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Confusing Words
A collection of 3210 words that are troublesome to readers and writers. Words are grouped according to the way they are most often confused or misused. Some of these words are homonyms (words that sound alike but are spelled differently) and some are just commonly confused.
http://www.confusingwords.com/

Education World® The Educator's Best Friend
An educators best friend, includes a variety of resources from classroom to administrative to school issues.
http://www.education-world.com/

Encyclopedia Britannica Online
Can be used without subscription.
http://www.britannica.com/

Encyclopedia Smithsonian:
The Smithsonian from A-Z
Smithsonian-pedia helps answer frequently asked questions about the Smithsonian with links to resources on subjects from Art to Zoology.
http://www.si.edu/Encyclopedia_SI/default.htm

Encyclopedia.com - Because Knowledge is Cool
Free resource offers more than 50,000 concise articles.
http://www.encyclopedia.com/

Finding Data on the Internet
You’ve cast your lines into the sea of sources, but still aren’t finding the information you need. That’s what happens when you don’t know the right place to look.
http://www.robertniles.com/data/

infoplease
Includes encyclopedias, almanacs, atlases, biographies, dictionaries, research and homework help.
http://www.infoplease.com/

Internet Public Library Kidspace: Reference
Here's the place to go for all your general reference needs! There are links to dictionaries, encyclopedias, almanacs, and other sites for homework help or just looking things up.
http://www.ipl.org/kidspace/browse/ref0000

iTools
Quick access to the best Internet tools.
http://www.itools.com/

Jefferson County Schools - Reference Tools
A great list of a variety of resources for teachers.
http://jc-schools.net/tutorials/tools/reference.html

LibrarySpot.com
A collection of reference resources available online as well as a directory of public, academic, and special libraries worldwide.
http://www.libraryspot.com/

Martindale's Reference Desk
Links to reference resources includes language centers, calculators, maps, science tables and various countries.
http://www.martindalecenter.com/

Measure4Measure: Site That Does the Work For You
A collection of interactive sites on the web that estimate, calculate, translate etc. Scroll down the page to find the list of resources.
http://www.wolinskyweb.net/measure.htm

MSN Encarta: Online Encyclopedia, Dictionary, Atlas & Homework
Can be used without subscription.
http://encarta.msn.com/

Pima County Public Library
http://www.library.pima.gov/index.php

Refdesk.com
Refdesk is a free and family-friendly web site that indexes and reviews quality, credible, and current web-based resources.
http://www.refdesk.com/

Teacher's Ed.gov
U.S. Department of Education.
http://www.ed.gov/teachers/landing.jhtml?src=fp

Tek-Mom's Search Tools for Students
Search tool for Kids, includes images, history, encyclopedias, dictionaries, authors, maps and more.
http://www.tekmom.com/search/index.html

The WHY Files
Science behind the news.
http://whyfiles.org/

Wikipedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page