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Internet Research Links

This page contains hand-picked web sites that are user-friendly and provide a lot of information for junior high school students to help with daily homework assignments or major projects.

If you need a break, try this:
Geography Country Guess Game!

RefDesk.com Great source for ALL kinds of information: An online reference library.
Dewey Browse Web sites organized by Dewey Classification System. Sounds weird, but it's really a cool place to find good internet sites.
Encyclopedia of World History Renowned historian Peter N. Stearns and thirty prominent historians have combined their expertise over the past ten years to perfect this comprehensive chronology of more than 20,000 entries that span the millennia from prehistoric times to the year 2000.
Kids World Homework Help Need help with your homework? This site will link you to internet resources selected by reference librarians. You can find sites for specific subjects or go to multi-subject sites. A great place to find information on many subjects.
Homework Spot Homework help, science fair project ideas, math help, and more.
Internet Public Library Provides all of the basic research tools such as dictionaries and encyclopedias that you would expect to find in a library.
The CIA World Factbook Current country profiles; maps; statistical information.
Information Please Almanac Web version of the print almanac plus a dictionary.
Lit Links After reading a great story, poem, play, essay, or critical article, you may want to know more. LitLinks are organized alphabetically by author within five genres.

 

United Nations CyberSchoolbus Sounds childish, but it's not! A global teaching and learning project. InfoNation lets you compare data for 5 countries at a time.
Printable Maps Do you need a simple prepared map that you can print at home or at school? This site has an expanding list of maps formatted to be viewed, printed, or downloaded.

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Full color physical and political maps plus data on countries.
Statistical Abstract of the United States Electronic version of the U.S. Government's #1 book of statistical data.
State Fact Sheets Demographic information for each state and a summary for the U.S.
Hangout NJ Discover trivia and interesting facts about our State.
Young Adult Library Services Assn. Booklists of all kinds from popular paperbacks to lists for the college-bound to lists of award winners and more.
Atlas of the Body American Medical Association diagrams of anatomical systems and organs with definitions and explanations.
scirus A search engine for scientific information only.
Multnomah County Library: Homework Center Oregon's Multnomah County Library presents a gateway to online resources on all kinds of topics; e.g. Social Issues, Science, Literature, History, Civil Rights, etc.
Gutenberg Project More than 13,000 ebooks free on the internet. Mostly older literary works that are in the public domain.
U. of Michigan Documents Center The Documents Center is a central reference and referral point for government information, whether local, state, federal, foreign or international. Its web pages are a reference and instructional tool for government, political science, statistical data, and news.
Statistical Abstract of the U.S. New 2004-05 Statistical Abstract with chart comparing previous periods.

Access to multiple databases at one time. You can search full-text magazines, journals, and encyclopedias state-wide.
From home you need a local library card #.
New York Times Obituaries Archive of obituaries - Good resource for biographies
National Geographic Homework Help from National Geographic: Animals, History, Geography, Maps, Science, Nature, Photos/Art
P.J. Pinchbeck's Homework Helper Links to over 700 sites created by a teenager for homework help.

Country Guessing Game!
The goal of this game is to guess a country name. The computer will randomly generate a country and give you three hints. Click on Guess for your first hint!

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West Essex Junior High School
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