McEver McEver Elementary School, 3265 Montgomery Drive, Gainesville, GA 30504, 770-534-7473 (p), 770-531-3055 (f)

Research and Reference Tools



Password Access: ask at school for the login and password

  • TumbleBooks: www.tumblebooks.com (Online animated talking picture books) are created from existing picture books which we have licensed from children's book publishers and made into a TumbleBook.
  • Galileo: GeorgiA LIbrary LEarning Online):www.galileo.usg.edu (or www.kids.galileo.usg.edu for students) Georgia's virtual library, containing thousands of databases that index a host of periodicals, scholarly journals, and articles. See a media team for current login and password.
  • Maps101.com: Learn map skills, geography, and history through Interactive maps, games, and activities.
  • Worldbook and Britannica Encyclopedias: http://www.worldbookonline.com or http://www.britannica.com Use this online encyclopedia to help with research and look up answers all sorts of interesting information.

Search Tools:
Google – http://www.google.com
AltaVista - http://altavista.com/
Ask Jeeves for Kids - http://www.ajkids.com/
Kids Click - http://www.kidsclick.org
Yahooligans Web Guide For Kids - http://www.yahooligans.com/
Picture Search - http://www.picsearch.com
Research on the web - http://www.refdesk.com/
Search, research, and language tools - http://www.itools.com/
Atlas dictionary, encyclopedia - http://www.infoplease.com/

Dictionaries:
Merriam-Webster - http://www.m-w.com/
Your Dictionary:  http://www.yourdictionary.com/
Cambridge Dictionaries:  http://dictionary.cambridge.org/
One-Look Dictionary - http://www.onelook.com/
Encarta Dictionary - http://encarta.msn.com/encnet/features/dictionary/dictionaryhome.aspx
Yahooligan’s Spanish Dictionary:  http://yahooligans.yahoo.com/reference/dict_en_es/
Yahooligan’s American Dictionary:  http://yahooligans.yahoo.com/reference/dictionary/
Factmonster Dictionary: http://www.factmonster.com/dictionary.html

Encyclopedias:
Britannica (fee-based) - http://www.britannica.com/
Encarta - http://encarta.msn.com/encnet/features/Reference.aspx
Encyclopedia Smithsonian - http://www.si.edu/resource/faq/
Encyclopedia.com http://www.encyclopedia.com/
Yahooligan’s Encyclopedia:  http://yahooligans.yahoo.com/reference/encyclopedia/
Micro Encyclopedia:  http://www2.cs.uh.edu/~clifton/micro.a.html
Macro Encyclopedia:  http://www2.cs.uh.edu/~clifton/macro.a.html
Factmonster Encyclopedia: http://www.factmonster.com/encyclopedia.html

Thesaurus:
Yahooligan’s Thesaurus: http://yahooligans.yahoo.com/reference/thesaurus/
Lexical FreeNet:  http://www.lexfn.com/
Merriam Webster Online:  http://www.m-w.com/mw/thesaurus.htm

Homework Help:
Ask an Expert - http://k12science.org/askanexpert.html
Homework Center - http://www.multcolib.org/homework/
Math Forum - http://mathforum.org/students/
Math Goodies - http://www.mathgoodies.com/homework/
B.J. Pinchbeck’s Homework Helper:  http://school.discovery.com/homeworkhelp/bjpinchbeck/
School Work Ugh!  http://www.schoolwork.org/

Maps and More:

Country at a Glance - http://www.un.org/Pubs/CyberSchoolBus/infonation/e_glance.htm
Maps and Directions - http://www.mapquest.com/
Maps and Geography - http://www.nationalgeographic.com/maps/
Plan a Trip - http://www.maps.com/
Yahooligan’s World Fact Book:  http://yahooligans.yahoo.com/reference/factbook/
WorldAltas.com:  http://www.graphicmaps.com/aatlas/world.htm
States at a Glance - http://www.50states.com/
Factmonster Atlas - http://www.factmonster.com/atlas/index.html

News and Weather:
The Gainesville Times:  http://www.gainesvilletimes.com/
Atlanta Journal Constitution:  http://www.ajc.com/
CNN http://www.cnn.com
USA Today: http://www.usatoday.com

The Weather Channel - http://www.weather.com/
Farmer’s Almanac:  http://www.almanac.com/
National Severe Storms Laboratory - http://www.nssl.noaa.gov/
Met Office:  http://www.met-office.gov.uk/

Test Prep:
CRCT Practice Tests: http://cjhweb.rockdale.k12.ga.us/2006_crct_practice_tests.htm

 

 

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