Reference Sites

Almanacs & Calendars
American Secular Holidays Calendar	http://www.smart.net/%7Emmontes/ushols.html
Federal Holidays	http://www.opm.gov/fedhol/
The Old Farmer's Almanac	http://www.almanac.com
This Day in History	http://www.historychannel.com/tdih/tdih.jsp?category=leadstory
World Almanac for Kids	http://worldalmanacforkids.com/index.html
Bibliographic Style
Citation Machine	http://citationmachine.net
Citing Sources - Guide to Library Research	http://www.lib.duke.edu/libguide/cite/works_cited.htm
Electronic Style (MLA)	http://thewritesource.com/mla.htm
MLA - Style Bibliograhpy Builder	http://jerz.setonhill.edu/writing/academic/bib_builder/index.html
Book Guides & Card Catalogs
Book Hive - Guide to Children Lit.	http://www.bookhive.org
KidsClick	http://www.kidsclick.org
Copyright Issues
Copyright Kids	http://www.copyrightkids.org
Copyright from Cyberbee	http://www.cyberbee.com/cb_copyright.swf
IP Tile Teaser (interactive game on copyright law)	http://www.innovated.gov.au/Ippy/html/p07.asp
The Educator's Guide to Copyright and Fair Use	http://www.techlearning.com/db_area/archives/TL/2002/10/copyright.html
10 Big Myths about copyright explained	http://www.templetons.com/brad/copymyths.html
Data Sources on the Web
National Atlas of the U.S.A.	http://nationalatlas.gov
Primary Resources and Real-World Data	http://eduscapes.com/tap/topic88.htm
Tenneessee Electronic Atlas	http://tnatlas.geog.utk.edu/tea/tea.asp
US Historical Census Data Browser	http://fisher.lib.virginia.edu/collections/stats/histcensus/
Dictionaries
Acronym Finder	http://www.acronymfinder.com/tips.asp
Rhyming Dictionary	http://www.rhymezone.com/
Specialized On-Line Dictionaries	http://www.yourdictionary.com/specialty.html
Travlang's Translating Dictionaries	http://dictionaries.travlang.com
Word Central form Merriam Webster	http://www.wordcentral.com/
Webster's Online Dictionary	http://www.m-w.com/netdict.htm
YourDictionary.com	http://www.yourdictionary.com
Encyclopedias
Columbia Encyclopedia	http://www.bartleby.com/65/
Encyclopedia.com	http://encyclopedia.com
Encyclopedia Smithsonian	http://www.si.edu/resource/faq/start.htm
Historica - Canadian Encyclopedia	http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com/index.cfm?TCE_Version=A
Infoplease	http://www.infoplease.com/encyclopedia/
Wikipedia	http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page
Magazines/Newspapers
Discover Magazine	http://www.discover.com/
Instructor Magazine	http://teacher.scholastic.com/products/instructor/index.htm
National Geographic	http://nationalgeographic.com
National Geographic Kids	http://nationalgeographic.com/ngkids/index.html
Odyssey Magazine	http://www.odysseymagazine.com/
Smithsonian Magazine	http://www.kidscastle.si.edu/
The Tennessean	http://www.tennessean.com/apps/pbcs.dll/frontpage
USA Today	http://www.usatoday.com
Television Channel Sites
BBC Motion Gallery	http://www.bbcmotiongallery.com/Customer/index.aspx
Discovery Channel Online	http://www.discovery.com
History Channel	http://www.historychannel.com
NOAA Weather Service	http://www.nws.noaa.gov
NOVA Channel Online	http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/
Weather Channel	http://www.weather.org