In the spirit of helping parents and students find appropriate online resources, we have put together a list of terrific sites that provide homework help, reference guides and interactive projects and games for a range of grades and subjects.
1. “The Encyclopedia Britannica” is the granddaddy of reference books, but its online site offers limited information without cost. Paid memberships entitle users to access more than 120,000 articles, an updated world atlas and an online dictionary.
2. Fact Monster has everything elementary and pre-high-school students need, including a searchable dictionary, word games, an encyclopedia with more than 57,000 articles and numerous world maps. The site’s colorful, kid-friendly interface and age- and gender-specific features encourage return visits. But where the site really makes the grade is its robust Homework Center, which includes help in geography, math, science, history and social studies.
3. Bartleby.com’s Great Books Online site is a literary encyclopedia aimed at high school and college students. The site contains a dizzying array of material, from “Roget’s Thesaurus” to “The Complete Works of William Shakespeare.” Looking for a famous quote? Bartleby.com has a large collection of quotations, as well as free fiction and non-fiction anthologies.
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