The School and Home Library
The Online Library for Home Schoolers
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Free online
reference resources including alamanacs, dictionaries, thesauruses,
encyclopedias, and timelines.
Ask-A-Librarian Services |
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Grade Level |
Resource |
Description |
Elementary through High School |
Internet Public Library | Available 24/7 and staffed by librarians and library students from across the country. Younger students may need help completing the form. |
Middle School through College |
Library of Congress | Ask a librarian who specializes in your area of interest or your specific topic, from Africa and the Middle East to Music and the Performing Arts. Most requests by email, however, some services offer live chat. |
High School and College |
Government Information Online | Staffed by librarians at twenty public, state and academic libraries, many of them Federal Depository Libraries. Specializing in finding information from government agencies at all levels on almost any topic. |
Online Reference Resources |
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Grade Level |
Resource |
Description |
K through 8 |
Factmonster | Dictionary, thesaurus, almanac, and access to Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed. Homework help by subject. |
| Word Central | Merriam-Webster's dictionary for kids, with thesaurus and rhyming dictionary. | |
Upper elementary to High School |
Yahoo Education | Terrific resource with American Heritage Dictionary, Roget's Thesaurus, Gray's Anatomy of the Human Body, World Fact Book, and a conversion calculator. |
Middle and High School |
Infoplease | Atlas, almanac, dictionary, thesaurus, and Columbia Encyclopedia. Timelines and world geography. |
| Merriam-Webster | English dictionary and thesaurus, medical dictionary, and Spanish-English dictionary. | |
High School and College |
YourDictionary | Search a variety of the American Heritage and Webster's specialty dictionaries, foreign language dictionaries, and grammar guides. Need an English to Elvish dictionairy? This is your place. |
| AskOxford | Search the Oxford English Dictionary, Quotations Dictionary, or First Names Dictionary. English grammar guides and bilingual dictionaries for French, Spanish and German. | |