General Reference

5000 Collegiate Words with Brief Definitions Speak and write with an Ivy League graduate's vocabulary!

America's Most (and Least) Stressful Cities The "Sperling Stress Index" is applied (unemployment rate, divorce rate, commute time, violent and property crime rates, suicide rate, alcohol consumption, self-reported "poor mental health", and number of cloudy days).

ARTFL Project: ROGET'S Thesaurus Search Form Are you looking for a word? Do you have a word but it's just not quite the one that you're looking for? On this site, just type-in the word and the "Wordsmyth" will present you with synonyms and antonyms.

Beck’s Law Dictionary A compendium of International Law terms and phrases.

Call Numbers This site explores an introduction to understanding and using library call numbers.

CBC 4 Kids: Time Section Find out some interesting historical facts and holidays.

Children's Television Workshop From the folks who brought us Bert, Ernie, Big Bird and Cookie Monster! A host of activities and ideas from this popular TV show!

Civilizations - From Canada In English and French. This site offers a portal into Canadian history and culture for both English and French speaking students.

Congress.org From Capitol Advantage. Gives contact some background information for U.S. elected officials. Includes President down to local governments within each state. Searchable by place or zip code.

Digital Atlas of New York City Includes statistics on population, race, income and poverty levels.

Discovery School Great resources for teachers and students.

Duhaime's Law Dictionary Covers legal terms A to Z.

eHow.com Offers more than 15,000 staff-written, reviewed and edited step-by-step project solutions. Projects range from changing the oil in your car to planning a butterfly garden to negotiating a raise.

Encyclopedia of North American Indians Houghton Mifflin's 1996 encyclopedia includes 447 entries for 100 tribes, individuals, languages, treaties, arts and traditions. "Nearly half the tribal entries...were prepared by tribal members." Includes maps. Alphabetical topic list.

Encyclopedia Smithsonian Get encyclopedia type information on the topics of Armed Forces History, Anthropology, Mineral Sciences, Musical History, Physical Sciences, Services, Textiles, Conservation, Transportation History, and Vertebrate Zoology.

Encyclopedia.com Do you want to know about something? Find out the answers to your many questions on this online encyclopedia site!

Ethnologue This site lists the languages spoken, religions, and populations in countries around the world. It also lists the world population that speaks each language.

Euro Docs Western Europe Primary Source historical documents.

Family Education Network Check out this site for parents, teachers and caregivers. Separated according to age group, you can help find ways to entertain your little one and read articles that pertain to our educational system.

Federal Holidays Federal holidays for several years from the U.S. Office of Personnel Management.

Flashcard Exchange Discover all kinds of flashcards for all ages that you can either print or practice online. Find flashcards for science, early childhood, information technology, medicine and more!

Foreign Consular Offices in the United States This publication contains a complete and official listing of the foreign consular offices in the United States compiled by the U.S. Department of State.

Free Education on the Internet Free-Ed is committed to providing an online, virtual university for students, teachers, home schoolers, laypersons, and anyone else who has an interest in continuing or supplementing their education.

Geobop World Encyclopedia Explore a vast world of knowledge at this site! Covers world countries, states, animals, paleontology and scores of other topics. A must see site!

Girlstart.com Hey girls, take charge! Get homework help and find out about girls' technology camps.

Great American History Fact-Finder You can spend a whole school year at this site. Hundreds of articles in an A to Z format. Check it out!

Highway Signs This site is interesting and fun to look through. Take a peek at highway signs from all over the world; maybe you've seen some in your travels? For almost every sign, a brief synopsis is given to explain the historical significance.

Historic Figures Brief biographies about more than 300 "movers and shakers of history" from the BBC.

InfoPlease Almanac for Kids This is a special version of the popular almanac with topics organized for kids.

Internet Library for Librarians Designed especially for librarians. Key resources on the Internet.

Library of Congress Catalog The Library of Congress Online Catalog is a database of records representing the vast collection of materials held by the Library.

Library Science Games Choose from over 20 interactive games on Library Science topics.

Law.com Legal Dictionary The real-life dictionary of the law, with over 2,500 legal terms defined in easy-to-read format.

Mayors at a Glance Database Searchable database of U.S. mayors.

Medical History of American Presidents This resource, by a physician, "tabulates the illnesses of American Presidents and other notable people." In addition to the presidents, the site discusses the health of American vice presidents and presidential candidates.

Merriam-Webster Online The complete dictionary, thesarus and language center from Merriam-Webster.

Mr.Rogers' Neighborhood Come and visit Mister Rogers and his Neighborhood. Sing along and play activities!

National Geographic for Kids News stories from National Geographic for Kids.

National Geographic Homework Help Pictures, articles, maps and more on National Geographic’s top subjects. Perfect for reports, presentations and more!

National Register Information System NRIS is a database of information about places listed on or determined eligible for the National Register of Historic Places.

New York Public Library Picture Collection Online 30,000 digitized images from books, magazines and newspapers as well as original photographs, prints and postcards, mostly created before 1923 from the New York Public Library Picture Collection.

New York State High School Regents Exam Prep Center This site aims to help high school students meet the New York State Regents requirements in English, mathematics, science, and social studies.

NYKids! Positive Educational activities for kids from WNYC Radio.

One Look Dictionary Search Searches for the word you enter in 757 general and specialized online dictionaries. Will define or translate the word. Can help you spell the word also.

One World: Nations On Line A vast treasure trove of information on all the world’s nations.

Online Symbolism Dictionary This site provides definitions to common words used in works of literature.

PBS Online Take a look at all of the PBS programs online! There are virtual adventures, games, lessons, stories, reference materials, history, science, and math.

Picture Dictionary Enchanted Learning's picture dictionary provides learning activities for K-3.

POPClock Projection A daily update of the U.S. population by the U.S. Census Bureau. For more information go to the U.S. Census Home Page.

Prongo Play academic games! This site will allow you to have fun while you learn.

Quia! Play hundreds of educational games at this site! Whether you want to brush up on your Math, learn about Chemistry, or practice your German, this site will provide you with a fun way to do so.

Rhymezone Are you writing a poem? If you need rhyming words, just type the word in and hundreds of rhyming words will lead you to the perfect poem.

Science Service Historical Image Collection A Smithsonian collection that represents twentieth-century scientific research consisting of images and original captions as they appeared in period publications.

Ships of the World: An Historical Encyclopedia An absolute reference with hundreds of ships cited. This is a must-see site on ships!

Smithsonian Kid's Castle A complete assortment of great activities for kids from Smithsonian Magazine.

Study Skills Self-Help Information Find out how you can develop better study skills.

Superfund Sites From the Environmental Protection Agency. Superfund sites searchable by location.

Supreme Court Decisions This site provides credits, conditions, context, structure of Supreme Court Decisions and selected historic decisions. It can be searched by topic and keyword.

Test Prep Review Provides self-assessment module quizzes and basic information about a large number of university entrance exams, including the SAT, ACT, LSAT, CBEST, MCAT, and many more. Includes general information on how to take a test, and links for college contacts.

The Mental Edge The Mental Edge presents ways to help students study for the SAT and the ACT. There are also 1900 study reviews (linked) for Elementary, Middle and High School level students.

The Nobel Foundation Learn about the Nobel Prize winners and the background history of the Nobel Prize, given to only a select few.

The Nobel Prize Internet Archive Covers Physics, Chemistry, Literature, Peace, Economics, Physiology & Medicine and a Nobel trivia quiz.

The Old Farmer's Almanac Information on astronomy, including tides, solar and lunar eclipses, sun and moon rise and set times; weather, including 7-day and long-range forecasts, hurricanes, weather history from 1994; gardening; and food.

The Rudiments of Wisdom Encyclopedia Includes thousands of cartoons covering almost anything you'd like to know! Originally drawn over a period of 14 years for the Observer newspaper, you'll find information on animals, art, science, sports and 16 other subjects.

The Teenager's Guide The Teenager's Guide explains the immutable facts of life that every successful adult learns in one way or another. Check it out!

The UC Atlas of Global Inequality Maps, graphics and data for research on the "interaction between global integration (globalization) and inequality." Reports by countries or regions, economic, education, gender, health, population, technology and media. High School Lvl.

The World Clock What time is it in Athens or in Rome? Find out on the World Clock.

Thesaurus.com Check out this online thesaurus that will tell you synonyms for all words instantly.

Time 100: Choosing the Century's Most Influential People Time magazine's assessment of the 100 most influential people of this century.

Timelines of History An amazing site, packed full of historical facts around the world from ancient to current times. What you cannot find elsewhere, you will probably find it here.

U.S. Blue Pages This site is modeled after the blue government pages in a telephone book. Find telephone and TTY numbers and links to Web sites for federal agencies grouped by function rather than name. A good place to find the locations and numbers of local offices.

Universal Declaration of Human Rights The historic act adopted by the United Nations in 1948.

Webster Search Form This new and revised, unabridged version of Webster's 1913 Dictionary contains 109,562 entries! Just type-in the word to find out its meaning.

What is a dollar worth? From the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis; put in a dollar amount and a year, then specify another year and the computer will calculate the cost of the same goods in the specified year.

Word Central Look up words F-A-S-T in the student dictionary and find out what the daily buzzword is!

World Almanac for Kids Now the bestselling book has a companion Web site -- The World Almanac for Kids Online.

WWWebster Dictionary Type-in a word when you need a definition, then click to search. This site will provide you with a definition and then you can look at the Thesaurus to find similar words.