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Mrs. Brenda Mackey, Librarian

ot_aca_cg@nwoca.org 

 
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Resources / Reference

General Reference Materials

bulletGeneral curricular Links ranging from art, computing, math, reference materials, libraries, museums and more.

 http://www.nwoca.org/currlinks/index.html 

bulletWood County Public Library 

http://wcdpl.lib.oh.us/ 

bulletToledo-Lucas County Public Library 

http://www.library.toledo.oh.us/ 

bulletThis site will link you to encyclopedias, magazines, and biographies of almost 18,000 Americans, medical centers, activities and learning tools, and more resource tools. 

http://home.nwoca.org/INFOhio/INFOhio.htm 

bulletHundreds of search engines categorized for easy use. 

http://www.mcli.dist.maricopa.edu/eye/bag/index.html 

bulletGeneral reference sources 

http://www.refdesk.com 

bulletResearch-It! Organizes a number of helpful reference tools. There are dictionaries, including a biographical dictionary, a thesaurus, and translators. Also find zip codes, stock prices, and other reference facts

. http://www.iTools.com/research-it/ 

bulletNeed help with research for a project, Ask Jeeves Kids

 http://www.ajkids.com/ 

bulletHave a math question? The Math Forum-Dr. Math can help you out.

 http://mathforum.org/dr.math/dr-math.html  

bulletMeasure 4 Measure contains over 100 interactive sites that you can use when you need to estimate, calculate, evaluate, and translate. Find every measure converter you would expect to find, interest rate calculators, calorie counters, the Mayan Date Calendar, Morse code converter, and much more. 

http://www.wolinskyweb.com/measure.htm 

bulletThe Encarta Free Concise encyclopedia is smaller but similar to the "pay" Encarta. Worth taking a look. 

http://encarta.com 

bullet Ask an Expert is a database with a form and e-mail links to professionals at over 200 sites who are willing to answer questions. Subjects include agriculture, arts, business, engineering, health, and science.

http://www.askanexpert.com 

bulletSponsored by the American Association of School Librarians has a Question and Answer section where students and you can find frequently asked questions answered by librarians.

http://www.ala.org/ICONN/ ICONNECT/ 

bulletRESEARCH IT! Offers a dictionary and can help you and your students translate words into French and Japanese. You can look up synonyms at this site, as well.

 http://www.itools.com/research-it/research-it.html 

bulletThe High School Hub is a gateway to academic resources for High School students. It features Virtual Reference Desk and subject guides for English, Mathematics, Social Studies, and Science.

 http://highschoolhub.org/ 

bulletBiographies on over 15,000 famous people. 

http://www.biography.com 

bulletCollege Bond The smart guide to financial aid is FinAid

 http://www.finaid.org/calculators/costprojector.phtml 

bulletCollege Net helps you get into college

http://www.collegenet.com/ 

For Parents

bullet Homework help: Family Education. Com provides tips on how to help your child with homework, how to ace a spelling test and more. 

http://familyeducation.com/topic/front/0,1156,3-5242,00.html 

bulletResearch help - homework help -Bigchalk- The Education Network 

http://www.bigchalk.com/cgi-bin/WebObjects/WOPortal.woa/db/Parents.html 

bulletWorld Book for Parents - more help with homework  

http://www2.worldbook.com/parents/ 

Learning disabilities and special needs

bulletParents Helping Parents- Meeting Children's Special Need

http://www.php.com/ 

bulletDo you think you child may have a learning disability? Here's help at Roads To Learning- Learning Disability Resources

 http://www.ala.org/roads/warnsign.html 

Parenting Tips and More

bulletDiscovery School.Com For Parents reviews software video games and all sorts of products

http://school.discovery.com/parents/index.html 

bulletLive And Learn 

http://www.liveandlearn.com/cargame.html 

bulletThe Whole Child 

http://www.pbs.org/wholechild/ 

bulletParent News 

http://parent.net/.Com  

http://family.go.com/ 

bulletParenting

http://www.parenting.org/ 

bulletFind the perfect game for your child at Fun Brain for Parents 

http://www.funbrain.com/parents/index.html 

bulletScholastic for Families has everything you need to encourage a love of learning 

http://www.scholastic.com/families/index.htm 

bulletParent Link List a web magazine for parents and children 

http://www.indiana.edu/~eric_rec/parent/parentlinks.html 

bulletYahooligans for Parents - a site that helps you raise a child that is ready to learn 

http://www.yahooligans.com/parents/ 

bulletWant insight into your child's world? Check out Commonwealth Institute for Parent Leadership 

http://www.cipl.org/resources.html 

bulletGetNetWise will show how to use the net safely 

http://www.getnetwise.org/kidsites/cybermomsmore.shtml 

bulletParent Involvement Project- Activities That Help Your Child Learn 

http://www.doe.mass.edu/pip/activities.html 

bulletEducation World- For Parents has reviews articles and more 

http://db.education-world.com/perl/browse?cat_id=434 

bulletParent Connections helps you explore current events with your children. 

http://www.nytimes.com/learning/parents/ 

bulletA library media specialist offers her list of sites to help use the web, protect your children on the web and more. 

http://home.computer.net/~dibianco/parents.html 

 

 

 

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