ONLINE DATABASES
Here are some of our newest offerings ...
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Stuck on a math problem? A biology question? An
English assignment? If you are a 4th – 12th grader
click on the Live Homework Help button
to be connected to a live tutor that
specializes in the subject you need help in. Pasadena students are using
it and giving the help they get a 95% approval rate!
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Need to get information for a report on the missions, a
president, a state, a country, a religion? Click on
Social Studies
Fact Cards.
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Big history paper due, with illustrations? Need a
quote from a president, or Rosa Parks, or someone from the 1920’s?
Click on
ABC-Clio Suite.
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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.
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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.
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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
BJ
Pinchbeck's Homework Helper
400 resources recommended by a 10 year old and his Dad.
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
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.
