General Resource Page

Databases:

    School use:  http://udlibsearch.lib.udel.edu/elementary

    Home use  requires the following- Username - udlibsearch

                                                                    Password-homeaccess

    http://www.lib.de.us/uhtbin/cgisirsi/u9eazzMhVe/DESTATELIB/140220188/1/1185/X/BLASTOFF

     Databases included are:

• SIRS Discoverer – Database of magazine articles. Also, a dictionary, thesaurus, encyclopedia, and World Almanac for Kids
• Ebsco Searchasaurus - Database of resources including a general encyclopedia, an animal encyclopedia, magazine articles, and a dictionary.
• World Book Encyclopedia & Britannica Encyclopedia - Online encyclopedias in English and Spanish
• Kids InfoBits- Newspaper & Magazine articles, maps & charts accessed by subject

Student Search Engines (search the internet)

      http://www.k12.de.us/luluross/search.htm

On-Line Encyclopedias

      World Book & Britannica & Comptons On-Line (use our database) School use only: (For home use see database information below)

              http://udlibsearch.lib.udel.edu/elementary
Electric Library

            http://www.encyclopedia.com

Encarta

http://encarta.msn.com/encnet/refpages/artcenter.asp

Dictionaries
      Merriam Webster Dictionary

        http://www.m-w.com

      Ask Jeeves for Kids Word Central's Student Dictionary        

        http://www.ajkids.com/KidsFinalAnswer.asp?Link=http://www.wordcentral.com/aol/index.html

      Encarta Dictionary

        http://encarta.msn.com/encnet/features/dictionary/dictionaryhome.aspx

Almanacs    

        World Almanac for Kids

         http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/explore/index.html

       Information Please Almanac

            http://www.factmonster.com

        Also use our SIRS Discoverer database (above) to use The World Almanac for Kids

Today’s News

        CNN  http://www.cnn.com
        Time for Kids http://www.timeforkids.com/TFK   
        WBOC http://www.wboc.com
        WMDT http://www.wmdt.com/

Atlases

      World Atlas

       http://www.worldatlas.com/aatlas/world.htm
      Live Maps
      http://maps.live.com

Kids Konnect (Launch pages for safe website links) Listed Alphabetically

http://www.kidskonnect.com/AlphabetizedList.html

Search for Pictures - The Databases listed above contain many pictures. 

Pics 4 Learning 

 http://www.pics4learning.com/

Clip art for Kids

        http://www.awesomeclipartforkids.com/        
Don't forget the clipart that comes with Microsoft Word

 On-Line Nature Field Guides

       http://enature.com/home/

Little Explorers/Enchanted Learning

            http://www.enchantedlearning.com/Dictionary.html