Suggestions from the Classroom Connect Conference April 16, 1999

Favorite Free Web Reference

Amazon.com (Who needs Books in Print!) http://www.amazon.com

Artchive http://lonestar.texas.net/~mharden/artchive/H/hartley.html

Children’s Literature Web Guide http://www.ucalgary.ca/~dkbrown/

CIA World Factbook http://www.odci.gov/cia/publications/factbook/index.html

Crayon (Create a free newspaper) http://www.crayon.net/

Digital Librarian http://www.servtech.com/public/mvail/

Encarta Concise Encyclopedia http://encarta.msn.com

Hot Paper Topics http://www.sau.edu/CWIS/Internet/Wild/Hot/hotindex.htm

Kathy Schrock’s Guide for Educators http://discoveryschool.com/schrockguide/

NetZero (free net service) http://www.netzero.com

New York Times Reference Desk (Remember to register, it's free!) http://www.nytimes.com/library/tech/reference/

News 365 http://www.NEWS365.com/

Nine Planets http://seds.lpl.arizona.edu/billa/tnp/nineplanets.html

Peter Milbury's School Librarian Web Pages http://wombat.cusd.chico.k12.ca.us/~pmilbury/lib.html

Study Web http://www.studyweb.com

(Suggestion: Go to any search engine. Type in "classic books" and you will get access to books in public domain.)

Favorite Pay Services

EBSCO Host

GALE Group's SuperTom

SIRS Discoverer

World Book Online

Electric Library

GALEnet

ProQuest Direct

Encyclopedia Britannica