Ms. Smith's Reference Desk

1Up Info . . . a portal with a difference Browse articles in all areas of topics within Earth & Environment, History, Literature & Arts, Health & Medicine, People, Philosophy & Religion, Places, Plants & Animals, Science & Technology, Social Science, Law, Sports, Everyday Life, and more.
  • refdesk.com This site bills itself as the single best source for facts on the net

  • OneLook Dictionaries

    Dewey Browse Here's a fine collection of web sites for grades K-12. The sites are classified by the Dewey Decimal Classification System, and it's the work of librarian Gail Shea Grainger.

  • SouthEastern Massachusetts Library System Online Databases

  • Fact Monster: Online Dictionary, Encyclopedia, and Homework Help

  • Writing and Grammar Resources

  • Internet Public Library's A+ Research and Writing for High School and College Students

  • Researching and Documenting Documenting Sources from the The Purdue University On-line Writing Lab

    • QUOTES

  • "The Quote Lady" It's a powerful writing strategy to use an appropriate quotation in either the introductory statement or in the concluding statement of an essay. Here's a wonderful collection of quote easily accessed by subject matter.

  • Bartleby.com Familiar Quotations

  • QUOTELAND Hundreds of quotes arranged by categorizes

    Evaluating Resources

  • QUICK - The Quality Information Checklist "The web site is a resource to help young people evaluate the information they find on the Internet." It also includes a teacher's guide

  • Evaluating Internet Resources - Points to Consider

  • Evaluating Internet Research Sources

    • SEARCH ENGINES

  • Kids' Tools for Searching the Internet

  • The Major Search Engines and Directories

  • History and Politics Out Loud is a searchable archive of politically significant audio materials.

    • ODDS AND ENDS

  • History Channel Traveler Information about historic sites that you might like to visit on your travels.

  • Mapquest How do you get from here to there across town or across the country? Use the excellent Driving Directions feature to print out clear directions and a map.

  • How Stuff Works

  • B.J. Pinchbeck's Homework Helper

  • This Day in History

  • North Park University's Web Chronology Project

  • Massachusetts Department of Education

  • Odin's Castle of Dreams & Legends Lovers of history and legends prepare to spend hours and hours exploring the rooms of this castle.

  • Holidays on the Net

    • National Parks

  • U.S. National Parks

  • L.L.Bean - Park Search

    • GENEALOGY

  • "Boston FamilyHistory.com--The Place to Meet Your Past"

  • Cyndi's List of Genealogy Sites on the Internet

  • The Genealogy Home Page

  • The Irish Ancestral Research Association (TIARA) -Links


    Updated October 4, 2003

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