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Information from reference books, newspapers, and magazines |
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Kids InfoBits - Best for elementary school students. Search for articles from magazines, newspapers and reference books for information on current events, the arts, science, popular culture, health, people, government, history, sports and more. |
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Student Resource Center - Best for middle school and up. Search magazine articles, photographs and illustrations, and audio and video clips for primary documents, biographies, essays, background infomation, and critical analyses. |
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Amazing Animals of the World offers children access to information about the animal kingdom and its place in our world. It includes interactive information on over 1,200 animals, with illustrations, maps, and glossaries. To get to the database, in the menu on the left side of the screen, click on Amazing Animals of the World. |
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America the Beautiful is a fact-filled tool for elementary and middle school students for research on the states, famous Americans and U.S. History. It includes articles, interactive almanac and maps, timelines, educational games. To get to the database, in the menu on the left side of the screen, click on America the Beautiful. |
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Lands and Peoples provides elementary and middle school students with up-to-date information on countries, cultures and current events. Features include an encyclopedia of countries, facts and figures, cultural comparisons, games and quizzes, and a Global News Desk. To get to the database, in the menu on the left side of the screen, click on Lands and People. |
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Popular Science provides in-depth science, health, and technology research and news for students in middle school and beyond. It includes photos, maps, and technical illustrations, biographies of great scientists, information on science careers, and ideas for school science projects and experiments. To get to the database, in the menu on the left side of the screen, click on Popular Science. |
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Biography Resource Center - Articles and pictures from encyclopedias and magazines on more than 185,000 people from throughout history. Search for people by birth and death years and places, nationality, ethnicity, occupation and gender. |
SOCIAL STUDIES FACT CARDS
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Social Studies Fact Cards - Information for students in grades 4 through 8, including California missions and ranchos, states and presidents of the United States, countries, early civilizations, and Native American tribes. |
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Good homework websites |
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BJ Pinchbeck’s Homework Helper - Over 700 links to homework sites covering a wide range of school subjects. Covers elementary through high school. |
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Fact Monster - Sponsored by Information Please Almanac, this website for elementary school students covers world news, the United States, people, words, math, science, and sports plus homework help, games and quizzes. |
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Internet Public Library KidSpace - Homework resources for elementary and middle school students. Great links to science fair project websites. |
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Multnomah County Library Homework Center - Best for elementary and middle school students. Thousands of websites for homework help in all subject areas. |
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Oakland History on the Web - Links to historic photos and information about people and places from Oakland’s history. Selected by staff in the public library’s Oakland History Room. |
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Oakland History Timeline - Lists and briefly describes landmark city events from 1200 BC to 2002. From the city of Oakland’s official website. |
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sciencebuddies.org
Science Buddies – Ideas and free resources for science fair projects
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