Jackson County Library Services

Homework Help

Kids, We're Here To Help You!
Reference services and homework help are available at all Jackson County public libraries. Our librarians will assist children, parents, and teachers in locating and using books, magazines, newspapers, databases, and the Internet to find information.
Remember to bring your assignment with you to the library so we can help you more effectively. If the items you need are located at one of our branch libraries, we will reserve them for you to pick up at the library of your choice.

Let us know how we can assist you with your research, OR if we can recommend a good book to read...Just Ask!

For quick reference questions, please feel free to call your Regional Reference Center OR Ask a Question Online.

Newspaper In Education

Check out this Mail Tribune NIE site with pages for students, teachers and parents. Includes school news, Jackson County school links, college information, and cool links.

Homework Websites

There are thousands of great web sites on the internet, but it can be tough to find exactly what you want.
That's where librarians come in! We can show you how to use search
engines for your Internet research.

To get started try these great homework websites:

Oregon School Library Information System (OSLIS)
www.oslis.k12.or.us/elementary/howto/
Check out this site for "How To" information on doing research, choosing sources, searching the internet, citing works, and more.

Kid's Search Tools
www.rcls.org/ksearch.htm
Try this great site if you need a dictionary, encyclopedia, kid's web site, library web site, or other educational materials.

Multnomah County Library
www.multnomah.lib.or.us/lib/homework/
Homework help from Multnomah County Library.

KidsClick!
www.kidsclick.org/
Web search for kids by librarians.

Discovery Channel Homework Help: B.J. Pinchbeck's Homework Helper
school.discovery.com/homeworkhelp/bjpinchbeck/
B.J. is 14 years old. His site contains over 700 links to sites that will help you with your homework.

Homework Heaven
www.bigchalk.com
Educational Internet services to teachers, students, parents, librarians and school administrators in the K-12 educational and public library.

The Internet Public Library
www.ipl.org/youth
Homework help from the public library in cyberspace.

Yahooligans Reference
www.yahooligans.com/reference
Links to web reference tools.

Google
www.google.com
Good for searching and great for Images.


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