Looking for information?

Try these databases:

• Kids Infobits
  (To access this database from home, enter your library card number for your log-in number.)
  Search for info on subjects such as plants, people, and geography.
• Junior Reference Collection
  (To access this database from home, enter your library card number for your log-in number.)
  Find information on world history, literature, science, geography, and much more.
• Grolier Online Kids
  Click here to access this database from home.
  (To access this database from home, enter your library card number for your log-in number.)
  Search for people, places, and things in this site made for kids.
  
• EBSCO Kid Search (grades 3-6)
  (Access limited to in library use, or accessed through JerseyClicks.com)
  With categories such as Animals, In the News, Science, Math, and Geography, this database is useful for students who are having difficulty with their homework. Students can browse through the Dictionary or Encyclopedia features or search for an image that relates to their assignment.
• Seachasaurus (for ages 3 - 7)
  (Access limited to in library use, or accessed through JerseyClicks.com)
  Ebsco's useful service will help both children and their parents by enabling them to search thousands of articles, an online general encyclopedia, and a ton of information about animals from around the world.

Or, try these general reference sites:

• www.factmonster.com (all sorts of information!)
• www.kidsclick.org (“web search for kids by librarians”)
• www.scholastic.com/kids/homework (a "homework hub")
• www.bjpinchbeck.com (this homework helper proclaims: “if you can’t find it here, you just can’t find it!”)
• www.acronymfinder.com (provides definitions of abbreviations)
• www.onelook.com (a dictionary search)

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Also, check out the subjects below for more specific information!

Art History

• www.renaissanceconnection.org (The Renaissance)
• www.imamuseum.org (African art)
• www.mos.org  (Leonardo Davinci)

Art

• www.kid-at-art.com (art lessons)
• www.artsconnected.org (learn the basics)
• www.artjunction.org (art inspiration)
• www.moma.org  (modern art)
• www.artlex.com (dictionary of artistic terms)
• www.covenantworks.com (fun and informative art games)

Computer art

• jacksonpollock.org (abstract art creator)
• labs.ideeinc.com (search for flickr images using color)
• artpad.art.com (digital painting website)

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• www.omnibiography.com (general, with an explanation of what a biography is)
• www.libraryspot.com/biographies  (general—categorical)
• www.infoplease.com/people.html (general)
• www.biography.com/bio4kids  (general)
• www.achievement.org (general)
• readwritethink.org  (biography project cube creator)
• www.whitehouse.gov/history/presidents  (US Presidents)
• www.whitehouse.gov/history/firstladies  (First ladies)
• seattletimes.nwsource.com  (Martin Luther King Jr.)
• www.annefrank.com/  (Anne Frank)
• www.gale.cengage.com/free_resources/bhm/bio  (Black history)
• www.gale.cengage.com/free_resources/chh/bio  (Hispanic heritage)
• www.gale.cengage.com/free_resources/whm/bio (Women’s history)
• www.gale.cengage.com/free_resources/poets/bio (poets)

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• english-zone.com  (general)
• www.starfall.com  (early literacy)
• www.bookwink.com  (reader’s advisory)
• www.guysread.com  (books for boys)
• http://en.childrenslibrary.org  (e-books)
• Shakespeare 
• Poetry 
• Coretta Scott King Award
• Newbery Medal
• Caldecott Medal

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• mathcentral.uregina.ca  (searchable database of math information)
• mathforum.org (mathematics foundations)
• www.mathisfun.com (comprehensive guide to math)
• www.aaamath.com (math help sorted by grade level)
• www.learner.org/interactives/dailymath/ (math in daily life)
• www.coolmath4kids.com (fun math help)
• www.mathslice.com (online and printable math help)
• www.amathsdictionaryforkids.com (dictionary with pictures)
• www.calculator.com (calculator)
• multiplication.com (multiplication)
• www.funbrain.com/cashreg (help understanding money math)
• www.themint.org (money help)
• www.convert-me.com (conversion)

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Science Fair Ideas

• www.sciencebuddies.org
• www.ipl.org/youth/projectguide

Weather

• www.weatherwizkids.com
• www.hurricanehunters.com
• www.fema.gov/kids
• eo.ucar.edu/rainbows

Biology and health

• www.mbgnet.net/bioplants
• www.madsci.org
• kidshealth.org
• www.innerbody.com
• www.cellsalive.com
• www.bam.gov

Earth Science

• volcano.oregonstate.edu
• earthquake.usgs.gov/learning/kids
• www.mbgnet.netl

Chemistry

• www.chem4kids.com
• periodic.lanl.gov

The Environment

• toxtown.nlm.nih.gov
• www.nrdc.org/greensquad
• alligatorboogaloo.com/kids
• www.backyardnature.net

Dinosaurs

• www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/diapsids/dinosaur
• dinodictionary.com

Space

• hubblesite.org
• spaceplace.nasa.gov
• www.fourmilab.ch/earthview
• ciencia.nasa.gov (en espanol)
• Exploring the Universe @ your Library

Other

• www.smm.org/explore
• yucky.discovery.com

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• kids.nationalgeographic.com  (general social studies)
• www2.scholastic.com/browse/scholasticNews (current events)
• www.history.com/this-day-in-history (today in history)
• www.50states.com (USA)
• www.americaslibrary.gov (America)
• odur.let.rug.nl/~usa (American history)
• www.atlapedia.com (countries)
• www.cia.gov/world-factbook (countries)
• www.kids.gov (government)
• bensguide.gpo.gov (government)
• www.loc.gov/rr/news/stategov (state and local government)
• www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk (slavery)
• www.pantheon.org (world mythology)
• www.learner.org/interactives/middleages (medieval history)

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