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Pathfinders for Study Units, Assignments, and Special Projects
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Cells & Microscopic Life
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Links to resource guides organized by grade and curriculum topics.
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Quick Answers from Trusted Reference Sources
Encylopedias • Almanacs • Dictionaries • Atlases • Biographical Dictionaries
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Encyclopedia Britannica Concise - An online edition of a single-volume encyclopedia from the editors of Encyclopædia Britannica, with 28,000 articles; [E] [I] [U] Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed. (updated July 2005) - Incluldes nearly 51,000 entries, plus over 17,000 up-to-date biographical entries are classified under 140 categories such as fields of science or national histories and literatures; [E] [I] [U] Encyclopedia Smithsonian - Articles developed by national museum staff on Art & Design; History & Culture; and Science & Technology, with links to online exhibits and teaching resources; [E] [I] [U] |
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Fact Monster (Information Please) - quick reference facts for younger students; [P] [E] InfoPlease - Online edition of Information Please Almanac; [E] [I] [U] The Old Farmer’s Almanac - useful annual astronomical and meterological information, gardening and household tips; [E] [I] [U] |
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Internet Picture Dictionary - browse words defined by pictures organized into major categories; also includes Spanish, French, German, & Italian dictionaries. .[P] Merriam Webster Online - definitions, background facts, and games with definitions; [E] [I] [U] Roget's New Millenium Thesaurus - synonyms and antonyms grouped according to alternative meanings of primary word; [E] [I] [U] Free Online Dictionary of Computing / Denis Howe - searchable dictionary of acronyms, jargon, programming languages, tools, architecture, operating systems, networking, theory, conventions, standards, mathematics, telecoms, electronics, institutions, companies, projects, products, history, in fact anything to do with computing. .[I] [U] Merriam Webster Medical Dictionary (Medline Plus) [I] [U] RhymeZone - Finds rhymes, synonyms, antonyms, definitions, etc. for searched words. [E] [I] [U] |
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National Atlas (U.S. Dept. of Interior) [E] [I] [U] Map Machine (National Geographic) [E] [I] [U] Perry-Castañeda Library Map Collection (U. of Texas at Austin [E] [I] [U] |
Biographical Dictionaries & Databases 920 |
Biography - Offical site of A&E's Biography television series. Includes the searchble text of 15,000 entries from The Cambridge Biographical Encyclopedia. [E] [I] [U] Biography Center - Index of web sites with more than 10,000 biographies of prominent public figures, including politicians, authors and entertainment celebrities, browsable alphabetically, by category, popularity; some out-of-date links. [E] [I] [U] World of Biography - biographies of approximately 200 prominent individuals, organized by category, searchable by life span or term. [E] [I] [U] |
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Dewey Decimal Internet Research Directory
Online Resources by Subject Areas
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Search Engines, Meta-Search Tools, Internet Directories, Etc.
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[I] [U] [A] - [for Intermediate and Upper Students and Adults]
GreenFILE EBSCO
History Resource Center - World
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Power Search cross-database search |
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[T] [A] - [for Teachers & Adults] ERIC: Education Resources Information Center
Teacher Reference Center EBSCO
LISTA: Library, Information Science & Technology Abstracts EBSCO |
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[X] - [for Expert Searchers] iConn Digital Library federated search |
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Full-Text Electronic Editions of Books, Historical Documents & Photos
Especially for Students Features current and historical children's titles |
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Storyline Online - [P] (approx. 2 doz. popular picture books w/ audio & videoby SAG actors) |
RIF Reading Planet - [P] (e-books, games, & illustration activities) |
Cast UDL Book Builder - [E] [I] [U] [T] (e-publishing tools and e-books created by students & teachers) |
byGosh - [E] [I] [U] [T] (classic books online w/illustrations) |
International Children's Digital Library - [E] [I] [U] [T] (0ver 2600 books in 48 languages) |
Antique Books Digital Library - [P] (digitized classic Golden Books and others) |
Kids' Corner - [P] (Beatrix Potter stories & other classics) |
Between the Lions - [P] (16 books from PBS series w/ audio & video) |
IPL Kidspace Story Hour - [P] (original e-books) |
How to Get Free Children's Kindle® Books - [I] [U] [T] |
eCUIP (U. Chicago Internet Project) - [T] (K-12 Learning Materials) |
Literature for Children (S.U. Florida) - [I] [U] [T] (over 600 children's books from 17th to 20th centuries |
Planet PDF - [E] [I] [U] [T] (classic novels for older students in PDF) |
Little Critter Storytime by Mercer Mayer - [P] (online books w/ animation and audio) |
Rosetta Project - [I] [U] [T] (digitized early illustrated children's books) |
[I] [U] [T] [A] - For Students, Teachers, and Adults Includes wide range of reading levels and subjects, fiction and non-fiction. |
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(over 25,000 books) |
Connecticut State Library Digital Collections (documents, photos, maps) |
Making of America (Cornell U. & U. Michigan) (over 300 primary source history books) |
New York Public Library Digital Collections (historical books, maps, posters, etc.) |
Perseus Digital Library (Tufts U.) (history, literature and culture of the Greco-Roman world) |
National Science Digital Library (NSF collection of STEM Education documents) |
(2,100 books online w/ original art) |
SunSITE Digital Collections (UC Berkeley) (history, literature, science) |
| American Memory (Library of Congress Digital Collections: documents, maps, photos, etc.) |
(over 100,000 free e-books) |
(over 30,000 books) |
Universal Digital Library (Carnegie Mellon U.) (over 1.5 million books) |
(texts of classic books) |
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(over 300,000 downloadable books using proprietary E-Ink technology w/ audio & annotation features) |
(downloadable F/T eBooks for Macs and PCs) |
(eBook Reader for Macs and PCs, plus downloadable free eBooks) |
(eBook Reader for PCs w/ audio & annotation features) |
(ebook reader for PCs) |
Many public libraries offer access to eBooks through special collections such as NetLibrary and eBrary. Ask your librarian for assistance if locating additional choices.
Thanks to a grant from the Department of Public Utilities, a collection of 1300 downloadable audiobooks is now available from the Connecticut State Library. Both classic an recent titles are included, with both adult and children's titles (339 "juvenile fiction"). The narration is professionally produced by nationally recognized professionals. When all available copies of an audiobook are checked out, you can place a hold on that book to indicate that you would like to check it out as soon as it becomes available. MyiLibrary Audio will let you know how many other people are in the hold queue before you. MyiLibrary Audio will send you an email to let you know that your audiobook is available for check-out.
You will need your Connecticut Public Library Card barcode number to download books or place them on hold. From your computer, you can then transfer titles to iPods and certain MP3 players for limited times. More details about how the service works are available from the Help link at the web site above.
Many local public libraries also have additional downloadable audiobooks in their individual collections.
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