WEB SITES

Children's Picture Dictionary
Click on the first letter of the word you need.

Internet Picture Dictionary
Click on the first letter of the word or browse by category.

Countries of the World & Geography
Links to good sources to learn about other countries. Grolier Online: Lands and Peoples is the best place to begin.

U.S. Geography
Learn all about the fifty states.

Geography Fun
Online games and activities to help you learn U.S. and world geography.

Planets
Find out about the planets and the universe.

U.S. History
Good links to Learn about the American Revolution and early U.S. history.

Current Events

• World Press Review - news and views from around the world
• New York Times - today's edition
• Boston Globe - today's edition
• International news briefs from Grolier Online
• World Newspapers from Grolier Online
• InfoTrac Junior Edition - newspaper and magazine articles for middle school students
• Student Edition - newspaper and magazine articles for high school students

Famous Speeches
Great speeches in sponsored by the History Channel.

Skills Practice for International Students
Learn and have fun, too!

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
For information from respected reference books about famous people past and present, try the Biography Resource Center.
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.

updated 03/03/2008