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Librarian Recommended Websites:

Access My Library:

www.accessmylibrary.com

AccessMyLibrary gives you free access to millions of articles from top publications available at your local libraries.

 

"Best Free Reference Websites"

www.ala.org/ala/rusa/rusaourassoc/rusasections/mars/marspubs/MARSBESTIndex.htm

Compiled by the American Library Assn.

 

Citation Styles: 

www.citationmachine.net

 

Columbia Encyclopedia
www.bartleby.com/65/

Containing nearly 51,000 entries (marshalling six and one-half million words on a vast range of topics), and with more than 80,000 hypertext cross-references, the current Sixth Edition is among the most complete and up-to-date encyclopedias ever produced.
 

Country Reports and Maps: 

www.cia.gov

Under Quick Links click on "World Factbook."

 

Dictionary: 

www.merriamwebster.com OR www.m-w.com

If the word shows a "speaker" symbol beside it, it will pronounce the word for you (in a pop-up box).

 

EBSCO Thematic Units, Lesson Plans and Printable Materials:

http://www.ebscohost.com/customerSuccess/default.php?id=112

 

English Pronouncing Dictionary:
http://www.howjsay.com/
Enter the word you want and when it appears in pink, mouse over it to hear it spoken as often as you want. Each word is individually pre-recorded and no form of synthetic speech is used. Both American and British spellings are provided. Pronunciation is in Standard British English, with World English alternatives. Over 82,000 words listed.
 

Lee-Itawamba Library:

Online Catalog

WWW.LI.LIB.MS.US

 

The Internet Public Library: 

www.ipl.org

Good links in the left column, excellent biographies.

 

Librarians’ Internet Index: 

www.lii.org

"Websites you can trust."

 

Learn-A-Test

www.LearningExpressLibrary.com

This is a FREE source for test preparation materials and interactive practice exams based on official tests.  Timed tests include immediate scoring, complete answer explanations, and individualized analyses of results.  It also provides advanced placement exams in biology, calculus, chemistry, English composition, and many more subjects!

MAGNOLIA:

http://library.msstate.edu/magnolia/

Click on "Access resources from your home computer" (green, on right).

School ID # MAGN0897

EBSCO ID:  Mantachie

Password:  Mustang

 

RefDesk: 

http://www.refdesk.com/toc.html

trusted sources on many subjects

On the Issues:

http://www.ontheissues.org

"Every Political Leader on Every Issue"

 

National Geographic:

http://www.nationalgeographic.com/

 

Discovery Channel:

http://dsc.discovery.com/

 

Teacher Tap Interactive Websites:

http://eduscapes.com/tap/topic86.htm

 

Thesaurus: 

http://thesaurus.reference.com/

 

Presidential Biographies: 

www.potus.com and www.americanpresidents.org

 

WorldAtlas.com
http://www.worldatlas.com/aatlas/world.htm
This site includes a world atlas of facts, flags and maps including every continent, country, dependency, exotic destination, island, major city, ocean, province, state and territory on the planet.
 

 
Send mail to mrplunk@itawamba.k12.ms.us with questions or comments about this web site.
Last modified: 07/27/10