Library Reference Links

Almanacs

Guinness World Records http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/

This is an excellent choice to help students find interesting facts to add to reports.

Infoplease Almanac http://www.infoplease.com/almanacs.html

World Almanac for Kids http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com

This is a companion Web Site to the very popular book for kids. It has great graphics and is very easy to use.

Atlases

National Atlas of the United States http://www.nationalatlas.gov

This is an easy to use site with map like views of America’s natural and cultural landscapes.  Recommended for the upper grades.

Biographies

CPL Kids Pages: Learning Links: Biography http://www.cantonpl.org/kids/biog.html

Dictionaries

American Heritage Dictionary http://www.yourdictionary.com

Students will benefit from using this site because it contains a lot of added features. For example, foreign language and thesaurus information all on one site.

Cambridge Dictionaries http://www.dictionary.cambridge.org/

Students may easily use this site for definitions and other related links to a word or topic which they are researching.

One Look http://www.onelook.com/

This provides a very simple format for finding definitions.

Rhyme Zone http://www.rhymezone.com/

This is a wonderful site to find definitions of terms.  It shows words in various contexts and helps to find rhyming words to assist in writing projects.

Yahooligans! Reference Dictionary http://yahooligans.yahoo.com/reference/dictionary

This is another helpful and kid friendly site for finding definitions.

Yahooligans! Spanish Dictionary http://yahooligans.yahoo.com/reference/dict_en_es/

This is an exceptional tool for non English speaking students.  It may also help students in their Spanish classes.

Encyclopedias

Encyclopedia Britannica http://www.britannica.com

Students may search in a student section.  Appropriate for third through fifth grades.

Encyclopedia Smithsonian http://www.si.edu/resource/faq/

This is a good reference for grades two through five.  It is easy to use for many science and historical subject searches.

Magazines

National Geographic World Magazine http://www.nationalgeographic.com/media/world/index.html

Students may access world news stories on this site.

Sports Illustrated for Kids http://www.sikids.com/index.html

Sports information is available in a kid friendly form when students visit this site.

Time for Kids http://www.timeforkids.com/TFK

This site provides current events in an exciting format. It has many activities and articles.  Students may use the research link to study topics of their choice.