Topic of the Week: Reference
Spotlight Site of the Week!
Fact Monster
This free reference site for students, teachers, and parents offers homework help and facts on thousands of subjects, including sports, entertainment, geography, history, biography, education, and health.
http://www.factmonster.com
Additional Sites:
- Internet Public Library: Reference
Here's the place to go for all your general reference needs! There are links to dictionaries, encyclopedias, almanacs, and other sites for homework help or just looking things up.
http://www.ipl.org/div/subject/browse/ref00.00.00 - Bartleby.com
Combines contemporary and classic reference works into a comprehensive public reference library.
http://www.bartleby.com/reference/ - Martindale's Reference Desk
Links to reference resources includes language centers, calculators, maps, science tables and various countries.
http://www.martindalecenter.com - LibrarySpot.com
A collection of reference resources available online as well as a directory of public, academic, and special libraries worldwide.
http://www.libraryspot.com - Refdesk.com
Refdesk is a free and family-friendly web site that indexes and reviews quality, credible, and current web-based resources.
http://www.refdesk.com
Judi's Corner
This week features the 175th anniversary of the birth of Louisa May Alcott:
Louisa May Alcott, the real woman who wrote Little Women
http://www.alcottfilm.com
The Louisa May Alcott people think they know was a New England spinster who wrote popular children's books. The real Louisa Alcott wrote hundreds of works of fiction, non-fiction, poetry, and drama.
Spotlight Class of the Week!
Mrs. Tenkely's Computer Class
Cherry Hills Christian School
Highlands Ranch, Colorado
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