Reference

Almanac
bullet Alamanac
bullet Yahooligan's Children's Almanac
bullet Fact Monster Almanacs
bullet World Almanac for Kids
Atlas
bullet Color Landform Atlas
bullet National Geographic Maps  Search for places and print customized maps

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Ask an Expert
bullet Ask a Geologist  Ask a question about volcanoes, earthquakes, mountains, rocks, maps,ground water, lakes, or rivers.
bulletAsk Jeeves for Kids    Young people can ask this search tool question.
bullet Ask Dr. Math  E-mail a question or search other kids' questions and answers
bullet Ask Dr. Universe  Ask a researcher from Washington State University a question about anything.Ask a Space Scientist. Ask Dr. Sten Odenwlad your questions about space. Read his answers to other questions
bullet Ask a Volcanologist  Three scientists will answer your questions. Read the 101 most frequently asked questions about volcanoes.
bullet Sea World/Busch Gardens Animal Resources  Get fast facts on sea animals and habitats. Also includes "Ask Shamu," animal rescue and Birds of Prey.

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Quotations
bullet Bartlet's Quotations
bullet Quotations
Biographies
bullet American National Biography
bullet Biographies of African Americans in History  Find out about famous African Americans from Louis Armstrong to Booker T. Washington
bullet Biography Channel  Has 20,000 biographies past and present
bullet 4000 Years of Women in Science  Search for information and photos of women scientists
bullet Notable Women Ancestors  Search for information about women from their descendants and relatives
bullet Rosa Parks  Learn about Rosa Parks and the Montgomery Bus Boycott.Wilson Biographies Plus. Search for more than 95,000 biographies from more than 100 volumes of reference books, including all articles from Current Biography.
bullet Heroes and Heroines of American History

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Dictionaries
bullet Library Spot  Online dictionaries, almanacs etc.
bullet Merriam-Webster for Kids
bullet Illustrated Scientific Dictionaries  Many different dictionaries includine astronomy, botany and landforms.
bullet Know Play? Reference Lookup  Links to online dictionaries, thesauruses, rhyming dictionary, fact books, and encyclopedias
bullet Rhyme Zone  Enter a word to get words that rhyme with it.
bullet The World Factbook 2002  Find information about the countries of the world.
bullet American Sign Language   Learn how to fingerspell with demonstrations
bullet Spanish/English Dictionary Translate words from Spanish to English and from English to Spanish.
bullet Scientific Dictionary 
bullet Ask Oxford  an online children's resource
bullet MSN Dictionary
bullet Little Explorers Picture Dictionary

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Encyclopedias
bullet Free Internet Encyclopedia
bullet Encyberpedia
bullet Knowledge Adventure
Thesaurus
bullet Thesaurus  Click on the thesaurus or the dictionary
bulletMerriam-Webster Online Thesaurus  Type in a word to synonym. Uses the Franklin Speller.

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Library Catalogs
bullet Chattahoochee Valley Regional Library Services   (the Columbus Public Library-online search of available materials).
bullet Association for Library Services for Children
bullet Internet Public Library
Magazines, Newspapers and Television
bullet Writing World
bullet Yahooligans News for Kids
bullet Columbus Ledger Enquirer  Columbus, GA. newspaper
bulletWRBL
bulletWTVM
bulletABC News  Up-to-the minute news, weather, sports, and more
bulletCNN Online  The Cable News Network news site.
bullet MSNBC  NBC Network site
bullet N.Y. Times for Kids
bullet The Washington Post

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Research
bullet Big 6  Methods of research for grades K-12
bullet Big Six Assignment Organizer grades 3-6
bullet Helping Child Research Geography
bullet Research Sites for Kids
bullet U.S. Government Websites for Kids
bullet4 Kids
Bibliography
bullet Bibliography site
bullet How Do I Make a Bibliography

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