Carlisle
School Library
Reference
Resources
Atlapedia Online -
http://www.atlapedia.com
Atlapedia Online contains full color physical
and political maps as well as key facts and statistics on countries
of the world. The Countries A to Z section, provides facts, figures
and statistical data on geography, climate, people, religion,
language, history, economy & more.
Biographical
Dictionary - http://www.s9.com/biography/
This dictionary contains biographical information on
over 18,000 people from ancient times to the present
day.
CIA World Fact Book -
http://www.odci.gov/cia/publications/factbook/index.html
is the source for statistical
data and facts from around the world.
Encyclopedia.com -
http://www.encyclopedia.com.
Also see Grolier on the
Subscriptions page.
French-English
Dictionary - http://humanities.uchicago.edu/forms_unrest/FR-ENG.html
A simple French English
Dictionary containing about 75,000 terms.
Information
Please-
http://www.infoplease.com/
a ready-reference source with
keyword searches to brief entries taken from commercial almanacs,
dictionary, and an encyclopedia.
Internet Public
Library - http://www.ipl.org.
has both a youth and teen research area which
includes many reference tools.
The Library of
Congress Country
Study
-
http://lcweb2.loc.gov/frd/cs/cshome.html
information about many different
countries.
Merriam-Webster
Dictionary and Thesaurus-
http://www.m-w.com
search these online tools and
get definitions, etymologies, pronunciations, and hyperlinks to
related words.
Newspapers -
http://www.newspapers.com/
from each state and around the
world.
Spanish Dictionary -
http://spanishdict.com
with over 40,000 words and 5000
audio pronunciations.
Statistical Abstract
of the United States
is a collection of
statistics on social and economic conditions in the United States.
Selected international data are also included.
http://www.census.gov/statab/www
The World Atlas -
http://www.worldatlas.com/aatlas/world.htm
.... Maps, country facts,
flags and alot more!
UPDATED
2/14/2005
S.KELLY