Online Encyclopedias
Encyclopedias are great for finding fast facts and background information. Here are Fay School's online encyclopedias:
Britannica Online
Grolier Online

SUBSCRIPTION DATABASES

Visual Thesaurus
Try this amazing interactive dictionary and thesaurus that creates word maps exploring the meaning and relationship of words.
To use Visual Thesaurus at home, CLICK HERE, but first see the Library PASSWORDS email on the FirstClass INFO FOR STUDENTS & PARENTS folder for user name and password. If you need help accessing this resource at home, watch this online tutorial.

Biography Resource Center
Need information about a person? This is the best source for award-winning biographies of people past and present from respected reference books.
To use Biography Resource Center at home, enter a library card number from Fay School (see the Library PASSWORDS email on the FirstClass INFO FOR STUDENTS & PARENTS folder) or any public library in Massachusetts in the box below. If you need help accessing this resource at home, watch this online tutorial.

WEB SITES

Librarians' Internet Index
This is the site used by experts (librarians) to find great information. Try it!

Cambridge Dictionaries Online
Look up word definitions in English, French and Spanish. You can also find meanings of idioms. (An idiom is a group of words used together with a meaning that you cannot guess from the meanings of the separate words. For instance, "to lend someone a hand" means to help someone.)

Dictionary
The Merriam-Webster Online dictionary and thesaurus.

Internet Public Library
The first public library of and for the Internet community. The IPL finds, evaluates, selects, organizes, describes and creates quality information resources.
Internet Public Library for Kids.

Dewey Browse
A catalog of Web sites for K-12 students arranged by Dewey Decimal number. (Don't be frightened--this is cool!)

Search the Web
All search engines are NOT created equal.

Encyclopedia Smithsonian
Links to information on a very wide range of topics.

Information Please
Online Dictionary, Internet Encyclopedia & Almanac.

Old Farmer's Almanac
Since 1792, the Old Farmer's Almanac has provided tide tables, sunrise tables, planting charts, recipes, weather predictions, and more. It is America's oldest continuously published periodical.

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updated 03/03/2008