GENERAL/HOMEWORK

• http://infoplease.com
  • Info Please Kid's Almanac provides biographies, a daily almanac, and information on science and technology, history, world and U.S. news, arts and entertainment, countries, and more.
• http://factmonster.com/
  • Fact Monster, produced by Information Please, provides homework help, a dictionary, an atlas, an almanac, timelines, and an encyclopedia.
• www.multcolib.org/homework/
  • Multnomah County Public Library Homework Center concentrates on K-12 homework-related sites. Includes web resources that are reviewed by librarians.
• http://school.discoveryeducation.com/homeworkhelp/homework_help_home.html
  • Sponsored byDiscovery Education, this site covers subjects like world languages, health, math, research, science, social studies, technology.
• http://pbslearningmedia.org
  • Free access to thousands of innovative, standards-aligned digital resources.

SPECIALIZED/RESEARCH

NOVELNY: The New York Online Virtual Electronic Library is available 24/7, providing a wide variety of resources like books, magazines, newspapers, research and reference sources.

• http://www.novelnewyork.org/

THE ENCYCLOPEDIA MYTHICA: An encyclopedia of mythology, folklore, and legends for many cultures.

• www.pantheon.org

THE NEW TIMES LEARNING CONNECTION provides news summaries, a web navigator, resources and lesson plans for teachers, links to The New York Times Upfront and discussion guides for parents.

• http://www.nytimes.com/learning/

THE NEW YORK TIMES is an online version of current and archival news articles.

• http://nytimes.com/