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Infoplease.com Answer trivia questions such as"What is the Florida state flower"?at this online reference. Most usefull is its Fact Finder you can use to browse the Web.
OneLook Dictionaries The metasurfer of the dictionary world, OneLook allows you to type in any word and instead of searching just a single volume, OneLook will probe its huge list of specialized and general dictionaries to give you the most comprehensive group of definitions.
A Web of online Dictionaries This group of links allows you many variations on the international- dictionary theme.You'll also find the Esperanto- Russian Dictionary as well as a welsh Spell-Checker.
Alta Vista Translation Services Write a letter in English to your family in a far away country and have it converted to thier native tounge with Altavista's Babelfish translation service!Be advised machines can yeild incorrect results,so make sure you don't use to many idiomatic phrases!
Mr.Smith's E-mail This 1999 version of Mr. Smith goes to Washington , provides you with the forms you'll need to sound off to the White House, Senate, and House of representitives and for when they won't listen there are also forms for selected newspapers, magizines and TV Networks.
FedStats Just about any Government statistics that is public knowledge can be found here.
Learn2.com At this site you can learn all the things that Mother never taught you ! Anything from playing chess to cleaning silverware.Catch up on lessons lost at Learn2.
Internet Public Library -- The IPL , claims to be the first publc library in the internet community geared to finding, evaluating, selecting, organizing, describing and creating quality information resources .
The World-Wide Web Virtual Library This is a nicely organized, cross-referenced site listing everything from aboriginal studies to zoos. history resources of various types. The links are detailed by alphabetical order, by era, and by region.This full-featured site offers clickable maps of the world and specific information about many countries. It also has a list of other online resources. This would be a good place to send a student to start research.
CIC, Center for Library Initiatives This is the home for the Committee on Institutional Cooperation's, Center for Library Initiatives. There is much information of interest to librarians, educators, and institutions, particularly those within the CIC (Big Ten universities, plus the University of Chicago).
Education Virtual Library - Primary SchoolThis Australian site alphabetically catalogs several interesting K-12 curriculum resources from around the world. Very helpful for researching trends in education, as well as creating multicultural or foreign language units. Another highlight is the page's links to a Web site created in Russian, using the Cyrillic alphabet.
Garfield Co. Public Library System The Garfield Co. Public Library System is located in Garfield County on the Western Slope of Colorado. Get access to online books, magazines and reference tools. Read our Long Range Plan. Search library catalogs. Visit places in Colorado, and much more.
International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA) The International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions or (IFLA), is a worldwide organization created to provide librarians around the world with a forum for exchanging ideas, promoting international cooperation, research and development in all fields of library activity. We look forward to presenting our members and interested individuals with an evolving range of electronic information resources and services through the use of Internet technologies
On-line Books This is an index of hundreds of books. Browse or search by author or title for nay book you want. Keep up to date with the new books page.
This site lists several different online reference sources, such as a hypertext Webster's dictionary, a thesaurus, and an acronym dictionary. It also has several foreign language dictionaries, and computing dictionaries. A great resource for anyone doing research on the Internet.
This site provides electronic texts of Mark Twain's works. This site is not yet complete, but there are several works available. It also lists other pages with Mark Twain resources.
The World-Wide Web Virtual LibraryThis is a nicely organized, cross-referenced site listing everything from aboriginal studies to zoos. history resources of various types. The links are detailed by alphabetical order, by era, and by region.This full-featured site offers clickable maps of the world and specific information about many countries. It also has a list of other online resources. This would be a good place to send a student to start research.