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Online Reference Tools
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15 tools selected for K-12 research, provides state-funded resources free to all Ohio K-12 students and educators; username and password required for home access - see your library-media specialist
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INFOhio Electronic Resources for Grades K-5; username and password needed for home access - see your teacher or media specialist.
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INFOhio Electronic Resources for Grades 6-8; username and password needed for home access - see your teacher or media specialist.
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Schoolrooms Plus from INFOhio
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An "ads-free" link to Enchanted Learning; username and password required.
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FactMonster from Information Please. Online Almanac, Dictionary, Encyclopedia and Homework Center.
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The Internet Public Library: An online reference service organized into subject collections, ready references (encyclopedias, dictionaries, almanacs), books, magazines, newspaper and special collections.
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Library of Congress
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Kid Safe Search Engines
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Ask for Kids
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Awesome Library
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KidsClick!
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Yahoo! Kids
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Almanacs
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InfoPlease - Almanac
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World Almanac
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World Almanac for Kids
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Atlases
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Google Maps
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InfoPlease - Atlas
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Yahoo! Maps
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Dictionary / Thesaurus
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Dictionary.com
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Merriam-Webster Online
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Merriam Webster's Word Central
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Encyclopedias
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Microsoft Encarta Online Encyclopedia
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16,000 articles and more than 2,200 photos, illustrations, maps, charts, and tables; free
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Wikipedia
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almost 1.5 million articles in English; free
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Special Dictionaries
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Babel Fish
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Foreign Language Dictionary/Translator
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Biography.com
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Biographical Dictionary
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Resources
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The Ohio eBook Project
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Download audio books, ebooks and music. All you need is a valid library card from The Public Library of Cincinnati & Hamilton Co.
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Your link to thousands of online resources you can use to explore children's and young adult books and their authors. (Password required; ask your teacher or media specialist)
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An online collection of animated talking picture books, teaching young children the joys of reading in a format they'll love! Username and password required; ask your teacher or media specialist.
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An online collection of read-along titles for elementary, middle school, and high school students which features adjustable online text and complete audio narration. Username and password required; ask your teacher or media specialist.
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United Streaming
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For teachers; a collection of videos - full length and segments - for classroom viewing; username and password required.
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Digital Libraries
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American Museum of Natural History
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A collection of activities, articles, evidence and analysis and more, for educators, families, students and anyone interested in teaching or learning about science.
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Content Clips
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Searchable collection of digital clips including images, video and audio. Combine clips into multimedia presentations and classroom activities.
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Doing What Works
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Dedicated to helping educators identify and make use of effective teaching practices. (used to be ERIC)
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Exploratorium Digital Library
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Contains over 18,000 web pages exploring hundreds of different topics in science, art and human perception.
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Institute for Library and Information Literacy Education (ILILE)
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Promting information literacy in K-16 schools; includes lesson plans, pathfinders and content standard checklists.
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The Math Forum @ Drexel University
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Online resource for improving math learning, teaching, and communication.
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National Library of Virtual Manipulatives
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Online math manipulatives for K-12 classrooms
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National Science Digital Library
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The online library for education and research in science, technology. engineering and mathematics.
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Ohio Resource Center
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ORC enhances teaching and learning by promoting standards-based best practices in mathematics, science, and reading for Ohio schools. ORC serves as a trusted source of easily accessible, peer-reviewed, high-quality, and effective resources.
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Ohio Social Studies Resource Center
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Web-based resources for promoting the best teaching practices in social studies.
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Ohio Treasure Chest
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An online collection of thousands of websites which are high-quality, teacher-reviewed, interactive, and free; aligns directly to the Ohio Academic Content Standards.
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TeachEngineering Digital Library
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Teacher-tested, standards-based engineering content for K-12 teachers to use in science and math classrooms.
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