Reference & Research

Search Engines

• KidsClick

• Kiddle

• KidRex

• Google / Google Spanish

• Bing

• Oolone Visual Search

• Sweet Search

• Wolfram Alpha

Other Search Tools

• Tricks for Searching by Reading Level

• EasyBib - Citation Resource

• Research In Context

• Kid InfoBits

Encyclopedias

• World Book

• Wikipedia

Dictionaries

• AllWords

• Dictionary.com

• Rhyming Dictionary

• Visual Dictionary

• Spanish-English Dictionary

• English-Spanish Math Terms

• English-Spanish Computer Terms

Maps & Atlases

• Fact Monster Atlas

• Map of Illinois

• Perry-Castaneda Map Library

• MapMachine

• Google Maps

• Google Earth

• Bing Maps

• U.S. History Map

Government

• White House

• Illinois Government

• PBS Democracy Project

Demographics

• Census Bureau

• State Master (statistics)

• World Bank Data

• Illinois @50States.com

Weather

• WeatherBug @GWMS

• Yahoo Weather

• Weather Channel Local

Museums & Local Attractions

• Museum of Science and Industry (also known as the Palace of Fine Arts for the 1893 Columbian Exposition, or World's Fair)

• Field Museum

• Art Institute of Chicago

• Shedd Aquarium

• Adler Planetarium

• Brookfield Zoo

• Lincoln Park Zoo

• Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum

• Illinois State Museum

• Garfield Park Conservatory

• Illinois and Michigan Canal

• Morton Arboretum