General Homework Helper

Online Databases

• The World Book Encyclopedia is designed to cover major areas of knowledge uniformly, but it shows particular strength in scientific, technical, and medical subjects.
• Need to get information for a report on the missions, a president, a state, a country, a religion? Click on Social Studies Fact Cards.
• Big history paper due, with illustrations? Need a quote from a president, or Rosa Parks, or someone from the 1920’s? Click onABC-Clio Suite. 
• Want to practice for a standardized test like the high school placement exams or the SAT, but don’t want to buy the book? Go to the Teen Scene and click on Virtual Study Hall and then and click on Learning Express. 
• Need more math problems to practice or more grammar skills exercises? Click on Learning Express. In Learning Express,there are sections for Elementary, Middle or High School Skills improvement. 
• Need a book, but the library is closed and you don’t want to buy it? Download an e-book! You can choose popular reading, classics, books to help you do a science fair project or books for a report that’s due tomorrow.

Search Engines

• Ask Jeeves for Kids - For middle-school kids and younger. A search engine written for children that filters the results through SurfWatch.
• Google - Excellent search engine for school subjects and homework.

Directories

• Homework Center - Multnomah County's excellent Homework site.
• Internet Public Library Youth Division - All kinds of subjects and topics, hand-picked by experts.
• KidsClick! Web Search (UC Berkeley) - Directory of 4000 resources grouped in 15 major categories. Includes a reading level for each site as well.
• Kids' Path (Los Angeles Public Library) - All kinds of links for homework and good books to read.
• School Bell - Yahooligans! guide to homework help and resources.

Reading Sites

• Accelerated Reader Lists - Find reading levels and point values for books on the AR lists.
• Reading Planet - Fun activites sponsored by RIF.

Reference Sites

• Fact Monster from Information Please - Almanacs, a dictionary, an encyclopedia and homework help.
• FactFinder Kid's Corner - U.S. Census Bureau site for kids.

Clip Art

• DK's Clip Art Site - Lots of great photographs and images to use for reports, and other fun stuff.