Online Resources for Entire School Community

These information resources provide fast and reliable information for entire the school community and general public.

• ALA Best Free References 1996-2006 http://www.ala.org/ala/rusa/rusaourassoc/rusasections/mars/marspubs/MARSBESTIndex.cfm
• Bartelby http://bartleby.com/
• Info Please http://www.infoplease.com/
  
• Internet Public Library http://www.ipl.org/div/pf/
• Librarians' Internet Index http://lii.org/
• Ref Desk http://www.refdesk.com/
• WWW Virtual Library http://home.istar.ca/~obyrne/

Why Research Alone/ Collaborate

When students come to the school library to research projects they often do so in isolation. Consider changing the research process from the individual looking for content to a student-centered research community by building a custom Google search engine. Using this IGoogle gadget and the metasearch engines like Dogpile, classes can create a community search engine specifically designed for any research subject.

Search engines can easily be added to any teacher or student IGoogle page for easy access.

Words, Words, Words

The following links are a collection of online dictionaries and thesauri. The resource, Information Please, also contains an encyclopedia and almanac.

Dictionary.com http://dictionary.reference.com/

Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary and Thesaurus http://www.m-w.com/

Information Please -- Reference site that has access to an encyclopedia, almanac, dictionary and more.http://www.infoplease.com/index.html

Rhyme Zone - Definitions, Synonyms, Antonyms, and more http://www.rhymezone.com/

The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th Edition, is a collection of over 50,000 article entries, 40,000 bibliographic citations, and over 80,000 cross- reference entries. http://www.bartleby.com/65/