The World Almanac For Kids - http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/

GALILEO - log in and go to Journals A to Z - Can look up reviews for free (School Library Journal, Kirkus, Booklist, etc.) Do Express Links to limit what teachers or students see - narrow the search for them.

Academic Search Premier - 3200 periodicals

Animal Diversity Web - http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/index.html - great pictures, specimens (bones), sounds of different animals, scientific names.

Fact Monster - http://www.factmonster.com/ - Analogy of the day, spelling bee, Today in History, Parts of Speech, a lot of ads but good site.

American Cultural History of America - http://kclibrary.nhmccd.edu/decades.html - can search b decades, Internet Quiz - group of librarians maintain the site.

Culture Grams - http://www.culturegrams.com/demo/index.php - have to pay for the site. 30 day trial. Dr. Cooper suggested we look to Galileo to see if we can find something comparable without paying. Produced by ProQuest. Can search by state, country

InfoPlease - http://www.infoplease.com/almanacs.html - not a GREAT site... U.S. flag quiz - check it out for 2nd grade.

Mirriam Webster Dictionary - http://www.m-w.com/ - it has ads.

Federal Resources for Educational Excellence - http://free.ed.gov/ - fantastic site.

RefDesk - http://www.refdesk.com/books.html - a portal that you could use as your start page For a small fee you can get the ad free version, but the ads are not that bad (Teacher site).

New Georgia Encyclopedia - http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/nge/Home.jsp - Great site - Fantastic for Georgia History

World Fact Book - Bartleby.com - http://www.bartleby.com/151/ - Opened to an ad. Language Arts Teacher's Treasure - Full Text Books - Books in public domain - Shakespeare, etc.

News Directory.com - http://newsdirectory.com/ Web directory for news sources.

How Stuff Works - http://www.howstuffworks.com/

Title Wave - Follett Library Resource - http://www.titlewave.com/ Resources for science and social studies, newsbank, digital audiobooks, etc.

Farmer's Almanac - http://www.almanac.com/

EduWeb - http://www.eduweb.com/portfolio/adventure.php - works with museums to create webpages - content based.

Reference.com - http://www.eduweb.com/portfolio/adventure.php - good for Media Specialists

Ivy Joy - http://www.ivyjoy.com - Ivy Joy - recommended great site for Media Specialists

Read, Write, Think - http://www.readwritethink.org/ - Language Arts Teachers - Search by grades - NCTE standards

Book Index with Reviews - Available through GALILEO Search by Lexile, age/grade level, etc. similar to Book Review Digest.

American Presidents .org - http://www.americanpresidents.org -