General Homework Help Sites | Online Reference | Databases | Citation Styles
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General Homework Help Sites
Welcome to All Hands on Deck: Learning Adventures Aboard ‘Old Ironsides’ on-line!
American History facts online.
Make it easy. Also en español.
Data on every country.
A great way to practice vocabulary skills.
Teaching the power of digital media.
A great place to start research for that American History paper.
A subject guide on Homeschooling courtesy of the Forbes Library.
Information to help you with life, school, friends, and work. You'll find articles written especially to help you solve problems, links to web sites you can use for homework, and a place to ask questions.
To help us think, talk and teach about the rights and responsibilities of citizens in our democracy, we invite you to explore 100 milestone documents of American history.
Homework help by topic.
Will help to manage your time for big assignments.
Links to great sites on all kinds of topics, specially selected by the librarians at Forbes.
Brush up on your geography.
Online Reference
Find the meanings and definitions of words.
Online dictionary and thesaurus.
Visual Dictionary online.
Find synonyms and antonyms of words.
Online Visual Dictionary.
All the words.
Databases
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from Facts.com, a unique online resource of clear, concise, and balanced explanations of the most contentious issues in American history. It combines authoritative factual accounts with in-depth explanations of opposing points of view and numerous special features, so students and other users can quickly grasp the essentials of even the most complex historical topics.
Biographies, timelines, background articles, photographs, and maps augment the curriculum-based coverage of historical events. Carefully selected primary documents, linking directly to the factual coverage, give the points of view on all sides of the debates as they were promulgated at the time.
Designed for students in junior high and middle school, with magazines, newspapers and reference books (most are full-text) for information on current events, the arts, science, popular culture, health, people, government, history, sports and more.
(Log in with your library card number as "user name" and create a password that you can remember.)
Middle school and high school math and reading practice tests, plus SAT, ACT, Advanced Placement Tests, College Entrance Exams, and more -- QuickStart Guide (PDF)
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Now with over 1,100 titles, cross searchable with eBooks, this periodical database is designed for high-school students with access to a variety of indexed and full-text magazines, newspapers, podcasts, and reference books for information on current events, the arts, science, popular culture, health, people, government, history, sports and more.
This suite of databases includes the complete contents of Salem Press's Encyclopedia of Global Resources, Forensic Science, and The Solar System, in a searchable online format. Provided by Forbes Library -- requires a 14-digit Forbes Library card to log in.
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Science Online is a complete reference database containing thousands of entries covering animal anatomy, anthropology and archaeology, astronomy and space technology, atomic physics, biochemistry, biology, botany, chemistry, computer science, earth science, environmental science, general science, genetics, health and medicine, human anatomy and physiology, marine science, physics, and weather and climate.
SIRS Researcher contains relevant, current information on social issues. It includes carefully selected articles, primary source documents, websites, charts, maps, and illustrations chosen for relevancy, credibility, and curricular applicability. It's a great place to start student research. Features include Leading Issues, The World Almanac Excerpts, Focus on Terrorism, Maps of the World, Today’s News and Historic Documents.
SIRS Interactive Citizenship presents basic enduring topics and dynamically links them to current information so users can understand how the past influences the present.
Citation Styles
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The Free Automatic Bibliography and Citation Maker.
This page updated November 2, 2012.