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=General Research= || [|Encyclopedia.com] - has more than 100 trusted sources, including encyclopedias, dictionaries, and thesauruses with facts, definitions, biographies, synonyms, pronunciation keys, word origins, and abbreviations. || ||< [|Fact Monster] - by Infoplease and is a website geared towards children. It contains several reference works under one umbrella, including the Columbia Encyclopedia, Random House Dictionary, an atlas and an almanac. || || [|Kids Click]- is a web search site designed for kids by librarians - with kid-friendly results! || || [|Infoplease] - is a free, authoritative, and respected reference for Internet users, provides a comprehensive **encyclopedia**, almanac, atlas, dictionary, thesaurus and day in history site. This site DOES have POP-UPS. || || SearchyPants - Safe Searching for Kids ||
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 * [[image:Screen Shot 2014-04-02 at 2.12.07 PM.png link="http://www.infoplease.com/"]]
 * [[image:searchypants.jpg width="91" height="138" link="http://searchypants.com/"]]
 * [[image:sweetsearch.jpg width="236" height="111" link="http://www.sweetsearch.com/"]] || [|SweetSearch] - helps students find outstanding information, faster. It enables them to determine the most relevant results from a list of credible resources, and makes it much easier for them to find primary sources. We exclude not only the obvious spam sites, but also marginal sites that read well, but lack academic or journalistic rigor. As importantly, the very best Web sites that are often buried on other search engines appear on the first page of SweetSearch results.

|| [|WorldBook Online] - Use the district's username and password to login and access accurate, objective, and reliable reference and instructional materials. ||
 * *This site is great for grades 3-5 and is used at our Middle and High Schools **** ||
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Images

 * [[image:pics4learning.jpg width="214" height="80"]] || [|Pics4Learning.com] -is a safe, free image library for education. Teachers and students can use the copyright-friendly photos & images for classroom, multimedia projects, websites, videos, portfolios, or any projects in an educational setting. ||



Words (Dictionaries)

 * [[image:wordcentral.jpg width="225" height="39" link="http://www.wordcentral.com/"]] || Word Central - Merriam-Webster's Word Central offers kids a student dictionary, Daily Buzzword, and interactive word games. ||
 * [[image:dictionarydotcom.jpg width="97" height="97" align="center"]] || [|Dictionary.com] -The world's most popular //dictionary// and thesaurus with definitions, synonyms, antonyms, idioms, word origins, quotes, etc.

Download Dictionary.com iPad app [|HERE] Download Flashcard Dictionary.com iPad app [|HERE] || || [|Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary] -Free online dictionary, thesaurus and more
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Download Merriam-Webster Dictionary iPad app [|HERE] || || [|Visual Dictionary Online] - is designed to help you find the right word at a glance. Filled with stunning illustrations labeled with accurate terminology in up to six languages, it is the ideal language-learning and vocabulary dictionary for use at school, at home or at work. ||
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= Animals =

|| ARKive - Endangered species - Includes videos, photos, facts, and education resources. || || [|Amazing Animals around the World] - by Sheppard Software. Search for animal articles, animal games for kids, endangered species, wildlife information, amazing animal facts, learning games for kids that can be broken down by: ‎[|Mammals] - ‎[|Fish] - ‎[|Birds] - ‎[|Reptiles] || || [|The Ocean by National Geographic] -Learn about the amazing creatures of that live in the ocean. || || [|U.S. Fish & Wildlife National Digital Library] -The Images collection is a selection of digital still images which are the very best visual representation of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service mission "working with others to conserve, protect and enhance fish, wildlife, and plants and their habitats for the continuing benefit of the American people." || || [|WorldBook Online] - Use the district's username and password to login and access accurate, objective, and reliable reference and instructional materials. ||
 * [[image:natgeokids.jpg width="214" height="99" link="http://kids.nationalgeographic.com/kids/animals/creaturefeature/"]] || [|Animals & Pets] -by National Geographic allows you to browse animals by species or habitat and accesses in-depth Creature Features, including amazing photo and video footage. ||
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 * [[image:enatures.gif link="http://www.enature.com/home/"]] || [|eNature: America's Wildlife Reserve] -is the web's premier destination for information about the wild animals and plants of the United States. ||
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=Biographies=

|| [|Bio.com] - your source for true stories about notable people. Watch full episodes, read exclusive biographies and discovery the unexpected in the life of a famous person. ||
 * [[image:biodotcom.jpg width="139" height="156" link="http://www.biography.com/"]]
 * [[image:values.jpg width="290" height="88" align="center"]] || [|Inspirational Quotes] - find all of your favorite values ads here. Also find inspirational sayings, motivational stories, leadership quotes, inspirational stories, peace quotes, etc. Have your students create a quote for the person they are researching. They can search by a person, a topic, etc.

Click the [|Billboards link] and scroll to see billboards like the Jackie Robinson picture on left. || || [|SweetSearch Biographies] - offers profiles and outstanding search results for thousands of famous-or infamous-people from many walks of life, professions and countries, spanning many centuries.
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Our filters help you choose the intriguing people you want to learn more about. Looking for female African American authors, for example? Choose Women from the categories on the left, then select African American and Author as your filters.

The names in bold link to profiles on our sister site, findingDulcinea. The rest link to the search results for that person on SweetSearch, a Search Engine for Students, which searches only 35,000 Web sites that have been evaluated and approved by our research experts. || || [|Infoplease Biographies] -Biographies of Presidents, Athletes, Justices, Entertainers, World Leaders, and... Research our extensive archive of more than 80 million articles || || [|WorldBook Online] - Use the district's username and password to login and access accurate, objective, and reliable reference and instructional materials. ||
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