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The links on the page are for everyone that has an interest in learning.  You will find the resources to help in finding information for projects and papers.  The list will be constantly updated so visit this site often.

General Reference Sources

Desk Reference:  Numerous reference sources at your fingertips.

AskERIC:  Eric, the Educational Resources Information Center, is the ultimate homework helper.This site includes a virtual library, lesson plans and other resources.

Bibliographic Formats for Citing Electronic Information: APA and MLA citation for Internet sources.

Desktop Reference Agent:  Sponsored by MIT, composed of links to Internet references, including computer resources, dictionaries, encyclopedias, legal and medical resources, U.S. Government, and weather.

Dictionaries:   Several types of dictionaries.

Dictionary.com:  Includes Webster's Dictionary, Strunk and White's "Elements of Style," Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, The Free Online Dictionary of Computing and the New Hacker's Dictionary.

Yahoo! Reference:  Mega-reference indices. Many hyperlinks to additional reference sources.

MapQuest:  Interactive maps.

My Virtual Reference DesK:  Hyperlinks to a variety of electronic References.

Internet Public Library:  Sponsored by the University of Michigan School of Information.  Includes stories for chilfren, college advice to teenagers, a list of online texts, and extensive reference desk.

News Sources

Pathfinder:  Access more than 150,000 web pages from popular news, information and entertainment sources.

The Virtual Daily News:   The site contains links to news in 16 cagetories and many of the top sources on the web.

CNN Interactive World News:   Up-to-the-minute coverage of world news.

USA Today World:  Delivers the nation's top news stories in brief news format.

MSNBC:  Source for national and worldwide news.

Search Engines

All-in-one Search Page:   Provides access to many search engines of all types from a single spot.

Math Sources

World Wide Web Virtual Library:  Consists of links to math software, Gophers, newsgroups, electronic journals, preprints, bibliographies, high school and university math sites.

MathSearch-Search a collection of Mathmetical Web Material:  Search a collection of more than 19,000 documrnts on mathmetics and statistic servers.

Science Sources

Nye Labs Online:  The Science Guy from PBS's, Bill Nye, has a site for his wacky science experiments.  Check out links and photo albums!

The Weather Channel:  Covers the United States.

National Weather Service:   Check here if searching for severe weather reports.

Literature Sources

The Children's Literature Web Guide:  Includes children's stories. Many links to children's books, and links for parents, teachers, storytellers, and writers.

History Sources

Flags:  This site includes pictures and descriptions of the official flags of different nations and more.

National Geographic:   Become a junior member of the National Geographic Society, play games and find a penpal.

THe History Channel:  Lot's of great historical information, fun facts, and trivia.

World Safari:  Take a virtual tour to a different country each month.  Learn about the people, society, customs, and more.

The White House for Kids:   Kids are conducted on a tour with Socks the cat.  Kids can e-mail the President, the Vice President or the First Lady.

Technology Sources

Barebones Guide to HTML:  Lists HTML 2.0 tags and 3.0 tages, with a section on Netscape extensions.

Wendy's: A site to find free background, borders, and button,etc.

Barry's Clip Art Server:  All types of clipart, great source.

Animation Factory:  Over 35,000 animations.

Physical Education

Sports Science:  Contains an electric encyclopedia of sports medicine and much more.

Career/College Sources

100 College and University Sites-One hundred U.S. colleges and Universities' sites are listed here and ranked by the number of hits.

Click here for the Library page which contains links for the Civil War and the Haulocaust and poetry.