Reference Tools

(Reference Articles, Dictionary, Atlas, Almanacs)

Directories

(Links to Information Organized by Subjects)

• Dictionary www.dictionary.com 

• Thesaurus—a great one 

          www.thesaurus.com

• The Children's Lbrary of Encyclopedia /Dictionaries
  

• All-around research site 

          libraryspot.com 

• General info research 

         www.infoplease.com/yearbyyear.html

• Internet research sites for kids      http://ivyjoy.com/rayne/kidssearch.html

•  National Geographic for kids                kids.nationalgeographic.com

• Kids.net.au

Fact Monster Reference

Dictionary, Almanac, Encyclopedia, Atlas

Citing Fact MonsterS

Cite your sources:

BibMe

Kidspace @ The Internet Public Library 

Contains links to many websites for information organizied by categories

 The Awesome Library

Directory of student subjects plus access to Google SafeSearch

• Nova video programs 

          www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/programs.html

• Research—by grade level 

       www.iknowthat.com/com/L3?Area=LabelMaps

• Research—chapters on subjects 

     http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/

The Visual Dictionary

Images...Animals, Human Body, Music, Plants and Transportation

Wikipedia for Schools

Sources have been checked out; content arranged by a Title and Subject Index

 Directory

Google Safe Search for Kids and Teens DMOZ Directory 

Google Directory for Kids and Teens

Good kids directory for variety of subjects -

Caution:  Also has Kids Shopping Sites listed.

• Videos on so many topics www.woopid.com/  

• School Tube—learning videos from YouTube. Organized by topics http://sqooltube.com/ 

• Science headlines—audiO 

          science.nasa.gov/headlines

Kids.gov - US Government Portal

Multiple links to government websites and other resources

Library of Congress

For Kids and Families

Copyright Friendly Resource List 

ClassBrain