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ALMANACS

• World Almanac for Kids - In this virtual fact book, each subject area is broken down into subtopics for easy navigation, and colorful graphics enhance the information.
• Information Please - Includes Information Please Almanacs, a biography database, a dictionary, an atlas, and the Columbia Encyclopedia online.
• The Old Farmer's Almanac - This site contains features from the print edition which began publication in 1792 such as weather forecasts, weekly wisdoms, and gardening tips.

CALENDARS & TIME

• The Aztec Calendar - Everything you ever wanted to know about the Aztec Calendar-what it is and how it's used.
• The CalendarOne
• Calendars - A guide to locating events for each day of the year.
• Enchanted Learning World Flags - Learn the color symbolism and history of world, state, and marine signal flags; printout to color, and trivia quizzes are also available.
• Information Please Almanac : Calendars
• The Kidlinks Multi-Cultural Calendar - For kids-by kids from the world over, this calendar tells you the date and significance of holidays from around the world. List of days can be searched by country, holiday or month.
• Saving Time, Saving Energy - Daylight Saving Time, it's history and why we use it.
• This Day in History - Find out what was/is going on around the world on a given date.
• Time Around the World - Check the current time around the world.
• A Walk Through Time - Learn about all the ways of keeping track of time.

Community Service

• Idealist.org
• Introducing Amazing Kids!
• Oxfam's Cool Planet Homepage

CURRENT EVENTS

• CNN Student News
• Headline Spot:  Kids - This gateway puts a wealth of current online news resources at children's fingertips. Just indicate state and city you want to find. The site will list all newspapers for a given state broken down by local areas. I.e. Find Times Beacon Record (Setauket) and Newsday.
• Kid's Newsroom 
• Online NewsHour Extra - Focuses on issues that have been in the news rather than specific breaking news stories.  Students will find an archive of past features.
• Scholastic News Zone - An E-zine featuring plenty of news and fun features with news reports available for students at different grade levels.

DICTIONARIES

• Bartleby.com: The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition, 2000 - 
  This site allows you to browse through all the alphabetized entries in the dictionary or use the Search feature to look up a specific word or phrase.
• Dictionary.com - This site not only contains a dictionary, but a whole bookshelf of reference works as well.
• Human Languages Page
• Little Explorers Picture Dictionary - Search in English, French, Spanish, Portuguese and German by choosing a letter of the alphabet and finding a list of words and matching pictures
• Merriam-Webster Online: The Language Center - This site provides access to both the Collegiate Dictionary and Roget's Thesaurus. In addition, visitors may learn about the Word of the Day or play one of the four word games.
• Merriam-Webster's WWWebster Dictionary - A traditional English dictionary online
• The Newbury House Online Dictionary - This dictionary, which allows you to search by word or phrase, is an excellent reference for younger users or for those learning English.
• One Look Dictionaries - Enter your search and find a definition-search will include specialized medial, business science dictionaries and more
• Roget's Thesaurus
• Wordsmyth: The Educational Dictionary - Thesaurus - The great feature about this site is that there is an option that allows you to find a definition without knowing the exact spelling of a word.

ENCYCLOPEDIAS

• Biography.com - Over 20,000 of the greatest lives, past and present, at your fingertips. Search by name to discover who they were, what they did and why.
• Catholic Encyclopedia
• Encyberpedia(tm) by Bob Kerstein - An annotated listing of subject-oriented encyclopedias available on the Web. Search the index and connect to actual web sites dealing with your topic.
• Encyclopedia.Com - Based on The Concise Columbia Electronic Encyclopedia, this site provides current information available in all major fields of knowledge -- from politics, law, art, and history to sports, literature, geography, science, and medicine.
• Encyclopedia Mythica - Mythology, folklore, mysticism and more.
• Encyclopedia Smithsonian
• Fact Monster - An encyclopedia suitable for younger readers with a separate biography search engine.
• Famous First Facts
• Greek Mythology - Find brief entries about heroes, gods and monsters of Greek mythology. Illustrations available too!
• Grolier's One Stop Searching - Search the three Grolier Encyclopedias all at once or connect to the specific one you need.
  • Grolier's New Book of Knowledge (level: elementary)
  • Grolier's Multimedia Encyclopedia (level: elementary/junior high)
  • Grolier's Encyclopedia Americana (level: high school/adult)
• How Stuff Works - The science behind all sorts of "stuff," from Web servers to cell phones.

FLAGS

• Betsy Ross Homepage - A virtual tour of Betsy Ross's Philadelphia home, information on the creation of the first U.S. flag, and tips for cutting a perfect five-pointed star.
• Flags of all Countries - Search alphabetically by country to see its flag.
• Folding the U.S. Flag - Instructions and animation demonstrating how to fold the flag into the neat triangle shape.
• World Flag Database - View of all the worlds flags.

MONTHLY HOLIDAYS & EVENTS

• Holidays & Events: JANUARY - Includes New Year's Day, Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Three Kings Day  & Tournament of Roses.
• Holidays & Events: FEBRUARY - Includes Black History Month, Chinese New Year, President's Day & Valentine's Day. 
• Holidays & Events: MARCH - Includes National Nutrition Month, St. Patrick's Day & Women's History Month.
• Holidays & Events: APRIL - Includes April Fool's Day, Baseball Season, Daylight Savings Time, Earth Day, Easter, National Poetry Month, & Passover.
• Holidays & Events: MAY - Includes Gardening, Memorial Day & Mother's Day.
• Holidays & Events: JUNE - Includes Summer Camps, Equinox, Flag Day & National Safety Month.
• Holidays & Events: JULY & AUGUST - Includes Summer Activities, fireworks, the Fourth of July, Places to go, Water fun, Summer Camps & Penpals.
• Holidays & Events: SEPTEMBER - Includes Labor Day, Ramadan & Rosh Hashanah.
• Holidays & Events: OCTOBER - Includes Halloween & Yom Kippur.
• Holidays & Events: NOVEMBER - Includes Thanksgiving & Veterans Day.
• Holidays & Events: DECEMBER - Includes Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa & New Year's Eve.

NEWSPAPERS & MAGAZINES

• Mamamedia Magazine - Online kids magazine.
• National Geographic for Kids - Read National Geographic's kid magazine "World" online and check out their incredible video shows.
• New York Times Student Connections - A free service from the New York Times for students in grades 3-12, their teachers and parents.
• Newsday - Search for articles from Newsday.  Includes articles from 1985 until today! 
• Newsday.com - Connect to Newsday's site and look through their most recent articles.
• Washington Post Kids Post 

ONLINE REFERENCE DESKS

• Answers Fast Facts - Offers free access to millions of topics from the world's leading publishers. This is a great ready reference site.
• Awesome Library: Reference: Reference and Periodicals -  Part of Awesome Library, this site offers dictionaries, encyclopedias, newsprint and maps.
• Education Index: General Reference - An alphabetical list of reference sources for young learners with brief annotations. Young researchers may also click on the first letter of topic to access faster.  This site uses some animation and is visually appealing to a young audience.
• KidsClick! Facts/Current Events - Developed by librarians for kids, this section of Kids Click focuses on Reference Resources and is subdivided into specific resource tools, dictionaries, encyclopedia etc. The site also offers a word search tool.
• LibrarySpot - A great place to start a search, this site offers numerous resources with links that have short and easy to understand descriptions. Each reference resource offers several sub- divisions that are clear and well defined.
• Quick Reference - From University of Texas at Austin.
• Yahooligans! Reference - Part of Yahoo,  this site offers  a search engine  which  allows the user to search single or multiple reference sources with one word or phrase and then lists it with links that are easy to read.

  

POPULATION & STATISTICS

• National Debt Clock
• U.S. Facts Summary - United States and World population clock.

QUOTATIONS

• Bartlett's Familiar Quotations
• Quotations Page

  

SUFFOLK e-RESOURCES FOR STUDENTS

• Encyclopedias
  • Grolier's One Stop Searching -  Search the three Grolier Encyclopedias all at once or connect to the specific one you need.
    • Grolier's New Book of Knowledge (level: elementary)
    • Grolier's Multimedia Encyclopedia (level: elementary/junior high)
    • Grolier's Encyclopedia Americana (level: high school/adult)
• General Research
  • Searchasaurus - Provides easy access for elementary school children to information in dictionaries, encyclopedias, and magazines articles.
• Language Arts
  • Litfinder (Use in Library) - Search for full text poems, short stories or essays.
  • Litfinder (Use Outside Library) - Search for full text poems, short stories or essays.
  • Novelist K - 8 (Use in Library)
  • Novelist K-8 (Use Outside Library)
• Magazine & Newspaper Searching
  • EBSCO's Primary Search  - For elementary school students to find articles on many subject areas.
  • Newsday - Search for articles from Newsday.  Includes articles from 1985 until today! 
• Science
  • Facts On File Science Online - All content in this database is divided into broad categories such as diagrams, definitions, biographies, and essays.
• Social Studies
  • America the Beautiful - A comprehensive database about the states and territories of the U.S., designed to meet the needs of all grade levels. It is highly visual, fact-filled, interest-driven, and user-friendly.

Wonders of the World

• Almancs - From SuffolkWeb's Places for Kids & Teens - Reference Shelf.
• WonderClub - Find pictures and information about the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, Modern World, Natural World, Underwater World and more.

Last updated: 04/06/10