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Encyclopedias
Dictionary
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Visual Dictionary: Visual Dictionary: The Merriam-Webster Dictionary with accurate pictures (see the picture of a heart as a sample; find search box on left hand side of page:
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KnowPlay?
Simplify your life with this handy-dandy site. Access an online dictionary, thesaurus, encyclopedia, rhyming dictionary, and CIA Fact Book all on one site, not to mention the quotation, acronym, and artist searches.
Study Guides and Helps
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iTools: Search Tools – web search, Google video search, ask other people, web directory, discussion groups, find person; Language tools - dictionary, word lookup, computer terms, text translator, webpage translator, thesaurus, Research tools – encyclopedia, new papers & magazines, biographies Quotations, telephone area codes, topic guides:
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Study guide strategies - Preparing, learning studying, reading skills, project management, research, preparing for a test, test taking, writing basics, writing types, vocabulary/spelling, resources, math, science and technology (available in many languages)
Research
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Citation Site - Helps with MLA, APA, Chicago for many different types of materials
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Online Citations - Shows the recommended methods of documenting in MLA, APA, Chicago, CBE and other styles
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Online Databases for Research
Newspapers
- Custom Newspapers: full text from over 150 worldwide newspapers: Has basic search, advanced search, magazine/journal search capabilities and subject search guide.
- Newspaper Source: Cover-to-cover full text for 35 U.S. and international newspapers: Has basic search, advanced search, magazine/journal search capabilities and subject search guide.

- National Geographic - Daily News
USA Government & History
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World History - (
High School Ace Website) Academic resources for high school students
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Social Studies
- High School Social Studies – (homeworkspot.com) current events & articles:
- Heritage Quest - search US federal censuses 1970-1930, family & local histories, tax lists, city directories, probate records, Revolutionary War; Freedman’s Bank – to serve African Americans; US Serial Set: Search for information about people and places in the Memorials, Petitions and Private Relief Actions of the U.S. Congress.
- CIA World Factbook
Kansas State History and Current Informaton
Government Information
Kansas Research & History
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Kansas History: Places, People, Wagon West: Oregon Trail & Santa Fe, Longhorn Cattle & Cattle Towns, Building Kansas, Abolitionists, Bleeding: http://skyways.lib.ks.us/history/
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Women
Science
- Periodical Table: http://periodic.lanl.gov/default.htm
- WebElements: The Periodic Table on the Web: Not only a chart but also has information on each element within the periodic table. Where it is found, history etc… also with bionary compounds and complexes: http://www.webelements.com/compounds/
- General Chemistry Online
- ChemTutor
- Chemistry - (High School Ace Website) Academic resources for high school students
- Biology - (High School Ace Website) Academic resources for high school students
- Physics - (High School Ace Website) Academic resources for high school students
- Earth Science - (High School Ace Website) Academic resources for high school students
- Astronomy & the Planets, etc - From Stargazers to Starships: High school level: Astronomy of the Earth's motion in space; Solar system ; Newtonian mechanics. ; The Sun and related Physics; Spaceflight and spacecraft (to Mars); The Doppler Effect;Waves & Photons; Atoms, Nuclei, Black Holes, Nueclear power and weapons; A Math Refresher- algebra, trigonometry, alogrithims; Helpful Material including Glossary ; Questions and Answers ;A Timeline; A guide, problems, concepts, article in "The Physics Teacher.") A set of Lesson Plans; NASA site: Objects and phenomena currently visible on the night sky; Translations into Spanish by J. M. Mendez, H. Chávez, et al. French by Dr. Guy Batteur. Italian by Giuliano Pinto: http://www-spof.gsfc.nasa.gov/stargaze/Iintro.htm
- Mad Scientist: Answers on Everything from Anatomy to Zoology
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National Geographic- Animals, Daily News, Green Guide, History, Kids, Maps, Music, Photography, Science & Space, Travel & Cultures, Video
Computer
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Computer Database: news & reviews of hardware, software, electronics, engineering, communication and technology applications.
Math
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Math Forum: Internet Math Library – Great place to find help with all kinds of math especially for high school and college levels: Gives examples, explanations. Also helpful to any adults, parent and teacher
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Math Help: Professor Freedman - a mixture of sound, humor, color, animation and graphics with lots of help for the "math anxious" student. Its aim is to give students a self-directed and entertaining way to learn basic math and algebra- with some video clips on helpful hints to solving problems with math
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QuickMath – Ways to find quick answers to problems: http://www.quickmath.com/
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Math - (High School Ace Website) Academic resources for high school students
Money
Biographies
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Biography.com -This site provides links to biographies of 20,000 personalities
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English / Literature
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English - (
High School Ace Website) Academic resources for high school students
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Sparksnotes - Sparky notes on every subject to help you with your homework
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Farmers Almanac (for the current year) – lots of information on calendars, definition or word for the day, home, weather, gardening, astronomy (tides, moon, surnrise etc.) food, advice, community, gardening
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NoveList: Find more to read based on what you already know and like.
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Literature Resource Center: covering over 130,000 writers – Searches “Persons” Country; Searches “Works” (type – like art, fiction, folktale, classics graphic novels, diaries, biographies) and between 20th Century B.C to 21st Century AD.; Basic and Adavnced searches available too.
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Map of Kansas Literature – This site provides biographical information, samples of poems, a list of their works and any websites linked to their name. Simply click on the city of your choice and the famous authors can be found. Then simply click on the authors name or picture and the information about the person will be displayed. A listing of the cities is also found to the right of the screen; which may also be used. Scroll down and find all the pictures of the authors and their names and find the information easily this way as well
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Project Guttenberg: Free Books Online: Project Gutenberg is the brainchild of Michael Hart, who in 1971 decided that it would be a really good idea if lots of famous and important texts were freely available to everyone in the world.
Foreign Languages
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Foreign Languages - (
High School Ace Website) Academic resources for high school students
Geography / Ecosystems / Weather
- Maps of the World: Perry-Castañeda Library Map Collection
- Time Measurements and various subjects on solar time, atomic time, time zones, legal time, navigation, computer time zones protocols (manually scroll to the top of the page to find information)
- World Time Zone – includes current map and current times, just by clicking on an area the map allows the viewer to go to a smaller area of space to view its time zones and gives better details of that area
- Ecosystems of Our World
- National Geographic’s – Forces of Nature
- Garbage and Recycling to protect our EcoSytstem
- National Geographic Animals, Daily News, Green Guide, History, Maps, Photography, Video
Health
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Health Reference Center Academic, 1980 – present: Has basic and advanced searches, subject and periodical searches in full text and peer reviewed articles on health, nursing.
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Kansas Health Online - Find out how to stay healthy, understand your medical condition, how information can work for you. Also tools to compare hospitals, find doctors and information about healthy lifestyles to help you make healthy choices.
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Internet Libraries: Lots of Information to Sift Through
Auto Repair
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Chilton’s Auto Repair: Quick online access to repair, maintenance and service information on the most popular cars, trucks, vans and SUVs on the road today.
Colleges / Military Preparation and Information
Military Academies Preparation and Information
All items with the
logo are resources provided by the State Library of Kansas located at the website : http://www.kslib.info/index.html
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Last updated 08-19-09