Library Reference Links

General Reference

World Book Online Reference Center
K - 5 World Book Kids
http://www.worldbookonline.com/kids/Home
6 - 8 Online Reference Center
http://www.worldbookonline.com/wb/Home
[Ask the librarian for the Username & Password ]

Fact Monster
Reference Desk — http://www.factmonster.com/

Merriam-Webster
Dictionary — http://www.wordcentral.com/index.html

K - 5 Tennessee Electronic Library Kids InfoBits — http://galenet.galegroup.com/servlet/
KidsInfoBits?locID=tel_k_overbs

6 - 8 Tennessee Electronic Library InfoTrac Jr. Edition — http://web3.infotrac.galegroup.com/k12/
infomark/1/1/1/purl=rc6_K12J

Citations
http://citationmachine.net/

 

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Government Websites

White House — http://www.whitehouse.gov/kids/

FBI – Federal Bureau of Investigation — http://www.fbi.gov/

CDC – Center for Disease Control — http://www.cdc.gov/

World FactBook — http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/
factbook/index.html

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Libraries

Presidential Libraries — http://www.archives.gov/presidential-libraries

Library of Congress — http://www.loc.gov/families/

Nashville Public Library — http://www.library.nashville.org/

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Museums

Smithsonian — http://www.smithsonianeducation.org/students/

Explorit Science Center — http://www.explorit.org/quiz.html

American Museum of Natural History — http://www.amnh.org/nationalcenter/
infection/index.html

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Art

Artcyclopedia: Artcyclopedia is the “guide to great art on the Internet” created by John Malyon, from Calgary, Canada. — http://www.artcyclopedia.com/

Artchive: Mark Harden's Artchive — Virtual Art Museum features several galleries. — http://www.artchive.com/

ArtLex: Art Dictionary site that features definitions for more than 3,600 art terms. — http://www.artlex.com/

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History

American Memory: Historical collections from the Library of Congress and other institutions found here. — http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/index.html

America’s Story: Library of Congress site about history that wants you to learn and have fun at the same time. — http://www.americaslibrary.gov/cgi-bin/page.cgi

Tennessee History for Kids — http://www.tnhistoryforkids.org/

This day in History: This day in History from the History Channel includes broadband quality video clips. — http://www.historychannel.com/tdih/
tdih.jsp?category=leadstory

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Language Arts

Bluebook: Blue Book of Grammar and Punctuation — http://www.grammarbook.com/grammar/
cnt_gram.asp

Cybrary: “I love to read” — biographical information list of authors in alphabetical order. — http://www.cybrary.org/author.htm

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Biographies

The Presidents of the United States of America: List of internal links to each president of the United States. — http://www.whitehouse.gov/history/
presidents/index.html

Gallery of Achievers: 20th century Achievers — http://www.achievement.org/galleryachieve.html

Biography A & E Page: Database containing 15,000 international names, past and present [commercial site]. — http://www.biography.com/

Spectrum Biographies: Scroll down and click on the picture for biographical information - [Do not copy and paste pictures – they are copyright protected]. — http://www.incwell.com/Biographies/

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Math

Cool Math 4 Kids: Cool math 4 Kids is “an amusement park of math and more.” — http://www.coolmath4kids.com/

AAA Math: Basic Math Skills with Interactive practice found here. — http://www.aaamath.com/

Figure This Math: Challenges for families are found on this site. — http://www.figurethis.org/

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Music

Sing-Along Songs: National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) Sing-Along Songs (Midis and Lyrics) — http://www.niehs.nih.gov/kids/music.htm

Lester S. Levy Collection of Sheet Music: Part of Special Collections at the Milton S. Eisenhower Library of The Johns Hopkins University Scanned Images of sheet music in public domain. — http://levysheetmusic.mse.jhu.edu/

Instrument Encyclopedia: From the University of Michigan School of Information and University of Michigan School of Music — http://www.si.umich.edu/chico/instrument/

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Religion

New Advent: The Catholic Encyclopedia — 11,000 articles on Catholic topics — http://www.newadvent.com/

The Vatican: The Holy See — Searchable Vatican Website — http://www.vatican.va/phome_en.htm

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Science

Bill Nye the Science Guy: Bill Nye’s “Nye Labs” – lots of sounds. — http://www.billnye.com

Cool Science for Curious Kids: From the Howard Hughes Medical Institute lets curious kids explore biology. — http://www.hhmi.org/coolscience/

Mad Scientist Network: Includes MadSci Lab, MadSci Library, and Ask-A-Scientist where you can ask a scientist if you still have a question. — http://www.madsci.org/

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