Reference

America's Library From the Library of Congress, this site was designed especially with young people in mind, but there are great stories for all ages.	Biography Classroom The popular show, Biography, on the Web. It's your opportunity to get even more personal with 15,000 biographies.
Britannica.com Includes the complete Britannica encyclopedia, a searchable guide to the Web's best sites, articles from the top magazines, editorials, news, & special features.	Fact Monster Get homework help & find facts on thousands of subjects, including sports, geography, history, biography, education, entertainment, & health.
Citing On-line Resources A guide for writing research papers based on Modern Language Association (MLA) documentation.	Electronic Reference Desk An index of ready reference sources, including phone books and government information.
Information Please Almanac Good for statistical information. Also includes a dictionary for an easy way to do vocabulary words.	LibrarySpot A great online library & reference information portal. Find top dictionaries, encyclopedias, newspapers, maps, genealogy tools, & more.
National Archives: the Digital Classroom Contains primary sources, activities, & training for educators & students.	Refdesk.com This portal site contains almanacs, books, dictionaries, encyclopedias, news, maps, & more.
Jay Computer Services Look up U.S. zip codes, Canadian postal codes, and U.S. and Canadian area codes.	U.S. Census Bureau Your source for social, demographic, and economic information.
Roget's Internet Thesaurus Find just the right words to use in your reports.	Big Chalk The education network.