| Almanacs
and Encyclopedias:
 Grolier's
Encyclopedia - Encyclopedia articles on
hundreds of subjects, plus current news articles,
research topic ideas, and more.
Information Please Almanac - Factual information
and statistics on a wide variety of topics including
countries, sports, biographies, science, etc.
New
Book of Knowledge - A wide variety of information
including a world history timeline, projects and experiments,
homework help, literary selections (books and stories),
and much more.
World Book Online Reference Center - Not
only encyclopedia articles, but information about
current headline making events, today in history and
monthly features.
Biographies
Biography Resource Center - A comprehensive
database of more than 200,000 people throughout history,
across all disciplines and subject areas.
Something
About the Author Online
(Begins with Volume 153. Previous volumes available
in print format at the library.) Provides profiles
of children's authors and artists.
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Country
Information
Culturegrams for Kids - Maps, facts, and
other information about countries and states.
World Factbook
- Facts and maps about countries and other geographic
subjects such as time zones, etc.
Reading
Recommendations:
Novelist K-8
- This database is great for finding books similar
to your favorites.
Science
Reference:
New Book of Popular
Science - Science and techonology information,
plus science in the news.
Science Resource
Center - Search for science information
in this database of reference books, magazines, multimedia
and more!
Social
Studies:
America the Beautiful
- State by state history and current events.
Land and Peoples
- An encyclopedia of countries cultures and current
events.
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