Citing Sources: Why do we cite sources?
Noodlebib - the best place to put together your Bibliographies for all the papers you write. See your school library media specialist for login information.

Ikeepbookmarks.com - Click here to find the listing of folders and sights that your teachers have hand selected for you.

Peters online Typing Course - Click here to practice your typing skills.

    Homework Helpers

 Ask Dr. Math - From the Math Forum at Swarthmore College. Find math
 information, or you can ask a question.

B.J. Pinchbeck's Homework Helper - As the Pinchbecks say, "If you can't find it here,
you can't find it." The world's most complete set of homework links. 

CIA World Factbook - Useful and concise information on every country in the world from
the Central Intelligence Agency.

CultureGrams - Learn about other people in faraway lands. See your school library media specialist for
log in and password information

Howard County Library databases and much more, you must have a  library card number and
PIN number to enter.

Internet Public Library - The best public library on the Internet. This site is designed for everybody but it has an informative kidspace and a teenspace. The site features directories of online texts, newspapers, magazines,
reference materials.

MathNerds - Help with K-12 math problems form volunteers, including students, professors, and professionals.

Merriam Webster: WWWebster Dictionary - Need to look up a word? Do it here. With
Thesaurus, too.

Online Homework Help - Offers a database of one-on-one tutors. This service is offered through the Howard County Public Library System. Go to the column on the bottom right and click "click here."

Sailor - Visit any of the Maryland libraries.

Schoolwork - Covers 27 broad topics that range from art to science and from history to math, each with links to related sites.

Scoop - Almost everything about books and authors for young people.

SIRS - Magazine database - Password available from LMS

Smithsonian Institution - The storehouse of American history has a wonderful set of online exhibits.

Tools for Reading, Writing, and Thinking - Need a Graphic Organizer? Wow your teacher by finding the perfect one.

Gale Student Resource Center - magazine and newspaper articles at a click. Password available from LMS

World Book Online - great site for current information and encyclopedia articles. Password available from LMS

Your dictionary - Type your word in the blank to access definitions on-line in English.
Scroll down further to access foreign language dictionaries.

Night Owl - dial in service sponsored by Enoch Pratt Free Library answers reference questions
locally 410-396-3557, anywhere in Maryland 800-325-6483.