Websites
American Civil War Homepage
Information on music, images, biographical, histories, documents and more.
American Presidents Life Portraits
Sponsored by C-Span, site features biographies, facts, video and sound clips, along with text of speeches and addresses.
Background Notes
U. S. State Department site contains information on the countries of the world with which the U. S. has relations. They include facts on the country's land, people, history, government, political conditions, economy, and its relations with other countries and the U. S.
Ben's Guide to the U.S. Government for Kids
Sponsored by the U.S. Printing Office, site provides learning tools for K-12 students, parents, and teachers on how our government works.
BugInfo
Information sheets on bugs provided by the Smithsonian Institution.
Dino Directory
Natural History Museum of London site with information on dinosaurs.
Dinosauria Online
Dinosaur site.
Earthquake Hazard Program for Kids
U.S. Geological Survey site provides information on earthquakes for kids.
Exploring Ancient World Cultures
Sponsored by the University of Evansville this is an on-line course of the ancient and medieval worlds.
Kids Online Resources
For kids from kindergarten through college, parents and teachers. Covers all subjects from art to science.
KidsClick!
Megasite for over 600 subject areas for kids.
Math Reference Tables
Site sponsored by Math2.org has tables for general math, algebra, geometry, trig, calculus, statistics, etc. along with hints for remembering the tables.
Mathcats
Using the world of cats, math is taught using games, crafts and more.
Me and My Math
Interactive math site that covers everything from numbers, place values, adding, mutiplication, fractions to laws of arthmetic.
Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary for Kids
NASA Kids
Fun site sponsored by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration with information on projects and games, rockets and planes, stories, space and more.
National Geographic Kids
Homework help in areas of animals, history, art, science, geography, along with maps. Also has fun activities.
100 Milestone Documents
Full text of 100 historical documents wiith
translations. Compiled by the National Archives and Records Administration.
Presidential
Timeline of the Twentieth Century
Portal to the presidential libraries and
their digitized collections from Hoover to Clinton. Information
also available for educators.
State
Geography
Provides students and teachers with resources on individual states and the country
as a whole. Information on people, events and places plus e-books on the topics.
whitehousekids.gov
The White House site for kids. Information on presidents, photos, guides for teachers and parents and more. World Factbook
Database produced by the CIA provides basic information on each country of the world. Covers resources, water, people, government, economy and more.
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Databases
AccessScience
Online version of Encyclopedia of Science and Technology.
American
History
Covers American history from 1350 to the present with primary
and secondary sources, biographies, e-books and teacher resources.
Biographies
Plus Illustrated
Includes
world authors, composers, songwriters, musicians, film directors,
plus more than 65,000 profiles. Also, contains links to full
text articles, book reviews plus more.
Britannica
Online
Include separate sources including Encyclopedia Britannica, World Data Analyst
and Webster's Third International Dictionary Unabridged.
Britannica
Online - For those outside
of the Jonesboro Library
Gale's
Discovering
Electronic versions of Gale reference sources covering
authors, biography, science, history, novels, experiments, literature, countries,
short stories, math, cultures and more. In the Toolbox, find help for writing
a report.
Grolier
Electronic versions of Grolier reference sources including Encyclopedia Americana, New
Book of Popular Science, Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia and the New
Book of Knowledge.
Kids
Search (up to 5th grade)- Ebsco
Interactive site for students up to 5th grade. Provides
easy searching through several of the Ebsco databases including the
Encyclopedia of Animals, a general encyclopedia, a dictionary and pictures,
including maps, flags, places and people plus many magazine articles.
Learning
Express Library
Provides online practice tests and tutorials
for academic and licensing tests. Includes ACT, ASVAB, EMT, ESL,
GED, GRE, LSAT, citizenship plus more. Sign
up for your own account using your library card number as your user
name.
LitFinder
Search for poetry, short stories, speeches,
essays and plays by genre or subject. Includes information on authors.
Special section for children.
Rosetta
Stone Online Language Learning Center
Provides approximately 90 hours of instruction in the 4 main skill sets-reading
and listening comprehension, voice-record/speech recognition, and dictation/spelling
exercise. The content is ideal for the casual learner and includes instruction
in categories such as: times, dates, weather and numbers; currency, shopping,
food and hotels; modes of transportation; practical questions and answers; and
social interactions. Languages include: English US, English UK, French, German,
Greek, Italian, Russian, Spanish Latin America, and Spanish Spain.
State
Geography
Provides students and teachers with resources on individual states and the country
as a whole. Information on people, events and places plus e-books on the topics.
Student
Research Center (5th grade and up)- Ebsco
Interactive site for students in 5th grade and up. Provides easy searching through
several of the Ebsco databases including the Encyclopedia of Animals, a general
encyclopedia, newspapers and many magazine and journal articles. A wide variety
of topics are covered.
World
History - The Modern Era
Student and teachers will find resources on key historical developments around
the world from 1500 to present day. |