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RESEARCH HELP

A Research Guide for Students - The goal of this Web site is to provide all the necessary tools for students to conduct research and to present their findings. It also includes a Virtual Library of Useful URL’s arranged by Dewey Decimal Classification.

Kid's Tools for Searching the Internet - a collection search engines for kids.

How To Do Research – Kentucky’s Virtual Library has created a research tutorial that is out of this world!

Seven Steps to Better Searching - Use these keys to become a more effective "web surfer"

NoodleBib – Online bibliography tool.

Great Sites for Kids – Collected by the American Library Association.

KidsClick – web search for kids by librarians.

KidSpace at the Internet Public Library.

CUSD Kids Links - Created for kids by Chico Unified librarians.

Wikipedia - an easy to use, ever expanding collection of articles. Free. No ads!

Encyclopedia.com

Brittanica Concise

Word Central Student

Meriam Webster Online

American Heritage Spanish Dictionary

ASL Sign Language Dictionary

Hmong English Dictionary Plus

Visual Thesauraus - An incredibl way to see how words relate!

Roget's Thesauraus

The Blue Marble - This spectacular “blue marble” image is the most detailed true-color image of the entire Earth to date.

Terraserver USA – Microsoft's original sattelite imagery site.

World Factbook

Map Machine – National Geographic or Expedition Atlas or Map Machine’s Student Atlas  for Printable Maps

Eduplace - Houghton Mifflin offers some grear printable maps, including historical outlines, like "Lewis & Clark's Route" & "The Trail West".