General Search Engines
Education World		500,000+ sites chosen for students and educators. Enter keyword(s).

Science Search Engines
The "Why Files"		Search 100's of articles about "the science behind the news" from the Univ. of Wisc.-Madison Enter keyword(s).
SeaWorld Animal Info. Database		Text and pictures. Enter keyword(s).

History Search Engines
American Memory	All Collections Photos and Prints Documents Maps Sound Recordings Motion Pictures Find plurals and variations Find exact word	American History Collection, Library of Congress. Enter keyword(s) or phrase.
Yahooligans! History		For students ages 7-12. Enter keyword(s).
The History Channel		The online version of A&E's History Channel. Enter keyword(s) or phrase.

Image Search Engines
Pics4Learning		Copyright-friendly images for education. Enter keyword (or phrase in quotes).
American Memory	Photos and Prints Maps Find plurals and variations Find exact word	American History Collection, Library of Congress. Enter keyword(s) or phrase.

Encyclopedias
Britannica Concise		Click on a title to see the entire article. Enter keyword, phrase or question.
Encyclopedia.com		The Columbia Encyclopedia. Enter keyword(s) or phrase.

Dictionaries and Thesauruses
Merriam-Webster Dictionary	(Press Return/Enter)	The trusted source. Enter a word.
RhymeZone	Find perfect rhymes Match last sound only Find homophones Find semantic siblings Find synonyms Get related words Spell check	Formerly the Semantic Rhyming Dictionary. Enter a word. Click the popup box to select an option.

Biographies, Authors
Biography.com		Over 25,000 biographies; many with picture. Enter full name or last name.
Yahooligans Authors		Over 300 authors. Enter full name, first name or last name.
Children's Literature Web Guide	Browse Authors and Illustrators	Directory. Browse to locate author.

Maps
Geography: Merriam-Webster's Atlas	Easy-to-use atlas of countries and states. Click a pop-up box and select a map.
National Geographic Xpedition Atlas	Includes black & white maps made especially for printing (use landscape mode). Click on the map or click the pop-up box to select a map.
Atlapedia	Physical and political regional maps of the world.
National Geographic Map Machine	Super maps, but complicated to use. To find a specific place, type it into the "Find a Place" box.

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Last updated November 18, 2006.
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