Online References

This digital resource gives information about all countries around the world and each state in the United States. You learn interesting facts as well as political and cultural factual information. As this is a subscription, you'll need to sign in.

CIA Worldfactbook presents a free up-to-date information on all countries of the world.

Topical maps available for free.

You can find all types of geographic information available here.

This free site offers full color political and physical maps with country facts for all countries.

This online encyclopedia offers articles for elementary, middle, and high school. Other resources offered may be primary sources, video, and images. Citations can be copied and pasted into Noodle Tools.

Online, free encyclopedia for 1st through 8th grade.

Free, online encyclopedia, from Columbia Encyclopedia.

How almost ANYTHING works--this is a fascinating site about everything!

Health information for students from the CDC.

Nutrition and other information for kids from the government.

Government resources.

Online, free dictionary--a little on the British side. Your can create your own lists as well.

Another free online dictionary.

Can you rhyme? I can't! Here's a great place for help.

Another search for rhymes, but it's not as pretty.

A free, online thesaurus.

A really cool way to find synonyms.

Another online thesaurus.

The Farmer's Almanac is FAMOUS for weather predictions, gardening advice, and even recipes.

Barlett is the famous place for quotations!