Student Resources

Student Resources

The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History is making primary source documents and educational resources from all eras of American history available for free online.  Features available on the web site include podcasts of historians discussing their work, a searchable database of more than 60,000 primary source documents from the Gilder Lehrman Collection,

Math.com is dedicated to providing revolutionary ways for students, parents, teachers, and everyone to learn math.

http://www.math.com/


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More Search Engines

 

Kid Links

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Enchanted Learning -  children's educational web sites  designed to capture the imagination while maximizing creativity, learning, and enjoyment.
http://www.enchantedlearning.com/Home.html  

 

Dictionary and Thesaurus Tools

yourDictionary.com yourDictionary.com
http://www.yourdictionary.com/index.shtml
Dictionary.com Dictionary.com English dictionary
http://www.dictionary.com/
WordSmyth
http://www.wordsmyth.net/
Merrium-Webster Online
http://www.m-w.com/netdict.htm
Plumb Design Visual Thesaurus
http://www.visualthesaurus.com/  
This is an interesting thesaurus...though it may make you dizzy !!

 

Foreign Language Help

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Homework Help

 

Libraries and Reference Sources

The On-Line Books Page
OnLine Books
http://digital.library.upenn.edu/books/lists.html  
Index includes more than 13,000 English works in various formats.
Library of Congress Library of Congress
http://www.loc.gov/

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New York Public Library
http://www.nypl.org/
the info.com The Info
http://www.theinfo.com/reference/

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Evaluating Web Sites

How to Read a Web Address (URL)
Evaluating a Website (includes information on alltheweb.com)  UPDATE THIS FILE
Evaluating Web Pages: Techniques to Apply & Questions to Ask (UC Berkley University)
http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/TeachingLib/Guides/Internet/Evaluate.html

Purdue University Libraries
http://thorplus.lib.purdue.edu/StudentInstruction/evaluating_web_sites.html

 

Other Helpful Links

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CNBC
http://cnbc.com/

 

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