds.com/

Quotations http://www.annabelle.net/ http://www.annabelle.net/

http://www.quotationspage.com/

http://www.askoxford.com/

http://www.bibliomania.com/ Quotes form fiction, drama, poetry,& short stories. http://www.classicreader.com/ The books and short stories form over 200 authors http://www.bartleby.com/100/s0.html

This is one of the best resources as it includes quotes form Bartlett's Quotations, Columbia Quotations, Simpson's Quotations, Oxford Shakespeare, and the King James Bible http://creativequotations.com/ http://www.famous-quotations.com/ More quotes form famous people. http://www.hti.umich.edu/a/amverse/ American Poetry before 1920. http://www.emule.com/poetry/ Includes thousands of classical poems. . http://www.quoteworld.org/ http://www.quoteland.com/

[|http://www.poets.org]

http://us.imdb.com/Sections/Quotes/ Search for quotes form movies. http://www.quotationspage.com/

Phone/Address/Zip Code AnyWho Directories. [|http://www.anywho.com]

InfoUSA __at__ www.infoUSA.com

National Five-Digit Zip Code and Post Office Directory. 2 vols. Memphis, TN US Postal Service, 2004. http://www.usps.com/ncsc http://zip4.usps.com/zip4/welcome.jsp __** Numberway at www.numberway.com
 * __ ( __link to find a ZIP code**
 * __ )

Reference USA. http://www.library.uiuc.edu/rex/erefs/addresses.htm

Switchboard. [|http://switchboard.com]

Telephone Directories on the Web. http://www.infobel.com/teldir/default.asp

Yellow Book. Complete local yellow pages online. http://www.yellowbook.com/

[|http://www.seeing-stars.com] Stalk your favorite celebrity. http://www.fanmail.biz/

http://www.star-collector.net/

Meta Search Engines [|http://www.dogpile.com] [|http://www.mama.com] http://www.metacrawler.com/ http://www.searchengineshowdown.com/multi/