A search box AND topic-indexed searches available. This is what we call a subject directory - made by librarians for students!
The Internet Public Library is a public service organization and a learning/teaching environment founded at the University of Michigan School of Information and hosted by Drexel University's College of Information Science & Technology.
A smaller list of hits from Google is one of the features that makes this great for students. Resources in the Awesome Library have been reviewed for child-safe content, but adult supervision is still appropriate. Children can leave the Awesome Library; its doors are not locked. Children can find additional resources on the World Wide Web through unfiltered search engines that are commonly available.
A bit difficult to cite as a research project source, but often just the ticket for a quick answer.
Tells you what the word means and also pronounces it.
Ninja Words - a really fast dictionary
It is - REALLY fast. But sometimes the definitions will have lots of other words you don't know. Be sure you click on those words to get more definitions - really fast.
Help with words when reading and writing
Better than a dictionary or thesaurus - but similar.
THIS IS NOT A SEARCH ENGINE. It's a collection of online resources for Wisconsin residents. Magazine and newspaper databases, Kids Search and Searchasaurus for reference materials students can actually read! You may need to use your public library card number to login, but you don't need to register or pay to use this site.
LittleClickers Subject Directory
This site (sponsored by Computer Explorers) is a collection of educational web sites for children in the 3- to 12-year age range. LittleClickers is a monthly column published in Children's Technology Review.
Our favorite reference book, online!!
Wolfram Alpha Computational Knowledge Engine
This site will calculate most anything: how many days old you are, the distance between two places and how long it will take to travel by car or plane, regular mathematical formulas, currency conversions.....