Student Resources
This section of the Media Center website has been updated and offers information on the following:
Online Encyclopedias and Databases
Important Websites For Students To Know
To get to tips for doing your homework, click on Homework Tips.
To get advice on doing research, The Big6, and the Super3, click on Research Tips.
To go to Check This Out: Websites for projects, click on Project Websites.
To go to Check This Out: Time for A Break, click on Time for a Break.
To go to the webpage on Webquests, click Adventure.
Gardens behind Shakespeare's home in Stratford on Avon, England
The Beverly Public Library http://www.noblenet.org/Beverly/
The New Book of Knowledge Online Encyclopedia is available at this site.
The following databases for children are available through the Beverly Public Library website:
Big Chalk eLibrary
Infotrac Kids Edition (The Infotrac Junior Edition for grades 5-8 is also there.)
Kids Infobits
Encarta Encyclopedia is on-line at www.encarta.com
Factmonster is an online almanac with lots of information that is useful in school projects. You will find it at
Gardens by the door of Anne Hathaway's home (Shakespeare's wife)
Interior of the Globe Theater in London
Directories
KidsClick! http://www.kidsclick.org
Seven thousand sites which have already been evaluated by librarians as useful and accurate are searched for the answer to your question.
Multnomah County Library Homework Center http://www.multcolib.org/homework/
These sites have been selected for students in grades K-12. They have all been checked for accuracy.
700+ Great Web Sites http://www.ala.org/parentspage/greatsites/
This is a collection of sites for students in grades K-8 which have been reviewed by the American Library Association.
Dewey Browse http://www.deweybrowse.org/
This site is arranged in the same order as the library. Students click on the sections that they wish to find information and the range of information continues to narrow as the computer searches for the link between the question and the resources available.
Search Engines
Google http://www.google.com
This site is an advanced search engine. It offers you the opportunity to do boolean searches using the terms AND and OR. It can also look for pictures. ( A filter is available if your parents wish to use it.)
Ask Jeeves for Kids http:ajkids.com
This search engine lets you ask a question in a regular sentence. It's drawback is that it may not be able to answer the question if you haven't phrased it the way the creators of the site expected you to frame it. You may have to reword your question. It does not search the whole internet. It is however, geared to children.
Yahooligans http://www.yahooligans.com
This site has a large selection of answers to your questions. The page is very busy with extra information and may be difficult for young children to navigate.
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