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We have divided our Helpful Links & Resources into the following 5 categories:
Regional Education Laboratories | Government Information | News | Reference Desk | Technology
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| Government Information |
- State Departments of Education
All the state links on one easy-to-use page.
- U.S. Dept. of Education
A wealth of information on what the government is doing about education in America.
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Educational Resources Information Center (ERIC) and Other ED-Funded Clearinghouses
A nationwide information network that acquires, catalogs, summarizes, and provides access to education information from all sources.
- CapWeb
The Internet guide to the U.S. Congress.
- ChildStats.gov
Easy access to federal and state statistics and reports on children and their families on topics including population and family characteristics, economic security, health, behavior and social environment and education.
- 2000 CIA World Fact Book
A comprehensive view of each country in the world through facts and statistics on such topics as population, economy and government. The book also includes maps and flags for each country.
- FedStats
Statistics from more than 70 federal agencies.
- FedWorld
Search all government websites.
- GPO Access
The Government Printing Office's suite of databases. It contains full text of selected information published by the U.S. Government.
- Internal Revenue Service
Print tax forms or file your taxes online.
- NonProfit Gateway
A network of links to Federal government information and services.
- THOMAS: Legislative Information
Search for bills, public laws, the Congressional Record and many other records of legislative committees and activities.
- Today in Congress
A daily schedule of all Congressional activities.
- U.S. Census Bureau
Full text reports on timely, relevant and quality data about the people and economy of the United States.
- The White House
Search White House news releases, hot topics and the latest Federal statistics, listen to speeches and view photos.
- U.S. House of Representatives
Information on Representatives, House committees, legislative actions and much more.
- U.S. Senate
Information on Senators, Senate committees, legislative actions and much more.
- U.S. Supreme Court
View transcript of oral arguments, as well as read opinions and other actions by the Court.
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| News |
Daily Headlines News Services
Other News Services
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| Reference Desk |
- American Universities
Links to all universities.
- Test Prep Review
Your source for FREE practice tests - including vocabulary, grammar, comprehension, math, and college entrance exams.
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AT&T 800 Directory
- InfoSpace
Find a long lost friend.
- Switchboard
Switchboard connects consumers searching for specific products and services with the merchants that provide them.
- The Ultimates
Looking for a phone number, an address, an e-mail? Try this.
- Yahoo! People Search
Use this free white pages search to access updated phone and address information, or try their e-mail address search. Find friends, colleagues, classmates and more!
- Ask An Expert
Links to experts who have volunteered their time to answer your questions.
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Bartleby
An online collection of the classics of literature, nonfiction and reference.
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Bartlett's Book of Familiar Quotations
- Biography
15,000 of the greatest names, past and present, at your fingertips.
- Britannica
Rated sites selected as the best in each of 14 categories.
- Dictionary.com
This site includes a dictionary, a thesaurus, and translation tools for Spanish, French, German, Italian and Portuguese.
- Encyclopedia.com
The Internet's premiere free encyclopedia, provides users with more than 57,000 frequently updated articles from the Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition.
- Internet Public Library
The world's first digital public library, providing online collections and answering reference questions for Internet surfers from around the world.
- LibrarySpot
Convenient links to popular online almanacs, calculators, dictionaries, directories, encyclopedias, historic documents, quotations, statistics and thesauri.
- Merriam-Webster Dictionary Online
- Portals to the World
Portals to the World contain selective links providing authoritative,
in-depth information about the nations and other areas of the world. They are arranged by country or area with the links for each sorted into a wide range of broad categories.
- Project Gutenberg
Read or print digitally republished literature and reference material from what claims to be the largest searchable text archive available.
- Refdesk.com
Source for facts on the Internet.
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Roget's Internet Thesaurus
Online version of the famous reference work. Browse the six main classes of words and search the main index.
- The World Factbook 2003
Published by the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency, the World Factbook has data on every country in the world, including maps, background, geography, people, government, economy and military.
- yourDictionary.com
yourDictionary now uses the database of The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th edition (AHD), published by Houghton-Mifflin Company. It will soon be joined by the world-famous 3rd edition of the Roget's Thesaurus.
- FindLaw
Find a law.
- AltaVista's Babel Fish Translation
Translate passages of text or entire Web pages.
- FreeTranslation
An easy-to-use site for rapid translations where you can get the "gist" of foreign language text and web pages.
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InteliHealth
Health information including health news and content as well as access to tools and risk assessments. Affiliated with Harvard Medical School and University of Pennsylvania School of Dental Medicine.
- Mayo Clinic.com
Provides access to the experience and knowledge of the more than 2,000 physicians and scientists of Mayo Clinic.
- RxList
Provides information about brand name and generic pharmaceutical drugs.
- WebMD: Diseases and Conditions
A comprehensive database of information about physical and mental disorders, symptoms and more.
- HowStuffWorks
An online destination for anyone who wants to know how anything works.
- Information Please
The longer you stay at this site the smarter you'll become!
- Statistics.com
A comprehensive directory of links to data sources. It also gives data analysts, researchers, educators, managers and students tools to build their statistical skills and improve their understanding of statistics.
- Statistical Resources on the Web
Maintained by the Documents Center at the University of Michigan Library.
- Online Conversion
Convert just about anything to anything else.
- Acronym Finder
The web's most comprehensive database of acronyms, abbreviations and initialisms.
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TechEncylcopedia
Definitions of more than 20,000 acronyms and terms related to computers and the Internet.
- AASA Report, “Using Data to Improve Schools: What's Working”
With recent advances in technology and stringent reporting requirements of NCLB, an unprecedented amount of data has been made available. This report from the American Association of School Administrators is an easy-to-read guide to using data to drive school improvement.
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| Technology |
- American Library Association
The ALA advocates for the public interest in a free and open information society by developing innovative programs that support libraries in acquiring new information technology and training people in it's use and supporting libraries as centers for culture, literacy and lifetime learning.
- Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development (ASCD)
This site provides information on professional development and raises issues of current concern to the educational community. The user can quickly access educational headlines and general resources for teaching.
- CNET
The source for computers and technology.
- Consortium for School Networking
CoSN's Web site provides information on policy, conferences and membership as well as resources for school networking. CoSN is a national nonprofit organization dedicated to promoting and encouraging K12 school networking.
- Department of Education Technology Page
The Office of Educational Technology (OET) plays an integral role in expanding and improving access to technology and serves as a catalyst in bringing effective uses of education technology into classrooms across the nation.
- Education and Library Networks Coalition
The Education and Libraries Networks Coalition (EdLiNC) was formed to represent the viewpoint of schools and libraries in the FCC proceedings dealing with tin implementation of the Telecommunications Act of 1996. The Coalition seeks to expand the use of educational technologies in schools and libraries by making sure that these entities are given the affordable rate which is guaranteed to them in Universal Service Provisions of the Act.
- Educause Home Page
Although oriented primarily toward higher education, this easy to maneuver Web site provides a wealth of information on educational technology issues from one of the early players in the field.
- ERIC Clearinghouse on Information and Technology (ERIC/CIT)
ERIC/CIT provides educational technology and library/information science at all academic levels and addresses all aspects of information management and information technology related to education.
- From Now On - Educational Technology Journal
Subscribe to this free e-mail newsletter on educational technology.
- Global SchoolNet Foundation
A nonprofit corporation launched by a group of San Diego teachers more than 10 years ago, GSN conducts and offers assistance to teachers in designing collaborative learning projects; helps schools and other institutions develop telecomputing plans; publishes articles, disseminates model lesson plans, training materials, and instructional videos; provides newsgroups and discussion lists for classroom use; offers workshops and training; and coordinates conferences using desktop computers.
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The Iowa Distance Learning Database
This is a comprehensive site outlining the "Showcase on Educational Technology," a program recognizing exemplary technological initiatives in Iowa 's school districts. This is an online database of applicants as well as a resource for Technology Literacy Grants and upcoming conferences/seminars.
- LearnNet
The FCC's official page for schools and libraries
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National Center for Technology Planning
A clearinghouse for the exchange of many types of information related to technology planning.
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NetDayCompass
A directory of high-quality educational resources designed to help schools maximize technology investments.
- Pathways to School Improvement
An excellent site on school improvement cycles produced by the North Central Regional Educational Laboratory.
- Regional Technology in Education Consortia (R*TEC)
The R*TEC program was established to help successfully integrate technologies into kindergarten through 12th grade (K-12) classrooms and library media centers.
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