Almanacs
- FactMonster’s Almanac
Information on the World, US, People Words, Science, Math, Sports
- The Farmer’s Almanac
- The Old Famer’s Almanac
Atlas
- Color Landform Atlas of the US
Relief, county, and black and white maps of the states
- Infoplease Atlas
FactMonster’s World Atlas
- Information about Countries
FactMonster’s Country Profiles
- MapQuest
Find a location in the US by typing its address. Get driving directions too!
- TerraFly
Aerial photos and videos
- TerraServer
Satellite images and photos, worldwide
- Xpeditions Atlas
Maps for printing and viewing
Graphics
- Britannica Encyclopedia Image Sources
Free image sources from Britannica Encyclopedia! Username: hcsd Password: hcsd
- Photo Bucket
a photo sharing site
- Flickr
A great photo sharing website
- Pics4Learning
Thousands of photos and clipart
- ClipArt for Microsoft Programs
Design Gallery Live
- Barry’s Clipart Server
Huge collection of clipart, photos, backgrounds, etc.
- TrekEarth
A wonderful source of photos from around the world
- Awesome Clipart for Kids
- 3-D Text Maker
- Cool Archive
Clipart, buttons, backgrounds, bars, icons and more
- Cool Notions
Backgrounds and animated gifs
- Free MIDI & MP3 Sound Files
- GifsNow
Animated gifs
- IconBazaar
Tons of icon size images
- MIDI Farm
Free song files
- Sound Effect MP3s
from SimplytheBest website
Dictionaries
- FactMonster’s Dictionary
- Webster’s Disctionary
A collegiate dictionary
- WordCentral Dictionary
Encyclopedias
- Encarta Online Home
- Encyclopedia.com
- FactMonster’s Encyclopedia
Articles from the Columbia Encyclopedia
- Wikipedia
An open-source encyclopedia which can be edited by anyone.
News
- ABCNews.com
- BBC News Source
British Broadcasting Corp
- CNN News
- Columbus Dispatch
- Electronic Elementary Magazine
- New York Times AP Wire
You will have to signup to use this site
- Scholastic News
- Time For Kids
- Total News
- USA Today
- Wikinews
Reference Tools
- Blended Learning Tools
A Google Presentation featuring links and descriptions to many blended learning tools and resources for various tasks.
- Citation Machine
Easy to use tool for creating citations in MLA format.
- Citation Maker
Helps you make MLA bibliographies
- INFOhio
A collection of reference resources
- NoodleTools
Noodle Tools will help you find the information you are looking for. Helps you with building a Bibliography and finding Research info.
- NoteTakingHelp
Advice about improving notetaking skills.
- Online College Courses
Open Courseware: Access a database filled with open courseware options from leading universities.
- SAT Question of the Day
A new question each day shows percentage of correct and incorrect responses, and explains the correct answer
Thesaurus
Web Site Construction Help
- Bravenet
Collection of counters, graphics, many other goodies for your website
- Build Your Own Web Blog
- Hilliard Insider
Teachers can create their own classroom web pages, upload documents and share lesson plans