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King's On-line Searching and Reference Help

 Click here for: Online Reference sites

1.  Safe-Search Resources for Kids:

• Yahooligans  Search Engine (k-6)

• Kids Click Search Engine (k-6)

• Ask Jeeves for Kids (Kids Type in question, it searches for answers)

• Ask.com  Search Engine (4-12)

• Google Search Engine (4-12)

• A9

• WiseNut  

• Kids Tools ( One Page with all search engines listed)

• Ask an Expert (Ask an expert a question on any topic)

• List of Zoos on the Internet

• List of Aquariums on the Internet

• List of Museums on the Internet

• Enchanted Learning  ( k-6 reference help)

• Surfing the Net with Kids ( reference links for a variety of topics for all ages)                    

• Library of Congress 

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2.  Online Encyclopedias:

• Britannica Online Encyclopedia
   

• Britannica Online Encyclopedia (en Espanol)
   

• Encarta Encyclopedia
   

• Encarta Dictionary
   

• Encarta Atlas
  

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4.            Internet Public Library...Youth Section

5.     Online Dictionaries/Thesaurus :

• WWWebster Dictionary

•    Merriam Webster's Word Central for Kids
   

•     BUZZ  Word of the Day
   

• Visual Thesaurus 
   

•           Picture Dictionary

             (979 Illustrated entries with additional links and classroom activities)

• Activities to go with Little Explorer Dictionary

• Little Explorer... English/Spanish [click on letters at top of page.. words in English and Spanish]

6.   Resources for World Facts:

• Portals of the World (by Library of Congress) 

•   World Fact Book 2000

• World Flag Database

•    Information Please Almanac

• Kids Information Please [ Fact Monster]

• Yahooligans! Kids' Almanac  

• World Almanac for Kids  

• Country Studies (Library of Congress)

• World Atlas of Maps

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last update 02/10/08