Introduction

African American Sites 

Art Sites 

Children's Sites

Computers And Internet

Educational Sites

Entertainment Sites 

History Sites 

Literature Sites

News Sites

Reference Sites 

Science Sites

Site Directories 

Web Search Utilities

Bartlett's Familiar Quotations
http://www.bartleby.com/100/
The tenth edition from 1919 of this familiar quotation reference, but it is fully searchable and contains many of the popular quotations...just don't expect any from the last 81 years of the 1900's! Grades 5-Adult.

CIA World Factbook
http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/index.html
Data about every country in the world based on information gathered by the Central Intelligence Agency. No national secrets but a good store of information. Grades 5-Adult.

Currency Site
http://www.oanda.com/
The OANDA currency conversion site that allows you to find the current exchange rate of common currencies. Check the list on the left for the link to the calculator, it no longer appears on the first page. Grades 4-Adult.

Dollar Times.com
http://www.dollartimes.com/
A collection of online calculators to help you find the best value for your dollar. It includes calculators to help you find the real cost of loans, the return on savings, loan vs. rebate on cars, and many other financial questions. Grades 6-Adult.

Encyclopedia Mythica
http://www.pantheon.org/mythica.html
An encyclopedia of mythology, folklore and legend. Searchable index and links to genealogies and illustrations from classic art. This site would now be considered one of the first wikis, but it predates the idea by several years. There are over 200 contributers, but most articles are by the site owner. As with any wiki, if the information contradicts other information you've gathered, compare it to another source and discard the contradictory one. Grades 4-Adult.

HomeworkSpot
http://www.homeworkspot.com/
A collection of links to topics commonly given as homework including literature, math, science and the social sciences. The links are further broken down by grade level. Even the "study break" links lead to educational games. This is a companion site to the LibrarySpot below. Grades 3-12.

Information Please
http://www.infoplease.com
A searchable version of the Information Please almanacs. An excellent source of the kinds of information you would find in an almanac. Grades 4-Adult.

Internet Public Library
http://www.ipl.org
A collection of links to other references available on the web. The collections are divided by grade level. Grades 3-Adult.

Librarians' Index To The Internet
http://lii.org/
A subject guide to the internet produced by the Library of California. I'm not sure I like being  just part of the "rest of the world" (see "Regional") but the links are useful. Grades 6-Adult.

LibrarySpot
http://www.libraryspot.com/
Another collection of links to reference sites available on the web. This one is well maintained and has dozens of links to free sources and links to the answers of common questions. Many of the resources are broken down by grade. This is a companion to the HomeworkSpot web site. Grades 4-Adult.

Math League
http://www.mathleague.com/help/help.htm
A collection of definitions and sample problems on a number of math problems that are geared at grades 4-8. The Math League is a commercial site that sells materials for home schoolers and teachers. They also run a number of contests and all of the commercial materials makes this site a little hard to navigate but when you get there its worth the trip. Grades 4-8.

One Look Dictionaries
http://www.onelook.com/
A collection of dictionaries in English, Spanish, German, French Italian and Chinese. Grades 4-Adult.

Roman Numeral Convertor
http://www.geocities.com/TimesSquare/Castle/3224/digits.html
A Javascript that converts between arabic and roman numerals.  Not  practical in day to day life but you never know when you need to make the change! Grades 2-Adult.

Zip +4
http://zip4.usps.com/zip4/welcome.htm
The United States Postal Service official site to find zip codes. Grades 3-Adult.

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