On-line Resources
and Links
When you come to the Media Center, not only can you use the books, maps and other materials here in the Media Center, but you can also use the computers to find and use many other resources.You don't even have to come to the Media Center to use many of those resources! You can use the links on this page to find the same resources at home, at the public library, or anywhere else you can reach this website. Just scroll down to find what you need, or click on the subject group to go directly to that group of links.
Most frequently used resources
| 000 General including Encyclopedias | 100 Philosophy and Psychology |
| 200 Religion this is where most of the Greek and Roman myths are too! | 300 Social Science - crime and punishment, the armed forces, clothing, most holidays ... |
| 400 Language - including Dictionaries | 500 Natural Science and Mathematics weather, experiments, dinosaurs, animals... |
| 600 Technology (Applied Sciences) cars, spaceships, health, pets, cooking ... | 700 Arts paperfolding, drawing, music, movies, comic book characters, blacksmithing... |
| 800 Literature this is one place you can find jokes and riddles! | 900 Geography and History Pirates, the Titanic, maps, the United States, other countries... |
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Most frequently used resources (these links will take you to their webpage link lower on the page)
S.M.A.R.T. Math Links (Student Mathematics Activity Resource Tools)
Book Award Lists (including Caldecott, Newbery, and Black-Eyed Susan lists)
CultureGrams (see teacher for login information)
Discoverer (SIRS) (see teacher for login information)
World Book Online (see teacher for login information)
Book Award Lists (including Caldecott, Newbery, and Black-Eyed Susan lists)
http://www.howard.k12.md.us/met/media/bkawds.htmDiscoverer (SIRS) (see teacher for login information)
http://discoverer.sirs.comHoward County Library
www.howa.lib.md.usWorld Book Online (see teacher for login information)
http://www.worldbookonline.comYahooligans! - http://yahooligans.yahoo.com/
Kidsclick - http://kidsclick.org/
OneKey - http://www.onekey.com/
Ask for Kids (formerly AskJeeves Kids) - http://www.askforkids.com/
Kids.net.au (an Australian kids search engine) - http://www.kids.net.au/
CultureGrams - Information about places and people all around the world
(see teacher for login information)
http://online.culturegrams.comHoward County Public School System
http://www.howard.k12.md.us/School's Out website (is there school in Howard County today?)
http://www.schoolsout.com/schooldetail.do?schoolid=47
Online Dictionary - Word Central
http://www.wordcentral.com
500 Natural Science and Mathematics
S.M.A.R.T. Math Links (Student Mathematics Activity Resource Tools):
Kindergarten
http://www.howard.k12.md.us/math/elem.math/smart/kindergarten/
First Grade
http://www.hcpss.org/math/elem.math/smart/gr1/
Second Grade
http://www.hcpss.org/math/elem.math/smart/gr2/
Third Grade
http://www.hcpss.org/math/elem.math/smart/gr3/
Fourth Grade
http://www.hcpss.org/math/elem.math/smart/gr4/
Fifth Grade
http://www.hcpss.org/math/elem.math/smart/gr5/Earth & Sky
www.earthsky.org
600 Technology (Applied Sciences)
How Stuff Works
www.howstuffworks.com
Garfield - (comics are art, too!)
http://www.garfield.com/
Maryland For Kids - a great web site about Maryland...especially for kids!!!
http://www.sos.state.md.us/sos/kids/html/kidhome.html
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Webpage author: Liz Herman (click on name to e-mail)
Last updated: Wednesday, May 3, 2006