Research and Reference

Directories, Indexes and Search Engines

Ask Kids lets kids ask questions in plain English and delivers appropriate, pre-screened web sites for answers.

Yahoo! Kids is the children's version of Yahoo. It includes both a search engine and a directory.

KidsClick is a WWW directory created for kids by librarians and is a guide to valuable and age appropriate web sites.

Multnomah County Library Homework Center has a set of links to great web sites, grouped by subject area.

Encyclopedias

Grolier Databases Includes:
The New Book of Knowledge,
America the Beautiful,
Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia,
Encyclopedia Americana,

Dictionaries

Magazine Indexes

Ebsco Host Web - This source is provided by the New York State Library. Includes magazine index and general information.

Cobblestone Publishing Index - This free index lists articles from Appleseeds, Cobblestone and other social studies magazines.

Other

BrainPop - Animated Educational Site for Kids
and
Brainpop Jr. - for grades K-3

(This is a subscription. You need the school's username and password to see the full content of this site.)

KnowPlay - Definitions, Thesaurus, Rhyming Dictionary, Encyclopedia, Quotation Lookups, World Atlas, CIA world Fact Book, Artist Lookup

Time Line Maker - Make horizontal or vertical timelines with events of your choice.