Jackson County Library Services

Homework

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Databases -
Magazine and Journal Articles

Kids Search - Kindergarten through 5th Grade

Student Research Center - 6th through 12th Grades

TOPICsearch - Social, political & economic issues, and scientific discoveries for students

Searchasaurus - Elementary School Level

Primary Search - Elementary School Level

Middle Search Plus - Middle School Level

MASUltra - High School Level

Opposing Viewpoints - Information on Social Issues

EBSCO Animals - In-depth info relating to animals

Academic Search Premier - Academic journals

MasterFILE Premier - General

Newspaper Articles

Medford Mail Tribune

Newspaper Source - full text for nearly 30 national (U.S.) and international newspapers

New York Times

Oregonian

Online Reference eBooks (actual reference books you can use online without going to the library!)

Encyclopedia of Religion

Encyclopedia of World Biography

Gale Encyclopedia of Science

Grzimek's Animal Life Encyclopedia

U*X*L American Decades

Websites -

Research and Homework Help

L-net Homework Resource Page
oregonlibraries.net/homework

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.

Fugitive Facts
www.hennepin.lib.mn.us/pub/search/fff_public.html
Hennepin County Library has the hard-to-find facts here.

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

Homework Helper at Refdesk.com
www.refdesk.com/homework.html
Many useful Homework Help links.

How Stuff Works
www.howstuffworks.com
All you need to know about everything technological.

Information Please
www.infoplease.com/
The interactive almanac.

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

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

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.

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.

Research Resources for Teens
www.jcls.org/ya_research.html
Almanacs, Dictionaries, Encyclopedias and more.

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

Almanacs, Encyclopediae and dictionaries

Bartleby.com - Columbia Encyclopedia
www.bartleby.com/65/
Search the Columbia Encyclopedia, Roget's Thesaurus, Bartlett's Quotations and much more.

Calendar Zone
www.calendarzone.com
Everything imaginable about days, years and months.

Library Spot -- Encyclopedia
libraryspot.com/encyclopedias.htm
All kinds of encyclopediae can be found here.

The Old Farmer's Almanac
almanac.com/
A source of useful information since 1792!

World Almanac for Kids
http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/index.html
Facts, games and helpful stuff for kids ages 8 and up


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