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HOMEWORK
HELPER CENTER
Libraries, Newspapers, TV
Newsrooms, Dictionaries, Thesauruses
& the like,
Study
Guides,
and the
rest
- LIBRARIES . . .
- Library
of Congress (or here)
Guess where this link takes you . . .
- Librarian's Index to the Internet (LII) A searchable, annotated subject
directory of more than 7,600 Internet resources selected and
evaluated by librarians for their usefulness to users of public
libraries
- Metropolitan Cooperative Library System
(MCLS)
is an association of public libraries in the greater Los Angeles
area
- Ohio
Public Library Information Network
- California
State Library
- Internet
Public Library Just like your local
public library but on the Internet and maybe, Bigger!
- LibrarySpot A library of libraries. If ain't here, it ain't
anywhere ! ! !
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- TV
NEWSROOMS . . .
- MSNBC Constantly
changing front page of the Microsoft/NBC website
- KCBS (channel 2, here in Los Angeles)
- KNBC (channel 4, here in Los Angeles)
- KTLA (channel 5, here in Los Angeles)
- KABC (channel 7, here in Los Angeles)
- KCAL (channel 9, here in Los Angeles)
- KTTV (channel 11, here in Los Angeles)
- KCOP (channel 13, here in Los Angeles)
- KCET (PBS channel 28, here in Los Angeles)
- KVEA - Telemundo (Spanish-speaking television channel 52, here
in Los Angeles)
- KLCS (Los Angeles Unified School District channel 58,
here in Los Angeles)
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- DICTIONARIES,
THESAURUSES and the like . . .
- STUDY
GUIDES . . .
- Study Guides and Strategies
from University of St.Thomas at St. Paul, Minnesota
- Study Guides Prepared
by the staff of Counseling Services at Georgia College &
State University
- Study Skills from
Indiana Career and Postsecondary Advancement Center at the Indiana
University - Bloomington
- Dr.
Ah-Clem Topics include study, exam,
& writing skills, test anxiety, financial aid sources and
selecting a college
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- BOOKS
ONLINE . . .
- Carnegie Mellon's The
English Server houses thousands of documents related to the
arts and humanities
- Great
Books Online Such samples as Roget’s
Thesaurus, Bartlett Familiar Quotations, Dictionary of Phrase
and Fable, and Inaugural Addresses of the Presidents of the United
States
- How
Stuff Works Here is the online
equivalent of the book
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- and
the rest . . . are here on Gilligan's . . .
- EServer (English Server) 44 collections on such diverse topics as contemporary art, race, Internet studies, drama, design, multimedia, accessible publishing and current political and social issues.
- Subject LaunchPad Hosted by Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, Scotland
- OZedWeb This site has been developed to offer free resources for educators and students with a slight humourous edge (dull or sharp, you decide)
- The San Diego Historical Society An educational and cultural institution dedicated to preserving and sharing our growing historical collections and extensive archives
- Bigchalk World Wide Web resource for all sorts links to help elementary, middle, and high school students with their homework
- Literacy Network of Greater Los Angeles Network of approximately 250 literacy service programs operating in Southern California. Membership includes educators, librarians, consultants, and other champions of literacy within the corporate, non-profit, and government sectors.
- Dialogue-On-Freedom A national program exploring American values and civic traditions through classroom dialogue between lawyer or judges and high school students.
- Douglass Electronic archive of American oratory and related documents from American rhetorical history
- United States Geological Service (USGS) Resources for all things earth-bound
- SearchEDU.com Over 15 million university and education pages indexed and searchable
- RefTools Contains a myriad of calculators, tools and other reference material for you to grab hold of and use
- Yahooligans! It's Yahoo! but for the younger crowd
- Berit's Best Web sites to hlep you with finding the correct answer to your homework
- Discovery.com - Student Channel Geography, History, Science, it's all here (well, most of it anyway) or go directly to Discovery Channel itself
- StudyWeb Links for learning that are available by school subscription only
- ThinkQuest Encourages the advancement of education through the use of technology
- Search Engine Showdown Here is a User's Guide on how to use the Web for searching
- B.J. Pinchbeck's Homework Helper "If you can't find it here, then you just can't find it."
- The Classroom Dedicated to the students and teachers of the world and is intended as a family educational site
- The Smithsonian Institution You know, the one in Washington, D.C. ! ? ! ?
- Education 4 Kids Helps exercise your brain in Math, Social Studies, Language, and Science
- New York Times Learning Network
- refdesk.com Your virtual reference desk for almost anything
- Dr. Ah-Clem Topics include study, exam, & writing skills, test anxiety, financial aid sources and selecting a college
- Pitsco's Ask An Expert Email source for asking experts in all fields YOUR questions
- Central Intelligence Agency World Fact Book
- University of Texas at Austin collection of maps
- TutorNet An interactive web site featuring teacher-moderated chat rooms to help students with tough homework problems (this site is not free)
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Knowledge is gained by asking those around
you (Wisdom is gained by listening).
Please let me know of any
Educational Web Sites that you would like to see added or links
that do not work properly. I am always looking to improve this
web site and since learning never stops, so too shall this collection.
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