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Copyright
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REFERENCE SOURCES
General Reference Links
Books and information on the web
Information Please Almanac
Art
Virtual Kaleidoscope
Draw a design and create your own kaleidoscope
English Language Arts
Acronym Finder
Over 100,000 acronyms are defined.
The Encyclopedia Mythica
Search for information on mythology, folklore and legend.
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations
Search for quotations from literature
Glossary of Poetic Terms
Definitions and phonetic pronunciations are located at this site.
Online Picture Dictionary
Browse for words and see a picture
Online Symbolism Dictionary
This is a useful approach to discovering what a particular symbol may mean.
Thesaurus.com
Language resources, word games, and even a language translator
Banned Books Week
This is a good site for information on book banning. It contains an explanation of intellectual freedom and its importance, notable First Amendment court cases and links to other Internet censorship resources.
BookBrowse: The Guide for Avid Readers
This is an excellent readers advisory site with an extensive collection of reading lists.
Columbia University's Bartleby Library
A comprehensive full text index of classics of poetry and prose is located here.
Poets & Writers Online
This online version of the Directory of American Poets and Fiction Writers contains almost 4,000 names and addresses (including e-mail, if available) of writers.
Project Gutenberg
Check out what great works of literature are available in their entirety on the Internet.
Math
Math Fun Facts
Science
Calendars from the sky
How Astronomy was used in the development of calendars
Extreme Weather Sourcebook
How extreme weather affects economy and society
Zoltan Takacs HomeBase
Nature photographs
Social Studies
Major World Religions